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'^. - . .dvaaiH^ >^OFCAlIFOff^ ^ ,uP.iv)ivfR5y. o ^1 §( -^7 A>^lllBRARYQ^ ^;J^l•LIBRARYQ^ \\^EIJNIVER5'/A v^lOSANCElfj> o ^:^lLIBRARYa^ ^1 HENRY MARTYN KIEFFER, D. D. From a Portrait by Marie Constantin. SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS 'The Forks of the Delaware'' AND THEIR DESCENDANTS Being a Translation from the German OF THE Record Books of The First Reformed Church of Easton, Penna. From 1760 to 1852 Translated and Published by The Rev. HENRY MARTYN KIEFFER, D.D. Pastor of the Church, Author of ''•The Recollections of a Drummer Boy," ''■ College Chapel Ser- mons" ''The Old Sullivan Road" etc. Together with an Historical Introduction. In Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation, 1745-1902 GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY 1902 Copyright, 1902, by HENRY MARTYN KIEFFER. PRESS OF IHt KEW ERA PfllNTINQ OOMPANY WAHCAtTER, PA. o PREFATORY NOTE. The First Reformed Church of Easton was founded dur- ing the earliest period of the settlement at " The Forks of the Delaware," and has been identified with the borough and city of Easton throughout their entire history. The church building which the congregation at present occu- pies was erected in 1776. It is the only public building in Easton remaining from the days of the Revolution, and for nearly half a century after its erection was the only church building in the town. Its record books, which possess the rare distinction of being continuous and unbroken for nearly a century and a half, are contemporaneous in their origin with the early beginnings of the settlement, and contain information of greatest value to the many thou- sands of the descendents of "The First Settlers of the Forks of the Delaware " ; for the settlement having from the first been prevailingly German, nearly every family in the community, at some time or other in its history, left some trace of itself in the records of this old German Reformed Church. For genealogical purposes it is be- lieved that this publication will prove of great value to many people. On a moderate estimate there are nearly, or quite, 20,000 names recorded in this book. The de- scendants of the people for whom these names stand, though scattered far and wide, will here find material for their family history which is simply invaluable. Ill 410.847 CONTENTS. The Forks of the Delaware i The First German Settlers 5 The Old Church Record-books 11 The Indian Treaty in the Church, January 30, 1777 20 The Organization of the Congregation, and the Building of the Church 34 Recent History 61 The Old Organ and its Successors 70 The Change in the Name of the Church 73 The Chime of Bells 7^ Church Records 77 Title Page of Church Book 77 Baptisms 81 Book Second 277 Title Page 277 Deaths and Burials 278 Easton 283 Greenwich ( ' ' Gruenitz ") 284 Dryland 285 Mount Bethel 285 Easton 2S6 Dryland 289 Plainfield 29 1 Blount Bethel 293 Easton, Plaenfield, Mount Bethel and Dryland 294 Marriages 343 The Church at Dryland 400 The Congregation at Plainfield 401 Conclusion ....]o^5 ILLUSTRATIONS. Henry Martyn Kieffer, D.D Frontispiece Watermarks in Church Books 12-14 The First Reformed Church, Easton, Pa i Interior of the First Reformed Church at the Centennial, 1876 34 Interior of the First Reformed Church, 1902 73 Inscription in the Old Schlatter Bible 40 The Schlatter Bible, and the Old Communion Set, bearing date, 1746 48 Fac-simile of a Page of the Old Church Record So The Deed Granted by the Penns, 1802 90 Rev. Thomas Pomp 135 Bernard G.Wolff, D.D 160 J. H. A. Bomberger, D.D 209 John Beck, D.D 273 Thomas Conrad Porter, D.D., LL.D 305 A Confirmation Service in the Olden Time '. 360 THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, EASTON. PA. THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF EASTON, PENNA. THE FORKS OF THE DELAWARE. WHAT is now known as " The City of Easton " was originally called " The Forks of the Delaware." By this name it was designated by the Indians themselves, long before the appearance of the white man at this most beautiful and romantic spot, and thoucrh the white man gave it a new name, the Indian to the latest generation clung tenaciously to the title given by his fathers to the place where the Lehigh River empties its waters into the greater Delaware. To the Colonial and Continental authorities seeking a council with the original proprietors of the soil, Teedyuscung, the Great King of the Delawares, said — " I will treait with you nowhere else than at the Forks of the Delaware." If we are curious to know how this original name of the place was exchanged for that which the city now bears, we are told that when the first settlers established themselves here, about the year 1739, the territory of Northampton County was a part of Bucks, and that when the new county was surveyed and the town established by the authority of Thomas Penn, it was directed by him that the County should be called Northampton and the town Easton. The town was thus named in honor of the house of Lord Pomfret in England, Thomas Penn having mar- ried the daughter of Lord Pomfret. 2 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Who was the first adventurous white man to set foot on this most beautiful and romantic spot, or who first drew up his canoe on the pebble-covered tongue of land that originally extended far out between the Delaware and Lehigh rivers at their intersection, no one can tell ; but as one stands on what remains of " The Point," as it was once called, and looks about him at the high hills and bold bluffs, on all sides shutting him in, he may imagine the wild and romantic scene that must have presented itself to the eye of the first white discoverer of " The Forks of the Delaware/' High hills on all sides round frowned down, covered with dark and primeval forests ; no house or human habitation was anywhere to be seen ; no sign of civilized man anyw^here appeared. Here the dusky children of the forest were the only inhabitants — and com- paratively few they were in numbers w^ho dwelt perma- nently in this wild and rugged region ; for " The Forks of the Delaware " was rather a mere meeting place for the Indians than aught else — a place in which " to light the council fire " rather than a place of permanent dwelling. Better lands for the building of tow^ns and the cultivation of the soil could be found elsewhere than amongst these high hills. The more powerful Iroquois had their habi- tation in the Genesee valley in western New York ; the Lenni-Lenape dwelt eastward along the Delaware, the Delawares northward in the Minnisink region — but no- where could a council fire be so well lighted as where the two great rivers joined their waters with the might}- hills as witnesses of their union. And to these council fires, long before the advent of the white man, the Indians came dow^n the Lehigh from the west in their light birch-bark canoes, or down the Delaware from the north, holding here their conferences of peace or war, trade or barter, The Forks of the Delaware. 3 at the well-known and far-famed "Forks of the Dela- ware." For centuries they had held undisputed possession of this charming spot, when the first white man, crossing the sands of New Jersey or descending the hills of the Lehigh, pen- etrated to this favorite Indian rendezvous. What his name or what his experience we know not, but we are told that one David Martin in 1739 built the first house at *'The Point," as the intersection of the two rivers was then called — a log cabin, rude enough no doubt, but comfortable, and long celebrated as the scene of very important transactions between civilized and savage man. Here David Martin established his ferry, carrying the adventurous trader or the occasional traveller across either the Lehigh or the Delaware in his rowboat, for a reasonable consideration. The inquiry may naturally arise concerning the necessity for a ferry at a time when the white population was so sparse. Its existence at a date so early may perhaps be explained by the fact that when the town of Easton was duly laid out in 1750 by William Parsons a considerable population had already gathered on the New Jersey side of the river opposite, Thomas Penn in 1752 expressing some fear that what is now Phillipsburg might prove a dangerous rival to Easton, and suggesting that it might be prudent to secure all the land possible on the Jersey side of the river. At all events, Martin's ferry seems to have proved a profitable investment both to its original founder and his successors. For it did not always remain a mere Ferry House, but was at an early date enlarged into a hotel, kept at first by one Nathaniel Vernon, and in his day it became the cele- brated scene of many important Indian treaties, all of which were held here until the erection of the church on Third 4 The First Reformed Church of Easioii^ Pa. Street, which afforded larger and better accommodations. These treaties were attended by certain very celebrated persons on the white man's side — by the Governor of New Jersey and his staff, by the Governor of Pennsylvania and his staff, by William Parsons and Conrad Weiser and other eminent people ; and on the part of the Indians, powerful chieftains representing at times as many as eighteen or nineteen distinct tribes here assembled — amongst whom the representatives of the powerful Six Nations held first place, though Teedyuscung, King of the Delawares, in his cocked- hat covered with lace, and arrayed in his broadcloth coat cut in the height of the French fashion, must alwa3's have been a commanding figure. These conferences often lasted for two or three weeks at a time, and upon them the des- tiny of empires depended. What grand speaking must have been done on that historic point of land by these dusky warriors, and what scenes of revelry were there witnessed when the Council broke up in peace, and "the lock and chain were taken off the cask of rum," to the terror of the white inhabitants and the wild joy of the savage lovers of the white man's fire water, who believed, as an experienced chief once declared, that " In every barrel of rum there were a thousand songs and fifty fights." The great historic interest which clusters about this spot should, we think, induce the wealthy citizens of Easton to purchase " The Point " and transform it into a neat and well kept public park, in which there should be a suitable monu- ment commemorating the great events which there occurred in Colonial times. A granite statue of an Indian, in full warrior costume, holding the pipe of peace in his hand ; or a suitable memorial to William Parsons, the father of Easton ; or both combined, might well mark and beautify the point of land, visible from all our railroads, which originally gave the name to " The Forks of the Delaware." THE FIRST GERMAN SETTLERS. T is evident that from a very early period in the his- tory of the settlement at "The Forks of the Delaware," German immigrants bore a very important, if not a very conspicuous part. Cer- tainly they constituted, at a very early date, the major portion of the population. It is true indeed that they do not figure very largely or prominently in the early annals and records of events, but in the early history of Easton, as in that of many other sections of Pennsylvania, this is to be accounted for largely by the circumstance that the Ger- mans, though often constituting the bulk of the population, were not acquainted with the English language. The Eng- lish language necessarily had the preference in a colony of England ; it was the only language employed in the courts of justice, in the Councils of the Province, and in all corre- spondence with the mother country. Such being the case, our German ancestors were of necessity excluded from office- bearing in the affairs of state to a large extent, and in all public transactions in the early period of the colony have therefore left a trace of themselves entirely disproportionate to either their numbers or their importance in the true life and development of the State. They were perforce con- strained to leave to others the pleasing task of writing the history which they were helping so largely to make. Be- sides this, it is to be remembered that the German is con- stitutionally modest and retiring. He does not possess the disposition of some other nationalities to push and elbow his way to the front, preferring rather to sit quietly and bide his time. So true are these facts that it has been well said 6 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. that "the Pennsylvania-German Society will, to a very large extent, compel the history of the great Common- wealth of Pennsylvania to be rewritten." We cull a few facts from which it may well appear that the Germans were a very important factor at an early day in the history of Easton.^ " In a letter dated December 8, 1752, six months after the first sessions of the Court, William Parsons says that there were then eleven families living in the town (probably about fifty men, women and children) ; and in the histories of Northampton County and Lehigh Valley we have a list of these families and their callings — William Parsons, Clerk of Courts, etc.; Lewis Gordon, law3'er ; Henry Alshouse, carpenter ; Abram Berlin, smith ; Nathaniel Vernon, ferryman ; William Craig and John Anderson, tavern-keepers ; Paul Miller, tavern-keeper ; Ernest Becker, baker ; Anthony Esser, butcher ; John Finley, mason ; M^'er Hart, shop- keeper." The first church and school-house was erected in Easton by the agency largely of the German settlers. In the year 1746 the Rev. Michael Schlatter came to this country from Switzerland and Holland, to visit the scat- tered people of the Reformed faith in the provinces of Penns3'lvania, Maryland and Virginia. In 175 1 he re- turned to Europe to report to the Synods of South and North Holland which had sent him forth. To the churches in Holland as well as in England he appealed for help for the destitute settlers in this new land, and on his return to America in 1752 he brought with him very substantial tokens of the interest of Christian people in these German settlers, in the shape of numerous bibles and a very considerable amount of money for the establishment of ■Condit's "History of Easton," p. 15. The First German Settlers. *J churches and schools. Of these bibles, one is still in the possession of the " First Reformed Church of Easton." And as for the schools— it is recorded that, in order to make effectual Easton's portion of the Schlatter School Fund, on the 31st day of July, 1755, the following "do hereby engage and agree to and with William Parsons, James Martin, Peter Trexler, Esqr., John Lefebre, Lewis Gordon and Peter Kichline, deputy trustees, mentioned and appointed by the trustees general of the said charitable scheme, that each of us will pay the sum of money, and do and perform the work, labor, and service, in building and erecting a school-house, which may occasionally be made use of as a Church for any Protestant Minister, to our names hereunto respectively set down and affixed" — "William Smith, in behalf of the Proprietor and Trustees — £30 ; William Parsons, £5 ; Nicolas Scull, £3 ; Nathaniel Ver- non, £3; Peter Kichline, £3 ; Christian Rinker, £1; Jacob Bachman, £1; Jacob Miner, £1; Adam Yohe, £1; Lewis Knaus, los; Lewis Klotz, los; Henry Becker, 7s; George Michael Schurtz, 15s; John Levitz, 15s; Anthony Esser, 15s; George Reichart, 15s; John Wagle (Nagle?) £1; George Ernest Becker, £1 ; John Rinker, los; N. N. 7s; Daniel Gies, 5s; Jeremiah C. Russell, £1 ; Paul Miller, £1.53; John Fricker, £i.6s; Meyer Hart, 30 lb. nails; Paul Reeser, 1,000 shingles: Jacob Minor, i3 days work; Stephen Horn, i week's work; Henry Alshouse, 5 days work ; John Finley, 6 days work ; John Nicholas Reeder, 6 days work ; Bartholomew Hoffman, 5 days mason's work; Robert Miller, 4 days work; John Henry Bush, 5 days carpenters work ; Jacob Krotz, 5 days carpenters work ; James Fuller, 5 days stone digging ; John Chapman, 3 days cutting stone ; Henry Rinker, 30 bushels lime ; Henry Bush and John Weidman, 30 wagons stone and digging ; Thomas Harris, 50 sash lights." The above list tells its own tale concerning the German 8 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. element of the population of "The Forks of the Dela- ware " more than twenty years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Germans were rela- tively numerous, but they were neither wealthy nor conspic- uous. The}' were making history — or helping largely to make it — but they were not much employed in recording it ; they could handle a pick, a shovel or an axe — and they knew well how to handle a gun, too, as we shall shortly see — but not being masters of the language of "the powers that be," they were not expert in making reports of things done. They were at a disadvantage, evidently; but on the whole and in the long run, history is just. Not only did the Germans lead the way in the religious and educational interests of the new community ; they were equally zealous in things patriotic. In 1763 the first military company was formed in Easton for defence against the Indians, the following being the agreement by which the members bound themselves to service — " Wee, the undernamed subscribers, doo hereby joyntly and severally agree that Jacob Aradt Esquire shall be our captain for three months from the date of these presence, and Be alhvise Ready to obeay him when he sees ocation to call us together in pursuing the Indians, or helping any of us that shall be in dis- tress by the Indians. Each person to find arms and powder and lead at our own cost and have noe pay. Each person to find himself in all necessarys : to which articl, covenant and agree- ment. Wee Bind ourselves in the Penal sum of Five pounds, Law- ful monies of Pensilvania, to be laid out for arms and ammuni- tion for the use of the Company, unless the person soe Neglect- ing to obeay shall Show a lawfull Reason. Given under our hands this 13th day of October 1763." This document was signed by the following persons who constituted the Muster Roll of Easton's first military The First German Settlers. company apparent : Jacob Arndt John Sandy Philip Odenwelder John Jaeger Jacob Reichardt Jerry Leidy Michael Butz Christian Smith Paul J. Ebbel Adam Hay John Miller P, J. Mann The predominance of German names is Elias Shook Michael Sheund Melchior Young Jacob Grouse Valentine Sandy William Bonstein Elias Bender Richard Richards Garrett Moore Henry Raddler Philip Mann Christian Gress Jacob Hartzell M. Lawall Matthias Pfeiffer M. Owen Arndt Matthew Rownig Peter Seip Christopher Hahn Christopher Sienteog John Painter Robert Townsend. James Bunston In the year 1828 a certain Mrs. Anne Royall, " a notori- ous newspaper satirist and novelist," made a journey in a stage coach from Philadelphia to Easton, an account of which is to be found in a volume in the hbrary of the State Historical Society, entitled "Mrs. Royall's Pennsylvania, or Travels Continued in the United States, 1829." ^ In her account of this visit to Northampton County she says that Easton " contains one court house, one county house, one jail, one market house, four churches, two banks, one pubHc library, seven merchant mills, one academy, nine store houses for flour, etc., four oil mills, two sawmills, two breweries, one distillery — and four thousand inhab- itants. . . . Easton is settled by Germans, though the most of them use the English language, and are well edu- cated. The professional men, particularly, are greatly superior to those of New York and not inferior to (if they do not excel) those of any other town. There is a plain, un- moved intelligence about them, similar to the people of the 1 An account of her visit to Northampton County, published by Mr. Ethan Allen Weaver in the Easton Free Press, iqo2. lO The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Western States. ... It would seem that good sense, good size, good manners and hospitality, which once dis- tinguished Philadelphia, had fled for shelter to this part of the state. The people remind me of the French, partic- ularly the young men and women, being very fond of music and dancing. You hear the violin and the piano forte of an evening almost in every home." She dwells at length on the various enterprises and public improve- ments at Easton — the bridges over the Lehigh and the Delaware, and especially upon the Lehigh Canal, over which the Lehigh coal is transported from Mauch Chunk to Philadelphia. This canal, she tells us, cost $800,000 and has fifty locks. " And these are the ignorant Ger- mans ! I begin to think these ignorant Germans have a little sound sense, and a great deal of wealth and judg- ment, with all their ignorance." In the very valuable " History of the Lehigh Valley" we read that " In 1752 when the County of Northampton was laid out, there were nearl}^ 6,000 inhabitants, of whom 600 were Scotch-Irish, in Allen and Mount Bethel Town- ships, 300 Dutch (Hollanders) in Smithfield, and the rest Germans. In some of the townships there is not an Eng- lish name to be found on the assessment list." We would certainly not withhold any honor or credit from the people of any nationality — English, Irish, Scotch or French — who bore a part in the early settlement of " The Forks of the Delaware," but neither do we think that the patient labors of the silent Germans should be overlooked by the writers of the history of Easton. THE OLD CHURCH RECORD-BOOKS. OF these there are three, two of which are devoted to the record, chiefly, of baptisms and marriages, the other to that of deaths, burials and marriages. Two of these books were evidently purchased about the same time, viz., about the year 1766. This we know from the fact that the first entries are in the handwriting of the second pastor of the congregation, the Rev. Frederick L. Henop, who became the pastor in 1766. There are indeed certain entries of an earlier date, pertaining to the ministerial acts of the first pastor, Rev. Mr. Weyberg, who became pastor in 1763 and remained only six months ; but it is evident, both from the handwriting and from explicit statements to that ef- fect, that these entries were made not by Rev. Mr. Wey- berg but by Rev. Mr. Henop, who transcribed some of the records of Mr. Weyberg's brief pastorate into the church book from scattered memoranda left by him on his depar- ture. From this circumstance we are warranted in the belief that these church books were first used about the year 1766. The two are of the same size, quality of paper, and general appearance, except that the one is bound in hog skin, the other in sheep. These books are noteworthy as containing three distinct water-marks, which are herewith given, representing Britannia with her sceptre in hand and accompanied by the inevitable British lion grasping the thunderbolts of power. The smaller one carries the crown and initials of Georgius Rex — King George the third. 12 The First Reformed Chtirch of Easton, Pa. The preservation of these books through so many j-ears in fairlv good condition is something to be grateful for, especially when one remembers that in the early days of Easton's history there were no fire-proof safes in which they might be kept, and efforts at protection against fire were yet in their infancy. Indeed, one object the author The Old Chtirch Record-Books. 13 had in undertaking the work of translating and publishing these records was that they might be secured for all time against the danger of destruction by fire. Once published and distributed, in families and public libraries, it was felt, while fire might destroy some of the copies, it could never destroy all. An examination of these books shows that, unfortu- nately, no list of the membership of the church was kept from the beginning. The record of births and baptisms, marriages and funerals, along with certain other matters was, however, carefully kept, albeit in handwriting occa- sionally crabbed even to provocation. In the earlier years the handwriting was something marvellous, and from be- ginning to end was embarrassed by a singular admixture of the English way of writing. This English tendency in the script increases as the years go by, and in the latter days of Father Pomp held almost an even chance with the German — the records being made indifferently in Ger- man or English, apparently as the mood held the scribe. And not only this, but what is even more puzzling at times is the way in which letters in the same word are formed, now after the rule of the one language, and again after 14 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. that of the other. Though, on the whole, these records were well kept and clearly written, the ink showing as black at times as the day it left the nib of the quill with which the writing was done. However, it is provoking The Old Clmrch Recoi'd-Books. 15 how occasionally the family name — the very name that is most important of all — was so very indistinctly and un- certainly written that the author has been obliged to spend many hours with magnifying glass in hand trying to de- cipher the uncertain inscription, it being so very distress- ing that the very thing you most want is the very thing that is so obscure, while what concerns you little is so very plain. Faithful these dear old scribes were, however, and hon- est as the day was long. Though English and German and Latin be mixed, and family names sometimes spelled with a small letter instead of a capital, yet every essential of a good, clear and reliable record is here. Variations there are in the spelling of family names, indeed, the same pen often failing to write the same name twice consec- utively in the same way — yet this is always likely to hap- pen. Whether, for example, it be Ehrig, Ertg, Ehrich^ Erich^ or some other form, will probably not prevent the family of the Ihrics from recognizing their ancestors and ancestresses. But it is to be feared that if this work should ever fall into the hands of a family by the active name of Jjimfer, the members thereof will hardl}- know their Colonial ancestor under the very odd way in which his name is spelled in this book — Tschumpe?-. But alas ! the scribe sometimes spelled a name phonetically, and wrote it down in the book just as it sounded to the ear, leaving matters to a more critical period for disentangle- ment ; and the letter ] being always a difficult task for the German tongue, nothing better could be done for it than honor it with the combined sound of t, s, c and h. The most remarkable case of this kind gave the trans- lator a world of trouble. Here was a family name, plainly written Mokelerei. It was indeed a strange name. One 1 6 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. hesitated to put it down, lest nobody want it, or even own it. But there was no getting around it ; there it was, and so down it went as it was written — Jfokelcrci. And what fine family, think you, hides behind that odd-looking name? After much study and careful consideration of the matter, the translator ventures the opinion that Mc Chary is the family name intended. These old German scribes do not appear to have been familiar with the method and manner of writing Scotch names, the Mc's and Mac's be- ing quite beyond them, as is shown in this record by the name " Mecdantel.'' When therefore a man by the name of McCleary presented himself for marriage or the bap- tism of his child, the good German pastor could do nothing better than simply write the name in the book as it sounded to his ear, and there it stands to this day — ^^ Mokelerei.'^ From the fact that at a very early day there were Eng- lish and Scotch people here at the settlement of " The Forks of the Delaware," it has been argued that there must have been an English Church established here at an early period. It is ver}'^ doubtful. No trace of any Eng- lish Church in Easton, in any regular way, can be found prior to the year 1800, the records of the Presbyterian Church beginning 181 1. That an English Church could have once existed here and become entirely extinct, leaving no trace of itself, is hardly possible. Where the English portion of the community attended services we know not, but that many of them brought their children to the Ger- mans for baptism, and that not a few of them were married by the German pastors, these following records abundantly show. Prior to 1813 one notices the following names, taken at random from these pages : White Junkin Todden Ward Burnsides Howell The Old Church Record-Books. 17 Berry McClurey Muhallon Fitz-Randolph Davis Ralston Falkinson Winter Jackson Searles Schooly Green Moore Osburn Townsend Carey Hillyard Force Ross Ayer Clemens Seagreaves Clifton Saylor Gaston Burke Philips Gray Potter McDaniel Barnes Hayden Lumerson Marks Depu Sitgreaves Patterson Longerson Reeder Palmer Magrann Taylor, etc. One notices here the inscription of certain names famous in the history of Pennsylvania, or of the country at large. Here is the name of George Taylor, one of the signers of the Declaration; the name of Robert Traill, very promi- nent in the early days of the settlement; the name of George Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania ; the name of Andrew Horatio Reeder, the first Governor of Kansas. Sometimes these honorable and distinguished men were present at the communion ; sometimes they figured either as principals or subjects at a baptism ; but it is to their everlasting honor that they despised not the Church of Jesus Christ, even though its services were conducted in an unknown tongue. One cannot help the reflection, indeed, as he turns over the pages of these old church books, that one of the in- cidental blessings of membership in the Christian Church is the preservation of the name and the memory of its members. Here are the names of many thousands of people, long since dead and gone, and the best and most certain trace that can, in most instances, be found of them 1 8 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. one must look for in the church books. Connection with the Church of Jesus Christ immortalizes. " The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot." It has been the aim of the translator to preserve, as far as possible, especially in the earlier years, the old time phraseology of the record and the German method of spell- ing the Christian or baptismal names. There seems in this period to have been a painful paucity of first names, the majority of the children receiving but one name apiece, usually Johannes if it were a boy, and Anfia Jlfaria, Catharina^ or Elisabetha if a girl ; and often, the longer the child's name the shorter his life. Boys and girls ap- pear for baptism with remarkable regard for the parity of the sexes, and most of them are baptized on Sunday, and very soon after they are born, thus showing the high re- gard in which the sacrament of baptism was held. The attention of the reader is called to these records as showing the lamentable death rate prevailing amongst chil- dren a hundred years ago. The writer casts his eye over two pages of his manuscript, taken at random and counts on the one page twelve deaths of children out of a total of twenty-six ; and on another page, eighteen out of thirty — that is to say, out of thirty deaths eighteen were children. This rate is kept up regularly for many years, and con- trasts most painfully with the record of deaths made by the pastor of the church at the present time. Few children die now — many children died then. The present pastor attends the funerals of two or three children in a year to those of fifteen or twenty adults — a hundred years ago the chances were that at least one half the deaths were those of children. This fact speaks loudly in praise of modern methods of sanitation, acquaintance with the laws of The Old Chttrch Record-Books. 