Ancestors of the Bortel Family of Northwest Ohio, Michigan and Lancaster Pennsylvani

Ancestors of the Bortel Family of Northwest Ohio, Michigan and Lancaster Pennsylvani
ISBN-10
0557778263
ISBN-13
9780557778263
Category
History
Pages
186
Language
English
Published
2011-02-01
Publisher
Lulu.com
Author
David Elsworth Mason

Description

Descendants of a Hessian Soldier taken at Saratoga during the American Revolution in October of 1777. Escaped during the forced march of the "Convention Army" in December of 1778 near Lancaster PA and never left the area. He produced five children who Pioneered the State of Ohio, later settling in Henry and Wood counties.The original faamily name was Bartles and that mutated to Bortel/Bortle.Over five thousand descendants descend fron this one Hession Soldier named George Bartles from Brunswick Germany.

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