General Notes

"Johann Heinrich Eschbach came to the United States landing in the port of Philadelphia on September 5, 1738 aboard the ship the "Winter Galley" (Edward Paynter, Commander--last from Deal)  which had set sail from Rotterdam, Holland. Johann is listed among the passengers of the ship as among the Palatine and others. Upon his entry in the port of Philadelphia, he signed his allegiance to the King of England, and from this the signature of Johann Heinrich Eschbach is available. " (Source: "Family of Johann Heinrich Eschbach" Rev. John D. Ashbaugh webmaster@@zionweb.org, at AWTP (who has generously shared the above information at AWTP.)

The following narrative generously provided by "Dowling Family Tree" Tim Dowling tdowling_53223@@yahoo.com: "The ancestral name of Ashbaugh was Eschenbach, the family name of Wolfran von Eschenbach who lived in or near the town of Eschenbach near the Austrian border of what was West Germany.  The family name means "a bach or brook running through a grove of ash trees."  The name Eschenbach was shortened to Eschbach by Johann Heinrich Eschbach when he emigrated to America, landing in Philadelphia in 1738.  The name Eschbach was later anglicized to Ashbaugh.  Known to outsiders as "Pennsylvania Dutch", which is derived from Deutschland (Germany), the Ashbaughs moved west to Armstrong County, Butler County, Clarion County, and elsewhere."

OTHER:
LDS FHL Ancestral File # 1167-L26
AWTP: "Gregg and Associated Families" Frank retyrd1@@cox.net.