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From: "Bill & Lynn" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Suspected Brethren Wolfs and Lights among the PA Dutch
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:15:46 -0500
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I have several Wolf's who were married into Brethern families in St Joseph
Co, IN. Lynn
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From: "Diane Wolfe" <>
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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: [BRE] Suspected Brethren Wolfs and Lights among the PA Dutch


> An out-of-left-field query prompted by the discussion of first cousins
marrying.
>
> We find a pair or two of first cousins marrying in our family lines, which
researchers have assumed to have been Mennonite.
>
> Essentially, these are the descendants of John Light and Mary Grieder, who
arrived in Lebanon Co. PA by 1742, and Philip Wolf and his wife, name
believed to be Margaret, who settled in Bethel, Lebanon Co., by 1738. Among
Philip Wolf's presumed sons, one son's descendants are well researched,
those of Peter Wolf, b. abt 1740 in Bethel.
>
> There is little doubt these families were Anabaptists (no christening
records), but it seems curious to me that their burial sites and homes were
or have been associated with United Brethren or other Brethren churches.
20th century descendants of both these couples have been identified as
Dunkard Brethren. Yet the assumption clings that both families, said to be
Swiss by national origin, were Mennonite.
>
> Also curious: the Wolfs go Lutheran in the generation of Ephraim Wolf, b.
1858 in Lebanon Co., PA.
>
> Can anyone shed light on this matter?
>
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