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BULLETIN

HISTORICAL SOCIETYMONTGOMERY COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIAJ^OJ^R/STOWN

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETYAT ITS ROOMS IS EAST PENN STREET

NORRISTOWN.PA.

OCTOBER, 1950

VOLUME Vll NUMBER 3

PRICE ONE DOLLAR

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Historical Society of Montgomery County

OFFICERS

Donald A. Gallager, Esq., President

George K. Brecht, Esq., First Vice-president

Foster C. Hillegass, Second Vice-President

David E. Groshens, Esq., Third Vice-President

Eva G. Davis, Recordmg Secretary

Helen E. Richards, Corresponding Secretary

Mrs. LeRoy Bueris, Financial Secretary

Lyman a. Kratz, Treasurer

Mrs. LeRoy Burris, Acting Librarian

TRUSTEES

Kirke Bryan, Esq.

Mrs. H. H. Francine

Donald A. Gallager, Esq.

H. H. Ganser

Nancy P. Highley

Foster C. Hillegass

Mrs. a. Conrad Jones

Hon. Harold G. Knight

Lyman A. Kratz

Douglas Macparlan, M.D.

Katharine Preston

Frankun A. Stickler

Mrs. James I. Wendell

Mrs. Frankun B. Wildman, Jr.

Norris D. Wright

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Photo hy Edwin A. Styer

New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Upper Hanovertownship, near East Greenville, Pa. Built 1857; thirdchurch on this site.

THE BULLETIN

of the

Historical Society of Montgomery County

Published Semi-Annually—October and April

Volume VII October, 1950 Number 3

CONTENTS

The Diary of Charles A. Baer, Norristown, 1862-68,Kirke Bryan, Esq. .197

Detective Work Among the Benners," Hannah Banner Roach 213

Index to Goshenhoppen Church Records,Kenneth H. Hallman 249

Reports 287

Publication Committee

Mrs. LeRoy Burris Jean Gottshall

Charles R. Barker, Chairman

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The Diary of Charles A. Baer

Norristown

1862-1863By Kirke Bryan, Esq.

(Continued from page 126)

Thursday, January 1, 1863: This was a beautiful day. Itwas my intention to spend today in the city, going to churchin the morning, and in the afternoon attending the Sundayschool festival in the Neck, but an engagement to perform amarriage ceremony in the evening prevented the latter, and Iwas othervdse prevented from the former. Attended the German Reformed in the morning. In the afternoon made severalvisits.

At six o'clock Mr. Andrew Baker came for me and took mein his carriage to his father's house, where I performed themarriage ceremony between his sister, Martha Baker, andWilliam Finnay. After the ceremony the company sat downto a sumptuous feast.

Saturday, January 10: Spent the morning in my room. Inafternoon went out to Oakland. Spent a short time with ClaraMyers.

Wednesday, January 21: A very stormy, rainy day. Wentto the city and returned at noon. At evening service only thesexton and Mr. Lehman were present. Had no service. Spentremainder of the evening at Longakers'.

Saturday, January 24: Have spent this afternoon and preceding ones in visiting my people.

Saturday, January 31: Yesterday morning was in the city.Looked after getting a chapel tent for the 51st Regiment.Singing school in the evening. I spent the evening at Shoffners',

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where they had some company complimentary to Daniel Yost,who is lieutenant-colonel of the 179th Regiment, drafted men,and who is here on a visit. Company did not break up untillate. It was after twelve when I got to my room.

Sunday, February 1, 1863: This was a cloudy day. In theevening it commenced to rain. At 10 o'clock I attended thefuneral of Abrm. Ouster, son-in-law of John Lare. He joinedthe 51st Regiment just before the battle of Antietam, and inthe battle of Fredricksburg he was struck by a shell and diedsoon after. He was buried there, but his body was broughthome and buried today. The time being so near to church timewe had no time for much speaking. Rev. Price conducted theservices. I offered the prayer.

' Church was well attended, considering the weather and thefuneral, I preached from Heb. 4:15, on Christ's being tempted.When i came home to dinner I found Cornelia Jacoby at thehouse with her husband. They have been recently married.Two hundred twenty-five scholars at Sunday school. The rainin the evening made the church attendance small.

Monday, February 2: Met my class this evening. I fearthere is not sufficient seriousness on the part of many whoattend, and that there are some older persons who would attend, but are prevented by there being so many young personsthere who are not properly impressed with the solemnity ofthe matter.

Tuesday, February 3: This evening I was present at anevening company given by Miss Dewey at the Episcopal rectory. The weather became very cold this evening.

Monday, February 9; Went to the city. Had the chapeltent shipped off. Returned at 4 o'clock. Met my class in theevening. Attendance not so good, but more serious.

Thursday, February 19: This evening married George Hay-worth and Martha B. Ramsey at the house of the Misses Barton. Was invited to attend a party at Schalls' but not wishingto give my countenance to a dancing party, I did not go.

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Friday, February 20: This evening was the last eveningof the first quarter of our singing class. The interest has beenwell kept up. The attendance of visitors was pretty large. Itis proposed by the leader, Mr. Day, to have a series of tenmore lessons.

Thursday, March 5, 1863: This evening married LewisDavis. The matter was kept quiet. Company was invited tothe house, but no intimation was given in regard to the ceremony to take place. Whilst they were seated in the parlor, thebridal party, followed by myself, entered the room, and theceremony was performed to the great surprise of the company. The evening was spent very pleasantly.

Friday, March 13: This morning I sat to have my photograph taken by Lenzi.

Monday, March 30: This afternoon, the weather beingvery Springlike, I moved my library, &c, to the house intowhich Judge Jacoby moves. I employed a colored man witha furniture wagon, and in two loads had all removed.

Saturday, April 4: Last Tuesday the family with whomI board moved into a house on DeKalb Street. The weatherwas very unpleasant. It rained and snowed nearly the wholeday. Fortunately I moved on Monday.

Yesterday being Good Friday, we had services in thechurch in the afternoon. The attendance was the smallest Ihave ever had on such an occasion in Norristown. I preachedfrom the words, 'And sitting down they watched him there.'The singing class met in the evening.

Sunday, April 5, Easter: Last night it commenced to snow.This morning it continued to rain, making it very unpleasant.Preparatory service was held last evening, but the attendancewas small. Considering the very bad weather, the attendancethis morning was very good. I spoke on the words of Paul,That I may know the power of His resurrection.' Over 140persons were present at the communion. Sunday school wasslimly attended in the afternoon. In the evening I preached

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on the resurrection of the body. In the afternoon I administered communion to Mrs. Schoch, and baptized several Children at Lares'.

Tuesday, April 7: In the evening I attended an entertainment given for the benefit of the Ladies' Army Aid Society.

Wednesday, April 15: Lectured this evening. Raining.After lecture the vestry held a meeting and decided to call ameeting of the congregation on Tuesday evening, to take stepsin "regard to erection of a'new church.

Tuesday, April 21: This evening a meeting of the congregation was held, to consult in regard to building a new church.The attendance was pretty good. There seemed to be a unanimous and determined spirit to go forward and-accomplish thework. The meeting agreed that an adjoining piece of groundshould be, purchased, from Dr. Matthews, on the best termsthat could be obtained. The question of changing the locationwas also considered, but after discussion it was thought bestnot to change. When it came to the matter of subscription,Mr. Lehman offered to subscribe $1000, if one or two otherscould be found to do the same. Here there was a halt, and themeeting adjourned without making any further progress. Ireturned to my room very much disheartened. I thought thatthe project was entirely frustrated.

Thursday, April 23: My feelings in regard to the buildingof the church have been somewhat altered, "yesterday morning I called on Mr. William Stabler and endeavored to gethim to give $1000, but did not succeed. Mr. Stabler was takenvery sick yesterday and was obliged to take to his'bed. Thism.orning he was better, and on visiting him I succeeded atlast in getting his subscription for $1000. Thus the subscription has commenced with two of $1000 each.

In the afternoonT called on Francis Nace, who is wealthy,but did not succeed in getting from him what I thought heought to give. He will have to be waited on again. In theevening I waited on Daniel Longaker, but did not succeed ingetting his name down. Getting subscriptions is a difficult

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work. How little do men realize their duty, how unwilling* arethey to make sacrifices for the church.

Tuesday, April 28: This evening William Stabler and myself called on Daniel Longaker and got from him the promiseof $250 to be paid when the new church is under roof and$250 when sufficient has been subscribed to pay off the wholeof the debt.

Thursday, April 30: This was the day appointed by thePresident as a national fast day. We had service in the morning. The attendance was pretty good. I preached from 1 Kings8 :44-45. In the afternoon I visited. In the evening called atJohnsons' and Hoovens'. Wrote letters this week to D. M. Yost,A. J. Strach, Charles Wieland, Jacob Sanders, D. Bane, F. D.James,'Dr. Mathews, G. F. Miller, Milton Feather. •

Sunday, May 10, 1863: This was a beautiful,, warm day.Last night a report was brought to town that Richmond hadbeen occupied by our forces, from Yorktown, and that Hookerhad crossed the Rappahannock again. By evehinig the.' goodhews had dwindled down to the report that Hooker had onilycrossed, and Richmond not taken, and later still it was thatall was a hoax. There was much excitement over the first

report.

Morning services were not so very well attended. Therewas a lacking in the attendance of men. C. W. Knauf preachedon words, 'Thou shalt call his name Jesus.' Mr. Knauf is acandidate for the ministry, and will no doubt be ordained atthe approaching meeting of Synod. Sunday .school was onlytolerably well attended.

Thursday, May 18: The weather today was chilly anddamp. Succeeded this morning in getting a subscription forthe new church from Judge Jacoby for $200. Went to the cityat 9 o'clock-and attended divine service at St. Mark's Church.

Went with Knauffs to dinner. Returned in afternoon. Calledon Mr. Willoughby Boyer, and succeeded in getting him tosubscribe $200 to the new church. In the evening Mr. Lehmanand I .tried several others, but could not get them to'go that


amount, and therefore did not take their names for thepresent.

Friday, May 14: A beautiful day, but very cool. Spentmorning mostly in my room. Visited a number of families inthe afternoon. In the evening Mr. Lehman and I called uponMr. J. Poley, and succeeded in getting him to subscribe $200,whereat we were glad, and went home with much more pleasant feelings than we did last night.

Monday, May 24: This evening our annual congregationalmeeting was held. Elders and deacons were elected. Afterwards the new church business came up. The plan proposedwas adopted. H. Lehman, Dr. Poley, Wm. Kerper, W. Stabler, D. Longaker, Francis Nace, and myself were elected asbuilding committee. After this business I read the new charter which I had prepared. The hour was too late to take actionupon it, and it was referred to a committee, to report on it ata future meeting.

Saturday, June 6, 1863: Meeting of Synod. On last Saturday afternoon I went to Reading to attend the meeting ofSjTiod to be held in that city. Mr. Lehman being my delegate,Mrs. Lehman went, Mr. Lehman remaining at home untilSunday evening. A number of other ministers were in thecars. Whilst at Reading I staid with Feathers, who keep theKeystone House, I found it a pleasant place. The family allseemed pleased with the visitors. A number of other ministersand delegates staid there also.

The exercises of Synod commenced on Saturday eveningwith the preparatory services. Rev. Welden preaching. OnSunday morning I preached in Rev. Valentine's church. Inthe German Church the synodical sermon was preached byDr. Mann, and Communion held. In the afternoon MissFeather and myself visited several of the Sunday schools. Iwas asked to address the Sunday school of St. James' Church,which I did. In the evening I attended Mr. Valentine's church,where Rev. Sadler preached.

• On Monday morning the business session was commenced.Dr. C. M. Schaeffer was elected president. On Monday evening


the Education Anniversary was hel.d. The German servicestook place in St. John's. The English took place in Trinity,where I preached. On Wednesday evening fifteen young menwere ordained, among them C. W. Knauff.

The subject that caused the most interest at Synod thisyear was the union of the two synods. After a very earnestdebate and various maneuvers of those opposed to the movement, a series of resolutions were passed declaring such aunion eminently desirable, and setting forth certain conditions. These will be laid before the Synod of East Pennsylvania for their action.

This year I was placed on the Committee on the Reportof the German Professor, and wrote the report of that committee. I was also elected a director of the Theological Seminary for five years. Mr. Lehman was also elected a directorfor the same period. He was also elected an alternate delegateto the General Synod. I returned to Norristown on Friday atnoon.

Last night we had a meeting of the building committee,to receive estimates. The principal one was not arranged aswe desired, and the awarding of the contract was deferreduntil next Monday evening.

Monday, June 8,1863: Went to city this morning. In afternoon attended meeting of the Publication Board. Returnedon 4:30 train. In the evening the building committee met toreceive and open the estimates for the new church building.Messrs. Huston presented the following estimates. For brickwork, $2075.00; marble work, $600.00; for other work exclusive of painting, frescoing and gas fitting, $6625.00;total, $9900.00 [$9300.00?].

Mr. Stokes presented an estimate for brick work for$2060, which is $15 below Messrs. Huston, and therefore hedoes the work. Mr. Jos. Moyer also presented an estimate forthe marble work at $750, which was higher than that ofMessrs. Huston.

Wednesday, June 10: Instead of lecture this evening weheld a congregational meeting to consider and adopt the new

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church constitution. It was read by sections and adopted, andI was appointed to attend to bringing it before the court.Several of the building committee having declined serving;the number was reduced to five, and Mr. High was electedto complete that number. Today I got subscriptions to theamount of $200. This morning I got Lenzi to take a photograph of the church.

Saturday, June 13: This afternoon I had the interior ofour old church photographed.

Sunday June 14: Day opened cloudy, but soon clearedaway, and the weather was pleasant. This was the last Sunday in our old church. Attendance morning and evening good.

' Monday, June 15: This afternoon reports reached us thatthe. rebels had invaded Pennsylvania, and were advancingUpon Harrisburg. A meeting was held in the court house, an^speeches mades urging men to go to Harrisburg. The President has called out 100,000 men for six^ months. Of these,50,000 are to come from Pennsylvania.

Today I rewrote the charter of our church. Mr. Garberpresented it to the court, and the application was ordered tobe published.

Tuesday, June 16: This afternoon a telegram from theGoyernor was posted up, stating that the rebels were aprpreaching Harrisburg, and calling upon the people to cometo the defence of the state. There seems 4:o be great apathyon this subject. But few have gone. This afternoon WalterCooke went off with about 12 men.

I had made an engagement in connection with Rev. Woartto hold a meeting in behalf of the Bible Society this eveningin Pottstown, but-thinking that in consequence of the excitement we would- not succeed, I telegraphed to Rey, GeorgeMiller to postpone the meeting. , •

Yesterday the furniture" of the church was removed, andtoday the carpenters tore up the floors. It is well that a commencement has thus been actually made. If it had not-beenclone, probably-the excitement on account of the threatened


rebel invasion would have caused the work again to be deferred. This evening I met the young folks of the church, atKerper's.

Thursday, June 18: The excitement today calmed downconsiderably. It seems now that the rebels probably did notget- any farther than Chambersburg.

Sunday, June 21: Cloudy and misty, with occasional rain.Today for the first time we worshipped in the Odd FellowsHall. Considering the weather the attendance was better thanI expected. Sunday school met in the same place in the afternoon. The weather was not very favorable to a large attendance, yet there were 196 present. A number of new scholarsmade their appearance. At six o'clock I attended the OakStreet M.E. Church, and afterward the First Presbyterian.

Saturday, June 27: This has been a week of reports ofrebel invasions. The rebels in considerable force have invadedour State and successfully occupied Chambersburg, Gettysburg, Carlisle, and are approaching Harrisburg., But out ofall this there seems to be no stir. Very few have offered to goto repel them.

Sunday, June 28: After a cloudy morning it cleared awayand became very pleasant. Just before service I received anotice of a public meeting to be held this afternoon, at halfpast one o'clock. Morning services were very well attended.The hall was almost filled. I preached from I Peter 2:13-16,and at the close of my sermon urged the duty of the Christiancitizen to come forward at the call of his country to defendher. In the afternoon Sunday school was well attended, therebeing 243 scholars present.. The exercises were somewhatshorter on account of the German service that followed. The

attendance at this was tolerable.

A very large town meeting was held in the court house.Speeches were made to encourage men to enroll in the militiaservice for three months, and a subscription was started toprovide for the families of those who needed aid. Telegramswere posted up towards evening that the rebels were ap-


preaching Harrisbxirg, and a later one announced that theyhad appeared opposite Columbia. It is designed to raise threecompanies in Norristown, and considerable progress has beenmade towards this. In the evening I attended Central Presbyterian Church, where I saw a number of my congregation.

Monday, June 29: Today business was generally suspendedin town, and attention given to raising companies for the defence of the state. This afternoon a company under the captaincy of Edward Schall left for Reading and Harrisburg.The excitement in town was increased by telegrams postedup telling of the approach of the rebels, that they were opposite to Columbia, evidently designing to cross, and thatsome skirmishes took place not far from Harrisburg.

This afternoon the workmen at the church commencedto push down the walls. They pushed down the two side wallsbefore they stopped work this evening.

This evening just before supper I was surprised by avisit from mother. The people of Lancaster have become apprehensive of a visit from the rebels, and my brothers at homethought it would be better for mother to be away from Lancaster. As our house is pretty much taken up with visitorsof Jacobys', I accepted Mrs. Lehman's invitation and motherwent to Lehmans'.

Tuesday, June 30: This morning a company under thecommand of Captain Taylor left Norristown. They were metat Bridgeport by Captain Harry Lutz's company, who wentAVith them. A large crowd was present at the station.

This morning the workmen pushed over the front wall ofthe' church. The cornerstone thus came out, but the contentswere so poorly preserved as scarcely to be recognized. Theywere a Bible, a hymnbook, a catechism, and several newspapers. The case in which they were was of wood, the dampnesspenetrated it, and the contents were so mouldy and pressedtogether that the papers and the catechism could scarcely bediscerned. About half past one o'clock the back wall camedown in one piece, and so the old church is now entirely torndown, the last day of June, 1863.


Wednesday, July 1, 1863: This morning another companygotten up by the Union League left town for the defence of thestate. In the afternoon another one under the captaincy of B.Markley Boyer left town. The main street was kept in a stateof excitement by the maneuvering of a cavalry company. Thisevening we received intelligence that our forces had driventhe rebel cavalry back. Favorable news has also been receivedof Rosecrans' operations.

The workmen at the church today were clearing away oldlumber, &c, preparatory to digging the excavations for thefoundation walls.

Thursday, July 2: This morning a company of cavalrycommanded by Captain Haas left for Reading. They made avery fine appearance.

Friday, July 3: This morning MrSi Lehman and Clara andniother and myself rode up to the Trappe, where we staid withMr. Sills until evening, and then rode home we heard reportsof Vicksburg having surrendered, and which proved unfounded.

Saturday, July 4: Spent the day principally in my room.Our anxiety in regard to the position of our army and that ofthe rebels has been considerably relieved by hearing this morning that our army had defeated the rebels near Gettysburg.Late in the evening reports arrived that after a most bloodybattle the rebels were repulsed. There was no particularobservance of the day.

Sunday, July 5: This morning set in cloudy, and by thetime of morning service it was raining pretty fast. Morningservices were tolerably attended. The news this morning wasvery exciting. General Meade in a terrible battle yesterdaydefeated the rebels, who were flying in retreat. The news wasconfirmed by despatches received in the evening.

Tuesday, July 7: Workmen commenced the excavationsfor the foundation of the new church. At noon a telegraphicdespatch was received announcing the surrender of Vicksburgto the U. S. forces.


•Thursday, July 9: Yesterday morning went to Reading, tovisit our men who are camped there. It rained nearly thewhole day. Rev. Valentine went with me out to camp. Lectured for him in the evening. This morning called on theMisses Trexler, and the Miihlenbergs. Mrs. Prof. Muhlenberggave me a full account of the treatment she received at thehands of the rebels at Gettysburg.

Saturday, July 11: This morning the masons commencedthe stone foundations •of the new church.

Wednesday, July 15: This morning we received the newsthat Port Hudson had surrendered, that our forces weremaking progress in the siege of Charleston, and that Lee hadescaped over the Potomac. A great mob commenced, in thecity of New York, where the draft was being made.

Sunday, July 19: Morning service well attended. T noticequite a number of strangers attended the services in the hall.Preached on the Savior's agony in the garden. Attendance atat Sunday school, 198. A number of the teachers have goneinto the volunteer service: Captain H. Lutz, Josiah Christman,William Wright, Frank Kerper, Val. Strach, Irvin Poley havegone. We feel their absence. At the request of Dr. Halsey Ipreached for him this evening. I repeated my sermon onScriptural views of civil government, and our duty toward it.

Friday, July 24: This morning mother and I went to thecity. She had her picture taken at Gutekinst's. After attending to a few other matters, she left for Lancaster on the 4o'clock train. Having left her in the cars, I went out to thecamp in Richmond where our Norristown men are camped.Took tea with Captain Lutz in his tent. Remained in campuntil near 8 o'clock and returned, home on the midnight train.

Saturday, August 15: On last Monday morning I intendedto go to Gettysburg to attend the meeting of the seminarydirectors to be held on Tuesday last. I was prevented fromstarting in the morning by the funeral of Henry McCoy. Hewas one of our Sunday school scholars; went out to thecountry to spend his vacation. While there he went into the


creek, and was taken sick and died on Friday last. The funeraltook place on Monday at 2 o'clock.

At 6:30 I went to the city, spent part of the evening atKnauffs' and at 10:30 took the cars for Harrisburg, where Iarrived at about 3 o'clock. At 6:30 I took the cars of theNorthern Central R. R. Met Rev. C. W. Shaeffer, L, H. Houptand a number of other friends, all on their way to Gettysburg.At the Hanover junction we had to wait more than two hours.We got to Gettysburg at about one o'clock.

I took quarters at McClennan's Hotel. I had never stoppedat a hotel in Gettysburg before. On being shown to a .room tochange my clothes I was struck with the unclean appearanceof everything about it. I remarked it to one of my companions,and thought that it was owing to the disturbed condition ofthings incident upon the battle; but one who had been wellacquainted with Gettysburg for many years remarked thatthat has been the general condition of the hotels of Gettysburg.I have generally expressed myself against the removal of ourinstitutions from Gettysburg, but at this visit I was very muchimpressed with the necessity of removing them to some otherplace.

The Board of Directors of the Seminary met in the afternoon and evening in St. James' Lutheran Church. Not muchbusiness was transacted beyond making provision for repairing the seminary.

