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From: "Sellers.Michael" <>
Subject: [PALANCAS] RE: Heinrich Zeller/Henry Sellers
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:18:54 -0700


I'm looking for information concerning Heinrich Zeller (Henry Sellers). Heinrich was born August 17,1704, in Weinheim, Germany. Heinrich, his wife Anna Maria, and two young children, Anna Barbara and Johannes, sailed to America aboard the Queen Elizabeth, landing in Philadelphia on September 16, 1738.
While still in PA from 1738 - circa 1749, Heinrich and Anna Maria had another 7 children; Peter, Adam, Michael, Anna Margaret, Anna Maria, Anna Elizabeth, Anna Catherine. Its believed that these 7 children were born while the family was in either Lancaster County or possibly the Tulpehocken area. We just don't know.
Heinrich then migrated the family to then Augusta County, Virginia around 1750. It is in Virginia that all the children were married and the family finally settled. Heinrich died circa 1773 in Augusta County, Virginia.

I'm looking for any info or records about Heinrich and the family while they were in PA. In the records of the Peaked Mountain Church in Rockingham County, VA, Heinrich Zeller was known as "Henry Sellers" and in some entries he was listed as "John Henry Sellers", meaning his given name was "Johannes Heinrich Zeller".

We have tried to determine how Heinrich fits into the overall Zeller lines coming out of Weinheim, Germany to Pennsylvainia with no luck. We know nothing and have no records of Heinrich and the family while they were in PA. Everything we have is after the migration to Virginia.

Anyone with any info, records, or advice on where to turn please let me know. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Michael Sellers
6th Great Grandson of Heinrich Zeller (Henry Sellers)

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