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Hello,

My Grandfather would tell my Father that they were "Huguenots" without further explanation. Since, I have stumbled upon distant relative documents - saying that these ancestors were Huguenots, that this could be proven, and that they were naturalized in the "Publications of the Huguenot Society of London", vol 24, pages 47 and 48. I have seen these pages and their names there. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2800226&view=1up&seq=11

All I know about Valentine Krug is that he was born in Lengefeld, Germany in 1689 and he settled in Pennsylvania (Lancaster County) and naturalized on 2 September 1753. John George Grof was also born in the Saxony area of Germany, and settled in PA also and was naturalized on 4 April 1752. In my document, my distant relative wrote "The Krug and Grafs were refugees into the German States from French persecution, and both signed the oath of allegiance to England when they came to Pennsylvania Colony."

So my question is....what else does one need to prove Huguenot ancestry? How do I know if their names were French and they were Germanized?

Thanks so much,
Stephanie

Dang it. I put in the wrong year - that was the death year for Elizabeth - I altered the original post. Thanks for catching that. Elizabeth married Robert Jones ~1782 in York as well.

I do not know Alice's surname unfortunately, but she is in FindaGrave as Alice Dunn, she died in February of 1780. It's interesting that the information for that record was from "Quaker" records. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186747774/alice-dunn I do not know anything about her other than that she is Thomas's wife.

I got information on Thomas based on going to the historical library in Pennsylvania. I do have more information on him I will have to go through and add here..although my attachments were too big to put here. Thanks for telling me about the Surname Interests section of this site - i'll have to add Dunn to there too!

The info I have on Thomas:
Thomas owned 225 acres of land and lived "2 miles from the borough." He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in York. About all I have about him. The land had to be sold after he died to defray debts....sold to Nathan Worley. I am not sure where he was born but I see people saying he was born in PA....so he may have been in that area his whole life.

Quote from: Beatles78 on Tuesday 17 November 20 19:50 GMT (UK)

Are you able to perhaps find a Will for Thomas Hill - In 1841 there is a Thomas Hill aged 60 (rounded) Cattle Dealer at Buckden, Parish of Arncliffe On 20 Dec 1846 there is a burial at Hubberholme for Thomas Hill of Buckden, aged 69.

I haven't been able to find this will. Where did you find the reference please?

Looks at though this was another daughter Ann that I didn't have written down. Perhaps his other deceased daughter (Agnes) wasn't mentioned because her kids were older? Not sure.

Btw, I found burial of Thomas Hill in 1846 on FindmyPast. Hope that helps!

With wills, the operative date is the date of probate (when the will was proved), not the date of death.

Richard's will, proved 1849, is here ...

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3V4-N9C3-4?i=121&cat=822113

ADDED - this Richard Nelson died in 1848, not 1843.

Are you able to perhaps find a Will for Thomas Hill - In 1841 there is a Thomas Hill aged 60 (rounded) Cattle Dealer at Buckden, Parish of Arncliffe On 20 Dec 1846 there is a burial at Hubberholme for Thomas Hill of Buckden, aged 69.

Thanks so much!!
Stephanie