On Wednesday morning a party was made up to go overthe battleground. Professor Jacobs had been in town duringthe battle and was well acquainted with the movements of bothsides. He has prepared a diagram of the battle and written put anarrative of incidents of the great struggle. We fortunatelyhad him for our guide, and thus our exploration of the groundwas made very interesting by his explanation.

We commenced at the gate of the Cemetery and went overthe right wing of our lines. The well constructed breastworkswere still there. The trees all scarred with balls gave evidenceof the severity of the fire. Having gone over this part we came

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back to the Cemetery. The party became straggling, and wegot separated from Professor Jacobs. With Rev. Sadler, whohad been over the ground a few days.after the battle, we wentover the left wing, as far as Round Top. Among the rocks atthis place we saw several bodies of dead rebels, and a numberburied whose limbs were still protruding from the earth.

After dinner alone, I went out to the general hospital onthe York Road. There I met Rev. Mr. Yocum of the SwedesChurch at Bridgeport. He is acting as one of the missionariesof the Christian Commission. Also met Mrs. Holstein ofBridgeport, who has offered her services for the hospital. ARev. Mr. Willing took me around to the tents. The first wevisited were those of the rebel officers. They seemed cheerful,and from the little that passed between us in regard to therebellion they expressed themselves confident that it wouldsucceed.

From this hospital I went over to the seminary. In goingto this place I passed over the battleground of the first day'sfight, when the 1st and 11th corps engaged the enemy andwere driven- back. I went up into the woods"where the rebsliad erected breastworks, and over into "the field behind theseminary, where the gallant and daring Reynolds fell.

• I then went into the seminary. In the room which I firstoccupied a huge hole was knocked into the wall by a shell.Opposite in the other •rooms were several rebel generals,Trumble and Kemper and Major Douglass. I also visited thetents outside, and then returned to town.• • The conflict must have been a terrific one, and one cannot

fail-to feel that Providence directed affairs on the first day, tosecure for our arms a position against which the enemy hurledhis forces only to be shattered and destroyed.

' On Thursday morning at 8 o'clock I left Gettysburg andarrived at Lancaster in the afternoon. Overexerting myselfon Wednesday and the water of Gettysburg had made me quitesick, and I hastened to Lancaster. On Friday I took medicine,and on Saturday. This morning I started for Norristcwn,where I arrived at half past two.


Sunday, August 16: The weather, today was again yerywarm, but a breeze made it more pleasant than precedingSundays. At eight o'clock this morning I performed themarriage ceremony between Joseph Huber and CatharineStprck, originally from Lancaster. In the morning I preachedfrom 2 Samuel 24:24, David's reply to Araunah.

During my absence last week the militia have returned, andour Sunday school is again supplied with young men.. Thedraft which took place last week was also sparing of us, so thatour operations will go on much better, seeing that we have agood force of young men.

After Sunday school, I visited Eeneville Shade who issinking very rapidly into consumption and also Mrs. Schoch,who is nearly 91 years old. A shower about 6 o'clock cooledthe air. This evening I preached/for Dr. Halsey, from Ephe-sians 4:12, the Body of Christ.

Cornerstone Laying: Having forgotten to make an entryof this in its proper place I make it here. Thursday, the 6th ofthis month having been appointed by the President to beobserved as a day of thanksgiving', for the recent victories, wethought it would be an appropriate day for the ceremonies oflaying the cornerstone of our new church. I secured the services of Rev. Dr. Krauth to preach the sermon, and of Dr.Schaeffer, of Germantown, to lay the cornerstone. The daywas pleasant. We had no services in the morning. The peopleof the First Presbyterian Church gave us the use of theirchurch. A full account of the exercises I prepared for theLutheran and Missionary, and is to be found in the number ofthat paper of August .13.

Tuesday, August 18: Today we commenced again gettingsubscriptions. Got four subscriptions amounting to $145.

Wednesday, August 19: This afternoon and evening gotfonr subscriptions amounting to $70. At two places we didnot succeed in getting anything more than promises to dosomething.

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Thursday, August 20: This afternoon went out to Nei-mans' and others in the neighborhood for subscriptions. Succeeded in adding $260 to our list, of which John Dettra gavegave $200. Took tea at his house, and after tea returned home.

Friday, August 21: The fourth anniversary of my settlement in Norristown. Went to the cityj returned at 4 o'clock;and in the evening rode out to 'see Houpts, who are spendingthe summer a few miles from town. ...

Sunday, August 23: Another very warm day. Morningservices very slimly attended. Preached part of a sermon Ipreached years ago. An improvement in Sunday school attendance : 177 present. Attended ^Dr. Halsey's church in theevening.

Wednesday, August 26, 1863: Yesterday got a horse and.carriage and rode to the Tfappe. Went by way of Sh'annon-ville and called at Jacob Ouster's, where I took dinner, andspoke to him about a subscription to the church. After dinnerwent on to the Trappe. .Got there in time to attend a funeral,where Rev. Weaver pr^ched in the church. Spent the afternoon with Sills. In the evening it rained very hard. Spent theevening at Royers'. . ,

Returned this morning and stopped at Jeffersonville atBeans' and Richards'.

Yesterday at noon the bricklayers commenced their workon the church by commencing the.front wall. The box forthe conerstone was put into its place and the wall built over it.

This afternoon and evening called on several persons forsubscriptions. For the first time since we have been gettingsubscriptions we met two who declined at present on thegroiund of political preaching as .they style it.

Detective Work Among the Bennersor

An Analytical Study

of

Two Pioneer Montgomery County Families

By Hannah Benner Roach

1949

(Continued from page 156)

S-34 John Benner

Information relating to Isaac's second son is only circumstantial, no evidence having been found which definitely tieshim in with other members of the family.'

It is known he was born between. 1785 and 1790, for the1800 Census places Isaac's second son in the 10 to 15 agebracket. On the other hand, his name never appears on theextant Germantown tax returns.

On March 21, 1821, a John Benner and Maria Miley (orMeley) were married in the First Reformed Dutch Church ofPhiladelphia. This record, though far from conclusive, is significant because Mary Bowman, daughter of N-6 BarbaraUnruh Bowman^®®, and therefore a^niece of George F. Unruhand his wife Ann Benner, married a George Meley.

Prior to 1850 John Benner cannot be identified in the

Philadelphia Directories, but from 1850. to 1853- one of thatname is listed as a, clerk living at 426 N. Front Street. From1853 on a John Benner lived at 249 N. 5th Street,.and,styledhimself a commission merchant, maintaining an office, at :31S. Delaware Avenue from 1853 to the year of his death.

vide supra.

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In the Saturday, February 14, 1857 Philadelphia PublicLedger, the notice of his death appears:"Benner—On Friday morning, the 13th inst., John Benner, sr. in the 71st

year of his age. Funeral will take place from his late residence 249 N.5th Street, above Callowhill, on Monday morning. His friends andrelatives are pai'ticularly invited to attend. To proceed to Germantown."

His tombstone in the Germantown Mennonite Cemeteryreads: "John Benners, d Feb. 13, 1857; aged 71 years." Thissets a birth-date of 1786, and seems to allow the assumptionhere lies Isaac's second son.

Probable Children of S-34 John Benner

Data regarding these children is meagre, and to someextent circumstantial, being based chiefly on the PhiladelphiaDirectories. From these it is learned that one son, S-341 Johnp. Benners, as he styled himself, was in business with hisfather at 31 S. Delaware from 1853 to i858, at which time hewas living at home with the senior Benner. In the followingyears he was listed at various addresses, all in the same general neighborhood. He died in 1863 and is buried beside hisfather, his gravestone in the Germantown Mennonite Cemetery reading: "John D. Benners, d March 25, 1863, aged 40years."

A second son, S-342 Isaac B. Benner, about whom less isknown, also lived with the elder John Benner at the N. 5thStreet address from 1853 to 1856. After his father's death he

was in business with his brother as a commission merchant

for a time, then in 1861 was with Warner Draper, doing business under the firm name of Benners and Draper, Importersand Commission Merchants. Still later he was.a dealer inwholesale fruits. The date of his death has not been ascer

tained, but further research may reveal additional data onhis life and family.

S-35 Catherine Benner

Of all Bastian Benner's known grandchildren, this daughter of S-3 Isaac seems to have strayed farthest from the fold.Scarcely two years after her father's death she married on

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January 2, 1825 Patrick Kane, a native of Ireland, in old St.Joseph's Catholic Church. He was a shoemaker by trade,some seventeen years older than she, whose name first appeared in the Philadelphia Directories in 1823 as a cord-wainer located back of No. 16 Shippen (now Bainbrid^re)Street, where he lived until his marriage.

Like others of the third generation Benners, he apparently never owned any property, for he continued to live atdifferent addresses through the years: in 1833 he and hisfamily were at 303 Shippen; in 1842 they had moved toGriswold Alley, located in the Directories between Fitzwaterand South Streets, and between 6th and 7th. In 1851 theywere located at No. 1 Griswold Alley, and from 1854 untilPatrick's death at No. 4 Griswold Alley.

Four years after Patrick's death in 1864, his widowCatherine's name appeared in the Directories, living at 1543N. 11th Street where she was probably making her homewith a son of the same name as her husband—Patrick—whofollowed the same trade. In 1875 and '76 she and the son wereonce more back on Griswold Alley, the address being No. 716.From 1880 until her death in '88 she made her home, however, at 909 S. 4th Street, in the Second Ward.

Death certificates are on file in the Philadelphia Bureauof yital Statistics, City Hall Annex, for both Patrick andCatherine Kane. On hers, her parents are listed as Isaac andBarbara Benner, an understandable error since her ownmother had died when she was only about two.

Children of S-35 Catherine Benner

S-351 Mary Kane b ca 1827; bur Oct. 3, 1895 aged 68; m William Wig-more, sr. b ca 1826; d May 4, 1889, aged 63. Both buried at Cathedral Cemetery in the same lot as Catherine and Patrick Kane.

S-352 Patrick Kane

Undoubtedly there were other children, but their names havenot been ascertained to date.


S-36 Elizabeth Benner

According to the Census Records, Betty, as she was calledby her family, according" to Mrs. Toner, was under nine in1800, and between 10 and 15 in 1810, which places her birth-date between 1795 and 1800. It is probable, therefore,'thather birth was the cause of her mother's death^®®.

Her husband Jacob Rittenhouse is not covered in Mr.

Cassel's "History of the Rittenhouse Family" and unfortunately efforts to trace his lineage or his life have been inconclusive. When he died intestate letters of administration

were granted on May 26, 1849^®^ to his widow Elizabeth andto S-361 Mary Spencer of Roxborough, undoubtedly his eldest daughter. Sureties for the bond of $200 were a seconddaughter S-362 Margaret Rittenhouse, of Roxborough, andElizabeth Rittenhouse of the same place, either the widow ora .third daughter. As no sons are named co-administrators,he probably had hone.

S-37 Elizabeth Benner

This daughter of S-3 Isaac was a half-sister to the foregoing children, as her mother was Barbara, Isaac's secondwife.

Isaac Rittenhouse whom Elizabeth married, was the sonof Peter and Susanna (Lippen) Rittenhouse and a farmerand blacksmith of considerable ingenuity. According to "TheHistory of the Rittenhouse Family" by Daniel K. Cassel, PartII, Isaac invented the swelled ax for forcing out chips whenfelling trees.

Isaac's name appeared for the first time in the MorelandTownship tax returns in 1821, the year after his marriage.Therein his trade's annual income, of $200 was taxed at 38c.His only other taxable property was a dog, but the following

i®" vide supra.'"Phila. RW No. 178 Adm. Book P/489.

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year he had bought a cow which raised his tax to $1.40. By1825 he owned a dwelling and 10 acres of land and two cows,on which he paid a total tax of $2.44, his real estate beingassessed at $1000.

In 1830 the assessment was reduced to $750, though hehad acquired a horse, and paid a tax of $2.80. Two yearslater the real estate was again reduced in value, this time to$576, the tax however increasing to $3.56. In 1842, the yearof his wife's death, the valuation jumped to $3000 and thetax to $5.83.

Some years later he removed to Germantown, havingmarried in 1844 a second wife. Patience Morris. By his firstVFife. Sarah Benner, he had seven children^®^, only four of;w'hom lived to maturity. , «

Children OF S-37 Sarah Benner

S-371 Susannah B. Rittenhouse b May 28,1821; d Feb. 10,1860; m JosiahMarkle.

Sara B. Rittenhouse b ca 1823, died young.Elizabeth B. Rittenhouse b July 5, 1825, died in infancy.

S-372 Peter B. Rittenhouse b Aug 25, 1828; m Elizabeth Purdy.Mary B. Rittenhouse b April 26, 1832, died in infancy.

S-373 Charles B. Rittenhouse b May 17, 1836; d June 9, 1891 m May 201863 Mathilda Purdy b Feb 12, 1838; buried in Germantown Men-nonite Cemetery.

S-374 Samuel B. Rittenhouse b Aug. 14,1840; d 1909; m Mary Ashworth,b 1844; d 1916; both buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery.

S-38 Jacob Benner

Efforts to distinguish the youngest son of Isaac Bennerfrom the other Jacob Benners in Philadelphia and German-town have been unavailing so far. Of the three Jacobs listedin Germantown at various times up to 1835, one might possibly be he, perhaps the carpenter whose name appeared onthe Enumeration list of 1828.

Cassel p 113 ff.


Beginning in 1855 the Philadelphia Directories list a cabinet maker in Kensington and neighboring districts whomight possibly be Isaac's son—perhaps even the carpenter ofthe Enumeration List of 1828, but not enough informationhas been found to establish his identity.


Of all Sebastian's children, Catherine remains the leastknown. The only definite information about her is found inthe recorded releases of her rights in her father's estate. OnSeptember 30,1774, she received her share of £104,12,6 fromS-2 Abraham, and of £67,2,6 from S-1 Christian^®®.

This event occurred three days after letters of administration were granted to Jacob Funk (her step-father?) on theestate of Samuel Funk^'S whose untimely death quite probably was at least one of the contributing reasons for the initial partition of Sebastian's property.

Nothing is known of Samuel Funk's family; he may havebeen a son of Bishop Henry Funk, the first minister of theFranconia Mennonite church, whose second son, the Rev.Henry Funk, removed with his family to Virginia in 1786.If this supposition is correct, and as no mention has beenfound of Catherine after 1774, she must have made her homewith her late husband's kin, moving with her brother-in-lawand his family to Virginia. Whether she had any childrenby Samuel Funk, or remarried, is unknown.

S-5 Jacob Benner

First recorded notice of Jacob Benner comes from the

Militia rolls of 1777. His place was in the second class of theFranconia Company where, being younger and unmarried,he was in a somewhat better position to go out on duty with

Montgy. Deed Books 3/483, 4/99.

Phila. RW No. 29 Adm. Book H/125.

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less inconvenience than the others. However he appears tohave been no more anxious to serve than the older brothers,for he too was liable for fines amounting to £3 for absenteeismon muster days, and for £22,10 for non-performance of militia duty in that year.^®' The next year the assessed fineagainst his name was £3, 5, and in 1779 £9, 15.^®®

In both this last year and in 1780 his taxable estate on theFranconia Tax returns was listed at £20. Probably the nextyear, 1781, he had married, for the returns list 55 acresagainst his name, as well as a horse, for a total estate of £162.The acreage included that portion of his brother Abraham's150 acres on which was no dwelling.

The next year he took over more land from Abraham, andwas assessed for 90 acres and dwelling rated at £218. Then onDecember 9th he formally released his rights to Abraham forthe sum of £104, 12,6 in the 150-acre Hunsberger tract.^®'^This transaction was a legal technicality, necessitated by thefact Abraham was about to sell the northeast 64 acres—alongIsaac's farm—to S-6 Sebastian before moving down to Springfield, as well as the southwest 90 acres to Jacob. After havingsecured title to the entire tract, the following spring Abrahamexecuted an indenture on March 27 (1783), whereby he soldto Jacob for £492 the land .on which Jacob had been living fortwo years,^®® A fortnight earlier on March 10th Jacob hadreleased his rights in the property of his eldest brother Christian for the sum of £268,11.^®®

All this conveying, however, did not mean Jacob intendedto remain in Franconia; he too, had determined to remove toGermantown, and after making arrangements to sell his fahnjoined the brothers who had already gone down there. He

P Arch 3rd Ser., Vol. V/579, 591.pp 631, 682.

Montgy. Deed Book, 3/486.Ibid., 3/489.

'.Ibid., 4/102,

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apparently moved in the early spring since he was included in-the Germantown Tax Return for 1783, thereon being listed ashaving a horse and cow, the taxable estate amounting to £29.

For some reason or other the arrangements Jacob hadmade with the buyer of the 90 acres—Jacob Hagey, who alsoowned land adjoining the farm on the northwest—were nottoo happily made. In the Pennsyvania Gazette for June 11,1783, appeared the following notice:

"Franconia Township, June 7, 1783.

"•Whereas Jacob Benner, late of Franconia Township, but now of Germantown in the County of Philadelphia, weaver," in and by a certaininstrument in writing, bearing date same day in month of March lastpast, for the consideration of £700 lawful money of Pennsylvania, inreal specie of gold or silver, did agree, on the 27th day of May last past,to-convey in fee simple unto Jacob Hagee of Franconia Township afore-

' said,"-yeoman, a certain messuage or tenement, plantation and tract ofland, situate in Franconia Township aforesaid, bounded by- lands ofJohn -Hackman, Sebastian Benner and said Jacob Hagee's other land,containing 90 acres,

"And. whereas the said Jacob Hagee paid £300, part of the said purchasemoney unto the said Jacob Benner, and his order, and for the remainder

• ofthe said purchase money, he the-said Jacob Hagee, did give unto the-'• said "Jacob Benner his two several bonds, the one of them for £300 pay-i-able 27th May, 1784, with-lawful interest, and the other for £100 payable. on 27th May, 1-785,

,^'And whereas, notwithstanding-the said Jacob Hagee hath complied withevery part of his agreement, yet the said Jacob Benner refused and stillrefuses to convey the premises to the said Jacob Hagee as he ought tohave done, or ought to do by the said agreement,

"And .whereas the said Jacob Benner hath put the said Jacob Hagee inthe peaceable possession of the premises,

"These are therefore to forewarn all persons whatsoever not to accept ofany deed of conveyance from the said Jacob Benner, or from any personor persons under him for the said premises, as he the said Jacob Hageeis determined to defend his posession by law; the said Jacob Hagee alsodesires and cautions all persons not to take any assignment from thesaid Jacob Benner on the said two several bonds or any of them, for hewill not pay them or any of them till the said Jacob Benner complieswith his above agreement in executing him a deed of conveyanfee for thepremises, clear from all encumbrances whatsoever. -•

"Jacob Hagee"


' Here indeed was a fine kettle of fish for "said Jacob Ben-,

ner" to consider. But exactly what manoeuvres Jacob went,through to resolve the problem are not too clear. While a deeddated April 2, 1783 conveyed to Jacob "Heagey" for £700 the90 acres, in question,the following year on November 1,1784, when S-6 Sebastian acquired title to 64 acres from Abraham, Jacob sold the 90 acres also to Sebastian From thisit would appear that Jacob, ignoring Hagee's complaint, madeover the ,90 acres to Sebastian, who, on August 22, 1785 for anominal £50 sold,the property in dispute to Hagey.^'''^ So longas Hagey eventually got clear title to the farm, he was apparently satisfied, for three days later he transferred theproperty to Susannah Moyer.

Meanwhile down in Germantown Jacob had purchased ahouse and 50 acres of land. The property lay between thefarms of Abraham Paul and the Shoemaker land Sebastian

Unruh eventually bought in 1789."^ Having undergone sucha rigorous ordeal in deed-making with Hagey, Jacob seerqs tohave been loth to record his new transaction, the most diligentsearch having failed to uncover from whom he purchased itor the recorded deed. By inferences drawn from deeds relating to Sebastian Unruh's property adjoining, it is. presumed,however, that he bought the house and land from the heirs ofJohn Channel.^'^'* In 1785 the house and land, two horses andone cow were assessed at £335 under Jacob's name; in 1786and 1787 at £366.

On August 30, 1790 Jacob sold the southernmost 25 acresof this property to Sebastian Unruh^'° and probably withinthe next two years the house and remaining land to an un-

''®Montgy. Deed Book, 3/489.

Ibid., 3/493.

''"Ibid.

vide supra.

Phila. Deed Book, LRB 49/419.

222 bulletin op historical society of Montgomery county

known purchaser, possibly one Joseph Cannon.^"^® On April2, 1792 he and his brother Abraham purchased from PhilipBdenborn two adjoining lots of land on the GermantownGreat Road. Jacob's lot consisted of six, and a quarter acres^for which he paid £212,10."^ Abraham's lot, as we haveseen, had a house on it, and so the two brothers and theirfamilies lived there together for the next two years.

On May 28, 1794 Abraham conveyed the house and fourand a half acres to Jacob^'® and removed to Haycock Township, Bucks County. The same day a separate deed was exe-cutedj conveying the remaining one and a half acres -toJacob.^" Early the following spring, on February 12, Jacobsold his own six acres to Abraham Rittenhouse for £430"®

and on the 20th the house and the four and a half acres to

Henry Rinkin for £325."^

Two weeks later on April 2,1795 he purchased from AdamSiter, jr., of Radnor Township, Delaware County, "late Chester County,"- a messuage, barn, spring-house and 84 acres ofland,"- This property lay along the Darby-Paoli Road nearMiles Run and not far from the Chester County line. Why hemoved to a large farm in Delaware County remains a mystery.First he had given up a 90-acre farm in Franconia, then a 50-acre farm in Germantown. Why now did he return to farmingon such a large scale, particularly when he had begun to stylehimself a mason? Probably during the years his brotherAbraham—^then calling himself a house carpenter—^was living'with him, Jacob had decided there was more of a future inbuilding than in weaving, the trade by which he had beenlisted up to this time. He had therefore, prompted by Abra-

Ibid., D 74/124.MR 6/103.

Ibid., D 67/597.

Ibid., MR 6/95.

Ibid., MR 6/99.Ibid., D 67/597.

Deed Book, D/149.

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ham, acquired a proficiency in the masonry trade in the lastfew years; but why move out to the country if so motivated ?

Whatever his reason, away he moved to Radnor Township.August 30th of the following year, 1796, "Jacob Benner,weaver, and Hannah his wife, of Radnor' Township" sold thelast bit of the Germantown Road property—one and a halfacres—to Casper Strouse, a butcher, for £45."® It will benoted that temporarily, at least, he had returned to stylinghimself a weaver, thugh it may have been merely for the purpose of identification in conveying title. The deed was alsopeculiar in that it was "acknowledged July 31, 1797," threefull months after .Strouse had conveyed the property toCharles Nice who by now had acquired the rest, of theland not sold to Rinkin. The property eventually became atavern operated by the Maison family and known in lateryears as the "Golden Swan" where elections were held for theupper part of Germantown.

