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Early Tavern Licenses granted in Whitehall township: Adam Deshler, 1757; Paul Balliet, 1759; Henry Berger, 1759; Leonard Henghle, 1760; Peter Kohler, 1764; Daniel Good, 1769; George HIoffinan, Michael Snyder, Peter Kern, Jacob Hartman, Daniel Kern, Conrad Lintz, 1786.
Licenses granted in 1812 for the Whitehall town- ships : George Gangewere, Joseph Levan, Henry Good, Peter Butz, Abraham Griesamer, l'eter Dor- ney, John Moore, Michael Sieger, Christian Troxell, Peter Bumble.
Schools .- The first schools in the township were in connection with the Egypt Church, of which an ac- count is given in the history of that church. Iu 1798 the first school-house not connected with the church was erected at Mickley's, about two and a half miles
southeast of Egypt. This was built of stone, and was in use until the acceptance by the township of the school law, when it was replaced by a larger stone building, which was used till 1873, since which time it has been used as a dwelling. In the same year the present double brick school-house was erected, about a quarter of a mile from the old house. It is known as the East Ilokendauqua school, and numbers about ninety pupils.
The next house was built in 1809, at Jordan Creek, at Newhard's bridge, about four miles from Egypt. This was a stone edifice, and was used until 1856, when another stone house was erected abont half a mile distant, near Clapboard Town, which was in use until 1879, when it was replaced by the present brick building near the same site. This school is at- tended by about forty children.
Of the early teachers before the new school system the names of the following have been obtained : Daniel Friezy, James McNeer, John Amie, Johu Kleekler, Henry Wilkin, Charles Springer, George Rhoads, John K. Clifton, and Henry W. Knipe.
A stone school-house was erected at Schreiber's prior to 1830. This school-house was in use by the people now living at Coplay and Hokendauqua, and it was abandoned about 1869, and brick school-houses were erected at Coplay and Hokendauqua, which are still in use. A brick school-house was erected by sub- scription at what is now Whitehall Station, at the in- stance of' Leslie Miller, B. Bates, and others. It was used by the district later, and in 1868 was purchased by the school directors, who took it down and erected upon its site the present two-story brick building.
There are at present ten school districts in the township :
Sterner's. This school-house was erected in 1870; addition was made in 1882. There are four schools, with one hundred and ninety-four pupils.
Pleasant Hill. The school is a double brick building, erected in 1876. It contains two schools, with one hundred and seven pupils.
East Hokendauqua. The school-house at this place is also a double brick building, with spire and bell, erected in 1879. It contains two schools and has about ninety pupils.
Newhard's. This house was erected in 1878. It contains one school, with twenty-seven pupils.
Schaadt's. The first house was built in 1839. The present, of stone, in 1868. It contains one school and has about thirty-eight pupils.
Butz's. At this place the house was erected, of frame, in 1869. One sehool is kept, which has about thirty- eight pupils.
Egypt. In 1871 the present honse was built, ot brick, with steeple and bell. It contains two schools, with ninety pupils.
Klechner's. In 1874 the school-house was erected, of brick. It contains one school, with twenty-seven pupils.
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Whitehall Station. This house was built in 1868, of brick, two stories, with spire and bell. It contains two schools and has fifty-eight pupils.
Hokendaugna Independent. This district became independent April 7, 1865.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP FROM OR- GANIZATION TO DATE.
1868 .- George W. Daniel, three years ; A. K. Kelchner, three years ; Owen Diefenderfer, two years; Franklin J. Newhard, two years; Adamn Scheirer, one year ; Ephraim Wenner, one year.
1869, March .- Robert Steckel, T. F. Butz.
1869, October .- David Wieser, Sammel E. Leith.
1870, October .- Clinton Breinig, Abraham L, Newhard.
1871 .- No election of school directors.
1872 .- John H1. Koons (two years), Samuel Brown (two years), Robert Steckel, Reuben Helfrich.
