History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 219

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534

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The ancient village of Skippack, though better known as Skippackville, is situated near the northeast part of the township, within half a mile of the Lower Salford line. It contains two hotels, three stores, post-office, printing-office, school, shirt-factory, four or five mechanic shops and about fifty-four houses, standing principally along Skippack road for the dis- tance of nearly a mile. A map in 1860 contains but twenty-nine houses, showing that the place has since improved. The road through here towards the city, was opened in 1714, at which time there must have been some settlement. In 1742, Garrett Indehaven kept the only licensed inn, there being then none above it nearer than the present Hanover Square. In 1756, Dietrich Welker kept an inn here, which may have been the same stand, Nicholas Nichum in 1779 and Gabriel Kline in 1785, the sign being a weep- ing willow, which was retained into the beginning of this century. The post-office was established here before 1827, of which Abraham Everhart, in 1830, was postmaster. In 1828 the mail was carried weekly through here to the city by the Kutztown stage. Der Neutralist und Allgemeine Neuigkeits-Bote is a weekly paper in German, started here in August, 1844, of which Mr. A. E. Dambly is editor and proprietor. The Trinity Christians have a two-story stone church in charge of the Rev. Joseph H. Hendricks, to which a graveyard is attached. The Enterprise Shirt-Factory is a large three-story brick building erected in 1881, giving considerable employment to the neighborhood. The elections for the eastern part of the township have been held in this village for many years.

Iron Bridge is the name bestowed on Rahn's Sta- tion about three years ago at the establishment of the post-office. The village is situated on the west side of the Perkiomen, about a mile below Grater's Ford, the railroad having a station here and the turn- pike passing through the place. It contains a store, hotel, foundry, brick, coal and lumber-yard, two hat- factories and some thirty houses. The Union Chapel is a one-story brick edifice erected in 1851, chiefly by the Trinity Christians, and is also used by other denominations. The iron bridge here over the Perkiomen was built by the county in 1873, and is six hundred and forty-four feet in length with the abutments, resting on eight piers. Its cost was nearly forty thousand dollars. The census of 1880 gives one hundred and ninety-one inhabitants.

The village of Grater's Ford is situated on the west side of the Perkiomen, on the turnpike and railroad, two miles below Schwenksville, the latter having a

station here. It contains a store, hotel, post-office, planing-mill, several mechanic shops and about twenty- five houses. According to the census of 1880, it has one hundred and forty-eight inhabitants. The Dunkards have a small chapel or meeting-house. An iron bridge also crosses the Perkiomen here, built in 1881 by the county. In 1847 there were but one or two houses here and a saw-mill, but the construction of the turn- pike and railroad since has contributed to its pros- perity. On its completion H. J. Ashenfelter erected a grain, coal and lime depot and a dry-goods, grocery and feed-store that helped to give the village a start. The post-office was established in the spring of 1869, and Isaac Kulp appointed postmaster. Jacob Kreater owned here, in 1756, two hundred and twenty acres of land, from whence originated the name of the old crossing-place.

Harmony Square is near the centre of the township and in the midst of a fine, productive country. Here is a creamery, post-office, store, a merchant tailor and thirteen houses. The creamery was built about 1878, and belongs to an association of farmers in the vicinity.

Amityville is but little over half a mile above Skippack, contains a store, several mechanic shops and above a dozen of houses.

A long-established and well-conducted agricul- tural township like Perkiomen, as might be expected, contains a number of descendants of the early settlers. Among the land-holders mentioned in 1734 we find still here the names of Kolb, Hunsicker, Markley, Tyson, Hallman, Johnson, Kuster, Detweiler, Cas- sel, Ziegler, Pennypacker and Wierman.

Schwenksville .- This flourishing village is situated on the west side of the Perkiomen Creek, and in the northwest portion of the township. It contains two hotels, four stores, a bank, printing-office, bakery, clothing manufactory, railroad-station, himber, coal and marble-yards, church, school, creamery and sixty-three houses. The census of 1880 gives three hundred and three inhabitants, of which about one- seventh reside in Frederick township. Isaac Grimly, living in the vicinity at the advanced age of eighty- seven, remembers when there was not a house in the place, which was a little prior to 1815. The greater portion of the land here was left, in 1770, by Peter Pennypacker to his son, William, who was rated in 1776 as possessing two hundred and twenty-five acres. In the census of Perkiomen, taken in 1756, mention is made of George Schwenk, blacksmith, having two children and owning one hundred acres of land, which was probably in this vicinity.

