GSMC Conference / Family Migrations IX

Another reminder here about the GSMC Conference this Saturday. Details: www.genealogyindy.org

Today, I'm going to look at the Quaker branches of the family. Well, mostly Quaker.  A couple of Swiss families enter the mix as well. Rogers, Rinker, Schultz, Pugh and Evans

Rogers: The Quaker family came from Merionethshire, Wales during the late 1690s to settle in the Merion Welsh Tract near Philadelphia. The immigrant was Roger ap Robert. His children chose to go with the patronymic surname Rogers and pass it on to their children. John Rogers resided at North Wales in Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania and attended the Gwynned Monthly Meeting. John uprooted his family and relocated to the Back Creek Valley in Frederick Co., Virginia [near Gainsboro]. Evan [John, Roger] and John [Evan, John, Roger] also lived in the Back Creek region. It would be John's daughter Elizabeth Rogers Wolary who would take the road north and west to Auglaize Co., Ohio. Wales, Pennsylvania, Virginia (Ohio)

Rinker (Ringger): Hans Casper Rinker's family removed from Neurensdorf, Zurich, Switzerland in 1743 for Philadelphia and settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania. Casper moved to Frederick Co., Virginia in 1757. Casper died in 1804. Although Swiss Lutheran, he was buried in the Quaker Burying Ground. Daughter Maria married John Rogers. Switzerland, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Schultz: Jacob Schultz was a native of Germany or Switzerland [most likely the latter] and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, where daughter Maria married Casper Rinker. The Rinkers moved to Frederick Co., Virginia. Switzerland, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Evans: Sarah Evans came to America with her brothers in 1698. They were natives of Merionethshire, Wales and settled at Gwynned, Pennsylvania. Her father was Evan Lloyd ab Evan ap Robert ap Lewis ap Griffith ap Howel. Sarah married Robert Pugh [ap Hugh]. Their daughter Ellen married John Rogers. Wales, Pennsylvania (Virginia)

Pugh: The Pugh family was also from Merioneth. Robert and Sarah Evans were married in Wales and came to America in 1698. They were also cousins. Robert's father was Hugh ap Griffith ab Evan ap Robert ap Lewis. Wales, Pennsylvania (Virginia)