Descendants of Peter Winter, 1748-1814: Waldecker mercenary and BlacksmithBy Mildred H. Pretzer
1996 M.H. Pretzer (Charlottesville, Virginia), 8 3/8 x 11 inches tall paperbound in pale blue printed covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, index, [14], 176 pp. Very slight rubbing and soiling to covers, with very slight bumping to the upper tip. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon genealogy and family history.
Looks at the ancestry of, and traces the known descendants of, Peter Winter (1748-1814), a Hessian soldier in the Revolutionary War in 1777. He deserted in New Jersey where he became a blacksmith and lived with Margaret Hains and her two children. They moved to Northampton County, Pennsylvania by 1785.
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