So small was this place in 1849 that on William E. Morris' county map there was then only denoted here Schwenck's inn and store, the house of J. Steiner and a blacksmith-shop. About this date the post- office was established, through the efforts of Jacob G. Schwenk, as "Schwenk's Store," and so remained until about 1872, when, through the growth of the

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place, it was changed to its present name. The lower bridge over the Perkiomen was built by the county in 1832, the contractors being Samuel Penny- packer and Solomon Bustard. The next material im- provement was the completion of the turnpike through here, from Collegeville to Sumneytown, in 1846. In 1868 the Perkiomen Railroad was completed from the Schuylkill to Skippack Station, as it was then called. about three-fourths of a mile below the present Schwenksville depot; the following year to Mine Run, at the upper end of the village, and not until September, 1874, to the Lehigh Valley. Of all the several improvements, this, of course, promoted its greatest prosperity. The railroad depot was built here in 1869, being ninety-six feet long by twenty-four wide, containing a ticket and telegraph-office, waiting- rooms and storage for freight.

The first school-house was built in 1849, but prov- ing too small, a larger one, of stone, was built in 1869, on the hill beside the road to Keely's church. The meeting-house here belongs to the Evangelical de- nomination, is a one-story building, erected in 1861, and is now in charge of Rev. J. G. Sands. There is a graveyard attached, in which as yet but few have been buried. The National Bank was established in 1875, and moved into their new building in the fall of 1878, Jacob G. Schwenk being president and John (1. Prizer cashier, The Weekly Item which commenced publication here September 7, 1877, by N. B. Grubb, has since been enlarged, and is now conducted by Irwin H. Bardman. Albert Bromer, an enterprising citizen of the place, and extensively engaged in the manufacture of clothing, erected here, in 1874, Indus- trial Hall, the first story of which he occupies in his business; the second contains a commodious hall for entertainments and public worship. The third is used by the Improved Order of Red Men and Bro- therhood of the Union. The Pennypacker reunion was held here October 4, 1877, and brought together a considerable number of the family from widely-scat- tered portions of the country.

By the banks of the Perkiomen are several large ice- houses for the storage of ice, taken from the stream. One of these was erected by Mr. Bromer in 1874, and is one hundred feet long by forty-five feet wide, to which was added, in 1876, an inclined plane and a steam-engine for elevating the ice, and which can also be used for loading it into the cars. A creamery was built here in 1881, and is conducted by an asso- ciation of dairymen residing in the surrounding sec- tion. It will be observed from this brief mention that there is considerable enterprise here, and that it bids fair ere long to increase the number of boroughs within the county. To a stranger from the city this section presents attractions, particularly to lovers of the natural sciences and diversified scenery.

The Old Mennonite Meeting-House .- Mathias Van Bebber, who did so much among his countrymen to promote settlement here, conveyed, by deed of trust,

June 8, 1717, one hundred acres of land to Henry Sellen, Claus Janson, Henry Kolb, Martin Kolb, Jacob Kolb, Michael Zeigler and Herman Kuster, as trustees, for the use of a Mennonite congregation. The meeting-house built on this tract about 1725, is supposed to be the second erected by this de- nomination in Pennsylvania, a previous one having been built in Germantown in 1708. The okl building stood in the northwest part of the graveyard. The present edifice is of stone, one story high, fifty by sixty-five feet in dimensions, and was erected in 1844. The building committee consisted of Garrett Hun- sicker, Abraham Tyson and Abraham Hallman. Whether this was the second or third house of wor- ship built has not been satisfactorily determined. The Bible used was printed by Christopher Saur at Germantown in 1743, a quarto of twelve hundred and seventy-two pages, and is in excellent preservation. Amos Bean is present bishop, Henry Johnson, Jr., minister, and Elias Greater, deacon of the congrega- tion. Worship is held every two weeks.

