The confusion between the two couples Stephan Balllet m. Maria Catharina Schweitzer and Johann Nicolaus Balliet Sr. m. Margaretha Durand may be explained: Johann Nicolaus Balliet Sr. married Margaretha Durand on 3 Dec. 1707 in Diedendorf. They had nine children all baptized in Diedendoff:

1. Maria Susanna Balliet, bap. 9 Sep. 1708, d. 23 May 1779, m. Hans Jacob Wittersheim, son of Johann Peter Wittersheim and Maria Magdalena Brion
2. Jacob Balllet, bap. 18 May 1710, d. 27 Apr. 1775, m. Rauweiler 21 Apr. 1745 Maria Catharina Schleppi. Jacob and Maria Catharina had 13 children. Among these children was Johann Jacob Baillet, bap. 24 July 1754 in Rauweiler, m. Rauweiler 8 May 1781 Magdalena Billiar, daughter of Jean Billiar from Kirrberg. Johann Jacob and Magdalena had more than eight children. Among these children was Peter Balliet, born 13 Oct. 1796 Rauweiler. He was a wheelwright and he married thrice. His first wife was Magdalena Kulmer (d. 5 Apr. 1821). He had no children and emigrated from Le Havre, France, arrived in New York 27 June 1828. Naturalized 29 Jan. 1838 in the Court of Common Pleas, Borough of Northampton, Lehigh Co. His second wife was Letitia Everett (4 Mar. 1805 - 19 Jan. 1842 Emmaus, PA). They had three children. One of them was Henry Jacob Balllet (30 Nov. 1839 Emmaus, PA - 30 July 1921 Philipsburg, NJ). Peter died 21 Aug. 1849 and was buried in the Old Moravian Cemetery, Emmaus, PA. He is the ancestor of the Bailiets of Emmaus. His gravestone is still legible: "Peter Balliet geboren den 13 Oct 1796 bey Rahweiler am Rhein, gestorben den 21 Aug 1849, Alter 52 J 10 M"
3. Ottilia Balllet, bap. 20 Dec. 1711, d. 22 Aug. 1774 in Lixheim, Lorraine, m. in Rauweiler 24 Feb. 1740 Johann Jacob Isch, son of Durst Isch from Lixheim Later on, Johann Jacob Isch was a shoemaker in Rauweiler. He was a widower. On 10 Oct. 1319 he married Maria Magdalena Kreupp (= Kreup, Kreipp, Kreip, Greib), daughter of Jacob Kreupp from Lixheim. Johann Jacob Isch and Maria Magdalena Kreup had a son Johann Peter Isch who emigrated to Pennsylvania on board the Phoenix. He landed at Philadelphia 15 Sep. 1749 and settled in Lancaster, where he was naturalized on 24 Sep. 1763.13
4. Ludwig Carl Balliet, bap. 20 Oct. 1713, d. 1 Mar. 1785, m. in Rauweiler 21 Apr. 1736 Maria Susanna Wittersheim, daughter of Johann Peter Wittersheim and Maria Magdalena Brion
5. Johann Peter Ba!liet, bap. 20 Oct. 1715. Alive in 1754
6. Nicolaus Balliet, bap. 22 Aug. 1717, d. before 1722
7. Paulus Balliet, bap. 20 Aug. 1719 d. 25 July 1785 Kirrberg, Alsace, m. Rauweiler 3 Jan. 1744 Susanna Grosjean from Kirrberg.
8. Johann Nicolaus Balliet, bap. 24 Aug. 1722, d. 14 Mar. 1789 Rauweiler, m. Rauweiler 21 Apr. 1750 Maria Magdalena Kmupp, daughter of Jacob Kreupp and Veronica Lantz
9. A child bap. 12 July 1723. The pastor forgot the name.

Stephen C. Balliet and Dr. Gerhard Hein, as well as the author of this article had assumed an error in Johann Nicolaus Balliet's death record of 21 Sep. 1783, when the minister mentioned that Johann Nicolaus was 64 years 16 weeks old. Everybody identified Susanna Alleman's husband with that Johann Nicolaus Balllet who was baptized 22 Aug. 1717 (no. 6 above). The minister was right and the amateur genealogists had better have looked earlier at the Wintersbourg records.

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