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It is worthy of note that Mr. Leydich was a regularly ordained minister ; that he had proper credentials from his former congregation ; that he put himself nnre- servedly at the service of the synod for disposition as they saw fit ; and that the offer of himself was unaccompanied by any stipulation as to compensation or posi- tion in his new field. No selfish motive appears.
We part with the missionary pastor as he turns from the meeting of South Hol- land synod, at Brielle. His face is tow- ards the West. His wife and two young children are with him.
We next meet him at Philadelphia, at the threshold of his new labors Schlat- ter in his Journal says : "On the 15th of September, 1748, to my exceeding great joy, came to my house, healthy and happy, John Philip Leydich, with his wife and two children."
As to his voyage across the Atlantic we know nothing. The irrepressible his- torian may later on discover some record of this important journey. As his name does not appear among the lists of immi- grant arrivals at Philadelphia, we infer that he landed at New York or Boston. His passage was not a long one. He has- tened with his commission to Pennsyl- vania. When he reached Philadelphia he was at once placed in charge of Falk- ner Swamp and affiliated congregations. Here again he lost no time in proceeding to his duties.
In this connection, a pretty legend comes to us from the distant past. Jnst. before Pastor Leydich reached his desti- nation, he came to a natural formation, called the Gateway to Falkner Swamp. Its time-honored German name-Das Schwammer Thor-is more expressive than the English translation. There can be no question as to the propriety of designating the spot, the Gateway. It is the ancient entrance to the rich low- lands of the Swamp. The narrow pas-
height for this neighborhood, between which runs the road, flanked on either side by fragments of huge rocks that aforetime defied the turnpike builders. It is a family tradition that when the new pastor with his wife and two infant children, for the first time threaded his way through the forest, over the stony road, the vehicle which held them was jolted so violently, here, that the young wife, accustomed to the comforts of travel in Europe, burst into tears and besought her husband to forego his purpose to make Falkner Swamp his inture home and the New World his field of labor. The good domine, however, did not fal- ter, and said, cheerily, to his helpmcet : "Ei, mamma, ist dieses nicht das gelobte Land ?" -- Dear wife, is not this the Prom- ised Land ? He pushed on, and soon was in the midst of the expectant congrega- tion. In dne time he purchased land in Frederick township, upon the banks of Swamp creek, and established a home close to its bright waters.
An Interesting Confirmation.
Correspondence with Worms, on the Rhine, in 1896, developed the informa- tion that John Philip Bohm, founder of the German Reformed Church in Penn- sylvania, was married before he came to that city, but that his first son was born there on the 27th day of April, 1714. The birth and baptism of the child, who was named Anton Wilhehn Bohm, is recorded in the church book of the Re- formed congregation at Worms. The discovery of this fact was regarded as an interesting incident in the Bohm family history.
About the same time this search was going on in Germany, those descendants of John Philip Buchm who reside in Lehigh and Nort hampton counties, Penn- sylvania, were pushing inquiries respect- ing their ancestry. They were unaware of the efforts being put forth in Germany. They learned from the deeds to land owned by the Bohms that John Philip Bohm had had a son named Anthony
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William Bohm, who had been granted land by his parents in the Saucon conn- try. This was a surprise to them-they had heretofore known nothing of An- thony William Bohm. Continuing their investigations, they learned in addition that this Anthony William Behm was the progenitor of all the Bihms in that part of Pennsylvania. Coming into possession, through the favor of the Hon. Jones Detweiler, of a printed copy of the papers read at the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration at Bohm's church in 1890, they obtained still more light. Next they found the grave and the stone which marks the grave of Anthony William Bohm. It is in a private burial place on the farm formerly owned by him, in Upper Sancon township, Lehigh county, and has this inscription:
Ilier Rnhet in Gott Anton Wilhelm BOEHIM ist geboren d. 27 April, 1714, in worms, ist gestorben April 6, 1766. Seines Alters 52 Jahr.
For one hundred and thirty years the silent stone has told its story to unheed- ing cars and to unseeing eyes. But after the lapse of this long period, its words are read and treasured, and about the same time comes testimony, buried in the records at Worms for one hundred and eighty years, corroborating them to the day. HI. S. D.
