Book 2 is finally here!
Adam Zehner immigrated to the United States from Germany as a young man in 1754. Family tradition has it that Adam arrived here without sufficient funds to pay for his passage, and was indentured for several years to a Pennsylvania settler named Mertz who had paid the captain's fee. Adam settled initially in Berks County, where he married, about 1759, Anna Maria Mertz, said to have been a daughter of his benefactor. Several children were born to them near Mertztown in Longswamp Township. About 1769 they moved north a few miles across the Blue Mountains to West Penn Township in what is now Schuylkill County, near Tamaqua. There, several more children were born, bringing the total to fifteen.
This is the story of Adam's descendants - generations 4 through 7, covering the period from about 1850 to about 2015. Over time, many families migrated west to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and nearly every state in the union. Included are all known descendants in generations 4 through 7, male and female. All members of this book can be found in a 51 page index in the back.
Many, but not all, Zehners currently in the U. S. descend from Adam and Maria Zehner. If you are one of them, you may want to own a copy of this book. They also make great gifts for younger family members.
