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.

391 Allen County First Family Pioneer Ancestors:

1
Ahlschwede, Dorothea Caroline Fredericke  Harmeyer, Ludvig  Patterson, Isaac
2
Allen, Cyrus W. Harper, William Payton, Gavin
3
Allen, Judith Rodantha Hartman, George R. Payton, Gavin D.
4
Altekruse, Frederick Hatch, Jason Pettit, Grandison
5
Archer, Benjamin Hatch, Versil Peyton, Gavin D.
6
Ashley, John Hatfield, Jesse  Pfeiffer, Christopher
7
Aubry, Claude Joseph Hayes, Catherine (Cull) Philley, Hiram Andreas
8
Bacon, Socrates Hayes, Lydia Pichon, Isidore
9
Badiac, Thomas L. Hayes, Thomas Pitterman, Sophia
10
Baker, George Heath, Stephen A. Plohr, Frederick
11
Baker, Henry Heckboor, Jacques  Poeppel, John
12
Baker, John Heckboor, Suzanne  Poinsett Sr., John Stockton
13
Ball, Abigail Ann Heckbur, Jacob Poinsett, Peter
14
Barr, William Henderson, Zenas  Pool, Lois
15
Barrone, Michael Henschen, Fredericka Powers, Aretas
16
Barva, Bernard Herber, Gerhard Prange, Wilhelm
17
Beckman, Henry Herber, Johann Heinrich (Henry) Pratt, Jesse T.
18
Beebe, Richard Herber, John Gerhard Pring,John 
19
Bennett, Elizabeth  Herr, Christine Pring-Cornell, Margaret E. 
20
Bennett, William  Herr, Peter Jr. Ragan, Daniel G. Sr.
21
Bentley, Ann Maria Herrick, Daniel Ramsey, Margaret
22
Benward, Isaac  Hildebrand, Ernest Ratledge, Moses
23
Benz, George Ludwig Hilgemann, Henry Eberhard Redding, George
24
Benz, Nicholas Hill, George King Reed, George W.
25
Berg, Christopher Hinton, Thomas  Reffelt, Mary C. Manier
26
Berry, William II Hinton,Samuel  Rhodes, Eliza
27
Bixler, Anna Hobbs, John Rhodes, Jacob
28
Blessing, Johann George Hoffman, Margaret (Mary) Rhodes, Sophia
29
Block, Frederick Hollmann, Johann Friedrich  Richard, Sarah Gotchalk Conner Doty 
30
Bobay, Germain Hollopeter, Abraham Richardson, Rebecca
31
Bobay, John Baptiste Hollopeter, Wesley Riegel, Margaret
32
Boerger, Jacob Holmes, Joshua Ritchhart (Richhart), John
33
Bohde, Wilhelmina Holmes, William P. Roberts, Josiah
34
Bosler, Henry Hood, John Rockhill, Edward
35
Bourie (Bouret), Louis Hormann, Henry Rockhill, Edward 
36
Bouser, John Hormann, Henry F. Rockhill, Ellen
37
Bouser, John B. Houser, Elizabeth Rockhill, Mary
38
Bowen, Jeremiah Howard, James  Rockhill, William R.
39
Brase, Friedrich Christian Howe, Estes Orlando  Rondot, Claude Francois
40
Broderick, John Howell, William Ruch, Adam
41
Bruick, Morris (Moritz) Hull, Adam  Ruch, George
42
Brunson, Aden Hull, Rufus K. Salge, Ferdinand
43
Brunson, Nathan Hurley, Anna Sappington, Jacob
44
Bueche, Issac Hutchison, Elizabeth Sauvageot, Victor
45
Bunn, Carolyn Jackson, Thomas Scarlett, Albert
46
Bunyan, Elijah Janel, Marie  Scarlett, Barna
47
Burgess, Edden Jones, Ann Schaefer, Fr. William
48
Burgess, Gideon Judd, Alitha Scherer, Elisabetha C.
49
Byers, Jonathan  Kaffenberger, Anna Eva Scherer, Louis
50
Caffrey, Harmon Kaiser, Anna Barbara Schlaudroff, Elisabethe Louise 
51
Campbell, Richard S.A. Kammeyer, Heinrich Schlaudroff, Ludwig G.
52
Cannady, Henry H. Kell, George Schlemmer, Jean Pierre (Peter)
53
Cartwright, James M. Kirkhoff, Christian Schlemmer, Philip
54
Castor/Caster, William Klein, Wilhelmine Schlink, John
55
Chase, James Kline,  Frederick  Schlink, Sr., George Peter
56
Cheni, Helena Klingenberger, Christopher Schramm, Franz
57
Coleman, Nathan Klinger, Isaac Schrimpf, Adam
58
Conner, David  Klinger, John D. Schroeder, Frederick
59
Crabill, David H. Kluber/Kleber, Sebastian Schroeder, Frederick Wilhelm
60
Craig, James Butler Kohlmeier, Christian F. Schulte, Helena
61
Crow, Jonathan Koling, Mary Dorothy Sebring, Elizabeth
62
Cunnison, Robert Konken, Elisabeth Sevitz, Moses
63
Darby, William Kremmelbein, Adam Shafer, Elias
64
Davis, Benjamin C. Ladig, Jacob  Sheehan, Daniel W.
65
Dentlesbeck, George M. Lahrman, George Sherbondy, Abraham J.
66
Dewald, George Landard, Victoria F. Manier Shields, Joseph
67
