Six Family of New England, Surprise!

There's really something precious about finding unexpected family history. One of the strongest lines I have found within my own tree is that of the German 'Six' or Sixt family surname.

John Conrad Six, Jr. 1758-1842 came to New Harmony in 1826 with his daughter and her husband, Colin Grant from Vevay, Indiana. A low stone marks his grave in Maple Hill, New Harmony, the only inscription is his name. An Account written in a Bible in 1846, records him as a Revolutionary soldier.

New Harmony, Pennsylvania  was really a wonderful place, far up the hill away from the road and noise...and just steps from the famous Owens family markers. If you know any of New Harmony's history, you know that Robert Owens of Scotland bought the whole town of New Harmony, all 30,000 acres and buildings, from the Harmonists who had founded and built the town between 1814 and 1825. The Harmonists, some 700 members, moved back to the PA area and founded a new town. The Owens experiment in New Harmony, to establish a center for equality, enlightenment, research, and individual intelligent pursuits, didn't last very long. They forgot to also include people less enlightened who would be willing  to cook, do the laundry, till the fields, etc. but the Owens family stayed on and made a name for themselves in various pursuits. They had to stay...their money was all tied up in the land.

While he was alive John Conrad, Jr served in the first battalion under Captain John Guthrey as a Private Fourth Class.he enlisted in Virginia but moved his portion of the Six family to Kentucky followed by Indiana. He was very proud of all his married daughters and liked to boast of them.
 John, Jr was also listed in the will of his neighbor and friend Ignatius Dave as a money holder for his widow, Mary. Part of the relationship stemmed no doubt from the fact that they shared a land border.

What makes the Six family so amazing to me is the inter-relation to a more current generation of my family. My stepfather's children are related to John Conrad, Jr. by way of his older brother Henry Six (1757-1841). This small crossing of the history of my paternal line and their maternal lineage simply seems predestined as too them joining my current family this year.

Flow Chart for my Paternal Line following Margaret Six and her Husband Colin Grant

John Conrad Six Sr (1727 - 1783)
is your 6th great grandfather

John Conrad Six Jr (1758 - 1842)
Son of John Conrad

Margaret Six (1801 - 1878)
Daughter of John Conrad

Joseph David Grant (1827 - 1904)
Son of Margaret

William David Grant (1848 - 1925)
Son of Joseph David

Stanley Richard Grant (1886 - 1979)
Son of William David

Joseph Lincoln Grant (1920 - 2000)
Son of Stanley Richard

David Joseph Grant (1954 - )
Son of Joseph Lincoln

Hannah Maureen Grant
You are the daughter of David Joseph