For a person with such a distinct aversion to recordingdeeds, Jacob now entered upon a remarkable career of landtransfers, presumably most of them for investment or speculation. On April 18, 1797 he purchased for £300 a messuageand lot of ground on the south side of Brown between Delaware 3rd and 4th Streets in the Northern Liberties of Phila

delphia."^ He bought the property from Peter Weckerly, abutcher, and sold it a year later on January 23, 1798 to Abraham Guider of "Tradyffrin" Township, Chester County, for£700.

Two days after Jacob had purchased the Brown Streetproperty, he conveyed the 84-acre Delaware County farm toBenjamin Davis, a Radnor Township tailor, for £1200."®One day later on April 21, 1797 he entered into an agreementwith Samuel Huzzard, house carpenter of Chester County,whereby for five shillings was conveyed to Jacob, here styled

Phila. Deed Book, MR 6/95.

"*Phila. Deed Book, D 64/125.

Del. Deed Book, D/151.

224 bulletin of historical society- of Montgomery county' •? 1.

"brick-layer," "a lot of ground at the corner of what is nowSansoifi' and Clifton Streets,,being the eastern half of a largerlot which Van from. 11th Street back, to Glifton.^^®

^ • The property- was subject^ to' a yearly rent charge oftwenty Spanish" milled dollars. - As this section was justheginhing Vo be'developed,-within three months Jacob splithis -lot in half and conveyed'-a lot 20 feet by 25 feet to Nathaniel Brandon, subject to payment of half the "yearly rentcharges. ' If within seven years Brandon had paid to Jacobthe-sum of $166.66 pliis the arrearages of^the yearly rental tothe'tinie of such payment, Jacob's-title to the property wouldbe extinguished.^®^ • ' ^ -

If is possible Jacob erected a small dwelling on his half ofthe'lbt and.lived,here for the next few years, but since City£)irectories,are missing betweenT798 and 1808, the supposi-

^tion cannof be verified. ' "

,.By 1802 Jacob, now calling Himself a plasterer of theNbrth'erh '.liberties, purchased^ from -Enoch Northrup for£1200 two brick messuages'and'lot of land on the east sideof Delaware''3rd between Wood.and Callpwhill Streets,^®®nuhibefed 'at that tihie 187 and 189'North 3rd. In the latter

of. the two" Jacob .finally foun'd a' home that suited him andlived there off and on until his death. It is interesting to notethat this property was just around the corner from Benner's'Allley Svhich ran north.and south'between Jnd. and 3rd fromElm or New'Street to-Wood. It is now called N. BodineStreet, but was first named Benner's Alley from the fact thatthe first Jacob Behner, a brickmaker, to live in this section of•Philadelphia" resided at the corner of -Elm and the' alley wherehedied in'1793:i8®'•••

Phila. Deed Book, D 65/168.Phila. Deed Book, GWR 23/138.'7Wd., EF 9/160.

'®'' Phila. RW No. 267 W Book W/473.

• . DETECTIVE.W.ORK AMONG.THE BBNNERS ' , < 225

shite,'.a tanner, purchased from^William.Sansom for $.405.,ahouse and lot. on the north, side of Callowhill between Dela-;ware 5th and 6th Streets.^'"'.'" Within three years Hamshireremoved to Berks County, and .he and Jacob disposed of .thepropertyfor $1150 to Abraham Winter on August ,29, 1806;^^^

During the four years'from 1805 to 1809 •Jacob seems tohave been idle, the Directories listing him during this- periodat 189 N. 3rd as "gentleman." However'his son •Johri '-'D;Benner, a currier by trade,- was probably working for or.withHamshire during the period of ownership of the Gallpwliillproperty. But John did''not live long after Ham'shire's-.:re-jmoval, and on December 28; 1810 letters of administration .on •the estate of John D. Banner,-currier,-were granted toihis,father Jacob.Benner, "weaver" df^Chester Couhty-^^- (SinceJacob was not listed in the Directory'for 1810, it must be as-'sumed he was visiting in Chester County).

George Dannecker of the Northern Liberties, a currier,with whom Jacob had been in partnership, and Barney Dod-.dera, a cordwainer of the same place, acted as sureties for .theestate, to the amount of $800. In 1811, the year aftertJohn'sdeath, "Benner and D.annacher, curriers" were listed" at 189N. Brd Street, but not thereafter. . ,•

Not until 1814 did-Jacob, "weaver," return to the City.to ,live. He was listed as such in 1814 and 1816, but from, 1818through 1823 merely as "sr.," i. e., the elder, probably to dis^tinguish him from his son Jacob jr., or the ^younger, who.;m1818 appeared to be living at 187 N. 3rd Street; He "wasjistedas a saddler and continued at that addressHhrough.1823. >"

February 10, 1825 Jacob, jr., bought at public sale for$1610 from the administrators of the estate nf Bernard Shu-gart a messuage and lot of six and three-quarters" acres -InCreesam, located on the northeast side of the Germantown

Phila. Deed Book, EF 13/275.

Ibid., IC 20/72.Phila. RW No. 222 Adm. Book K/408.

226 bulletin of,historical society op Montgomery county

Great Road.^"'' This property was part of the estate of Shu-gart, who, as will- be seen, had purchased S-8 John Sender'sfive^acre tract back in 1788.^®* The younger Jacob lived hereonly a few years, for on March 22, 1828 he conveyed the property, noted as consisting of a stone messuage and kitchen, tohis father for $2000^®® and returned to the Northern Libertiesand the house at 187 N. 3rd Street, where he lived until hisdeath ten years later.

The elder Jacob and his second wife Mary—possibly thedaughter of Isaac and Barbara (Grater) Hunsicker—lived in.Germantown until 1831, then on June 1st of that year sold thehouse and lot to Thomas Messinger of New York for $3000.^®®By 1835 he was back at 189 N. 3rd Street next door to hisson; since he was listed as a gentleman in the Directories fromthen on, it may be inferred he had finally retired from activework.

He was not yet done with real estate, however, for in thefall of 1831 on October 11th he had purchased as an investment for $4500 a parcel of land on Wood Street around thecorner from the 3rd Street houses, on which were three smallbrick dwellings.^®^ The lot extended north 50 feet from WoodStreet to the east line of the 3rd Street lots, giving him areversed L-shaped piece of property altogether, with frontages on both 3rd and Wood Streets.

Early in January 1838, Jacob's only surviving son Jacob,jr., became ill and died suddenly on Sunday the 21st.^®® Thefuneral was held from his' father's residence at 189 N. 3rd

Street. January 29th the elder Jacob renounced his right toadminister his son's estate, and requested that letters of administration be granted to his eldest daughter, Mary Clinger,of 29 Wood Street."®

"'Phila. Deed Book, GWR 21/554.Ibid., D 2/279, vide infra.

^"Ibid., GWR 21/556.^""Ibid., AM 16/137.

Ibid., AM 14/491.Poulson

Phila. RW No. 81 Book 0/414.

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Less than a month later on Friday, February 23rd, Jaicobhimself passed away.^®° He too died intestate so on March 15thletters of administration were granted to the eldest daughter,Mary Benner, his second wife renouncing her right in thedaughter's favor.^o^

In spite of the various sums of money which had passedthrough the elder Jacob's hands during his long and activecareer, his personal estate was quite small. According to theinventory made March 24th by Allen Smith and Charles H.Roberts, debts amounting to $30 were due the estate, and withthe household brought the appraisal to only $168.35.

His son Jacob's estate was considerably larger and verymuch more worldly in its assortment; it included:"Amount of money in the Bank $151.461 Share of Arch St. Theatre Stock 276.Bond and Mortgage of G. W. Heberton 3000.6 Doz. Horse Collars '24.1 Gold Watch 50.00

1 lot of Harness 10.001 lot of Saddlery Ware 5.001 lot of Tools 25.00"Books kept by the decedant show a number of accounts open against

different people, all over 7 years old.(signed)

"Henry CloseSilas Yerkes"

His estate was settled January 23, 1839. The balance left,after necessary payments had been made, amounted to$3373.32 which was divided into three equal shares of$1124.44, payable to his three sisters, the only heirs. MaryBenner, his step-mother, must have died in the interval, forshe did not inherit.

Children of S-5 Jacob BennerS-61 Mary Benner b ca 1780; d December 30, 1868 in 87th year; buried

at Germantown, m 1st George Leidy, from whom she was divorcedin 180i7. Married 2nd John Clinger, b ?; d November 15, 1829. ,

Poulson

Phila. RW No. 72 Adm. Book 0/421."

228 bulletin op historical society op Montgomery county

S-62 John D. Benner b ?; d December 1810 unmarried.

S-53. Ann Benner b ?; d March 20/1870; m 1st James Ezekiel HarlanionMarch 14, 1826, who died June 20, 1835 of consumption. Married2nd ca 1850 Alexander Barber who died from an "effusion on the

brain" February 7, 1857, buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

S-54 Hannah Benner b ca 1787; d March 13, 1872 in 84th year; buried atGermantown.

S-^5 Jacob Benner, jr. b ca 1791; d January 21, 1838 in 46th year, un-• married.'

S-51 Mary Benner

Jacob's two eldest daughters appear to have been womenof more, than average competence; their lives hold several circumstances in common.

' Mary, the eldest daughter, was married first to GeorgeLeidy, concerning whom nothing is known except that Marywas divorced from him "a vinculo matrimonii" in 1807Byhim; she had one child, a daughter Maria Leidy, who was bornaboiit 1800.

, Maria Benner Leidy's second husband, John Clinger, wasa cordwainer whose name appeared briefly in the Philadelphia Directories from 1819 through 1821 when he and Marialived at Kunckle above Noble Street, not far from Jacob Ben-ner's 3rd Street house. Where they lived from 1822 to 1829,the .year of. John's death, has not been discovered. Possiblyit was in one of the three Wood Street houses, though not until1837 did Mary Glinger's name appear, listed at 29 Wood.'

When her brother Jacob, Jr., died early in 1838 she at. oncemoved in .with her father and step-mother and was living withthem at 189 N. 3rd when her father died a month later. After

this for a time she ran a boarding house at that address, butin '43 and '44 was back on Wood Street. Her son Jacob B.Clinger had died of consumption in 1841 and his widow Elizabeth had moved into, the Wood Street house .the year after hisdeath and was listed as a milliner. Mary seems to have lived

^"Phila. Deed Book, DHL'114/530.:

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with her for a time: in '45 and '46 they were both back on 3rdStreet. After '46 their names disappeared from the Directories.

What happened to Elizabeth has not been definitely ascertained, but Mary eventually made her home with her daughterMaria Leidy Hess, wife of Peter Hess, a tobacconist whofrom 1847 to 1854 took over the 3rd Street property. In 1856he moved to 5th Street and lived at 520 N. 5th from 1860 to

his death about 1877. At this address Mary Clinger also diedat the age of 87 years. The notice of her passing, in the Philadelphia Public Ledger for Thursday, December 31, 1868 statedthe funeral would proceed to Germantown from the residenceof her son-in-law; she is no doubt buried in the MennoniteCemetery though her grave has not been identified.

In her will, dated April 16, 1850 and proved January 13,1869,^®^ she left $500 to her daughter Maria Hess and $50each to Mary Elizabeth Clinger and John J. Clinger, childrenof her deceased son Jacob Clinger, with the proviso they werenot to receive the money until after the death of Peter Hess.The income and interest from the rest of her estate she devised

to her daughter Maria Hess; in the event of her death, herinterest was to descend to her husband and then to their children. Her son-in-law Peter Hess and grandson William H. H.Hess were named executors. A codicil dated January 2, 1868,slightly less than a year before her death, provided that William Lyne, a great-grandson, was not to be included as anheir, since he was provided for in the will of her sister AnnBarber.

Children of S-51 Mary Benner

S-611 Maria Leidy b ca 1800; d December 27, 1885, aged 80 yrs; buriedMechanics Cemetery; m Dec 21, 1823 •"* Peter Hess b Peb 5, 1799;d ca 1878, son of Peter and Mary Fronica Hess.-®'^

Phila. RW, W Book 64/14.

1st Ref. Dutch

1st Ref. Church

280 bulletin of historical society op hontgouery county

S-512 Jacob B. Clinger b ca 1819; d March 17, 1841"® aged 23 yrs;buried Kensington Mutual Cemetery; m Elizabeth Painter. Hewas a saddler by trade.

S-513 Charles Clinger b ?; d April 6, 1844.^®^ It is probable he was aminor at the time of his death; his name never appeared in theDirectories.

S-514 Catherine (Kate) Clinger b ?; d 1821 probably in infancy.

S-53 Ann Benner

Mary Clinger's sister Ann had no better luck than she inher matrimonial ventures. Her first husband James Ezekiel

Harlan, was a carpenter by trade; not until seven years aftertheir marriage did his name appear in the Directories at anaddress on Diamond near George. By 1835, the year of hisdeath, they had moved to 4 N. 12th Street at, which addressAnn ran a boarding house after his death until 1843, emulating her sister Mary.

There she had a "star boarder" in the person of one Alexander Barber, a cordwainer, who quite probably had b^nrecommended to her by her deceased brother Jacob, the saddler. Barber from 1823 to 1829 had lived and worked at a

house on the southeast corner of 13th and Market Streets,then operated a shoe store from 1829 to at least 1881 at 487Market, moving to the Harlans in 1837, the Panic Year, probably when business fell off.

In 1844 he moved to 33 N. 11th Street and the followingyear .Ann took over the house, running it as a boarding establishment until 1849. Barber lived at the same address, continuing as her "star boarder" until 1850 when they finallymarried and moved to the northeast corner of 13th and Filbert

Streets, diagonally across from what is now City Hall Annex.He died in 1857 from an "effusion on the brain" according tothe Board of Health Records, but Ann continued to live thereuntil 1864. Then for some reason, apparently caused by litiga-

Phila. Deed Book DHL 114/530.

Ibid.

Ibid.

DETECTIVE WORK AUOMG THE BENNERS 231

tion over the title of the property, she moved to 1600 WoodStreet where she was listed in the Directories until 1868,when her name was dropped.

Her will—apparently a second and later one from thatmentioned in the codicil of her sister Mary Clinger's will—was dated March 4,1869 and proved April 9,1870.=^"^ In it sheleft all her estate to Maria Hess, provided that only in theevent the legal proceedings then pending to secure title to theproperty on the northeast corner of 13th and Filbert Streets,resulted in her favor, her grand-nephew William H. Lyne, sonof Thomas H. Lyne, was to receive $1000, half of it when hereached the age of 21 and the remaining half when he became25. Her niece Maria Hess and friend Robert Hays who laterdeclined to serve, were named executors.

Unlike her elder sister, she had no children by either ofher husbands. Her unfortunate youngest sister S-54 HannahBenner, was of unsound mind and died unmarried. In 1838at the time of Jacob, Jr's. death, she was under the "guardianship of Peter Hess," who with his wife cared for her untilher death in her 84th year "after a long and lingering illness."According to the Philadelphia Ledger for Thursday, March 14,1872 her funeral was to proceed to Germantown from hernephew's residence, 520 N. 5th Street.

For some reason—^perhaps because of the insanity oftheir youngest sister Hannah—neither of S-5 Jacob's sonsmarried. The only information uncovered regarding theirrelatively brief lives has already been noted in the precedingpages.

S-6 Sebastian Benner

Bastian Banner's two youngest sons were the only oneswho remained in the general locality he himself had selectedin which to raise his children. As a result, their families present a more homogenous group and the task of separating

Phila. RW W Book 67/350.


their individual lines has presented few of the difficulties encountered in tracing their older cousins.

Furthermore, the task has been considerably lightened bythe work of that early indefatigable genealogist the Rev. A. J.Fretz.of Milton, N. 3., in whose volumes covering the Moyerfamilies and Fretz families, several of the Benner lines arenoted, though not distinguished as to paternity. As a result,it has not been felt necessary to go into such extensive detailin identifying each line. A reasonably successful effort hasbeen made to supply missing dates, however, the lack ofwhich constitutes the only great fault in the Rev. Fretz's work.

The name of the second youngest son of Bastian Benner isnot found in the extant records until 1778, when, in the 6thClass returns of the Franconia Militia Company he is listed asbeing liable for the fine of £3,5 which he and his elder brotherswere assessed for absenteeism on muster days.^^®

Tax returns for the County first list him the followingyear when he was taxed, as in 1780 also, on an estate of £20.In 1781 the tax itself on this estate was £2,10.

The next year his name appears briefly below that of JohnKeyser ,on the Germantown tax returns, assessed for £1,0,0tax.211 It may be assumed he had gone there to,help his brothers settle themselves in their new homes. On December 9,1782 he went through with the formality of releasing hisrights to his brother Abraham's ISO-acres^^^ ^nd on March10, 1783 to his brother Christian's 156 acres.^^® He seems tohave married early this year, and started housekeeping on 60aOres of Abraham's farm. The assessed valuation of the land

and homestead, a horse and three cows was £209. On November 1, 1784 he finally purchased outright from his brotherAbraham for £625, 64 acres^^^ which included the above-men-

P Arch 3rd Ser. Vol. V/631,.

p" Arch 3rd Ser. Vol. 16/96. "Montgy. Deed Book, 8/486.

"•/bid., 4/102.Ibid., 3/487.

DETECTIVE WORK AMONG THE BBNNERS 233

tioned 60 acres. Here he spent the rest of his life, representing the only one of the second generation to remain on hisfather's 400-acre plantation.

In 1785 he was taxed on only 55 acres at £179, presumablybecause he was renting out the other nine, but he soon tookover the full acreage and by 1799 the assessment on it, twohorses and five cows, was $628, taxed at $2.45. During thisinterval" Sebastian and Catherine mortgaged their farm forone year to Paul Engle, merchant of Philadelphia, for £175,the date of the mortgage beiiig January 25, 1790. Apparentlythey had the mortgage extended, for it was not satisfied UntilFebruary 7, 1794, when Engle Bensell, executor of the estateof Paul Engle, dieceased, acknowledged payment in full.^i® In-1818 the assessment had been raised to $1657, the chattelsbeing a horse and six cows for a total tax of $3.77. In 1821 thevaluation had again increased, this time to^ $1722, but a reduced tax rate, and another horse, set the tax at only $3.93.The year of his death the property was assessed at only $1462.

Besides being an industrious farmer, Sebastian took considerable interest in the affairs of the growing community. In1803, '07, '10, '11 and again in 1819 he was elected one of thetwo Supervisors of the Township, George Sholl being theother. In 1811 and 1812 Sebastian and Philip Sholl were theTax Collectors for the Township.^"

As his children neared maturity he realized his 65 acreswould not be adequate for their needs after his death and sofelt it necessary to provide for them by buying additionalacreage. Across the county line in Hilltown Township, BucksCounty, he bought for £1000 on April 26, 1808, 113 acres ofland lying along Stump Road from Abraham Clemmer,^!^father of the girl his eldest son married. Though in all Fran-conia tax returns Sebastian is listed as a farmer, in the BucksCounty deeds he is listed as a cordwainer or leather-worker,

Ibid., Book 1/361.

Landes pp 65-6.

Bucks Deed Book, 38/251.

234 bulletin of historical society of Montgomery county

seeming to indicate he was owner in absentia. It is doubtfulif he ever farmed the land himself but turned it over to his

sons to work; they did not buy it from him, however, untilyears later.

Sebastian's first wife Mary lived only a short year or twoafter their marriage; his second wife Catherine surviveid himby only two years. He himself died intestate, letters of administration being granted to his sons Abraham of Bucks Countyand Isaac of Montgomery Countyi®^® On November 19, 1828the balance of his estate amounted to $2823,52.2ifl Sevenchildren survived him.

Children of S-6 Sebastian Bbnner^^o

S-61 Abraham Benner b August 30, 1784; d October 29, 1861; m ca 1808Elizabeth Clemmer b'February 24, 1786; d April 30, 1842, daughterof Abraham and Susannah Clemmer. Both buried Doylestown Men-nonite Cemetery.

S-62 Edith Benner b December 13, 1786; d March 26, 1860; m 1824Samuel Funk b April 14,1795; d November 9,1871, son of John andEdith (Wismer) Funk.^''^ Both buried at Blooming Glen MennoniteCemetery, Bucks County.

S-63 Garret Benner b October 6,1789; d March 13, 1850; m ca 1822 AnnaFretz b February 28, 1797; d May 9, 1882 dau of Henry and Anna(Kraut) Fretz.*®® Both buried at Rockhill Mennonite Cemetery,Bucks County

S-64 Jacob A. Benner b ca 1790; d ?; m Sept 28, 1815 Elizabeth Delp,dau of Isaac and Anna (Benner) Delp.

S-65 Catherine Benner b December 7, 1795; d ?; m 1824 Henry Fretz,Jr., brother of S-63 Anna Fretz; b February 2,1800 d ?.

S-66 Isaac Benner b October 25, 1799; d March 9, 1863; m ca 1828-9 Susanna Springer b August 9, 1809; d April 9, 1890; both buried atFranconia Mennonite Cemetery.

®" Montgy. RW No. 8839 Adm. Book, B/224.Montgy. OC Book, 6/411.

Montgy. Deed Book, 44/606.*®' Moyer p. 316."® Ibid., p. 467.

Tohickon p. 233.

Moyer p. 467.


S>67 John Benner b August 14, 1804; d January 16, 1882; m January 13,1833'*® Mary Frederick b May 18, 1811; d October 14, 1890; bothburied at Franconia Mennonite Cemetery.

S-61 Abraham Benner

Sebastian's oldest son was a shoemaker by trade. His namefirst appeared on the Franconia returns in 1807, when he waslisted as single. He remained at home until the following yearwhen his father purchased the Bucks County farm from Abraham Clemmer, on to which he immediately moved, for he wastaxed in Hilltown on the 113 acres that year. He farmed theproperty until 1816 when his house burned down, as a consequence of which the tax for the year was abated. The following year on June 5, 1817 he formally purchased from hisfather for $3573.33, 67 of the 113 acres.®®® So far as is known,he lived here the rest of his life.

