Focusing on the Macungie, Lehigh Co., Pa. Gehman families, this book covers the descendants of Jacob Gehman (1753-1811) and Anna Maria Fretz (1761-1842) who resided near Seisholtzville, Hereford Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Jacob Gehman was the third son of Christian Gehman who arrived in America in 1732. Frequent surnames in their descendants: Butterweck, Dierolf, Fretz, Gehman, Hassler, Heist, Hilbert, Hippenstiel, Johnson, Koch, Lambert, Luckenbach, Miller, Rapp, Renninger, Rosenberger, Schantz, Schultz, Smith, Snyder, Taylor, Wilke, and Ziegler. (102pp. illus. index. hardcover. Author, 2002.)