The graveyard is opposite the present meeting- house, and contains about four acres of ground, and, as - may be well supposed, contains a large number of in- terments. The inscriptions on some of the oldest stones have become illegible. The earliest observed was to the memory of Paul Engle, aged seven years, who died in 1723. The Indehavens have also some early tombstones here. It is evident from the dates that this ground must have been used for burial purposes soon after the grant in 1717. It also appears from what exists here that the Mennonites had not interdieted the use of memorial inscriptions to their members on tombstones, like several other sects, until some time after the colonial period. The surnames transcribed here are Hilman, Boyer, Roller, Hallman, Godshalk, Linderman, Fry, Scholl, Christman, Vanfossen, Oberholtzer, Custer, Cassel, Sorver, Johnson, Kolb, Zollers, Fackler, Rosenberger, Underkoffler, Bean, Keyser, Keeler, Jones, Panne- becker, Smith, Merckley, Hendricks, Bilger, Kooker, Tyson, Reiff, Allabach, Umstead, Grater, Kratz, Swartley, Hunsicker, Wanner, Hyser, Croll, Spare, Updegrave, Fretz, Hamer, Gotwals, Ilorning, Seis- - holtz, Zeigler, Crater, Bergy, Freyer, Wonsitler, Mat- tis, Harley, Shoemaker, Clemens, Steiner, Heckler, Rase, Leatherach, Young, Ritter, Dise, Dotterer, Kelsch, Gehringer, Wurtz, Steigner, Ruth, Drake, Fuss, Wasser, Wierman, Bergstresser, Indehaven and v Freed.

Like all old congregations, this, too, has had its trials and burdens to bear in an existence of over a century and a half. Schisms, though not of modern origin, still exist to help weaken and to scatter de- nominations. First came the Funkites, as they have been termed, about 1780, who were not opposed to paying a war tax; second, the Herrites, about 1820; then the much more serious and extensive division of 1846; and several years later, again, that of the Trinity

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Christians. All of these schisms have at the time led to the erection of additional houses of worship either in this or the adjoining townships. The sect hold- ing possession of the present premises is denominated the new school of Mennonites, who do not so rigidly enforce the wearing of plain apparel, and are less dis- posed towards innovation.

The New Mennonite Meeting-House. - This house of worship is located near Harmony Square, and about a mile and a quarter northwest of the old meeting-house. It originated in a schism and was built about 1848-49. It is a one-story edifice, thirty- six by forty-five feet in size, John Hunsberger being bishop, John Mench minister and Henry Wismer and Christian Hunsberger deacons. Worship is held every two weeks, and the services are confined to the German. The graveyard occupies about half an acre of ground, and we find on the tombstones the names oť Detweiler, Kulp, Croll, Lechtel, Godshalk, Reiff, Markley, Zeigler, Tyson, Landis, Benner, Williams, Moyer, Kriebel, Meyer, Goshow, Wismer, Hallman, Gouldy, Fitzgerald, Keer, Bean, Gander, Stauffer, Smith, Cassel, Brecht and Sparr. This belongs to the old school of Mennonites, who, on the dispute that arose respecting minor points of doctrines, rather than have litigation or retain forcible possession of the old meeting-house and grounds, voluntarily withdrew (though it is said they numbered over half the entire congregation) to worship here in a building erected at their own charge. For so commendable an act they certainly deserve praise, for it could not be done without considerable self-sacrifice, to thus sever all connection with a place where their ancestors had worshiped and been buried for several preceding generations.

As the bishops hold considerable power in the Mennonite Church, the inquiry was instituted as to the mode of their appointment or election. When- ever a bishop is desired in a diocese or district, which may arise through death, inability or infirmity, the ministers unite in a petition to the Conference, which meets semi-annually, to whom they also apply for ministers and deacons. If granted, all the ministers within the diocese convene to hold an election, but permit no candidates. A record is kept of all the ministers who received votes for the office, which occasion must be presided over by several bishops. The latter now appoint a public meeting, which is generally held within a month, at which they are required to be present. All who had received votes are then considered candidates. The bishops on this occasion take as many hymn-books as there were can- didates named, in a single one of which is placed a slip of paper having written on it legibly " Bishop," when they are all clasped and well intermixed. A prayer is now invoked that the man the Lord has de- signed for the office may become the bishop. The books are now all placed in a row on the pulpit before the bishops, and every candidate advances and takes

a book. A bishop now arises to receive back the books which are respectively examined, and the minister who hands in the book that contains said slip is declared the bishop, whom they ordain by laying on of hands in prayer. Their ministers and deacons are made nearly in the same manner, ordination being omitted. The bishops alone receive membership, administer communion and perform the marriage rite. Marriages are not permitted outside of the denomination.