None of his children survived him and are believed to

have died young, since no record has come down of any ofthem.®®'

S-62 Edith Benner

Samuel Funk who married Edith Benner was a great-grandson of Bishop Henry Funk, son-in-law of ChristianMeyer, one of the appraisers of the.pioneer Bastian Benner'sestate. His father John Funk was the third son of Abraham

and Mary Landis Funk who in turn was a brother of the Rev.Henry Funk who moved to Virginia and the Rev. ChristianFunk who, by his more far-seeing stand during the Revolutionwith respect to taking sides in the conflict, was the cause ofthe schism among the Mennonites which resulted in the"Funkites."

Though he sprang from a celebrated background, Samuelhimself was a carpet and linen-weaver by trade, leading amodest and quiet life on part of the 113-acre tract Edith's

Tohickon p. 244.Bucks Deed Book, 52/477.Perk. Reg. April 1932.

236 BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERYCOUNTY

father had purchased in Hilltown, which adjoined land ofSamuel's father. After their marriage they lived on part ofthe land for about four years before buying 46 acres of it onFebruary 5, 1828 from the estate.^^s

Edith and Samuel Funk had only one child.^-®S-621 John B. Funk b April 17, 1826; m October 17, 1852 Mary Fretz b

October 1,1823, daughter of Abraham Fretz of Hilltown Township,Bucks County. He was a farmer and tailor and lived in Telford,Pa. They are probably buried at Blooming Glen Mennonite Cemetery, but their graves have not been located.

S-63 Garret Benner

"Gerard'-' Banner's name—so spelled at first on the Fran-conia tax returns—first appeared in 1813 at which time he waslisted as single. He appears to have lived with his father forthe next ten years since he.was taxed for a trade—not identified—in Franconia until 1825. In this year he married andmoved to Bucks County where he purchased 67 acres-of landin Hilltown adjoining the farms of Andrew Hartzel, JohnAllabough, Henry Leidy, John Shelly and John DetWeiler.^^''This property, as well as a wood lot of 10 acres acquired in1830, he continued to own until his death, when his heirs petitioned the Bucks County Orphan's Court for permission tosell it.

Upon an inquest being made, the farm was appraised at$48 an acre or $3,258.90; the woodlot's value was set at $63per acre. On October 4, 1850 the main property was sold toMartin Anglemoyer at $40 an acre for $2,715.75; the woodlotbrought $50 an acre.

Garret and Anna Banner's children are noted in the "Fretz

Family History" (p 185 if), and in the "Moyer Family History" (p 467), according to both of which they had five children:

Bucks Deed Book, 56/84.

Moyer p. 316.

Bucks OC 1850 p. 472.

DETECTIVE, W.ORK AMONG THE BENNEBS 237

S-631 Abraham F. Banner b October 26, 1824; d December 10, 1855; mElizabeth Bergey b October 5, 1826; d December 23, 1871, dau ofIsaac and Susan (Kile) Bergey. Both buried at Eockhill MennoniteCemetery. Their descendants are noted in the "Bergey Family-History" (p 336 if).

S-632 Annie F. Benner b September 11, 1828; d March 10, 1915; m September 18, 1847 David D. Meyers b April 30, 1821; d December 15,1895, son of Abraham and Magdalena (Moyer) Meyers; bothburied at Deep Run Mennonite Cemetery, Bucks County; lived atPlumsteadville, Bucks County.

S-633 Catherine F. Benner b April 17, 1829; d February 1, 1893; niDaniel Detweiler b October 9, 1816; d January 17, 1883; bothburied at Rockhill Mennonite Cemetery. Their descendants arenoted in both the "Fretz Family History" (p 185 if) and "BergeyFamily History" (p 347 ff).

S-634 Sarah P. Benner b June 15, 1830; d February 18, 1902; m January1854 Isaac Bewighouse b June 19, 1827; d April 4, 1906, son ofJohn and Esther Bewighouse and descended from the Daniel Bewighouse who had come to America on the same ship as Bastian Benner. Both are buried at Deep Run Mennonite Cemetery.

S-635 Henry F. Benner b October 12, 1833, d May 14, 1868 unmarried;buried at Deep Run Mennonite Cemetery.

S-64 JACOB Benner

Sebastian's fourth child early displayed the singular rovingtendency characteristic of most of the Jacob Benners descended from Bastian. His name is first listed in the UpperSalford tax returns in 1812 where he was renting 100 acres

from Nicholas Buck and had a horse and cow of his own. Apparently not satisfied with this location he seems to havemoved on to Milford Township^ Bucks County where from1813 to 1815 he was taxed on a horse, two cows and a dog, butno land. Then he moved back to Franconia for a year and wastaxed as a single man, as he did not marry until early Autumn.(The tax returns were always made up in the early Springbefore planting time.)

The year after his marriage in 1815 he moved over to Hill-town Township on to the remaining 48 acres of the tract

Moyer p. 594.


his father had purchased from Abraham Clemmer in 1808,renting the farm from his father. He lived here until 1824, theyear of his sister Edith's marriage to Samuel Funk, when herelinquished the property to them and returned to Franconiafor a year.

In 1825 he moved to Towamencin Township, MontgomeryCounty where he rented 35 acres and dwelling for two years.Then on August 3,1827 he bought 83 acres in Gwynedd Township from Dr. Henry Fry which he held until 1833, selling iton December 3rd of that year for $1010 to Michael Derr ofWorcester Township.^®- His reason for selling quite possiblylay in the probable death of his wife Elizabeth a short timepreviously: on March 23, 1833 he had received in his wife'sname $71.91 from the estate of his father-in-law Isaac Delp.-^'^

After this he is reputed to have moved down to Philadelphia to live, but efforts to trace him further have proved inconclusive. Three Jacob Benners lived in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1865: the cabinet-maker mentioned under

JS-38 Jacob; a currier and a brickmaker. But as S-64 Jacob'strade has not been identified so far, it has been impossible todetermine which of the Philadelphia Jacobs—if any of them—was Sebastian's son.


Catherine Benner and her husband Henry Fretz, Jr., thebrother of Garret Benner's wife Anna, lived in Hilltown Township. Their family is noted in both the Fretz and Moyerhistories (pp 185 ff and 467 respectively).S-651 Catherine Ann Fretz b July 29, 1827; d July 29, 1853; m 1848

• Abraham Moyer b November 14, 1820; d November 19, 1879. Hewas a trustee of the Line Lexington Mennonite Church from 1860to the time of his death.^**

S-652 Joseph B. Fretz b August 18,1831; d ?; m November 23, 1867 Hester Kulp b ?; d January 21, 1878.

Montgy. Deed Book, 49/498.Montgy. Misc. Book, 3/489.Wenger p. 170.

DETECTIVE WORKAMONG THE BENNEBS 339

S-653 Sarah B. Fretz, twin sister of Joseph B., b August 18, 1831, d ?;m March 23, 1876 Jacob L. Shaddinger b July 22, 1813, d ?; son ofAbraham and Agnes (Landis) Shadinger. Sarah Fretz was hissecond wife; he was a trustee .of the Plumstead, Bucks County^Mennonite Church in 1870, re-elected in 1873.®'®

S>66 Isaac Benner

Isaac's name did not appear in the Franconia tax returnsuntil 1824 when he was listed there as a single man. Probablyhe had been working at his trade, whatever it was, until hisfather's advancing years necessitated Isaac's return home. Heelected to keep the homestead and after his father's deathbought from his brothers and sisters the 72 acres and dwellingof which Sebastian had died seized. August 80, 1828 the heirsreleased their rights to Isaac on the farm for the sum of$2,352.38.23«

Like his father he took an active part in the township'saffairs, serving as one of the Supervisors from 1840 to 1848with Daniel Landes and Tobias Gerhart, and in 1852 as Township Treasurer.2^"

When he died intestate in 1868 his widow Susanna and eld

est son John were named administrators of the estate. The

real property, valued at $5,800, was sold to George D. Delpthe following year,^3® finally passing from the family after continuous possession for over one hundred years.

According to the Orphans' Court Records, he left eightchildren, the two youngest being still minors at the time of hisdeath.

Children of S-66 Isaac BennerS-661 John S. Benner b March 15, 1881; d July 16, 1894; m Elizabeth

b December 13, 1885; d May 12, 1892, both buriedat Franconia Mennonite Cemetery. In 1861 he bought from his

Wenger p. 201.

Montgy. Deed Book, 44/606.

Landes p. 66.Montgy. RW No. 8430 OC No. 1421.


brother-in-law Henry C. Hackman the southeast half of the farnihis great-great uncle S-3 Isaac Benner had sold in 1785 to Christian Souder, thus regaining part of the ancestral acres.

S-662 Mary Benner b November 18, 1832; d September 7,1905, buried atFranconis Mennonite Cemetei-y. She is believed to have marriedAbsolom Benner, b July 5, 1816; d August 1857,"® son of Adamand Magdalena (Miller) Benner and grandson of John Benner,miller of Hilltown and Rockhill Township."" On March 19, 1864his "brother.-in-law" Henry C. Hackman received $1300 from S-661John S. Benner as his share of Absolom's estate.®*^

S-663 Catherine Benner b April 3, 1834; d January 21, 1910; m November 4, 1854 Henry C. Hackman b March 14, 1834; d September4, 1876; both buried at Franconia Mennonite Cemetery. After hesold the above mentioned southeast half of S-3 Isaac's originalfarm, they removed to Lansdale to live.

S-664 Elizabeth Benner b May 8, 1836; d January 1, 1917; m WilliamC. Freed b October 13, 1830; d March 4, 1908; both buried .atFranconia Mennonite Cemetery.

S-666 Joseph S. Benner b ca 1840; m Margaret Stover, b May 27, 1842;dau of-Peter 0. and Mary (Rosenberger) Stover.. He was a china-ware merchant and lived in Philadelphia at 2910 N. 5th Street."'*

S-667 Ann S. Benner b ca 1845; d ?; m John A. Godshall;®" lived inSouderton,- Pa.

S-668 Sarah S. Benner b 1849; d 1913; m Oliver C. Hagey b 1853; d1914;"® lived in Hatfield, Pa.

S-67 John Benner

Sebastian's youngest son remained single until some yearsafter his father's death. He probably lived at home for thoughlisted in the Franconia returns, he had no taxable property.

In 1840 he purchased from Philip Race a tract of landwhich adjoined on the northeast the Pannekuck farm origin-

Bucks RW No. 10,037 W Book, 14/190.Tohickon p. 418.

Montgy. Misc. Book, 15/23.Tohickon p. 264.

Funk p. 389 ff.*" Henry S. Landes.

Ibid.

DETECTIVE WOEK AMONG THE BENNERS 241

ally owned by his grandfather.^-^® He and his wife Mary Frederick had two children

S-671 Ephraim F. Benner b January 15, 1834; d May 9, 1904; m MaryA Swartz b May 18, 1840; d October 31, 1913, dau of Joseph andSusan (Hendrick) Swartz; both buried at Franconia MennoniteCemetery. He lived on his father's farm, handing it down to hisson Mahlon S. Benner who died in 1944.

S-672 Catherine Ann Benner b November 11, 1839; d unmarried February 1,1881; buried at Franconia Mennonite Cemetery.

Johannes Benner

. Bastian Banner's youngest son was just 18 when the Fran-con^ Militia Company was formed in 1777. To the confusionof historians and genealogists, he and John Benner, son ofthe neighboring blacksmith, Christian Benner and wife Barbara Wilhelm, were both placed in the 5th Class of the SecondCompany. Not until 1782 was a distinction made betweenthese two young men so it is difficult to ascertain which wasliable for the smaller fine: one of them in 1777 who was fined

only £2 that year, received on April 27th, 1778 from Col. Englethe sum of £7,13,6 in full pay as a substitute private in the5th Battalion.248 That year, however, both were liable forfines of £3,5. and in 1779 for £2,15.

The State tax returns for 1779 list Johannes as havinga taxable estate of £15, subject to double-taxation because ofnon-participation in the War. The Township returns list hisestate at £20 for this year and for 1780, the probable year ofhis marriage—as by 1781 he had acquired 52 acres of land, ahorse and cow. He was therein noted as a non-juror, his taxable estate in 1781 being £148.

The following year he had doubled his acreage and had100 acres and dwelling, two horses and two cows, all rated at£260. December 9th of this year he relinquished to his brother

Landes p. 19.

Henry S. Landes.

P Arch 3rd Ser. Vol. V/591; 6 Ser. Vol. 1/814.

242 bulletin OF;raSTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Abraham his-rights in his father's estate^^® and on^March 10thof the following year his rights in Christian's share of theestate.250 By now his chattels had been increased by threesheep and an additional cow: total estate £261.

' In 1785 he gave up the farm in Franconia which he appears to have rented and moved down to Springfield Townshipwith his elder brother Abraham. There for three years herented 10 acres and dwelling and probably worked at hisweaver's trade. On May 26, 1789 John purchased from DanielWampole a dwelling and 50 acres pf land back in Franconia,situated about a mile northwest of the old homestead. Thisproperty he mortgaged on July 6, 1791 for one year to JohnEngle of Germantown, the consideration being £100.^®^Though he lived here until 1795, the obligation apparently wasnever met, and not until 1932 was the title of the propertycleared by Court Order.

. On July 1,1795, John purchased 99 acres in Upper SalfordTownship (now Salford Township) from Christian Dot-terer.®®2 He moved to this location, situated on the northwest

bank of the North East Branch of the Perkiomen, not far fromMorwood. On January 2, 1797 he bought an additional threeacres on which he erected a fulling mill. From 1825 to 1830 heoperated this in partnership with his son-in-law Abraham C.Moyer, selling it to him on April 2, 1836 for

Children of S-7 Johannes BennerS-71 Anna Benner b September 8, 1785; d February 11, 1861; m Henry

C. Moyer b January 4, 1786; d April 15, 1853, son of Jacob andMaria (Glemmer) Moyer.®®* Both buried at Franconia MennoniteCemetery. Henry Moyer was a great-grandson of Hans Meyer whosettled in 1729 on the south slope of the west branch of the Perkio-

r" Montgy. Deed Book, 3/486,Jbid., 4/102,

Montgy. Mortg. Book, 2/70.®®® Montgy. Deed Book, 13/74.

Ibid., 59/423.Moyer p. 353. - ^

DETECTIVE WORKAMONG THE BENNERS 243

. :i:: men about two miles east of Salfordville in Upper Salford ToVrii'r•. ship. According to the Moyer Family History, Ann Benner and

Henry C. Moyer had no issue. r.;... .

S-72 John Benner, Jr.,.b June 20, 1790; d June 21, 1853; m 1st ca 1815' Elizabeth Price b August 22, 1793; d September 29, 1842. Both

buried at Franconia -Mennonite Cemetery. John Benner m 2ndMary (Preisch) Fries, widow of Peter Fries of Rockhill, BucksCounty-'® who was born August 5, 1798; d September'14, 1861,

' ' buried at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Red Hill, Pa.

S-73 Maria Benner b July 8, 1795; d December 28, 1879; m ca 1821Abraham C. Moyer b December 26, 1797; d December 31, 1868,birother of S-71 Henry C. Moyer; both buried Franconia MennoniteCemetery!

S-72 John Benner, Jr.johanjies' only son was a weaver by trade, not unnaturally

following in his father's footsteps. His name first appeared inthe.Upper Salford tax returns in 1812 when he was listed asa single man. Shortly after his marriage, he acquired threecows and in 1816 a horse, remaining at his father's place until1819.

That year he purchased with William Price, Jr., the original Dilman Kolb, Jr., homestead, located on the southwest sideof the road from Morwood to the Branch Creek just across theCreek in Franconia Township from his father's place in UpperSalford.-"® The farm contained 118 acres.

In 1826 William Price sold his half interest in the farm to

John Nice; some years later Nice sold his share to John, Jr.,who thus acquired full ownership, of the tract. On the property he erected a factory and engaged in the weaving of clothon a large scale, besides operating a blacksmith shop as a sideline.

After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Price, in 1842,he moved to what is now Morwood and erected the first house

there in 1846. Two years later he purchased from Abraham

Montgy. Misc. Book, 6/178.

Landes p. 140.

244 BULLETIN OF RISTOKIGAL SOCIETY OP MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Nice the business and good will of the only store in the locality.This was sold to his son William P. Benner after John'sdeath.257

By his first wife Elizabeth, John Benner had eight children:S-721 Esther P. Benner b March 29, 1816; d Auprust 22, 1846; m Jacob

M. Landis b August 11,1816; d February 15,1906; acn of Abraham.and Maria (Meyer) Landis.;Both buried at Pranconia Mennonite

. Cemetery. They lived on the old Landis homestead in Salfordwhere he manufactured the one-time famous Landis Corn Plows

and Cultivator^."®

S-722 William P. Benner b August 1, 1817; d January 8, 1884; m AnnaMoyer b January 15, 1819; d April 17, 1858; both buried at Fran-conia Mennonite Cemetery. He bought 106 acres of his father'sfarm in 1854, selling 88 acres of it the same year to Samuel S.Wile.®®* The homestead and 43 acres were sold to Henry 0. Alder-fer in 1860. Of their four children two were veterans of the

• Civil War.

S-723 Israel P. Benner b March 10,1819; d January 17, 1887; m October18,, 1856 Sarah Freed, daughter of Noah Freed."^ He was a clock-maker by trade; purchased his father's store in 1854 after thelatter's death.

S-724 Anna P. Benner b February 13, 1822; d August 24, 1897; m JacobL.'Moyer b February 10, 1822; d December 8, 1895, son of JohnC. and Elizabeth (Lederach) Moyer."® Both buried at FranconiaMennonite Cemetery; lived in Telford, Pa.

S-725 Noah P. Benner b December 27, 1825; d December 23, 1898; niHannah Price Landis b March 18, 1819; d August 14, 1890; bothburied at Franconia Mennonite Cemetery.

S-726 Leah P. Benner b October 31, 1826; d unmarried September 24,1842; buried at Franconia Mennonite Cemetery.

S-727 Hannah P. Benner b December 24,1831; d March 13,1911; m William P. Ruth b January 21, 1821; d April 6, 1898, son of Josephand Anna (Price) Ruth. Both buried at Line Lexington Mennonite Cemetery. .

'"Ibid., p. 146. ••®®® Jacob Landes p. 8.

Landes p. 140.

Price p. 309 ff.Moyer p. 354.

Montgy. Misc. Book, 8/451.


S-728 John P. Benner b April 13,1886; d March 16, 1894; m 1st AmandaFulmer. Married 2nd Catherine S b September 27,1836; d February 15, 1914. John and Catherine Benner bothburied at Indianfield Lutheran Church, Franconia Township. Hewas a Civil War Veteran.

S-73 Maria Benner

Johannes' youngest child and her husband Abraham Moyerlived in Upper Salford Township on the farm he had boughtin 1795. According to the Moyer Family History^®® they hadone child:

S-731 John.B. Moyer b October 31, 1823; d March 9, 1896; m November22, 1849 Barbara F. Meyers b Oct. 21, 1830, d May 6, 1901. Both

.buried in Franconia Mennonite Cemetery, beside Johannes Bennerand his wife, Maria Weierman, and their two children.

S-8 Maria Benner

Johannes Souder, husband of Bastian Benner's youngestchild, was the son of Christian Souder of Franconia Townshipand the 8th in a family of nine children. His father, Christian,had emigrated to America about the same time Bastian hadcome over, and settled on a 172-acre tract along the AllentownRoad adjoining the Indian Creek Reformed Church.

Johannes, or John Souder, was also in the 5th Class ofthe Franconia Militia, along with his future brother-in-lawJohannes Benner; since he was old enough to come underthe militia draft in 1777, he was at least 18 years old andtherefore probably born between 1755 and 1760.

The first year his name appeared on the militia returns,he was liable for a fine of £2,2,6 for absenteeism on exercisedays, apparently having turned out for only one—^possiblythe first—of the training periods.^®'^ In 1778 and 1779 hisfines were similar to those of the great majority of theFranconia men, including the Benners, and was also listedas a Non-Associator along with them.^®'"

p. 358.P Arch. 3rd Ser. Vol. V/391.

2nd Ser. Vol. 14/36.

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• .'As has been related, he, with S-3 Isaac Benner, engagedin transporting produce to Philadelphia in 1778, at least, tothe confusion and indignation of the authorities but afterthe withdrawal of the British from Philadelphia, he. turnedto his trade of blacksmith. His name appeared briefly in1781 in Franconia when-he was listed as a single man withtaxable estate of £2,5.

'When S-3 Isaac moved to Germantown in 1782, JohnSouder and his bride Mary Benner went along, on April10th of the following year buying a house and five acres;115 perches of land from Jacob and Susannah Rittenhousefor £250.2®® This property in Germantown lay on the northeast side of the Great Road—actually in Creesam—and wasbounded by the lands "late of William Allen" and of GeorgeHoffman. This was exactly one month after John and Maryhad released their rights in Mary's brother Christian's shareof Bastian's real estate^®' and four months since they had

done the same thing for Abraham Banner's share.^®®

This year of 1783 the Germantown property was asrsessed in John Souder's name at £219; in 1785 the assessedvaluation was set at £184; and in '87 and '88 at £192. OnApril 1 of this last year they sold the "messuage and lot ofland" for £250 to Bernard Shugart, a tailor^®® who hadstarted, buying land along the Great Road. It will be recalled that part of his estate was eventually sold in 1825.toS-55 Jacob Benner, Jr.; the two separate tracts formed partof his total property.-- For some unexplained reason John and Mary Souder

then returned to Franconia for two years where he waslisted on the tax returns in 1789 and '90 as having 100 acresof land and dwelling. He was also assessed there in 1791jbut on. May-19 he bought from his brother-in-law S-3 Is^ac

Phila. Deed Book, D 7/132.Montgy. Deed Book, 4/102.

3/486.

Phila. Deed Book, D 21/279.

"DETECTIVE WORK AMONG THE BENNERS 247"

for £250, 171/4 acres of land adjoining Isaac's farm, whichlay on the northwest side of Gorgas Lane^'® as previouslynoted. He seems to have immediately sold three acres ofthis to William Heisler, and the following year four acresto his oldest brother-in-law S-1 Christian Benner.^^^ As the

deeds for these two conveyances were never recorded, hisselling prices for the two separate tracts are unknown.

Two years later on September 5, 1794 he sold the remaining 101/^ acres and the house he had built on that partof the land to Daniel Pastorious, a tanner.-" A year laterPastorious transferred the house and three of the acres toPaul Bishop of Bristol Township for £325, and the remaining land to Nichols Unruh, father of S-31 George F. Unruh,who eventually sold it to N-7 Henry Benner! Judging bythe price Bishop paid for his three acres, it may be assumedthat John and Mary Souder received a reasonably fair pricewhen they sold the 10^ acres to Pastorious, but again thespecific deed went unrecorded.