Diffendaffer, Barbara Lankenau, Francis Shordon, Sophia
68
Diffendaffer, Jacob Lankenau, Franz Shrambil, Catherine 
69
Dils, Charles Lankenau, Frederick Small, Joseph Jr.
70
Dingman, Ann Larimore, Thomas Jr. Smead, Edward C.
71
Dingman, Frances Weeks Lasselle, Frances D. Smead, John M.
72
Dingman, Isaac Leeper, Christoph Smith (Schmidt), Peter
73
Dingman, James Leeper, George Smith, Jacob
74
Dinklage, Theo. Anton Lehrmann (Lahrman), Jacob Smith, James 
75
Doctor, Heinrich (Henry) Lenk, Mary M. Smith, Mary Elizabeth
76
Dodane, Joseph Marcellin Lepper, Christian Smith, Nathan
77
Donaldson, Elizabeth Lepper, Sr., Johann Heinrich  Smith, Samuel 
78
Dorsey, Benjamin Lindsey, John Snyder, Jacob
79
Driver, Thomas Linker, Englehardt Snyder, Jacob 
80
Drover, Henry Frederick Long, William Snyder, Jacob 
81
Dunten, Ephraim Howard Lopshire, George Soest, Frederick Wilhelm
82
Dunten, Horace Friend Lopshire, Mary Sordelet, Armonce Dupont 
83
Dunton, Milton Boyd Luhrs, Henry Sorg, Johann Adam
84
Dupont, Jean Pierre  Madden, John J. Sorg, Johann Melchior
85
Dupont, Maria Joanne Piquignot Manier, Hyppolyte Sorg, John
86
Eggemann (Eggiman), Anthony Manier, Joseph Spanley, Mathias
87
Eggiman, David Marquardt, Jacob Steir, John
88
Ely, Solomon Martin, Charles Joseph Stern, Brigitta
89
Engle, John Masson, Peter (Pierre) Stier, John
90
Evard, Jean David Masson/Mason, John/Jean Baptiste Stofer, Christopher
91
Federspiel, Michael Sr. Mayer, Lorenz Summers, Joshua
92
Federspiel, Rosina McClintock, William Sunderland, Eleanor
93
Felger, Jacob Heinrich McCurdy, Samuel Swager, Peter
94
Felter, Ignatius McDougall, Theodore F. Sweet, Benjamin
95
Ferris, Ezekial M. McMacken, Joseph Gettys Sweet, Warren Joseph
96
Ferris, Ezekial Mead McMacken, Joseph H. Timmerman, Almena
97
Fitzgerald, William Jr. Meeks, Charles Townsend, Peter
98
Fitzgerald, William Sr. Mehan, Ellen Townsend, Rachel
99
Flach (Flaugh), Jacob Meloche, Marie Francois Trentman, Bernard
100
Flach, John Jacob Meyer, Frederick Wilhelm Trier, Agnes Elizabeth
101
Foote, Jacob B. Meyer, Johann Heinrich Trier, Catharina J.
102
Foote, John B. Miller (Mueller), Joseph Leon Trier, Conrad
103
Forker, Elizabeth Dingman Miller, Amherst Trier, Johann Heinrich, Father of Catherine
104
Fountain, Mariah M. Miller, Andrew  Trier, Johann Heinrich,Father of Conrad
105
Franke, Heinrich J. Miller, David W. Trier, John Heinrich
106
Freeman, Frame Carmen  Miller, Veronica Trier, Martha
107
Fulkerson, Samuel Minerd, John  Urbine, Nicholas
108
Garman, Enoch Minerd-Pring, Caroline  VanHoozen, Nathaniel
109
Gearin, John Minnick, Jacob Vaughan, Obediah
110
Gerke, John Diederich Moellering, Charles Voors, John B. Bernard
111
Gerke, John Henry Louis Moore, Priam Vordermark, Ernst
112
Golden (Goulding), Martin  Moran, Peter J. Wagner, Catherine
113
Grayless, William Muldoon, Mary Susan Wagner, Jr., Peter
114
Greider, David C. Munch, Franz Wagner, Sr., Peter
115
Greve, Johan H. Myers, Clara Marie (Marg) Waltke, Wilhelm
116
Griebel, (Johann) George Neff, Johann Phillip Warner, Joseph
117
Griebel, Juliana Neireiter, Conrad Warner, Samuel
118
Griebel, Ludwig (Louis) Nestel, Daniel Weeks, Charles
119
Griebel, Wilhelm Nettlehorst, Augusta Weeks, Charles Sr.
120
Griebel, William Nicodemus, John Weise, Christian H.
121
Griswold, Riley Nierman, Henry Weisheit, Anna E.
122
Gustin, Oliver  of Connecticut Nill, Conrad Weisheit, Anna Elizabeth
123
Hagan, Mary Ann Noll, Benedict Richard Whitcomb, Philo
124
Hake, John Oma, Thresa White, Lawrence (Blanc)
125
Hall, Alvin Opdeyke, Henry C. Williams, John
126
Hall, Isaac  Ormiston, Alexander  Witmer, Christian
127
Halladay, Hannah Bennet Ormiston, James  Witz, Maria Anastasia
128
Halladay, Jedediah Overly, Susannah  Witz, Xavier
129
Harber, Nicholas Parker, Peter Woods, George St.
130
Harber, William Parker, William Nelson Yurgens/Jergens, Henry
131
Harmeyer, Heinrich 

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