Whitemarsh Union Church.
"The Trustees of the Union Church of Whitemarsh" is the title by which the trustees of the German Reformed and German Lutheran congregations of White- marsh township were incorporated by act of the Legislature approved March 30, 1822. The trustees named in the act were: Henry Sheetz, Jacob Gilbert, John HIaney, and Christopher Gratlley.
Reformed Church Literature.
Discourse | Commemorative of the Services and Character | of | Rev. John C. Guldin, D. D., ! late Pastor of the | Ger- man Evangelical Mission Church, New York. | Preached by | Appointment of the Classis of New York, | On the 20th March, 1863, | in the Church on Lafay- ette Place, | By Isaac Ferris, D. D., ! Chancellor of the University of the City of New York. | Printed on the Joint Re- quest of the Consistory of the German Evangelical Mission | Church, and the C'assis of New York. | New York: | Board of Publication of the Rev. P. Dutch Church, | Synod's Rooms, 103 Fulton street. Pamphlet, Svo. 35 pages. Owned by Henry S. Detterer, Philadelphia.
Rev. John C. Guldin was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in Angst. 1799. His great-grandfather, who was a clergyman, came to this country one hun- dred and eighty years since, from Berne, Switzerland. His theological prepara- tion was made under the tuition of Dr. T. L. Hermann, whose daughter he married. Rev. Dr. Hermann was the last of the ministers sent over by the Classis of Amsterdam. Having com- pleted his studies, he became the pastor of three congregations, being in Chester and Montgomery counties, Pennsyl- vania. "While here," says Dr. Ferris, "he acquired new views of true religion, becoming a truly converted man, as with Scott the commentator, nuder his own preaching, or as in the case of Dr. Wes- terlo, at Albany, having a slumbering piety quickened." In 1841 he received a call to several churches in the vicinity of Chambersburg, where he remained only a year, going then to New York to take charge of the German Evangelical Mission church, and here he labond until his death February IS, 1863.
An important work, entitled the His- tory of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1725-1792, by Rev. Jathes I. Good, D. D., will appear in a few days.
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HISTORICAL NOTES. The Ill-Starred Collecting Tour.
BY HENRY S. DOTTERER.
Nothing in the history of the Pennsylvania Reformed Church has been more widely discussed and more bitterly commented upon than the jour- ney of Elder Jacob Reiff and Pastor George Michael Weiss to Holland and Germany in 1780, to receive moneys for the congregations on this side of the sea. The damage wrought to the reputation of Mr. Reiff and the injury to the Church, will never be fully repaired. Mr. Weiss was the unquestioned pastor of the Reformed congregation in Philadelphia. Hc also had a following in Skippack, composed of opponents of Rev. Mr. Bæhm. The latter was in contravention of an agreement solemnly made at New York, November 24, 1729, which stipulated expressly that "D". Weiss will stay away from Schipback," and leave that congregation en- tirely to D°. Bahm.
Mr. Reiff was a man of large affairs for those times. He resided in the Skippack region, and was an older in Weiss's irregular congregation there. Reiff and Weiss were authorized at Philadelphia, on the 19th of May, 1730, by the consistories of the Philadelphia congregation and Weiss's faction at Skippack to go to Holland to receive moneys which had been gathered there for the building of a church in Pennsylvania, and to make-additional collections in Holland and Germany. The time of their departure was probably immediately after the date just given.
An idea of the sources from which the moneys came which awaited the commissioners, Reiff and Weiss, and also of the liberality of the Hollanders to the infant churches in Pennsylvania, and of the alacrity with which they moved to grant substantial aid from the moment they became aware of our necessities, may be formed from an extract from the acta of the Synod of South Holland held at Cuylenburg. July 5-15, 1729:
Alardus Tiele, minister at Rotterdam, and delegate from the classis of Schieland, reported the missionary collections for the preceding year. These collections-called in the minutes of the Synod "penninge" and "liefde gaaven"-were designed for needy churches in various parts of the world. Those for "Pensilvanien" were:
CLASSES OF THE SYNOD OF SOUTH HOLLAND.
