"Dear Jack and Hazel,
Enclosed are all the records I have gathered on the descendants of Christopher (100% to 1985). Also pages (#3 to #11) listing all male descendants (related) in America. I believe I sent you the first 4 pages. If not, let me know and I'll send pages #1 & #2. Page's #3 & #4 were rewriten, because I was able to eliminate all the ? marks this past summer. When I spent 30 days crisscrossing our country and getting the info that people did not or would not furnish me by phone or mail.
I am now closing out my research, and sent the entire manuscript to the Mormon Library in Utah to put on microfilm for future generations. A copy will also be in the Library of Congress in Wash DC.
To furthur clarify the mix up as to which branch of the family you belong as I discussed by phone with Hazel, I offer the following reasons that many people besides your brother questioned me about placing you in the Ohio (Christopher) branch. John (1765) and Christopher (1774) left Lancaster, PA in the mid 1790's, and went to Ohio. John's first son, Elias (1798) was born in Ohio. They then went downriver to Ravenswood, VA (now W. Va), and John obtained property there in 1802. Christopher lived there until 1811, when he obtained property in Morgan County, Ohio (at that time it was still a part of Washington County) his first son John (1806) and daughter Mary Ann (1810) were born in Va. By the time that Elios (1798) and John (1806) were listed in the census reports in 1830, showing their state of birth, many people put John (1806) as John's (1765) son because he was born in Va., and figured he moved to Ohio when he was married and got land near his Uncle Christopher
This of course was a mixed up assumption. John (1806) was Christopher's son (as I found records of proof). As my papers show, John (1765) & Christopher (1774) were brothers along with Christian (1762), Israel (1763), and Daniel (1769).
I call Christopher's descendants the Ohio branch, John's descendants the W. Va branch, Christian's descendants the Pa branch, Israel's descendants did not need to be pinpointed as a branch because they were the only ones that maintained the "Roth" ending. Daniel (1769) did not have any descendants.
I hope this makes thing's clearer for you. It is very understandable that your brother and others thought the way the[y] did because of a letter from a post master in the W. Va that was distributed to many people in the early 1900's he also stated that John (1765) was a Russian and a descendant of Count Karl, which was not the truth. John is 100% German his mother Elizabeth was 100% German like S. Christian (1737).
I have really enjoyed doing all this research, and wish to thank you again for all the material you sent to me.
*signature of Talwin W. Nestlerode*
P.S. I believe we are 5th cousins 5 times removed.
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