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On the 7th of April, 1731, forty persons comunmed and on the 220 of September, 1734, sixty-three.
In a report made to Holland in 1734, Pastor Bohm gave a detailed account of the condition of the Reformed church in Pennsylvania and at
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the same time he pointed out how four additional ministers could be judiciously placed. He says : Falkner Schwamp and Skippack are twelve English miles apart. Oley could be combined with these points, inas- much as Falkner Swamp and Skippack have services every three weeks, and Oley might come in between. Goshenhoppen is needy. And he adds: "The members of Goshenhoppen come to the service at .Falkner Swamp, some of them a distance of 25 to 30 miles, to receive communion and to have their children baptized." He says, further : "I have now for about eight years regularly served my three congregations at Falkner Schwam, Schip Bach and Weitmarge." These officers of the Falkner Swamp con- gregation endorsed this letter :
Done in our Presbytery at Falkner Swamp, 20th October, 1734.
Gosen Thonis (?) Elder, Sebastian Reiffschneider, Elder, Sigmundus Schmidt, Eller, Johannes Herb, Eller. Johan Heinrich Schmidt, Dencon, Johannes Drickdenhengst, Deacon.
The signature of the first elder is not plainly written. As no person of a name approaching that given has been a resident of Falkner Swamp, so far as my knowledge goes, the interesting question who the first elder was is left open for solution.
(To be Continued. )
REFORMED CHURCH LITERATURE
Kirchen-Regeln ] der ] Reformirten Gemeinde | in Allentown. [1824.] folio, Svo, 4pp. Owned by Henry S. Dotterer, Philadelphia.
At a meeting of the majority of the members of the Evangelical Ro- formed congregation in the town and vicinity of Northampton, held on the 2d of May, 1824, Wilhehn Eckert, Peter Neuhard, Johannes Rhoads, Daniel Neuhard, Leonard Labach, Abraham Spinner and Michael D. Eberhard were appointed a committee to formulate regulations for the government of the congregation. Sixteen rules, proposed by the commit- tee and accepted by the congregation, compose the four pages of the folio.
The Doctrines of Divine Revelation, as taught in the Holy Scriptures, exhibited, illustrated, and vindicated. Designed for the use of Christians generally, and for Young Men, preparing for the Gospel Ministry, partien- larly. By the Rev. Samuel Hofffenstein, D. D., Philadelphia: James Kay. Jun. & Brother, 122 Chestnut Street. Pittsburgh :- C. H. Kay & Co. 1842 .- Bound, Svo. 394 pp. Contains Portrait on Steel of the Author. by J. Sartain. Owned by Henry S. Dotterer.
Five Years' Ministry | in the } German Reformed Church, Jon Race Street, below Fourth, ¡ Philadelphia. ] An Anniversary Sermon. | Preach- ed, January 8, 1860, { and ] An Ecclesiastical Appendix. | By | J. H. .. Bomberger, D. D. | Philadelphia: | Lindsay & Blackiston, | 1860. Bound, Svo, 72 pages. Owned by Henry'S. Dotterer, Philadelphia.
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COMMUNICATED BY W. H. REED, PH. G., M. D., OF NORRISTOWN. (Continued. )
261. August 8. Jacob Guldy and Mary Ann Vanfossen.
262. September 10. Daniel Rittenhause and Rachal Byer.
263. September 19. John Cassel and Sarah Been.
264. October 12. John Bean and Elizabeth Keyser.
265. November 14. Jacob Mester and Cathrine Hendrix.
266. November 21. Jessie Hamshier and Mary Roppert.
267. November 25. Jacob Schellenberger and Elizabeth Springer.
268. December 12. Jacob Rosenberger and Maria Dettwiler.
269. December 14. John Selzer and Hannah Groff.
1821.
