First Families Index of Allen County, Indiana
The Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana created the First Families of Allen County, Indiana in 1994 for descendants of Allen County pioneers who settled in the county before December 31, 1850.
If you have an ancestor who was in Allen County, Indiana prior to December 31, 1850 and wish to apply go to "First Families of Allen County, Indiana."
If you have an ancestor who was in Allen County, Indiana between January 1, 1851 and December 31, 1875 go to our Homesteaders Index.
Proof of descent is required for both First Families and Homesteaders. Applications and most of the data in First Families and Homesteaders files is on microfilm at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. The applicant's contact information is on the cover page of their file. For more information about the First Families listed here, you can request assistance from an Allen County Lookup Volunteer.
First Families and Homesteaders of Allen County on the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana web site is an index to the key names in applications for First Families and Homesteaders of Allen County.
411 Allen County First Family Pioneer Ancestors:
1 |
Ahlschwede, Dorothea Caroline Fredericke | Harber, Nicholas | |
2 |
Allen, Cyrus W. | Harber, William | Payton, Gavin |
3 |
Allen, Judith Rodantha | Harmeyer, Heinrich | Payton, Gavin D. |
4 |
Altekruse, Frederick | Harmeyer, Ludvig | Pettit, Grandison |
5 |
Anderson, Calvin | Harper, William | Peyton, Gavin D. |
6 |
Archer, Benjamin | Hartman, George R. | Pfeiffer, Christopher |
7 |
Ashley, John | Hatch, Jason | Philley, Hiram Andreas |
8 |
Aubry, Claude Joseph | Hatch, Versil | Pichon, Isidore |
9 |
Bacon, Socrates | Hatfield, Jesse | Pitterman, Sophia |
10 |
Badiac, Thomas L. | Hayes, Catherine (Cull) | Plohr, Frederick |
11 |
Baker, George | Hayes, Lydia | Poeppel, John |
12 |
Baker, Henry | Hayes, Thomas | Poinsett Sr., John Stockton |
13 |
Baker, John | Heath, Stephen A. | Poinsett, Peter |
14 |
Ball, Abigail Ann | Heckboor, Jacques | Pool, Lois |
15 |
Barr, William | Heckboor, Suzanne | Powers, Aretas |
16 |
Barrone, Michael | Heckbur, Jacob | Prange, Wilhelm |
17 |
Barva, Bernard | Heine, Frederick and Christina Ohm | Pratt, Jesse T. |
18 |
Beckman, Henry | Henderson, Zenas | Pring,John |
19 |
Beebe, Richard | Henry, William | Pring-Cornell, Margaret E. |
20 |
Bennett, Elizabeth | Henschen, Fredericka | Ragan, Daniel G. Sr. |
21 |
Bennett, William | Herber, Gerhard | Ramsey, Margaret |
22 |
Bentley, Ann Maria | Herber, Johann Heinrich (Henry) | Ratledge, Moses |
23 |
Benward, Isaac | Herber, John Gerhard | Redding, George |
24 |
Benz, George Ludwig | Herr, Christine | Redding, George William |
25 |
Benz, Nicholas | Herr, Peter Jr. | Reed, George W. |
26 |
Berg, Christopher | Herrick, Daniel | Reffelt, Mary C. Manier |
27 |
Berry, William II | Hildebrand, Ernest | Reynolds, Albert |
28 |
Bixler, Anna | Hilgemann, Henry Eberhard | Reynolds, Jane Driver |
29 |
Blessing, Johann George | Hill, George King | Reynolds, William |
30 |
Block, Frederick | Hinton, Thomas | Rhodes, Eliza |
31 |
Bobay, Germain | Hinton,Samuel | Rhodes, Jacob |
32 |
Bobay, John Baptiste | Hobbs, John | Rhodes, Sophia |
33 |
Boerger, Jacob | Hoffman, Margaret (Mary) | Richard, Sarah Gotchalk Conner Doty |
34 |
Bohde, Wilhelmina | Hollmann, Johann Friedrich | Richardson, Rebecca |
35 |
Bosler, Henry | Hollopeter, Abraham | Riegel, Margaret |
36 |
Bottenberg, Jacob | Hollopeter, Wesley | Ritchhart (Richhart), John |
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Bottenberg, Martha Jane | Holmes, Joshua | Roberts, Josiah |
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Bottenberg, Nancy Van Horn | Holmes, William P. | Rockhill, Edward |
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Bourie (Bouret), Louis | Hood, John | Rockhill, Edward |
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Bouser, John | Hormann, Henry | Rockhill, Ellen |
