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:
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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 |
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Bacon, Socrates | Hayes, Lydia | Pichon, Isidore |
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Badiac, Thomas L. | Hayes, Thomas | Pitterman, Sophia |
10 |
Baker, George | Heath, Stephen A. | Plohr, Frederick |
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Baker, Henry | Heckboor, Jacques | Poeppel, John |
12 |
Baker, John | Heckboor, Suzanne | Poinsett Sr., John Stockton |
13 |
Ball, Abigail Ann | Heckbur, Jacob | Poinsett, Peter |
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Barr, William | Henderson, Zenas | Pool, Lois |
15 |
Barrone, Michael | Henschen, Fredericka | Powers, Aretas |
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Barva, Bernard | Herber, Gerhard | Prange, Wilhelm |
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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. |
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Bentley, Ann Maria | Herrick, Daniel | Ramsey, Margaret |
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Benward, Isaac | Hildebrand, Ernest | Ratledge, Moses |
23 |
Benz, George Ludwig | Hilgemann, Henry Eberhard | Redding, George |
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Benz, Nicholas | Hill, George King | Reed, George W. |
25 |
Berg, Christopher | Hinton, Thomas | Reffelt, Mary C. Manier |
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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 |
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Bobay, Germain | Hollopeter, Abraham | Richardson, Rebecca |
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Bobay, John Baptiste | Hollopeter, Wesley | Riegel, Margaret |
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Boerger, Jacob | Holmes, Joshua | Ritchhart (Richhart), John |
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Bohde, Wilhelmina | Holmes, William P. | Roberts, Josiah |
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Bosler, Henry | Hood, John | Rockhill, Edward |
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Bourie (Bouret), Louis | Hormann, Henry | Rockhill, Edward |
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Bouser, John | Hormann, Henry F. | Rockhill, Ellen |
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Bouser, John B. | Houser, Elizabeth | Rockhill, Mary |
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Bowen, Jeremiah | Howard, James | Rockhill, William R. |
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Brase, Friedrich Christian | Howe, Estes Orlando | Rondot, Claude Francois |
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Broderick, John | Howell, William | Ruch, Adam |
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Bruick, Morris (Moritz) | Hull, Adam | Ruch, George |
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Brunson, Aden | Hull, Rufus K. | Salge, Ferdinand |
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Brunson, Nathan | Hurley, Anna | Sappington, Jacob |
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Bueche, Issac | Hutchison, Elizabeth | Sauvageot, Victor |
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Bunn, Carolyn | Jackson, Thomas | Scarlett, Albert |
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Bunyan, Elijah | Janel, Marie | Scarlett, Barna |
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Burgess, Edden | Jones, Ann | Schaefer, Fr. William |
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Burgess, Gideon | Judd, Alitha | Scherer, Elisabetha C. |
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Byers, Jonathan | Kaffenberger, Anna Eva | Scherer, Louis |
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Caffrey, Harmon | Kaiser, Anna Barbara | Schlaudroff, Elisabethe Louise |
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Campbell, Richard S.A. | Kammeyer, Heinrich | Schlaudroff, Ludwig G. |
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Cannady, Henry H. | Kell, George | Schlemmer, Jean Pierre (Peter) |
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Cartwright, James M. | Kirkhoff, Christian | Schlemmer, Philip |
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Castor/Caster, William | Klein, Wilhelmine | Schlink, John |
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Chase, James | Kline, Frederick | Schlink, Sr., George Peter |
56 |
Cheni, Helena | Klingenberger, Christopher | Schramm, Franz |
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Coleman, Nathan | Klinger, Isaac | Schrimpf, Adam |
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Conner, David | Klinger, John D. | Schroeder, Frederick |
59 |
Crabill, David H. | Kluber/Kleber, Sebastian | Schroeder, Frederick Wilhelm |
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Craig, James Butler | Kohlmeier, Christian F. | Schulte, Helena |
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Crow, Jonathan | Koling, Mary Dorothy | Sebring, Elizabeth |
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Cunnison, Robert | Konken, Elisabeth | Sevitz, Moses |
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Darby, William | Kremmelbein, Adam | Shafer, Elias |
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Davis, Benjamin C. | Ladig, Jacob | Sheehan, Daniel W. |
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Dentlesbeck, George M. | Lahrman, George | Sherbondy, Abraham J. |
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Dewald, George | Landard, Victoria F. Manier | Shields, Joseph |
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Diffendaffer, Barbara | Lankenau, Francis | Shordon, Sophia |
68 |
Diffendaffer, Jacob | Lankenau, Franz | Shrambil, Catherine |
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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 |
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Dinklage, Theo. Anton | Lehrmann (Lahrman), Jacob | Smith, James |
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Doctor, Heinrich (Henry) | Lenk, Mary M. | Smith, Mary Elizabeth |
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Dodane, Joseph Marcellin | Lepper, Christian | Smith, Nathan |
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Donaldson, Elizabeth | Lepper, Sr., Johann Heinrich | Smith, Samuel |
78 |
Dorsey, Benjamin | Lindsey, John | Snyder, Jacob |
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Driver, Thomas | Linker, Englehardt | Snyder, Jacob |
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Drover, Henry Frederick | Long, William | Snyder, Jacob |
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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 |
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Dupont, Jean Pierre | Madden, John J. | Sorg, Johann Melchior |
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Dupont, Maria Joanne Piquignot | Manier, Hyppolyte | Sorg, John |
86 |
Eggemann (Eggiman), Anthony | Manier, Joseph | Spanley, Mathias |
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Eggiman, David | Marquardt, Jacob | Steir, John |
88 |
Ely, Solomon | Martin, Charles Joseph | Stern, Brigitta |
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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 |
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Felter, Ignatius | McDougall, Theodore F. | Sweet, Benjamin |
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Ferris, Ezekial M. | McMacken, Joseph Gettys | Sweet, Warren Joseph |
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Ferris, Ezekial Mead | McMacken, Joseph H. | Timmerman, Almena |
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Fitzgerald, William Jr. | Meeks, Charles | Townsend, Peter |
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Fitzgerald, William Sr. | Mehan, Ellen | Townsend, Rachel |
99 |
Flach (Flaugh), Jacob | Meloche, Marie Francois | Trentman, Bernard |
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Flach, John Jacob | Meyer, Frederick Wilhelm | Trier, Agnes Elizabeth |
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Foote, Jacob B. | Meyer, Johann Heinrich | Trier, Catharina J. |
102 |
Foote, John B. | Miller (Mueller), Joseph Leon | Trier, Conrad |
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Forker, Elizabeth Dingman | Miller, Amherst | Trier, Johann Heinrich, Father of Catherine |
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Fountain, Mariah M. | Miller, Andrew | Trier, Johann Heinrich,Father of Conrad |
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Franke, Heinrich J. | Miller, David W. | Trier, John Heinrich |
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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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