Re: Mordecai Gearhart
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In reply to:
Mordecai Gearhart
Mark Gearhart 1/18/06
Dear Mark,
Hello theremy name is dinah i am a direct desendent of mordeaci.I an a desendant of john fredrict I have spent yrs on our family my branch has had a oral history past down through i know of at least 3 genarations i have it back to the 1600s.we are of germatic desent we were in zurict switzland in the early 1600s peter gearhart was beheaded for regligous beliefs we are of hugonet desent we came to this country from alsace lorine and landed in fredrick county maryland mordeaci came here as a child and then again as a adult i have done huge amounts of reserch on my brach and even wrote a book on my branch. will be happy to share any thing i have with u if u want just email me ok we come from a very famous bunch people. and according to my granddaddy at one time "u could not sling a dead cat and not hit a relatition at one time here in clearfield co. pa" to quote him. we were one of the first 3 familes in cetral pa.