15 - Einsiedeln Abbey, Home of the Swiss "Black Madonna" Tuesday, June 20, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the largest church in Switzerland--the famous Einsiedeln Abbey.150,000 to 200,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims visit each year Black Madonna of Einsiedeln The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits,...

2024 Daniel Haston Family Historic Sites Tour Friday Morning, Load the Bus at 9:00 a.m., July 26, 2024 At Hickory Valley Baptist Church We will be touring in three 40-passenger air-conditioned and handicap accessible buses, with on-board PA systems. Download Print Version To see the highlighted route on a printed...

Some Lodging Options and Recreational Sites For the July 22-23, 2022 Heritage of Daniel Haston Days Week Lodging and Recreation Reservations for lodging at these recreational sites tend to fill up EARLY, plan well ahead if possible. Fall Creek Falls State Park Fall Creek Falls State Park is one of...

29 - Resolving the "McComisky Mystery" in the Haston Family A common piece of erroneous family lore has circulated among Daniel Haston family members for many years--the assumption that Daniel's son, David, was named "David McComisky Haston."  You don't have to look at many Haston family trees on Ancestry.com or...

13 - Village of Hirzel, Switzerland - Home of Two Famous People Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the little mountain village of Hirzel, Switzerland on Monday, June 19.The village of Hirzel, just a few miles on the mountainside southwest of Richterswil is famous for its beauty, as...

28 - David Haston - Distinguishes Himself as a Young Adult Adjacent to a 2020 $45 Million Development Project At age 25, David Haston became the owner of 111 acres in Knox County, TN.  Apparently, owning land was not something his father (Daniel) achieved until his mid-50s.  In 2020, a...

The Richterswil Museum (Ortsmuseum Richterswil) The Richterswil local museum deepens the understanding of regional history and promotes cultural life in the community.The main points of their work are:Management and expansion of the historical collection that is housed in the Haus zum Bären.The organization of exhibitions showing part of the local...

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,...