19 hygiene, and the increased number and efficiency of the men of the medical profession. In those early days physi- cians were few and far between ; people knew very little about the laws of health ; warm clothing in the severe winter was scarce and dear, and well-warmed houses un- known. Verily, it was a struggle for existence, and the weakest went to the wall ; the hard conditions of pioneer life caused this " Slaughter of the Innocents," and many a Rachael " wept for her children and would not be com- forted because they were not." THE INDIAN TREATY IN THE CHURCH, JAN- UARY 30, 1777. AS has been said in a former chapter, *• The Forks of the Delaware " was a famous place for hold- ing treaties with the Indians. Not only during the Revolution but long before, in the old Colo- nial times, when Pennsylvania was yet a British posses- sion and governed by the proprietaries of the English Crown, the Indians manifested a steady preference for this romantic spot as a most agreeable place in which to " liffht the council fire." Hither on numerous occasions the red-men came from great distances to meet the pale- faces, their conferences lasting sometimes for several weeks. The Indians seem to have been fond of these meetings, and to have multiplied reasons for holding them as frequently as possible, urging the necessity of such con- ferences when the Council or Congress could scarcely see the need for them. And no w^onder. The red-man knew that these treaties furnished him an excellent opportunit}'- of testing the liberality of his white brothers who had many strange things to give which the Indian dearly loved, and which he could obtain nowhere else — glass beads, silver jewelry and ornaments, guns and powder and lead, axes, blanket and kettles, and other things too numerous to mention, to say nothing of the rum which, alas ! the In- dian fondly expected at all these meetings. Prior to the building of the Reformed Church, during a period of not less than forty years, numerous treaties were here made, the meetings being always held at "Vernon's Tavern" at "The Point." At such times 20 The Indian Treaty in the Church. 21 Easton was full of Indians, not less than five hundred be- ing present on one occasion, representing nineteen distinct and separate tribes. But after the erection of the church in 1776 it was thought well to hold the treaty within the walls of that building, because it was the largest and most commodious edifice in the town. The writer has been at some pains to gather all the information possible concern- ing this treaty of 1777, having carefully examined the early "Journals of Congress," and the " Minutes of the Council of Safety," as given in " The Colonial Records," and believes that for the first time there is here published a connected record of all the documents pertaining to that important event in our local history. Thus we read in the "Journals of Congress," Vol. III., page 36 : "Whereas Congress ai-e informed that certain tribes of Indians living in the back parts of the country, near the waters of the Susquehanna who are within the Confederacy and under the pro- tection of The Six Nations, the friends and allies of the United States, are, upon motives friendly and peaceable, now on their way to Easton in the State of Pennsylvania, and whereas such may be the poor and necessitous circumstances of these Indians as to demand the attention of Congress — " Resolved^ That the Committee of Congress at Philadelphia deliver to George Walton and George Taylor, Esquires, or either of them, looo dollars : who are directed therewith to purchase such presents as may be suitable for the said Indians : and that one or both of them repair forthwith to Easton, and in the name of this Congress inform the said Indians that, although in the opinion of Congress, it is altogether improper for them to kindle a Council Fire at that place, as they have already done the same at Albany where, by their Commissioners, they hold their Coun- cils and communicate every matter of importance to their good friends. The Six Nations and their allies, of which these tribes are a part ; yet, in regard to the good and peaceable conduct of 2 2 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. these nations, and in consideration of their wants, which this Congress are much inclined to relieve, and also in token of their friendship for them, as well as for all other Indians who are at peace with these United States, they, the said George Walton and George Taylor, Esquires, are directed to deliver these presents to them, and that they are to signify at the same time to the said Indians that this Congress have an entire confidence that the same peaceable and friendly conduct will be observed by them which they have hitherto regarded. " Ordered^ That the said Messieurs Walton and Taylor be furnished a copy of the foregoing resolution for their direction." Next in order we read in " The Colonial Records," Vol. XI., page 96, in the " Minutes of the Council of Safety" as follows : "January 20, 1777. Resolved^ That Col. Dean and Col. Bull be appointed to attend the Treaty to be held with the Indians at Easton, Monday next, on behalf of this Council : when they are to advise and concur with the Committee of Assembly and Con- gress in all such measures as they shall think proper, to preserve peace and harmony with the Indian nations." From the same Minutes under date of the day following we learn that the following additional action was taken : "January 21, 1777. Resolved that Mr Thomas Payne be ap- pointed Secretary to the Commissioners for the Indian Treaty to be held at Easton on Monday next." That the five commissioners so far named might not ap- pear at the treaty empty-handed, and well knowing the great expectations of the Indians, the Committee of Public Safety gave specific directions as to the kind and number of presents to be provided for the occasion. For, on page 108, Vol. XL, Colonial Records, it is stated that "An order was sent to Hayman (Ilaman ?) Levy to make up an assortment of articles fit for a Treaty with 70 Indians The Indian Treaty in the Church. 23 (exclusive of women and children). He accordingly pack'd up the following Goods, for which a receipt was given by the Secretary. 9,600 White Wampum. 20,500 Black Wampum. 30 Moons. 30 Hair Pipes of Conk Shell. 6 Pair Arm bands. 12 Gordiots. 100 Broaches. 37 Pair Ear-Bobs. All of silver, which with 15 Camp Kettles were this day for- warded to Cols. Bull and Deane, Commissioners on the part of this Council at Easton." The wampum probably consisted of beads of glass, white or black, the white being the wampum proper, the Indians making them of the interior parts of shells strung on threads. " Wampum was highly esteemed amongst the American aborigines, being used as currency amongst them, and worn also in necklaces, bracelets, belts, scabbards, etc. Three of the dark, or six of the white passed for one Eng- lish penny. Wampum was woven into belts of various pat- terns, into which dates, treaties and national events were 'talked.'" The white and black beads w^ere used for the purpose of making treaty belts. These were often made on the spot by the Indian women who were present, being prob- ably brought along for this purpose. Thus, at the treaty held at Easton in 1756, in the month of July, at which coun- cil Teedyuscung, the King of the Delawares, was present, we read that Conrad Weiser, the Indian Interpreter, said that "The French gave great quantities of wampum to their Indians, and on matters of consequence these belts 24 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. were several fathoms long, and very wide. The secretary was ordered to bring all the wampum he had into the Council, viz., fifteen strings and seven belts; a parcel of new black wampum, amounting to seven thousand ; and having no new white wampum, nor any proper belt to give in return for Teedyuscung's peace belts, a messenger was sent to Bethlehem and he returned with five thousand ; upon which the Indian women were employed to make a belt a fathom long (6 feet) and sixteen beads wide, in the center of which was to be the figure of a man, meaning the Governor of Pennsylvania, and on each side five other figures, meaning the Ten Nations mentioned by Teed3^us- cung. . . . The new belt not being finished during the sessions of the Council, the Governor explained the pro- posed figure to the chiefs, and desired the women might finish it on rainy days, or resting on their journey, which was promised." What the *' Moons" were, and the ** Hair Pipes of Conk Shell," and the " Gordiots," the reader can ascertain by guessing, or by further inquiry, as the mood may chance to hold him. These gaudy baubles no doubt caught the eye and held the admiration of the poor Indians to a de- gree unimaginable by us, and contributed largelv to the importance of the treat}'. In what way "Messieurs" Walton and Taylor and Payne reached the scene of the Council we know not, but evidently Colonel John Bull, true to his English name and moved by his American instincts, lost no time in setting forth from Philadelphia for Easton, a journey on horse- back of some eighty miles in extent, as we learn by con- sulting the " Penna. Archives," 1776-7, page 201, from a letter written by this gentleman to the Council from Norri- ton in Montgomery County. The Indian Treaty in the Church. 25 Col. John Bull to the Council, 1777. Sir: VVe have left the Council without any instructions and Whether we are to have any, or who shall give them, Congress, Council of Safety or Assembly, I will not undertake to say, but when I waited upon ISIr Robert Morris, he informed me that they had wrote to Congress, and that if any answer arrived In time it aught to be sent forward to Eastown. I take the liberty of Com- municating a few hints which I think aught to be attended to unless we are instructed to the Contrary. If we find them well disposed, we shall try to cultivate a good understanding with them, and Likewise Lay the Ground-work of a Great Treaty next Summer, at such time and Place as may Suit them best, but I think under our Circumstances Something Bestowed in that way to Continue the friendship of the Indians may be of infinite advantage, under our present struggle, and at the same time it will be Necessary to assure them of our own Sufficiency and Strength in Carrying on this war against our Enemies, how farr it will be Prudent or Practicable to Explain the Cause thereof I have not yet fully Deliberated upon. I am. Sir, with Due Respect, Your Verry Hu'ble Serv't John Bull. NoRRiTON Jan. 26 1777, 8 oclock A. M Directed to the Hon! Thomas Wharton Esq. Pres. Coic7tcil Safety. Two days later he reached Easton after a long and tire- some two days' journey on horseback, having Col. Dean for his traveling companion in all probability, although that fact is not mentioned. At once upon his arrival he writes the following letter, to keep the Council well informed as to the progress of the treaty : Sir — We are just arrived at Eastown, where we found about the same number of Indians we expected and Tolerably well Disposed, though much in want of Every Necessary, one article 26 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. in Particular, Vist : about fifteen Camp Kettles not of the largest size. The Bearer of this comes Express with two horses on purpose to bring them up. Please to let Mr Howel Dispatch him immediately, as it will be absolutely Necessary they should be here before we make a Distribution of the goods. We this morning heard by a Gent" from head-quarters which he left two days ago that Forts Independence and Washington are realy taken. If you have anything New pray send it. I am, Sir, with Due Respect Your Hub' Servt John Bull Eastown Jan. 38th 1777 9 oclock A. M. N. B. Please to send the Medals which Mr Syng promised to send to the Council, if they are come to hand — if not, send the Messenger without them as they are not of so much conse- quence. Directed to Hon. Thos. Wharton Esqr. Pres. of Te Council of Safety. The worthy Colonel, despite his British cognomen, is evidently a thorough American patriot, and believes in early rising and in losing no time in pressing matters to an issue. He is evidently a good Commissioner, and keeps an eye on the chief and salient features of the occasion, being more concerned for the camp-kettles for the Indians than for the medals for himself and his fellow Commissioners. Or, were those medals intended for the Indians? Who knows? But no matter. Let them go, if need be, but send on by all means the fifteen camp-kettles, a very necessary and highly valuable present to the poor Indian who, alas ! has not the knowledge how to make them. He can bring down the deer with his rifle, or the wild turkey with his bow and arrow, but how to make a camp-kettle is quite beyond him. For that he is dependent on the white man ; he will give a The Indian Treaty in the Church. 27 hundred acres, or a thousand if hard pressed, for one camp- kettle, poor son of Nature ! Though apparently quite eager for the conference to open, the Colonel is perforce compelled to await, as patiently as he can, the arrival of the Congressional representatives on the Commission, " Messieurs " Taylor and Walton, who did not reach Easton until the day following the date of the above letter. Whether Payne had accompanied Dean and Bull, or traveled in company with Taylor and Walton, we have no means of knowing. The following letter gives us some information concerning the opening of the Treaty — and much we wish it gave us more. Easton, Jan. 31 1777 Sir — The delegates from Congress, Colls. Taylor and Walton arrived on Wednesday, ye 29*'', and yesterday, ye 30^'', we opened the Treaty. When the Indians Delivered Two Strings, Three Belts, and about half their Talk, they having Three belts more to deliver this day, the Indians seem to be inclined to act the Wise Part with Respect to the present Dispute, if they are to be relied on they mean to be Neuter. We have already Learnt their good Intentions and Great Expectations in receiving Presents. However I think we have full as much with us as will satisfy them, we have not a word of news here, more Soldiers Return- ing from than are going to the Camp, I hope that is not the case in Philadelphia. I am. Sir, With Comp' to my Brethren, Your Hub' Servt, John Bull. Directed to Hon. Thos. Wharton Esqr. Pres. Council of Safety. From " The History of Northampton County," by I. D. Rupp (1845), we learn that Colonels Lawry and Cunning- ham were also present at this Treaty, having been duly appointed by the Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania. 28 The First Reformed Church of £aston, Pa. From the same source we also learn that the following Indian chiefs were present. Let their names be pre- served ! Kayicgas — Taasquah, or King Charles. Scnecas — Taw'anah, or The Big Tree. Munsics — Mytakawha, or Walking on Foot; Kaknah, or Standing by a Tree. JVatitikokes — Amatincka, or Raising Anything Up. Kanois — Wilaknko, or King Last Night. Interpreter^ Thomas Green, a Mohawk. The journals of Congress show that on June 13, 1777, the Auditor General reported due Abraham Berlin, chair- man of the Committee of Northampton County, "for the amount of his account of sundries supplied the Indians by order of the Commissioners at the Conference held at Easton, $1,410.48." The " State Archives" contain the following account of "The Expence of the Ingens." To I Gall, of spiritts £z 4 o To I Bottel o I o To 2 wine Decanters o 12 6 To iS Gall, of Sider 2-8 2 8 o To II Gall. Sider J. C, S-o 4 8 o To 7 Boies Tody i i o To 4 Dobel Boles Do 140 To 15 Nithes and Days hay for one horse 250 To 1 1 Do I 13 o 8 Do I 4 o 7 Do I I o £18 I 6 2 Nithes hay 040 £18 5 6 Received Fb'y i8th, 1777, of Jas. Dean, the within acc't in full, for Isaac Sidman. HENRY FULLERT. The Indian T?'eaty in the Church. 29 No one can possibly more regret than the writer the unfortunate lack of any more specific information concern- ing this treaty. A careful search of all the published rec- ords fails to yield anything further. A respectful request to the Librarian of Congress at Washington elicits only the information that "we have not been able to find any record of the proceedings of the conference with the Indians at Easton, Penna., in 1777." Conway, in his life of Thomas Paine, says that Paine was appointed by the Council of Safety in Philadelphia Secretary to the Com- mission sent by Congress to treat with the Indians at Easton. The Commissioners, with a thousand dollars' worth of presents, met the Indian chiefs in the German Reformed Church (built 1776) and, as they reported to Congress, ' after shaking hands, drinking rum, while the organ played, we proceeded to business.' The report was no doubt written by Paine, who for his services was paid 300 pounds by the Pennsylvania Assembly. ... I have written to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking if the records are to be found in the Archives of that Depart- ment. When he replies I will transmit the information to you." All of which is properly signed by the Chief Bibliog- rapher of the Congressional Library — but the Commis- sioner of I-ndian Affairs has not yet been heard from, and quite likely will not be. The Commission must evidently have made a report to Congress, and that report must be somewhere — but where? The report in question must evidently be the authority for the statement so frequently made, in " Conway's Life of Thomas Paine," in the '* History of the Lehigh Valley," and in the following sketch of the Reformed Church of Easton written by Dr. John Beck, that " the Commissioners met the Indians in the German Reformed Church of Easton, and after shak- 30 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. ing hands and drinking rum together, during which time the organ was played, they proceeded to business." In the absence of any further information one is left to imagine the scene — the high commissioners of Congress in their best new Continental uniforms taking their places in front of the pulpit (which was then on the east side of the church), and the seventy Indians arrayed in their feathers and war-paint slowly filing in and bestowing themselves in the aisles or pews, or where best they might. The solemn tones of the organ are heard, the handshak- ing begins, the rum is passed round, and the treaty duly opened. Through an interpreter sworn to interpret truly, the Commissioners make an address, conveying the good will of Congress as expressed in the generous donation of gifts adroitly displayed on the chancel floor, demanding in return the support of the Indian tribes, or at least their neutrality, in the struggle in which they, the said Congress and people of the United States, are engaged with their enemies. The speaker reminds the Indians in the usual manner : *' Brothers — You have been faithful in your leagues with us: your hearts have been clean, and you have preserved our Great Chain of Friendship and Brotherhood from spots or rust, or if there were any, you have been careful to wipe them away. Your leagues with our fathers are in writing on record, that our Children and our Children's Children may have them in everlast- ing remembrance. And we know that you preserve the mem- ory of these things amongst you by telling them to your Children and they again to the next generation, so that they remain stamped on your minds never to be forgot, while the creeks ai\d rivers run, and while the Sun, Moon and Stars endure. " Brothers — You know well how our enemies, once our friends and brothers, but now our friends and brothers no more, The Indian Treaty in the C/uL?'ch. 31 for their friendship was in the mouth and not in the heart, have tried to take away our lands from us which our fathers purchased of your fathers many moons ago, and have sent armies across the Great Waters to make us their slaves. With our brave soldiers we will fight them, and be free, doing as you do when your enemies come upon you to take away your lands and drive you from your homes. They shall be beaten off, and driven out of our Country, and there shall be here but one great, strong and powerful Nation of white men, from the rising to the setting Sun, the friends and protectors of our brothers, the Indians. We wish you to speak with your people at home to make a new League and Chain of Brotherhood with our people, and that every Link in the Chain be kept bright and clean : and that if you wish not to fight for us against our enemies, you remain at home and sit still and look on, for why should your blood be shed in this quarrel, and be in peace on your own lands, until we have driven our enemies away, as we will surely do, and when we have finished this friendly Treaty with you, we have a present for you, from the Congress and people of The United States, which you shall carry with you home, and show to your friends, as a pledge of our good-will and brotherhood, and in token of the enduring Chain of Friendship between us and you." Saying which the speaker sat down, and the Indians made a peculiar sound of approval beyond our power here to reproduce ; after which Taasquah, or King Charles, one of the great chiefs of the Kayugas, arose, and, with the assistance of other Indians of lesser note, laid down three bundles of dressed deer skins, and presented two strings of wampum and three belts, saying : "That their friends and brothers, coming from the great Council with kind hearts and good words, had spoken well : that they were highly pleased that they had been so kindly re- ceived, and that they were ver}' willing and desirous that there may be more frequent opportunities of conferring and discussing 32 The Fijst Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. with their brethren, so that the Chain may be kept bright and without rust or spot, and that only good may be in the heart. Also, that they well understood that the Great King beyond the water had not treated his cliildrcn in this land well, and that this is the reason for the present war, in which they will not engage one way or the other, until they have taken counsel of their brethren at Albany, when the great Council-Fire is again lighted, which will be soon, and that meanwhile they will be at peace with the Congress and people of the United States: in token and pledge of which peaceful sentiments they present these strings and belts of wampum." Whereupon the Indians all gave their peculiar and inde- scribable sound of assent and ratification which nothing short of a phonograph could ever hope to reproduce. The translation and interpretation of these addresses into the language of the different tribes represented occupied so much time that the better part of the day was consumed in the process, and in the accompan34ng ceremonies ; so that the Council adjourned to meet the next day ; when the treaty was concluded, much after the same fashion, the conclusion thereof being accompanied by the distri- bution of the gifts provided, and above enumerated, to the great delight of the Indians, in whose eyes ornaments of silver had an especial value. Warm clothing should have been more acceptable to them at that bitter season of the year, and in view of the long journey of more than three hundred miles before them on their way home to the lakes of western New York, for the snow was deep on the ground and the cold intense, even in Easton, and much more so amongst the Pocono mountains beyond the Blue Ridge which they must cross. One can only wonder how or where they were lodged during their stay in the town. In all probability they erected their wigwams at the foot of The Indian Treaty in the Church. 33 Mount Jefferson, or under the lee of some of the other mighty hills of the " Forks of the Delaware " which would shield them against the cold blasts of the north wind, and the abundant forests on the sides of these hills furnished ample fuel for the great fires of their camp. The people of the town, numbering at that time about four or five hundred souls, breathed more easily after the excitement of this great gathering, when they saw the camp break up, and the Indians, single file and in long line, taking their way over the Bushkill and up Chestnut Hill, making for the Wind Gap in the Blue Mountains and the far-away settle- ments on the Susquehanna, or in the Genesee country, whence they had come. No doubt the poor squaws carried the camp-kettles, so precious in the eyes of these poor children of nature, and no doubt each camp-kettle was well loaded before it was strapped on the back ; but happy indeed was each dark-skinned daughter of the forest if the cruel burden on the back was counter-balanced by the shining presence of a silver band about the arm or a pair of glittering " ear-bobs" in the ears — the marvellous gift of the pale-faced friend and brother. The chief object of this treaty, viz., To detach the powerful confederacy of the Six Nations from the British, or at least to secure their neutrality, does not seem to have been secured; for in the following year, on Julv 3, 1778, the great and awful massacre at Wyoming occurred. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGREGA- TION, AND THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH. SN the effort to account for the origin of the Re- , formed Church in Easton, the writer cannot do W^ the subject greater justice than by here inserting the following '•'■ Histoi'ical sketch of the origin and grozvth of the Tliird Street Reformed Congregation^ and of the founding of its Church buildings prepared and read at its Centennial Celebration in the Church, July ^, i8y6. — This admirable sketch was prepared by the late Rev. Dr. John Beck, at that time the pastor of the congre- gation, and is remarkable alike for simplicity of style and lucid statement of facts. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE THIRD STREET REFORMED CONGREGATION, AND OF THE FOUNDING OF ITS CHURCH BUILDING, PREPARED AND READ AT ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, IN THE CHURCH, JULY 4TH, 1876. BY REV. JOHN BECK, D.D., PASTOR. The ancient Jews were required by divine command to celebrate a year of jubilee, at the expiration of every fifty years of their history. God designed thereby to impress upon their minds the great truth that their existence as a nation, their time, their property, and all the blessings and events of providence, were from His hand and under His 34 INTERIOR OF THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH AT THE CENTENNIAL, 1876. The Organization of the Congregation. 35 omnipotent control. This divine command appointing this great festival seems to have fully harmonized with a senti- ment which existed in the hearts of the people, and no one of the many festivals observed by the Jews was cele- brated with more spirit and display than characterized the observance of the year of jubilee. The return of the year was not only hailed throughout the land with the sound of trumpets, which echoed and reechoed from every hill and valley, throughout the whole year, but great gladness of heart and general manifestation of joy and rejoicing marked the conduct of the people. Twice the period of time embraced in a Jewish jubilee anniversary festival has passed in our national history. One hundred years ago to-day the foundations of our ex- istence as a nation were laid broad and deep in the prin- ciples of liberty, justice and equality, by the Declaration of Independence ; and we, as a nation, are this year cele- brating our centennial anniversary — our centennial jubilee. By a happy coincidence, this year is also the centennial year of the founding of this church building in which we are now assembled. In view of this fact, and for other reasons, it was thought meet and right, by the consistory of this congregation, to anticipate by several months the real date of the founding of this church, and to combine the centennial celebration both of the founding of this church and the founding of our national government on this day, and to make the services both religious and patri- otic in their character. The patriotic part of the services has been committed to hands fully competent to perform it in a manner worthy of the day and of the occasion. The especial duty assigned to me is to present an historical sketch of the origin and growth of this congregation and of the founding of this 36 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. church, which I now, without further preface, proceed to discharge. Historians tell us that the beginnings of the history of all tribes and nations is enshrouded in more or less mist and obscurity. Whether this is true, as a general fact, I am not competent to affirm, but I can testify, after much labor and research, that the beginning of the history of this Reformed tribe of Israel in Easton is enveloped in mist and obscurity so dense that it is utterly impossible to discover it. It most certainh' had a beginning, or it would not now be existing ; but when and how this beginning took place no annals nor records tell, and we can only trace it faintly and approximately by inference and conjecture. Immigration from Germany, whence came originally by far the largest portion of the fathers and founders of the (German) Reformed Church in the United States, began to flow into the province of Pennsylvania as early as 1681. The main stream of this immigration, however, seems to have begun to flow about the year 1720, and was com- posed chiefly of families from the Palatinate, a beautiful and fertile country on the Rhine. These immigrants were chiefly fugitives from political tyranny and religious perse- cution in their native land, and came hither, not only to better their temporal condition, but mainly to find a home and a place — a sanctuary and a refuge — in this new country, where they might worship God according to the faith and customs of their fathers, without suffering perse- cution and martyrdom either from King or Pope. Many of these early German immigrants of the Reformed Church found a new home for themselves in what was Bucks County, and afterwards Northampton County, which at that time not only included what is now called Northampton County, but also what is now Lehigh, Car- The Organization of the Congregation. 