270. January
21. John Greenewald and Elizabeth Concar.
271. January
27. Peter Legrant and Cathrine Nuss ( widow. )
272. March
11. Samuel Herly and Elizabeth Gadwealtz.
273. March
11. Samuel Keyser and Elizabeth Grove.
274. March
13. Frederick Pruner and Lydia Umstead.
275. May 4. Abraham Spere and Sarah Fetely.
276. May 17. Abraham Reinwald and Anna Tresher.
277. June
14. William Freas and Rachel Clare.
278. September 11. Joseph Metz and Mary Beyer.
279. September
9. AAbraham Phipps and Hester Brant.
280. November
1. George Schellenberger and Cathrine Zerfoss.
281. November
1. Samuel Sholl and Hester Kline.
282. November 27. Jacob Bisbing and Mara Phipps.
283. December
4. Abraham Smith and Debera Spere.
284. December 27. Henry Rieker and Sarah Lees.
1822.
285. January 286. January 287. January 288. January 289. January 290. January 291. January 292. March 293. March
1. Daniel Boileau and Lydia Weber.
6. Christian Keyser and Elizabeth Wagner.
10. John Carroll and Maria Shambough.
13. Jacob Boyer and Magdalena Boorse.
13. George Kline, Esq., and Maria Norney.
20. John Lehman and Eva Bisbing:
21. Peter Hoffman and Sarah Fulton.
5. Jacob Levering and Margareth Gerhard.
7. Daniel Primer and Barbary Rittenhause.
294. March
10. Benjamin Cole and Cathrine Freed.
295. March
26. Jesse Rittenhause and Cathrine Metz.
296. May 5. Henry Boley and Elizabeth Keyser.
297. May .
23. Thomas Fitzwater and Elizabeth Phipps.
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298. July 23. Peter Harp and Magdalena Wever.
299. July 24. Hugh McCarty and Elizabeth Lehman.
300. September 12. John Yetter and Elizabeth Merriam.
301. September 15. George Weisel and Catherine Scheib.
302. October 10. Samuel Hamshier and Elizabeth Haak.
303. October 31. John Keyser and Elizabeth Cassel.
304. November 28. Philip Hoot and Elizabeth Cassel.
305. November 28. John Frick and Susannah Been.
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A TREASURED VOLUME.
Anfangs-Gründe Des general Basses (Thorough bass) für Den Ehrw. Herrn Strasberger Rockhill Tsp. Pa. by Ch". Fortman. December, 1824. MS. Bound in Leather; 142 pages, 11 in. by 53 in. Owned by Mrs. Re- becca S. Dotterer, Philadelphia.
This "Note book" was made for Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, a widely-known divine of the Reformed Church in eastern Pennsylvania, and is now owned by one of his grand-daughters. With Charles Fort- man the world has been made acquainted by William J. Buck, our Penn- sylvania historian, in an article written for the first volume of Sketches published by the Montgomery County Historical Society. The title of Mr. Buck's interesting five-page sketch is : An Early Teacher of Languages and Music in Norristown. In the book prepared for Pastor Strassburger are ninety-one sacred and forty profane songs-nearly all German. Among the "profane" pieces are: Hail Columbia, Hunting Song, Hanns war des alten Hannssen Sohn, Washington's March, and Yankee Doodle.
SWISS SHELTER TO REFORMED REFUGEES.
Despite the engagements to France which Switzerland had entered into, it never ceased to give shelter to the French refugees who fled to es- cape the persecutions of Louis-to the Waldenses and the Huguenots. After the revocation of the Ediet of Nantes, sixty-six thousand emigrants are said to have found shelter in Switzerland. Amongst the Swiss cities Geneva stands out conspicuously and honorably by her great benevolence. Not to speak of the vast amount of private assistance given, the muni- cipality spent on the relief of the religious refugees no less a sum than five million florins between 1685 and 1726.
-STORY OF THE NATIONS.
THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM.
It has been the oriflame of our Sacramental host for over ten gen- orations. It enshrines the faith sealed by the blood of thousands and hundreds of thousands of martyrs in past ages. -CYRUS CORT.
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HISTORICAL NOTES. Rev. John Andrew Strassburger.
BY HENRY S. DOTTERER.