Where the Souders moved to in 1794 remains unknown.Lack of Germantown and Philadelphia tax returns for thenext few years, plus the singular coincidence of two JohnSouders living in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia atthis time only serve to confuse the problem further. Ofthese two Souders, the one who died in 1808 had a wifeKatherine, and the one who died in 1821 a wife Elizabeth:Neither, therefore could have been S-8 John Souder, sincehis wife Mary was presumably still living at the time of herbrother S-8 Isaac's death in 1828: in his estate accountingthere was an item "Paid George Unruh for Mary Souder'snote, $51.75."

Nor has any positive data been found regarding theirchildren. In the Germantown Mennonite Cemetery is burieda "Christian Souder, b 1797; d August 14, 1867." He was a

Phila. Deed Book, JTO 1/536.

Ibid., IH 9/146.

Ibid., EF 16/654.


shoemaker who. the year of his death—and that year only—was listed in the Philadelphia Directories as living at518 South 3rd Street. The death certificate on file in theBureau of Vital Statistics, City Hall .Annex, Philadelphia,gives "pthisis pulmonaris" as the cause of death, but fails toname his parents. Howeverj from the circumstance of hisburial place, it is more than likely he was one of theirchildren.

.. It is. to be hoped further investigation may bring to lightadditional information regarding this youngest branch ofBastian Benner's descendants.

Signature of Bastian Benner in 1755

Photo by Edwin A. Styer

New Goshenhoptien Reformed Church. Services held hereas early as 1727. Cemetery probably begun many yearsearlier.

INDEX

to the

Goshenhoppen Church Records

Including Those of

The New Goshenhoppen Church (1731-1832)

The Old Goshenhoppen Church (1764-1833)Montgomery County

And of the Great Swamp Church (1736-1833)Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Index prepared by.

Kenneth H. Hallman

1948

(ConUnued from page 18Ji.)

Mengel, Meng Ellsabetha 376, 382 Johann Adam & wf286

Mbnger Maria Cath 390 ^Menxel Magdalena 431Merkel, Merckel, Merkels Abraham & Elisabeth'409

Andreas 405 Barbara 409 Elisabeth 389 Johann^ &' Elisabeth 405

Mertz Elizabeth 822 Georg. 274 Gebrg & wf 281Nicolas 322 Nicolaus & wf 328

Mess Georg 274 Susanna 372 Johannes 326 Thomas326

Michael Philip Jacob, Rev 312Mieker Henrich 419 Johann 419

miller, Mueller, Mullbr, MiiLLER, etc. & wf 320Adam 342, 381 Adam & wf 342 Andres 276, 326 AnnaElisabetha 297, 323 Anna Margreta, widow 338 AnnaMargreta 338, 371 Anna Maria 289, 290, 430, 447 "Barbara 368 Catharina 337, 368, 372, 461 Christian 276,

249


371, 455 Christian & wf 337, 442, 447 Christian &Anna Barbara 297 Christian & Elisabeth (Wetzler) 302Creth 288, 308 Daniel 389 Daniel & wf 458 Daniel& Anna Margaretha 289 Diederich 342 Ditter & wf 455Elisabeth 366/369, 372, 398, 449, 460 Eva 289, 342, 377Fried 357, 361, 391, 420, 430 Fried & Eva Margaretha 444Frederick Casimir, Rev 281, 285, 286 Frederick Casimir& wf 286, 287, 289 • Georg 327, 342, 380, 381, 453, 462Georg & wf 338, 453, 455 Georg & Catharina 461 HannaSibiUa 429 Henrich 309, 327, 365, 378, 380, 381, 398, 445Henr & wf 313, 319, 323, 325, 328, 335, 404 Henrich & wfA.nna Gertraudt 294, 295, 297 Henrich & Anna Gertraudt(Diefendorfer) 302 J & wf 303 J Daniel 289 J Hein-rich & Anna Elis 401 J Martiii & wf Catharina (Gruen)305 Jacob 282, .323, 368, 455 Jacob & Catharina 297,

. 412 Jefferson 412 Joel 461 Joh 360, 387, 389, 404John &wf 336 John & Elisabeth .461 John & Magdalena410 Joh Adam 429 Johan Conrad 284 Joh Georg 327,455,468 Joh Henricus 327 Johannes Henrich & wf 317Joh Jacob 336 Johann Jacob & wf Margaretha (Eckerd)305 Joh Nicolaus Eitel & wf 391 John Peter, Rev 277,278,281 John Peter 453 Joseph 208, 391, 464 Leon-hard 344 Margaret 365 Maria 435 Maria Catharina344 Michael & Maria 411 Michael Eiten, Jr. 392 Nancy

.. 347 Nathaniel 410 Peter 361, 366, 368, 411 Peter &Maria 284 Philip 401 Susanna 445, 459 Walter &^Anha Maria 289 William 461, 474 Wilhelm & Catharina(Schultz) 305

Ml^ Anna Maria 424 Nensi .428 Samuel 424Mincher Catharina 425 Henr 425 J Henrich 297 .

Miner Conrad 387 Elisabeth 401 Joh Adam 401, 422Peter 387 Peter & Ba'rbara 422 Peter & Elisabeth Bar-

- bara 401

Mincer Catharina 391

Minig Conrad 391 Elisabetha 391 Jacob 389

Misnner Conrad 432 • -

MoHN Jacob & wf 461 - -• - -

Mohr Georg 473

INDEX TO GOSHBNHOPPEN CHURCH BECOKDS £51

Moll AnhaMargSOS Anna Maria 329 Appblonia 306,310 Barbara 302, 307, 310 Benedict 316, 357 C 307Catharina 279, 295, 303, 309, 310, 332 Christopher (Stof-fel) 307, 310, 316, 318, 320, 322, 323, 325, 378 Christopher& wf 279 Christophel & Anna Catharina 282 Christophel& Elisabetha 329, 332 Conrad 309 Conrad & Elisa Barbara (Hill) 303 Edward 349 Elizabeth (Lisa) 287, 291,302, 307, 310, 373 Elisabeth (Lisabeth) Margreth 284

' Georg 326, 378 George & wf 318, 323 Georg & wf Eva347 Henrieh 310, 325, 357, 378, 380 Heinrich & wf351, 361 Henrieh & wf Elisabeth 297, 415 Jacob 381John 323, 339, 340, 373, 378, 384 Johan & Catharina 345Johan & wf Eva 349 Johann Christophel 282 JohnGeorg 318, 326, 376 Joh Michael 274, 275 Margaretha298, 316, 320, 376 Cretha 307 Michael 285, 307, 312,316, 354, 359, 363, 374, 381 Michael & wf 315 Michael& Elizabeth (Sell) 368 Michael & Margaretha (Schmeck>363 Michael & wf Rosina 282, 284, 285 Nathan 381Peter 279, 310 Ruben 351

Mor, More, Moor Anna Maria 371 Getto 354 John &Catharina 345 Margaretha Getto Mor 354 Polly 345

Morheadt J Michel 290 Jacob & wf Anna 290 Johann

Jacob & wf Anna 296

MoRY Jacob 468

Mosch Elisabeth 366 Joh 366

Moser Christina 287

Mosser Barbara 306

Motz Johannes 318 Matheus & wf 318 . Susanna 318 .

Moyer Anna Margaret 393 Daniel & wf 325 Georg 393Joh Georg 432 Ludwig 421 Magdalena 432

Muck, Mucker Barbara 391, 429 Catharina 296, 311Elisabeth 388 J 276 Jacob 430 Johannes 385, 388John & wf 388, 392 Johannes & Elisabetha 296

Muehlschlagel Andreas & Anna Maria (Emet) 303

Mukenhaupt Maria Catharina 341 Philip 341Mumbauer, Mombauer, etc. (Miss) 369 Abraham

478 Alex 478 Anna Margaret 447 Anna Maria 311

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Catarina 452, 473 David 455, 477 Dieter 438 Elisabeth 879, 449, 476 Elisabeth Cath 304, 309 Ester 477

•George 342, 384, 478, 479 Georg & Catharine 460 Hen-' rich 309, 879, 451, 457, 458, 473, 478 Hen & wf 455, 457

Henrich & Catharine 348, 452, 453 Henrich & Catharina(Didlo) 471 Henrich Georg 474 J Henrich 292 JNicolaus 277, 284 J Philip 441. Jacob 458, 477 , Jo-

ihannes 447, 453, 467, 476, 479 Joh & wf 463 Joh• Catarina 453 Joh David 453, 467 Magdalena 450 Mar-'garet 324, 455 Maiy 462 Maria Catharina 441 Nicolaus 453, 470, 471 Nicolaus & wf 292, 442 Nicolaus &

' wf Magdalena 303, 441, 450 Philip 445, 447j 449, 452Philip & wf 454, 455 Philip & Barbara 450 Philip &Barbara (Spinnet) 470 Wilhelm 477

Mtjmfeld Caspar & Cath (Schanzenbach) 471 Henry 471Muss Christina 302, 308 Creth 302MUTH, Mud Anna Maria 834 Ellsabetha 335 Hans

Niclas 366 Jacob 366 Johannes 338 Joh Nicol & Anna

Margareta 334, 335, 340 Joh Niclas & Anna Margareta(Greber) 366 Magdalena 340 Nicol 372 Nicol & wf338 Philip & Barbara 401

Naiman Marcus 426 Maria 426

Nais, Naiss See also Nees, Neis Abraham 397, 399, 426,430 Abraham &Magdalena (Cantes) 426' Barbara 395,426, 430 Elisabetha 388 Georg 430 Johannes 397,398, 399, 421, 425, 426, 428 Joh & wf 395, 397 Joh &Catharina (Hud) 426 Johann Jacob 398 Peter &"Elisa-betha 412 Philip 389, 428 Philip & Elisabetha (Leidig)425 Zacharias & wf 390

Namgesser • Johannes-391

Nebel • Andreas 405 " Friedrich & Catharina 405

Nees See also Nais Catharina 392 George & Maria460 John Elias 460 John &*Elisabeth 460 • Joseph 460Margareth 435

Negeley • Alexander 295

Neidig, NeudIg, Neidich Adam & Anna Barbara 298 - Ada& Maria 409 Anna Barbara 298 Caty 369 Daniel &

INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS 263

Anna Margaretha 289,298 J & Elisabetha 289 L Leoti-hardt 298 Job Adam & Anna Barbara 401

Neier Daniel & wf 319

Neis • See also Nais, & Nees, etc. A Catharina 402 AnnaMargareth 432 Anna Maria 288 Cathiatina 303 Christian 384 Diel & wf (Hahn) 303 Elisabeth 401,435 Georg 288, 301, 376, 435, 436, 478 Georg & Anna(Better) 301 Georg & Maria 412 J Georg 294 Jacob376, 435 John 423, 435 John & wf 408 Johannes &Anna Margreth 402 Johannes & Anna Maria 294 John& Catharina (Hahn) 301 Johann & Bebora 435 Joh &Margaretha 402 Margareth 435,436 Maria 479 Paul288 Philip & wf 325 Sophia 379 Susanna 434, 436Will 435

Neitelinger Bened 323 Maria Elisabetha 323

Nbtz Conrad & wf 337 Georg Adam 337Neudorp Elisabetha 367

Neugisser Valentin & wf Catharina 800

Neukerch Maria 374 Maria Catharina 381 Maria

Gertraudt 291

Neukomer, Neukammer Christian 374 Elisabeth 364,445, 446, 473 Georg 475 Joh 325, 364, 445 Joh & wf324, 448, 466 Joh Georgus 445

Nbuman Conrad 413 Philip 431Neus Elisabetha 431 Maria 431

Nibel Henrich 398

Nice See also Neis, etc. Adelheit 414 Becki 414 Christina 410 Elisabetha 413 Georg 379, 408, 414 Georg& wf Maria 410, 413, 414, 415 Isabella 415 John 408John & Deborah 416 Johann Jeremias 410 Wilhelm'415

William & Catharina 414, 415Niel Bastian 388

Nieler Nathan 435

Niet Andres & Catharina 303

Nikum, Nicum, Nickum Anna Catharina 290 J Nicol295 JPeter&wf Anna Maria 290 Nicholaus310 Peter

. & Anna Maria 295 Philip 295Nungasser Catharine Mrs 424

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NUNNBAUEr. Conrad 431

Nuspickbl Ludwig 448, 449, 465 . Susanna 449'Nuss Anna Maria 324, 377 Catharina 318, 383, 375

Conrad 318, 319, 322, 324, 355, 359, 362, 363 Conrad & wf326, 328, 337, 338, 342 Conrad & Anna Margreth. 331Conrad & Margreth 330 Conrad & Maria Margarethar(Roeder) 363 Daniel & wf 353 Elisabeth 331 Fred-

, erick & Catharina 282 Jacob 319, 326, 363, 366, 376Jacob & Anna Maria. (Roeder) 329, 366 Jacob & Maria.333 Maria 359 Mathys & Catharine 438 Michael 329,338 Salome 382, 384 Susanna 322 Susanna Catharine

-360

Nusting Margaret 379 ...Nyce Anna Elisabeth 352 Jonas & wf 352Ollwein, Allwbin rMiss 306 Eva :444 Jo

hannes 282 Johan Jost & wf Anna Eva 282

Op Ten Graf 303

Orffer Georg 361OSCHEK Isaac & wf 403 Susanna 403 -

Ott Anna Catharina 446 Anna Elisabeth . 469 Anna

Eva 446 Anna Maria 469, 472 Anna Margaretha 297^•Catharina 446, 454, 473, 479 Christoph (Stoffel) 443,444,446, 449,465, 476 Christoffel & wf 448, 453, 454,456Christoffel & Attli (Hupper) 470 Elisabeth 456 Georg384, 458, 478 Henrich 444,- 446, 448, 458, 466, 469, 470,'474, 476 Henrich & wf 446,_449. Henrich & Margretha-(Ziegenfuss) 469 J Henrich & wf Catharina 297 Jacob 455 Johannes 448, 449, 476 Joh George 474 JohGeorge &wf 454 John George & Catharina (Bischof) 471Margaret 474 Michael 447, 472, 477 Michael & wf 455Michael & Hanna (Sraun) 470 Susanna 444

Otto Johannes & wf 287

Pack Nancy 379Pannepackee, Panebecker, Pfannebecker, etc. 281

Old Mr. 419 Anna Maria 310, 318; 354 AnnaMargaret 322, 425 Catharina 332 Daniel 379 Elisa-betha 300, 328, 330, 354, 378, 413 H 288 Friedrich275, 319, 325, 327, 328, 342, 364 Friederich & wf 337, 339


Friderick & wf Elisabeth (Neukomer) 332, 340, 364Henry 320, 337, 361, 365, 378 Hehrich & wf 337 Hein-rich & Susanna (Huber) 330, 365 Hen Wilh 396 Jacob294, 339, 418 Jacob & Christina 294 Jacob &(Christmann) 413 Johanna 411 Johannes 325, 377Johann & wf 346 Magdalena 434 Margaret 370, 377i393 Maria 415, 436 Maria Margaretha 327 Peter.310, 314, 318, 322, 332, 364 Samuel 346 Samuel & wf394 Sara 337 Susanna 391 Tobias 342 Weygandt,Weiant 275, 286, 287, 315, 340, 361, 364, 365, 373, 425Weygandt & Nelche 291, 300 Wilhelm 340, 370, 391

Paul, Pauly, Paulus Catharina 315 Philip 315Philip & Elisabeth (Mosch) 366 Valentin & wf 457, 458

Peck Alexander Copeland 346 Jacob & wf 346PEIFFER Georg Daniel 289 Jacob 442 Maria Elisa>

beth 442 , .'PEIRMAN Christoffel & Catharina 297 Jacob 297

Penny Abraham 439

Penno Wilhelm & wf 408

Pbtebs Elisabeth 406 Jonas 472

Petri Jonas 444

PPALTZGRAP Bina 395 Georg 311 Joh Georg 274, 311Joh Georg & Anna Barbara 282

Phul Abraham 411

PiCKHARD (See also Bickhard) Anna 434 Christian435 Georg 411, 434 Georg & Maria . 417 Heinrich434, 436 Heinrich & Susanna 410 Johannes 417Jonas 410 Maria 417

PocKLY James 380

Poly, Polig Georg 417 John 344Pomp N & wf 406 Nicolas, Rev 340, 361, 368, 405,

456, 468

Q.UERRY Georg & Anna 347 Michael 347Quilmann .. Jacob & Margaretha .415, 4i7Bab Anna Marg 306

Rabanus Baltasar & Elisabetha (Eremer) 305Rachon Karl 479


Radeir. see Roeder

Raderly Benedict 27.5 Eva Marg 311Raess Henrich 419 Johannes 419

Randzell Georg & Gatharina 411 Sara 411Ratz Johannes 315 Daniel 315, .Ratzel Jacob & Maria 298

Rau. George 462 Peter & Rahel 462 i;

Rauber, RAuber Gatharina 449, 474 Elisabetha 322• Jacob 322, 447, 449, 466 Joh 474

Rauch Adam 446 Gatharina 346, 446 Daniel 321George 373 Henrich 307, 355 Henrich & wf 346

:Henrich & wf Rosina 345 Henrich Jacob & Magdalena-(Kierner) • 306 Jacob 346 ' Johann & wf 345 JohGeorgus 316 Peter 323 Philip: 316, 321, 323, 373

•Philip & wf 324

Rauchert Adam 466

Raudenbusch, Rautenbusch, etc Anna Marg 302 AnnaMaria 321 Gatharina 286, 299 Gharlotte 402 Daniel286,341 David 286, 308 George M 308 George &'wf278, 280, 286 Henrich 299, 344 Henrich'& Gatharina(Schneider) 341, 368 Jeremias 286, 318; 321 John343, 373, 379 • Johannes & wf Salome (Hildebeutel) 368Johannes George 318 Margaretha 357 Maria 479Maria Margaretha 278 Michael 285, 286, 308, 322, 324,343, 344, 376 Michael & wf 321, 322, 337, 344 Michael

_& Anna Maria 299, 380 Michael & Maria (Sell) 369Peter 280, 308, 324, 360

Raut Gatharina 382 Michael 383

Rauter Michael & wf 323

Redelmeyer Elisabeth 469 Martin 469

Redmann Anna Marg 295

Reed, Read, Rid, Ried, Rieth, etc Andres 310, 316, 319,322, 325, 327, 360, 363, 377 Andreas & wf 319, 321, 322,324, 325, 327, 391, 399 Andreas & Anna Maria 329Andreas & Anna Maria (Leidi) 363 Andreas & Maria331, 359 Andreas & Maria Magdalena 332, 333, 359Anna Margaretha 322, 367 Anna Maria: 288, 301, 307

, INDEX.-TO GOSHENHOPPEK CHURCH RECORDS 257

Balthas^r 289, 398, 402, 408, 423, 430, 435 Balthasar &Elisabeth 434, 436 Balsar & Maria Elisab 400, 401Carl 347 Catharina 301, 307, 333, 339, 400, 426 CatK-arina Elisabetha 306 Elisabeth 297, 307, 315, 435 Eva307 Eva Elizabetha 284 Friderich 334 Georg 379J 308 J Philip 299 J Wilhelm & Eva 295 Jacob307, 316, 337, 361, 367, 374, 379, 408, 434, 434 Jacob &wf 327, 337 Jacob & Anna Maria 334 Jacob & Magdalene (Leidich) 301 Jacob & Magdalena 413 Jacob& Maria 410, 415 Jesse 349 John 327, 378, 436John & wf 387 John & Hanna 478 John Adam 331, 359Joh Heinrich 402 Joh Philip 359 Jonas 415 Mar-garetha (Cretha) 282, 301, 336, 343, 375, 384 Maria 382Michael 275, 315, 329 Michael & wf 313 Michael &Anna Maria (Maurer) 288, 297, 301, 443 Philip 274, 275,276, 282, 319, 363, 375, 384, 400, 401, 402, 426, 430, 434'436 Philip & wf 285, 319 Philip & Anna Elisabeth 299Philip & Elisabeth 400 Philip & Margaretha 347, 349Philip & Maria Elisabeth 289, 401 Philip & Veronica 284Susanna 436 Veronica 370

Reeler Reinhard & Philippina 411

Rees Abraham & Rachel 411, 413 Anna 411 Jacob &Maria 411 Maria 411 Sara 413 William 411

Reiser Anna Margretha 444 Jacobus 444

Reichart, Reichard, Reicherdt, etc See also RichardCatharina 349 Christina 313 John 408 Ludwig 454Ludwig & wf 454 Mathys & Creth (Hillikas) 302, 313Peter & Sara 410 Sarah 434, 436

Rbichenbach Anna Catarina 453 Georg & Catharina451, 453 Jacob 451 Joh Michael 453 Michael &Maria 464

Reider j Georg & wf Elisabetha 289Reier, Reiher, Rayer, etc Anna Maria 331 Dietrich 391,

365 Dietrich & wf 340 Dietrich & Elisabeth 330Dietrich & Elisabeth (Graber) 365 Dietrich & MariaElisabeth 331 • - Martin 365 ' .

REiFj Reiff Anna Maria 394 Catharina 393 Christian

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387,./391i" 393, "394- Elisabetha 391- Peter & wf 291i-Philip 387 . . •

Reifener Friderich &' rWf Margreth. 333 Maria Elisab. 333 : .. , -Reifwger Catharina 433 Christian 483 Heinrich 434Rbifschnbider, Raffschneider, etc Abraham & wf Chris-

tina. ,(Schmid) 369 , Anna Marg. Elisa. 298 Elisabeth• 316, 381 Isaac & wf 350 Isaac Elisabeth 383 - J•.. Michael & wf Juliana 296 Jacob & Catharina 414 Jo-: .hannes 286 Philip & Susanna 286

Reimer • Catharina 414 Elisabeth 433 Jeremias 378

•Ludwig 389

Reinert Joh 392 Magdalena 392RbinhArt Conrad & Lydia 464 Elisabeth 443, 464

liEiNHOLD Anna Elis 443

Reinheimer Anna Maria 372 Elisabetha 317 Georg319, 327, 353, 358, 375, 376, 393 George & wf 326

' -Georg & Margareth (Cogg) 368 Georg & Maria Catharina (Suessholtz) 298, 305 Jacob 376 Johannes 353Johannes Philippus 319, 354 Maria 334 Maria !Bar-bara 327 Maria Margaretha Elisa 298 Philip Jacobus393

Reiniger j Jacob 293 J Jacob & Anna Margaretha 293Wendel & wf 315 Wendel & Anna Marg (Mey) 305

Reisinger Johann & Deborah 408 Sarah 408

Reiss Anna Margaretha 317 Johann Fridrich & wf 306

Reiswig Old Mrs 468 Anna Margaretha 468Conrad 442 • Elisabeth 469 J 276, 311 John 469, 470Joh Petrus & Maria Eva (Engelman) 470 Peter 472Susanna 444, 470

Rbitenauer Christopher (Stoffel, Christofel) 318, 448,. Stoffel & wf 321 Christoph & Anna .Maria 450 Jo-• hannes 318 Joh Adam 448 Johannes Henricus 318

Susanna 450

Reiter Anna Maria 442 •Anna Maria Gertruta 357

Christofel 442 Georg & Polly (Greyer) 369 Georg

INDEX TO GOSHENHOFPBN CHURCH RECORDS 259

" Michael & wf Elisabetha 3l9 Maria 382 ' Henrich 456Jest & wf 456 • • ^

Ren Catharina 428 Michael 425 Salome 425=

Rennberg Johannes & wf 279Rener, Rbnner Elisabeth 402, Philip 383Renninger Anna Margaretha 298 Anna Maria 356

Fried 322, 376 Georg 375 George & Mary (Heih) 369Henrich 407 John Friederich 322 Joh Jacobus 454

Peter 407 Wendel 375 Wendel & wf 454 Wendel &

Anna Margaretha 298Reps Jacob 374 • ; .