37 bon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne, and Susquehanna, and parts of Wyoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Bradford and Colum- bia. From 1725 to 1740 there was another great influx of Germans of various religious opinions, more than 1,000 families of which settled in Northampton County. In 1752 the population of the county numbered between 5,000 and 6,000 persons, not including the Indians, who were nu- merous, and of these 5,000 or 6,000 inhabitants 800 are reported as inhabiting the "Forks of the Delaware," which included what is now Easton, and several of the surround- ing townships ; Easton proper containing at this time but eleven families — about 40 men, women and children. In 1763 it contained a population numbering about 250, the most of whom are reported to have been Germans, of the Reformed or Lutheran confessions. These Germans, we have said, were immigrants for conscience' sake. They fled from home and country for the sake of their religion. Many of them are said to have been *' truly pious, and though not able to bring their ministers, brought with them their catechisms, hymn-books, and other devotional books, and, in some cases, also pious school- masters." This being the religious character of these first German settlers of Easton, it is not surprising to find a movement inaugurated here so early as 1755 to raise money by subscription to erect a building to be used as a school- house, and also "to be used occasionally as a church for any Protestant minister." This movement was success- ful, and in 1755 a log building was erected on the north- east corner of what is now Church and Sitgreaves streets, as I have learned from reliable authority, and was used both for school and church purposes. Here we have, then, so far as I have been able to discover after much research. 410847 38 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. the first building erected in Easton for church uses ; and there is no doubt in my mind that in this log building, erected in 1755, our German Reformed forefathers first worshipped God after the faith and order of the (German) Reformed Church, and I have no more doubt that the worship was conducted, not by a minister, but either by some pious schoolmaster or other layman. In these early years ministers of any denomination were very few in number in the province of Pennsylvania. Consequently pious members of our church were compelled to depend upon themselves for religious edification, and rather than forego all religious services, they accepted these from the schoolmasters, who, by singing, reading, prayers and ser- mons, made up for the people as best they could the want of regular church ministrations. I make the statement that members of the German Reformed Church in Easton in these early days, between 1740 and 1760, had their religious and church wants provided for in this way ; first, because it is legitimate to infer from their religious char- acter and their religious training in the fatherland, and especially from the fact that most of them were exiles for conscience' sake, that they would make the best provision possible to supply their religious and church wants ; and secondly, as I have not been able to find, in all the records and histories which I have been able to consult, that a regular Reformed minister of the gospel was located in Easton before 1760, it is equally legitimate to infer that the worship of the congregation was conducted by some pious schoolmaster or other layman, especially as this was done at this early day at other places. Moreover, I think the records and circumstances will warrant us to speak of an organized congregation as existing between the years 1745 and 1750. There is no record anywhere of the place The Organization of the Congregation. 39 and date of the organization of a congregation ; but, never- theless, we have found several records, and a few well- authenticated facts, which point to this period as that during which the heretofore scattered members of the German Reformed Church of Easton and vicinity were organized into a church. 1. Rev. Michael Schlatter was sent by the Synod of Holland, in 1746, to this country for the purpose of visit- ing and gathering together the scattered members of our church, to organize congregations, and to be over them as a superintendent or bishop. He spent the years from 1747 to 1750 in serving the Race Street Reformed congregation, in Philadelphia, and in visiting the congregations in the interior of the State, and in Maryland and Virginia, to ac- quaint himself with their numbers and conditions, and to give them such services and aid as was in his power. In 1750 he was appointed by the Synod to visit Europe, espe- cially Holland, Switzerland and the Palatinate, for the purpose of presenting to the Reformed people of those countries the sad state of the religious destitution existing among their brethren in this country and to solicit aid in their behalf. Having arrived in Holland, he drew up and published an appeal, in which, among other things, he mentions the congregations in Pennsylvania which he had visited during the years 1747 and 1750. Among these is mentioned the congregation at the Forks of the Delaware, by which name Easton was known at that time. Now, if Schlatter visited Easton some time between 1747 and 1750, he either found a congregation already organized, or if not, he very probably organized one then, for to do such work was one of the objects held in view by him in all his missionary journeys. 2. Another proof that this congregation was organized 40 The First Reformed Church of Fast on, Pa. at some time between 1745 and 1750 is furnished by this old German bible here lying before us. On the fly leaf of this venerable book is inscribed this record in German and Latin, which we translate into English as follows : *' Biblia Sacra, or the Holy Bible, presented by Mr. ISIichael Schlatter, V. D. M. [Minister of the Word of God], and Inspector of the Liberties at Philadelphia, to Reformed Church and Congregation at I[E]aston, with the earnest request that the Elders and Deacons, and their successors, be properly concerned, that this Bible continue to be used bj'- the Church at its public divine worship. Glory to God alone in the Highest. Glory alone to God." From this inscription it appears, first, that Rev. Michael Schlatter presented this Bible to this congregation when he was pastor of the church in Philadelphia ; secondly, that when he presented it there was existing a congrega- tion with elders and deacons. Now it is known, from the life of Schlatter, that he ceased to be pastor of the congregation in Philadelphia in 1755, consequently he must have presented this bible in that year or at an earlier date, probably not long after his return from Europe, which occurred in 1752. These facts prove, we think, that this congregation was organized at some date between 1745 and 1750, and it is probable that its or- ganization was effected by Schlatter himself — this bible being a gift in remembrance of that fact. To pass now to the examination of what may be con- sidered more certain data and facts of history as these are presented in the preserved records of the congregation, we would remark that the earliest of these records are not only without any proper authentication, but are very incomplete and disconnected. The record bearing the oldest date is that of a baptism. 'f1)ae-^m)ftitai Misl^giaM i w an or)l.i:foTm!m' INSCRIPTION IN THE OLD SCHLATTER BIBLE. The Organization of the Congregation. 41 and is as follows : " Anno 1760, September 28th, was born a son, and was baptised November 5th. He received the name of Ludwig. His sponsors were Philip Gress and Anna Margaret, his wife. His parents were Ludwig Knauss and Elizabeth his wife." But it must be remarked in regard to this record, that it stands isolated and alone in the book, and that it is evidently in the handwriting of Rev. John William Ingold, who was not pastor of the congrega- tion until 1775. He may, perhaps, have learned of this baptism and recorded it some years after it took place. A similar isolated and detached record, or rather memoran- dum, is to the effect that the Coetus, or Synod, met in Easton in 1768. The imperfect character of these early records is evident also from this fact, that the name of the first regular pastor of the congregation is mentioned only incidentally in them, and that we must go to Dr. Harbaugh's *' Lives of the Fathers of the Reformed Church " to learn more about him and his connection with the concrregation. The first regular pastor was Rev. Dr. Casper Deitrich Weyberg, and who. Dr. Harbaugh says, took charge of the congregation at Easton in the early part of the year 1763. The church records make only incidental allusion to him in this way : There are nine baptisms recorded as having taken place in 1763. The person who makes this record — evidently not Dr. Weyberg himself, most prob- ably Rev. Frederick L. Henop, as the handwriting shows — says that these names were left behind by Dr. Weyberg on slips of paper ; but whether they are the names of the parents, the sponsors, or the children who were baptized, the writer was not able to tell. At this time, 1763, Easton, in connection with Green- wich, N. J., Dryland and Plainfield, constituted a pastoral 42 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa, charge. These congregations seem to have been served in an irregular way before this time by some self-ap- pointed preachers. But in 1763, as said, Rev. Dr. Wey- berg became the tirst regular pastor of the charge, with the approval of Synod. The congregation in Easton had at this time no place of worship. " For want of more suitable accommodations, it is said, he preached in the then newly erected court house, and in the country around, in barns, or wherever room could be found to shelter the assembly." He was, however, pastor of the congregation only for six months, when he was called to Philadelphia. After the departure of Dr. Weyberg there followed a vacancy, which continued until the beginning of 1766, when Rev. Frederick L. Henop became pastor of the congregation. We cannot pass Dr. Weyberg, though his ministrv in Easton was very brief, without mentioning an incident which occurred during his ministr}' in Philadel- phia, and which illustrates his character as a patriot as well as a minister of the Gospel: "He took a warm interest in the war of the Revolution. He had quite a fancy for mingling, in some way or other, in the warlike struggles of the times. He stood out prominently as a patriot, and is said to have acted for a time in the capacity of chaplain. At the time when the British held possession of Philadel- phia he preached to the Hessians, who thronged to hear him in great crowds. He boldly asserted the justice of the American cause, and bore down with such energy upon the wickedness of the oppressors that the British began to feel the effects of his fearless appeals in the daily desertions of their Hessian mercenaries. In order to put a stop to his preaching they threatened his life, and threw him into prison, from which, however, he was soon liberated. It is confidently affirmed that the Hessians would, in all The Organization of the Congregation. 43 probability, to a man have left the British service if the old father had not been silenced." He seems to have commenced the records of baptisms performed by him February 23, 1766, and continued it until October 8, 1769 — a period of about three years and eight months. Then he resigned and removed to Frederick, Maryland. The record of his baptisms is the only thing that remains to tell that he was pastor of the congregation, and we would not even be certain of that fact were it not for the very brief notice of him in Harbaugh's " Lives of the Fathers, etc." Rev. Henop was succeeded, in 1769, by Rev. Pithan, of whom it is said that he was conditionally received into Coetus, or Synod, and located on trial in Easton, Dryland, Plainfield and Greenwach. At the next meeting of the Synod, in 1770, complaints were made against him of drunkenness ; but on his confessing his faults and promising to do better, he was permitted to preach in his charge a while longer. He did not, how- ever, hold by his promise long, and in 1771 he, with some difficulty, was compelled to resign and remove. Thus again in 1771 the congregation became vacant and remained so until 1776. It was during this vacancy that the congregation, in union with St. John's Lutheran Congregation, began to take measures for the erection of a church. From Rev. Henop's hand we have the first record of the existence of a consistory and the names thereof. It bears the date of 1768, and states that the elders were Ludwig Knauss and Philip Odenwelder ; deacons, John Gettert and Henry Schneider. This consistory record is then in- terrupted and is not resumed until January 5, 1777, and is then continued annually until 1795, when a chasm occurs which extends to 1808. Among the names of members of 44 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. the consistory from 1777 to 1795 we find the following: Elders — Philip Achenbach, John Simon, John Deichman, George Ernst Becker, Jacob Shumaker, Michael Gress, John Nicholas Troxel, John Best, Peter Lattig, Jacob Scheib and Michael Odenwelder ; Deacons — Nicholas Kemmerer, Michael Fraes, John Young, Leonhard Walsch, Henry Hahn, Henry Winter, Christian Butz, Frederick Barthold, Christopher Meixel and Jacob Keller. As we have seen, the Reformed congregation began to worship in the then newly erected court house in 1763. We have not been able to learn from any records or history that it worshipped in any other place until this building was erected. St. John's Lutheran congregation had worshipped from 1763 in the second story of a stone build- ing on South Third street. But these congregations now felt the need of having a more permanent and suitable place of worship, and they joined together to secure this for themselves. Honorable John Penn, of Stoke Pogeis, in the County of Bucks, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and Honor- able Richard Penn, of Queen Ann Street West, in the Parish of St. Mary Le Bone, in the County of Middlesex, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, who were descendants and heirs of William Penn, and proprietaries of Pennsyl- vania, donated to the two congregations (for the nominal sum of ten dollars, lawful money of the United States), three parcels of ground, one of which was that on which this building now stands. This grant was confirmed and conveyed by deed November 27, 1800, to Peter Snyder, Nicholas Troxell and Nicholas Kern, Trustees for the German Reformed Congregation, and Jacob Weygand, WilHam Roup and Conrad Bittenbender, Trustees for German Lutheran Congregation, of Easton, for the nomi- The Organization of the Congregation. 45 nal sum of ten dollars, lawful money of the United States. The joint congregations having thus come into posses- sion of an eligible location, proceeded to build the church within the original walls of which w^e are now assembled. The cornerstone was laid June 8, 1775, and the church was consecrated to the service of the Triune God, Novem- ber 17, 1776. The internal arrangement and appearance was originally somewhat different from what they are at present. Of the church consecrated in 1776 only these four walls remain — the vestibule and steeple being addi- tions, which were made in 1832-3. The internal arrange- ment was somewhat as follows, as I have been able to gather it from persons still living who frequently w^or- shipped in it : The entrance to the church was by three doors, one of which was on Church street, behind the present pulpit, and the two others on Third street. The pews were arranged lengthwise on the Third street side, facing east ; on the north side facing south, and on the south side facing north, cut by aisles running north and south, east and west. The galleries ran along the north, south and west sides of the church, to which access was had by two stairways, the one ascending from the south- west corner and the other from the northwest corner of the building. The organ was on the west side gallery, and was built in 1775 by Dannaker. The pulpit was on the east side of the building, and was of the wine-glass or goblet style, having a large sounding board over it. Beneath the pulpit was an altar (the one before us here to-day), which was surrounded by a railing. The ceiling was dome shape in form, was ornamented with figures in oil, and still exists above the present ceiling. The pews were of the high-backed, narrow-seated style, not made 46 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. either to lounge or sleep in, but to keep their occupants upright and awake as worshippers always ought to be. Let us try to picture to ourselves a service held in those early days. We will suppose the congregation assembled. The first thing that strikes our view, as we look over it, is the fact that the sexes are separated from each other, the women occupying the pews on the main floor of the build- ing, surrounded on the north and south sides by a small fringe of men, for protection rather than ornament, per- haps. On each side of the pulpit was a long pew, running parallel with the wall, in one of which sat the venerable elders, and in the other the deacons of the congregation. Another thing that strikes our view, is the plain, the very plain and simple dress of the worshippers. We see no silks, and broadcloths, no gay ribbons or flowers, for those were the days of the Revolution and of continental money. Instead, the men for the most part are clad in plain home- spun and linsey wolsey, some even being in their shirt sleeves, if the weather is warm : the women clothed in large part with the same plain material — the workmanship of their own looms and hands — a few, it may be, in calico, or other equally inexpensive material. Their bonnets were made of black silk or gingham and pasteboard, and of a shape so as to cover the face, and so protect it not only from the hot sun and rude wind, but also from the ruder gaze of impertinent curiosity — a style of female headgear very unlike that prevalent at the present day, which seems to be made to adorn the back of the head and expose, not protect, the face or the modesty of the wearer. On the galleries are the young men and maidens, who are kept in becoming order by the vigilant sexton, who makes his presence as often felt and heard, by sharp raps, as seen, by the eye. The Organization of the Congregation. 47 While the organist is playing a solemn voluntary, the minister enters. He proceeds with slow step to the chancel, when, amid deep silence, he offers a silent prayer, which also every devout worshipper offers when they entered their pew. A solemn awe and reverence seems to pervade the whole audience, as if the divine presence was felt by all, as the minister gives out the first hymn, which, under the leadership of the organist and chorister, is sung, not by the choir, but by the whole congregation, who sing their psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs with spirit and with understanding. Then follows the reading of the Holy Scriptures, which is listened to as if it were, as it truly is, the Word of God, and when, at the close of this, the minister thanks God for his Holy Word, and says, " let us pray," the whole congregation rises, and, with folded hands and bowed heads, enters, as it were, with the minister, into the holy place where God hears and answers prayer. After prayer, another hymn is sung with equal spirit, during w^iich the minister leaves the altar and ascends the pulpit. When he rises to preach all eyes are fixed eagerly upon him, as upon one whom they regard as being more than an ordinary man, as being indeed an em- bassador of Christ and steward of the mystery, who in Christ's stead was beseeching them to become reconciled to God. After the sermon follows a short prayer, invok- ing the blessing of God upon His Word, another hymn, with doxology and benediction, then a few moments more of silent prayer, and while the organ sounds forth a volun- tary in full harmony with the preceding service, the con- gregation departs, carrying with it the solemn, strengthen- ing feeling that it has been in the house of God, at the gates of heaven. But to return to our history. Diligent research has 4S The First Rcforvied Church oj" Fusion, Pa. failed to give us the names of the architect of the building, the building committee of the Reformed Congregation, or the cost of the buildincj. From still livin"; witnesses we have learned that the mason work was done b}' Mr. Philip Meixell, grandfather of the late Charles Meixell, Esq. It is said that he received his pay for his work in conti- nental money, ^ which when he came to use it several years after, had depreciated so much in value that for the whole of it he was only able to buy a bag of wheat or ten bushels of potatoes. From the original size, materials and general internal arrangements and appointments of the building, we are war- ranted to infer that it must have cost what was then a large amount of money ; and when we consider the then social state of the community, the limited pecuniary means of the wealthiest, the uncertain political state of the country, the building was not only a worthy monument of the piety and liberality of the fathers who built it, but also a speak- ing witness of their courage and faith. ' " During the summer of 17S0 this wretched ' Continental ' currency fell into contempt. As Washington said — ' It took a wagon-load of money to buy a wagon-load of provisions.' At the end of the year 177S, the paper dollar was worth sixteen cents in the northern states, and twelve cents in the south. Early in 17S0 its value had fallen to two cents, and before the end of the year it took ten paper dollars to make a cent. In October Indian corn sold wholesale in Boston for $150 a bushel, butter was $12 a pound, tea $90, sugar $10, beef $S, coftee $12, and a barrel of flour cost $i,575- Samuel Adams paid $2,000 for a hat, and a suit of clothes. The money soon ceased to circulate, debts could not be collected and there was a general prostration of credit. To sa^' that a thing was ' not worth a Continental' became the strongest possible ex- pression of contempt.' We need not wonder that the good and worthy man, who laid the foundations of our chuch building, received only ten bushels of potatoes or wheat as others say, for his work. But we are sure that what he lacked in Continental money was somehow made up to him in a better currency'." < Q O 2 < m m z o z D The Organization of the Congregation, 49 The vacancy that occurred in the pastorate of the con- gregation by the removal of Rev. Pithan, in 1771, was not supplied until 1776. Some time during the first half of this year (probably June or July), Rev. William Ingold became pastor, and though the records are silent on the point, yet being pastor at the time, it is reasonable to conclude that he took part in the consecration of the church, November 17, 1776, in connection with Rev. Christian Striet, who was then pastor of St. John's Lutheran congregation. Rev. Schwarbach, of the Lutheran Church, also assisting. His first baptismal record bears the date of August 25, 1776, and he continues this record uninterruptedly and carefully to February 14, 1786. From these records of baptism it is reasonable to infer that he was pastor of the congre- gation for a continued period of about ten years. Dr. Harbaugh, however, in his " Lives of the Fathers of the Reformed Church," Vol. IL, p. 399, presents a somewhat different account of his connection with this congregation. He says that " Rev. Ingold came to Easton in 1776, but failing to give satisfaction and win the confidence of the congregation ; and, moreover, the congregation being small and notable to support him, he remained but a short time. Afterwards [he does not say how long afterwards] he returned to Easton, where he labored for nearly ten years (with poor success)." If this statement is correct (and there is the record of a baptism bearing the date of April 30, 1775, evidently in Ingold's handwriting), then he must^have been here the first time in 1775, but only for a short time, and afterwards returned in 1776 and remained here until 1786. He makes one record of special interest, which we here translate from the German, viz., "Easton, November 23, 1776, the following young persons were confirmed, in the presence of the congre- 4 5© The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. gation, on the Saturday after the Sunday on which the church was consecrated : Ludwig Knauss, aged 15 years ; Frederick Gebhart, 16 years; Peter Riebel, 14 years; Frederick Hess, 16 years ; John Jacob Everig, 16 years ; Frederick Lerch, of Saucon, 17 years; Jacob Oberle, of Saucon, 17 years ; Elizabeth Denier, 15 years ; Magdalene Beker, 16 years ; Susannah Kachline, 15 years ; Elizabeth Drumheller, 16 years; Christina Meixell, 17 years; Rosina Odenwelder, 15 years; Margaret Best, 16 j^ears; Christina Busch, 15 j'^ears ; Elizabeth Odenwelder, 13 years ; Elizabeth Hess (married), 18 years ; Anna Hess, 16 years; Elizabeth Ewing, 17 years; Susannah Laer, 17 Elizabeth Laer, 16 years ; Magdalene Meixel, 16 years ; Elizabeth Gress, 16 years ; Anna Margaret Ewing, 14 years ; Anna Maria Lerch, of Saucon, 15 years, and Susan Elizabeth Laubach, of Saucon, 16 years — alto- gether 26." Some of these names are still borne by pres- ent members of this congregation. The congregation was not permitted to worship contin- uously and uninterruptedly on alternate Sundays in this building after it was consecrated and during the pastorate of Rev. Ingold. On the 20th of January, 1777, Hons. George Taylor and George Walton, Commissioners ap- pointed by Congress to be present and preside at the In- dian treaty to be holden in Easton, met the Indians in this church, and, according to the report which they made to Congress, " after the shaking of hands and drinking of rum, during which time the organ was played, they pro- ceeded to business." Again, during the war of the Revolution, from 1776 to 1780, the church, which was then one of the two largest buildings in Easton — the court house being the other — was frequently used as a hospital and was often crowded The Organization of the Congregation. 51 with sick and wounded soldiers, during which time the congregation was compelled to worship elsewhere, if at all. The congregation in connection with St. John's Lutheran congregation, in these early days also labored under another oppressive burden in the shape of a church debt of four hundred pounds — an ecclesiastical evil which still afflicts churches. In 1794 the Trustees of the two congregations petitioned the Legislature to permit Mr. Hellick to collect the amount of the debt throughout the State by subscription, which was granted, and we hope he succeeded in soon collecting the money. Rev. Ingold was succeeded, after an interval of but a few months, by Rev. Lebrecht Frederick Hermann, D.D., who became pastor of the congregation, in connection with the congregations at Plainfield, Dryland and Greenwich, in the fall of 1786. Dr. Hermann was a man of ability and culture, having studied six years in the celebrated school connected with the Orphans' Home at Halle, in Ger- many, and then took a course of three years in theology in the university of that city. The labors of the charge were too severe for his strength, and, after serving the congregations only about four years, he resigned October, 1790, giving as a reason for doing so that he feared the consequences upon his health of the excessive labors which the charge devolved upon him. It was during the ministry of Dr. Hermann that the first recorded donation for charitable purposes was given to the congregation. It is thus recorded in the church book : " Anno, 1788, April 6th, Mrs. Catherine Opp, wife of Michael Opp, presented the Reformed Congregation with a gift of Five Pounds. This sum of Five Pounds shall be constantly invested, and the interest derived therefrom shall be used for the German education of a poor child of 52 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. the congregation." Thus earW was some regard had for the poor and destitute children (it may be orphans) of the congregation. The removal of Dr. Hermann, was followed again by a vacancy, which continued until August, 1793, when Rev. Dr. Christian Ludwig Becker, father of the Rev. Dr. Jacob Christian Becker, and grandfather of Mr. Thomas H. Becker, at present an elder of this congregation, be- came pastor. Dr. Becker was a man of more than ordi- nary ability and of thorough education, having spent, with great diligence and application, more than twenty years in college and university before he entered upon the duties of the ministry. Moreover, he was a man of extraordi- nary eloquence, " and in preaching was frequently caught up into a most overwhelming overflow of impassioned elo- quence and tender feeling. He would at times sway a congregation as a wind moves a forest of pines, so that the stoutest would bend to the power that breathed upon them." The congregation by whom he was much be- loved, was permitted to enjoy the ministry of this gifted, eloquent and pious father only for a short time. After he had preached here eighteen months, " he received a call from Lancaster, Pa., which, after much reflection and con- siderable reluctance, he at length accepted, and removed from Easton, March, 1795." Dr. Becker was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Pomp, the only son of Rev. Nicholas Pomp, who was one of the four missionaries sent to this country in 1760 by the Reformed Church of Holland. Father Pomp took charge of the congregation in July, 1796, and continued to be its pastor for more than half a century. As there are not a few members of the congregation still living who enjoyed the advantage of sitting under his ministry, I need only say The Organization of the Congregation. 