Michael married Magdalena MAST, Thru Lines G. ...Aunt .. Magdalena (daughter of Johannes MAST, Sr. and Barbara \ Elizabeth A RISSER, Thru Lines - Double the # of DNA cousins as husband) was born in 1736 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland; died on 13 Mar 1827 in , Holmes, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It should be noted that several of her childrens names are identical to the Jacob Mast, b. about 1718 who entered the country in 1737 whose branch we don't yet know how it's related. These common names are John, Christian, Anna, Jacob, Joseph and Veronica "Franny". Names of her children that fit her brothers and sisters include: John, Barbara, Anna and Jacob. Her children are listed in the following order on Janice Devan's homepage: John, Christian, Babrara, Magdalena, Anna, Jacob, Henry, Mary, Joseph, Andrew, David, Veronica, Elizabeth and Michael. Holmes County was first settled by Amish in 1810. Four familes that included Magdelena's grandson, John Troyer and his wife Magdelena, were amongst them. Sometime after Magdelena Mast Troyer's husband died she moved with some of her sons to Holmes County, Ohio also. It was not actually a county until 1830. Until then, it was parts of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties. (C-2455)

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We have multiple triangulations with members of Judi Garst Schramm's family on chromosome 1 with 14.9 segments in common on average between my father, my uncle and her or her family members. They descend through this Mast's daughters Anne and Magdelena and his son's brother Jacob 3 times.

We also have the following triangulation between cousins on Gedmatch: NP6702865, A212435 and my uncle Richard. Even at small cM matches: the minute a triangulation is found it proves that the segments are all inherited from the same common ancestral couple as long as they only have one ancestral line in common. In this case it is Johannes or John Mast born abt. 1712.

All children of this Mast named one of their first 3 sons, Jacob for their Uncle who brought them over and also named sons Christian for another Uncle. The following account is quoted from Judge Evan P. Middleton's HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN CO., OHIO, Vol. II, published by Bowen Co., 1917, pp. 355-356. "The Mast family in America is descended from Bishop Jacob Mast, a leader in the Mennonite church, a Swiss by birth, who was born in 1738 and who was early orphaned. While he was still in his boyhood, he came to this country from Switzerland (from the port of Rotterdam) with his four sisters and a younger brother, John, the children being in the care of their benevolent uncle, Johannes Mast, and settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the family is still influentially represented. It was on Nov. 3, 1750, that the party landed from the ship "Brotherhood," at the port of Philadelphia, young Jacob Mast, being then 12 years of age. They joined the Amish Mennonites in Berks County and there the lad grew to manhood firmly grounded in the simple faith of his father and his daily associates. There he married Magdalene Holly and there he established his home---(He was) elected in 1788 (in the Amish Mennonite Church in Conestoga, PA) to serve as bishop---(He) died in 1808 (and was buried where) Pine Grove Cemetery (now is)." I have included this account under Jacob Mast's father's data because of the invaluable data that can be gained about the rest of the family from it.

Johannes married Barbara \ Elizabeth A RISSER, Thru Lines - Double the # of DNA cousins as husband in 1730 in Europe. Barbara (daughter of Christian RISSER and Catherine SCHERTZ) was born in 1710 in , , , Switzerland (Che); died in 1750 in Fayette, Georgia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We have multiple triangulations with members of Judi Garst Schramm's family on chromosome 1 with 14.9 segments in common on average between my father, my uncle and her or her family members. They descend through this Hahn's Mast's son Jacob 3 times and his unknown son twice, Anne and Magdelena. I descend through his unknown son once. I also have a triangulation on chromosome 20 with the following Gedmatch #'s representing cousins:20 57,575,594 59,113,601 5.5 459 John Mast 1740: NP6702865 Hans Jacob Mast Mast Paternal
20 58,103,533 58,894,807 3.1 234 Hans Jacob Mast 1664: A894419 Hans Jacob Mast Mast Paternal
20 58274401 59456185 5.5 367 A894419 Hans Jacob Mast Paternal

Hahns\John married Anna MISHLER on 3 Mar 1693 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland. Anna was born on 20 Sep 1668 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland; died in Dec 1778 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Catherine SCHERTZ. Catherine was born in 1694 in Bern, Bern, Switzerland; died in 1755 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]