Based on Lutheran Church records in the village of Hassloch,Germany, the Rothermel families that migrated to America in the late 1600's or early 1700's were the children of Johannes Roth Ermel, birthplace and parents unknown. The relationship of Johannes Roth Ermelof Hassloch with Johann Ludwig Rothermel of Biebershein, Germany has notbeen established.
It should be noted that John Jacob Dreibelbis (Treibelbiss), who emigrated to the Port of Philadelphia in 1732, and whose descendants married with many Rothermels in Berks County Pa., was born in Hassloch, Germany April 10, 1709. The birthdates of his five brothers and sisters also appear in the Lutheran Church records in that village as does the birthdates of the children of Johannes Rothermel.

This Rothermel family traces its genealogy back some four hundred years to one Johannes Rothermel, who won both fame and a name in the early wars of Germany. He was a brave soldier, and so frequently dyed his arm in the blood, of his enemies that his comrades designated him as der Roth Ermel (red sleeve), and in this way he acquired the name Rothermel.

Based on Lutheran Church records in the village of Hassloch,Germany, the Rothermel families that migrated to America in the late 1600's or early 1700's were the children of Johannes Roth Ermel,birthplace and parents unknown. The relationship of Johannes Roth Ermelof Hassloch with Johann Ludwig Rothermel of Biebershein, Germany has not been established.

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