History and genealogy of the descendants of John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough : 1752-1905 . Kiowa Co., 10, 1906. RECORD OF THE STOUGH FAMILY PART IV. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting uponthei/i that fear him, and his righteousness unto childrens children; tosuch as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his command-ments to do them. Godfrey Stough. FIRST GENERATION. i. Godfrey Stough (Gottfried Stauff, in German) wasborn in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, 1724. He andhis first wife sailed for America on the ship President, A. His wif
History and genealogy of the descendants of John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough : 1752-1905 . Kiowa Co., 10, 1906. RECORD OF THE STOUGH FAMILY PART IV. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting uponthei/i that fear him, and his righteousness unto childrens children; tosuch as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his command-ments to do them. Godfrey Stough. FIRST GENERATION. i. Godfrey Stough (Gottfried Stauff, in German) wasborn in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, 1724. He andhis first wife sailed for America on the ship President, A. His wife and their child died while at sea. On Christmas day, 1754, Godfrey Stough and CharlotteKessler were married by Rev. Lucas Raus, in Dover town-ship, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. She was said to be arefugee princess from Hanover, Germany. Her father wasan heir of royalty, but having been beheaded, his family fledin disguise. SECOND GENERATION. Their children, being second generation, wereMary, m. Adam Ettinger. Elizabeth, m. Bierbower. 2. 230 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE No. Rev. John Stough. EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE REV-EREND JOHN STOUGH. The first Lutheran clergyman that we know of, carryingthe first Lutheran license across the Alleghany mountains, wasRev. John Stough. His Journal and other authentic docu-ments, giving his parentage, place of birth, early life, raisingand connections, were translated from the German by hisson. Dr. Samuel Stough. I was born of poor but pious parents. My father wasborn and raised in Wurtemberg, Germany, where he was STOUGH FAMILY. 231 catechised and confirmed in youth according- to common usageas then practiced in the Lutheran Church. He and his first wife emigrated to the United States inA. D. 1750. On their arrival in Philadelphia they were unableto discharge the shipmasters claim for transportation andwere sold for three years, but his wife dying he married Char-lotte, a refugee princess, after which they removed to
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