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The earliest traceable ancestors are three brothers from Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, England: John (d. 1588), William (m. 1577), and Richard (alive in 1588). John married Elizabeth Perkins in 1559. They had four children in Great Houghton. William married Joan Denton; they had eight children in Great Houghton. Genealogies of families with the Atterbury/Atteberry/Arterbery/Arterbury surname are presented even if links to these brothers have not yet been made. Includes Dickey, Gray, Meeks, Reed, SImpson, Smith, Thompson, Wilson and related lines.
Johann Jörg Riegel [George Rigel] (1718-1798) was born at Becherbach, a village near Kirn on the Nahe River, Germany, the son of Hans Henrich and Engela Caterina Buch Riegel. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1741 and settled in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had a least eight children. He is buried in Nockamixon Township. His son, John Riegel [later Riggle] (1783-1847), and his wife, Sarah Shelter, had ten children, 1807-1828. The family lived at Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, until 1820 when they moved to Allegheny (now Gilpin) Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. John and Sarah Riggle are buried at Forks-Zion Lutheran Church, Armstrong County. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, California and elsewhere.
William Elston Collings (1758-1828) and his wife, Phoebe Haugland, with their family lived at Pigeon Roost, Scott County, Indiana. They, along with the entire community, were subjects of the Indian massacre of 3 September, 1812. The authors have tried to locate descendants of the survivors, who have scattered throughout the country.
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