Zuydholland,
f. -
Delvt en Delfland,
116
Leyden en Nederrijnland,
180
Goude en Schoonhoven,
Schieland,
Gornichem,
107
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Voorn & Putte,
54
's Gravenhage,
8 -
-
Woerden en Overrijnland,
73 15
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Buuren, Breda,
157 11
Total,
f. 696 12
Those classes who reported nothing at this time gave liberally at subsequent times for this object.
Reiff and Weiss upon their arrival in Holland lost no time in enter- ing upon the business for which they had come. As early as August 10, 1730, they were at Haarlem, and there received the sum of 390 guillers. On the 16th of August, 1730, they received from Domine Tiche the sum of 696 guilders, collected at Cuylenburg in 1729, and 79 guilders from D". Bartholomeus van Velsen. On the 30th of September, 1730. the minutes of Amsterdam classis say, "Came in Dominus (. Mich. Wijs, minister at Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and an elder from Schibbach." On the 19th of October, 1780, they received from the Church council at Amster- dam 150 guilders. The activity of the commissioners did not and here. They obtained from the mayor of the city of Amsterdam on the 18th of October, 1730, authority to collect the sum of six hundred guilders, and on the 19th of October, 1780, the deacons of the Reformed congregations in that city gave as a personal contribution six hundred guilders. The text of the permit issued to the Pennsylvanians is preserved in the archives of the General Synod at The Hague. A translation of this interesting instrument has been made for me by Rev. P. Moerdyke, D. D., of Chicago, with whom many in Philadelphia became acquainted several years ago when he preached here. Dr. Moerdyke is a native of Holland, but was brought to this country in his infancy and educated here. He is a hand- ing divine in the Reformed Dutch denomination in the West. The permit is as follows:
AUTHORITY TO COLLECT MONEY.
The Burgomasters and rulers of the city of Amsterdam, pursuant to the showing made to their Honors by George Michael Weiss, minister of the Gospel, and Jacob Reiff, elder, as commissioned by the Reformed Church of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, regarding the miserable condi- tion of said congregation, consisting in general of poor and needy people, who through persecution or from lack of subsistence have been compelled to emigrate, and after long and expensive journeys had to settle there with empty hands, being destitute of places and opportunities for the exercise of their religion and for the extension of the Christian Reformed religion, have thought proper to such extent to come to the assistance of these poor, banished fellow-believers in attaining their desire as to grant to the aforesaid commissioners, being assisted by Johannes Petrus Bolt- huyzen, a resident of this city, permission and consent within this city and its jurisdiction to visit the homes of the good citizens and residents . and of them most courteously ask for the gifts and donations of their Christian sympathy; moreover, that they may accept such gifts and con-
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tributions with gratitude, to the amount of six hundred guilders and no morc.
Done at Amsterdam, 18th of October, 1730.
By ordinance of Their Excellencies beforenamed.
L. S.
S. B. ELIAS.
At the 1731 meeting of the Synod of South Holland held at Dordrecht July 3-13, it was stated that George Michael Weiss, minister at Philadel- phia, and his elder (meaning Reiff), who had come over from America, had brought the information that in Pennsylvania were thirty thousand baptized Reformed people, among whom were about fifteen hundred members (ledematen).
The canvass for funds for Pennsylvania extended into a number of prominent cities in Germany, among them Frankfort-on-the-Main and Hanau.
A series of mishaps attended the transmission of these pious gifts to the intended beneficiaries. The money was invested in Holland in mer- chandise suitable for the Pennsylvania market-a profitable method of remitting funds in those days. But the merchandise was detained at Cowes in default of the payment of customs duties, and a delay occurred not only costly but almost ruinous.
Upon the return of Reiff to Pennsylvania disputes and litigation, newspaper criticisms and personal criminations, resulted from these un- fortunate gifts, and continued for fifteen years. The proceedings of the Synods of Holland for many years thereafter bristle with severe references to Reiff, who alone was held responsible for the frustration of the pur- poses of the donors. Schlatter in 1746 formally made settlement with Elder Reiff and gave quittance. Harbaugh frequently refers to the case. My own investigations convince me that Jacob Reiff, although not blame- less, has been greatly misjudged and deeply wronged in this affair. In a paper printed some years ago it was my pleasure to bring to light some facts bearing on the case, which show that injustice was done and has since been done to Jacob Reiff, who afterwards for many years held important publie office in the province without reproach. In the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in a volume of cuttings, entitled Montgomery County Historical Notes, may be found the conclusions reached by a candid investigator of the famous " Reiff Case."