53 that he labored with untiring zeal, universal acceptance, and great success in the congregation, and in the other three associated with it, being so devoted to his holy work that he only ceased from it when compelled to do so by the infirmities of old age. It was during the pastorate of Father Pomp that two great events occurred in the history of the congregation. The first was the remodeling and reconstruction of the church. Up to 1830 the church had been owned and oc- cupied jointly by the Reformed and St. John's Lutheran congregations. In 1831 the Lutheran congregation sep- arated from the Reformed, built a church for themselves and sold their interest in this church to this congregation for $1,600. As soon as the congregation came into sole possession of the church it began to move in the direction of its re- construction. At a meeting of the consistory, held May 23, 183 1, committees were appointed to collect money to purchase the Lutheran interest in the church and to recon- struct it. At a congregational meeting held January 2, 1832, Peter Shnyder, Philip Odenwelder and Daniel W. Butz were appointed a committee to whom was intrusted the whole matter of reconstructing the church, and at a meeting held on the 21st of the same month (January) it was resolved to build the steeple on the north side of the church, the whole building being rough-casted, and the building committee were instructed to proceed at once to make contracts for lumber, etc. The con- tract for the work was given to Mr. Clark Lowry, and the building was reconstructed into its present form and all ready except the steeple, for consecration in November, 1832. Accordingly, on Sunday, the 25th of November, 1832, it was reconsecrated with appropriate service. The 54 The First Reformed Church af Easton^ Pa. Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Hoffeditz preached the dedicatory sermon, in German, in the morning ; the Rev. Samuel Hess preached, in German, in the afternoon, and Rev. Dr. Bernhard C. Wolff, in English, in the evening. The services were continued during the following Monday, when Rev. Dr. Benjamin S. Schneck preached, in Ger- man, in the morning ; Rev. B. C. Wolff, in English again, in the afternoon, and Rev. Dr. John Gray, of Easton, also in English, in the evening. The steeple was not finished until 1833. The whole cost of the reconstruction was about $25,000. The other important event mentioned as having taken place during Father Pomp's ministry was the introduction of the English language into the services of the congrega- tion. The German was the language in which the wor- ship of the congregation was conducted from the begin- ning of its history, and continued to be so used until 183 1. Then there seems to have existed in the congregation a want and demand for some services in English, which Father Pomp and the consistory sought to provide for by the adoption of the following resolution: " Inasmuch as the English language is becoming more and more preva- lent in our country, so that it may be necessary to have English divine services, therefore, it is permitted to have English services on the alternate Sundays, or on the after- noon on which German services are held. Provided that, as the charter requires, the preacher who conducts in Eng- lish services be a member of a German Reformed Synod of the United States, or at least must have his call to this con- gregation confirmed by this Synod." This action, while it indicated progress, was, all things considered, nothing less than revolutionary in its character, and especially the fact that Father Pomp not only did not resist the intro- The Organization of the Congregation. 55 duction of English into the service of the congregation, as many other pastors then did and still do, but was actually the chairman of the committee which offered the resolution making the change and cordially approved of its adoption. This conduct on his part speaks volumes for the liberal and self-sacrificing spirit which so signally characterized his whole relation to the congregation from the beginning to the end. The way being thus opened for the introduction of Eng- lish services, the congregation proceeded to supply its want in this regard, but did not succeed in doing so un- til December 12, 1832, when Rev. Dr. Bernard C. Wolff was elected " as assistant minister, to preach in the Eng- lish language." The call, which in pursuance of this election was extended to Dr. Wolff, was accepted by him, and on Sunday, April 7, 1833, he preached his introduc- tory sermon. There never were, perhaps, two truer "yoke-fellows," as St. Paul phrases it, associated together in ministerial labor in the same congregation than Father Pomp and Dr. Wolff. Being in a large degree of similar disposition and temperament, amiable, kindly and easy to be entreated ; and being actuated by the same lofty spirit of devotion to their holy work and self-sacrifice in its prosecution, they labored together in peace and harmony, to the great satis- faction and prosperity of the congregation, for a period of about twelve years. In December, 1844, Dr. Wolff received a call from the Third Reformed Church in Baltimore, Md., which he felt constrained to accept. Accordingly he resigned his co- pastorate of this congregation and removed from it in February, 1845. The vacancy this made in the English co-pastorate (Father Pomp still continuing as senior Ger- 56 The First Reforjiicd Church of Easton^ Pa. man pastor) was supplied in April, 1845, by Rev. Dr. J. H. A. Bomberger accepting a call thereto. The work of building up the congregation in temporal and spiritual things continued to be carried forward with marked suc- cess by the two pastors now in charge. Being still of one heart, and one mind, and one purpose, they continued to cooperate, each in his sphere, not onl}^ without any fric- tion or embarrassment, but with the most amicable spirit and in complete harmony. It was about this time that one of the most pleasing episodes in Father Pomp's ministry in this congregation occurred. He now had been pastor of the congregation for fifty years. It was happily conceived that this fact was worthy of being commemorated in some special man- ner. The suggestion commended itself to the consistory, who, at a meeting held June 13, 1846, resolved that the semi-centennial anniversary of Father Pomp's pastorate be properly celebrated, and proceeded to make the necessary arrangements to do so. This celebration took place on Sunday, July 19, 1846, in this church, in the presence of a congregation which thronged the building. The ser- vices consisted of a brief statistical report of his labors for fifty years by Father Pomp, and a commemorative sermon by Rev. Henry Bibighaus, of Philadelphia, in German, in the morning ; in the afternoon Rev. Dr. T. L. Hoffeditz and Rev. Dr. J. C. Becker deliver addresses, also in Ger- man, the latter presenting, in the name of the congregation, a beautifully bound copy of the Bible to Father Pomp, who was so overcome by his feelings that he could only respond in the melting language of tears ; in the evening Rev. Dr. B. C. Wolff, former associate pastor, preached an appropriate sermon, of an historical character, in Eng- lish. The whole occasion was one which was as gratify- The Organization of the Congregation. 57 ing to him whom it was designed to honor as it was credit- able to the congregation. But now also shadows began to gather over the pathway of Father Pomp. Not only had old age, with its infirmi- ties, almost imperceptibly crept upon him, but his naturally strong constitution and robust health commenced to suffer from his onerous labors in this and the associated congre- gations of Dryland and Plainfield. He now stood in his place as a tried veteran, whose spirit was still strong and willing, but whose flesh was weak, and growing weaker; and being no longer able physically to discharge the duties of his holy office to his own satisfaction, he retired from active service April 19, 1850, still retaining, however, his official relation as pastor, with salary. Four years later, in the early morning of April 22, 1852, death gently re- leased him from all his earthly labors and trials, "in the eightieth year of his age, the sixtieth of his ministry, and the fifty-seventh of his pastorate in Easton." During the latter part of Father Pomp's ministry, in 1846, the congregation fell heir to a legacy of $1,000, which had been bequeathed to it by Jacob Arndt, Esq., in 1833 ; the legacy not being available until after the death of his wife and brother Abraham. When Father Pomp withdrew from active service a vacancy was made in the German pastorate. At the urgent request of the consistory, Dr. Bomberger, much against his will, consented to become a candidate therefor, and was unanimously elected. The services in the two languages were thus united in one person, and Dr. Bom- berger became the 'sole pastor of the congregation, and continued to be such, officiating in both German and Eng- lish languages, with great acceptance to the congregation and with encouraging success, until August, 1854, when. 58 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. having accepted a call to the First Reformed Church of Philadelphia, he resigned and removed to that city. A few facts which occurred during the time of Dr. Bomberger's pastorate are worthy of being noted here. In May, 1850, the congregation received a legacy of $500 from the estate of Mr. David Meixel, which was be- queathed by him on the condition that only the interest thereof be used " to repair and ornament the graveyard of the congregation." In July of the same year The Female Benevolent So- ciety of the congregation received a legacy of $5,000 from the estate of Peter Miller, Esq., the interest of which was to be used by them for the benefit of the poor of the con- gregation and of the Sunday-school. During the fall and winter of the same year the Session Room was built, and during the summer of 1852 the church was frescoed and gas was introduced into it. During the fall and winter of 1852-3 the present par- sonage was built, and thus a new home was provided for the pastors of the congregation, the old parsonage having been sold September 25, 1852. Dr. Bomberger was succeeded in the pastorate of the congregation in September, 1854, by him who is still pastor of it, and the historian of the present occasion (Rev. John Beck). Leaving the estimate of his character and official work to others we will simply mention a few mat- ters which have occurred within the time of his ministry, and which we deem deserving of record in this sketch. In the summer of 1865 the church was repainted, cal cimined and somewhat repaired, and put into the condition and order in which it still is. On July 19, 1869, the congregation received a legacy of ten shares of Phillipsburg Bank Stock from Anthony The Organization of the Congregation. 59 Loudenburg, of PhilHpsburg, N. J., to be used for the education of poor young men for the ministry of the Re- formed Church. By the death of the older members of the congregation, and by the prevalence of the English language in the community, the need for the use of the German in the public worship of the congregation grew less and less. At length, after much deliberation, many changes, and great tribulation, the German was entirely discontinued in the fall of 187 1, and since then the public services of wor- ship have been conducted exclusively in the English lan- guage. This one statement more needs to be made to complete this hasty sketch. This church and congregation stood alone in this town and vicinity in 1776. Now one hundred years after, in 1876, at least six additional flourishing con- gregations are existing on the same territory, and this congregation is the mother of them all. And now, as we bring this historical sketch to a close, many earnest thoughts and practical reflections press for utterance ; but we will refrain from giving them record or expression at this time and on this occasion ; neither would we tax yoiir patience any longer. We crave your atten- tion for but one thought more. These old walls, plain though they be, have been hallowed not only by special acts of consecration, but by the praise, and prayer, and worship of a century, and, to the eye of a reverent faith, are studded as thickly with the shining tokens and memo- rials of the divine presence and favor, vouchsafed to the fathers and children of more than three generations, as a dark night is studded with stars. How many faithful souls have been made meet within them by the word and the sacraments for an inheritance amongr the saints in 6o The First Reformed Church of Eastoiiy Pa. light, eternity alone will disclose, and it is inspiring to believe that they, as a cloud of witnesses, are looking down upon us from the heavenly world as we are to-day engaged in these memorial services. But it is not only these walls, with their hallowed associ- ations, that we have inherited from the fathers and founders of this church. They have also transmitted to us and our keeping the more precious legacy of their faith and order, for the maintenance and defence of which they deemed no sacrifice too costly. If on to-day, throughout this broad, fair land, the recital of the heroic deeds of the fathers and founders of our civil order, and of the num- berless temporal and political blessings bestowed upon us as a nation, will stir up in every patriotic heart feelings of profound gratitude, and kindle anew a flame of a holy devotion to the principles of liberty, justice and equality, then surely, inasmuch as spiritual blessings and privileges far transcend in value those which are temporal and civil, the recital thus imperfectly rendered of what the fathers and founders of this church and congregation did and suffered, the priceless spiritual blessings bestowed upon them and us, should not only awaken in our hearts feelings of gratitude to God, which should constrain us to call upon our souls and all the powers within us to praise and bless the Lord, but also impel us here to-day to register the old vow of a whole-soul devotion and love, with a new mean- ing : "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." RECENT HISTORY. * I ^ HE long pastorate of the Rev. Dr. John Beck, ^ , covering a period of more than a score ofjyears, ^^^ ended with his death, April 19, 1877. His death occurred suddenly, during the interval between his resignation as pastor and the date on which it was to take effect, and came as a shock to the congrega- tion and community. His ministry for so many years had been characterized by scholarly ability, a patient and effi- cient fidelity to the welfare of the congregation. Of his ability as a scholar and writer the foregoing most valuable historical sketch is evidence which will long remain, and for which the future will be grateful. Rev. Thomas C. Porter, D.D., was the next pastor, installed August 29, 1877. For a very considerable time he had held a prominent place in the Faculty of Lafayette College, and, though retaining his relations to the college, filled in a faithful, devoted manner a pastorate of seven years, during which time there were many accessions to the church, and an elegant organ, the largest in Easton, was purchased. In the early part of Dr. Porter's term the old volunteer choir was dispensed with and the modern innovation of salaried choristers introduced. Another feature was the inaugurating of early services at Christmas and Easter, which have constantly grown in favor, not only with the congregation, but the general public. An- other change was that the high pulpit, built in 1832, was lowered, after being in use half a century. In 1884, Dr. Porter finding that advancing years prevented the double duties he had been performing since his installa- 61 62 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. tion, tendered his resignation, which was accepted with considerable regret by the consistory and congregation. In his closing sermon, Dr. Porter, after referring to the ver}^ pleasant and cordial relations which had existed be- tween him and his flock, incidentally mentioned that it was twenty-three years previous that he first preached in the church. This was during the session of the Synod of the German Reformed Church, in 1861, when President Lincoln appointed September 26 as a day of fasting and prayer, and Dr. Porter was invited to preach the sermon before the Synod and the congregation. During the years 1867-69, when there were alternate services in German and English, Dr. Porter preached in English in the Ses- sion Room on those Sundays when Dr. Beck held services in German in the church proper. The pastorate of the church having become vacant by the resignation of Rev. Dr. Porter, the Rev. H. M. Kief- fer, pastor for eleven years of the church of the Ascen- sion, Norristown, Pa., was called at a meeting of the congregation held on the evening of August 11, 1884. The newly elected pastor was duly installed on Thursday evening, October 30th, by a committee of East Pennsyl- vania Classis appointed for the purpose, consisting of the Rev. Dr. T. C. Porter, Rev. T. O. Stem and Rev. Dr. D. Y. Heisler, the latter preaching the installation sermon. The new pastor preached his introductory sermon the fol- lowing Sunday morning, November 2, taking as his text, Philippians 1:2, " Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." In the early part of 1885, preparations were made for repairing the church building which had stood without any material change or improvement (with the exception of the lowering of the old pulpit and the purchase of a new pipe Recent History. 63 organ) since the year 1832. The old Third Street Church, so widely known in the community and through- out the Reformed denomination for its open-handed liber- ality, had generously assisted in the erection and improve- ment of many churches and in the relief and support of many poor and struggling congregations, meanwhile al- lowing its own house of worship to suffer from neglect and to present, with the passing years, a somewhat shabby appearance. Loth to affect any very material changes, least of all to alter the ancient and venerable appearance of the building, the congregation still felt that some steps must be taken toward repairing and improving the propert}^ Accordingly a committee was appointed by the consis- tory some time in March, 1885, composed of the following persons : Elders Jacob Rader, William Keller, Henry Young ; Messrs. William H. Thompson, Thomas Rinek, Horace S. Bachman (the name of the pastor, Rev. H. M. Kieffer, was subsequently added), to devise a plan of re- pairs and ways and means of securing the needed funds. This committee having secured the services of an architect, John M. Stewart, of Easton, spent many days in the old church, examining walls, floors and timbers, and consid- ering and discussing how best the changes might be made. A plan having at length been adopted, it was concluded to make no canvass of the congregation for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions in the usual way, but to prepare a printed circular, which should set forth the need of the repairs and appeal to the liberality of the people. The Sunday morning previous to the sending out of these cir- culars, viz., on June 21, 1885, the people were publicly advised from the pulpit of the intention of the committee, the pastor preaching a sermon upon the subject of "The Building of the Tabernacle." (Exodus xxxv, 20-22.) 64 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. In the course of a month, or thereabout, the sum of six thousand dollars was secured, the people manifesting a great readiness and cheerfulness in the work. This amount was at tirst thought sufficient for the changes and improvements contemplated, but it was soon found, as is usual in such cases, that more money would be needed. The church building, as it was before the repairs were begun, presented an appearance somewhat different, both externally and internally, from what the beholder sees it to be at the present day, although the general features of the building remain unaltered. Prior to the repairs, the outer walls were of a pale yellow color. The steeple, as well as all the woodwork, was painted white, and had on it the dial of the town clock, some years ago removed to Zion's German Lutheran Church. The main entrance to the building was by a door on the Third street side, where the vestibule now is. The old woodwork, door posts and doors are there now. There was also another door on Third street, occupying the position of the upper window next Church street. Strictly speaking it was not a door, but served the purpose of both door and window. It has since been converted into a window. On Church street there were four windows, two downstairs and two upstairs, two on either side of the pulpit. These have been closed up. The entrance on the east, or parsonage side, was the same as now. Internally the changes were more marked than on the exterior. Passing into the church, as it was before the repairs, one observed, as he entered the vestibule, two box stairways leading to the galleries. He noticed that the ceiling of the vestibule was low and somewhat cramped in appearance by the projection into it of an old "bellows gallery" used in former times for the organ, but since JRecent History. 65 fallen into disuse except as a lumber room. Where the two large arches now are, two doors of ordinary size opened into the central part of the vestibule. The en- trances from the vestibule into the audience room were located at the same places as now, except that the side doors have been moved further toward the wall and the inner jambs sloped where they were at right angles before. There were six rows of pews instead of four, as at present, with three aisles separating them, the central aisle being where it is now, and the side aisles not being along the walls but separated from them by a row or tier of short pews. The old pews, indeed, were all short, all being of the same length. They contained three, or at the most four, sittings. They were low in the back, narrow in the seat, and very close together, and were generally con- sidered models of discomfort. After the fashion prevail- ing in old-time churches, the pews were box pews, being furnished with doors. The pews, as well as the galleries and woodwork generally, were painted a pure white, the walls being a plain gray color. The pulpit was a massive structure of mahogany. There was no recess, chancel rail or font. The windows were of ordinary or clear glass, and were furnished with "Venetian blinds." The posts under the galleries were heavy wooden affairs, which somewhat obstructed the view. These facts are here men- tioned, somewhat hastily, it is true, as being of some pos- sible interest in the future. The changes and repairs were actually commenced on the 22d day of July, 1885. What they consisted of may, perhaps, be best seen by comparing the above statement with the present appearance of the building. It may, however, be well to mention in a general way that the re- pairs were chiefly as follows : pulpit recess on Church 5 66 The Fii'st Reformed Chin'ch of JEasion , Pa. street; outer vestibule on Third street ; changes and new stairways in inner vestibule ; new doors from the vestibule to the main audience room ; new floors upstairs and down ; new pews, with upholstering ; new gas fixtures ; chancel rail ; pulpit furniture ; stained glass windows (nine of these, or all on the first floor, being memorial windows) ; fresco- ing all the walls ; lowering the gallery fronts eight inches ; rearranging the galler}- entrances and floors ; new pews in the galleries. The outer walls were repainted, the color being changed from a pale yellow to a stone gray. The roof was repaired ; new spouting was put up ; the ball and vane on the steeple taken down and regilded. It may be of interest to record that the old tin spouting had done constant service since 1832, that is for a period of fifty- three years ; and that Mr. Lewis Heller (at present in the employ of Mr. Daniel Black), when he was a young man, made the old spouting, and had the singular fortune also, when he was an old man, to help make the new. Nine memorial windows were erected to the memory of those who years ago or recently were active in the church work, and they are as follows : By Mrs. John Eyerman, to the memory of James and Mary Black, her father and mother. By Mrs. Mary Saylor, of Germantown, to the memory of Judge George Hess, her father. By Mrs. Charles Santee, of Philadelphia, to the memory of Peter and Elizabeth Shnyder, her father and mother. By. Mrs. William Lawall and her daughter Lillian, to the memory of William H. Lawall. By Miss Mary Mixsell, Mrs. Major Wykoff, Mr. C. Jacob Mixsell, and Mrs. Dr. Lalor, to the memory of their father and mother, Charles W. and Mary K. Mixsell. Recent History. 67 By Mrs. John Hutchinson, to the memory of her mother, Elizabeth Nicholas, and her family. By the Sunday-schools of the congregation, to the memory of Rev. John Beck, D.D., former pastor of the church. By private persons, to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Pomp and the Rev. Dr. Bernard Wolff, also former pastors of the church. The entire cost of these repairs and memorial windows was about $12,000, and the- work has been thoroughly done. Willing minds gave their opinions ; loving care for the ancient structure preserved it almost entirely intact ; skill- ful hands directed the various changes, and earnest com- mitteemen lent months of time to the tiresome, tedious, troublesome task. But at last the work was done, and the old walls without and within, save as to color, are the same. They still reecho, though too faint for ear to dis- cern, the stirring eloquence, the pathetic appeals, the solemn warnings, the tender solicitude of the pastors who have long ago lain down in their graves, sleeping a blessed sleep after a life of devotion to the holy work of saving souls ; the anthems of to-day are reflected by the same boundaries that reverberated the plaintive melodies, the solemn hymns, and the grand old tunes of a hundred years ago. On Sunday morning, February 21, 1886, the Rededi- catory Services began at the usual hour of worship — 10.30 o'clock. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity, and had there been more seats there would have been numbers of people to occupy them. As the organist played a voluntary, the pastor. Rev. H. M. Kieffer, and the assisting clergymen. Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Apple, 6S The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. President of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster; Rev. Dr. J. Spangler Kieffer, of the Reformed Church, Hagerstown, JMd., brother of the pastor; Rev. Dr. Reil}', President of the Allentown Female College ; Rev. Thomas C. Porter, D.D., of Lafayette College, the recently es- teemed pastor of the church ; Rev. T. O. Stem, pastor of St. Mark's Reformed Church; Rev. D. Y. Heisler, D.D., pastor of Grace Reformed Church, all of Easton, entered and assumed places in the pulpit. It was an imposing scene. Dr. Apple occupied the principal seat in the alcove, with Rev. Dr. Kieffer on his left and Rev. Dr. Reily on his right. Dr. Porter occupied the seat at the reading desk ; Rev. Stem opposite, while Dr. Heisler and Rev. H. M. Kieffer were seated near the foot of the pulpit steps. An anthem by the choir was followed by a prayer by Dr. Porter, who also read the scripture lesson and an- nounced the hymn. The collection and anthem were next on the program, and then Dr. Apple arose and delivered his Rededicatory Sermon, taking his text from Psalms LXXXIV:i, "How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts." The sermon in the evening was preached by the Rev. Dr. J. Spangler Kieffer, of Hagerstown, Md., the brother of the pastor, taking for his text Colossians i : lO, " Increas- ing in the Knowledge of God." For the above account of the recent history of the con- gregation we are indebted to the interesting sketch pre- pared by the editor of the Easton Free Press^ Mr. C. N. Andrews, and afterward published in pamphlet form. It may also be worthy of note here that a very worthy elder of the congregation. Colonel Peter Kichline com- manded a company of troops from Easton during the Revolution, and with his men as sharpshooters rendered Recent History. 69 most valiant service to Washington's forces at the disas- trous battle of Long Island. They covered the retreat of the Continental forces, and saved the army from capture. Colonel Kichline had taken much interest in the erec- tion of the new church, but before it was completed he marched away with his men to Washington's camps, and saw it finished for the first time when, after the battle above named, he brought his sick and wounded men to Easton, and found a comfortable shelter for them in the new church building. Another event of interest connected with this old church is the fact that, in October, 1779, when Sullivan's army re- turned from its long march against the Western Indians in the Genesee Country in New York State, and reached Easton in October of that year. Chaplain Evans of the New Hampshire Brigade, by special appointment, preached a sermon in the church to the soldiers of the expedition. The Pastors of the Congregation. From the organization to 1763, irregular supplies. 1763, six months, Rev. Casper Dietrich Weyberg. 1763-66, Vacant. 1766-69, Rev. Frederick L. Henop. 1769-71, Rev. Mr. Fithan. 1771-76, Vacant. 1776-86, Rev. William Ingold. I7S6-90, Rev. Lebrecht Frederick Hermann, D.D 1790-93. Vacant. 1793-95. Rev. Dr. Jacob Christian Becker. I796-I852, Rev. Thomas Pomp. 1833-44. Rev. Dr. Bernard C. Wolff. IS45-54. Rev. Dr. J. H. A. Bomberger. 1854-77. Rev. Dr. John Beck. I877-S4, Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Porter. 