1873 .- George W. Daniel, Samuel E, Leith.
1874 .- C. B. Breinig, T. F. Butz.
1875 .- George W. Daniel, Owen Homel.
1876 .- E. L. Dech, D. L. Bogh.
1877 .- Jonas M. Kern, Edwin Breinig.
1878 .- William Yellis, James J. Kemerer, Francis J. Newhard.
1879,-James J. Kemerer, Abraham Wieser, Edwin Roth (one year).
1880 .- Edwin Breinig, James P'. Geidner, Edwin Roth.
1881 .- R. l'eter Steckel, Charles Radeline.
1882 .- Francis G. Bernd, James J. Kemerer.
1883 .- Thomas F. Bulz, Lewis F. Koch.
1884 .- Charles Radeline, Tilghman Schaffer.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF COPLAY FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE.
1869, October .- Levi Fehr, Joseph Fogel.
1870, October .- B. S. Levan, S. A. Leimbach.
1871 .- No election.
1872, March .- E. H. Knerr, O. L. Schreiber, Jonathan Reinhart.
1873 .- 31. Rothermel, Peter Quinn.
1874 .- David Meyer, Dr. C. W. Williams, B. S. Levan,
1875 .- L. V. Levan, C. 11. Knerr.
1876 .- Eli Sieger, J. D. Schreiber.
1877 .- Tilghman Anthony, Amos Wolf.
1878 .- David Meyer, C. H. Knerr.
1879 .- Levi Fry, Kli Falk.
1880 .- Dr. V. G. Heebner, Marcus Rothemel.
1881 .- Charles Troxell, Eli Sieger.
1882 .- John Allen, B. F. Conner, James Stuart.
1883 .- Eli Sieger, W. F. Levan, Marcus Rotharmel.
1884 .- David Brown, John Allen, Alfred Reinhard (one year), Charles Truxell (one year).
SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF HOK ENDAUQUA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE.
1866 .- S. HI. Price, Jos. Mc Mullen.
1867 .- S. L. Nevens, R. L. McNeil.
1868 .- Edwin Mickley, Theodore HI. Green, Theodore J. Kline.
1869, March,-Jamies W. Michley, John Thomas, Jos, MeMnllen,
ISda, October, -James W. Mickley, Samuel l. Novens.
1570, October. - E. Michley, Theodore HI, Given.
1871 .- No election.
1872 .-- John Thomas, Joseph MeMuffen.
1873 .- Theodore I. Green, Edwin Mickley.
1874 .- James W. Mickley, William II. Baim.
1875 .- F. C. Eckensperger, Joseph MeMullen, John Thomas.
1876 .- John Thomas, Edwin Slickley.
1877 .- James W. Mickley, Dr. E. G. Steinmetz.
1878,-F. C. Kekensperger, William Love.
1879 .- Edwin Mickley, John Thomas,
1880 .- Dr. E. G. Steinmetz, David HI. Thomas.
1881 .-- William Love (two years), V. C. Eckensperger, F. S. Hartman. 1882 .- John Thomas, Edwin Mickley, Perry Wannamacher (one year). 1883 .- Perry Wannamacher, William Love.
1881,-F. C. Eckensperger, P. S. Hartman.
Egypt Church.1-The earliest settlers in Egypt and its vicinity were almost exclusively members of the
1 From Ir. J. H. Dubbis' " American Historient Record," vol. ii. page 398. 1873.
Reformed Church. The Polliets (now written Bal- liet), the Voeturns (now written Wotring or Wood- ring), and probably some others, were of Huguenot descent; the Schreibers were natives of Niederbronn, in Alsace. The Schaadts, having emigrated from the province of Hannau, were long familiarly known as the Hannauers, but the greater number, among whom we might mention such names as Kohler, Kern, Burg- holter, Mickley, Troxel, Steckel, and many others, are said to have been generally natives of Switzerland, and Egypt was consequently often called a Swiss settlement .?
