27 - David Haston Married 14 Year Old "Peggy" Roddy Yeah, I just created the title for the dramatic effect, but it was true. On May 5, 1800 (one day short of David Haston's 23rd birthday) he was issued a marriage bond to marry Margaret "Peggy" Roddy in Knox County, Tennessee. Perhaps his bride...

11 - Boat Cruise Around Lake Zürich On Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2023 we enjoy a delightful cruise around Lake Zürich, seeing the towns along the shores and the Alps in the distance.  https://youtu.be/oA3vPJ_9s1U More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or related...

26 - Daniel Haston's Many Experiences in the Courtroom While Living in Knox County, TN When Daniel was a young man back in Shenandoah County, VA, he was conspicuously absent from court appearances of any kind, although his brothers were there often as witnesses, involved in court cases, or even...

10 - The Wilderness Trust in Richterswil That the Hiestands Have Been Members of for Many Centuries On Sunday morning, June 18, 2023 we will worship - like our Anabaptist ancestors worshiped - in a Swiss forest on the hillside behind the town or Richterswil.  They met in secret there...

25 - Another of Daniel Haston's Boys in Trouble Joseph and the Broken-Down Fence Let's start with a couple of definitions, for those of you who may not know what "Timothy" is or a "close," because this story is all about a "timothy close," some hogs, and a son who...

9 - The 13th-16th Century Wädenswil Castle Above Richterswil Alt-Wädenswil Castle, the residence of the barons von Wädenswil, was inaugurated in the 13th century. The castle had to be demolished in 1557 according to a decision of the Diet, as Schwyz felt threatened by the expansion of the city-state of...

24 - David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor's Horned Cows Some of us Haston boys have been known for mischief.  Just ask people who knew us while we were growing up.  For example, out of a class of 212, the principal's daughter I were voted "Most Mischievous" in my...

08 - The Amazing Richterswil Jet Fountain Weather permitting and etc., we will watch the world famous Richterswil Jet Fountain "spout" on Sunday, June 25, 2023.The Richterswil FONTÄNE, with its height of 101 meters (331 feet), takes eighth place among the top ten, but it is the highest fountain in...

Understanding Your DNA Results Darvin Martin in Our June 7, 2021 Zoom Meeting https://youtu.be/gplW6ERb2ggDarvin Martin - an expert in Swiss-German Mennonite genetic (DNA) genealogy.  Darvin presents a basic understanding of DNA as it relates to family research.  But there is lots of time for questions and answers. If you appreciated...

23 - Daniel Haston Family, South of the "Holston" River Opposite Knoxville, TN Daniel and family lived in the Knoxville, TN area for about 10 years. There is a lot of information available about his family during that time, so Chapter 14 in the BIG book I'm working on contains...

Two of Daniel Haston's Siblings in South Central, KY The Mill Creek Meeting House Near Tompkinsville, KY. Built in 1804. Abraham Hiestand's (Hestand's) Path Ends in South Central KY John Mulkey and his brother Philip Mulkey, sons of Rev. Jonathan Mulkey, were members of the Big Pigeon Baptist Church near...

21 - Daniel Haston Voted in Favor of the State of Franklin So, our Daniel was a "Franklinite" The yellow county - Washington County - is where Abraham Hiestand lived for a few years.  Although there is no (to my knowledge) evidence for Daniel Haston's specific whereabouts in the county,...

07 - Richterswil, the "Village" of Our Swiss Hiestands Although our Hiestand ancestors lived in other villages around Lake Zürich, we can probably think of Richterswil as our Swiss hometown.  For that reason, we will be spending four nights in Richterswil, where - in our free times - we can...

05 - Zürich - A Walking Tour of the City On the afternoon of Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will tour the city of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland.  It's one of the most important financial centers in the world.  Situated on the north shore of Lake Zurich and...

20 - Abraham and Daniel in the "Overmountain" of NC For approximately 10 to 15 years, Henry Hiestand's "boys"--Daniel and his older brother Abraham--lived in the "Overmountain" region of Western North Carolina.  Well, that's not totally accurate because that area became part of the 16th state of the USA, Tennessee...

06 - The Drowning Martyrdom of Anabaptist, Felix Manz On Saturday June 17, 2023 we will visit the site on the Limmat River in Zurich City where one of the first Anabaptist leaders, Felix Manz, was executed by drowning solely because of his Anabaptist faith.The people of Zurich crowded along...

19 - Abraham and Daniel Hiestand Settle in the "Carolinas" Headed for "the Carolinas" When the earliest post-Revolution settlers left their homes in places like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and said, “We’re going to the Carolinas,” that did not necessarily mean they were going to the area enclosed in the...

04 - Täuferhöhle (Anabaptist Cave) - Secret Place for Worship - Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will walk up the hill to see where Swiss Brethren (Anabaptists/Mennonites) met to worship in secret. -The German word Täufer = "Baptist" in English, not Baptist as a denomination but Baptist as "one who baptizes." ...

18 - The Mysterious Daniel MG. Hastings Mortality List Card The "1830 Revolutionary War Mortality Listing" Card In the early 1970s, Dwight Haston discovered the little card that you see pictured above.  He found it in a research library in Arkansas.  At that time, there was several members of the...