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

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Ancestors of the Bortel Family of Northwest Ohio, Michigan and Lancaster Pennsylvani is written by David Elsworth Mason and published by Lulu.com. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0557778263 (ISBN 10) and 9780557778263 (ISBN 13).

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.