Resch Maria Elis 333 Michael & wf Anna 300

Reyer Georg 326 J Martin 291 Martin & wf 385

Richard, Ritscheet See also Reichert Cath 369Elisabetha 366 James 366

Rickart Anna Maria 392 Conrad 388, 390, 392, 421, Henricus 390 Joh Adam 388

Ridi, Ridy Anna Margaretha 298 Conrad 438 Jacob275 Jacob & Maria Elisabeth 438 Jacob & Susanna298 Jacob & Susanna (Gucker) 291, 301 Susanna 291

Reiber Christophorus 443 Jacob 443

Rieder Elisabeth 295

RiEH Abraham 407 Johannes 407

Ries, Riess, Ris Andreas 395 Andreas & Margaretha(Somni) 425 Catharina 395 Elisabetha 284, 291Henrich .425 Jacob Rev 312, 385 Johannes 332, 374

Rieser, Reeser, Riser, Risser Andres 440, 456 AnnaMaria 310, 315 Anna Maria Caty 342 Casper 441, 473Caspar & wf 342, 454, 457, 458 Daniel 347 Daniel &Maria 347 Elisabeth 308, 454 Johannes & Eva 452,453 Johanna Eva 453 Joh Wilhelm 473 M Elisabeth

452 Margar .477, 479 Maria 477, 479 Maria Catharina 469 Maria Barb 292 Maria Elisa 308 Ullerich

276, 467, 469 Ullrich & Anna Barbara 440 Ullrich &Barbara 441 Wilhelm 447

Rim Georg Bernhard & Anna Maria 440 J Adam 440


Rinck^, Ringer Christian & Catharma 291 Conrad 462Heinrich 373 Maria Elisabeth 291 Samuel & Cathar-

ina 464 ;

Rippel J Erhardt 439 Ludwig & Sybilla 439Rismiller Daniel & Elisabetha 409

Rittenhaus Matthys & Catharina (von Vasen) 305 Wilrhelm & Margaretha (Umstett) 306

Ritter Caspar & Anna Maria 440 J Martin 440 Mar-• tin & Maria Gretha 440

Ritz •Elias 373 Johannes 349, 352, 479 , John & -^wfSophia 352 Lydia 352

Rochoe, Rochon Catharina 383 Heinrich 383 Jerem- 384 John 384 Will 384

Rockenstuhl • Salomon & wf 303

Rodenburger See Rothenburger

Roeder, Rader, Raehder, Reder, Rbther, Rhoeder, Roder,etc Adam 311, 360; 372 Adam & Susanna 332, 333, 335Anna 364, 370 Anna Margreth 282, 283, 311, 363 AnnaMaria 288, 331, 366, 371 Anna-Barbara 318,'364 Barbara 370, 376 Caroline 462 Catharina 307, 312, 333,337, 373, 381 Daniel & Eva 462, 463 Elisabeth 284,307, 320, 354 Eva 333, 367, 373 Daniel 326, 344, 381Henricus 317, 337, 341, 375, 381, 383 Henrich & wf 277,

.280 Henrich & wf Anna 283 Heinrich & Margaretha(Kowern) 368 Johannes 287, 317, 321, 325, 326, 328, 342,344, 348, 365> 383. Johannes & wf 334, ^6, 337, 350

' John & yd Anna Maria 329 Johannes Jr & Christina 353Johannes Sr & Christina 353 John & Magdalena 348,

"349, 381, 383 • John & wf Maria 331 John & Maria Cath(Wiegner) 365 Jbhan Michaelus & wf 316 Jonathan353 Lewis 353 • Magdalena 323, 342 Margaretha 30'2Maria 349, 359, 446 ' Maria Creth 307 Michael 274^ 27^,277, 280,'286, 307, 317, 320, 323, 335, 353, 354, 355; 363, 364,366, 367 Michael & wf 287, 317, 318, 322, 326, 336, 337,338 • Michael &-Barbara (Meyer)'306 Michael & Catharina 288, 292, 295, 296, 299, 329, 335 Michael & Catharina (Erb) 302 Michael & wf Susanna 282, 284," 285Peter':299,:333, 374 • ^ -Salomon 348 •- Samuel 328, 378.-

INDEX TO. GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS 261

Samuel & Elisa 344, 346 Samuel & Elisabeth 349^, 350,380, 383, 460 Sarah 346, 380 Susanna 299, 373 Susanna Cath 310

Roeler ^Rev 404

Roerig Mr 420 Anna Maria 397 Elisabeth 397Georg 397 Henrich 397 Henrich.& wf 397. Johann394 Job & Regina (Kaemmer) 425^ Nicolas 425Veronica 394

Romich Adam 445, 447, 448 Barbara 448 Cath 475Henrich & Magdalena 459 Jacobus 445 Joh 475 " JohAdam 447 Peter 475

Rocs Daniel & wf 327 Franz & Anna Rosina 440 ' JBerrihardt & Maria Eva 440 J Erhardt & Maria Eva^ 439

•J Daniel 440

Rorich Henrich 392

Roscher Joh & wf 403

Roscho Christina 338 Enoch & Sara 417 .Heihrich, 417 , Peter & wf. 339

ROSCHON, Roschang, Roschong Henrich & wf .406 Johannes 405 Molly 407 Peter & wf 407

Rosemann George 319 'Rosenaur. Elis Marg 370Roth Abraham 441 Anna Maria 343 Catharina 383

Georg 343 George & wf 337, 343 J & Anna Barbara 28?Jacob & Margaretha (Bafkstroser) 369 Joh Georg &Catharine 333, 347 Sara 347 Valentin & Maria ^Margaretha 441

Rothaermbl Paulus & Maria Cretha (Maiirer) 302Rothenberger, Rodbnburger, Rotenburger; etc Adam

450, 477, 478 Adam & wf 459 Anna Maria 460i- Catharina 459, 460 Daniel 459 David 459 ' Elisa-. betha. 285, 460, 477, 479 Hanna 479 Jacob 457, 458,

474 John 458, 459 Johannes & Anna Margariet" 459Johannes & Margreta 460 Joh Adam 450, 457 Joseph384 Lydia 459 Maria Elizabeth 457, 458 Niklaus &

. Margareta Anna ,286. . Peter & wf 459 • Saniuel-45?RUCH Georg & .wf 458 John & Elisabeth 464

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RvcKSTUHLy; Rueckstuhl, etc . Georg 396 Heinrich 411Jacob 405, 435 , Jacob & Barbara-411 Jacob & SaraAker 416 Joh 403, 410, 436, 478 John & Christina 411,417 Magdalena 429 Sara 417 Sophia 417 Ulrich 431

Rudi Catharina 431 Charlotta 403 Christina 399Dietrich 424 - Friederich 393, 394, 396, 399, 421, 484,-435

. Friedrich & wf 396, 403, 407 Henry 412 Jacob 407,431 Jacob & wf 408 Jacob & wf Catharina 407 Jo-

; hannes 393 Madlena 407 Maria Magdalena 424 Ma-::.:ria Margareta 396 Philippus 394 Philip & Elisabetha

413, 416 Philip & Elisabeth (Taub) 428Rudolph Anna Maria 326 Carolina 463 Catharinar .318 Daniel 327, 464 Elisabetha 320 Elisa Mathilda

461 Georg 460, 477, 478 Georg Valentin 456 Henry332, 384, 467, 470 Henry & Verena 467 Jacob 478Jacob & Elisabeth 468 John 477 John & Sara 460, 461,

^ 463, 464 Karl 460 Levina 464 Ludwig 478 Michael & Elisabeth 464 Michael & Margareth 457 Michael .& Margareta (Ott) 470 Peter 318, 320, 326, 327Peter & wf 332 Sarah Anna 464

Rueckeb Samuel & Catharina 469

Rubckstiche John & Christina 352

Ruf Anna Maria 296 Bastian & Susanna 296

Rufneb , Philip & Peggy 351 Rebecca 351Ruh Catharina 455 Georg & wf 455 Henrich 384Rukshel ; Catharina 399Rumfeld Georg 477

Rummel Matheas 477 Matheus & Elisabeth 383

Rus Elisabetha 309 Franz 276, 465 George 309. Eilian 309Salade, Salady, Salate, etc Daniel 478 David 436

Elis 436, 478 Jacob & wf 403 Johannes 405, 422, 423,435 . Joh & wf 403 Johannes & Elisabeth 407 Joh

. Georg 403, 407, Joh Jacob 403

Saler Abraham 278

Salomon, Salmon, etc Abraham & wf 408 Gabriel 327Maria Elisabetha 327

INDEX TO. GOSHENHOPPEN CHpRCH RECORDS 268

Samsel 309 Abraham 445 Catharina 375».445,475 Catharina Elisabeth 451 Bewalt Anna Maria4̂52 Elisabeth 303, 441, 445, 452; Eva 375 Henr

' Nikel 475 Janette 425 Johannes 447,,474, ^Joh Nicol447 Nicolaus 444, 445 Paul 1277 Paul & Margaretha298 Peter 431,445 Peter & Maria Catharina (Sem) 306

Samuel Joh Jacob 450 Theobald & Maria 450

Sander Heinrich & wf 392Sanger Joh 358

Sanpels Carl 469 Joh Nicolaus & Anna Elis (Qtt) 469Sangmeister Georg Adam & wf .296Sarburger Elisa 460

Sasseman Christian 346 Christian & Sophia 346 Daniel348, 383 Johannes & Susanna 349 Johannes & Barbara 346, 348 Johan Georg 349 Magdalena 438

Sassemanshausen jost Henrich & Anna Sybilla 440..Sax, Sachs Anna 479 Anna Maria 468 Catharina 444

Christofel 442, 445 Elis Margretha 445 JohannesStofel 442 Martin 442 Martin & wf 445 Mathias

444 Mathias & Elisabeth 451 Michael 444

Schentschler Joseph 402 Simon & wf 402SCHAAB John & Hanne 460 ^

ScHAD Christina 384

Schaeffer, Scheffer, SchXfer, etc Adam 388 Abraham394 Anna Sara 388 Catharina 394 Jacob & Catharina 304 Fried 338 Heinrich 461 Heinrich & wf408 Jacob & wf 403 John & Susanna 461 Margaret342, 477 Mary Ann 351 Will 342

SCHAMBACH Mrs 288 Anna Maria 310 Dianiel

429 Georg 424 Ludwig 429 Philippus & Margaretha(Henrich) 424

SCHANSEBACH, SCHONZEBACH Mrs 466 Catharina471 George 471 John George 466

SchXrt Eberh Christoffel 358

SCHATZ, SCHAZ Elisabeth 400 Eva 398 Jonas & Catharina (Ried) 426 Jost 398 Jost & Catharina 400Maria 410 Philip 426 Bally (Folly) 410

SCHAUT J & Sybilla Catharina 440 Lena Catharina 440


ScHEDLER Georg & Cath Elisabetha 400

SCHEIB Catharina 470 David & wf 391 Jacob 393

Jacob & wf Catharina 400 Joh Jacob 402 Joh Jacob

& wf Catharina 402 Maria Magdalena 400 Martin 470Martin & Magdalena 400 Anna Maria 299 Michael &Anna Barbara 299 Peter & Christina 402

SCHEID Barbara 434, 435, 436 Christian 394, 404, 409Christian & wf 394, 423 Christian & Maria Elisa (May)299, 306 Christina 394 Daniel 400, 401 Elisabeth434, 436 Georg 403 Georg & Anna Maria 400 Jacob379,403 Jacob & Elisabeth 409, 414 John 423 Johan& wf 409 John & Maria 417 Johann Georg 299 Wil-helm 409

SCHEIFFLY, SCHEPFELI, SCHBUFELY, SCHEIPEIN, SCHEIWLEYElisabeth 405, 458 Jacob & Elisabeth 409 John & Catharina 409 John Jacob 401 Joh Matheus 396 Mathys& Gretha 297 Matheis & Margreth 401 Sally 458Sarah 409

SCHEITEL Rachel 436

SCHELL Abraham 337 Anna Catharina 294 AnnaMaria 325,365 Catharina 325, 332 Daniel 338 Fried357 Georg Michael 342 Henry 350 J 275, 288 J

, Jacob 292 Jacob 371, 372 Jacob & wf 286, 338 Jacob& Catharina 332 Jacob & Maria 346, 347, 464 Johannes316, 322, 331, 332, 342, 356, 357, 365, 370 Johannes & wf337, 343 Johannes & Elisabeth .331 Johannes & Veronica (Maurer) 292, 301 Magdalena 357 Mar Cath. 371Maria Susanna 316 Margreth 332, 374 Michael 288,343, 355 Michael Jr 275, 277 Michael & wf Catharina(Lauer) 294, 301 Peter 330, 346, 373 Peter & wf Barbara 330, 332 Peter & Maria 348 Susanna 343, 377Veronica 370

SCHELLENBERGER Anna Catharina 282 Carl 364 Carl& Margaret (Hellicas) 364 Conrad & wf 327 Joh 364Johannes & wf 297, 317 Johannes & Anna 281; 282

SCHELLHAMMER Abraham 310 Catharina 310 Christopher 278 Maria Susanna , 283 Philip Jacob 274


Philip Jacob & wf 278 Philip Jacob & Anna Margreth283

Schelly Miss 369

SCHENPLI Johannes 898 Math 398

SCHENK Barbara, widow 425ScHENLiNG Friderich & Elisabeth 333 Fried & wf 322SCHEEER, SCHERR Christian & wf 461 J & Anna Mar-

garetha 289 Maria Catharina 289 Heinrich & Mar-gareth 348 Sara 348

SCHICHER John & Catharina 301

SCHICHLER Johannes 405 Johannes & Catharina 405

Margareth 406 Samuel & Magdalena 406SCHIEFER Jeremias & Catharina (Schlieger) 367ScHiLL Georg & Eva Merg (Kraessler) 305SCHILLICH, SCHILLIG Jesse 436 Magdalena 390, 404

Philip 406 Philip & wf 404 Philip & Salome 406• Philip & Salome (Grimli) 428 Valentin & Maria Elis

(Moll) 306SCHINLIN, SCHENLIN Anna Maria 320 Friedrich 316,

320 Stina 316

SCHISSLY Daniel 379

ScHLEiFER, ScHEiFER, Slifer Abraham & Elisabeth 412Charles 412 Heinrich & Dorothea 412 Luisa 416

Sam & Ester 415, 417 Sophia 415SCHLEY Georg & Catharina 302SCHLICHER, Schuger, Schlieger 372 Anna Mar-

gareta 334 Anna Maria 315, 326, 373, 377 Catharina335,361,367,373 Christopher & wf 339 Christophel& Gertraut (Schneider) 368 Christopher & Margareth333 Christopher & Margaretha (Mack) 363 Eva 365,370, 446 Georg 339 Gertraut 368, 371, 451 Henrich326, 327, 359, 365, 370 Henrich & wf 336, 337 Henrich& Christina (Weiller) 333, 334, 340, 345, 365, 383 Isaac335 J Georg 299 Johann & Maria, 348, 382 JohannesOtto 363 Jost 275, 315, 327, 365 Jost & wf 325, 327, 335,336, 396 Jost & Catharina 291, 299 Maria 341 • MariaMargaretha 291 Marg 371 Stephen 370 Stoffel 336,337, 338 Stoffle & wf 315, 322 Susanna 340 '

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SCHLICHTER Catharina 364 John 364

SCHLONECKER Peter Michael & Anna Maria 298

ScHLOSSER J & wf 305 Jacob 363 Jacob & Anna Cath

(S.chwartz) 363 Ludwig & Magdalena 278 Catharina427 Wilhelm 427

ScHMAYBR • Philip & Catharina (Miller) 368Sghmeck Johannes 363 Margaretha 863ScHMEiER Elisabeth 478 George 478 Jacob 478 John

478

Schmidt, Schmid, Schmitt, etc 326, 334 Abraham 278 Abraham & Sara 413 Adam 418 Anna 290,403 Anna Elisabeth 450 Anna Marg 426 AnnaMaria 473 Barbara 335 Bastian 301, 304 Catharine310, 405, 416, 448 Christian 364 Christian & Maria(Gery) 364 Christina 369, 452 Christophorus 278Christopher & wf 279 David 275, 363 Elisabetha 307,

' • 344, 377, 418, 427, 434, 435, 436 Friedrich 410 Fried-rich & Maria 416 Georg 349, 408, 410 Georg & wf 290Georg & Maria 416 Georg Petrus 327 Hans Martin 281Henricus 328, 408, 416, 426, 427, 448 Henrich & wf 322,328, 337, 398, 403, 404, 408 Henrich & Anna Margaretha281 Henrich & Barbara 401 Heinrich & Elisabeth 330,331 Henrich & Rachel (Denny) 305 Isaac 402 J276 J & wf 303 J & Anna Margaretha 303 J & Ger-trauet 290, 302 J & Maria Elisa 289 J; Jacob 289, 294Jacob 327, 328, 386, 406, 407, 408, 410, 416, 436, 441, 476Jacob & wf 278, 394, 402, 404, 407 Jacob & Apolonia 282Jacob & Catharina 410, 411 Jacob & Elisabetha ^41

• Jacob & Elisabeth (Weis) 426 Jacob & Magdalena 405,407 •Jacob & Margaretha 416 Jacob & Maria 415Jesse 436 Jesse & Elisabeth 434, 435 Johannes 282,332; 336, 404, 410, 417, 423, 436 Joh & wf 336, 404, 4'44,

'448 Johannes & Anna (Sertraudt 297 Joh & Catharine' '424' Joh & wf Maria Elisabetha 291, 300 John Dietr

& Elisabetha 411 Joh Henr 297, 364 Johann Jacob 278,•• 327, 342' joh Martin & Barbara (Wetknecht) 368 ^Jo

hann Pliilip 299 ' Joh Philip & Catharine 29& JohannWilhelm^& wf 277 Joseph 318, 377, 408 • Joseph & Oath-

INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHUKCH RECORDS 267

arina (Frey) 305 Joseph & Maria 414 Leonhard 279Lorentz 318, 326, 343, 358, 363 Lorentz & wf 335 Lo-renz & Susanna 334 Lorenz & Susanna (Kolb) 363Magdalena 384 Margaretha 369, 370, 386, 408, 447Maria 310 Maria Catharina 291 Maria Magdaleiia386, 401 Martin 432 Melan 416 Michael & AnnaMaria 294 Peter 448 Peter & wf 456 Peter & Christina 332 Peter & Anna Catherina 291 Peter & Maria450, 452 Philip & Creth (Doerr) 303 Philip & Sara349 Philip Jacobus 327, 360 Philip Jacob & wf 393Philip Jacob & Margreth 330 Samuel 410 Sara 413Sebastian 309 Seth 411 Sophia 433 Susanna 283,284, 305, 380, 381, 382, 452 Valentin 410 William 278,290, 342,343, 409, 415, 424 Wilhelm & wf 278 Wilhelm& Sally 409

SCHMILIN Fridrich 296

SCHNAYFORT Joh 412

Schneider, etc Abraham 403 Adam 360, 362 Adam& wf 324 Adam & Elsabet 459 Andreas 399 Anna

Maria 400, 429 Barbara 405, 406 Benjamin 412Carl 353 Catharina 368, 384, 394, 404 Christian & wf340 Christian & wf Susanna 450 Creth 304, 307Daniel & Sara 352, 353 Elisabeth 352, 382, 384, 389, 403,426, 454 Georg 365, 401, 424 -Qeorg & SophiaBecker 401 Georg Henrich 391, 394, 396, 399 GeorgHenrich & Elisabetha (Somni) 424 Gertraut 368 Hen-rich 356, 382, 383, 399, 411 Henrich & wf 394, 395, 406J Adam & wf (Levan) 303 J Adam & ArinaElisa 440 J Nicolaus 300 Jacob 307, 384, 457, 458Jacob & wf 404, 459 Jacob & wf Elisabeth 406 Jacob& Magdalena 411, 412, 417 Jacob & Maria 413 Johannes 391, 417, Johann & wf 346, 403 Johannes & wfCatharina (Dieringer) 304 Johan & Elisabeth 345, 409John George 457, 458 Joh Jacob 396 Joh Jacob & wf320 Juliana 362 Leonhard 426 Leonhard & wf 388,399 Llis 412 Magdalena 406 Margreta 388, 409Maria 365, 397 Michad & Margaretha 461 Samuel 459

"Sara 307, 459 Velentin 394, 397, 439 Valentin & wf


297 Valentin & Maria (Wagner) 365, 401 Veronica.,307 Wllhelm 290

SCHNELL Catherina 380

SCHOET Henrich 427 Jacob & Elisabeth (Bolk) 427SCHOLL 302, 413 Anna Maria 301 Catharina

384, 455, 477 Debora 416 Elisabetha 432 Friedrich434 Georg 477 Henrich 477 Jacob 459 Jonathan& Sara 416 Margaretha 434, 436 Maria Marg 295Michel 436 Michael & wf 459 Michael & Maria 477

Peter 309 Peter & Anna Maria 299, 467 Samuel 435Sam & Maria 414 Sara 416 Susanna 432

SCHOENER, SCHENER, ScHONER Anna Marg 374 Catharine 336 Daniel & Maria Catrina 283 Georg & wf386, 455 Johannes 455 Stev & wf 361 Stephen &Christina 297 Ulrich 297