1884- Rev. Dr. Henry Martyn Kieffer. THE OLD ORGAN AND ITS SUCCESSORS. "VT^ OR the benefit of those who are to come after, some ■^ , of whom will undoubtedly be grateful for the ^pP information here given, it may be well to give some account of the musical instruments used in this historic church. Some of the facts here given have been but very recently ascertained, and are known to few if any of the members of the congregation. It may seem strange that, at such an early period in the history of the Forks of the Delaware, when the settlers were both poor and few in number, they should undertake the building of a church of such considerable proportions and involving such an outlay of money. But it must be remembered that these poor Germans were pious people. With them religion and the church were first. It is re- markable, also, that no sooner was the church built than an organ was purchased and duly installed in the organ loft. For the German loved music — music and religion were, to his mind inseparable, and a church without an organ was inconceivable. So, no sooner was the church finished than the organ appeared, as we know from the fact that when the Indian Treaty was held in 1777, the organ was played during the friendly handshaking and rum-drinking, according to the record. The organ was built, we are informed, by one Dannaker, in 1775. What has become of this organ? We were always under the impression that it had long since been consigned to the junk-shop or the ash-barrel, such being the fate, un- fortunately, of many of our priceless antiquities. But, lo ! 70 The Old Organ audits Successors. 71 while engaged in this writing I am informed that the church at Plainfield, once and for many years served by the pastors of the church in Easton, was about to hold a rededication of their church organ, which they had lately enlarged and improved ; also, that the organ in question is the original instrument used in the Easton church, having been purchased by the Plainfield congregation in 1833. In connection with which statement I am asked to give the people of Plainfield any information I may possess con- cerning their old organ. " Who was the builder, and when was it built? Was it played at the Indian Treaty of 1777?" To which interrogatories a full and courteous response was given, with the request that it be read at the rededication of the venerable organ, now one hundred and twenty-five years old. That was the original organ. It was sold to the Plain- field church in 1833, and a new organ purchased, which in its turn was in constant use for half a century, yielding its place about the year 1880 to the very excellent instru- ment now in use. One can only regret the loss of some of these old things. May we not hope that some day the old organ may come back to this church? There is room for it in the Session Room, or Chapel — if indeed the Plainfield people will ever graciously part with it out of regard for the congre- gation to which it once belonged. THE CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THE CHURCH. THE original name of the congregation was "The , German Reformed Congregation of Easton." ^^^ By this name it was commonly and popularly known from the beginning of its history, and by this "name, style and title" it was legally and formally denominated in its original charter granted in the year 1808. In the course of time, however, some change in the name of the congregation began to appear necessary. The reasons for such a change are herewith given : I. The name " German" was no longer suitable : first, because this word was by due authority of the Synod dropped from the official and legal name of the denomina- tion as a whole, which since 1866 was known as "The Reformed Church in the United States," and not "The German Reformed Church in the United States " as for- merly. To retain the name, " German," for the congrega- tion after it had been dropped by the denomination seemed incongruous. Then, too, the congregation had long ceased to be Ger- man. From the date of its organization until the year 1833, when the first English pastor was installed, all the services of the church had been held in the German tongue. From that date onward the German began to decline and the English to strengthen, good old " Father Pomp," the German minister, saying to Dr. Wolff his English assistant — "you must increase but I must decrease." German services, however, still continued to be held, at first in the morning, afterward in the afternoon, until toward the close of the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. Beck. But the German 72 X o DC D X o Q UJ DC O [JU U Qi H CO The Change in the Name of the Church. 73 services were but poorly attended, and were maintained for years merely out of a tender regard for the preferences of the older and declining portion of the congregation. In the course of time the old people who were attached to the German had almost entirely passed away, and German ceased to be used. This was in the year 187 1. From that date onward all the services of the church were in the English tongue, and to continue calling the congregation " German" when it was no longer so, was plainly inap- propriate and often misleading to the general public. Furthermore — when this congregation was organized there was but this one Reformed church in Easton — since then four other Reformed churches having been estab- lished, the original name of the congregation ceased to be distinctive. And this difficulty was still further intensified by the establishment of a Dutch Reformed Church on Spring Garden Street. There being then two Reformed churches in Easton and in close proximity to each other, it became necessary to distinguish them, and so, for many years the congregation of which we are writing was popu- larly known as "The Third Street Reformed Church." This name it retained for more than thirty years, being known by one name in law and by another in common usage. This state of things was plainly undesirable, and the necessity for a change became apparent. In order that the change of name might be made in a regular and formal manner, it was thought well to secure an amended charter from the Court of Northampton. A new charter was de- sirable, quite independently of the matter of the name ; and this chiefly for the reason that the old charter was no longer suited, in many important respects, to the changed circumstances of the congregation. Accordingly, after 74 T^h^ First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. due application regularly made, the Court of Northampton County did, on the eighth day of March in the year 1897 grant the congregation an amended charter whereby its name was changed to that which it presently bears — " The First Reformed Church of Easton." THE CHIME OF BELLS. THE Chime of Bells in the tower of the old church was erected during the opening days of the year 1902, in commemoration of the one hundred and fifty-seventh anniversary of the founding of the congregation. The erection of this chime of bells was the result of an address delivered to the congregation by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Kieffer, on Sunday, November 12, 1899, concerning the propriety of holding a jubilee service at some time in the near future in commemoration of the founding of the congregation about one hundred and fifty years ago. The pastor then suggested the placing of a chime in the tower as a suitable method of marking the sesqui-centennial milestone in the long history of the con- gregation, and dwelt at some length on the religious im- pressiveness of a chime of bells as being an undoubted source both of pleasure and profit to many people in a city like Easton, which so far has known no chime. After the service the matter was taken up by some of the people in a very enthusiastic manner, subscriptions for three bells being made on the spot — Miss Mary Alice Huber leading the way, followed by Mrs. Matilda Chidsey and Mrs. Thomas Rinek. Gradually all the bells were provided for, six being memorial bells, as named below ; one was given by the citizens of Easton in recognition of the close relationship which existed between this old church and the town of Easton from the earliest times, and one by the congregation as a whole. These, together with the great bell weighing 2,000 pounds placed in the tower at the cen- tennial 1876, make a complete chime of nine bells. 75 76 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. The old bell was removed from the tower by the Meneely Bell Company, during the month of September, 1901, and taken to their foundry at Troy, New York, for the purpose of having the other eight bells cast in harmony with it. In December following, very considerable changes were made in the tower to prepare a suitable foundation for the bells, old timbers being replaced by new, and other improvements made as will appear on inspection. Ex- clusive of the cost of these repairs, the chime, including the old bell, cost $6,000. The following is a schedule of the bells with the inscriptions and the names of the donors : 1. F, 3,000 lbs. The Centennial Bell — 1876. 2. G, 1,550 lbs. In Memory of the Pastor, Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, D.D. Presented by the congregation. 3. A, 1,000 lbs. In Memory of the First Church at "The Forks of the Delaware." Presented by the citizens of Easton. 4. B Jiat^i 825 lbs. In Memory of James and Mary Black, and their children. Presented by the Daniel Black Estate. 5. C, 550 lbs. In Memory of Michael and Elizabeth Butz and their children. Presented by Mrs. Matilda Chidsey. 6. D, 435 lbs. In Memory of Mrs. Matilda Baker Fulmer. Presented by her son, Chester B. Fulmer. 7. E fat^ 375 lbs. In Memory of Daniel Whitesell and Catharine his wife. Presented by Mrs. Catharine Whitesell. 8. E, 330 lbs. In Memory of Anthony Zuilch and his wife, Jane Morton, and their sons, Thomas Cumings, Samuel Morton, and Henry Bibighaus. Presented by the Zuilch family. 9. F, 280 lbs. In Memory of David and Deborah Huber. Presented by their daughter, Mary Alice Huber. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO. CHURCH RECORDS. TITLE PAGE OF THE OLD CHURCH BOOK. ''CHURCH BOOK " Of the congregation of the Evangelical Reformed i7i Easton, iti -which are recorded the names of persons bap- tized, the elders and deacons, and their successors, etc.'''' 1768. December 18. The following were installed as officers of the congregation : Elders, Ludwig Knauss and Philip Odenwelder ; Deacoiis, John Gettert and Henry Schneider. [The above entry is in the handwriting of the Rev. Frederick L. Henop, who became pastor in 1766. The record of the elders and deacons is not resumed until the year i777' di-^'ing the pas- torate of the Rev. John William Ingold, in whose handwriting we read as follows :] Anno 1777. January 5. The following were installed as deacons or stewards of the alms : Philip Achenbach and Nicholas Kemmerer, Jr. The elders are Nicholas Kemmerer, Sr., and John Simon. Anno 1778' January 18. Philip Achenbach and Nicholas Kemmerer, Jr., go out of office as deacons, and in their stead the following were set over the congregation as deacons : John Deigmann and Philip Odenwelder, Jr. In addition to these there were set over the congregation February 1 , 1 778, as deacons: Nicholas Drachsel (Troxel) and Michael Fraes. Anno 1779. April 2. John Simon as an elder, and John Deig- man as a deacon, go out of office and in their places were chosen George Ernst Becker, elder ; and in addition, as elder, Jacob Schuhmacher, and John Schuck as deacon. 11 78 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. 17S0. March 12. Philip Odenwelder goes out of office as deacon and in his stead was chosen, as deacon, Michael Oden- welder. Nicholas Drachsel also vacates the office of deacon ("als diaconus") and in his stead was chosen June 2, the same year, John Young. 1782. February 24. Nicholas Kemmerer, Sr,, and George Ernest Becker go out of office as elders, and as stewards of the Alms (''almosen Pfleger" — deacons) John Schuck, John Young and Michael Fraes, and new elders and deacons were chosen, as follows: In addition to those that remain in office to the present time as Elders: Jacob Schumacher, Philipp Odenwelder, Sr., and as new, Philipp Achenbach and Michael Gress. In addition to those remaining in office as deacons, Michael Odenwelder, John Deigman; and as new, John Best and Leonhard Welsch. Anno 1873. February 16. Instead of Philip Achenbach, elder, and John Deichman, deacon (" almosen Pfleger ") their term of office having expired, the following were chosen : Elder^ John Deichman; Deacon,, Henry Hahn. Anno 1784. February 13. Philip Odenwelder, Sr., goes out of office as elder; and as deacons, Michael Odenwelder, Leonard Welsch, and Henry Hahn ; and in their stead the following were obligated and installed (" verpflichtet und vorgestellt worden " viz : Elder., Philip Odenwelder, Jr. ; Deacons., Philip Wattring, Henry Winter, Christian Butz. Anno 1787. February 27. [In a different handwriting, prob- ably in that of Rev. Lebrecht Frederick Hermann, who be- came pastor 1786.] After a full settlement of their church accounts, the two deacons, Jeremiah Hess and Christian Butz went out of office, and in their places were chosen and in- stalled Frederick Berthold and John Fenner. Anno 1788. January 12. After a settlement of the church ac- counts, there went out of office Elder John Deichman, and Deacon Philip Wottering, and in their places were chosen and installed, as elder, John Nicholas Traxel, and as deacon, George Adam Geissle. Church Records. fjg Anno 1788. At this time the elders and deacons of our congre- gation are as follows: Elders., Philip Odenwelder, Jr., John Best, Philip Gorel, John Nicholas Traxel ; Deacons., Henry Winter, John Fenner, Frederick Barthold, George Adam Geishle. Anno 1786. A list of the church council of the congregation at Easton, consisting of the following persons: Elders., John Deichman, Philip Chorel, Philip Odenwelder, Jr., John Best; Deacons., Philip Wotring, Henry Winter, Christian Butz, Jeremiah Hess. A. D. 1787* After a full settlement of their church accounts, the two deacons, Jeremiah Hess and Christian Butz, went out of office, and in their stead were chosen and duly obli- gated the following : Frederick Barthold and John Fenner, deacons. Anno Domini 1788. January 12. The term of office of John Deichman, as elder, and of Philip Wotring as deacon, having expired, and in their stead were placed over the Christian Con- gregation, and duly obligated, as elder, John Nicholas Traxel ; and as deacon, George Adam Geissle. Anno 1789. January 17. After a faithful rendering of the accounts of the alms. Elder John Best and Deacon Henry Winter, retired from the church council, and in their places were chosen and duly obligated, as elder, Peter Ladig, and as deacon, John Odenwelder. Anno 1790- January 23. There were assembled at the resi- dence of the minister, the elders, deacons and some of the members of the congregation, and after the customary church settlement had been submitted and duly signed, the two elders, Mr. Philip Odenwelder and Nicholas Troxel, and the two deacons, Mr. Fred. Barthold and John Fenner, laid down their office, and in their stead were chosen, and on the 21st of March duly presented to the Christian Congregation and in- stalled in their office as follows : Elders., Michael Odenwelder, Lenhard Leydig; Deacons., Philip Moessinger, Jacob Scheib. 8o The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Anno 1793. A list of the Church Council in the Congregation at Easton, consisting of the following persons : Elder s.^ Philip Chorel, Peter Ladig, Michael Odenwelder; Deacons., George Adam Geissle, John Odenwelder, Philip Moessinger, Jacob Scheib. Anno 1793. October 6. In the stead of Elder Lenhard Leydig, deceased now for more than two years, Deacon Jacob Scheib was chosen as elder; and in his stead Christopher Mixsel was elected as deacon, and on the 27th of October were presented to the Christian Congregation and duly installed into their offices; as elder, Jacob Scheib, and as deacon, Christopher Mixsel. 1795. January 3. There were assembled in the minister's house the elders, deacons, treasurer and members of the church. After a faithful rendering of their accounts, there retired from office Peter Lattig, as elder, and John Odenwelder and George Adam Geissle, as deacons. In their stead there were chosen by the congregation on the 4th of January, and on the i8th duly installed, as elder, George Adam Geissle, and as deaco ns Christian Butz and Jacob Keller. Anno 17S8. April 6. Mrs. Catharine Opp, the wife of Michael Opp, presented the Reformed Congregation with a gift of five pounds. This sum of five pounds shall be con- stantly invested and the interest derived therefrom shall be used for the German education of a poor child of the congre- gation. Anno 1789. January 17. After a creditable rendering of their accounts Elder John Best and Deacon Henry Winter go out of office, and in their stead Peter Ladig was chosen elder and John Odenwelder, deacon. Anno 1790. November 10. The interest of the five pounds, up to this time, and in accordance with the wish of Catharine Opp, has been properly expended and applied, the truth of which statement is herewith attested by F. Herman, V.D.M. ^- V,^^-- . yf^^ C^^ \AVx^ 1 I 2 ^^^t »-1 FAC-SIMILE OF A PAGE OF THE OLD CHURCH RECORD. Church Records. 8i Baptisms. Anno 1760. The 28th of February a son was born, and baptized the 5th of April in the same year. The child received the name of Ludwig. The Sponsors were Philip Gress(ie) and Anna Margaretha, ejus uxor. The parents were Ludwig Knauss and Elizabetha, ejus uxor. The above entry stands alone, and is in the handwriting of the Rev. John William Ingold, who was not pastor of the congregation until 1776. It is thought that the above record may have been made by Rev. Mr. Ingold some years after the baptism of the child. Then follows, in German handwriting that is exceed- ingly difficult to read, or rather to decipher : " The Record of certain children who were baptized by the Rev. C. P. Weyberg, the evidence of which fact lies in the circumstance that the records were found in his handwriting in certain stray memoranda." 1763. June 12. A child of John Simon and Gertrude his wife. Witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. John Rieser. Child's name, John. 1763. June 12. A child of Michael Meyer and his wife Magdalena. Witnesses, George Kren (?) and Maria Barbara. Child's name, Maria Barbara. 1763. June 19. A child of Martin Lohr and his wife Eliza- beth. Witnesses, Frederick Meixel, and his wife Anna. Name of the child, Abraham. 1763. August 9. A child of John Ries and his wife Sophia. Witnesses, parents. Child's name, John. 1763. August 9. A child of Ludwig Knaus and his wife Elizabetha. Witnesses, parents. Child's name, Anna Eliza- betha. 6 82 The First Reformed Church of East on, Pa. 1763. October 22. A child of Conrad Gressig (Gross?) and bis wife Anna Margaretha. Witnesses, Friedericb Meixel and Anna. Name of cbild, Anna. 1763. October 22. A child of Christopher Fox and his wife. JV'itfiesscs, Henry . . . and his wife Juliana. Child's name, Juliana !Maria. 1763. April 17. A child of George Gangwer and his wife Anna Maria. Witnesses, Christian Menninger and Maria Catharina Gangewer. Child's name, John. 1763. April 17. A child of Carl Ward and his wife Anna Catharina. Witnesses, William Kehl and Maria Magdalena Kehl. Child's name Maria. The above records, which are evidently in the hand- writing of Rev. Fredenck L. Henop, who became pastor of the congregation in 1766, were made from memoranda left by Rev. Mr. Weyberg. The latter was the first regu- lar pastor of the congregation, taking charge 1763, but remained only six months. This statement may make clear the following note which is entered immediately after the above records : "These are the children whose names were found on slips of paper left behind by the Rev. Mr. Weyberg. It is indeed true that more names were on these slips, but inasmuch as one cannot tell whether they are the names of the parents, the sponsors, or the children, one did not wish to inscribe them, inasmuch as nothing should stand in this book but what one knows to be the truth." Then follow six blank leaves — left blank perhaps in the hope that other records of the Church might be there in- serted in proper place — and then follows the records of baptisms performed by the Rev. Frederick L. Henop, who became pastor at the date named above. Church Records. 83 "The record of the children who were baptized in the congregation at Easton — to wit: 1766. February 23. A girl by the name of Susanna. Parefits., George Fox and Elizabetha. Sponsors., Melchior Hay and his wife Susanna. The child was born Dec. 28, 1765. 1766. February 23. A girl was baptized, Susanna. Parents., Paul Rieser and his wife Maria Barbara. Sponsors., Melchior Hay and his wife Susanna. The child was born Jan. 28, 1766. 1766. April 22. A boy was baptized, John Philip. Born Jan. 5. /'arc;?/^, Benedict and Anna Maria Butz. Spofisors., Philip Odenwelder and his wife. 1766. April 22. A boy, George Jacob. Born June 4, 1765. Parents., Michael Schmidt and Anna Maria. Sponsors^ George Neuhart and Anna Maria Mann. 1766. May 4. A boy, John Peter. Born February 22. Parents., Peter ( ?) Ladig and Maria Elizabetha. Sponsors, Peter Schumacher and Mrs. Anna Maria Bruch. 1765. December 25. A girl, named Maria. Born November 31, 17^5' Parents., 'WWWixvix Hay and Catharine. Sponsors., Christian Best and Mrs. Maria Hess. 1766. August 10. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism. The name given him was John. Born July 15. Parents ixre John Schneider and Catharina Elizabetha. Sponsors., Conrad Ihrig and his wife Elizabetha. 1766. August 10. A boy, John Philip. Born July 5. Parents., Jacob Grub and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsors, John Philip Odenwelder and his wife Anna Maria. 1766. December 14. A girl was baptized Margaretha. Born August 23. Pare?tts, Ephraim Blum and his wife Catharina. Sponsors, Peter Schneider and Mrs. Margaretha (?). 1766. December 14. A girl was baptized and the name given her, Susanna. Born August 2. Parents, Peter Oehler and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsors, Melchior Hay and his wife Susanna. 84 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. 1767. January 2. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism, to whom the name was given, John Gottfried. Born December 5, 1766. Paretiis, Matthew Miller and his wife Maria Barbara. Spotisors^ Stephanus Horn and his wife Luni- gunda. 1767. January 25. A girl named Maria Elizabetha. Born December 13, 1766. Pare7its, John William Hay and his wife Catharina. Sponsors^ Frederick Frederick (?) and his wife Maria. 1767. January 25. A girl was baptized, Maria Margaretha. Born December 21, 1766. Parents^ Peter Mcnich and his wife Sabilla. Sponsors^ William Menich and his wife Margaretha. 1767. February 22. A boy was baptized, John Philip by name. Born February 13. Parents^ Stephen Saam and his wife Susanna. Spofisors, Philip Odenwelder and Mrs. Elizabeth Arndt. 1767. March 22. A girl was baptized and the name given Sara Margaretha. Born February 16. Pare7its, Conrad Gress and Anna Margaretha, his wife. Sponsors, Balthazar Keel and Mrs. Sara Margaretha Doll (Dull). 1767. April 25. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism, named William. Parents, Henry Hess and his wife Margaretha. Born February 24. Spo?isors, Mr. and Mrs. William Hess. 1767. April 25. A girl was baptized, named (name not given). Parents, Anthony Asheier and his wife Sara. Born November 27, 1766. Witnesses, (net given) Ebert and Mrs. Maria Dietz. 1767. March 25. A boy was baptized, named John Jacob. Born October 24, 1766. Parents, Andrew Kratz and his wife Barbara. Sponsors, John Jacob Kratz and Mrs. Eliza- beth Butz. Church Records. 85 1767. May 25. A girl was baptized named Elizabeth. Parents^ (first name wanting) Anberger and his wife Eva Maria. Sponsors^ parents. (This entry is in pencil and almost illegible.) 1767. June I. A girl was baptized, named Cecilia. Born April 17. Parents^ Michael Butz and his wife Elizabetha. Spo7isors^ Adam Butz and his wife Anna Margaretha. 1767. June I. A boy, John Michael. Born May i. Parents., Adam Butz and his wife Anna Margaretha. Spo7isors^ Michael Butz and his wife Elizabeth. (Each "stood" for the child of the other.) 1767. June 7. A girl was baptized, named Anna Margaretha. Born October 5, 1766. Parents., John Maurer and his wife Maria Elizabeth. Sponsors., Jacob Maurer and Mrs. Catha- rina Maurer. (Here follow two words " Wilhelm mein," or Wilhelm Maun, probably meaning that Mrs. Catharine Maurer was the wife of William, not Jacob Maurer. Ed.) 1767. June 26. A girl was baptized, named Elizabetha Marga- retha. Born May 3. /'arew/j-, John Yaeger and his wife Eliza- betha. Sponso7's., John Dengler and his wife Anna Margaretha. 1767. June 26. A boy named John. Born July 4. Parents.^ Christian Hay ( Heyl } ) and his wife Eva Catharina. Sponsor, Jobn Young. In his stead, however, his parents carried the child in his name; that is, John Henry Young and his wife Anna Elizabetha. (A similar entry in German and Latin. Probably John Young was a child, or a minor, or too young to carry or hold the child at the baptism, and so his parents did it for him. Ed.) 1767. August 9. Aboy was baptized, named Melchior. Born July 19. Parefits., John Carl Ward, and his wife Anna Catharina. Sponsors., Melchior Hay and his wife Susanna. 1767. August 9. A girl was baptized, named Anna. Born July 16. Parents., John Betzerbacher and his wife Anna Catharina. Sponsors, Henry Betzerbacher and Anna Berlin. 86 The First Reformed Church of East on, Pa. 1767. October 16. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism, named Jacob. Born September 12. Parents, Adam Rieser and his wife Margaretha. Sponsors, Matthew Brug (Bruch ?) and his wife Barbara. 1767. November 15. A girl was baptized, and the name given Sophia. Born (date w^anting) October. Parents, Gerhard Moor and his wife Seba (.'*). Sponsors, John Moor and his wife Eva. 1767. November 29. A boy was baptized named Peter. Born (date wanting) September. Parents, Peter Schneider and Mrs. Anna Dictz. Sponsors, Abraham Bachman and Eliza- beth a . 1767. December 13. A girl was baptized, named Anna Jvlaria. Born September 11. Parents, Michael Schmidt and his wife Catharina. Sponsors, Michael Schmidt and his wife Anna Barbara. 1767. December 13. A girl was baptized, named Sophia. Born (the entire date wanting). Parents, Daniel Lavare (Labarre.'') and his wife Anna Margaretha. Sponsors, John Dietz ( }) and his wife Sophia. 1767. December 13. A girl, named Sophia. Parefits, Wil- liam Hay and his wife Catharina. Born November iS. Sponsors, John Getthert and his wife Sophia. 1767. December 13. A boy named Frederick. Born April 3. Parents, Tobias Schall and his wife Anna. Sponsors, Gewinner and his wife Catharine. 1767. December 27. A girl was baptized, and the name given was Catharina Maria. Born October 3, 1 761 . Parents, John Martin Ludwig and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsor, Mrs. Catharina Berlin. 1767. December 27. A girl was baptized, named Gertrude. Born January 3, 1763. Parents, ]o\\n Martin Ludwig and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsor, Mrs. Gertrude Simon. Church Records. 87 1767. December 27. A boy named John, Born March 23, 1 766. Parents^ John Martin Ludwig and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsor., John Spangenberg. 1767. December 27. A girl named Maria Elizabetha. Born June 24. Parents., Peter Holl (Hull?) and his wife Maria Eliza- betha. Spotisors, Michael Butz and his wife Elizabetha. 1767. December 27. A girl named Christina. Born Oct. 22. Parents., Peter Ladich (Leidich, Leidy?) and his wife Maria Elizabetha, Sponsors^ William Paulus (Paul) and his wife Margaretha. 1767. December 27. A boy named John. Born Oct, 9. Parents, Peter Oehler and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsors., John Simon and his wife Gertrude. 1768. January 31. A girl was baptized named Anna Marga- retha. Born Nov. 17, 1767. Parents, Peter Trum and Margaretha Paulus. Spofisors, John Schneider and Catha- rine Elizabetha. 1768. January 31. A child was baptized named Christian. Born Dec. 26, 1767. Pare?zts, Jacob Beisher and his wife Anna Elizabetha. Sponsors, Christian Best and Mrs. Eliza- beth Brotzman. 1768. January 31. John Trum had a boy baptized named John. Born Dec, 13. Parents, John Trum and his wife Eva Marga- retha. Spojisors, John Best and Mrs. Maria Hay. 1768. January 31. A girl named Elizabetha. Born Jan. 4. Parents, Jeremiah Koch and his wife Anna. Spo?zsors, John William Gramer (Kremer, Cramer.?) and his wife Elizabetha. 1768. February 28. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism and the name given him was George Henry. Born Jan. 13. Pare7its, Adam Tuffart and his wife Susanna. Spo?zsors, George Heimrich and Mrs. Joanna Weygandt. 1 768. February 28. A girl was baptized named Joanna Maria. Born November 23, 1767. Pare?its, George Becker and Catharina his wife. Sponsor, Mrs. Anna Maria Herr. 88 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. 176S. March 13. A boy was baptized named John Henry. Born Jan. 33. Parents.^ Ephraim Bknn and his wife Catha- rina. Sponsor^ Henry Schneider. 176S. March 27. A girl was baptized and the name given, Barbara. Parents^ Carl Heymer and his wife Anna Marga- retha. Sponsors^ Jacob Hembd and his wife Barbara. Born March 9. 176S. April 10. A girl was brought to Holy Baptism named Elizabetha. Born March 16. Parents^ Adam Hay and his wife Anna Maria. Sponsors., Christopher Stecher and Mrs. Elizabeth Brotzmann. 176S. April 24. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism and the name given Jacob. Born December 13, 1767. Parents.^ Nicolas Kemmerer and his wife Juliana. Spo7isors^ Jacob Arndt and his wife Elizabetha. 1768. April 24. A boy who received the name John. Born December 11, 1767. Parefits^ George Neuhart and his wife Elizabetha. Sponsors, John Yaeger and his wife Elizabetha. 1768. April 24. A boy was brought to Holy Baptism named Henry. Born April 2. Parents, Henry Schneider and his wife Juliana. Sponsors, Ludwig Knauss and his wife Eliza- betha. 1768. May 9. A boy was baptized with the name Ludwig. Born February 13. Parents, John Flori and his wife, Christiana. Sponsors, Ludwig Knauss and his wife Eliza- betha. 1768. May 13. A boy was baptized, receiving the name Andrew Jacob. Born in the month of November, 1767. Parents, Philip Ruthstein and his wife Catharina. Spofisors, Andrew Jacob Nitaunier ( .?) and his wife Anna Catharina. 176S. June 5. A girl was brought to Holy Baptism, receiving the name Elizabeth. Born March 4. Parents, Ludwig Schaub and his wife Anna Margaret. Sponsors, Michael Yohe and Mrs. Elizabeth Kratz. Church Records. 89 176S. June 19. A boy was baptized named Jacob. Born June 9. Parents^ Michael Opp and his wife Catharine. Spoftsors, Jacob Opp and his wife Anna Maria. 1768. August 28. A boy was baptized, receiving the name William. The day of his birth is unknown, but the child was apparently about two years old. Y\.