John Michael BRECHT

                   Source: Historical Sketch of the Bright Family. By A G Green.  Also
The Bright
Family of Pennsylvania.  By Margaret Gearhart.  Jacob was the oldest
son of
Michael Brecht and Margareta Simone.  Jacob was born in Heidelberg
Township,
Lancaster County, PA.  Heidelberg Township became Shaefferstown
Lebanon
County by dividing Lancaster County.  Jacob went to Philadelphia and
was
married there.
Infomation from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Unmarried.  Jacob Bright Jr. served as Captain in Maj. Lewis
Nicola's City
Guards, Philadelphia Militia, 1776 - 1777. Sons of Revolution.
P.A., 2nd XIII,
574.  D.A.R. Lineage Book V, 297. He raised up 90 men and he with
Christopher
Pechin (a brother in law) financed these 90 men.
                  

                   In the Ancestral File we found an additional temple endowment, 14
May 1930.
                  

                   MARRIAGE: HAD TWO WIVES  #1 SARAH STONER  #2 CATHERINE (Huber)BOWER
This information is obtained from "Historical Sketch of the Bright
Family" by
A.G. Green. Stoner is also spelled STOVER.  Huber is also spelled
Hoover.
                  

                   1. Parish reg.
2. Sheet submitted by Mrs. Sarah M. B. Miles, 300 S. 3rd Street
     Sunnyside, Washington 98944.
#2 Michael md (2) Margaret Glass
1. Temple records.
2. Wills, Knox Co., Tennessee, pg. 45 (GD 464120)
3. Mortality Schedule, Knox Co., Tenn. 1850.
In the Ancestral File we find an additional Endowment date 4 Jun 1930.
My Mother Sarah Bright Miles at the age of 67 years while visiting
the New York
City Library in 1967, she and my doughter Lanell Miles 13 years
found a sketch
or small book on the Penn. Bright or Brecht family. We had it copied
and
brought it with us. Sarah took this "Historical Sketch of the Bright
Family" by
A. G. Green to the Salt Lake City Genealogical Society and with
their help
found on page 3 in the beginning paragraph finds this John Brights
born 1764
father.  Also p 6, p 12. This John born 1764 is found on page 14.
This John
married Susanna Ginther and followed his Uncle Michael to Tennessee
p12.  All
the Bright Family rejected this finding of my mother but as time has
past most
believe it because there is no one who has found a better conection.
   I honor
my mother Sarah for her great Genealoogical ability and her
determination to do
research even though she lived in poverty and many times what she
spent on
research she had to go without food, cloths or something else. Dale
Bright
Miles.
                  

                   This information is obtained from "Historical Sketch of the Bright
Family"
by A.G. Green
       Additional information obtained from "The Bright Family of
Pennsylvania"
by Margaret Gearhart, 221 Walnut St., Sunbury, Pa.
Peter Bright lived in Reading.  He lived in Cumru township, Berks Co.
Manufacturer of Munitions.
                  

                   Information obtained from
"Historical Sketch of the Bright Family" by A.G.Green P11
He later moved to Greenbriar County, Virginia.  He had a flour mill
and sold
flour to Washington's troops.  "He was conducting a grist mill in
Berks county
at the time Washington was encamped at Vally Forge 1777-78, and that
he
furnished a large supply of flour to the American army at that
place, that he
was paid in Continental currency, which by its rapid depreciation
made him
bankrupt."
                  

                   Information is from "The Bright Family of Pennsylvania" by Margaret
Gearhart.
Also the "Historical Sketch of the Bright Family"  Page 15.