General Notes

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Following Johann's death in 1778, Barbara Tefern, widow of Frederick  Tefe
rn of Conococheague Hundred, Washington, County, Maryland (the term hundr
ed meaning the same as township) remarried in 1780
to become the 3rd wife of  Joseph Peter Rench. There is record of Barba
ra and Joseph having a daughter named Margaret Rench. This may actual
ly be Margaret Tefern, who was the daughter of Barbara
Tefern and Frederick Tefern. Frederick Tefern's will dated October 21, 17
78 and probated November 24, 1778, names his beloved wife, Barbara, and h
is daughter, Margaret, who later married John
Millhouse. This is the Millhouse family later found in Springcreek Townsh
ip, Miami County, Ohio. Barbara Tefern's gravestone can be seen in the o
ld Millhouse Cemetery in Springcreek Township. It
reads: Barbary RENCH, died in 1820 aged 80 odd years. Barbara's granddaug
hter, Barbara Millhouse, married Henry Dilbone. The Dilbone family was mas
sacred by Indians during August 1813 in what is now
Springcreek Township. An account of this incident can be found in BEER
S' 1880 History of Miami County, page 251.