James H Head

The Saling Family in America James H Head

The History and Genealogy of John Peter Saling (1703-1755) and George Salling (1719-1788), their ancestry and descendants, including children of married Saling/Salling daughters. This book traces the Saling origins in Alsace, describes the journey to America and settlement in Colonial Virginia, delves deeply into the legendary explorer John Peter Saling, and follows the Saling/Salling descendants for 7-8 generations as they pushed the nation's frontier across the country to the Pacific Coast and into the Twentieth Century. It includes the surnames Saling, Salling, Sailing, Salleng, Salen, and variations, as well as brief descriptions of additional Saling families that arrived from Europe in the late 1800s.