Michael and Christian Frantz were born in Switzerland about 1685. They and possibly another brother came to America about 1725 and settled in Pennsylvania with other Mennonites. Later descendants became members of the United Brethren Church and moved to Virginia, Ohio and Indiana before separating and gradually settling throughout the west and other areas of the United States. Several branches live in California and elsewhere.
Richard Linville (ca. 1652-1684), Quaker son of Thomas Linvill and Elizabeth Wickersham, emigrated with his wife Mary, from England to Chester, Pennsylvania in 1684 (he died almost immediately after arrival). His widow married Thomas Baldwin of New Jersey in 1684. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas and elsewhere. Includes genealogical data about Linville and Wickersham ancestry in England to 1600 A.D.
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