New Jerusalem Church .- What is known as Keely's church, belonging jointly to the Lutherans and Ger- man Reformed, is situated in the extreme western part of the township, within a few yards of the Limer- ick line and but a short distance from Frederick town- ship. A deed was prepared and dated February 14, 1756, for one acre of ground to be used here for a German school and burying-place. It was made by Valentine Keely and his wife, Susanna, to Heronius Haas and John Kepler, miller. Shortly after this Mr. Keely died, followed by his wife within a few years, and the deed was not executed. In November, 1761, a purchase was effected on the part of the Lutherans by George Michael Bastian, John Kepler and Valen- tine Krause, and for the German Reformed by Martin Keeler, Henry Keely and Valentine Sheelich as trus- tees. In addition, mention was made that if a house of worship was erected thereon, it was to be held equally by the two denominations.

A building, it was known, was in use here in 1763 for a school, in which worship was occasionally held. When the army came here immediately after the battle of Germantown it was used for a brief time as a hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers. After the war the building was enlarged and provided with folding doors, a portion thereof being held ex- clusively for worship. Isaac Grimly went to school here in 1810, and was a teacher in 1818. He also at that period attended religious worship here. It was a log structure, and in 1834 was torn down, and from a portion of the materials another school-house was erected in the neighborhood the following year.

The present church was built in 1835. It is a two-story stone edifice, with an interior gallery on three of its sides. It was consecrated in the fall of 1836; the Rev. Jacob Wampole was then the Lutheran pastor and Rev. J. A. Strassberger the Reformed. Mr. Wampole continued in the charge until his death, January 3, 1838, succeeded by the Rev. Henry S. Miller, from April, 1838, to May, 1852; Rev. G. A. Wenzel to October, 1854; Rev. A. S. Link, from De- cember, 1856, to February, 1859; Rev. G. Sells, from March, 1859, to 1864; Rev. John Kohler to 1874; and Rev. O. P. Smith, from that date until the present time. The Reformed pastors have been Rev. Henry S. Bassler, Rev. Gulden, Rev. Andrew Hoffman, Rev. Robert Vancourt and the Rev. S. M. K. Huber.

The name given it by the denominations in charge is New Jerusalem Church. It is four miles distant from the Trappe, one mile from Schwenksville and

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three miles from Keeler's church, at Roseville, Freder- ick township, which was built two years before for a union congregation, and with which it is often con- founded from the similarity of names. The graveyard opposite the church contains about five acres of ground, and from its elevated situation affords a fine view of the surrounding country. On the tombstones we fiud the names of Keely, Grimly, Schwenk, Pennypacker, Willauer, Kieler, Schillich, Fox, Druckenmiller, Bromer, Anderson, Miller, Markley, Bechtel, Grater, Hunsicker, Batz, Cooke, Puhl, Hallman, Winterstein, Groff, Souder and Paul. Valentine Keely, ancestor of the family and an early settler in the vicinity, was buried here, a vigorous-growing apple tree above a foot in diameter, denoting the spot.

Census of Perkiomen, 1756 .- The following cen- sus was taken of this township in June, 1756, by Walter Johnson, resident constable and collector, by order of the provincial government. Forty-one bound servants and five negroes are omitted. Of the latter John Pawling owned two, aged seventeen and twenty years ; Joseph Pawling one, aged fourteen ; and Abra- ham Sealer two, aged forty and fifty years. No occupa- tion has been assigned to farmers. This list was copied from the original document, and has not been hereto- fore published.