While in Germany, in 1896, the ancestry of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, minister of the Reformed Church in Bucks county, was communicated to me by Jacob Strassburger, Bürgermeister of Ober-Ingel- heim. The line of descent is from Johann Ulrich Strassburger, the great- grandfather of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger:
1. Johann Ulrich Strassburger, of Ober-Diebach, was united in mar- riage, on the 26th of February, 1715, with Maria Elisabetha, widow of a certain Peter Flücken, of Ober-Ingelheim. Their first child was:
2. Johann Andreas Strassburger, born January 19, 1716, who was united in marriage, July 21, 1751, with Catharina Rosina Kolb. Two children were born to them: Christine Strassburger, born October 2, 1751; and John Andreas Strassburger, born January 24, 1754. John Andrew Strassburger (born January 19, 1716, ) came to America in the ship Minerva, from Rotterdam, via Portsmouth, which arrived at Phila- delphia in October, 1769. On the 13th of October, 1769, he signed the declaration. He was a school teacher. He located in Hilltown town- ship, Bucks county, and is buried in the Tohickon churchyard. in Rock- hill township. The opinion is expressed by a member of the family that John Andrew Strassburger (born January 19, 1716 ) returned to Germany, but came out to Pennsylvania a second time, and remained here until his death. Catharina Rosina Kolb, his wife, died at Ober-Ingelheim March 15, 1771.
3. John Andrew Strassburger, Second, born, in Germany, January 24, 1754, came to America, with his father in the year 1769; married. in 1780, Eva Jæger; died April 27, 1825. He learned the trade of tan- ning, and was successful in amassing a considerable fortune. He and his wife are buried at Zionsville church, Lehigh county, Pa. They had seven children, the fourth being
4. John Andrew Strassburger, Third, the subject of this sketch, who was born, in Upper Milford township, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1796; married (first), September 15, 1818, Catharine Stout, and (second) Mrs. Anna Worman, maiden name Stover; died, at Sellers- ville, Pa., May 2, 1860. Catharine Stout, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Kern) Stout, was born November 4, 1798; died October 7. 1838. The children of Rev. John Andrew and Catharine (Stout; Strass- burger were:
Nero S. Strassburger, born August 7, 1819, married Diana E. Dick- enshied; died at Allentown, Pa.
Louisiana Strassburger, born November 24, 1820; married Elias Hart- zell; died January 4, 1899.
Gideon Strassburger, born February 26, 1822; married, in the
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West, Fanny Wood; engaged in railroading; lived and died at LaCrosse, Wis. His death occurred the latter part of 1872.
Reuben Y. Strassburger, born at Bridgetown, October 1, 1823; married, January 21, 1847, Elizabeth Z. Schwenk; died, at Schwenksville, August 14, 1872. Elizabeth Z. Schwenk, daughter of Jacob and Lena (Ziegler) Schwenk, was born, in Skippack township, September 24, 1821.
Strassburger (a son), born April 8, 1825; died three hours after birth.
Elizabeth S. Strassburger, born February 25, 1826; married, March 12, 1846, Dr. Aaron F. Shelly; died in Philadelphia, November 9, 1880. Dr. Aaron F. Shelly, son of Francis and Catharine ( Funk ) Shelly, was born, in Great Swamp, Bucks county, February 10, 1823; died in Philadelphia, October 13, 1883. They are buried at Laurel Hill come- tery, Philadelphia.
Henry Stout Strassburger, born November 2, 1827; married, Sep- tember 22, 1860, Margaret Ray Graeff; resides in Philadelphia. Mar- garet Ray Graeff was born October 2, 1836.
- Strassburger (a daughter), born November 21, 1829; lived only eleven hours.
Mary Strassburger, born December 20, 1830; married Jesse D. Hartzell; resides at Bridgetown, Bucks county, Pa.
Catharine Strassburger, boru Nov. 16, 1832; died Aug. 17, 1834.
Andrew S. Strassburger, (twin with Sarah), born December 31. 1833; married, September 25, 1858, Margaret Amelia Lorah; died near Amityville, Berks county, Pa.
Sarah Strassburger (twin with Andrew), born December 31, 1833; died July 15, 1834.
Noah Strassburger, born February 23, 1836; died July 11, 1836.
John Andrew Strassburger studied for the ministry under Rev. Samuel Helffenstein, D. D., of Philadelphia. September 10, 1818, at Carlisle, l'a., he was licensed to preach by the Synod of the German Reformed . Church. He was chesen, while still a student, to the pastorate of the charge composed of the Tohickon, Indianfield and Charlestown congrega- tiens, in Bucks county. Here he labored from the beginning to the end of his ministry, from Easter, 1818, to June, 1854. At the close of his ministry a circular, printed in English and German, was issued to the members of his congregations. The English version was as follows:
RESIGNATION.
