John Ecker, Sr., was born in 1747 in Chester Co., Pa. He and Elizabeth moved ca1800 to Frederick Co., Md. Because of their relationship to the Crumbacher family (Elizabeth's mother was a Crumbacher), they settled near Windsor and reared a family of seven children there. Frequent surnames in index include Demuth, Ecker, Miller, Naill, Strine, Williar, etc. (78pp. illus. index. Authors, 1995.)