Peter Panabacker, miller, 8 children, 500 acres, 100 cleared; Henry Baringer, 1 ch., rents of Peter Panabacker ; Abraham Sealer, miller, 5 ch., 450 a., 100 cl. ; Richard Jacobs, 7 ch., 500 a., 100 cl. ; Michael Zeigler, Jr., tanner, 3 ch., 77 a., 40 cl. ; William Zeigler, weaver, 2 ch., 120 a., 50 cl. ; Jacob Kreater, weaver, 7 ch., 220 a., 80 cl. ; Elizabeth Koll 6 ch., 100 a., 30 cl. ; Dilman Kolb, 3 ch., 100 a., 10 cl. : Henry Kolb, 5 ch., 100 a., 50 cl. ; Isaac Kolb, weaver, 5 ch., 220 a., 80 cl. ; Jolın Fried, 3 ch., 120 a., 50 cl. ; George Clauser, mason, 1 ch., rents of Isaac Kolb; Adam Gotwals, G ch., 100 a., 40 cl. ; Joseph Detweiler, 4 ch., 180 a., 70 cl. ; John Barrens, mason, 3 ch. ; lleury Detweiler, 1 ch., 100 a., 60 cl .; Abraham Opdegrave, 6 ch., 125 a., 60 cl. ; Edward Opdegrave, 2 ch. ; John Butterwack, tailor, 2 ch., 200 a., 100 cl. ; Bar- bara Smith, 3 ch. : Jacob Messenheimer, carpenter, 5 ch. , John Cugh. 2 cli. ; Nicholas Selzer, 4 ch. ; John Kyter, 5 ch., 170 a., 80 cl. ; Philip Gans, shoemaker, rents of John Kyter ; Adam Sower, carpenter, 2 ch. : Dietrich Welker, innkeeper, 1 ch., 170 a., 80 cl. ; llenry Schlichter, shoemaker, 5 ch. ; William Johnson, carpenter ; Jacob Markley, 4 ch., 150 a., 50 cl. ; Isaac Markley, 2 ch., rents of Jacob Markley ; John Kemper, 80 a., 40 cl .; Jacob Kemper, 1 ch., 50 a., 25 cl .; Joseph Pawling, 4 ch., 400 a., 60 cl. : George Walker, carpenter, 3 ch., rents of Joseph Pawling ; Michael Zeigler, weaver ; Jones Rudrofe, weaver, 1 ch. ; Jolin Detweiler, weaver, 8 ch. ; Bastian Honpt, 3 ch., 125 a., 60 cl. ; John Wierman, 5 ch., 80 a., 40 cl. ; Solomon Grimly, 150 a., 10 cl. ; Philip Sheelich, 3 ch., 150 a., 80 cl. ; George Schwenck, blacksmith, 2 ch., 100 a., 40 cl. ; John Pawling, 5 ch., 400 a., 100 cl. ; Ilenry Miller, 3 ch., rents of John Pawling; Philip Markley, shoemaker, 3 ch., 70 a., 30 cl. ; Christian Doll, 7 ch., rents of Solomon Dubois, 1000 a., 200 cl. ; Michael Baner, 2 ch .; Arnt Rosen, locksmith, rents of Abraham Scaler ; Valentine Hunsecker, weaver, 5 ch., 225 a., 100 cl. ; Ludwig Horning, 7 ch., 130 a., 70 cl. ; Leonardl Vanfossen, tanner, 80 a., 40 cl. ; Jolin Vaufossen ; Christian Moser, 7 ch., 100 a., 55 cl. ; William Burk, 1 ch., 260 a., 60 cl. ; Andrew Heiser, 150 a., 60 cl .; Walter Johnson, shoemaker, 4 ch., 50 a., 30 cl .; George Markley, 18 a., G cl. ; Jacob Umstead, 7 ch., 100 a., 50 cl. ; Henry Umstead, 5 ch., 200 a., 60 cl. ; Margaret Panabacker, Gch., 180 a., 70 cl. ; Abraham Markley, black- smith, 5 ch., 100 a., 70 cl. ; Henry Panabacker, miller, 3 ch., 100 a., 70 cl. ; Joseph Smith, tailor, 3 ch., 125 a., 60 cl. ; IIenry Kassel, wea- ver, 2 ch., 90 a., 60 cl .; Henry Kassel, weaver, 60 a., 40 cl. ; Richard Newberry, 2 ch., 250 a., 150 cl. ; Henry Newberry, farmer, 1 ch., 150 a., 40 cl. ; Benjamin Tyson, 100 a., 40 cl .; Peter Johnson, 125 a., 70 cl. ; Mathias Tyson, 280 a., 100 cl .; Herman Custer, 150 a., 50 cl. ; Paul Custer, 2 ch., rents of Herman Custer; Derick Rinker, mason, 3 ch., 50 a., 20 cl. ; John Custer, fuller, 1 ch., rents of Herman Custer ; Her-

man Umstead, 5 ch., 150 a., 60 cl. ; Henry Hallinan, 7 ch., 150 a., 70 cl. ; Henry Keely, 1 ch., 120 a., 50 cl. ; Peter Henckenius, schoolmas- ter, 1 ch. ; John Bamer.

ASSESSMENT OF PERKIOMEN FOR 1766.

Henry Pennebacker, assessor, and Jolin Detweiler, collector.