\s, parents are William Niclac (Nicolas?). The name of the mother is likewise un- known who brought him to Holy Baptism. Sponsor ., William Storm, Philip Storm's son. 1768. August 38. A boy who received the name Peter. Born July 30. Parents, Jacob Grub and his wife Elizabeth. Sponsors, Peter Oehler and his wife Elizabeth. 1768. September 11. A girl was baptized named Susanna. Born August 14. Parents, Peter Schneider and his wife Sara. Sponsors, Caspar Doll and his wife Margaret. 1768. September 11. A boy was baptized named Isaiah. Born November 13, 1767. Parents, James Johnston ( ?) and his wife, Christiana. Sponsors, Gerhard Moor and his wife Feba(Phoeba?). 1768. October 23. A girl was baptized, receiving the name Elizabeth Magdalena. Born September 18. Paretits, Chris- topher Forre and his wife Elizabeth Magdalena. Sponsors, George Faust Becker and his wife, Helena. 1768. The 20th (No month given. Probably November, ) A boy was baptized and the name given him, John Faust. Born October 17. Parefits, John Dengler and his wife Anna Margaret. Sponsors, Faust Becker and his wife Helena. 1768. The 20th (No month given. Probably November.) A girl was baptized and named Juliana Barbara. Born October 33. Parents, Matthias Miller and his wife Maria Barbara. Sponsors, Henry Schneider and his wife Juliana Barbara. 1768. December 4. A girl was baptized named Magdalena. Born November 22. Parents, John Musch and his wife Anna Catharine. Sponsors, Parents. 90 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. 176S. December 4. A boy was baptized named John Philip. Born November 17. Parents^ Philip Schneider and his wife Elizabeth. Sponsors^ Philip Groos and Mrs. Rosina Knecht. 176S. December iS. A girl was baptized named Anna Cath- arine. Born November 16. Parents, Samuel Pfeiffer and his wife Christina. Sponsors, Christian Pfeiffer and his wife Anna Catharine. 176S. December iS. A girl was baptized, name given Maria Barbara. Born August 29. Parents, John Best and his wife Maria Barbara. Sponsors, John Simon and his wife Gertrude. 1769. January 15. A boy was baptized, John Melchior. Born November 15, 176S. Parents,^i€^z\\\ox Hay and his wife Susanna. Sponsors, Melchior Stecher and his wife. 1769. February i3. A boy was baptized, and the name John Henry given. Born January 4. Parents, Henry Hess and his wife Margaret. Sponsors, Henry Schneider and his wife Juliana. 1769. February I3. A boy was baptized named Abraham. Born December 9, 1768. Parents, Michael Butz and his Maria Elizabeth. Sponsors, Abraham Kaemmerer and his wife Elizabeth. 1769. February 27. A boy was baptized named Jacob. Born February 4. Parents, Valentine Annewalt and his wife Anna Margaret. Sponsors, Jacob Wilhelm and Mrs. Rosina Ilering. 1769. March 26. A girl was baptized named Gertrude. Born February 14. Parents, Nicholas Michel and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, John Auber and his wife Gertrude. 1769. April 9. A boy was baptized named John Henry. Born February 9, 176S. Parew/^, Jacob Abel and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, parents. 1769. April 9. A girl, named Catharine. Born 1769. i>t the beginning of the year. Parents, Jacob Werner and Eliza- beth, his wife. Sponsors, Jacob Abel and his wife Catharine. ^ .^^: n ua X b- >■ CQ Q 'jj H Z < O Q UJ UJ Q LU X H CJmrch Records. 91 1769. April 23. A boy was baptized named John Philip, born the last week in February. Parcfits, Michael Kocher and his wife Catharine. Sponsors^ Philip Storm and his wife Elizabeth. 1769. May 21. A girl was baptized named Susanna Christina. Born March 19. Parents^ John Schneider and his wife Catharine Elizabeth. Sponsors^ Christian Miller and Mrs Anna Christina Erich. 1769. May 21. A boy was baptized named Michael. Born March 31. Parents^ Adam Sand and his wife Elizabeth Christina. Sponsors, Michael Lehn and his wife Barbara. 1769. June 4. A boy was baptized named John. Born ISIay 6. Parents, Thomas Osterstock and his wife Maria Eliza- beth. Spo?isors, Nicholas Kirnser (?) and his wife Maria Elizabeth. 1769. June 18. A girl was baptized and named Maria Char- lotte. Born April 27. Pare?its, Peter Menich and his wife Sibilla. Sponsors, Jacob Stein and Mrs. Charlotte Butz. 1769. July 16. A boy was baptized named Jeremiah. Born July I. Parents, Jeremiah Koch and his wife Hanna. Sponsors, George William Raub and his wife Catharine. 1769. July 20. A boy was baptized named George Henry. Born July 11. Pare7its, George Newhard and his wife Mag- dalena. Sponsors, Henry Annewalt and his wife Catharine. 1769. August 13. A boy was baptized named Nicholas. Born June 20. Parents, Adam Butz and his wife Anna ISIargaret. Sponsor, Nicholas Rauch. 1769. August 13. A girl named Anna. Born May 22. Parents, William Hess and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, Christian Hess and Mrs. Anna Best. 1769. September lo. A boy was baptized, named Abraham. Born July 23. Parents, Frantz Hilliardand his wife, Chris- tina. Sponsors, Adam Mann ( ?) and his wife. 92 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. 1769, Octobers. A girl was baptized with the name Eliza- beth. Born September 14. Parents., Ephraim Blum and his wife, Catharine. Sponsors, John Henry Young and his wife Anna Elizabeth. [Here the record of Rev. Frederick L. Henop ends. He was Pastor of the congregation from February 23, 1766, to October 8, 1769. Then begins the record of Rev. Mr. Pithan, who was Pastor from 1769-71.] 1769. November 30 (blurred, maybe 3). A boy was bap- tized named John. Born November i. Parents, Conrad Best and his w^ife. Sponsors, John Best and Mrs. Anna Best. 1769. November 19. A girl was baptized named Maria Elizabeth. Born October 27. Parents, George Leidi and his wife . Sponsors, Jacob Schumacher and Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Arendt (Arndt). July 15. (No year given.) A boy was baptized. The day of his birth was the nth of January. He received the name John Adam. Parents, Henry Busch and his wife, Anna Maria. Sponsors, John Adam Rieser and Mrs. Anna Maria Schauss. [From this point onward to 1776 the records are in different handwriting, all very difficult to decipher. Dur- ing this time the congregation was without a pastor.] 1771. April 22. A daughter was baptized, named Maria Margaret. Parejtts, John Van Nette and his wife. Sponsors, Jacob Dech and his wife Margaret. (No date of this and the two following baptisms given. As the ink used and the handwriting are the same as above probably the baptisms are of the same date, April 22, 1771.) A daughter named Maria. Parents, George Gieser and his wife Janette. Sponsors, parents (" Eltern Selbst"). A daughter named Elizabeth. Parents, Christian Fox and his wife Elizabeth. Sponsors, John Fox and Mrs. Elizabeth Ivlauer. Church Records. 93 A daughter named Anna Margaret, /'are^/^, Cornelius Daniel. Sponsors^ Conrad Gress and Mrs. Margaret Gross. January 14. (No year given. Perhaps 1772? In a different handwriting.) A boy was baptized named George Ernst. Parents^ Adam Siffart and his wife Susanna. Spoiisors^ George Ernst Becker and his wife Margaret. Born May 16. (No year given.) August 27, (No year given.) A girl, born July 23, was bap- tized. (No name of child recorded.) Parents^ John Florin (Flori?)and his wife Christina. Sponsors^ ]o\\x\. Ries and his wife Sophia. July 24. A son was born and received the name Conrad. Parents^ Conrad Lion ( ?) and his wife Anna Magdalena. Sponsors^ John Arndt and Maria the daughter of Conrad Hess. April 27. (No year given. Different handwriting.) A boy was baptized named Abraham. Parents^ Peter Monig and his wife Sibella. Sponsors^ Abraham Breiter and his wife Sibella. May 18. (No year.) A boy was baptized named Peter. Parents^ John Simon and his wife Gertrude. Sponsors^ Michael Gross and his wife. June 16. (No year.; A boy was baptized, named John. Parents^ Andrew Leidich and Mrs. Elizabeth Botzer. Sponsors, Jeremiah Koch and his wife Anna. June 16. (No year.) A daughter named Elizabeth. Parents, John Hinnerlin and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, Michael Butz and his wife Maria Elizabeth. September 12. (No year.) A boy was baptized, named Gerhard. Parents, Peter Breing (Breinig .?) and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, Gerhard Mohr and his wife Phoeba. Born April 22, 1771. September 30. (No year.) A daughter, born September 30, named Anna Elizabeth. Parents, Henry Schneider and his wife Juliana. Sponsors, Michael Odenwelder and Mrs. Margaret Becker. 94 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. September 30. (No year.) A daughter was baptized named Susanna. Born October 21. Parents., Philip Koch and his wife Elizabeth. Sponsors, Melchior Hay and his wife Susanna. November 15. (No year.) A daughter was baptized, named Anna Catharine. Born October 29. Parents, Frederick Meier (Meyer ?) and his wife Elizabeth. Sponsors, parents ( ''Eltern selbst"). December 12. (No year.) A boy was baptized, named John Conrad. Parents, William Hay and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, Conrad Hay and his wife Anna Maria. Born November 19. May 24. (No year.) A boy was baptized, named John. Parents, Adam Butz and his wife Margaret. Sponsors, Nicholas Koenig. May 24. (No year.) A daughter named, Juliana. Parents, Conrad Dorsheimer and his wife Christina. Sponsors, William Blatz and his wife Juliana. Born the day before Easter, I'J'J2. (The above baptisms therefore belong, pro- bably, to 1772?) 1772. June 16. A daughter was baptized. Born May 5. Parents, Gerhard Mohr and his wife Phoeba. Sponsors, John Mohr and his wife Eva Elizabeth. 1772. July 9. A daughter was baptized named Margaret. Born May 10. Parents, William Philips and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, Philip Platz and his wife Juliana. 1775, February 14. A son was baptized named Matthias. Born February 5, 1775. Parents, Matthias Miller and his wife, Maria Barbara. Sponsors, Matthias Stecher and Eliza- beth Ihrich (Ihrie?) 1775- February 14. A daughter was baptized, and the name given Elizabeth. Born October 23, 1774- Parents, Peter Koechlein and his wife Catharine. Sponsors, parents. Title Page of the Old Church Book. 95 lyjS- April 30. [This entry is in the handwriting of the Rev. Johann Wilhehn Ingold, who became pastor in 1776.] A daughter was born, and some time thereafter was baptized, receiving the name Anna Catharine. Parents^ Joh'"' Reb- scher and his wife Elizabeth. God Parents^ John Peter Ehrich (Ihrie?) and his wife Anna Catharine. 1775. March 6. Was born George, a son of John Nicholas Trauch and his wife Anna Margaret. The sponsors at the baptism were the grandparents, George Ernest Becker and his wife Magdalena. 1776. January 30. Was born John, a son of John Deichman and Elizabeth his wife. Sponsors., John Faust Dengler and his wife Margaret. In the year 1776, and apparently in the spring of the year, the Rev. John William Ingold became pastor of the congregation, and continued in office for a period of ten years. His records are kept with exceeding care and most commendable clearness. The records are in the English characters for the most part, but here and there German characters are interspersed, the record thus show- ing the conflict of the two languages. Rev. Mr. Ingold's entries are made with good ink, and show as plainly as the day they were made. Each page is ruled into five columns, one each for " Parentes, Infantes, Nati, Bap- tizati and Comparentes " — these names indicating that Mr. Ingold was a good Latin scholar as well as a careful scribe. 96 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. John William Ingold, present pastor at Easton, in keep- ing with the rules of the Church, continues the record of the baptized children, in the Book of the Baptisms. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Anno 1776. Adam Duffart et ejus Philip, Philip Achenbach uxor/ Susanna. 4 April, 1776. 25 Aug., a. e. ^ et Margaret, uxor. ISIichael Walter et Catharine, Jacob Bush et Anna Anna Maria, uxor. 7 July, 1776. 22 April, a.e. Maria, ejus uxor. John Mosch et Anna Christina, Melchoir Young et Catharine, uxor . 25 Sept., 1776. Catharine, uxor 13 Oct., a. e. ejus. Jeremias Hess et John, Peter Hay and Eliz- Elizabeth, ejus 20 Sept., 1776. abeth Hess, both uxor. 20 Oct., a. e. single. George Henry Klein- Susanna, John Vogt et Su- haus et Anna 3 Aug., 1776. sanna, ejus uxor. [Maria, uxor ejus. 20 Oct., a. e. George Henry Gress Anna Elizabeth, Michael Gress et et Eva Catharine, 21 Sept., 1776. Anna Elizabeth, ejus uxor. 27 Oct., a. e. ejus uxor. Jacob Heller et Su- Susanna, Adam Yohe et sanna, ejus uxor. 15 Aug,, 1776. Christiana, ejus 4 Nov., a. e. uxor. John Kemmerer et John Jacob, Philip Jacob Kernt Elizabeth, ejus I Oct., 1776. et Anna Maria, uxor. 10 Nov., a. e. ejus uxor. Christian Herzel et Elizabeth, Matthias Bruch et Anna Maria, ejus 6 Oct., 1776. Anna Barbara, uxor. 17 Nov., a. e. ejus uxor. Nicholas Koch et John Jacob, Jonn Herzel et Elizabeth, uxor. 15 Oct. 1776. Anna Hess, both 24 Nov., a. e. single. Matthias Mueller et Anna Catharine, Catharine Horn, Maria Barbara, 15 Nov., 1776. single. uxor. I Dec, a. e. ' Ejus uxor — his wife, phrase stand throughout. ^ The same year. It has been thought well to let this Latin Church Records. 97 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes, Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Michael Yohe et Anna Maria, Abraham Berlin et Maria, ejus uxor. 12 Oct., 1776. Maria Hak, both I Dec, a. e. single. Andrew Riebel et Peter, Peter Weichant et Margaret, ejus 7 Nov., 1776. Eva Young, both uxor. 15 Dec, a. e. single. Daniel Ellen et Cath- John, Peter Hay et Su- arine, ejus uxor. 18 Dec, 1776. sanna Hay, both 22 Dec, a. e. single. Joseph Bernhard et Esther, Parents themselves. Catharine, ejus 9 Nov., 1776. uxor. 22 Dec. Peter Kuechlein, Sr., Abraham, Parents themselves. et Catharine, ejus 10 Aug., 1776. uxor. 3 Sept., a. e. Michael Kocher et Anna Susanna, Caspar Rippel et Catharine, ejus 2 Dec, 1776. Susanna Rokel, uxor. 19 Jan., 1777. both single. Yost Kocher et Mag- Maria Magdalena, Henry Herzel et dalena, uxor. 16 Nov., 1776. Christina Mann, 26 Jan., 1777. both single. John Rambach et Ma- William, Parents themselves. ria Catharine, uxor. 15 Jan., 1777, " des abends." 26 Jan., a. e. Philip Odenwelder et Anna Rosina, John Yaeger et Anna Maria, uxor. 31 Dec, 1776. Anna Rosina 9 Feb., 1777. Odenwelder, both single. John Spangenberger Catharine, Jacob Ries et Cath- et Elizabeth, ejus 17 Oct., 1776. arine Herster, uxor. 9 Feb., 1777. both single. Frederick Pfeiffer et John Frederick, Frederick Sehler et Christina, uxor. 16 Dec, 1776. 23 Feb., 1777. ejus uxor. Adam Lechner et Jacob, Jacob Moser et Magdalene, uxor. 25 Dec, 1776. Elizabeth Yaeger, 9 M'ch (1777). both single. Nicholas Kemmerer Philip, Parents themselves. et Juliana, ejus 3 March, 1777. uxor. 1 1 March, a. e. 98 The First Reformed Chnrch of Easton, Pa. Parentes. Parents. Frederick Boyer et Anna, uxor. Jacob Opp et Anna Maria, ejus uxor. Frederick Weidelich et Maria, uxor. John George Ernd- fried et Catharine Barbara, uxor. Andrew Raub et Magdalene, uxor. John Schneyder et Catharine Eliza- beth, uxor. Philip Platz et Juli- ana, ejus uxor, of Phillipsburg. Philip Meixel et Mag- dalene, uxor. William Keller et Magdalene, uxor. Philip Messinger et Susanna Elizabeth, uxor ejus. John Moser et Hanna, ejus uxor. John Best et Eliza- beth, ejus uxor. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Anna Catharine, 5 >"•» 1777- 16 March, a. e. Catharine, 22 Aug., 1773. 30 March, 1777. Dorothea Maria, 20 March, 1777. 23 March, a. e. Sara, 9 March, 1777. 6 April, a. e. John Jacob, 10 Feb., 1777. 6 April, a. e. Maria, 19 Feb., 1777. 13 April, a. e. Joseph, 4 March, 1777. 13 April, a. e. John Philip, 9 March, 1777 27 April, a. e. William, 10 April, 1777. 27 April, a. e. Susan Elizabeth, 6 Jan., 1777. 4 May, a. e. Susanna et Maria Magdalene, 3 Dec, 1775, 9 Dec, 1776. 8 May, 1777. Andrew, 16 March, 1777. 1 1 May, a. e. Comparentes. Godparents. Nicholas Michael et Catharine, ejus uxor. John William In- gold, pastor here, et Catharine Bar- bara, uxor tnea. Jacob Likfeld et Dorothea Maria, ejus uxor. John Diwler et Sara Berlin, both single. John Jacob Pitter- bender et Eva En- gle, both single. George Stecher et Catharine, ejus uxor. Jacob Abel et Anna Maria, uxor ejus. Philip Zimmerman et Alargaret King, both single. William Hess et Catharine, ejus uxor. Jacob Abel et Eliza- beth Ross, both single. Bastian Moser et Susanna, ejus uxor. Andrew Moser et Maria Magdalene, ejus uxor. Andrew Uler et Anna, ejus uxor. Church Records. 99 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Christian Holland et Peter, Peter Ehleret Eliza- Susanna Margaret, 28 April, 1777. beth, ejus uxor. uxor ejus. 21 May, a. e. John Rebscher et Maria Elizabeth, Henry Laux et Elizabeth, ejus 18 April, 1777. Maria Elizabeth uxor. 19 May, a. e. Menges, both single. William Moritz et Maria Catharine, Christian Holland Anna Eva, ejus 8 Dec, 1754. et Susanna Mar- uxor. 8 June, 1777. N. B. After pre- vious catechiza- tion. garet, ejus uxor. Matthias Glaas et John Matthew, John Kless et Bar- Eva Christina, 19 May, 1777. bara, ejus uxor. uxor ejus. 5 June, a. e. John Peter Feith et John, John George Somer Barbara, ejus uxor. 31 July, 1776. et Anna Barbara, 22 June, 1777. ejus uxor. Abraham Berlin et Abraham, Abraham Berlin et Anna Maria, ejus 14 May, 1777. Catharine, ejus uxor. 6 July, a. e. uxor, the grand- parents. Nicholas Brotzman Nicholas. Nicholas Koch et et Gertrude, ejus 22 June, 1777. Elizabeth, ejus uxor. 20 July, a. e. uxor. John Reutel et Car- John, George Hag et lotta, ejus uxor. 16 April, 1777. Rosina, ejus 25 Ji-iiy^ ^- e. uxor. John Odenwelder et John, John Best, et Eliza- Elizabeth, ejus I r June, 1777. beth, ejus uxor. uxor. 3 Aug., a. e. Peter Fox et Mar- John, John Fox, et Eliza- garet, ejus uxor. 26 Nov., 1776. 3 Aug., 1777. beth, ejus uxor. John Schneyder et Elizabeth, John Morphy et Anna Maria, ejus 9 May, 1777. Elizabeth, ejus uxor. 3 Aug., a. e. uxor. lOO The First Reforincd Church of Boston, Pa. Parentes. Infaates, Nati , Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Bom Baptized. Godparents. Michael Schmidt et Anna Barb ara. Andrew Uler et Catharine, ejus I Jan., 1777. Anna, ejus uxor. uxor. lo Aug., a. e. John Messinger et Jacob, Jacob Kuhn et Elizabeth, uxor. 28 Dec, 1776. Maria Wilhelm, 24 Aug., 1777. both single. Vallentin Beutelman Henry, William Henry et Maria Barbara, I J"b'' 1777. Hentz et Mar- ejus uxor. 7 Sept., 1777- garet, ejus uxor. George Walter et Bar- John, John Odenwelder et bara, uxor ejus. 17 Aug., 1777. Elizabeth, ejus 7 Sept., 1777. uxor. Stephen Keler ^ et John, Gabriel Keler et Catharine, ejus 8 Aug., 1777. Maria Elizabeth, uxor. 7 Sept. 1777. ejus uxor. Michael Wilhelm et Maria, an i llegit- John Young et Elizabeth, unmar- imate child. Maria, uxor. ried, but living to- 26 April II 76. gether. The father 8 Sept. 1777. is dead. Jacob Schumacher et Susanna, John Arndt et Eliza- Elizabeth, uxor 2 Aug., 1777. beth, uxor ejus. ejus. 14 Sept. 1777. John William Ingold, Maria Cath arine. Jacob Opp et Anna Minister at this 26 Aug., 1777. Maria, uxor ejus. place, et Catharine iS Sept. 1777. Barbara, uxor mea. Peter Rieser et Mar- John Phili P' Philip Rieser et garet, ejus uxor. 21 Aug. . 1777- Margaret Butz, 21 Sept. . 1777- both single. John Flori et Chris- John George, John George Trum- tina, uxor ejus. 4 July. 1777. heller et Christina 5 Oct., 1777. Ries (Rieser.^), single. William Petersen et Jacob, Jacob Klein et Fronica (Vero- 29 Aug. 1777. Philippina, ejus nica.^), ejus uxor. 19 Oct., 1777. uxor. 'This name is written first Kehlcr, but erased and Keler substituted for it. Church Records. lOI Parentes. Infantes, Nati , Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born Baptized. Godparents. Henry Butz et Anna Elizabeth, Michael Butz et Eva, ejus uxor. 29 Sept. 1777. Elizabeth, uxor. 26 Oct., 1777. the grandparents. John Hess et Magda- John, John Hess et Eliza- lena, uxor. 28 Sept. 1777. beth Hess, both 26 Oct., 1777. single. John Rosenberger et William, Philip Achenbach. Hannah, ejus uxor. 23 Juiy^ 1777. 16 Nov., 1777. John Papp et Anna Abraham, Christian Mueller Maria, uxor ejus. 22 Aug. 1777. (Miller) et Maria, 2 Dec, 1777. uxor ejus. Peter Lattig et Eliza- Anna Maria, Martin Rau et Anna beth, ejus uxor. 23 Sept. 1777. Maria Sauberts, 14 Dec, 1777. both single. John Young et Anna Sara, Peter Kuechlein, Maria, uxor ejus. iS Dec, 1777. Junior, et Sara, 25 Dec, 1777. ejus uxor. John Nicohuis ' John, John Troxell et Troxel et Anna II April , 1778. Elizabeth. Margaret. In June, 1778. William Moebeck et Carolus, Gottlieb Hepp, Anna, uxor ejus. 14 Dec, 1777. Junior, et Cath- I Jan., 1778. rine, uxor ejus. Henry Hess et Mar- Magdalena 1 Frederick Hess et garet, ejus uxor. 12 Sept. ^ ^117- Magdalena 4 >n., 1778. Scholl, both single. John Specht et Cath- Maria, Parentes ipsi (the arine, uxor ejus. 5 >n-. 1778. parents them- 12 Jan., 1778. selves). Jacob Pfeiffer et John Christian, Christian Pfeiffer Maria, uxor ejus. 21 June, 1777. et Catharine, 16 Jan., 1778. ejus uxor. Adam Hay et Anna John Carl, Melchior Hay et Maria, uxor ejus. 25 J"iy, 1777. Margaret, ejus iS Jan., 1778. uxor. ' This entry is in a different handwriting and was evidently of a later date. I02 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Bom, Baptized. Godparents. Robert Lewers et Sara, Parentes ipsi. ^laria, ejus uxor. 22 April, 1777. 12 Feb., 1778. Matthias Stecher et Barbara, Cornelius Weich- Christina, ejus 20 Dec, 1777. ant et Barbara uxor. 13 Feb., 177S. Stecher, both single. Jacob Brotzman et Jacob, Nicholas Brotzman Anna Maria, ejus 21 Dec, 1777. et Gertrude, ejus uxor. 22 Feb., 1778. uxor. Henry Gress et Eva Susanna, Michael Gress et Catharine, ejus 6 Jan., 1778. Susanna Brotz- uxor. 22 Feb., 1778. man, both single. Peter Erig et Anna Nicolaus, John Nicolaus Catharine, uxor. 24 June, 1776. Scheuermann et 20 July, 1776. Anna Elizabeth, ejus uxor. Richard Mosten et Richard, John Andreas Sabel Francisca, uxor 17 Feb., 1778. et Catharine ejus. I March, 1778. Drachsel (Trox- el), both single. Philip Koch et Eliza- John William, John William Hess beth, ejus uxor. 13 Feb., 1778. et Catharine, uxor I March, 177S. ejus. Abraham Horn et Abraham, John Simon et Susanna, uxor ejus. I Feb., 1778. Gertrude, uxor 8 March, 1778. ejus. Johannes Rambach et Maria Elizabeth, Philip Grub et Maria Catharina, I Feb., 177S. Maria Elizabeth uxor ejus. 22 March, 1778. Eweritz, both single. Andreas Moser et Johann Jacob, Jacob Biji ( ?) et Magdalena, ejus 24 Feb., 1778. Christina Meixel, uxor. 22 March, 177S. both single. Joh. George Horti et Andreas, Andreas Riebel et Eva, ejus uxor. 28 Sept., 1777. Margaretha, ejus 29 March, 1778. uxor. John George Nico- Johann Georg, George Ehrenfield laus et Magdalena, 24 Feb., 1778. et Catharine, uxor uxor. 5 April, 1778. ejus. Church Records. 103 Parentes. Parents. Henry Laux et Maria Elizabeth, uxor. Caspar Riebel et Anna Regina, uxor ejus. Dennes Dumi et Eliz- abeth Delphertz — not married. Valentine Sandel et Eva, uxor. Christian Mueller et Catharine, uxor ejus. Michael Odenwaelder et Anna Margar- etha, ejus uxor. Friedeich Busch et Anna Maria, uxor. John Yost, the re- puted father, and Elizabeth Griese- mer, the mother. Conrad Schekrer et Charlotta, uxor ejus. Andreas Ribbel et Margaretha, uxor ejus. Georg Sax et Mar- garetha, uxor ejus. Infantes. Nati, Baptizati Infants, Born, Baptized. Anna Maria, 15 Jan., 1778. 5 April, 1 7 78. Johannes, 16 Dec, 1777. 19 April, 1778. Johannes, born out of wedlock, 22 March, 1778. 26 April, 1778. Susanna, 6 April, 1778. 10 May, 1778. Isaac, 13 Feb., 1778. 10 May, 1778. Catharina Eliza- betha, 6 June, 1778. 28 June, 177S. Johannes, 30 March, 1778. 19 Juiy» 1778- Anna Margaretha, illegitimate, 16 Feb., 1777. 16 Aug., 1778. Johann Heinrich, 6 Aug., 1778. 20 Sept., 1778. Juliana Catharina, 28 Nov., 1778. 30 Dec, 1778. Anno 1779. Wilhelm, 30 Oct., 177S. 25 Jan., 1779. Comparentes. Godparents. Conrad Menges et Anna Maria, uxor ejus. Johannes Rochel et Magdalena Becker, both single. Peter Erig et Anna Catharine, uxor ejus. Adam Dophard et Susanna, uxor ejus. Michael Lavvald et Sibilla, uxor ejus. Michael Opp et Catharina Eliza- beth a, ejus uxor. Georg Walter et Barbara, uxor ejus. Anna Margaret Best, of the single estate. Heinrich Butz et Eva, uxor. Nicolaus Kem- merer, Jr., et Juliana Catha- rina. Parentes ipsi. 104 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Jacob Schaub et Johann Michael, Joh. ISIichael Schik Elizabetha, uxor 27 Nov., 177S. et Anna Marga- ejus. 2 Feb., 1779. retha, uxor ejus. Johannes Erig et Elizabetha, Andreas Grub et Maria Magdalena, 5 Feb., 1779. Elizabetha, uxor uxor ejus. 1 March, 1779. ejus, the grand- parents. Conrad Settel et Catharina, Michael Fraes et Maria Magdalena, 20 Jan., 1779. Gertruda, uxor uxor ejus. 28 March, 1779. ejus. William Hess et Johann Georg, Johannes Frutschi Catharina, ejus 2 Dec, 1778. et Elizabetha uxor. 4 April, 1779. Hess, both single. Nicholaus Koch et Abraham, Nicolaus Brotzman Elizabetha, uxor. 29 Jan., 1779. et Gertruda, uxor 1 1 April, 1779. ejus. John Deichman et Elizabeth, Andreas Friedrich Elizabeth. 18 May, 1779. et Elizabeth 1779. Dengler. Jacob Abel and Anna Anna Margaretha, Arnold Eberhard et Maria, uxor. 27 Nov., 17S8. Anna Margare- 16 May, 1779. tha, uxor. Arnold Eberhard et Anna Maria, Jacob Abel et Anna Anna Margaretha, 10 April, 1778. Maria, uxor ejus. uxor. 16 May, 1779. Leonhard Welsch et Christina Catharina, Lorenz Schwartz et Maria Elizabeth, 21 April, 1779. Christina Catha- uxor ejus. 23 May, 1779. rina Bauer, both single. Johnnes Oberle et Johann Rudolph, Joh. Rudolph Ober- Elizabetha, uxor 16 May, 1779. le and Anna Mar- ejus. I June, 1779. garetha, uxor, the grandparents. Benedic Lutz et Anna Johann Michael, Joh. Michael Oden- Maria, uxor ejus. 6 April, 1779. waeldcr et Mai- 6 June, 1779. garetha, uxor ejus. Johannes Deichman Johannes, Joh. Yost Dengler et Elizabetha, uxor 30 Jan., 1776. et Anna Margare- ejus. 8 Feb., 1776. tha, uxor ejus. Church Records. lo: Parentes. Infantes, Nati , Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born Baptized. Godparents. Elizabetha 5 Andreas Friederich 1 8 May, 1779. et Elizabeth Den- 6 June, 1779. gler, both single. Casimir Hemb et Barbara, Jacob Hemb et Bar- Anna Catharina, 13 June, 1778. bara, uxor ejus. uxor ejus. 13 June, 1779. Johannes Best et Johannes, Johannes Oden- Elizabeth, uxor 8 April ' 1779- waelder et Eliza- ejus. 3o June, 1779. betha, uxor ejus. Jacob Butz et Maria, Michael Rawert, Benjamin Siegel et uxor ejus. (Robert.?) Charlotta, uxor 9 Jan., 1779. ejus. 3 July. 1779. Philip Achenbach et Philip, Conrad Ehrich et Anna Maria, uxor 28 June, 1779. Maria Eliza- ejus. I Aug., 1779. betha, uxor ejus. Philip Platz et Juli- Georg, Georg Haag et ana, uxor ejus. 30 Dec, 1778. Rosina, uxor ejus. 15 Aug., 1779. Wilhelm Martin et Wilhelm, Conrad Dursch- Sara, uxor ejus. 7 Jui^e, 1779. heimer et Chris- 24 Aug., 1779. tina, uxor ejus. Henry Berntz et Waenki, George Haag et Maria, uxor ejus. 17 Jan., 1777. Rosina, uxor. 34 Aug., 1779. Elsi, Gottlieb Hepp et 2 Oct., I77S. Catharina, uxor 24 Aug., 1779. ejus. Michael Schmidt et Elizabetha, Parentes ipsi. Catharina, uxor 25 Feb., 1779. ejus. 26 Sept., 1779. Johann Wilhelm In- Friderich Wilhelm, The Rev. Fried- gold, Pastor hujus 6 Sept., 1779. erich Delliker,^ loci, et Catharina 6 Oct., 1779. Preacher at New Barbara, uxor mea. Germantown et Maria Barbara, uxor ejus. ^ His name was originally De la Cour. He was no doubt a Huguenot. See Harbaugh's " L/ives of the Fathers," Vol. II., p. 382. io6 The First Reformed Church of East 011^ Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Nicolaus, Godparents. Caspar Rippel et Parentes ipsi. Anna Regina, uxor I Oct., 1779. ejus. 4 Oct., 1779. Jacob Buss et Anna Anna Catharina, Peter Hertz etAnna Maria, uxor ejus. 27 Aug., 1779. Catharina, uxor 10 Oct., 1779. ejus. Johannes Musch et Johannes, Parentes ipsi. Anna Catharnia, I Oct., 1779. uxor ejus. 10 Oct., 1779. Johannes Oden- Johann Philip, Philip Odenwaelder waelder et Eliza- 30 Sept., 1779. et Susanna, uxor betha, uxor ejus. 7 Nov., 1779. ejus, the grand- parents. Johannes ToeppHn et Elizabetha, Georg Hach et Christina, uxor 30 Oct., 1779. Rosina, uxor ejus. ejus. 7 Nov., 1779. Jacob Opp et Anna Sara, Jacob Hoffmann et Maria, uxor ejus. 5 Nov., 1779. Maria Eva, uxor 15 Nov., 1779. ejus, the grand- parents. Antoni Dechet et Johann Henrich, Georg Henrich Catharina, uxor 20 Aug., 1779. Raub et Elizabeth ejus. 12 Dec, 1779. Gress, both of the single estate. Peter Lattig et Eliza- Johann Jacob, Jacob Lattig et beth, uxor ejus. 30 Aug., 1779. Elizabetha, uxor 17 Oct., 1779. ejus. PhiHp Wottring et Johann Jacob, Simon Jacob Diel et Maria Elizabetha, 24 Nov., 1779. Anna Elizabetha, uxor ejus. 12 Dec, 1779. Anno 1780. uxor ejus. Henrich Schaus et Johannes Anthon, Johannes Anthon EHzabetha, uxor I Dec, 1779. Ros et Maria ejus. 16 Jan., 1780. Christina, uxor ejus, the grand- parents. Joseph Mimon et Anna Johannes, Johann Georg Pit- Maria, uxor ejus. 10 Dec, 1772. terbendcr et Cath- 17 Jan., 1780. arine, uxor ejus. Church Records, 107 Parentes. Parents. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Comparentes. Godparents. Elizabeth, Mater ipsa, patre 25 >"•. 1775. mortue. ut supra. Michael Fraes et Ger- Anna Catharina, Abraham Arnd et truda, uxor ejus. 21 Nov., 1779. Anna Maria, uxor Daniel Lawar et Anna 17 Jan., 1780. Anna, ejus. Ludwig Knaus et Margaretha, uxor. 31 Oct., 1779. 7 Feb., 1780. Anna Elizabetha Musch, both of the single estate. Andreas Raub et Johannes, Georg Raub et Maria Magdalena, 28 Jan., 1780. Barbara, uxor uxor. 9 Feb., 1780. ejus, the grand- Abraham Horn et Sus- Catharina, parents. Melchior Hay et anna, uxor ejus. 21 Dec, 1779. Margaretha, uxor 20 Feb., 17S0. ejus, the grand- parents. Jacob Schumacher et Abraham, Nicolaus Kemmerer Elizabeth , uxor ejus. 10 Dec, 1779. et Juliana, uxor Adam Rieser et Maria I Jan., 17S0. Eva Elizabetha, ejus. Dieterich Sikmann Eva, uxor ejus. 24 Oct., 1779. et Elizabetha, Michael Odenwaelder 27 Feb., 1780. Anna Catharina, uxor ejus. Michael Opp et et Anna Margaretha, 20 Dec, 1779. Catharina, uxor uxor ejus. 20 Feb., 1780. ejus, the grand- Johannes Weier- Johannes, parents. Christian Corell et bacher et Catha- 10 Jan., 1780. Margaretha rina, uxor ejus. 13 March, 1780. Best, both of the single state. Georg Stecher et Elizabetha, Michael Messinger Elizabetha, uxor I Dec, 1779. et Catharina ejus. 26 March, 17S0. Stoltz, both single. Lorentz Schwartz et Maria Margaretha, Michael Odenwael- Catharina Chris- iS Feb., 17S0. der et Anna Mar- ti na, uxor ejus. 26 March, 1780. garetha, uxor ejus. io8 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Parentes. Parents. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Bom, Baptized. Comparentes. Godparents. Frikrich Wagner et Elizabetha, Fridrich Kuhn et Catharina, uxor 4 Jan., 17S0. Anna, uxor ejus, ejus. 26 March, 17S0. the grandparents. Michael Kocher et Anna Maria, Balthasar Rokel et Anna Catharina, I Jan., 17S0. Elizabetha, the uxor ejus. 26 March, 1780. grandparents. Michael Gress et Elizabetha, Elias Beutelmann, Elizabetha, uxor 21 Feb., 17S0. et Elizabetha ejus. 26 March, 17S0. Gress, both of the single estate. Matthias Stecher et Johannes, Johannes Schney- Christina, uxor 27 Jan., 17S0. der et Catharina ejus. 9 April, 17S0. Elizabetha, uxor ejus, the grand- Henrich Laux et Johann Henrich, parents. Joh. Nicolaus Maria Elizabetha, 21 Feb., 17S0. Scheuermann et uxor ejus. 23 April, 17S0. Anna Catharina, uxor ejus. Peter Hay et Barbara, Elizabetha, Johannes Simon et uxor ejus. 7 March, 17S0. Gertruda, uxor 23 April, 1780. ejus, the grand- Gebhard Dalli et Gebhard, illegiti- parents. Jacob Schumacher Catharine, a negress mate, a mulatto. et Elizabetha, — not married. 12 Jan., 1780. 4 May, 17S0. uxor ejus. Yost Henrich Kocher Joseph, Philip Mann et et Maria Magdalena 27 March, 1779. Anna Magdalena, uxor ejus. Wilhelm Hess et 6 May, 1780. Andreas, uxor ejus. Andreas Uler et Catharina, uxor 6 Jan., 1780. Anna, uxor ejus. ejus, Michael Raub et 7 May, 17S0. Georg Henrich, Georg Henrich Maria Elizabetha, 26 Feb., 17S0. Raub et Maria uxor ejus. 7 May, 1780. Elizabetha Moy- er, lioth single. David Young et David, Jacob Likfeld et Elizabetha, uxor 17 April, 1780. Dorothea, uxor ejus. 7 May, 17S0. ejus. Chu7'c}i Reco7-ds. 109 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Nicolaus Brotzmann Johann Friderich, Johann Friderich et Gertruda, uxor 26 March, 1780. Brotzmann et ejus. 13 May, 1780. Margaretha, uxor ejus. Friederich Hess et Jeremias Hess et Magdalena, Elizabetha, uxor 23 March, 1780. Magdalena ejus. 30 April, 1780. Scholl, both single. Elias Hirte et Mar- Johann Georg, Georg Schikli et garetha, uxor ejus. 31 March, 1780. Anna Maria, uxor 25 May, 1780. ejus. Philip Zimmerman et Joseph, Joseph Zimmerman Anna Maria, uxor 23 May, 1780. et Elizabetha, ejus. 25 May, 1780. uxor ejus. Philip Odewaelder et Johann Philip, Philip Odewaelder, Anna Maria, uxor 17 April, 1780. senior, et Su, ejus. 28 May, 1780. sanna, uxor ejus, the grandparents. Friederich Busch et Johann Henrich, Hennrich Busch, et Anna Maria, uxor 31 Oct., 1779. Anna jMaria,uxor ejus. 2 June, 1780. ejus, the grand- parents. Johannes Albrecht et Johannes — " un- Parentes. Maria Bender. eheliches." 18 Nov., 1779. 22 June, 1780. Philip Koch et Eliza- Maria Elizabetha, Philip Wottringet beth, uxor ejus. 31 May, 1780. Elizabetha, uxor 25 June, 1780. ejus. Henrich Siklin et Henrich, Nicolaus Kemmerer Rachel, uxor ejus. 17 May, 1780. et Juliana, uxor 9 July, 17S0. ejus. Robbert Dann et Johann Philip, Philip Grub et Eliz- Hanna, uxor ejus. 25 Dec, 1779. 30 Aug., 17S0. abeth, uxor ejus. Belthasar Stiehl et Johann Adarn, Adam Sand et Maria Christina, 20 Aug., 1780. Christina, uxor uxor ejus. 17 Sept., 1780. ejus. Andreas Kuechlein Susanna, Henrich Bernd et et Elizabeth, uxor 29 Jan., 1781. Susanna, uxor ejus. II March, 1781. ejus. no The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Parentes. Parents. Johannes Scliuck ^ et Juliana, uxor ejus. John Xicoh^us Trox- el ' et Anna Mar- garetha. Henrich Schaus et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Johannes Doebler et Christina, uxor ejus. Johannes Young et Maria, uxor ejus. Philip Achenbach et Anna Maria, uxor ejus. Robertus Droehl et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Barbara Schneyder et Philip Secher, the reputed father. Nicholas Koch et Elizabetha, uxor. Joh. Wilhclm Hess et Catharina, uxor ejus. Anna Maria Biseker et Daniel Messinger, the reputed father. Philip Ilelick, school- master at this place, et Eva, uxor ejus. ' Entered by a different Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Bom, Baptized. Eva, 7 Feb., 1781. II March, 17S1. Michael, 6 Sept., 1 78 1. — Oct., 17S1. Anna Maria, 16 Sept., 17S1. 4 Nov., 1781. Johann Ludwig, 29 Sept., 1 78 1. iS Nov., 1781. Johannes, 9 Oct., 1781. II Nov., 1 78 1. Daniel, 17 Oct., 1781. 18 Nov., 1 781. Anno 1782. Johann Georg, II Oct., 1781. 6 Jan., 17S2. Elizabetha, 16 Oct., 17S1. 6 Jan., 1782. Maria Magdalena, 16 Jan., 1782. 19 Jan., 1782. Abraham, 18 April, 1 78 1. 22 Jan., 17S2. Jonathan, iS Aug., 1781. 6 Feb., 1782. Philip Jacob, 15 Jan., 1782. I 20 Feb., 17S2. hand. Comparentes. Godparents. Henrich Busch et Eva, uxor ejus. John Herster et Margaretha. Leonhard Welsch et Anna Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Joh. Ludwig Knaus et Margaretha Flori, both single. Johan Huerster et Fronica (Veroni- ca .-*) Deicher,both single. Adam Flori et Cath- arina, uxor ejus. Johann Georg Busch et Eliza- beth Grotz, single persons. Ludwig Knaus et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Leonhard Hertzel et Maria Magdalena, the grandparents. Jeremias Hess et Elizabeth, uxor ejus. Georg Schikli et Anna Maria, uxor ejus. Parentes ipsi. Church Records. Ill Parentes. Parents. Hennrich Sichlin et Rachael, uxor ejus. Jeremias Hess et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Leonard Welsch et Maria Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Moritz Bischoff et Christina, uxor ejus. Jacob Weygant et Catharina, uxor ejus. Johannes Best et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Johann Moser et Catharina, uxor ejus. Johannes Ehrig et Maria Magdalena, uxor ejus. Johann Odenwaelder et Elizabetha, uxor. Peter Lattig et Eliza- betha, uxor ejus. Wilhelm Keller et Magdalena, uxor ejus. Conrad Menges et Maria, uxor. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Johann Georg, 8 Dec, 1781. 24 Feb., 1783. Abraham, 10 Dec, 17S1. 24 Feb., 17S2. Maria Catharina, 31 Jan., 17S2. 24 Feb., 1783. Johannes, 4 Oct., 1781. 24 March, 17S2. Gertraud, 24 March, 17S3. Johann Jacob, 15 Jan., 17S2. 24 March, 1782. Rosina Eva, 23 Jan., 1782. 24 March, 1782. Catharina, 2 Feb., 1782. 24 March, 17S2. Bernhard, 22 Jan., 1782. 31 March, 1782. Rosina, 5 Nov., 17S1. 31 March, 1782. Jacob, 3 Jan., 17S2. 31 March, 1782. Elizabetha, 18 Sept., 17S1. 31 March, 1782. Mersi Simon, a woman, 29 years of age. 7 Apr., 1782. Comparentes. Godparents. Joh. Georg Stecher et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Abraham Schuma- cher et Maria Kel- ler, both single. Philip Schlauch et Maria Catharina, uxor ejus. Leonhard Osterstock et Anna Maria Busch, both single. Mrs. Gertrude Naul, the grandmother. Jacob Dech, et Christman, uxor ejus. Adam Schaeffer et Eva Moser, both single. Gottlieb Hipp et Catharina, uxor ejus. Bernhard Mueller et Eva, uxor ejus. Joh. Georg Brug et Elizabetha, uxor ejus. Jacob Drumheller et Elizabetha Hess, both single. Elizabetha Mueller. Johann Simon et Gertrude, uxor ejus. 112 T]ic First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born , Baptized. Godparents. Antoni Dech et Cath- Antonius, Hennrich Gress et arina Elizabetha, I Jan., 1782. Catharina, uxor uxor ejus. 1 8 Apr. , 1782. ejus. Christian Butz et Elizabetha 1 Miss Elizabeth Butz, Magdalena, uxor. 28 Feb., 1782. the grandmother. 28 Apr., 17S2. Johannes Dopliart et Elizabetha Michael Fraes et Catharina, uxor. 21 Jan., '1782. Gertraud, uxor 9 May, 1782. ejus. Christian Mueller, et Elizabetha ) Johannes Schneyder Anna Maria, uxor. 6 Sept. , 1781. et Catharina Eliz- 20 May, 1782. abetha, uxor ejus. Peter Ehler et Eliza- Elizabetha Magaretha Arnold. beth, uxor ejus. 25 May, 1770. 17 May, 1782. Peter Ehler et Anna Anna Maria, Parentes ipsi. Maria, uxor ejus. 2 Feb., 1782. 9 May, 1782. Johannes Schuck et Sara, Adam Dreisbach et Juliana, uxor. 18 May, 1782. Elizabetha Drach- 26 May, 1782. sel, both single. Hennrich Fell et Johannes, Ludwig Schaub et Elizabetha, uxor 16 Apr., 1782. Christina, uxor ejus. 23 June, 1782. ejus. Theophilus Schenen Hennrich, Parentes ipsi. et Clementina, 27 Oct., 1781. uxor. 7 Juiy> 1782. Andreas Kuechlien et Peter, Joh. Peter Kuech- Elizabetha, uxor 6 July, 1782. lein, senior, et ejus. iS July, 1782. Catharina, uxor ejus, the grand- parents. Jacob Schumacher et Anna Maria, | Jacob Arnd, Jr., et Elizabetha, uxor. 20 July, 1782. Elizabetha, uxor 18 Aug., 1782. ejus. Christopher Engel et Susanna, Johannes Young et Elizabetha, uxor 29 June, 1782. Anna Maria, ejus. 18 Aug., 1782. uxor ejus. Jacob Fraunfelder et Conrad, Conrad Eh rig, sen- Anna Maria, uxor 8 Oct., 1872. ior, et Elizabetha, ejus. 24 Nov., 1782. uxor ejus. Church Records. 113 Parentes. Parents. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Comparentes. Godparents. Henrich Deringer ^ et Ana Elizabeth, Conrad Rohn et Catharina. 7 March, 1771. Ana Elisabeth. Peter Schneyder et Susanna, uxor ejus. 1781. Elisabetha, 6 Aug., 1782. 12 Oct., 1782. Parentes ipsi. Michael Yohe et Anna Michael, Parentes ipsi. Maria, exor ejus. 25 >iy' 1782. 12 Oct., 1782. Ludwig Rieger et Catharina, uxor Maria Magdelena, 3 Feb., 17S2. Dewald Drumm- heller et Maria ejus. 7 April, 1782. Magdalena, uxor Anno 1783. ejus. Johann Wilhehn Charlotta, Wir Eltern, selbst. Ingold, Pfarrer dahier, und Catha- 10 Jan., 1783. 10 Jan., 1783. rina Barbara, meine Ehe-frau. Michael Gress et Anna Maria, Philip Odewaelder Elisabetha Marga- 2 Jan., 1783. et Anna Maria, retha, uxor. 16 Feb., 1783. uxor. Friederich Schaus et Eva Catharina, uxor. Johannes — a young boy aged 14 years 10 months less 4 Ludwig Knaus, Sr. Georg Hennrich days. 20 Feb., 1783. Anna Catharina, Isaac Schumacher Kleinhans et Anna 4 Oct., 17S2. et Catharina, uxor Maria, uxor ejus. 16 March, 1783. ejus. Hennrich Winter et Hennrich, Georg Wilhelm Hanna, uxor. 20 Nov., 1782. Raub et Catha- Andreas Rippel et 13 April, 1783. Elisabetha, rina, uxor ejus. Andreas Mueller et Margaretha, uxor. Hennrich Fres et 14 Nov., 17S2. 21 April, 1783. Elisabetha, Elisabetha Mayer, both single. Michael Fres et Maria, uxor. 9 March, 1783. Gertruda, ejus 21 April, 1783. uxor. ' Entered by a different hand. 114 ^'^'^ J^irst Reformed Church of Boston, Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Jacob Bachman et Catharine Hertzler Melchoir Stecher et Catharina, uxor. — a married woman, aged 27 years. 26 April, 17S3. Catharina, uxor. Ut supra. Maria Mokelrei — a married woman aged 19 years. 26 April, 1783. Ut supra. Johann Arnd et Elisabetha, Parentes ipsi. Elisabetha, uxor. 13 Feb., 17S3. 27 April, 17S3. Friederich Boyer et Friederich, Jacob Weyant et Anna, uxor. 20 Dec, 1782. Catharina, uxor II May, 1783. ejus. John Deichman et Abraham, Abraham Lowaret Elisabeth. 7 Jan., 1782. 1782. Maria Magdalena, Rosina. Johannes Guennert et Dewald Drumm- Elisabetha, uxor 6 March, 1783, heller et Maria ejus. 25 May, 1783. Magdalena, uxor. Matthias Mueller et Jacob, Parentes ipsi. Maria Barbara, 27 April, 1783. uxor. 25 May, 1703. Job. Wilhelm Hess et Wilhelm Henn- Josh. Wilhelm Anna Catharina, rich, Frutschi et Anna uxor. 6 Dec, 17S2. Margaretha Wat- 8 June, 1783. tring, both single. Ulrich Hauser et Bar- Jacob, Jacob Arnd, bara, uxor. 7 June, 1783. senior, et Elisa- 20 July, 1783. betha, uxor ejus. John Odewaelder et Catharina, Hennrich Uhl et Elizabetha, uxor. 27 Oct,, 1783. Eva Mueller, 21 Dec, 1783. both single. Anno 1784. Adam Essig et Elisa- Christian, Christian Butz et betha, uxor. 25 Dec, 1783. Magdalena, uxor 18 Jan., 1784. ejus. Church Rccoi'ds. \i Parentes. Parents. Peter Schneyder at Susanna, ejus uxor. Lorentz Erb et Anna Maria, uxor. Daniel Reinier et Margaretha, uxor ejus. Daniel Reimer et Margaretha, uxor ejus. Friedericli Berthold (?) et Elizabetha. Jeremias Hess, Elisa- betha. Peter Lattig, Elisa- betha. Philip Odewaelder et Anna Maria. Michael Gress et Elisabetha. Hennrich Fraes et Maria, uxor. Friedrich Hess et Maria, uxor ejus. Johannes Hess et Magdalena, uxor ejus. Johannes Ginnert et Elisabetha. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Comparentes. Godparents. Susanna, 9 Dec, 18 Jan., Johannes, 14 Dec, 23 Oct., Jacob, 10 Oct., 21 Oct., Nicolaus, 4 Dec, 25 Dec, Susanna, 25 Nov., 1 Jan., 1783- 1784. 1783- ^783. 1783- 1783- 1781. 1781. 1783- 178 4. Anna, 6 Dec, 1783. 28 Dec, 1783. Anna Barbara, 26 March, 17S4 Eodem die. Elisabetha, 9 April, 1784. 9 May, 1784. Johannes, 22 May, 1784. 18 July, 1784. Jacob, 18 June, 1784. 15 Aug., 17S4. Jacob, 17 June, 1784. ut supra. Maria Magdalena, 26 May, 1784. ut supra. Elisabetha, 14 June, 1784. 29 Aug., 1784. Parentes ipsi. Adam Dreisbach et Susanna, uxor ejus. Jacob Reimer, of the single state. Christian Best et Catharina, uxor ejus. Adam Driesbach et Susanna, uxor ejus, the grand- parents. Christian Hess et Anna, uxor ejus. Mathias Bruch et Anna Barbara, uxor ejus. Philip Lutz et Elisabetha Yaeger, both single. Johann Odewaelder et Elisabetha, uxor ejus. Jacob Weyand et Catharina, uxor. Jacob Keller et Elisabetha Hess, both single. Friederich Hess et Maria, uxor ejus. Michael Gress et Elisabetha, uxor ejus. ii6 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Jacob Zimmerman at EHsabetha, Jacob Meyer et EHsabetha. lo June, 1784. EHsabetha, uxor 4 'j"b'' a- e. ejus. Johannes Musch et Anna Margaretha, Parentes ipsi. Anna Catharina. 20 Sept., 1784. 26 Sept., a. e. Anno 1785. Isaac Schuhmacher et Jacob, Jacob Meuxel et Catharina. 7 Jan., 17S5. Elisabeth Gress, 13 Feb., a. e. both single. Johannes Moser et Johannes, Johannes Best et Catharina. 9 Feb., 1785. 27 March, a. e. EHsabetha, uxor. Lorentz Schwartz et Jacob, Jacob Arnd, Jr., et Christina. 3 March, 1785. EHsabetha, uxor 24 April, a. e. ejus. Jacob Frauenfelder et EHsabetha, George Rebscher, Anna Maria. ID Feb., 17S5. 5 June, a. e. EHsabetha, uxor. EHsabetha Chris- Adam Sand, tina. EHsabetha Chris- 10 Feb., 17S5. tina, uxor. 5 June, a. e. Georg Sewitz et Anna Anna Maria, Georg. Peter Kess- Maria. 4 May, 1785. ler et EHsabetha 19 June, a. e. Corel 1, both single. John Nicolaus Traxel Jacob, John Deichman et etAnnaMargaretha. 15 March, 1784. April, 1784. Elisabeth. Hennrich Mueller et Anna Catharina, Peter Ihrig et Anna Maria Catharina. 13 May, 1785. Catharina, uxor 31 July, a. e. ejus. Michael Fraess et EHsabetha, Hennrich Fraess et Gertruda. 22 July, 1785. 28 Aug., a. e. Maria, uxor ejus. Jacob Schuhmacher et Catharina, Israel Schuhmacher EHsabetha. II June, 1785. et Catharina, 14 Aug., a. e. uxor. Church Records. 117 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Johann Schuck et Anna Rosina, Abraham Lawar et Juliana Barbara. 10 March, 1784. ^i April, 1784. Rosina, uxor ejus. Andreas Raub et Mag- Daniel, Peter Seiler et Mar- dalena. 30 Nov., 1784. 18 Jan., 1785. garetha, uxor ejus. John Arnd et Elisa- Jacob, Parentes ipsi. betha, uxor ejus. 37 April, 1785. 5 June, 1785. John Moklerei ^ et Anna, Friederich Berthold Maria, uxor ejus. 4 Sept., 1784. et Elisabetha, 14 Aug., 1785. uxor ejus. Anno 17S6. Ludwig Knaus, Jr., Johann, LudwigKnaus, Sr., et Elisabetha, 29 Dec, 1785. et Elisabetha, uxor ejus. 14 Jan., 1786. uxor. Isaac Sidmann (Sick- Samuel, The father et Chris- mann.'') et Elisabe- II March, 1785. tina Nungesser. tha, uxor ejus. 17 Jan., 1786. Jacob Grotz et Maria, Hennrich, Parentes ipsi. uxor ejus. 9 Jan., 17S6. 26 Jan., 17S6. Lenhard Leidig^ et Georg, "Die Eltern Catharina, uxor 15 Feb., 1785. Selbst." ejus. 10 May, a. e. Johann Wilhelm In- Jacob, Parentes ipsi. gold, Pfarrer dah 17 Sept., 1785. ier, et Catharina 18 Sept., 17S5. Barbara, uxor mea. Georg Messinger et Catharina, Parentes ipsi. Catharina, uxor 14 Oct., 1785. ejus. 28 Feb., 1786. Johannes Schuck et Christina, Isaac Berlin et Ma- Juliana, uxor ejus. 29 Jan., 1786. 4 March, 1 786. ria, uxor. Friederich Berthold et Anna Maria, Lorentz Erb et Elisabetha, uxor 13 Nov., 1785. Anna Maria, ejus. 5 March, 1786. uxor. • Probably McCleary. ^lu a (lifFerent hand. iiS The First Reformed Church of East on., Pa. Parentes. Parents. Wilhelm Hess et Catharina, uxor ejus. Wilhelm Hess et Catharina, uxor ejus. Philip Wottring et Maria Elisabetha, uxor ejus. Anna Catharina Ben- der, the mother, Daniel Schneyder, the reputed father. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Johann Paul, 26 Feb., 1784. 16 Oct., 1784. Jacob, 10 Nov., 1785. 9 March, 17S6. Maria Elisabetha, 19 Jan., 1786. 12 March, 1786. Anna Catharina, " Uneheliches," 14 Feb., 1786. 17 March, 1786. Comparentes. Godparents. Johannes Gotthard et Sophia, uxor. Jacob Kuhn et Elisabetha Yetz, both sino^le. Johannes Best et Maria Elisabetha, uxor. Ludwig Schaub et Christina Mar- garetha, uxor. Here the record in the handwriting of the Rev. Mr. Ingold ends. The following seventeen entries are by a different hand, probably that of the next regular pastor, the Rev. Dr. Her- mann, who became the pastor of the congregation, in con- nection with the congregations at Plainfield, Dryland and Greenwich, some time in the fall of the year 1786 : Parentes. Parents. Peter Kuechlein, Jr., and Elisabetha. Jacob Seibel and Magdalena. Christian Hertzel and Anna Maria. Nicholas Koch and Elisabetha. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Peter, 22 Feb., 1786. 19 March, 1786. Eva, 6 Oct., 1785. 26 March, 17S6. Johan Jacob, 2 Dec, 1785. 30 March, 1786. Anna Christina, 17S5? 10 Oct., (1 786.?). 17 April, 1786. Comparentes. Godparents. Parentes ipsi. Eva Seibel, the grandmother. John Hertzel and Maria Bruch. John Hertzel and Christina Heller Church Records. 119 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Johan Wilhelm, Godparents. Abraham Berlin and Johan Wilhelm In- Maria. 28 Jan., 1783. gold and Barbara 3 Aug., 1783. —V. D. Minister. Abraham Berlin and Isaac, Adam Haag and Maria. 9 July. 1779- 20 Aug., 1779. Elisabetha. Henrich Schaus and Sara, Lenhard Osterstock Elisabetha. 14 Oct., 1784. 25 Dec, 1784. and Maria Busch. Henrich Schaus and Henrich, Mrs. Eva Catharina Elisabetha. 10 April, 1786. Schaus, the 5 May, 1786. grandmother. Adam Lehn and Elisabetha, Jacob Meixel and Maria. 24 April, 17S6. 30 July 5 17S6. Maria. Johan Odewaeld er Michael, Michael Odenwael- and Elisabetha. 5 May, 1786. der and Anna 4 Aug., 1786. Margaretha. Michael Gress ar id Elisabetha Margar- Michael Odenwael- EHs. Margaretha. etha, der and Anna 27 Aug., 1786. Margaretha. 22 Oct., 1786. Peter Schneider < ind Maria, Parentes ipsi. Susanna. 21 Aug., 1786. 8 Oct., 1786. Johan Mokelerei and Johannes, Johan Schuck and Maria. II July, 1786. 22 Oct., 1786. Juliana. Henrich Deringer and Eva Margaretha, Georg Lauerbach Catharina, uxor 3 March, 1784. and Eva Margar- ejus. 21 March, 1784. etha Rohn. Johan Henrich, Henrich Goebel and 6 Oct., 1786. Eva Margaretha 23 Oct., 1786. Rohn. John Nicolaus Traxel Henrich, Michael Traxel and and Anna Margar- 17 March, 1786. Juliana Mueller. etha. April, a. e. John Deichman and Georg Henrich, Georg Lauderbach Elisabeth. 29 Aug., 1785. and Margaretha 1785. Rohn. I20 The First Reformed Church of Easion, Pa. The following children were baptized by the Rev. Lebrecht Friederich Hermann, the Pastor at the time. Parentes. Parents. Peter Weygand and Margaretha, uxor ejus. Jacob Ries and Chris- tiana, uxor ejus. Valenthi Steiner and Anna Catharina. John Best and Eliza- betlia. George Drum and Catharina. Frederick Wilhelm and Catharina. Michael Fraes and Gertrude. Friederich Beyer and Anna. Johan Arndt and Elizabetha. Jacob Schumacher and Elizabetha. Jacob Schumacher and Eliz. Catha- Infantes, Nati, Baptizati, Infants, Born, Baptized. Anno 1786. Jacob, 1 8 Nov., 1786. 20 Jan., 17S7. Abraham, 17 Dec, 1786. 28 Jan., 1787. Elizabeth, 30 Jan., 1787. 7 March, 1787. John Philip, 15 Feb., 1787. 7 March, 1787. Frederick, II Jan., 1784. 25 March, 1787. Michael, II July, 1786. 25 March, 1787. Michael, 24 Feb., 1787. 8 April, 1787. Sara, 15 Nov., 1787. 8 April, 1787. Sara, 27 Feb., 1787. 8 April, 1787. Sara, 31 March, 1787. 15 May, 1787. Catharina, 7 A])ril, 1787. 20 May, 17S7. Comparentes. Godparents. Jacob Zettel and Catharina, uxor ejus. Michael Kocher and Catharina. Benedict Lutz and Anna Marga- retha. Anna Maria Best and Philip Wot- ring. Margaretha Wil- helm. Maria Wilhelm. Henrich Fraes and Elizabetha. Johan Erdman and Sara. The parents. Ludwig Knauss and Elizabeth. Conrad .Schumacher and Maria Meixel. Church Records. 121 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. George Adam Geissle John, George Lerch and and Christina. 6 April, 1787. 17 June, 1787. Elizabeth. Jacob Keller and Anna Christina, Peter Lattig and Elizabeth. 7 May, 1787. Anna Christina 17 June, 1787. Brotzman. John Rambach and Lenhard, Peter Weygandt and Maria. 30 March, 1787. 15 July, 1787. Margaretha. Lorenz Schwartz and Catharina, The parents. Christina. 3 May, 1787. 15 >iy, ^1^1- Jacob Messinger and Philip,^ Philip Messinger and Maria. 24 March, 1787. 12 Aug., 1787. and Susanna. John,^ Michael Messinger 24 March, 1787. and Elizabetha. 12 Aug., 1787. Jacob Meixel and John, The parents. Elizabeth. 19 Juiy^ ^l"^!' 12 Aug., 1787. Moritz Bischof and Anna Maria, Anna Maria Busch. Christina. 3 March, 1787. 18 Aug., 17S7. Henrich Fres and John, The parents. Elizabeth. 26 Sept., 1787. 27 Oct., 17S7. Henrich Winter and Elizabeth, Jacob Welsch and Hannah. 8 Sept., 1787. 7 Nov., 1787. Elizabeth. Jacob Seibel and Margaret, Eva Seipel, the Magdalena. 29 July, 1787. II Nov., 1787. grandmother. Peter Kuechline, Jr., and Elizabeth. The parents. 1 , 17S7. Johann Georg Den- Johannes, Andreas Kuechline gler and Catharina. nnd Elizabeth , 17S7. clllLi XJJ 1 I^mL^^ Lll. 1 Twins. 122 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Bom, Baptized. Godparents. Christopher Schmid Elizabeth Mar- John Nicolaus and Maria. garetli. Traxel and Anna 22 Sept., 1787. Margaretha. — Oct., 1787. Lenhard Leidig and Philip, The parents. Catharina (twins). Elizabeth, Jacob Arndt and 10 Dec, 17S7. Elizabeth. I Jan., 1788. Jeremias Hess and Elizabeth, Georg Klehans and Elizabeth. 10 Dec, 17S7. I Jan., 1788. Elizabeth. Philip Fodredt (.?) Sara, Jacob Arndt and and Iklaria. 19 Sept., 1787. 13 Jan., 17S8. Elizabeth. Georg Nulf and Su- Anna Maria, Andreas Stucker sanna, uxor. 34 March, 1787. 3 Feb., 1788. and Sara. Andreas Stucker and Peter, Martin Kind and Juliana, uxor. 10 May, 1787. 3 Feb., 178S. Sara. Johan Fenner and Jacob, Jacob Sikman and Joanna. 13 Jan., 1788. 6 Feb., 178S. Elizabeth, uxor. Bernhard Sikman Johan Jacob, Jacob Boehler and and Anna Marga- 19 Jan., 17S8. Catharina Gorel. retha. 10 Feb., 178S. Daniel Seiler and Catharina, Johan Meyer and Maria. 5 Jan., 17S8. 10 Feb., 1788. Catharina. Johan Steitinger and Johan, The parents. Christina. 21 May, 1787. 10 Feb., 1788. Henrich Snyder and Henrich, Lenhard Leidig and Catharina. 4 Feb., 1788. 13 Feb., 1788. Maria Opp. Ulrich Hauser and Georg, Adam Stucker and Barbara. 25 Jan., 1788. Maria Magda- 1 March, 1788. lena. Christian Gorrell and Johan, Peter Keres and Catharina. 12 Feb., 17S8. 2 March, 1788. , Barbara Kessler. Church Records. 123 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Peter Snyder and Su- Margaretha, The parents. sanna. 28 Jan., 17S8. 9 March, 1788. Walter. Jacob Arndt and Elizabeth. 6 March, 1788. Fried. Barthold and Elisabeth, The parents. Elizabetha. 10 June, 1788. July, . Henry Schaus and his Elisabeth, The parents. wife, Elisabeth. iFeb.,i78S. 19 March, 1788. Peter Ladig and Elis- Sara, LudwigKnauss and abeth. 27 Jan., 1788. 21 March, 1788. Elisabeth. Caspar Ritter and Isaac, Michael Ritter and Catharina. 22 Feb., 1788. 3 April, 1788. Salome. Johann Eberhard and Susanna, The child's mother. Susanna. 5 March, 1788. 3 April, 1788. Georg Putz and Cath- Elisabeth, Philip Gorel and arina. 17 Jan., 1788. 6 April, 178S. Maria. Matthias Mueller and Salome, The parents. Maria Barbara. 12 Jan., 1788. 6 April, 1788. William Hess and Catharina. Johannes Schuck and Johann Jacob, Christopher Hertzel his wife, Juliana. 31 May, 178S. and his wife. 6 June, 178S. Catharine. Kunkel. Johan, 10 July, 1788. Johann Schuck and his wife, Juliana. Michael Odenwaelder Jacob, Johan Odenwaelder and his wife, Anna Margaretha. jinrl \'v\< wiTi-* 13 Jul}'' i7^S. Elisabeth. 124 '^^^'^ First Reformed CJiurch of JEastoti, Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati, Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Godparents. Wilhelm Keller and Johan Joseph, Johannes Hay and his wife, Mag- 30 Nov., 17S7. Maria Best, both dalena. 13 July, 1788. single. Friederich Baithold Elisabeth, Both parents. and his wife, Elisa- 10 July, 1788. beth. 19 J"bs 17S8. Peter Hille and Eliza- Johannes, Johannes Flory anc beth. 25 June, I 788. iS Sept., 17S8. Christina. Leb. Friederich Her- Friderica Doris, Daniel Feidt and mann et uxor mea. 26 Aug., 17S8. Maria, the grand- Maria. 21 Sept., 1788. parents. John Nicolaus Traxel Abraham, Johan Schuck and and Anna Mar- 8 Aug., 1788. Juliana. garetha, uxor ejus. 25 Sept., 17S8. Michael Butz and Elisabeth, Elisabeth Moes- Catharina. 28 July, 17S8. siner, the child's 21 Sept., 1788. grandmother. John Kloemann and Magdalena, Anna Maria 0pp. Magdalena. 5 Jan., 1788. 7 Oct., 1788. Henrich Deringer and Johan, Johan Stecher and his wife, Catharina. 20 Aug., 1788. Eva Margaretha 14 Oct., 1788. Rohn. John George Dengler George, The father of the and Catharina. Date wanting. In Oct., 1788. child. Michael Gress and John Michael, Michael Gress and Elizabeth. 15 Aug., 17S8. Elizabeth, the 2 Nov., 1788. grandparents. Michael Butz and Elizabeth, Ludvvig Knauss Catharina. 28 July, 17S8. 2 Nov., 1788. and Elizabeth. Jacob Frauenfelder Sara, Valentine Uly and and Maria. 23 July, 1788. his wife, Chris- 30 Nov., 1788. tina. George Adam Geissle Anna Maria, Christian Hertzel and Christina. 22 Oct., 1788. and Anna 30 Nov., 1788. Maria. Church Records. 125 Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Johannes, Godparents. Philip Hasselbach John Deichman and Rebecca. 14 Dec, 1788. 1 1 Jan., 1789. and Elizabeth. G. Frederick Wagner Johannes, The parents. and Catharina. 28 Nov., 1788. 19 Jan., 1789. George Lerch and Catharina, Johan Zeller and Elizabeth. 2 Dec, 17S8. 25 Jan., 1789. Elizabeth. Frederick Lerch and Johan Georg, John George Elizabeth. 9 Jan., 1789. Roether and 14 Feb., 1789. Anna Maria. Peter Rippel and Maria, Adam Stucker and Maria. II Jan., 1789. 17 Feb., 1789. Anna Maria. John Deichman and Catharina, G. Frederick Wag- Elizabeth. 28 Feb., 1789. ner and Catha- 21 March, 1789. rina. Andrew Stucker and Rosina, Martin Kind and Juliana. 1 Jan., 1789. 19 March, 1789. Sara. Michael Rippel and Elizabeth, Andrew Rippel Elizabeth. 27 Oct., 1788. — Feb., 1789. and Margaretha. Peter Kuechlein and Michael, The parents. his wife Elizabeth. No date given. In the month of March, 1789. Martin Kindt and Simon, Andrew Stucker Sara. 28 Jan., 1789. In the month of March, 1789. and Juliana. John Best and Eliza- Susanna, Andrew Uly and beth. 8 Feb., 1789. Feb., 1789. Anna. Peter Ladig and Anna Elizabeth, Peter Ladig and Christina. 21 March, 17S9. April, 1789. Elizabeth. Jacob Keller and Jacob, Jacob Kratz and Elizabeth. March, 17 89. 19 April, 1789. Maria. 126 The First Reformed Church of East on, Pa. Parentes. Parents. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Comparentes. Godparents. Jacob Koehler and Anna Maria, Anna Maria Catha- Anna Margaretha. 14 May, 1789. rina Rambach 15 May, 1789. and Anna Marg. Koehler. Abraham Laher and Samuel, Henry Raup and his Susanna. 3 April, 1789. wife Elizabeth. Philip Wotring and 20 May, 1789. Maria, Philip Wotring and his wife. Date wanting. his wife. John Mokelera and 14 June, 1789. Maria, Peter Richter and Maria. 12 Oct., 178S. Wanting. Elizabeth. John and Maria Keil. Elizabeth, Nicol. Best and I Feb., 1789. Elizabeth. Wanting. Conrad Schumacher Wanting. John Meixel and and Maria. Wanting. Margaret Schu- Wanting. macher, both single. John Arndt and Elizabeth. John, Wanting. Wanting. The parents. Jacob Fraes and his William, Jacob Koem merer wife Margaretha. 9 July, 1789. Wanting. and Maria Fraes. Jacob Scheib and Maria Christina. Jacob, 16 Aug., 1789. Wanting. The parents. Philip Dotterer and Elizabeth, The parents. Maria. Wilhelm Hess and 30 Sept., 17S9. Wanting. Tobias, Tobias Scholl. Catharina. Wanting. Wanting. John Mennier and Daniel, Daniel Feidt and Maria. 2 June, 1789. Maria. Michael ]5utz and 23 Aug., 1789. Maria, Maria Butz and Catharina. 10 July, 1789. 13 Oct., 1789. Philip Emrich. Church Records. 127 Parentes. Parents. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Henry, 26 Sept., 1789. 15 Nov., 1789. Joanna Maria Eliz- Comparentes. Godparents. Henry Fraes and Maria. L. Frederick Herman The parents. John David Young, and my wife Maria. abeth, V.D.M., and 16 Oct., 1789. 17 Nov., 1789. Jacob Welsch and his wife Elizabeth. Jacob Mexel and his Philip, Philip Mexel and wife Elizabeth. 17 Sept., 17S9. 13 Dec, 1789. Magdalena, the child's grand- Christoph Schmidt and his wife Maria. Maria Barbara, I Nov., 1789. parents. Peter Nungester and his wife. Corel and his 13 Dec, 1789. Wanting. John Schuck and wife. Wanting. Wanting. his wife Juliana. Henry Shouse and Susanna, The parents. Elizabeth. Matthias Eyerman 24 Dec, 1789. 2 Feb., 1790. Elizabeth, Lenhard Leydig and Hannah. 19 Nov., 1789. and Elizabeth. Henry Kern and Sus- 8 Feb., 1790. Maria, Michael Traxel and anna. 12 Oct., 17S9. Rebecca Mueller. Isaach Schumacher 7 March, 1790. Sara, Johan Georg Meyer and Catharina. 16 Feb., 17S9. and Elizabeth 21 March, 1790. Mexel, both single. Christian Corell and Juliana, John Schuck and Catharina. Abr. Achenbach and 23 Oct., 17S9. 21 March, 1790. Maria Apelonia, Juliana. Christ. Wolf and Maria Catharina. 24 Dec, 1789. Maria Aplona. Georg Butz and Cath- 4 April, 1790. Anna Maria, Maria Butz and arina. 28 Dec, 1789. 4 April, 1790. Daniel Heller. 128 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Parentes. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Comparentes. Parents. Infants, Born, Baptized. Susanna, Godparents. Georg Moessinger and Philip Moessinger Catharina. 1 8 Sept., 1789. 4 April, 1790. and Susanna. Jacob Moessinger and Isaac, John Koehler and ;Maria. 24 Aug., 1789. 2 May, 1790. Margaret. John Fenner and Peter, Peter Werkhauser Hannah. 30 March, 1790. and Anna Mar- 2 May, 1790. garet. Peter Werkhauser and Johannes, John Fenner and Anna Margaret. 15 Feb., 1790. 2 May, 1790. Hannah. Jacob Koechlein and Peter, Peter Ihrich and Maria. Wanting. 2 May, 1790. Elizabeth. Peter Schneider and Peter, The parents. his wife Susanna. Wanting. 24 April, 1790. Daniel Seler and Anna Maria, Michael Gress and Maria. 15 April, 1790. 24 May, 1790. Elizabeth. Frederick Beyer and Christina, Valentine Weber Anna. II April, 1790. II July, 1790. and Christina. John Georg Dengler Jacob, The parents. and Catharina. Wanting. In the month of July, 1790. Matthias Mueller and Peter, The parents. Maria Barbara. 14 June, 1790. 8 Aug., 1790. Jacob Ries and Christina, Conrad Schumacher Christina. Wanting. 