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Amelia Heiskell

Amelia Heiskell was born 1761 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, and died 1840 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. She married Peter Lauck on October 27, 1779. He was born 31 December 1752 in York County, Pennsylvania, and died 2 October 1839 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. Peter served with Adam Heiskell during Daniel Morgan's attack on Quebec.

Anna Marie Lauck b: 9 NOV 1780 in Winchester County, Virginia
Jacob Lauck b: 22 FEB 1783 in Winchester County, Virginia
John Heiskell Lauck b: 15 AUG 1785 in Winchester County, Virginia
Rebecca Lauck b: 20 APR 1787 in Winchester County, Virginia
Samuel Heiskell Lauck b: 10 DEC 1790 in Winchester County, Virginia
Isaac Streitt Lauck b: 6 AUG 1793 in Winchester County, Virginia
Morgan A Lauck b: 7 JUL 1796 in Winchester County, Virginia
Joseph Manley Lauck b: 8 MAR 1799 in Winchester County, Virginia
Amelia Susan Lauck b: 30 MAR 1802 in Winchester County, Virginia
William Cunningham Lauck b: 24 MAR 1805. He married Eliza Jane Sowers and had six children.
(Highlighted names survived into adulthood)

   A quilt medallion made by Amelia in 1832 survives in the DAR Museum.
Amelia Heiskell Lauck  1801

 


This book, a work of historical fiction, published in 2008, is based on the love story between Peter Lauck and Amelia Heiskell.

 


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