As these people had all been members of the Re- formed Church in Europe, it was but natural that they should organize a congregation holding to the same religious confession. There were indeed from the beginning a few Lutherans in the neighborhood, including such respectable families as the Saegers and the Ruchs; but it was not till many years after the first settlement that they found themselves sufficiently numerous to organize a separate congregation.
The oldest document in the possession of the Re- formed congregation is a baptismal record, bound in the most primitive manner, with strips of buckskin serving instead of clasps. The title-page bears the motto, "Omnia ad Dei glorimmn Salutemque nos- trarum animarum," and a German inscription, of which the following is a translation : "Baptismal record of the congregation at the Lehigh, in which are to be recorded the names of the children baptized, the names of their parents, and also the names of their sponsors. Commenced March 22, 1733."
Goetschius remained pastor of the Egypt Church until 1736, after which his name disappears from the record. About the year 1740 he returned to Switzer- land, and subsequently brought his family to Amer- ica, but where they settled is not definitely known.
For a number of years after the organization of the congregation, and before the building of a church, religious services were held alternately in the honses of Peter Troxell and George Keru.
The first baptism recorded in " Egypten" by Rev. Mr. Goetschius was that of a son of " the respectable Peter Troxell, church censor of the Reformed congre- gation at this place," and his wife, Juliana Catharine. The child was baptized on the 26th of October, 1733, and was named Johannes. The sponsors were Nich- olas Kern, Johannes Egender, and Margaret Egender. It is not usual at present to have so many sponsors at baptism, and the office of " church censor" is now, we believe, entirely unknown in our American German churches.
For several years after the resignation of Goetschius the Egypt Church was without a regular pastor. It was, however, occasionally supplied by the Rev. John Philip Boehm, who resided in Montgomery, nearly forty miles away. Mr. Boehm was a man of talent
" Map of Edward Kohler.
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and influence, and took a prominent part in the theo- logical controversies of the day. A sketch of his life may be found in Harbaugh's " Lives of the Fathers of the Reformed Church."
Our record informs us that while the church was still vaeant three children were taken to the Saucon Church, a distance of fifteen miles, and were there baptized on the 23d of September, 1740, by "Herr Inspector Peter Heinrich Torschius." We have no hesitation in identifying this "Inspector" with the Rev. P. H. Dorstius, a minister of the Reformed (Duteli) Church, residing in Bueks County, who had probably been commissioned to visit and inspect the German churches, and to report their condition to the ecclesiastical authorities in Europe.
The next pastor at Egypt was Rev. John Conrad Wuertz, who imitates Goetschius in styling himself Helvetico Tigurinus. This minister had a fashion of varying the orthography of his name, changing from Wuertz to Wurtz, and finally settling down to Wirtz, -a bad practice, which in this, as in many other in- stances, has caused much confusion. He remained in charge from 1742 to 1744, when he removed to Spring- field, Bucks Co., and in 1751 to Rockaway, N. J. It seems that he did not stand in any regular ecclesiasti- eal connection when he preached in Egypt, but was finally regularly ordained by the Presbyterian P'res- bytery of New Brunswick.
After the resignation of Mr. Wuertz there seems to have been another vacancy, from 1744 to 1751, during which period the church was, in part at least, sup- plied by Rev. J. P. Boehm and the distinguished Rev. Michael Schlotter Boehm, who died suddenly on the 1st of May, 1749, at an advanced age, after having, on the previous day, administered the Lord's Sup- per to the Egypt congregation. It is enough to re- mark that Schlotter was to the German Reformed what the elder Muhlenberg was to the Lutheran Church,-the ruling spirit that brought order out of the chaos of its early history. In his journal he has but little to say concerning the Egypt Church, prob- ably on account of its inaccessibility, lying in the midst of what was theu almost a wilderness. On the Sth of November, 1748, he says, " I received a call for a minister from the congregations called Egypt and Heidelberg. They desire to have a permanent pas- tor, and obligate themselves for forty-two pounds, or two hundred and eighty Dutch guilders, as salary." In the same year he states that the charge, composed of the Heidelberg, Egypt, and Jordan congregations, is withont a regular minister. In 1752 the vacancy was, however, supplied by the Rev. John Jacob Wiss- ler, a native of Dillenberg, in Nassau. He was one of six ministers whom Schlotter had brought from the Fatherland. Until recently it was supposed that he must have died soon after his arrival, as nothing was known of his subsequent history; but our record shows that he was pastor of the Egypt charge until 1754. About this time he probably died, as in the 1
Coetal minutes of 1757 there is mention made of a gift to his widow.
