Husband: Wilhelm BESCHT
   Born: 1713             at: Palatinate (Pfalz), Germany  
Married: 1732             at: Germany  
   Died: 24 NOV 1762      at: Lehigh Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
 Father:Wilhelm BESCHT\BAEST
 Mother:Anna MICHEAL
        Other Spouses: 
   Wife: Anna Susanna SCHAEFFER
   Born: 1717             at: Germany  
   Died: 1769             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
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CHILDREN
   Name: John Wilhelm BEST, JR. JR.
   Born: 1733             at: Switzerland  
Married: ABT 1762         at: Westmoreland Co., Pa.  
   Died: 1823             at: Clarion Co, Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Anna Catherine HAWK  Anna Catharina DORN (THORN)  
   Name: Susannah BEST
   Born: 1735             at: Germany  
Married: 1751             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: 1796             at: Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Christian LAUFFER  
   Name: Anna Maria Elizabeth BEST
   Born: AUG 1738         at: on board ship "Winter Galley", Atlantic Ocean  
Married:                  at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: 1781             at: Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Jacob DORMEYER  John Peter SHERRY  
   Name: Mary Catherine BEST
   Born: 10 OCT 1743      at: Lelhigh Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married: 1758             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: 2 DEC 1808       at: Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Johann Nicholas SILVIS  
   Name: Anna Maria BEST
   Born: 1745             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 2 JUL 1827       at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Ludwig KLEPPINGER  
   Name: John Henry BEST
   Born: 1 MAR 1747/48    at: Lehigh Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania  
Married: 1771             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: 1793             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Elizabeth Barbara KUNTZ  
   Name: Sibilla BEST
   Born: 1752             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 1762             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: 
   Name: Isabella BEST
   Born: 1753             at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married:                  at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: 
   Name: Maria Barbara BEST
   Born: 1754             at: Lehigh Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married: 1772             at: Zion Stone Church, Kreidersville, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: SEP 1824         at: Franklin Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Frederick KELPPINGER  
   Name: Susanna Sabilla BEST
   Born: 28 AUG 1758      at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 8 APR 1760       at: Heidelburg Twp., Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: _____ SCHNEIDER  
   Name: John Michael BEST
   Born: 12 JUN 1761      at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
Married: 15 JUN 1783      at: Northampton Co., Pennsylvania  
   Died: 24 APR 1843      at: Plum Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  
Spouses: Eva Catherine SCHAEFFER