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In Zurich, memorial tablets are affixed to many historical buildings. On the house in Kirchgasse 13, is this:
ZWINGLIS Amtswohnung.
Von diesem Haus zog er am 11. Okt. 1531 mit dem Heere der Zürcher nach Kappel aus, wo er für seinen Glauben starb.
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HISTORICAL NOTES. North Virginia Church History.
In the Stadt Bibliothek of Frankfort-on-the-Main my researches were rewarded with the discovery of an appeal for funds for the support of a congregation at Germantown in North Virginia. The petition is signed by members of both the Lutheran and German Reformed denominations. It is printed in the Extraordinaire Kayserliche Reichs-Post-Zeitung, Anno 1720. den 15. Junij. Owing to the important historical facts comprisad in the article, and the variations and shadings inseparable from a transla- tion, I give the statement of the American petitioners, word for word and line for line, as printed, in which form it will best serve the purposes of the historian. HENRY S. DOTTERER.
W arhaffte Nachricht, von einer Hochteutschen Evan- gelischen Colonie, zu Germantown, in Nord- Virginien in America, und derselben dringendliches Ansuchen an ihre Glaubens-Genossen in Europa.
Es wird noch jederman erinnerlich seyn, wie vor einigen Jahren etliche tausend Menschen beyderley Geschlechts und verschiedener Religionen aus der Pfaltz und benachbarten Orthen nacher Ame- rica überbracht zu werden ; Ob nun wol ein Theil dieses Voleks verschmoltzen, ein Theil auch wiederum zurück nach Teutschland gekehret, so sind dennoch da- von nach Carolina an die 700. Seelen, und nach Neu-York an 300. Familien überschicket worden ; Nach Virginien aber sind 72. Familien gekommen, doch so, das der mehrere Theil die Unkosten des Trans- ports nach dortiger Gewohnheit, mit etliche Jahre Dienstbarkeit bey den dasigen Engelländern abbezah- len müssen ; Die übrige Freye, bestehende in 32. Fa- milien, worunter zwölff Evangelisch-Reformirte und zwantzig Evangelisch-Lutherische, nebst einem alten 76. jährigen Reformirten Prediger, Herrn Heinrich Hager, haben Anno 1714. eine Colonie aufgerichtet in gemeldeten Virginien, genannt Germantown, oder Teutschen-Stadt an dem Fluss Brapenhenek. woselbst als an einem hiezu bequemen Orth, sie sich unter der Gross-Britanischen Bothmässigkeit, in aller Stille von dem Land-Bau und Vich Zucht nehren, in Hoffnung mehr und mehr anzuwachsen, und sich auszubreiten ; insonderheit wann innerhalb Jahres- Frist, die übrige noch in Dienstbarkeit zerstreute tout- sche Familien ihre Freyheit erlangen, in besagtem
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Germantown sich wohnhafft niederlassen, und solcher- gestalt selbige Colonie verstärken werden.
Dieser Land-Strich liegt zwar unter einem glück- seligen Clima, zwischen den 30. und 40. grad Nor- derbreite, und hat einen guten fetten Boden, der die an selbigen angewandte Arbeit reichlich belohnet, die Einwohner auch das Gewonnene an die ankommen- de Schiffe mit nutzen verlassen können. Es fehlet aber denen neu-gepflantzten Teutschen, an dem höchst- verlangten, und nothigen Gottes-Dienst; zumahl da sie kein Gottes-Hauss haben, auch der gegen- wärtige Prediger Alters halben täglich eines seeligen Abschiedes gewartig seyn muss.