William Bull, sadler, 50 acres, 2 horses and 3 cows ; Samuel Buckman, 2 h., 2 c. ; George Buch, 2 c. ; Mathew Blockley, 1 c. ; John Benner, I c. ; Isaac Cassel, weaver, 100 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Henry Cassel, 60 a., 2 h., 2 c .; John Crater, 120 u., 2 h., 3 c. ; Jacob Clemens ; Patrick Camp- bell; John Dull, 1 c. ; John Detweiler, weaver, 200 a., 4 h., 6 c. ; IIenry Detweiler, 270 a., 4 h., 9 c. ; John Detweiler, Jr., 320 a., 3 l., 5c .; Jolın Treat, 123 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; John Fronefield, 174 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; .Jacob Godshalk, 22 a., 2 c. ; Solomon Grimly, 150 a., 1 servant, 2 h., 5 c. ; Henry Hallman, 170 a. ; Henry Haas, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Andrew Ileiser, 300 a., I servant, 3 h., 5 c. ; Ludwig Ilorning, 160 a., 3 h., 5 c. ; [lenry ]Innsecker, 115 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Isaac llunsecker, 8 children, 216 2., 3 h., 5 c. ; Peter Johnson, 150 a., 2 h., 4 c .; John Jacobs, 1 ser- vant, 150 a., 2 h., 7 c. ; Samnel Jacobs, 2 servants, 150 a., 2 h., 6 c. ; Walter Johnson, 50 a., 2 h., 3 c .; John Kuster, joiner, 2 c .; Peter Keiter, 8 children, 170 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; John Kuster, fuller, 200 a., 2 h., 7 c., and a fulling mill; William Kuster, I c .; Paul Kuster, 100 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; ITenry Kolp, weaver, 113 a., 2 h., 3c. ; Pilman Kolp, 113 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Henry Kolp, Jr., 100 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Martin Kolp, 223 a., 3 h., 7 c. ; John Kemper, 85 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Henry Keeler, I servant, 150 a., 3 h., 4 c .; Bernard Kepler, 80 a., 3 h., 6 c .; Yillus Kolp, 160 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; George Lehman, I c. ; Jacob Markley, 150 a., 2 c. ; Jacob Markley, shoemaker, 75 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Abraham Markley, 100 a., 3 l., + c. ; Ilenry Newberry, 226 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Israel Newberry, 215 a., 2 l., + c. ; Nicholas Nikom, 2 h., 3 c. ; Henry Pennebacker, miller, 104 a., 3 h., 7 c., and a grist and saw-mill ; Henry Peunebacker, smith, 71 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; William Pennebacker, 225 a., 4 h., 4c .; Samnel Penne- backer, 185 a., 3 11., 7 c. ; Josephi Pawling, 2 negroes, 300 a., 4 h., 6 c. ; Benjamin Pawling, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; John Pawling, 4 negroes, 475 a., 1 h., 4 c. ; Herman Pennebacker, 165 a., 3 l., 6 c .; Peter Reimer, 80 a., 3 h., 5 c .; Ludwig Reinbolt, 1 c. ; John Smith, 8 children, 100 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Jost Smith, tailor, 125 a., 1 c .; Jacob Smith, 2 h. 4 c. ; George Snell, shoemaker, 1 h., 1 c .; Valentine Shelich, 6 children, 125 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Isaac Saler, 2 h., 4 c. ; Abraham Saler, 1 servant, 2 negroes, 929 a., 4 h., 8c .; Adam Sower, tailor, 70 a., 2 h., 3 c .; George Shut, 2 h., 2 c .; Casper Steinmetz, I c. ; David Stripe, 27 a., I h., I c .; Joseph Tyson, Sr., has a blind son, 130 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Mathias Tyson, 110 a., 2 h., 3 c .; William Tyson, 100 a., 3 h., 3 c. ; Joseph Tyson, Jr., 50 a., 2 h., I c .; Lewis Truckenmiller, tailor ; Jacob Umstead, 166 a., 2 l., 2 c .; Henry Umsteal, 300 a., 3 h., 5 c. ; llarman Umstead ; Jacob Urwiler, I h., 1 c. ; Edward Updegrave, 124 u., 3 h., 3 c., Abraham Updegrave, 98 a., 1 h., 4 c. ; John Wierman, 230 a., 6 h., 9 c. ; Michael Zeigler, 160 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; William Zeigler, 130 a., 2 l., 5 c .; David Allibach, I c. ; Jacob Prutzman, 1 h., 2 c. ; Casper Moyer. Single Men-Bernard Haines, Benjamin Johnson, Wil- liam .Johnson, Isaac Kolp, Henry Showitzer, Jacob Zeigler, Christian Allebach.

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 219

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1534

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534