ScHREiNER Abraham & Anna Maria Schmid 304 Jacob

430 Peter & wf 395

SCHRIPLI Catharina 434

SCHROEMLING Cath 309

SCHUBART Schoolmaster & wf 358

SCHUBING Jacob 442 Nicolaus 442

SCHUCK Johannes & Anna Maria 282 Peter 429

SCHUE Nathan 434

SCHULER Adam 469 Alleda 418. Benjamin 311, 391,-392, 393, 397, 418, 420 Benjamin &• Catharina 400, 401Bil 432 Catharina 392, 400, 419, 436, 478 CatharineBarbara 443 Elisabeth 395, 397 Gabriel 276, 385, 392,404 Gabriel & Catharina 405 Gabriel & Catharina

(Ren) 428 Hen 431 Jacob 413 Jacob & wf 397, 398,399, 423, 431 Jacob & Elisabetha 400 Jacob & Elisa-

. betha (Schneider) 426 Jan & Maria 410 Johannes393, 397, 404, 432, 434, 436 Johannes & wf 399 Johannes & wf Catharina 401, 407 Johannes & CatharinaCEitemtieller) 426 John & Maria 413 Johann Georg 401Lewis & Anna 353 Magdalena 354, 412, 432 Maria 434,435 Peter 443. Peter & wf 342 Peter & Maria Cath-

' arina (Riser) 469 Samuel 276, 379, 385, 397, 404, 407,• 418, 420, 425, 426, 430, 43li 436 Samuel & wf 288, 295


Samuel & Elisabeth 422 Samuel & Magdalena 404, '407Samuel & Sarah 411 Sophia 401, 410 "Wilhelm 379,385, 399, 405, 422, 436 Wilhelm & wf 288

SCHULTZ Abraham 344 Anna 372 Anna Catharina

344 Anna Maria Magdalena 344 Daniel 351 Catharina 305, 335, 337, 372 David 372, 399 David & wf344, 351 David & Barbara 344, 345, 347 David &Elisabetha (Lar) 305 Johan Adam 347 Johannes Jacobus 318 Melehior & Catharina (Kahlbach) 301, 305,365 Philip 318 Sara 344 Sus Elisab Barbara 344

Schumann Christoffel & Maria Elisabeth 290 Geo Philip& Anna Maria 278 J Wilhelm 290

SCHUNK Elisabeth 282

SCHUPERT Joh Nicol 327

Schuster Andrew 291 Jacob & wf 291 Margareta479

SCHiJTLER Elis 369

SCHUTZ, SCHITZ, ScHUEZ Old Mrs 467 Adam 458Andreas 454 Catharina 449, 479 Ellas 461 George356, 442, 444, 449 Georg & wf 443 Georg & AnnaChristina 282 Georg & Catharine 451 Georg Ludwig442 Johan 458 Johann & Eva 458 Joh Adam 458

Joh Georg 444 Joseph 458 Katharina 460 M Barbara 451 Margareta 471 Maria Lisabeth 282 Mat458 Philip & wf 320 Susanna 454 Ulrich 458 Ul-rich & wf 457, 461 Wilhelm & Sara 460, 461

SCHWALBACH Henrich 300

SCHWARZ Mr 360 Anna Cath 363 Anna Maria

282 Daniel 307 Daniel & Eva Gretha 282 Daniel &

Eva Marg (Raderli) 311 Georg Michael 390, 420 Jacob429 John Georg Michael 390 Maria 289 Martin 447Weiland 363

SCHWEISFORTH Catharina 397, 433 Johannes 395 Joh& wf 398 Johann Jacob 395, 397, 420 Peter & Maria410

SCHWENGER Nicolaus 300 Paul & Barbara (Biseker)300,305

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SCHWENK, SWENK, etc -Miss 386 Anna 459'Anna Maria 337, 438, 448 Cath 384, 479 Daniel &.wf337, 404 Daniel & Catharina 341 Georg & wf 404Jacob & wf 459 Jacob & Magdalena 460,477, 478 Jacob& Molly 459 John 468, 479 Johan & wf 336 Johann& Anna Cath Christ (Huber) 305 Katharine 436 Lydia459 Maria 301, 434 Michael 441 Nathan 434 Susanna 404 Thomas 460

SCHWOB Benedict 276 Benedict & Susanna (Welcker)296,301

ScpTT John 479Sebastian Michael & Eva Maria 281Sechler, Segler, Zechlbr, etc Old Mrs 357 Abra

ham 275, 282, 315, 316, 318, 353, 359, 366, 373, 377 Abraham & wf 295, 320, 321 Abraham & Barbara (Moll) 302•Abraham & Margaretha 349 Andrew 285 Anna Magdalena 349 Anna Maria 277, 282, 284, 302, 318, 338Catharina 398 Christina 381 Elisabeth 388, 342, 384Ferena 321 Friedrich 370 Fronica 377 Georgus 327H Nicol 343 Hen, Henrich 325, 330, 342, 360, 371, 366Henrich & wf 335, 338 Anna Rosina 315 Henrich &

' Elisabeth 334 Henrich & Elisabeth (Gugger) 366 Jacob 284, 310, 316, 322, 324, 342, 363, 380, 381 Jacob &Christina (Fischer) 363 Jacob & Elisabetha 349, 351Johannes 286, 295, 310, 315, 318, 320, 323, 324, 325, 327Johannes & wf 280, 287, 318, 327, 363, 397, 444 Johannes& Anna Maria 284, 285 Johannes & Christina 329, 331John & Elisabeth 459 Joh Rudolphus 320 ' Joseph 287,370 Joseph & Anna Maria 285 Magdalena 331 Margaretha 329 Maria Barbara 320 Maria Christina 397Mar Lena 335 Michael 334 Nic 343 Rosina 374 Rudolph287, 322, 324, 357, 397 Rudolph & Catharina (Wolfart)425 Sophia 318 Susanna 343 Th Friedrich 285

Seib Bernhart 326 Friedericus 326 Joh Michel & Anna

Barbara (Eidel) 306 Johann Peter & Anna Maria (Erb)305

Seibel Conrad 427 Jacob & Anna Magdalena (Zern) 427Nicolaus & wf 292

INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS

Seeler, Seler Conrad 294 Johann Jbst 278 Joh Jost" •& wf 278 ' • 'Sell Amalina 351 Anna Margaretha 297, 300 Anna

Maria 326, 338 Antoni & wf 328, 408 Barbara 383Ben & wf 325 Catharina 328 Christina 374 Elisa-

• beth 288, 297, 315, 348, 368, 375, 383 Hanna 369 Hen-rich 315, 320, 322, 326, 328, 370, 376, 384, 408 Henrich& wf 339 Henrich & Anna Maria 330 Henrich & Mar-

garetha (Schmitt) 369 Jacob 349 John 297, 322, 376,384 Johann & Barbara 347 Katha 479 Magdalena362, 479 Margaret 316, 367, 375, 406 Maria 343, 369,377, 411 Nathaniel 409 Peter 288 Peter & wf

(Allwein) 306 Peter & Catherina 297,' 300Philip 339, 408 Philip & Elisabetha 349, 351 Sally 347Salome 383 Salomo & Sophia 297 Sara 381 Tobias& Elisabeth 409

Seller, Sellers Abraham 442 David 475 Elisabeth436 J & Nany (Johnson) 305 Jacob 475 Philip 442

Selzer Jacob & Elisabeth 284

Semm Barbara 309 Catherina 291 George 469 Georg• & Elisabeth (Reiswig) 469 Joh 429 Maria Catha

rina 306

Sens Anna 401 Thomas & Anna' Maria 401

Servin Eva 475 Maria 475

Setzman Christian & Susanna 289 Georg Daniel 289.Seyfert Maria 384

SiEBER —^ & wf 407 Anna Barbara 294 Jacob &wf 406

SiEG Carolus & wf 338

Siegel Anna Cath 310 Catharina 306 J 308

SlEH Elizabeth 393SiLi Carolus Fred 444

SiTZMAN Christian 426 Margaretha 426

Slemmer Adelaide 413 Anna 411 Daniel Walter 411

Jacob 411, 413 Mathias 411 Mathias & Margaretha413

Smyer Lydia 350


SpGER Elisabetha 391SOMMER Benjamin 288, 801, 442 Benjamin & Anna Maria

(Scholl) 301 Benjamin & Catharina 297 JLudwig 297. Maria Margaretha 442SOMANI, SOMNI Abraham 292 Anna Barbara , 292

Catharina 292, 394, 396, 430 Christian 292 EUsabetha292, 424 Eva 430 Eva Elisabeth 300 Isaak 292,385, 424, 425 Isaac & wf 388 Isaac & Magdalena 300,315 Magdalena 385 Margaretha 391, 392, 425,.. 428

• Samuel 275, 288 Samuel & .wf (Greff) 304Sperr ^Daniel 343 Henrich 382 J & wf Anna Marga-^ retha 300 . Johannes 294, 343 Johannes & Maria Mar

garetha 294

Spielman Anna Maria 319 Jacob 317 Margaretha. -387 Michael 317, 387 ' . .

Spinner Barbara 446, 470, 473 Catharina 452, 475,477, 479 . David 290, 449, 450, 468, 473, 476, 477 David

!. & wf 336, 339, 454, 461 David & Catharine 452, 478David & Cath (Horlacher) 471 David •&. Ursula 440

• .Jacob 291 Jacob & wf. 444 , Maria 468 _Susanna 469

• . Ulrich 276, 308, 465, 469, 470. 471. Ullrich & wf-Ursula290 Ursula 449, 456

Spring Albertus 364 Albertus & Barbara (Gettel) 364Andreas 364

Stab Anna Maria 293 Catharina 308 J 309 Johan

nes 279 Johannes & wf 314 Johannes & Catharina 293,• 300 Maria Margaretha'300 Michel & Catharina 302,

309, 315 Paul 274 Paul & wf 279Stahl Widow 456 Abraham &wf 445" Andreas

, 456 Cath 374 - Esther 479 Friedr 429 - ' Georg-340,374 George &wf 445 Georg & Margareth 409 Isaac 339Jacob 360, 377 Jacob & wf 338, 339 Jacob & wf Han-na 340 Jesse 461. John 374 John &'wf 448 •:Johan-

. nes & Elisabeth 340 Johan Georg 442 . Joh Georg-&-wf. ..442 • -Johannes Jacob 442 Maria 369, 374 Petrus.340

Susanna 377

Stall Adam 389 Elisabeth 389

INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS £73

STAHL '̂ECKERi Stahlecker, Stollenecker Adam "459-A^ria Eva 444 Barbara 431, 453 Eva 447 Georg i&wf 442 George & Elisabeth 452 Jacob 443, 445Maria Elis 457, 458

STAUPim' Jacob 460 Jacob & Margareth 460 Uly 304Staut, Staud, etc. Anna Maria 353 Catharina 348, 382

Daniel 331, 382 Daniel & wf 346 Elisabeth 346David 353 Elisabeth Barbara 356 Georg 375 George& Hanna (Sell) 369 Henrich 342 Jacobus 328 Joh315, 319, 321, 328, 342, 353, 358, 374, 380 Joh & wf 334, 346Johannes & Juliana 331, 340 Johannes Georgus 319Juliana 379 Katharina 477 Magdalena 340 Michel382, 477 Peter 321, 377

Steger Hans & Anna Maria 283

Stehler, StAhler Anton & wf 455 Hanna 459 Hen-rich 478 Henrich & Elisabet 459 Maria Barbara 455

. Nicolas 475 Petrus & Christina (Graeber) 367 Philip& wf 455 Susanna 384

Stein Johann Henrich 293 Philip & Barbara 293 iSteiner Conrad 390 Georg 444 Maria Magdalena 390

Susanna 444

Steinman Old Mrs 356 Agnes 317 Anna Maria317 Anna .Barbara 280 Barbara 308 Catharina 308,'378, 380 Elisabeth 308, 380 George 347, 357, 363, 376,377, 380 Georg & wf 316, 324, 327 Georg & Catharina359 George & Elisab 331, 347 J George 275, 309 . Johannes 274, 310, 311, 317, 320, 322, 325, 327, 328, 363, 378,443 Joh & wf 323, 359 Johannes & Anna Catharina(Maurer) 363 Joh Georg 324 Joh Georg & wf 280

•Magd -382 Marg 362, 376 Maria 331, 359, 376, 384Maria Barbara 302, 307 Maria Catharina 325 MariaMargaretha' 325 Peter 324, 377 Peter & wf Magdalena348

Steller Antoni & wf 328

Stellwagen Aniia Catharina 396 Hen 323, 396 " Margaretha 323 • Geo Michael'Jr & Eva 316 •Wilhelm & wf343'

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Stettler, Stedler, Stabler, etc. :—^—rthe blacksmith^288;•• . •• thewheelwright 288 Adam ^ wf279 ;, Adam &.wf

, ;Susana Gatharina 281; .Anna Margaretha 290, 810 . Barbara 364 Christian & wf 339 Eva Gatharina 295

V.Hans Peter 281 Henrich 364, 471, 474 Henrlch & wf.319, 322, 324 J Henrich & Anna Gatharina (Mack) 306

: .Johan Adam & wf 279 Maria, Mrs 364 Peter , 309. Peter & Gatharina 290i 295 . Samuel &wf 328 Susanna, 309 Susanna Gatharina 279

Steyer Edward 351 Elisabeth 351 Henry & Elisabeth' 352 , .Heinrich & Elis (Freyer) 369 Jacob 351 Jacob

& Gatharina 348 Johannes 352 Joh & Rebecca 352

Nathaniel 352 Salomon 348

Stiel, Still, Stiehl Anna Maria 447 Balzer 445, 446,• 465,466 Baltasar & Christina (Wickerd) 291,305 Eli

sabeth 446, 474 Georg 444, 446, 447 Johannes 446. Joh Abraham 445 Joh Jacobus 444 Maria Elisabetha

291

Stoer Joh 446 Joh Rosina 446

Stopelsen . Eva 338

Stofflet Anna Maria 322 Michael 322

Strasburger Andrew Rev 464

Stras Anna Maria 400 Jacob 400 Jacob & wf 327, 398

Streib David 277 David & Elisabeth 297 David &

Susanna 290, 440 - -Elisabetha 386 XJlrich 386 Veronica 440

Strein Anna Margaretha 443 Elisabeth 445 Peter 443,445

Stricker Gatharina 300 Christina 428 Gerhardt 300,386 Gerhardt & wf Gatharina 300, 386 Susanna 386

Stroh Anna Maria 361 Gatharina 295 Elisabeth 314,374 Henrich 300, 373 Johan Petrus & wf 392 Margaret 372 Maria 314 Michael 392 Peter 323, 392

. Peter & wf 293,314,316, 323 Peter & Anna Maria 295, 300

Strohm Benedict 274, 275, 286, 311 Benedict & wf 320Benedict & Anna Gatrina 283,286 Benedict & Anna Maria

INDEX- TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS 275

293, 302 Christian & Anna Margretha 286 Elisabeta336

Strohman Anna Maria 432 Catharina 396, 433 Christina 394 Elisabeth 373 Henrich 394, 396, 398; 400, 435Henrich & wf 403 Heinrich & Elisabeth 332 John 407,408, 432 Joh Henrich 398 Johann Jacob 399 Joseph403 Maria Magdalena 332 Maria Margaretha 407, 408

Stuff Frantz 277 Johanna Elisabeth 277SttsSERDT Samuel 291

SiiSSHOLTZ, SUESSHOLTZ Anna Maria 332 Barbara 310,323, 370 Catharina 339, 346 David & wf 324 David& Elisabeth (Miiller) 366 David & Maria 339, 341David & Maria Elisabeth 332 - Elisabeth 316, 317, 348, 364Eva 369 Eva Catharina 320 Hanna 347 Henricus316 Jacob 346 Jacob & Magdalena 347 John 346,388 Johan & Barbara 347, 348 Joh Georg 285 JohPhilip 319 Lorentz 298, 316, 320, 339, 362, 369 Margaret 310, 339 Maria Barbara 320 Maria Cath 305, 309,310 Melchior 364, 365 Melchior & Elisabeth 284, 285,294, 300 Peter 341 Philip 316, 323

Taggert Jacob 352 Jacob & wf 352 James & wf 352Johannes 352 Maria Anna 352 Robert 352

Tallaty John & Elisabeth 406 Joseph 406Tand Daniel 325 John 325

Taub Anna Catharina 413 Catharina 435 Elisabeth428 Henrich 395 Henrich & wf 394 Jacob 363, 388Jacob & wf 398 Jacob & Anna Margaretha (Zimmerman)363 Joh 363 Magdalena 395 Petrus 398 Samuel& Catharina 413

Taudt Joh 364 Joh & Susanna (Benvil) 364 Michael364

Tbngler Georg 411 Johan & wf Susanna 411

Theiss, Theis Jacob & Eva 460 Peter & Elisabeth 450

Thiel, Tiele Catharina 384 Elias 452 Fried & Susanna 452

Titer Anna Margreth 439 Peter & Anna Margreth 439Thowahrt Mr 465 Georg Jacob 465


Trailinger Peter 319

Transu Abraham 274 ' Abraham & wf 277 Abraham'& Anna Margaretha 280, 282 Elisabeth 282 JohannAbraham 277 Johann Jacob 280

Traxel, Trachsel, Troxel Elisabeth 382, 478 Heihrich& Sara 380, 381 Jacob & Margaretha (Eberhart) 471

• Peter 471 Sally 380 Sophia 479 . -Tresman Joh Georg 427 Margaretha 427Trolinger Anna 430 Anna Maria Oath 293 Eva 373

Jacob & Anna Maria 293 Peter 376 Susanna 376Trumbauer, Drumbauer Andreas 469, 471 Catharine

"469 Gee Michael & Oath (Bock) 471Trump, Drumpp, etc Adam 318, 367, Adam & wf 337

Adam & Anna Maria 441 Barbar 350 Gatharina 337,362 Elisabetha 318 J Jacob 441 Johannes 360 JohJacobus 337 Peter 333, 360, 362, 367 Peter & wf 337Peter & Eva (Boeder) 367

Umstaet Elisabeth 443 Joh 443 Margaretha 306Undercoffler, Unerkofler, Unterkafler, etc David 395,

396 Elisabeth 392 Jacob 389 Jacob & wf 391" Jacob & Magdalena 401 Lydia 413 Sam 413 Sam &

Susanna 414

Urman Georg & Catarina 456 Maria 456Vackendael, Vackenthal j Philip 441 Philip & Elisa

beth (Bleyler) 303Van der Sloot Gatharina 382

Van Sluys Daniel 292 Henrich & Gatharina 292

Volckert Ludwig 429Von der Sloot Frederick Wm Eev Jr 334, 347, 359,

362, 367, 374, 381, 382, 384, 402, 409, 422, 427, 434, 435, 436,452, 460, 467, 471, 475, 477, 479 Frederick & Anna'Mar-gareta (Riedt) 334, 367

Von Huhl. Henrich 389 Maria Susanna 389

VoNrVASEN, VOSSEN Gatharina 305 Elisabeth 306Vorschang Philip & Anna (Benges) 365Wagenseil Gatharina 301 Anna Maria 283 Christo

pher & Christina 283 ' ' •'

• INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS £77

Wagner (Miss) 367 Abraham 408 Barbara 408Elisabetha 397, 408 Fried 457, 458 Fr & Hanna- 412

Georg 419 Georg & wf 317 Georg Fried 323 Jacob397, 408, 415, 421 Jacob & wf 395 Jacob & Barbara401 Jacob & Barbara (Deis) 426 Johannes 412 Mag-dalena 426 Maria 365, 391, 397, 401 Michael 365, 397,426,433 Sara 413 Stoffel & wf (Schmid) 301Zacharias 323, 361

Walb, Walp, Wolb Andreas 325, 444, 446, 449 AnnaMaria 444 Gatharina 325 Jacob 446 Johannes 449

• joh Jacob 446WalBer, Walbert Christophoriis (Stoffel) 279, 309 Eli

sabeth 297 J Nicolaus & Elisabeth 297 Georg & wf 398Peter 275 Peter & wf 279 Susanna 297, 368, 402

Wald Friedrich & Magdalena 414 Sara 415Walpbr Peter & Sybilla 439Walter, Walder Abraham 443 Anna Eva 444 ' Carl

& wf 335 Elisabeth 332, 381, 450 George 343, 381, 410George &wf 350 George & Regina 348, 349 Henrich 314',321, 322 Henrich & wf 321, 323, 324 Johannes Matheus314 Jacob 295, 424 Jacob & Rosina 295 Johannes843, 348, 378, 381, 452 Joh Georg 321, 335 JohannesJacob 442 Johannes Matheus 314 Karl 349 Karl &Margaretha 349 Magdalena 383 Maria 381 Matheus& wf 314 Mathias & Anna Maria 353, 386 Michal 475Simon 442, 443, 444, 450 Simon & wf 442 Simon &Barbara 452 Susanna 388, 424 Veronica 349, 384

Walwerd Gatharina 440

Wambold Gatharina 388 Friedrich & wf 386 Fridrich

& Gatharina 296 Jacob & Gatharina 415 Magdalena434, 435

Wannemacker, Wannenmacher, etc Anna Lena 307Anna Lisabeth 283 Bernhart & wf 286 Bernhard &

wf Gatharina 290 Gatharina 306, 308 Christian 319,,370 Christian & wf 338, 339 Christian & Elisabeth330, 333 Christina 384 Conrad 275, 354 Conrad &Maria Barbara 282, 283, 285 Elisabetha 285, 330 Elisa

278 BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MOKTGOUERY COUNTY

Lena 302 Elisa Barb 298, 307 J 307 J Caspar t290Jacob 286 Jacob & wf 289, 293, 821, 325 Johannes 282,338 Magdalena 333. Marcus & wf 303 Maria Dorothea . 326 Marg 384, 477 Petrus -338 Philip 477Salina 362

Wanner Adam 279 Adam & wf 280 Anna Margar-etha 280

Warmke Mrs. widow 388

Waetin Fried 326

Weber Anna Barbara 448 Anna Catharina 295 AnnaMaria 310 Barbara 302 Catharine 357 Christian304 Elisabetha 403 Hanna 470 Henrich 457, 458,470 Henrich & Margareta (Hornecker) 470 Maria403 Maria Catharina 443 Michael 458 Michael &wf 457 Peter 443, 448, 466, 471 Peter & Anna Marg(Kayser) 306 Peter & Maria (Reichenbach) 471

