Ancestors of the Bortel Family of Northwest Ohio, Michigan and Lancaster PennsylvaniaDescendants of a Hessian Soldier taken at Saratoga during the American Revolution in October of 1777. Escaped during the forced march of the "Convention Army" in December of 1778 near Lancaster PA and never left the area. He produced five children who Pioneered the State of Ohio, later settling in Henry and Wood counties. The original faamily name was Bartles and that mutated to Bortel Bortle. Over five thousand descendants descend fron this one