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Bouser, John B. | Hormann, Henry F. | Rockhill, Mary |
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Bowen, Jeremiah | Houser, Elizabeth | Rockhill, William R. |
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Bowser, George W. | Howard, James | Rondot, Claude Francois |
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Brase, Friedrich Christian | Howe, Estes Orlando | Ruch, Adam |
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Broderick, John | Howell, William | Ruch, George |
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Bruick, Morris (Moritz) | Hull, Adam | Salge, Ferdinand |
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Brunson, Aden | Hull, Rufus K. | Sappington, Jacob |
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Brunson, Nathan | Hurley, Anna | Sauvageot, Victor |
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Bueche, Issac | Hutchison, Elizabeth | Scarlett, Albert |
50 |
Bunn, Carolyn | Jackson, Thomas | Scarlett, Barna |
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Bunyan, Elijah | Janel, Marie | Schaefer, Fr. William |
52 |
Burgess, Ebenezeer | Jones, Ann | Scherer, Elisabetha C. |
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Burgess, Edden | Judd, Alitha | Scherer, Louis |
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Burgess, Gideon | Kaffenberger, Anna Eva | Schlaudroff, Elisabethe Louise |
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Byers, Jonathan | Kaiser, Anna Barbara | Schlaudroff, Ludwig G. |
56 |
Caffrey, Harmon | Kammeyer, Heinrich | Schlemmer, Jean Pierre (Peter) |
57 |
Campbell, Richard S.A. | Kell, George | Schlemmer, Philip |
58 |
Cannady, Henry H. | Kell, John George | Schlink, John |
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Cartwright, James M. | Kirkhoff, Christian | Schlink, Sr., George Peter |
60 |
Castor/Caster, William | Klein, Wilhelmine | Schramm, Franz |
| Cavalier, Francois Frances | |||
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Cavalier, Jean (John) Matthew | Kline, Frederick | Schrimpf, Adam |
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Cavalier, Victor H. | Klingenberger, Christopher | Schroeder, Frederick |
63 |
Chase, James | Klinger, Isaac | Schroeder, Frederick Wilhelm |
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Cheni, Helena | Klinger, John D. | Schulte, Helena |
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Coleman, Nathan | Kluber/Kleber, Sebastian | Sebring, Elizabeth |
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Conner, David | Kohlmeier, Christian F. | Sevitz, Moses |
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Crabill, David H. | Koling, Mary Dorothy | Shafer, Elias |
68 |
Craig, James Butler | Konken, Elisabeth | Sheehan, Daniel W. |
69 |
Crow, Jonathan | Kremmelbein, Adam | Sherbondy, Abraham J. |
70 |
Cunnison, Robert | Ladig, Jacob | Shields, Joseph |
71 |
Darby, William | Lahrman, George | Shordon, Sophia |
72 |
Davis, Benjamin C. | Landard, Victoria F. Manier | Shrambil, Catherine |
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Dentlesbeck, George M. | Lankenau, Francis | Small, Joseph Jr. |
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Dewald, George | Lankenau, Franz | Smead, Edward C. |
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Diffendaffer, Barbara | Lankenau, Frederick | Smead, John M. |
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Diffendaffer, Jacob | Larimore, Thomas Jr. | Smith (Schmidt), Peter |
77 |
Dils, Charles | Lasselle, Frances D. | Smith, Jacob |
78 |
Dingman, Ann | Leeper, Christoph | Smith, James |
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Dingman, Frances Weeks | Leeper, George | Smith, Mary Elizabeth |
80 |
Dingman, Isaac | Lehrmann (Lahrman), Jacob | Smith, Nathan |
81 |
Dingman, James | Lenk, Mary M. | Smith, Samuel |
82 |
Dinklage, Theo. Anton | Lepper, Christian | Snider, John and Delia |
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Doctor, Heinrich (Henry) | Lepper, Sr., Johann Heinrich | Snyder, Jacob |
