Johann Kayser     Jacob Gotz
+--------------+   |          BE SURE TO SEE THE ****NOTE**** BELOW.
|b. ca. 1575   |   |          There is some unverified information.
|m. ca. 1619   |   |
|d. pre 1649   |   |
|Rumpenheim,   |   |
|Hesse, GERMANY|   |
+--+-----------+   |
   |               |
   |               |
   |               |
Valentin  + Maria Gotz     Johann Heinzinger
Kayser    |                     |
+---------+--------+            |
|b. ca.   |        |            |
|1620     |        |            |
|m. 1 May |        |            |
|1649     |        |            |
|d. 5 Aug |        |            |
|1700     |d. 1689 |            |
+---------+--------+            |
          |                     |
          |                     |
Stephan Kayser + Catharina Heinzinger
               |
+--------------+----+---------------+
|b. ca. 29 Apr. 1655|               |
|m. 8 Mar 1695      |               |
|d. ???             |d. 22 Nov 1746 |
+-------------------+---------------+
|     Rumpenheim, Hesse, GERMANY    |
+--------------+----+---------------+
               |
               |
   +-----------+
   |
   |
Valentine Kayser + Maria Magdalena 
                 |   Sommerland
+----------------+----------------+
|b. 15 Jan. 1696 |                |
|at Rumpenheim,  |d. after 1762   |
|Hesse-Hunau,    |                |
| GERMANY.       |                |
+----------------+----------------+
|Married 2 September 1723.        |
|Arrived in Philadelphia in 1750  |
|from Rumpenheim, Hesse-Hunau,    |
|aboard the ship Edinburgh.       |
+---------------------------------+

****NOTE****
Either the above Valentine and Maria
are the parents of Johann Michael
Kiser or the Valentine and Agness
below are the parents. Many researchers
assume that the Valentine married to 
Agness is the father of Johann
Michael Kiser though this is not
verified.

Valentin(e)  Agness             Johan       Anna 
Kayser   + (maiden name         Jacob    +  Ursula
(Kiser)  |  unknown)            Lingel   |  Banckard
+--------+--------------+       (Lingle) |  
|b. Aug. | b. about 1702|  +-------------+-------------------------+
| 1708 in|              |  |b.23 Jan 1709|b.17 Sept 1711; d.1769 to|
| GERMANY|              |  |d. about     |1776 in Goshenhoppen, PA |
|d. about| d. about     |  |  1 Nov 1753 +-------------------------+
| 7 Sept.|   January 6, |  |Arrived in Philadelphia 6 September    |
| 1785 in|   1773, in   |  |1737 from the Palatinate (GERMANY) on  |
| LeHigh |  Pennsylvania|  |the English ship St. Andrews Galley,   |
| Co., PA|              |  |John Stedman, Master, from Rotterdam.  |
+--------+--------------+  +---------------+-----------------------+
|Valentin arrived on the|                  | Researchers assume
|ship Mortonhouse in    |                  | these were Anna Maria's
|Philadelphia, PA, Aug17|                  | "Mary's" parents.
|1729, from Rotterdam.  |                  |
+--------+--------------+                  |
         |                                 |
         ?                                 |
         |                                 |
(Father is one of the                      |
 Valentine Kaysers above.       +----------+
 See above ****NOTE****.)       |
         |                      ?
         |                      |       Click on the link to a page 
         |                      |       by Mark B. Arslan, descendant
         |                      |       of Michael and Mary Kiser:
         |                      |       Michael & Mary Kiser of VA.
         Johann Michael  +  Anna Maria  
             Kiser       | "Mary" Lingel? 
                         | (Unsure if she was a Lingel. Last name may
                         | have been Eppert).
It is      +-------------+----------------+
certain    |b. ca.1734 in|b. about 1737 in|
that       |Germantown,  |Goshenhoppen, PA|  (Johann) Michael Kiser
Michael    |Philadelphia |d. 1805 in      |  served in the American
and Mary   |County, PA.  |Rockingham      |  Revolution in Captain 
Kiser are  |d.1798-1801. |County, Virginia|  Philip Krick's 8th Co.,
direct     |One of the   |They came to the|  Fourth Battalion, PA.
ancestors. |largest land |Shenandoah Valley
What is in |owners in    |of VA from Berks|
question   |Rockingham   |Co., PA, in 1783|
is their   |County, VA.  |Married in 1750s|
respective |Baptized 10  |                |
ancestries |Feb. 1735    |
           +-------------+----------------+
                         |
                         |
                         |
                      Jacob    Elizabeth
                      Kiser +  Kiesling
  +-------------------------+
  |b. 6 April 1763 in       |
  |Heidelberg Twp in Berks  |
  |County, Pennsylvania.    |
  |d. August 1, 1828, in    |
  |Rockingham Co., VA. Built|
  |a grist mill on North    |
  |River.  Captain of the   |
  |militia.                 |
  +-------------------------+