Da nun mehr besagte Colonie (welche sich des ob- genannten Predigers gemeinschafftlich bedienet ) da- selbst sich beständig zu etabliren gedencket, und zu sol- chem Zweck den Gottes-Dienst auf einen beständigen Fuss zu setzen bedacht ist ; Dergestalt dass ein eigenes Gottes-Hauss und Schul die wie gewöhnlich gebauet, und dabey ein Prediger, und andere nöthige Bedien- ten unterhalten werden mögen, damit ihre nachkom- mends Jugend nicht den armen Heyden gleich, sondern in dem Wort Gottes unterrichtet und fortgepflantzet werden : So hat dieselbe einen aus ihrem Mittel, als Jacob Christoph Zollickoffer, herüber in Europa ge- sandt, um bey wohlgesinnten Evangelischen Chri- sten eine Hülffe und Besteuer zu obgedachtem gott- seeligen Zweek zu erbieten.
Wie sie dann hiemit alle Glaubsgenossen, denen . dieses fürkommen möchte, hertzlich und brunstig ersu- chen zur Ehre Gottes, und unsers Heilandes Jesu Christi, (damit sein Nahme und Reich auch in der neuen Welt so viel mehr ausgebreitet werden möge, ) nach ihrem Vermögen, und Belieben etwas zu so heili- gem Gebrauch aufzuopffern, welches der grosse Gott ilmen insgemein, und jedem insbesondere reichlich gelten wird.
Das Attestatum welches bemeldtem Herrn Zolli- koffer, gebürtig aus der Stadt Sanct Gallen in der Schweitz, desfalls mitgegeben worden, war unter- schrieben von Henrich Häger, Diener Gottes bey den Teutschen in Virginien. Johann Jost Merdten, Hanss Jacob Richter, Elteste, im Nahmen der Gemeinde.
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Als mehr bemeldter Herr Jacob Christoph Zolli- koffer Burger aus der Stadt Sanct Gallen, in abge- wichenem Jahr in Engelland angekommen, um eine geistliche Collect zu sammlen, so ist ihm bey seiner dar- auf erfolgeten Abreise der Wahrheit zu steuer, gleichfalls ein Attestat unterm 17. Octobr. 1719. von der Re- formirten, wie auch ein anders von der Lutherischen Gemeinde allda ertheilet worden ; Die erste Attesta- tion hat unterzeichnet, Joh. Werndli Prediger dieser Zeit. Caspar Hundeshagen. Louis Fury. Ali- brose Godtfrey Hanckwitz. Paul JJordis. Laurence Edlinger. Ulrich Westreicher. J. M. Stehlelin. Und die andere auf ersuchen seiner Lordschafft des Bi- schoffs zu Londen. Balthasar Mentzerus, Lutherischer Gemeinde Augspurgis. Confession in London Pastor.
Marriages by Rev. George Wack.
COMMUNICATED BY W. H. REED, PH. G., M. D., OF NORRISTOWN.
[Rev. George Wack, son of Rev. Casper Wack, was born March 1, 1776, and died February 17, 1856. He preached his first sermon at Knowlton, New Jersey, July 22. 1797,-Text, John 17: 3. He was pastor of Bechm's Reformed church, in Whitpain township, from April 25, 1802, until the year 1834. He was also pastor of Wentz's Reformed congregation during this time, and eleven years longer. Besides these congregations he had in his charge at times the Hilltown and other churches in the neighborhood. The marriages which follow are from his private record, and evi- dently include the marriage ceremonies performed by him in the congregations named, as well as those outside of the congregations. The record begins with these words : "Record of marriages solemnized by me, George Wack, minister of the Gospel in Montgomery County." Mr. Wack's wife was Elizabeth Pannebecker. The remains of both rest in Bohm's churchyard .- Editor. ]
1803.
1. -. John Hamilton and Mary Williams.
2. October -. Jacob Heiner and Polly Walter.
3. December 8. John Teany and Barbara Schlangh.
4. December 11. John Heiser and Susanna Frontichl. 1804.
5. August 15. Henry Leydi and Nancy Springer.
6. October 11. Lewis Stegner and Patte Johnson.
7. November 4. John Hause and Polly Weber.
8. November 11. William Rile and Lydia Hamshier.
9. November 13. Philip Hoober and Polly Conrad.
1805.
