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464. Thomas Solomon AARON⁽⁷⁷⁷⁾⁽⁴⁹⁵⁾ was born about 1760 in Lebanon Co., PA.⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽³⁴⁸⁾⁽⁴⁹⁵⁾ FamilySearch says birth date was about 1751 in Lebanon, PA. Pat O'Neill and Charron say it was 1760.
He died on Jul 12 1878 in Clarion Co., PA.⁽⁷⁴⁶⁾ All that is known of Thomas Aaron is the baptismal record of his son, George, in Father Helbron's Greensburg Records, published by the Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, and a deed of 21 October 1811 in the courthouse in Greensburg, PA, wherein Thomas Aaron of Westmoreland County conveyed all his farm animals and household goods to Simon Drum, Jr. Tradition says Thomas and Susan Aaron had eight children. Myth says he came to America from Germany, and may have even been the son of a baron, and that he came incognito to avoid German military service. Another myth is that he was Jewish and converted to Catholicism when he married Elizabeth. -- Aarons of Crate.

One story has it that Thomas Solomon Aaron came to this County with a certain Russian Prince Galitizin who migrated to America for religious freedom bringing with him families from Bavaria and France. It may be that there is truth in this and that Thomas Solomon was from a Jewish Bavarian Family that Converted to Catholicism. See oral Appendix 1. Yet another report is that he served in napoleons army see note of John Aaron. -- Charron.

Middle name was Solomon. -- Charron.
Robert Walsh lists the children of Thomas Aaron and Elizabeth Reinsel as Joseph, Thomas and Daniel (1797). -- Walsh.

Thomas Stobie lists six children:
1. Joseph Aaron b: 1783
2. Thomas Aaron b: 2 FEB 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
3. Conrad Aaron b: 1793
4. Daniel Aaron b: 22 MAR 1797 in Pennsylvania
5. George Aaron b: 9 SEP 1801 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
6. Elizabeth Aaron b: 1810,
but not Peter or Benjamin. -- Stobie.

John Charron lists the same six children:
1. Conrad Aaron
2. Elisabeth Aaron?
3. Joseph Aaron b: 1780 in Latrobe PA
4. Thomas Aaron b: 2 FEB 1789
5. Daniel Aaron b: 10 APR 1797 in Penn
6. George Aaron b: 9 SEP 1801 in Westmoreland County PA -- Charron.

465. Elizabeth REINSEL⁽⁷⁷⁸⁾ was born about 1755 in Lebanon Co., PA.⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽³⁴⁸⁾⁽⁷⁷⁹⁾ Born about 1755. -- FamilySearch.

Born in Lebanon, PA. -- Pat O'Neill.

Born about 1755 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA. -- Tom Stobie.
She died after 1801. From Lebanon County, PA. Only family tradition supplies Elizabeth's maiden name. She may have been of German ancestry. Children were:

i. Peter Samuel AARON was born before 1777 in Westmoreland Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾ Peter Samuel Aaron was born before 1777 in Westmoreland Co., PA. -- Family Search.
Went West? (Source: Book entitled "Aarons of Crates, PA," 1981, p.8)
ii. Benjamin AARON⁽⁷⁸⁰⁾ was born before 1779 in Westmoreland Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾ He died infant?. Died in childhood?
iii. Joseph AARON was born in 1783 in Goshenhoppen (Bally), PA, Berks Co..⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽⁷⁸¹⁾ Born in 1783. -- Stobie.

Born in 1782 in Goshenhoppen, PA, Berks County. -- O'Neill.
He died on Oct 27 1857.⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽⁷⁸²⁾ Came from Westmoreland County to Berks County in 1829, according to Sacramental data from Church registers at St. Nicholas of Tolentino Church, Crates, Pa. (Source: Book entitled "Aarons of Crates, PA," 1981, p. 8.)Buried October 29, 1857 in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Crates, PA. Came from
Westmoreland County, PA to Berks County, PA in 1829, according to
Sacramental data from Church registers at St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Church, Crates, PA

He married Margaret (Elizabeth) (Dapper) Topper on February 16, 1812
(other records state 1813) in Greensburg, PA. Marriage records appear in
Father Helbron's Marriage Registers, Greensburg, PA.

Margaret (Elizabeth) (Dapper) Topper was born on October 12, 1783. Died
on July 2, 1859. Buried on July 3, 1859 in St. Nicholas Cemetery, Crates,
PA.
228 iv. Thomas AARON.
v. Conrad AARON⁽⁷⁸³⁾ was born in 1793 in Westmoreland Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽⁷⁸⁴⁾ He died on Jan 23 1859 in Crates, Clarion Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾⁽⁷⁸⁵⁾ Died in 1859. -- FamilySearch.

Died January 23, 1859, in Crates, PA. -- Pat O'Neill, Stobie.
Conrad Aaron served in War of 1812, from April 21, 1813 to November 8, 1913, and then, after enlisting again on November 20, 1814, he served until discharged December 4, 1814, at Statler's Tavern, Allegheny Mountain. -- Aarons of Crate.

Conrad had two wives but I got this information from the family background work of Donna Wolfson and it is unclear with which wife he had the children. -- jjcharron.

232 vi. Daniel AARON.
vii. George AARON⁽⁷⁸⁶⁾ was born on Sep 9 1801 in Westmoreland Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾ He was baptized on Nov 1 1801.⁽⁷⁸⁷⁾ Baptism date. He died in 1882 in Crates, Clarion Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾ Died in 1882 in Crates, PA.
Fact of DOB and parents is from a baptismal record in Father Helbron's Greensburg Records, published by the Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
viii. Elizabeth AARON was born in 1810 in Westmoreland Co., PA.⁽²³⁵⁾⁽⁶⁴⁶⁾ Elizabeth Aaron was born in 1810. -- Pat O'Neill.

Elizabeth Aaron was born before 1781 in Westmoreland County, PA. -- FamilySearch.