The records during Wissler's pastorate were well kept, and include eighteen baptisms and thirty-five confirmations. He also solemnized several marriages, of which the following is the first on the record :
".Egypten, November 28th, 1752 .- On this day Sam- uel, a legitimate son of Nicholas Saeger, and Anna Eva, a legitimate daughter of the late Frederick Eber- hard, were admitted to the state of Holy Matrimony."
Mr. Wissler also entered on the records of the Egypt Church certain memoranda, which, strictly speaking, belonged to the history of neighboring congregations. Of these the following may serve as a speeimen :
"N.B .- Anna Margaret Heilmann, on the 22nd of April, 1753, presented the congregation at the Jordan a beautiful white altar cloth. May God reward this praiseworthy Christian work with the most abundant blessings."
The records of the Reformed congregation now grow brighter and clearer, though it does not appear who were the pastors from 1755 to 1763. At this early period the "church book" is our only guide, and where this fails us we are left entirely in the dark.
The last entry on our record for the year 1763 was the baptism, on the 3d of April, of an infant daughter of Hans Schneider and his wife, Margaret. Poor child! On the &th of October she was murdered by the Indians in her mother's arms. Father, mother, and three children were all sealped, but one child re- covered, and lived to an advanced age.
In 1764 we can affirm with reasonable certainty the Lutheran congregation was first organized. Hitherto the Lutherans had been compelled to travel some dis- tance to attend a church of their own denomination, but in this year the Reformed and Lutheran congre- gations agreed to build a church in coneert. For this purpose l'eter Steckel, of the Reformed, and Chris- tian Saeger, of the Lutheran Church, presented to each congregation, respectively, half an aere of land, and the church was built on the line, so that it stood on land belonging partly to the Reformed and partly to the Lutheran Church. A sort of release is still extant, written in English, in which the land is granted " for the united use of the High and Low Churches." This, of course, means Lutheran and Reformed, but I know of no other instance where the two confessions have been so designated.
In the same year (1764) a Union Church was erected, -a rough log building, in which planks laid on blocks of wood were made to serve as pews, and, though the church has since been twice rebuilt, the two congrega- tions have at all times occupied the same church, thongh on alternate Sundays. Such alliances between different denomination's are not generally supposed to be auspicious, but it is mere justice to state that, so far as we know, there has never been the least disa-
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greement between the Lutheran and Reformed con- gregations of Egypt.
From 1764 to 1770 the pastor of the Reformed con- gregation was Rev. J. Daniel Gross (or Gros, as he sometimes spelled his name). Thongh a man of great ability, Dr. Gross was not popular in his charge, and, as is usual in such cases, many things were said to his discredit. In 1770 he removed to Springfield, Bucks Co., and in 1772 to the State of New York. His reasons for leaving his Pennsylvania congregations, according to a letter written in 1773, were " want of love, stubborn conduet, neglect on the part of the members in attending divine worship, etc." It is evident that there was considerable bitterness on both sides.