After due notice, the Consistories of the four united Congregations, to wit: Indian-Field, Charlestown, Tohickon, and Ridge Road-assembled in Ridge Road Church, on Saturday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, on which occasion the Pastor of said charge handed in his resignation, viz:
On account of bodily and mental debility, I, J. A. Strassburger. resign my ministerial charge amongst you, after a servitude of thirty-six
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years and three months; during which time about three thousand chil- dren were received by infant holy Baptism; fifteen hundred and ninety- five members by Confirmation, after Catechetical instructions: twelve hundred and thirty-five couple were instituted in the holy bonds of well- lock, by matrimonial ceremony; one thousand and forty-four committed to their long and solitary home, on which occasions funeral addresses were delivered.
That the great Shepherd of his flock may soon bless you again with a pious and faithful Pastor, is the solemn wish and humble prayer of yours affectionately in the Lord, J. A. STRASSBURGER.
Ridge Road Church, Rockhill tsp., Bucks Co., July 14, 1854.
Rev. N. S. Strassburger, son of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, was invited to become a candidate for the vacant pastorate, but he declined to allow his name to be used.
The words on the gravestone of Rev. J. A. Strassburger, in the Indian Creek Reformed churchyard, are:
Royd. J. A. Strassburger, Born Oct. 3, 1796, Died. May 3, 1860. As a minister of the German Reformed Church, be served the Indian Creek, Tohickon. Charlestown and Ridge Road Congregations, from April, ISIS, to July, 1854.
REV. N. S. STRASSBURGER, D. D.,
was born August 7, 1819, in the Reformed parsonage near Sellersville, Pa .. and died at Allentown, June 27, 1888. He graduated from Marshall College, at Mercersburg, in 1844. He studied theology in the seminary at Mercersburg from 1844 to 1847, and was licensed to preach by Goshen- hoppen Classis May 13, 1847, and ordained November 14, 1847. He served as a home missionary, taking charge of weak, distracted congrega- tions, and restoring peace, and then resigning them to form parts of charges. Thus he served Friedensburg, 1817-259; Pricetown, 1847-54; Huber's church, 1847-'52; Boyertown, 1848-'53: Pottstown, 1848-63: Amity, 1849-'63; Limerick, 1853-63; Baumstown, 1861-63; Allen- town, 1863-'81. When he resigned, in 1881, Allentown had four Re- formed congregations; where he found one. He preached German and English in all his charges. He helped to organize the College for Women at Allentown, and taught there four years, as he did also temporarily in the carlier years of Muhlenberg College. He wrote the Child's Catechism in 1861, compiled the Sunday-school Hymnal in 1878, and contributed articles to the Review and Messenger. He translated several works into German, among them the Liturgy. He was stated clerk of Goshenhoppen Classis, 1848-'63; East Pennsylvania Classis, 1864-'S0, and Lchigh Classis, 1880, to the time of his death. He was also treasurer of Ichigh
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Classis from 1880 until his resignation, a week previous to his death. He was married, November 27, 1849, to Miss Diana E. Dickenshied, a daughter of Dr. Charles F. Dickenshied, of Lower Milford, Pa. She was born November 9, 1818, and died August 15, 1890.
The record of the birth of the children of Johann Ulrich Strassburger is in the church book, now in the public office (Standesamt) at Ober- Ingelheim.
There is a handsome Protestant church at Ober-Ingelheim, which dates from the 13th century. It was restored about twenty-five years ago.
Ober-Ingelheim is located south of the Rhine on the railroad between Bingen and Mayence. It is in the midst of a rich wine producing dis- trict. The red wine bearing the brand Ober-Ingelheim is known the world over.
Additional genealogical information obtained from Bürgermeister Strassburger may be found in The Perkiomen Region, Volume Two, Number Six.
Moravian Notes.
COMMUNICATED BY JNO. W. JORDAN, OF . THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
STAGE ROUTE.
