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From: Mary Stewart Kyritsis <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Lashly?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:00:42 +0300
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Hi Marilyn,

This just might be a garbled version of LAWSHE, pronounced in two
syllables (I once had a wonderful conversation in a Hunterdon Co.
cemetery with a lady looking for this name) which as you know is a name
quite common in the area.

Mary

Mary Kyritsis
Kifissia, Greece

>
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Lashly?
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:23:59 -0400
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> Can anyone identify who the name LASHLY refers to, as in this reference
> in the Janeway Account Books?
>
> Johannis "Kleckler" is listed as a " German on Lashly's land, June [17]
> 38" Additional names associated with his entry are "Hannis
> Barrenthisle" and "Jonathan Hampton."
>
> Is the surname Lashly familiar to anyone on the list as a bona fide NJ
> name?
>
> Alternately, there is some new information that the KLECKNER ( Kleckler,
> Clackner, Clahanner, Klickler, Klickner) family in subsequent generations
> were members of the Dunkards. Founding members of the Dunkard (Brethren)
> church at Amwell in the 1730's was a family named LAUSHE/LAWSHE/VON
> LAUSCHE. I wondered if they could be Lashly?
>
> Thanks for ideas.
> Marilyn

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