Adam Lambert was born in about 1739 in Jugenheim, Rheinhessen, Germany. He emigrated in 1759 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Salome Hammacher in about 1765. They had thirteen children. He died in about 1817 in Augusta County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Quebec, Michigan and Missouri.
This volume includes 295 family names with detailed descriptions of their family arms, often their family crest and sometimes their family motto. Entries also include the county (in Virginia) associated with the family, the name of their immigrant ancesto
This important work on early Virginia history and genealogy is composed chiefly of records pertaining to the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, though other records of value are included. Part I contains a 90-page list of officers, soldiers, and civilians entitled to compensation for services rendered during the French and Indian War, as well as poll lists for Prince William County (1741) and Fairfax County (1744). Part II contains records of the Revolutionary War, including muster and payrolls in the personal possession of the compiler. Part III is devoted principally to genealogies of the families of Anderson, Brown, Craig, Cravens, Custis, Davis, Harrison, Newman, Smith, Thomas, and Thompkins. Considerable space is also given to the marriage records of Orange and Albemarle counties. An extensive 45-page index of names neatly coordinates reading and research.
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This is the biography of the Tunis Family a more or less typical very early American Family; its ancestry, national origin and far flung branches of thousands of known descendants and allied connections.
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