In July of 1742 the Moravians established a postal and express ser- vice between Bethlehem and Philadelphia; four postillions were appoint- ed. The service was the following:
Leave Bethlehem on Monday and proceed as far as Falkner's Swamp, and put up at Holstein's; thence to Germantown by Tuesday evening: Wednesday to Philadelphia, and return to Germantown for the night; Thursday to Falkner's Swamp and put up at Henry Antes's; reach Both- lehem by Friday evening.
AUGUSTINE NEISSER,
the celebrated clockmaker of Germantown, was born at Sehlen, Moravia. in 1717, and fled to Herrnhut with his parents in 1723. He married, November, 1770, Catharine Reisinger, Rev. Michael Schlatter performing the ceremony. Issue: George Henry Neisser, born 1771; Augustine Neisser, born 1774; Jacob Neisser, born 1774. The old clockmaker died at Germantown in March of 1780.
SEBASTIAN HENRY KNAUSS,
a son of Ludwig and Anna Margaretha (maiden name Görlach ) Knauss, born October 6, 1714, at Titelsheim, in the Wetterau. He was brought up in the Reformed Church. Came to Pennsylvania in 1723. January 1. 1741, he married Anna Catherine Transuc. United with the Moravian
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movement while learning his trade of wagonwright. with Henry Antes. Visited Bethlehem in 1742, united with the congregation at Enas in 1747, where he died, February 26, 1777. Union blessed with eight boys and three girls. Ilis sons were:
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Henry Knauss, born November 23, 1741. Leonard Knauss, born January 8, 1745. CHURCH John Knauss, born November 6, 1748. Joseph Knauss, born October 11, 1750. Abraham Knauss, born March 1, 1755. Jacob Knauss, born January 26, 1757. John Ludwig Knauss, born May 17, 1759.
Philip Knauss, born October 25, 1767.
ENDT-BECHTEL-ANTES.
Bishop J. C. F. Cammerhoff, writing to Zinzendorf, states (1747): "John Bechtel's house in Germantown, used for a school, was next to Theobald Endt's house, and also near that of John Stephen Benezet."
Charles J. Wister, of Germantown, who has two chairs and a walnut stand presented to his grandfather by Count Zinzendorf, toll me in 1879 that the Endt house was still standing, on the west side of Germantown avenue, near the corner of Queen street. It was built of stone, 2-storied.
The Seventh Pennsylvania Synod was held in Endt's house.
Several burials were made in the garden of the Bechtel lot.
John Bechtel was ordained April 22, 1742, by Bishop David Nitsch- mann, at Germantown.
Henry Antes was ordained October 27, 1748, "Consenior Civilis" at Bethlehem.
MOUNTAINS AND MEN.
Mountains are a blessing. They give strength to their inhabitants. They lift their children towards heaven. Their fountains bear freshness and fruitful years to the plains. Their foundations fear not the storm's wild sweep. Unshaken they breast the howling tempest. To see this and ponder over it, adds to one's strength, and nerves him in battle. They relieve the sameness of scenery; they give beauty to the landscape. With all their rugged outside, they are gentle and lovely. The tenderest plant and the tallest trees alike find their home on its slopes. It rocks cradle the baby-plant: and train the giant oak. 'Tis so with great men. They are the mountains in the landscape of humanity, pointing and lift- ing souls toward God and heaven. -B. BAUSMAN.
A MARRIAGE EIGHTY YEARS AGO.
Married, on the 15th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Reller, the Rev. Mr. J. A. Strassburger, of Rockhill township, to Miss Catharine Stout, of Hilltown township .-- Doylestown Correspondent and Farmer's Advocate, Tuesday, September 22, 1818.
HISTORICAL NOTES
RELATING TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA REFORMED CHURCH.
VOL. I. No. 7. November 10, 1899. $1.00 PER ANNUM.
Edited by Henry S. Dotterer.
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Random Thoughts.
A reproach to our denomination is its failure to provide homes for the poor and helpless, and hospitals for the sick and incurable.
Whether we are less liberal than other churches similarly situated is not entirely certain. Much of our membership is in rural districts, where, at best, little more than a livelihood may be earned. In former times the tillers of the soil in the interior districts had a hard fight to make a living. They gave to the Church the minutest gifts. A cent was the rule. There was some exense, under the cir- cumstances. The children and grand- children of these people regard the mite of their ancestors, it is to be feared, as quite enough. The idea of self-denial hardly enters into the matter. The mite was blessed for the poor widow, but it will be a curse to the well-to-do farmer, the wealthy merchant, or the millionaire manufacturer.