We are unable to state positively the name of the first pastor of the Lutheran congregation. The early records are lost, and the present writer may as well confess that he is not sufficiently familiar with the early history of the Lutheran Church to supply the deficiency from other sources. Possibly a certain Rev. Mr. Roth, who labored independently in the neighbor- hood, may have preached there until 1769, when Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk became the regular pastor. Van Buskirk was a man of ability, and especially excelled as a catechist. He had labored very acceptably in Germantown, Pa., but at the request of the minis- terium removed farther up the country, where several new congregations had lately been organized. (Ilall- ische Nachrichten, p. 1125.) After laboring for several years, Van Buskirk resigned the Egypt Church, though he continued pastor of several neighboring congrega- tions. IIe was succeeded by a Rev. Mr. Yung, who remained but a short time, and is believed to have ended his days in Virginia.
Ilis successor, Rev. Daniel Lehman, was a man of considerable ability. Ile had been well educated in Germany, but on his arrival in America found him- self unable to pay his passage, and, according to the barbarous eustom of the time, was sold as a redemp- tioner. Rev. Mr. Kunze, of Philadelphia, paid his passage, and set him free, and subsequently gave him some instruction in theology. Having become tutor in the family of Rev. Mr. Van Buskirk, he preached occasionally for vacant congregations, and in 1778 was ordained pastor of the Egypt charge. He remained but a few years at this place, and spent the rest of his life in Berks County, where he died Oct. 2, 1810.
Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk subsequently became pastor the second time, and served the congregation faith- fully for many years. After the brief pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Plitt, Rev. J. Caspar Dill, in the year 1800, beeame Lutheran minister at Egypt. He was an ex- cellent man, and in our early youth the old people still spoke of him with the highest reverence. His successor was Rev. Henry Geissenhainer, who, how- ever, remained but a short time.
For thirty years, from 1771 to 1801, Rev. Abraham Blumer was pastor of the Reformed congregation.
He was a native of Switzerland, and had in early life served as chaplain in the army of the king of Sar- dinia. While he was pastor at Egypt he also preached at Allentown, Jordan, and Union Churches. During the Revolution the bells of Christ Church, Philadelphia, were hidden under the floor of the church in Allentown; in order to save them from the British. Mr. Blumer was a man of high culture and unblemished reputation. He died in 1822, aged eighty-five years.
During his pastorate, in 1785, the second church was built. It was in its day considered a fine edifice. Like most of our old churches it was built of stone, having galleries on three sides, while the fourth was reserved for the tall pulpit, which was variously sup- posed to resemble a lily, a tulip, or even a wine-glass. Direetly in front of the pulpit stood a large square altar. The building was fifty feet in length by forty in breadth, and its general appearance, as we remem- ber it, was solemn and impressive.
It is rather remarkable that for ninety-seven years, from 1771 to 1868, the Reformed congregation had but three pastors,-Rev. A. Blumer, from 1771 to 1801; Rev. John Gobrecht,' from 1801 to 1831; and Rev. J. S. Dubbs, D.D., from 1831 to 1868. Not one of these, however, held his office as long as Rev. W. Meendsen, who succeeded Rev. Mr. Geissenhainer as Lutheran pastor in 1810, and remained in charge until 1859, a period of forty-nine years. He died about 1872, in the ninety-third year of his age.
During the pastorate of Dr. Dubbs and Father Meendsen, in the year 1851, the third church was built. It is a fine large brick edifice with tower and bell, and is, we think, a model country church. After the subscriptions for its erection had been collected, the additional expenses were proportionally assessed on the members of the congregation, and this assess- ment, I am told, was almost universally accepted without dispute,-a fact which speaks well for the peaceable disposition of the people.
Father Meendseu was succeeded as Lutheran pastor by the Rev. Thomas Steck, who, after laboring sue- cessfully for some years, accepted a call to Wilming- ton, Del. The present Lutheran pastor is the Rev. Mr. Reninger.
In 1868, the Rev. S. A. Leinbach became the suc- eessor of the Rev. Dr. Dubbs as pastor of the Re- formed congregation.