84 |
Dodane, Joseph Marcellin | Lindsey, John | Snyder, Jacob |
85 |
Donaldson, Elizabeth | Linker, Englehardt | Soest, Frederick Wilhelm |
86 |
Dorsey, Benjamin | Long, William | Sordelet, Armonce Dupont |
87 |
Driver, John | Lopshire, George | Sorg, Johann Adam |
88 |
Driver, Thomas | Lopshire, Mary | Sorg, Johann Melchior |
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Drover, Henry Frederick | Luhrs, Henry | Sorg, John |
90 |
Dunten, Ephraim Howard | Madden, John J. | Spanley, Mathias |
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Dunten, Horace Friend | Manier, Hyppolyte | Steir, John |
92 |
Dunton, Milton Boyd | Manier, Joseph | Stern, Brigitta |
93 |
Dupont, Jean Pierre | Marquardt, Jacob | Stier, John |
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Dupont, Maria Joanne Piquignot | Martin, Charles Joseph | Stofer, Christopher |
95 |
Eggemann (Eggiman), Anthony | Masson, Peter (Pierre) | Summers, Joshua |
96 |
Eggiman, David | Masson/Mason, John/Jean Baptiste | Sunderland, Eleanor |
97 |
Ely, Solomon | Mayer, Lorenz | Swager, Peter |
98 |
Engle, John | McClintock, William | Sweet, Benjamin |
99 |
Evard, Jean David | McCurdy, Samuel | Sweet, Warren Joseph |
100 |
Federspiel, Michael Sr. | McDougall, Theodore F. | Timmerman, Almena |
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Federspiel, Rosina | McMacken, Joseph Gettys | Townsend, Barbara Ann |
102 |
Felger, Jacob Heinrich | McMacken, Joseph H. | Townsend, Esther Neal |
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Felter, Ignatius | Meeks, Charles | Townsend, Peter |
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Ferris, Ezekial M. | Mehan, Ellen | Townsend, Peter and Esther |
105 |
Ferris, Ezekial Mead | Meloche, Marie Francois | Townsend, Rachel |
106 |
Fitzgerald, William Jr. | Meyer, Frederick Wilhelm | Trentman, Bernard |
107 |
Fitzgerald, William Sr. | Meyer, Johann Heinrich | Trier, Agnes Elizabeth |
108 |
Flach (Flaugh), Jacob | Miller (Mueller), Joseph Leon | Trier, Catharina J. |
109 |
Flach, John Jacob | Miller, Amherst | Trier, Conrad |
110 |
Foote, Jacob B. | Miller, Andrew | Trier, Johann Heinrich, Father of Catherine |
111 |
Foote, John B. | Miller, David W. | Trier, Johann Heinrich, Father of Conrad |
112 |
Forker, Elizabeth Dingman | Miller, Veronica | Trier, John Heinrich |
113 |
Fountain, Mariah M. | Minerd, John | Trier, Martha |
114 |
Franke, Heinrich J. | Minerd-Pring, Caroline | Urbine, Nicholas |
115 |
Freeman, Frame Carmen | Minnick, Jacob | VanHoozen, Nathaniel |
116 |
Fulkerson, Samuel | Moellering, Charles | Vaughan, Obediah |
117 |
Garman, Enoch | Moore, Priam | Voors, John B. Bernard |
118 |
Gearin, John | Moran, Peter J. | Vordermark, Ernst |
119 |
Gerke, John Diederich | Muldoon, Mary Susan | Wagner, Catherine |
120 |
Gerke, John Henry Louis | Munch, Franz | Wagner, Jr., Peter |
121 |
Golden (Goulding), Martin | Myers, Clara Marie (Marg) | Wagner, Sr., Peter |
122 |
Grayless, William | Neff, Johann Phillip | Waltke, Wilhelm |
123 |
Greider, David C. | Neireiter, Conrad | Warner, Joseph |
124 |
Greve, Johan H. | Nestel, Daniel | Warner, Samuel |
125 |
Griebel, (Johann) George | Nettlehorst, Augusta | Weeks, Charles |
126 |
Griebel, Juliana | Nicodemus, John | Weeks, Charles Sr. |
127 |
Griebel, Ludwig (Louis) | Nierman, Henry | Weise, Christian H. |
128 |
Griebel, Wilhelm | Nill, Conrad | Weisheit, Anna E. |
129 |
Griebel, William | Noll, Benedict Richard | Weisheit, Anna Elizabeth |
130 |
Griswold, Riley | Oma, Thresa | Whitcomb, Philo |
131 |
Gustin, Oliver of Connecticut | Opdeyke, Henry C. | White, Lawrence (Blanc) |
| 132 | Hagan, Mary Ann | Ormiston, Alexander | Williams, John |
| 133 | Hake, John | Ormiston, James | Witmer, Christian |
| 134 | Hall, Alvin | Overly, Susannah | Witz, Maria Anastasia |
| 135 | Hall, Isaac | Parker, Peter | Witz, Xavier |
| 136 | Halladay, Hannah Bennet | Parker, William Nelson | Woods, George St. |
| 137 | Halladay, Jedediah | Patterson, Isaac | Yurgens/Jergens, Henry |