It is a sad thing to sit under a mediocre minister trying to nuravel the mysteries of the theologies of the Fathers. The simple-minded folk vainly try to under- stand what he is saying. Can an un- learned man or woman get a blessing from such preaching ? Can theology save a soul, at best ? Why not teach the simple truths proclaimed by Christ- repent and be baptized, love God, and your neighbor as yourself? Every one of sound mind can be touched by appeals to accept Christ and His teachings.
We hear much in Reformed Church literature of Christ as the centre of a pro- fonnd system of theology, but little of Him as the only hope of a sinful world's salvation.
Gleams of Light.
Said a pastor from the pulpit on Sun- day morning: "The King's Daughters of our congregation are doing good. They distribute flowers among the sick; they have furnished two rooms in the Home for Incurables; they do many quiet acts of kindness and benevolence, carrying comfort to the sick and distressed."
The Women's Missionary Society of one of our congregations, according to the annual report, collected the sum of seventy-four dollars and eighty-seven cents during the past year, for the cause of missions. "This snm," said the pas- tor, "I feel free to say, is just so much over and above what our congregation would have contributed if the Women's Missionary Society had not been organ- ized."
An aged, widowed lady, during the greater part of her lifetime in easy cir- cumstances, now finds herself without. means of support and quite dependent. upon her friends and strangers for the necessaries of life. Among her friends are two who are able to give her some assistance. These two in turn have in- duced a wealthy Christian lady to add something. A remote relative has found it possible to make some contribution. The Church has supplemented these gifts.
Many Christian acts, by unassuming members of our congregations, are per- formed, unknown to any but the givers and the recipients.
The spirit of Christ's teachings is still at work. The instances stated above are gleams of light shining through the dark- ness of indifference and apathy.
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Death of David Boehm.
David Bohm, who died, November 3, 1899, at Leithville, Northampton county, Pa., was a descendant of Rev. John Philip Bohm, the founder of the German brauch of the Reformed Church in Pennsylvania. James B. More, Justice of the Peace, Hellertown, Pa., kindly furnishes His- torical Notes with the line of descent of David Bolum, from Anthony William Bohm down:
We begin the genealogy several gener- ations farther back.
1. Rev. Philip Lewis Belun was born, in 1645, at Dorheim. [Dr. Good's His- tory of the Reformed Church in the United States, page 89.] His sou,
2. Rev. John Philip Behm, born at Hochstadt, and baptized there, November 25, 1683. He was elected schoolmaster at Worms, March 11, 1708. Before going to Worms he was married to Anna Maria Stehler, his first wife. [Prof. W. J. Hinke, it Reformed Church Messenger, May 19, 1898.] Came to Pennsylvania about 1719. They had, among others.
3. Anthony William Bohm, born at Worms, April 27, 1714; married Hannah Phillis -; died April 6, 1766. [llis- torical Notes, Volume Oue, page 3.} They had one child,
4. Philip Bohm, born at what is now Hellertown, Pa., December 14, 1747; married Auna Barbara Schreiber; died October 10, 1832. They had four sons and four daughters-Anthony Bohm, Philip Brehm, John Bohm, David Bohm, Catharine Bolum, Susanna Bochum, Mary Belnn and Elizabeth Brehm.
5. Anthony Belnn was born at Heller- town, Jannary 11, 1770; married Mrs. Catharine Hartman (nee Geissinger), April 1, 1801; died March 6, 1845. Five children survived them: Mary Bohn, mother of James B. More, Justice of the Peace, Hellertown, Pa. ; Susanna Bolnu. Elizabeth Behn, David Boolean, Solo- mon Bohm. Their sou,
6. David Bohm was born at Heller- town, September 15, 1812; married Han- nah Solliday, of Springfield township, Bucks county: died November 3, 1899,
and was buried at Appk's Church, No- vember 8, 1899. Hcmmah Solliday was born March 29, 1818, and died Jamary 27, 1892. Three children survive: Mary M. Boehm, William H. Bochin, and Isabella A. Beina, wife of Amandus Bener.
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