Wecher Christina 441 Melchior 441

Wegelin Anna Maria 307 Elisabetha 307

Weickart, Weickert, Weigert, Weigardt, etc Elis 448Georg & wf 390, 392 Hanna 457 J Georg & wf Magdalena 294 Joh 294, 334 Joh Georg 334 Jost & Barbara 294 Nancy 458

Weickel Philip & wf 462WEroEMAYER, Weitemayer, etc Anna Barbara 403 Be-

wey 369 Catharina 398 Elis 435 Georg 398, 399Georg & wf 403 Georg & Elisabeth 405, 409 Hanna 379Heinrich 399 Jacob 405 Johann 432

Weidman, Weitman, etc 304 Andreas 390 AnnaCatharina 390 Catharina 424 Elisabetha 434, 451Fried 449 Fried & wf 455 Friedrich & Margareth 450,451 Georg 391, 395 Jacob 276, 310, 392, 424, 429, 455

• Johann 430, 449 Joh Georg & wf 391 Joh Henrich 450Magdalena 391 Regina 395 Veronica 305

Weidner, etc & wf (Wagner) 367 Barbara' 371 ; Georg & Catharina (Moll) 303 John 350 Marg

371 ; • :

^ INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS 279

Weil Ben & Catharina 415 Benjamin '& Elisabetha 411,413 Catharina 414, 416 Daniel 416 Elisabetha 415

•• Esther 417 ' Jacob 444 Jesaias 411 Johannes 415,417John & Sara 410, 413, 414, 416, 417 Joh Jacobus 444

--'Joseph 416 Katharina 486 • ' Lydia 413 Maria*-410Matilda 415 Nancy 415 ^Peter 413, 436 - Peter &'Catharina 413, 415 Sam & Ester 415, 416, 417' Sara 415

-••'William 411 ••'•••Weiler Andreas 323, 325, 327, 358, 361, 364, 365 ' An

dreas & Anna Maria (Mack) 329; 364 Joh 323, 327, 371J'ohannes & Margaretha 329 JoK Jost 325 '' Mar 372'" '

Weiser Daniel Rev 464

Weiss, Wets -—Miss 305 Andreas 309, 401 Andreas & Margreth 332 Andreas & Maria 349, 350 Anna305, 366 Anna Margaretha 466 Catharina 316, 317,331,^ 369, 424 David 350 Elias 350 Elisabeth' 324,'426, 429, 457 Erhard 317, 318, 319, 323, 326, 370, 421

' 424, 426, 427 Erhard & wf 389, 392, 393 Eva 302, 430Eva Catharina 427 G 277 George 332, 366, 431 Georg& wf 408 Geo Michael, Rev 275, 277, 287, 288, 293, 301,

• 307, 311, 439 Hannes & Eva 401 Hans Edward 427Henrich 397 Henr & Margareta (Burger) 470 J 311J & wf 305 J Arend & Susanna (Huth) 302 J Stoffel& wf 300 Jacob 398, 401, 446 Jacob & wf 457 ' Jacob& Elisabetha 329, 401 Jacob & Elisabeth (Schmid) - 427Joh 430 Johannes & Anna Margareth 402 Johann Arend & wf 296 Johann Ehrhart 312, 316 Magdalena 445Mary Sofia 378 Michaelus 317 Philip 393, 397, 398Philip & Anna Marg (Schmid) 426 Philip & Anna Maria331, 400, 401 Susanna 380, 382, 398 Uria 349 Wendell 329

Weissel Daniel 374

Weitzel & Barbara (Kehler) 303 J & —^ —(Gressman) 304 W & wf 304

Welker, etc Anna Marg 300, 310 Anna Maria 375Creth308 Dietrich &Sara (de Haven) 301 Georg 319,322, 342, 348, 375, 379 Georg.& Catharina 348 J Georg

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318 Jacob 319, 339, 376, 381, 310 Johannes 279, 284,308, 310, 342, 383, 458 . Joh George 274, 275, 311 JohGeorg&wf277 Joh Georg& Anna Margretha 282, 283, 284,286, 296 Johann Jacob 286 Margaretha 316, 380, ,383Maria 458 Maria Susanna 277, 301 Michael & AnnaMaria (Ried) 301 Susanna 380

Welter Matheis 475

Wendel J 307 Johannes 290 Philip & Maria Christina290

Wendly M Barbara 451 Sebastian & Barbara 451Wbnig Henr & wf 448 ' Jacob & Elisabet 459 Johann

459

Wbnner Elisabeth 347 Georg & wf 462 Georg & Elisa-. beth 345, 347 Jacob 379 Jacob & Maria 348 Maria348 - Susanna 345

Wentz, Wbnz, etc Catharina 390 Elisabetha 387, 395,404 Jacob 418 Jacob & Elisabetha 389, 393 JohannPhilip 394 Margaretha 432 Maria Elisabetha 392, 396Peter 288 Philip 276, 288, 398 Philip & -(Hart-man) 301 Philip & Anna Maria Magdalena 422

Wer Anna Maria 418 Johann Martin 386, 418 Maria386

Weck • Andreas & wf 392

Werffel Maria Barbara 292 Martin & Anna Maria 292J 276 •

Werner, Woener Andreas 386, 390, 391, 393, 396, 397^ 399,420 " Andreas & wf 386 Anna Maria 396 Catharina^408, 432 . Elisabetha 376, 391, 393 Henrich 386, .389,393, 421 Henrich & wf 392, 397 J Jacob & Catharina294 Johannes 393, 425 Joseph & Barbar (Graf) :425

•• Mafgareta 397 Mary Catharina 390 Maria Magdalena396 Sophia 392, 393, 395, 399, 408 Susanna 399 Wil-

' helm 389

Wbrtz Anna Maria 319 Margretha 317, 387

Wesco . ;Franz & Eva 332Westman Jacob. 396, .

Weth ' Franz & Maria 353 Israel 353 -

INDEX TO GOSHHNHOPPEN CHURCH RECORD&- 281

Wetknecht, Weidknecht, etc Andreas 321, 432 AnnaMaria 298 Barbara 318, 368 Jacob 290, 31?, 321, 323,357 Jacob & Anna Margaretha 290, 294 Jacob.& Creth(Beohm) 302 Jacob & Susanna Margaretha 298 Joh371 Johannes Martin 294 Joseph 458 Margaret 373Martin 376 Martin & Maria (Pertroin) 367 Michael323 Natha 458 Phil 371

Wettman Georg & wf 399 Jacob 393Wetzel, Wbzel Anna Barbara 442 Anna Catharina 444

Anna Margreth 439 Anna Maria 440, Barbara 441J 292 Jacob 297, 314, 441 Jacob Jr 276 Jacob Sr &wf 297, 308 Jacob & ^vf 278, 297 Jacob &'Anna Barbara 439, 441 Jacob & Anna Maria (Hag) 306 Jacob

Eva Barbara 439 Johannes 292, 306, 314, 316, 473Johannes & Eva (Meyer) 306 Joh Georgus 445 Johannes Jacob 314 Johann Peter 278 Jonas 473 Peter316, 440, 442, 444, 445 Peter & wf 316, 445, 446 Peter& Anna Margaretha 292, 296 Peter & Catharina 299Peter & Creth (Eberhard) 303

Wetzler Anna Marg 302 Anna Maria 441 Elisabeth302 Veronica 302

Weyer Catharina 433 Joh 332

iVlAND, Weigant, Weyand, Wiehn, Wigand, Wiegand, Wy-AND, etc, etcAndreas 374 Anna Maria 285, 286, 301, 370, 372 AnnaMaria Elisabetha 320 Catharina 315, 322, 336, 363, 369,377, 422 Christian 371 Christiana 325, 326, 372Elisabeth 324, 334, 377, 384, 350 Elias 317, 320 Esther345 David 317 Georg 402, 425 J Jost 318 .Jacob284, 299, 310, 316, 364, 428 Jacob & wf 402 Jacob &

• Catharina (Schlichter) 364 Jacob & Salome (Renn) 425John 325, 378, 402, 423 Johannes & Appollbnia 298 Johannes & Appolonia (Moll) 306 John & Maria 350John Henrichs 325, 328 Jonas 350 Josephus 316Jost 318, 320, 322, 325, 328, 363, 364, 365, 370, 377' Jost& wf 336, 343 Jost & Anna Barbara (Roeder) 364 Jost& Barbara 301, 330, 331, 334 Jost & Margareta (Long)

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. 365 Margaretha 298 Maria 379 Michael 336, 383

.Peter 386 Philippina 283,'305, 307 Samuel 330" Samuel & Anna 345 Scharl M 302 Sib Gath 370 Sophia

v282, 302, 307, 362 Susanna 318, 320, 374, 376 Wendel274, 275, 218, 321, 324, 325, 357, 360, 364, 371, 374, 377,

; 378,.-424 . Wendel 3rd 321 Wendel & wf 326, 335, 336,341, 350 Wendel Sr & wf 328 Wendel Jr & wf 318, 321Wendel & Anna Margreth 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288

• Wendel :& Catharina 329, 334, 345, 350, 400 Wendel &.••Catharina. (Weis) 424 Wendel Sr & Catharina, 331• Wendel Jr & Catharina 330, 331 Wendel Sr & Magdalena..(Datisman) 333, 365 Wendel & Margaretha (Sell) 367

Wicker Salmon & Elisabeth 352

WlCKERD, WiCKERT, WiEGERDT, etc Anna Maria 289Christina 305 Friederich & wf 317 Friederick & MariaEva 289 Henricus 316 . Henrich & Lydia 350 Marg372

WiDEMER Susanna 479

WiDES Isaac 334 Joh Georg 334WiED^ : Adam & Christina 462 Maria Anna 462WiESELER Catrina 341 Gottfried & Eva 341

WiESENER Georg & wf 340 . .WiEGNER, WiGNER Daniel 345. Elisabeth 382, 478 Georg

361, 367 Georg & wf 340, 345 George & Susanna 348,382 Harry 380 John 382 Joseph, 380 Magdalena

. 342, 377 Margaretha ,381 Maria Cath 365 Susanna332,361,367,374,380

Wiener .Elisabeth 479

WiESEMER Gottfried & wf 456, 457Wui Wilhelm 347 Wilhelm & Elisabeth 345

WiLLAUER . -r ^Old Mrs 467 Abraham 439 Adam375,443, 446, ,448 • Adam & wf 443, 448, 449 Anna Cath-:arina 442 Antbni 375 Cath 347, 448 . Christian 277,

'• 375, 442, .443, 452, 465, 474 Christian & wf 280; ;442Christian & Catharina 439 -Creth 308 Elisabeth-. 316,

;c338, 349, 375, 379, 381, 476 Eva 458, 475 Eva Jacobina'-,446 - Eva: Margreth 439 Isaac 350. J" Adam & Anna

• INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH RECORDS 283

Maria . (Linn) 296, 305, 308 Jacob 456, 459 Johannes-316, 319, 321, 325, 376, 379, 457, 475 John & wf 350Johann Adam 280 Johann Georg 321 Joh Jacobus 325Magdalena 457, 476 Maria 382 Maria Elis 448 Peter431, 457 Peter & wf 456 Peter & Rebecca (Geri) 368

WiLTZEN Joh 338

Winder Anna Maria 472

WiNGERD Anna Marg 295 \Winches Henrich 324 Magdalena 326 Peter 324, 326Wink Theobald & Cretha (R^d) 301 ^Wkchang Philip 356WiSLER Eva 379 Godfried 362,379 Gottfried &wf Eva

348 Godfrid & Eva Catharina 427 Jacob 427 Mad-. lena 369 Sara 384 Susanna 362

WiTMAN Abraham & Elisabeth 340 Elisabeth Sr 332John 340

WiTTis Hentty 379 Isaac & wf 336 Johannes 336WiTTMBR, WiTTNER Elisabetha 449 Jacob 293, 449, 454

Jacob & wf 300, 322, 454, 466 Jacob & Susanna (Mack)470 Johannes & Anna Margaret (Cunius) 368

WoHR William 416

WOLET Hans & Margreth 281 Margreth 281Wolf Anna Maria 448 Anna Maria Barbara 470 Con

rad 367, 451 Conrad & Catharina (Jakel) 367 J Conrad & Maria Elisabeth 451 Jacobus 448, 449 • Jacob &

• rMargreth 451 William 470

WoLFART, WOLFAHRT Abraham 389, 395, 396, 398. Abraham &wf 395 Abraham & Anna Marg (Panebecker) 425Anna Margareta 396 Catharina 395, 425 Elisabeth 436Jonas 436 Margaretha 430 Maria 429 Niklas 385,388, 425 Nicol & wf 324, 391, 395 Nicolaus & Catharina 296 Petrus 398

WOLZETLBR Sibilla 368

WONSITLER Adam & Susanna- 351 Gfiorg & Barbara 346Workman Andreas & Catharina (Frey) 303 Ludwig:&

Catharina (Braun) 303


WORMAN, WORMEN ^ Mr 388 Abraham 391 -Andreas 447 Conrad 390, 391, 393, 446, 447,. 449 . Com-radus 393 Georg 391, 448, 449 George & 456 Jacobus 390 Johannes 446 Joh Henricus 449 Magda-lena 448 Maria 447, 449 Michael 449

Worth Anna Maria 306

WUND Anna Elisa 431

WUNDERLICH Catharina 435 Georg 414, 435 Jacob &Christina 414, 415 Johan 415

WUTTE Joh Georg & Anna 406 Magdalena 406WuTTLiN Daniel 404 Joh Georg & wf 404Yost See also JOST Alexander 415 Maria 415 Mer-

sers 415 Rebecca 415 Robert & Elisabetha 4i5Thomas & Christina 415 ^ ,

Young . See also Jung Andreas 377 Anmaria 377John 458 John & wf 457 Johannes & Barbara (English) 369 Joseph 408 Josua 408 Martin 453 Polly377 Susanna 378, 457, 458

Zaerckel Abraham 432 Catharina 432 Elisabeth 433Margaret 433

Zanckmeister Anna Maria 432

Zeiner Mr & Mrs 465

Zeis Anna Catharina 412 David & Sara 412, 417 Re-becka 417

Zeislef Anna Margareth 457, 458 Henr & wf 454 Johannes 454, 457, 458 Joh & wf'456 Philip 456

Zeller Anna Maria 374 Catharina 298, 374 J & AnnaBarbara (Jeckels) 306 Johannes 377 Johannes &AnnaMaria 298 Susanna 377

Zep, Zbfp J Philip 401 Jacob 400, 414 Jacob &wf 408Jacob & Catharina 414 Jacob & Maria 407 Jacob &Sara 414 John & wf 392, 393, 396 Maria 436 Philip& Maria 407

Zerby David & Maria Magdalena (Jung) 369 Elisabeth330 Georg & Maria (Klein) 366 Hannes & Anna 330

Zeress Maria 384

Zerfinger Jacob 458

, INDEX TO GOSHENHOPPEN.CHURCH RECORDS 285

Zern, ZOERN, Zarn Abraham 374 Adam ,& wf 341, 342Anna Magdalena 427 Catharina 380 Friederich 342Georg Adam & wf 337 Hans Adam 427 Jacobus 337

Zerny Elisabeth 371 Magdalena 371Zeusler John & wf 454

ZlEGENPUSS Adam 325 George 443 Georg & wf 442,444 J Georg & Anna 297 John Georg &'wf 321, 385,443, 444, 445 Joh Jacob 443 Margretha 469 MariaElisabeth 291

ZlEGLER, Zeigler, Zigler Catharina 412 Henrich 392, 417Henrich & wf 398 Heinrich & Catharina 412 Jesse &

Catharina 417 Levina 412 M & Nancy 415 Michael435 • Michael & Hanna 417 Nancy 350

Zimmerman 303 & wf (Hoffman) 303 Abraham 370 Anna Catharine 290 AnnaLisa 440 Anna Margretha 316, 363, 388 Anna Maria278 Baltzer 440 Barbara 302 Catarina 285,305, 309,311 Conrad 275, 209, 316, 360, 363, 438 Conrad & wf387 Conrad & Anna Margaretha 290, 296 Daniel &Catharina (Weiss) 369 David & Magdalena 349 Elisa-betha 283, 284, 309, 340 Georg 275, 284, 290 George& wf Anna Catharina 292, 300 Henr 372 J 308 JNicolaus 292, 338 Jacob 443 Jacob & wf 338 Jacob& Catharina 340 Jacob & Sophia (Wigand) 302 JohannGeorg 279 Joh Michael 280 Joh Nicol 431 Joseph439 Joseph & Elisabetha 440 Joseph & Maria Elisabeth438 Kilian 276, 304, 305, 309 Kilian & wf 389 Magd323, 371 Margaretha 282, 340, 438 Maria Elisabeth300 Maria Margaretha 282 Maria Susanna 277Michael 275, 309 Michael & wf 280 Michael & Anna 281,284 Peter 338, 360, 372 Susanna 277, 280, 349 Veronica 281, 309

Zimmer Catharina 304 John & (Zimmerman) 304Philip 304, 307

ZiNK Elisabeth 434, 436 Georg & Lydia 415 Heinrich409 Heinrich & Elisabeth 409, 411 Jacock 423 Jesse415


ZIRKEL :J & wf 301

ZdELLER Jbh 465

ZOLLER Christian & wf "327

ZoRLi Jacob 372 Ludwig 372

ZUG . Abraham 427 . Catharina 427 . . .

ZUMPERO , Georg 333

Librarian's Report

We have just completed another record year here at Historical Hall.

It was a busy year and, we hope, one of progress. Qver twenty-two hundred persons have been our callers. Of this number eight hundred have

been visitors to the museum. The balance have been research workers —

each one seeking some particular line of information. All, without excep

tion, were unstinting in their praise of our facilities and service. The

mail inquiries continue to mount and are fast assuming full scale, propor

tions. The states represented by visitors this year in addition to Penn

sylvania were . California, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah,

and Wyoming.

We join our sister societies in making an appeal to our people not to

destroy or discard old papers or books without proper advisement. The

Historical Society of Montgomery County desires to acquire and preserve

deeds, diaries, documents, receipts, account books, manuscripts, letters,

minute books of organizations, church records, marriage certificates,

pamphlets, publications, magazines, county newspapers, scrap books,

county postmarks, Bible records, photographs, programs, etc. Books

dealing with genealogy and Montgomery- County and its people are

wanted. Any article or book written by a Montgomery Countian or bear

ing the imprint of Montgomery County will be appreciated.

We hope persons settling estates, preparing for an auction, moving

or house cleaning will be careful not to destroy any such items mentioned

above pertaining to Montgomery County. Bring them in to us and let us

be the judge of their historical value!

The library will be closed for the annual vacation period from Monday,

August 21, until Labor Bay, and will reopen Tuesday, September 5.

JANE KEPLINGER BUREIS,

Acting LibrarianAugust, 1950.

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Report on Membership

NEW MEMBERS ELECTED APRIL 29, 1950

Mrs. Clarksoh Addis Mrs. George McNeeley

Mrs. William L. Batchelor' Mrs. John Nicholson

Miss Betty Buchenhorst Mrs. Alan P. ParkerAbram Clemmer Miss V. Mae Patterson

Stanley B. Cooper, Esq. Mrs. Joseph L. Rapp

Mrs. C. Russell Corson Mrs. Roy C. Slaughter

William A. Griffith Mrs. Bradford Smith

Owen S. Hoffman Mrs. Benjamin M. Swartzman

Miss Marion E. Long Dr. William W. Thomas

TRANSFER TO LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Franklin Fisher Vanderslice

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Mrs. Henry Lewis Benner

DEATHS

Dr. Harvey Bassler Miss E. Jennie Davis

Miss Caroline C. Cresson Rudolf P. Hommel

The status of membership at the conclusion of the annual meeting of

April 29, 1950 was as follows:

Honorary Members 4

Life Members ., 28

Annual Members 603

Total Membership 635

HELEN E. RICHARDS,

Corresp<mding Secretary

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April Meeting

The regular meeting of the Historical Society of Montgomery County

vr&s convened at 2 p.m. on April 29, 1950 at the building of the Society,with President Gallager presiding. The minutes of the February meeting

were read and approved.

President Gallager spoke of the loss to our Society with the passingof Rudolf Hommel and Dr. Harvey Bassler, both of whom have been

engaged in assembling material for the collections in the Pennsylvania

German Library to be housed at Franklin and Marshall College at Lan

caster, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Thomas, of the Prize Essay Committee, introduced the winners

of the several awards in the absence of the Chairman, Mrs. Rogers.

Maxine Winn, of Lower Merion High School, was awarded the first prizefor her essay Henry Harley Arnold. The award was accepted by Mrs.

Winn, her mother, who also read the paper in Maxine's absence. Leonard

Gall, of Upper Moreland High School, received the second prize and read

his essay Willow Grove's Oldest House. There were three honorable

mentions.

Thomas Iraswiler of West Chester exhibited a part of his varied col

lection of mechanical banks. He spoke briefly on the development of

these banks, and demonstrated the different types in his display most

interestingly.

The Reverend Dr. Lester H. Kriebel replaced Dr. Elmer E. S. Johnsonwho was ill, and spoke of the Perkiomen School at Pennsburg and its

history in commemoration of this, its seventy-fifth anniversary.

At the close of the meeting the Hospitality Committee served tea.

EVA G. DAVIS,

Recording Secretary

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The Historical Society of Montgomery County has for itsobject the preservation of the civil, political and religioushistory of the county, as well as the promotion of the studyof history. The building up of a library for historical researchhas been materially aided in the past by donations of family,church and graveyard, records; letters, diaries and othermanuscript material. Valuable files of newspapers have, alsobeen contributed. This public-spirited support has been highlyappreciated and is earnestly desired for the future.

Membership in the Society is open to all interested persons,whether residents of the county or not, and all such personsare invited to have their names proposed at any meeting. Theannual dues are ?2.00; life membership, $50.00. Every member is entitled to a copy of each issue of The Bulletin, free.Additional Copies, One Dollar Each. '

Historical Hall, 18 East Penn Street, Norristown, with itslibrary and museum, is open for visitors each week day from10 A.M. to 12 M. and 1 to 4 P.M., except Saturday afternoon.The material in the library may be freely consulted duringthese hours, but no book may be taken from the building.

To Out Friends

Our Society needs funds for the furthering of its work, its expansion,its growth and development. This can very nicely be done throughbequests from members and friends in the disposition of their estates.The Society needs more funds in investments placed at interest; theincome arising therefrom would give the Society an annual return tomeet its needs. Following is a form that could be used in the makingof wills:

I HEREBY GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OP MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

PENNSYLVANIA, THE SUM OP

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