10. January
1. George Kneedler and Elizabeth Engert.
11. January 4. Christian Weber and Widow Buskirk.
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12. March
5. John Rile and Elizabeth Hoover.
13. March
7. Samuel Heiser and Sarah Oledegrave.
14. October
19. Daniel Eyres and Elizabeth Shive. 1806.
15. February
16.
27. Henry Gerner and Rebecca Eaton. Henry Hokhan and Elizabeth Dettera.
17. August 26. Christian Freyer and Sarah Prachtheiser.
18. August
3. Augustus Neizer and Mary Pluck.
19. November 2. Gerret Schrager and Nancy Bauman.
20. December 28. Henry Pannebecker and Elizabeth Reaser.
1807.
21. January 6. Philip Steever and Margareth Hoffman.
22. March 10. Samuel Wanner and Elizabeth Martin.
23. March 22. Abraham Metz and Elizabeth Bazert.
24. March 22. Abraham Faust and Catherine Conrad.
25. June 28. Michael Read and Cathrine Haan.
26. September 29. Henry Knipe and Christina Carshner.
27. October 22. John Shive and Amelia Border.
28. November 8. John Suplee and Cathrine Weber.
29. November 17. Jacob Van Fossen and Elizabeth Been.
30. December 29. Jacob Meier and Elizabeth Metz.
1808.
31. January
3. John Boier and Cathrine Zumbroh.
32. February
28. Jesse Wilson and Magdalena Read.
33. March 10. Abraham Delp and Elizabeth Hendrix.
34. April
10. John Weise and Cathrine Zimmerman.
35. July
17. Peter Hooth and Elizabeth Rile.
36. July
17. Godfrey Bossen and Maricha Reinwald.
37. August
7. Henry Hooth and Anna Greaver.
38. September S. Joseph Johnson and Magdalena Prachtseiser.
39. October
14. William Shannon and Elizabeth Hamsher.
41. October
14. John Hara and Polly Shive.
42. October
16. Philip Rudy and Elizabeth Daub.
43. October
23. Christian Wick and Cathrine Miller.
44. October
23. Frederick Wick and Maria Been.
45. October 30. Michael Scholl and Maria Hooth.
46. November 24. Henry Been and Elizabeth Van Fossen.
47. November 27. John Boos and Maria Spitznagle.
48. December 24. Abraham Kister and Cathrine Metz.
1809.
49. February 5. Nathaniel Koplin and Maria Scheetz.
50. February 25. John Singer and Anna Heines.
40. October
14. John Makins and Heriot Orphan.
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51. February 28. Jacob Frederick and Magdalena Hendrix.
52. March --. Samuel Wilson and Mary Laser.
53. May 22. Henry Smith and Cathrine New.
54. June 4. Daniel Rossiter and Barbary Lutz.
55. August 6. Jacob Kinekiner and Barbary Pruner.
56. September 3. Michael Van Fossen and Christina Boier.
57. September 24. Henry Hechl and Sarah Shive.
58. October
15. Jacob Pruner and Sophia Weber.
59. October 24. John Frey and Maricha Borliman.
60. November 19. Lewis Pilger and Margaret Kolp.
61. December 19. Mathias Boos and Magdalena Lehman.
62. December 31. Daniel Zerbe and Elizabeth Klinker.
1810.
63. January 23. John Robins and Hannah Staunerd.
64. January 28. Valentine Shambo and Mary Boier.
65. March 27. George Cassel and Barbary Tutweiler.
66. April 15. Henry Kline and Polly Schellenberger.
67. April
19. Jacob Wick and Hannah Smath.
68. April
24. Thomas Been and Poly Stilwagon.
69. May
20. Henry Shade and Susannah Beever.
70. July
1. George Bales and Maria Taylor.
71. July
22. Jonathon Taylor and Margaret Sterringer.
72. May
-. Thomas Harvey and Maria Hofecker.
73. August
14. Christian Cassel and Susannah Hendrix.
76. October
23. Daniel Hitner and Cathrine Scheetz.
77. October
30. Jacob Leiteap and Polly Donnchouer.
78. November 8. Benjamin Fries and Rachael Dewees.
79. November 13. Samuel Shannon and Elizabeth Harner.
80. December 6. Daniel Harner and Rebecca Bittle.
81. December 27. John Everhard and Mary Moss.
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