We cannot close our sketch of the history of the Egypt Church without some reference to its aneient congregational school. In those days the school- house stood near the church, and was in part occu- pied by the sehool, while the rest served as the resi- dence of the schoolmaster and his family. In those days the school was in some respects decidedly old-
1 Rev. John Gobrecht, n son of Rev. John Christopher Gobrecht, of Hanover, Pa., died in 1831, aged fifty-seven. He was a man of unblei- ished life, and was greatly beloved. His remains rest in the Egypt churchyard.
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fashioned. The order of its religious services had
was swept away by the flood in 1862, and the present probably remained unchanged for more than a cen- . one erected shortly afterwards. tury. From a literary point of view there has been a A number of years ago the first hotel was taken down and the new one erected by Thomas McKee, which is now owned and occupied by William Miller. great improvement ; from a religious, we doubt whether i it could be improved. A large school building with several apartments has since been ereeted, and the principal has competent assistants to aid him in his ; work. In imparting instruction the English lan- guage is now almost exclusively employed.
Since the building of the railroad the village has sprung up. It now contains two stores, two hotels, about three hundred inhabitants, and one school- house with two schools. Steps have also been taken
In Egypt the teacher reecives for his services in the : for the erection of a Reformed and Lutheran Church. church, in addition to a small annnal stipend, the use The Indians had a settlement across the river from the place, from which they started out, crossed the of a house and about ten acres of land. The present organist and teacher, Mr. Francis G. Bernd, has held ' river at what is still known as the "Indian Falls," these offices for more than twenty years, and still re- and proceeded to Egypt, where they massacred the Mickley and Schneider families. tains the respect and affection of the whole com- munity.
Coplay .- The name Coplay is a corruption from The history of the church from 1873 is here given : : " Kolapechka," which was the name of an Indian, the . son of the Indian chiet Paxanosa. He lived at the head of the creek named after him, near the place now known as Unionville, in North Whitehall town- ship.
The borough of Coplay was formed ont of White- hall township in 1869. The following is the record of the court: "Feb. 10, 1869, petition of citizens of the village of Coplay presented praying for a charter of incorporation ; same day petition ordered to be laid
" April 7, 1869, the grand jury returned the charter
Justices of the Peace .- The justices who presided ; of incorporation approved. Charles Keck, foreman." over this territory were elected in districts prior to " Now, April 7, 1869, the court confirms the judg- of Coplay be incorporated into a borough, in conform- 1840. Their names will be found in the civil list of : ment of the grand jury, and decree that the said town the general history, and since that time their names will be found in the lists of North and South White- ity with the prayers of the petitioners, and that hall. Those elected since 1868 are here given : the corporate style and title thereof shall be 'The Commissioned. . Commissioned. Borough of Coplay.'"
It is situated on the Lehigh River, six miles above Allentown.
The justices of the peace elected since the organi- zation of the township are George P. Bates, A. F. K. Kraut (three terms), and Gottlob Meyle.
The principal industries at this place are the works of the Coplay Iron Company (limited).
The borough contains a population of seven hun- dred and seventy-four, a large public school building. with three graded schools.
' The borough has two churches, Reformed and Lu- theran. Trinity congregation of the Reformed Church was organized March 29, 1871. Prior to this time services were held by Rev. W. R. Ilofford, of Allentown, in the public school building. Through
In 1770, John Siegfried settled at this place and built a tavern, which was licensed from that time on. the liberality of B. S. Levan the congregation was He served as colonel in the Revolutionary war, and enabled to build a church of its own. The corner- cated June 15, 1873. The church building is con- strneted of brick, of dimensions forty by sixty feet, with spire and bell, at a cost of twelve thousand dol- lars, and is free of debt. At the time of the organi- zation the congregation was nited with the Egypt died in 1793 and is buried near this place. The : stone of the new church was laid in 1872, and dedi- second house in this immediate vicinity was erected by Peter Leising in 1818. In 1844, Jacob Jones built a store-house, and kept in connection with the store a : temperance house. The first bridge across the river at this place was built in 1828. Prior to this time the river was crossed by Siegfried's Ferry. This bridge : charge, of which Rev. S. A. Leinbach was pastor, and 32
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