8 Aug., 1790. and Maria. Conrad Ihrig and Maria Elizabeth, Conrad Ihrig, Sr., Christina. I J"b'' 1790- ]\ Aug., 1790. and his wife. Ludwig Knauss, Jr., Elizabeth, N. N. Schumacher, and Elizabeth, his 30 June, 1790. the child's grand- wife. 22 Aug., 1790. mother. Church Records. 129 Parentes. Infantes, Nati , Baptizati. Comparentes. Parentes. Infants, Bom , Baptized. Godparents. Abraham Bachman Lorenz, Christoph Hertzel and his wife, 7 July. 1790. and his wife Philipina. 17 Sept. , 1790. Catharina. Peter Rippel and Jacob, Jacob Arndt, Jr., Maria. 13 Sept. 1790. and Elizabeth. 17 Oct., 1790. John Odenwaelder Jacob, Philip Odenwaelder and Elizabeth 12 Aug., 1790. and Anna Maria. Margaret. i 1790. Nicolas Traxel and Peter, Christoph Meixel Margai'et. 23 Aug. 1790. and his wife 1790. Kli^flbeth • XpJ il£"•' 1795- his wife Eliza- 31 Jf^M 1795- beth. Christian Corel and Catharina, Henry Reimer and his wife Catharina. 17 Nov., 1794. his wife Catha- 31 >"m 1795- rina. Georg Peter Kesler Susanna, Susanna Corell. and his wife Eliza- 22 Nov., 1794. beth. 31 Jan., 1795- Matthias Passinger John, John Yaeger and and his wife Catha- 6 Dec, 1794. his wife Catha- 2 Feb., 1795- rina. Peter Kuechlein and Susanna, The parents. his wife Elizabeth. 4 Jan., 1795- 10 Feb., 1795- John Schweitzer and Elizabeth, Edward Freeman his wife Magda- 19 Nov., 1794. and his wile lena. 19 Feb., 1795- Susanna. Friederich Baier and William, The parents. his wife Hanna 19 Dec, 1794. (Anna?). 13 March, 1795. Peter Miller and his Peter, Conrad Seibbel and wife Maria Chris- I Feb., 1795. his wife Catha- tina. 13 March, 1795. rina. Conrad Seibel and his Johanna, Jacob Scheib and wife Catharina. 23 Aug., 1794. his wife Maria 13 Marcl 1. 1795- Catharina. 134 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Parentes. Parents. Georg Adam Geisli (Yeisley?) and his wife Christina. Wilhehn Wotring and his wife Rosina. John Krauss ( .^) and his wife Elizabeth. John Nicolas Traxel and his wife Mar- garetha. Philip Brotzman and his wife Christina. Christoph Meixsel and his wife Eliza- beth. Christoph Meixsel and his wife Eliza- beth. Christ. Engel (wife Elisabeth). Peter Meruny. Christian Heck- man ( .'*) and his wife Susanna. Fried. Hess and his wife Maria. Jacob Ries and Chris- tina. Infantes, Nati, Baptizati. Infants, Born, Baptized. Jacob, 1 8 Jan., 1795. 15 March, 1795. Johann Wilhelm, 30 Dec, 1S94. 15 March, 1795. Johannes, 12 Dec, 1794. 15 March, 1795. Wilhelm, 23 Feb., 1795. 16 March, 1795. Peter, 15 March, 1795. 16 March, 1795. Juliana, 9 May, 1793. 25 May, . Elizabeth, 7 May, 1795. 5july, '92(?). Wilhelm, 10 Sept., 1795. Wanting. John Peter, 7 Oct., 1795. Wanting. Christian, 12 Oct., 1795. 23 Feb., 1796. Maria Christina, 13 Nov., 1795. 28 Sept., 1796. Anna Maria, 16 July, 1795. 27 March, 1796. Comparentes. Godparents. Peter Zeller and his wife Elizabeth. Philip Wotring and his wife Eliza- beth. John Flori and his wife Christina. Michael Traxel and his wife Susanna. Peter Lattig and his wife Elizabeth. John Schuck and his wife Juliana. Doctor Christian Ludwig Becker, Minister in Lan- caster. Christ. Meixel and consort. Parents. Georg Adam Yeis- ley and consort. Philip Brotzman and consort. Adam Lehn and wife. REV. THOMAS POMP. Church Records. 135 A record of the children baptized by the Rev. Thomas Pomp, minister at Easton, begun in the year 1796. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Birth. name of Child. Sponsors. Anna Maria, ^ Nicolas Best and Ro- May 2, ] 796. July 3' 1796- sina. Philip Odenwaelder and consort. Juliana, Peter Kessler and Eliza- April 12 , 1796. Julys, 1796- beth. Adam Schuck and con- sort. Susanna, Michael Traxell and Su- Aug. 13 1796. Aug. 27, 1796. sanna. Christoph. Engel and consort. John, Michael Paulus and May 26, 1796. Oct. 9, 1796. Christina. Parents. William, Andrew Kessler and Aug. 17, 1796. Oct. 9, 1796. Catarina. Christoph. Meixell and consort. Philip, Philip Brotzman and Aug. 19, 1796. Sept. 25, 1796. Christina. Peter Lattig and con- sort. Elizabeth, Thomas Richard and Aug. 2, 1796. Sept. 2^^ 1796. Susanna. Andrew Kieffer and Lat- tig (Lottie.?). Maria, Michael Simon and Ma- June 26, 1796. Nov. 7, 1796. ria. Parents. Henry, Jacob Seipel and Mag- J"iy 7» I 796. Nov. 5, 1796. dalena, parents. Elizabeth, Henry Reimer and Cata- Sept. II, 1796. Nov. 12, 1796. rina. Peter Kessler and con- sort. ' The names of the parents are given in the first line of each entry, those of the sponsors in the second. 136 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. William, Thomas Sebring and Su- Sept. 13, 1796. Dec. 4, 1796. sanna, parents. Carl, Ludwig Flory and Sa- Oct. 30, 1796. Dec. 12, 1796. lome. John Flory and consort. Anna, Peter Schnyder and Su- Oct. 28, 1796. Dec. 26, 1796. sanna, parents. 1797. Margaretha, Peter Kuechlein and Feb. 26, 1797. March 25, 1796. Anna Elizabeth, parents. Anna Maria, Henry Doering and Aug. 23, 1796. Nov. 5, 1796. Catarina. Henry Laucks and con- sort. John, Nicolas Franz (.^) and Oct. 4, 1795. Jan. 10, 1797. Susanna. William Hudchins and consort. John, John Leidig and Juli- "Promised to find Jan. 23, 1797. ana, parents. out the birth- day," and prob- ably forgot. Johan George, Johan Sand and Magda- Dec. 18, 1796. Feb. 4, 1797. lena. Johan George Correll and consort. Margaretha, Beint ( ? ) Walter and March 23, 1797. April (3, 1797. Maria. Parents. Elizabeth, Peter Miller and Maria. Feb. 24, 1797. April 14, 1797. Elizabeth Miller. Thersa, Abraham Seller and March 13, 1797 April 15, 1797. Sophia. Parents. Johan Peter, Peter Bab and Cata- Sept. 25, 1796. Jan. 20, 1797. rina. Parents. Church Records. 137 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Johannes, April 23, 1797. Rachel, May 5, 1797. Johannes, May 5, 1797. Johannes, Mays, 1797. Johan. Jacob, May 6, 1797. Isaac, May 21, 1797. Samuel, June 12, 1797* Henrietta, July 2, 1797. Susanna, Oct. 9, 1797. Anna Maria, Dec. I, 1797. Micha Samuel, Dec. 3, 1797. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. William Woodringer and Rosina. Johan Brotzman and consort. Samuel Russell and Maria. Martin Kind and con- sort. John Ward and Cata- rina. Wilhelm Lahr and Elizabeth Ward. Conrad Ward and Bar- bara. Martin Kind and con- sort. Matthias Weis and Christina. Jacob Conrad and con- sort. John Richarts and Susanna. Philip Brotzman and consort. Jacob Yohe and Susanna. Parents. Adam Schuck and Bar- bara. Parents. Daniel Mandel and Mar- garet. Adam Hay. Peter Seller and Marga- retha. Jacob Schumacher and consort. Christoph Engel and Susanna. Michael Traxell and consort. March 11, 1797- Sept. 29, 1796. March 5, 1797. March 17, 1797. Sept. 27, 1797. March 2, 1797. May 2, 1797. May 2, 1797. July 2, 1797. Sept. 12, 1797. Oct. 26, 1797. 1 38 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Joseph, Nic. Traxell and Mar- Oct. 6, [797. Dec. 17, 1797. garetha. Adam Dreisbach and consort. Carl, Melchoir Hay and Eliza- March i 6, 1797. July 30' [797. beth. Adam Hay and con- sort. Joseph, John Hay and Maria. July 5. 1797. July 30, 1797. Adam Hay and consort. Anna, John Young and Maria. March 7' 1797- Sept. 15, 1797. Parents. Maria, George Stevens and June 2, 1797. June 16, 1797. Elizabeth. Andrew Hay and Catha- rine Stevens (single). Johannes, William Licht and June 27 . 1797- Aug. 27, 1797. Anna Christina. Jacob Rambach and Christ. Stecher. Judea, John Longerson and May 16, 1797. Aug. 27, 1797. Elizabeth. John Fritz and consort. Sarah, Henry Schnyder and June 24 . 1797- Aug. 5, ] 797- Catharina. Parents. William, Jacob Kaemmerer and Aug. 10 , 1797- Sept. 24, 1797. Magdalena. Parents. Margaretha 1 Peter Laddig and Chris- July 8, 1797. Aug. 13, 1797. tina, Jacob Laddig and Marg. Brotsman. Anna Maria, Philip Drumheller and July 4» 1797. Aug. 13, 1797. Anna. Andrew Kieler and Anna Maria Riehl. Johan Petei \ Jacob Seib and Susanna. July 29, 1797. Sept. 10, 1797. Jacob Heller. Church Records. 139 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Thomas, Oct. 7, 1797. Jesse, Samuel, Maria. Henry, Jan. 28, 1798. Samuel, Jan. 30, 1798. Elizabeth, Feb. I, 1798. Johannes, Feb. I, 1798. Catharina, Feb. 13, 1798. Simon Jacob, April 6, 1798. Peter, April 22, 1798. Frederick Lerch and Elizabeth. John Leidig and con- sort. To Mr. George Butz and his wife Susanna the following children were born. Sponsors, Jacob Keller and consort. Sponsors, Peter Hertzel and consort. Sponsors, Frederick Hess and consort. 1798. Henry Abel and Anna Maria Catarina. Philip Gross and consort. Jacob Guth and Mar- garetha. John Eritt and consort. Andrew Hertz and Margaret. Christian Beck. Daniel Klaus ( ?) and Dorothea. William Jansan and consort. Michael Dech and Catharina. Catharina Sassaman. George Peter Kessler and Elizabeth. Henry Reimer and con- sort. John Sand and Maria Magd. Peter Kessler and con- sort. Date of Birth. Aug. II, 1797. March 29, 1795. Feb. 17, 1797. July 22, 1793. Oct. 13, 1797. Dec. 14, 1797- Dec. 9, 1797* Oct. 18, 1797. Dec. 28, 1797. Dec. 24, 1797. Jan. 6, 1798. 140 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Birth. name of Child. Sponsors. John, Moses Dieder ( .^) and Nov. 9, 1797. April 23, 179S. Marg. Philip, George Messinger and Feb. 5, 1798. April 29, 1798. Elizabeth. Philip Messinger and consort. Maria, Christian (undecipher- March 3, 1798. April 15, 1798. able) and Elizabeth. Parents. Jacob, John Leidig and Nov. 12, 1797. May 20, 1798. Christina. Christian Hartzel and consort. Susanna, Christian Hackman and March 28, 1798. May 20, 1798. Susanna. Nicolas Yeisley and Susanna Hartzel. Daniel, Jacob Frey and Agnes. Feb. 5, 1798. May 20, 1798. Daniel Braun and Louisa, uxor ejus. Sarah, Peter Spenkler (Spang- Dec. II, 1797. March 29, 1798. ler.^) and Anna Eliza- beth. Christian Best and con- sort. George William, Andrew Raub and Cath- About nine May 22, 1798. arina. George William Raub and consort. months old. John George, Philip Broeder and March 12, 1798. May 5, 1798. Christina, his wife. Jacob, George Schmid and April 28, 1798. June 17, 1798. Elizabeth. Jacob Schmid and con- sort. Anna Catarina, Jacob Young and Eliza- March 5, 1798. June 4, 1798. beth. Parents. Michael Samuel, ' Michael Traxel and Su- June 16, 1798. July 9, 1798. sanna. Parents. Church Records. 141 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Carl, July 13, 1798. John, July 15, 1798. Elizabeth, July 29, 1798. Daniel, Aug. 20, 1798. John Jacob, Aug. 26, 1798. Elizabeth, Aug. 26, 1798. Andrew. Aug. 27, 1798. John, Sept. 9, 1798. Joseph, Aug. 12, 1790. John, Aug. 12, 1798. Lea, Aug. 12, 1798. Henry, Aug. 15, 1798- John Kerster and wife. Parents. Michael Sand and Maria. Frederick Wagner and Catarina Schiffer. Andrew Stocker and Maria. Parents. George Schwartz and Margaret. Parents. John Dietz and Hanna. i John Otto and consort. i William Yetzt and I Maria. i George and Sara. Israel Lehn and Eliza- abeth . Abraham Lehn and con- j sort. I Benjamin CoUman and Addy. Jacob Fraes. John Ressly and Mag- dalena. Valentine Uhler and consort. Philip Brotzman and Christina. John Brotzman and con- sort. George Drumheller and Elizabeth. Jacob Sickman and con- sort. John Leidig and Juli- ana. John Troxel and Eva Shuck. Date of Birth. Jan. 20, 1798. May 22, 1798. May 24, 1798. May 23, 1798. July 25, 1798. July 19, 1798- June 19, 1798. June 4, 1798- May 23, 1798. ! June 8, 1798- June 6, 1798- July 15, 1798. 142 The First Reformed Church of Easion, Pa. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of ■RiTtTi. name of Child. Sponsors. Samuel, Frederick Gewinner and Aug. 16, 1798. Sept, 9, 1798. Anna Maria. Parents. Juliana, Christian Winters and Oct. 24, 1797. Sept. 9, 1797. Margaret. Parents. John, John Bender and Eliza- Oct. 8, I 797- Sept. 12, 1797. beth. Parents. Susanna, Thomas Hartman and June 18, 1798. Aug. 30, 179S. Anna Maria. Parents. William, James Lucker and Ma- Aug. 27, 1798. Sept. 2, 1798. ria. Parents. Carl, George Traxel and July 10, 1798. Sept. 2, 1798. Rosina. Nicolas Traxel and wife. John Jacob, John George Korrell Aug. 26 1798. Sept. 23, 1798. and Susanna. Philip Korell and con- sort. Elizabetli, John Rambach and July 29, 1798. Sept. 23, 179S. Maria. Daniel Brown and con- sort. Rebecca, Samuel Coleman. July 26, 1798. Oct. 8, 1798. William Janson and consort. Nicholas Peter, T. Pomp and Catharina. Jan. 21, 179S. Jan. 28, 179S. Parents. John George, Tobias Moser and Dec. II, 1797. Oct. 17, 1798. Christina, his wife. George Hertzel and consort. Anna Maria, Michael Butz and Mar- Sept. 21 , 1798. Oct. 21, 1798. garet. Jacob Kaemrerand con- sort. Church Records. 143 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. John, Peter Ribbel and Maria. Feb. 16, 179S. Nov. II, 1798. Maria Cath arina, George De ( .'') Binder Oct. 20, 1798. Nov. 11, 1798. and Maria Theresia, nata Vulcar. Jeremiah, Jacob Ries and Chris- Aug. 29, 1797. Oct. II, 1798. tina. Margaret, John Schaub and Eliza- Aug. II, 1798. Oct. II, 1798. beth. Elizabeth, Henry Schug and Eliza- Sept. 22, 179S. Nov. iS, 1798. beth. Anna Maria Schug. Simeon, Mathias Koenig and Eva Oct. 27, 1798. Dec. 14, 1798. Elizabeth. Parents. John, ( ?) Thomas Richert and Oct. 12, 1798. Dec. 1 6, 1798. Susanna, John Jacob Lattig and Margaret Rill. Maria, George Keller and Nov. 21, 1798. Dec. 25, 1798. Rachael Parents. Henry, John Dietz and Eliza- February I, Dec. 27, 1798. beth. Conrad Riesser and con- sort. 1795- Maria, John Dietz and Eliza- February 29, Dec. 27, 1798. beth. Henry Riesser and Su- sanna his wife. 1793-'' Andrew, Daniel Herster and Cat- Aug. 19, 1798. Dec. 25, 1798. arina. Anna Maria Herster. Susanna, William Bernd ( .'') and Sept. 20, 179S. Dec. 25, 1798. Elizabeth. Abraham Horn and consort. George, Michael Abel and Aug. I, ^798. Dec. 30, 1798. Maria. George Koch and wife. 144 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Maria, January 8, 1799* Anna, January lo, 1799- Jacob, January 13, 1799. Isaiah, Jan. 20, 1799. Deborali, Jan. 30, 1799. Jacob, Feb. 4, 1799. Maria, March i, 1799. Elizabeth, March 15, 1799. Johann Philip, March 24, 1799. Elizabeth, April 21, 1799. Michael, May 5, 1799. ' The previous year. Anno 1799. Peter Miller and Maria Christina. The parents. Conrad Scibel and Cat- arina. Anna . Nicolaus Best and Rosina. Christian Best and his wife. Thomas Titius and Elizabeth. The grandmother, Maria Eva Riesser. John Wagener and Barbara. Maria Wagener. Frederick Herman and Catharina. Jacob Brug ( ?). Frederick Beyer and Hanna. The parents. Christian Korrell and Catarina. Peter Stocker and con- sort. Nicolaus Woodring and Catarina. Johann Philip Wood- ring and consort. T. Pomp and Catharina. Elizabeth Pomp. Moses Wilhelm and Susanna. Peter Ohlangst and Sarah Wilhelm. Nov. 4, ' a. p. Nov. 7, a. p. Dec. I, a. p. Dec. 19, a. p. Sept. 8, a. p. Dec. 21, a. p. Oct. 24, a. p. Feb. 7, 1799. Jan. 29, 1799. April 18, 1799. March 27, 1799. Church Records. H5 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Elizabeth, John Wagner and Mar- March 5 1799. May 15, 1799. garet. William Richard and Elizabeth. Sarah, Jonathan Coleman and April 12 ' 1799- May 19, 1799. Elizabeth, Nicolaus Woodring and consort. Anna Maria, John Hertzel and Eliza- May 17, 1799. June 30, 1799. beth, Christian Hertzel and consort. John, Peter Brecht and Su- April 25 . 1799- Aug, 11, 1799. sanna. Adam Moyer and con- sort. Anna Maria, Jacob Kaemrer and May 29, 1799. Aug. II, 1799. Magdalena. David Kaemrer and con- sort. John, Nicolaus Yeisley and June 3, ] 799- Aug. II, 1799. Sarah. Adam Yeisley and con- sort. Samuel, Peter Seller and Mar- J^'iy 17. 1799. Aug. 25, 1799. garet. The parents. George, John Schick and Jane. J"iy 5. I 799- Aug. 25, 1799. Abraham Miller and consort. Margaretha, Adam Seller and Maria. Aug. 13, 1799. Sept. 8, 1799. Jacob Schumacher and consort. Abraham, William Woodring and Aug. S, 1799. Sept. 22, 1799. Rosina. Abraham Woodring and consort. Sara, Nicolaus Dietz and July 22, 1799. Oct. 5, 1799. Sophia. 146 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. William Jeffei-son, John Todden and Maria. Jacob Keller and his wife. Thomas McKeen, Aug. 2, 1799. John Todden and Maria. Abraham Horn and his wife. July 15, 1799.1 Catharina, Peter Stocker and Eliza- Sept. 4» 1799. Sept. 30, 1799. beth. Christian Correll and his wife. Elizabeth, Thomas Hay and Maria. Oct. 24, 1799. Dec. I, 1799. John Odenwaelder and consort. John, Aug. II, 1799. Nicolaus Yeisley and Sarah. Adam Yeisley and con- sort. June 3» 1799. George, Dec. 4, 1799. George Messinger and Catharina. The parents. Jan. 251 1797. Anna Maria, Dec. 4, 1799. Appelonia, Dec. 4, 1799. George Messinger and Catharine. The parents. Daniel Messinger and Phillippina. The parents. May Aug. 20, 5. 1799. 1799. John, Philip Drumheller and Oct. 21, 1799. Dec. 6, 1799. Anna. John Oberle and con- sort. Peter, Henry Winters and Su- Nov. 25 , 1798. Oct. 37, 1799. sanna. The parents. 1 As only one birth date is given, probably twins. Church Records. 147 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. 1800. John George, George Butz and Su- July 6, [799. Jan. 5, 1800. sanna. Jacob Lattig and Eliza- beth Hell (.?). Daniel, Peter Bab and Catha- Dec. 10, 1799. Feb. 4, 1800. rina. The parents. Elizabeth, Philip Schmidand Dor- Dec. 21, a. p. Feb. 10, 1800. othea. Christoph Schmid and consort. Anna Maria, Abraham Schmid and Sept. 8, a. p. Feb. 10, 1800. Sibilla. John Schmid and con- sort. Julia, Michael Traxel and Su- Feb. 23, 1800. April 5, 1800. sanna. The parents. Peter, John Fehr and Eva. Dec. 19, 1799. April 20, 1800. Peter Hay and consort Barbara. George, Frederick Bruch and Feb. 28, 1800. April 14, 1800. Catharina. George and Mag- dalena Sibele. John, Peter Rup and Barbara. Feb. 20, 1800. April 14, 1800. John Rothrock and con- sort. Daniel, Nicolaus Traxel and Dec. 4, a. p. April 20, 1800. Margaret. Daniel Herster and sort. John, Philip Schwartz and About 9 months May 4, 1800. Anna. The parents. old. Sara, Henry Schuck and March i 3, 1800. June 2, 1800. Elizabeth. Conrad Jumper and consort. 148 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. John Philip, June 14, iSoo. D.ivia, Jan. 24, iSoo. Adam, June 28, 1800. (Blurred), June 20, iSoo. Susanna, June 29, iSoo. Maria Magdalena, Aug. 10, 1800. Elizabeth, Sept. 7, 1800. Anna Maria, Oct. 5, 1800. Maria, Oct. 14, 1800. Johann Philip, Nov. 2, 1800. Mary, Nov. 16, 1800. Margaret, Nov. 16, 1800. Names of Parents and Sponsors. John Meixel and Rebecca. Philip Meixel. Henry Abel and Maria. The parents. Adam Sand and Maria. Adam Wagner and consort. Philip Scherer and Susanna. Jacob Ohnangst and consort. Frederick Grub and Maria. John Young and Susanna Schnader. Nicolaus Woodring and Catharina. Adam Lehr and his wife. Frederick Stein and Anna Margaretha. Elizabeth Beitelman. Andrew Willauer and Elizabeth. William Willauer and consort, Elizabeth. Jacob Schug and Su- sanna. The parents. Abraham Woodring and Margaretha. Philip Woodring and Maria Elizabeth. Michael Rosenberger and Margaretha. William Rosenberger and consort. John Ressly and Mag- dalena. Henry Brug ( .^ ) and consort. Date of Birth. April 13, 1800. Dec. 28, 1799. May 16, 1800. May 29, 1800. March 29, 1800. July 3, 1800. April 7, 1800. June 23, 1800. Sept. 14, 1800. Sept. 13, 1800. July 18, 1800. Aug. 7, iSoo. Church Records. [49 Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of v.\r^\^ name of Child. Sponsors. John, Michael Messinger and April 27 , 1800. Nov. 16, 1800. Elizabeth. John Resser. Anna, John George Correll Aug. 4, 1800. Sept. 29 1800. and Susanna. Philip Correll and Maria Schug. Margaret, Henry Reimer and Sept. 15 1800. Nov. 35, 1800. Catharine. John Sand and. wife. Elizabeth, Adam Stocker and Bar- Oct. 24, 1800. Nov. 23, 1800. bara. Matthias Steelier and consort. Jacob, John Sand and Magda- Sept. I, 1800. Nov. 23, 1800. lena. Peter Holland and con- sort. George, Matthias Gross and Oct. 26, 1800. Nov. 30, 1800. Catharina. John Spangenberg and consort. Elizabeth, Barnhart Walter and Aug. 19, iSoo. Dec. 15, 1800. Anna Maria. Adam Wagner and Margaretha. Hugh, Samuel Irvine and June 12, 1797. Dec. 17, 1800. Maria Seyers, illegiti- mate. Elias Diedrich and Catharina. July 1 1 , 1800. Michael, Michael Abel and his Dec. 25, 1800. wife Maria. Nicholaus Koch and wife Elizabeth. 1798. Samuel, John Arndt and wife, Aug. 17, 179S. Jan. 27, 1799. Elizabeth. Parents. 150 The First Reformed Church 0/ Easton, Pa. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Datf nf Birth. □ame of Child. Sponsors. Peter, Philip Messinger and Aug. 19' 1798. Feb. 5, 1799. wife, Margaretha. Parents. iSoi. Frederick, Ludvvig Handshill Nov. 20, 1800. Jan. 2, iSoi. (blurred) and Reg- ina. Frederick Dofft and Sa- lome. John, Samuel Coleman and Sept. 12, 1800. Jan. 6, 1800. Maria. John Coleman and Sarah. • John, Christian Hackman and Sept. 16, a. p. Jan. 1 1, iSoo. Susanna. John Brug and Rosina Catharina. Nicolaus, Nicholaus Best and Dec. 28, 1800. Jan. 14, 1800. Rosina. Philip Odenwelder. Elizabeth, Henry Fries and Eliza- Aug. 131 a. p. Feb. 16, iSoo. beth, The parents. Sara, An illegitimate child. Feb. II, 1800. which David Beitel- man and wife Mar- garetha promise to bring up in a Chris- tian way. Catharina, William Woodring and Jan. 3» I 801. February 22, Rosina. iSoi. Nicolaus Woodring and wife Catharina. Elizabeth, Philip Yaeger and Dec. 20, 1800. March 22, 1801. Rosina. Philip Odenwaelder and Elizal)eth. Church Records. 151 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Jacob, Peter Seller and wife Feb. 20, iSoi. March 22, 1801. Margaretha. Jacob Schumacher and wife Elizabeth. Jacob, William Yates and wife Jan. 17' 1801. March 22, 1801. Maria. John George Bruch and Christina Laddig. Aron, Peter Schneyder and Jan. 12, 1801. March 22, 1801. wife Susanna. The parents. Christina, Nicolaus Dietz and wife Jan. 23' 1 801. March 23, 1801. Sophia. The parents. Susanna, Melchior Hay and Eliz- Dec. 25' a. p. March 24, 1801. abeth. Thomas Richart and consort. Sara, Michael Sand and Feb. 12, 1801. April 3, 1800. Maria. Adam Sand and consort. Elizabeth, John Koch and wife Jan. 10, 1801. April 3, 1801. Maria. Nicolaus Koch and wife Elizabeth. Henry, Philip Broeder and June H' 1800. April 4, iSoi. Christina. The parents. Christina, John Schonz and Eliz- Aug. 15 , a. p. April 6, 1801. abeth. Philip Roth and Susanna, ejus uxor. John, Andrew Kesseler and May 3' I 800. April 1 1, 1801. Catharina. Christian Nicolaus. John, George Traxel and Ro- Apri 1 10 , iSoi. May 17, 1 80 1. sina. John Brotzman and con- sort. 152 The First Reformed Chureh of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. John, March 31, iSoi. Elizabeth, May 31, iSoi. Magdalena, June 14, I So I, Elizabeth, June 22, iSoi. John, June 28, 1801. Susanna, July 13, iSoi Maria, Aug. 9, I So I. Peter John, July 6, 1 80 1. Margaret, Aug. 13, 1801 Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1801. (Undecipherable), Oct. 13, £801. Names of Parents and Sponsors. John Hay and Maria. Philip Odenvvaelder and wife Anna Maria. John Odenvvaelder and wife Anna Margaret. John Odenwaelder and wife Elizabeth. Jacob Kaemrer and wife Magdalena. Alichael Butz and wife Margaretha. Benjamin Coleman and wife Addy. Leonhard Beitelman and wife Elizabeth. John Hertzel and wife Elizabeth. George Adam Yeisley and wife Christina. John Traxel and Eliza- beth. vSusanna Horn. John Gruber and wife Maria. Jacob Schnyder and wife Maria. Peter Gellman ( .'*) and Elizabeth. The parents. Joseph Roessly and Anna Maria. William Moritz and wife Catharina. George Reichurt and Rebecca Drittenbin-g. Michael Paulus and Christina. The parents. Date of Birth. April 9, 1 801. April 28, iSoi. April 2, iSoi. Nov. 26, 1800. May 27, 1801. July 13, iSoi. May 26, 1 801. Dec. 20, 1800. July 12, 1801. Sept. 7, 1 80 1. Aug. 6, 1800. Church Records. 153 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. George, Henry Derr and wife Aug. 19, 1801. Oct. 18, 1801. Christina. George Hauch and Catharine Nicolaus. Catharina, Jacob Koenig and wife Sept. 3, 1801. Oct. 29, iSoi. Elizabeth. The parents. Susanna, Jacob Schuesster and April 15, 1802.^ Nov. I, 1803. wife Maria. Susanna Beitelman. John George, Peter Schwartz and wife Oct. 10, 1801. Nov. 17, 1801. Maria. The parents. John Peter, John Frederick and Oct. 4, 1801. Nov. 22, 1801. Catharina. Peter Frederick and Susanna Conrad. Anna Catharina, John Dietz and wife Sept. 24, 1 801. Nov. 29, 1801. Hanna. James McDaunald and Catharine Wolf ( .?) 1802. John, John Grotz and Catha- Nov. 25, a. p. Jan. 24, 1802. rina. John George Grotz and wife Maria. Samuel, John Schick and wife Jan. 6, iSor. T 'Rn" Jane. The parents. " ' So it stands on record. Evidently an error in the date. 154 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. A list of children who were baptized in the following years, namely 1798, 1799, 1800 and 1801. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. 1798. Philip, Christian Scheivley and Jan 15, 179S. March i, 1798. wife Elizabeth. sort. Elizabeth, Jacob Arner and wife March 3, 1798. March 11, 1798. Catharina. Abraham Gross and consort. Eliza, John Philips and wife Feb. 4, 1798. May 13, 179S. Hanna. Parents. Elisha, Eseck Howell and wife July 10, 1797. Oct. 5, 1797. Magdalena. Parents. 1799. William, John Mayer and wife Feb. 5, 1799. March 17, 1799. Margaretha. The parents. Anthony, PhiHp Beisher and wife Nov. 21, 1798. April 18, 1799. Catharina. Joseph Beisher and wife Sarah. Jacob, Philip Ilambert ( .?) and Dec. 4, 1797. May I, 1798. wife Catharina. Rudolph Schweitzer and wife Barbara. Susanna, Frederick Lerch and March 27, 1799. May 13, 1799. wife Elizabeth. Philip Wolff and wife Susanna, Simon, Simon Schuchard and Sept. II, 1798. July 21, 179S. wife Barbara. The parents. Church Records. 155 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Elizabeth Maria, July 24, 1797. Joseph Rosenberger and Fronica. The parents. July 10, 1797. John, Sept. 23, 1798. David, Jacob Boyer and Christina. Jacob Winter. Peter Schneyder and Sept. 10, 1798. March 13, 1799. May 12, 1799. wife Susanna. The parents. Alex'der Hamilton, Frederick Berthold and March 11, 1798. Sept. 22, 179S. Elizabeth. Laurentz Erb and his wife. Catharina, Frederick Berthold and Sept. 22 ) 1799- Sept. 22, 1799. wife Elizabeth. Adam Dreisbach and his wife. iSoo. Susanna, Michael Simon and July 28, 1799. Jan. I, 1800. Maria. James Macky, Jan. 2, 1800. The parents. William Rosenberger and Maria. Parents. July 26, 1799. Jacob, Michael Dech and Cath- Nov. 12, 1799. Jan. 9, iSoo. arina. Jacob Dech and wife Elizabeth. Karl, Henry Schneider and Dec. 26, 1799. Jan. 26, iSoo. wife Catharina. Nicolaus Kern and wife Margaret Barbara. Daniel, John Mulhallon and wife Dec. 29, 1797. Jan. 19, I So I. Sarah. Parents. Thomas, John Mulhallon and Dec. II, 1 801. Jan. 19, 1S02. Sarah. Parents. 156 The First Rcforuicd C/iurch of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Juliana, Feb. 24, iSoo. Hanna, March 21, 1800. Henry, March 24, iSoo. Andrew, March 24, iSoo. Christina, Alarch 24, iSoo. Conrad, May 2, 1799. Valentine, May 2, iSoo. Catharina, Feb. 4, 1799. Jefferson Kreider, May 30, 1799. Elizabeth, June 16, 1799. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Peter Rippel and Maria. Andrew Stecker and his wife. John Rambach and Maria. Michael Fraess and his wife. Michael Messingcr and Elizabeth. George Stecher and his wife. George Stecher, Jr., and Maria. Henry Young and Mar- garetha Stecher. John Stecher and Cath- arina. John Schweitzer and Christina Stecher. Conrad vSchuesster and Susanna Diehl, ille- gitimate. Adam Moyer and his wife Catharina. Peter Moyer and wife, Maria Catharina. Adam Wagner and his wife Margaretha. George Bruch and wife, Barbara. Abraham Beitclman and his wife. Adam Heckman and his wife Elizabeth. Conrad Kreider and Catharina. Jacob Keller and Eliza- beth. Abraham Krotz and Maria Laddig. Date of Birth. Nov. 26, 1799. March 17, 1799. June 2, 1799. Dec. 2, 1799. Jan. 2, iSoo. Oct. 13, 1799. April 8, iSoo. Sept. 6, 1799. March 14, 1799. May 10, 1799. Church Records, ^S1 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Catharina, June 1 6, 1799. John, June 16, 1799. Sarah, June 16, 1798. Regina Christina, June 15, iSoo. George, June 34, iSoo. Elizabeth, Abraham, Aug. 20, 1799. Levingston, Aug. 21, 1799. Anna, Aug. 31, iSoo. Liddia, Aug. 31, 1800. Elizabeth, Aug. 29, iSoo. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Joseph Richard and Elizabeth. Adam Yeisley and his wife. Jacob Messinger and Margaretha. Alichael Fraess and his wife. Robert Miller and Catharina. Jacob Keller and con- sort. Frederick Wagner and Catharina. Adam Heckman and wife Elizabeth. John Eweritt (Ewart.?) and wife Catharina. George Huth and Anna. Isaac Schumacher and wife Elizabeth. Jacob Schumacher and his wife. John Dietz and Hanna. Henry Schneyder and wife Catharina. James Ralston and Elizabeth Jackson. " Uneheliches" Adam Schuck and Barbara. Parents. The mother, Elizabeth Schuck. The grandmother. Benjamin Green and Elizabeth. Parents. Date of Birth. April 14, 1800. Alarch 20, 1799. April 4, 1798. May 2, iSoo. Feb. 27, iSoo. May 29, iSoo. Dec. 13, 1799. July 9, 1799. June 16, iSoo. Jan. 13, 1800. June 28, iSoo. 158 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Henry, Jacob Messinger and April 18, 1800. Sept. 20, iSoo. Maria. Philip Messinger and wife Margaretha. Maria, Richard Jacobs and Sept. 16, 1800. Oct. 13, iSoo. Elizabeth. Anthony Kratzer and consort Elizabeth. Catharina, Frederick Lerch and Aug. 33, 1800. Oct. 36, iSoo. wife Elizabeth. John Stecher and wife Catharina. Christina, Adam Willauer and Aug. 21, 1800. Oct. 36, 1800. wife Elizabeth. Frederick Lerch and wife Elizabeth. John, Conrad Jumper and Nov. 12, 1800. Dec. 31, iSoo. wife Magdalena. David Klein and Maria Kotz. Elizabeth, Peter Lantz and wife March 38, 1800. Dec. 18, 1800. Catharina. John Bruch and Eliza- beth Scherer. (Wanting), Jacob Rosenberger and Oct. 3, 1800. Oct. 4, 1800. Margaret. Hanna Rosenberger. Elizabeth Salome, Joseph Townson and April 34, 1802. April 27, 1803. Margaret. Elizabeth Bartel. 1801. Henry, James Lucker and Oct. I, 1799. March 31, 1799. Maria. John Schuck and wife Juliana. Rosina, John Odenwaelder and Apr. 7, 1 80 1. April 35, 1801. Elizabeth. Philip Yaeger and his wife. Church Records. 159 Date of Baptism and aame of Child. Francis, May 31, 1800. Michael, May 2, 1801, Maria, Sept. 15, 1801. Juliana, Dec. 14, 1801. Abraham Burr, Dec. 20, Thomas, Dec. 26, 1801 Elizabeth, Dec. 27, iSoi. Maria, Aug. 23, 1801, Elizabeth, Aug. 23, 1801. Eliza, April 5, 1800. Names of Parents and Sponsors. John Leidig and Juliana. George William Mueller and Catharina Hers- ter. Bernhard Walter and Maria. Michael Odenwaelder and wife Margaretha. David Kaemrer and Anna. Susanna Kaemrer. Henry Schneyder and wife Catharina. Adam Heckman and wife Elizabeth. Adam Heckman and wife Elizabeth. Abraham Horn and wife Susanna. Abraham Brotzman and wife Maria. Thomas Richard and wife Susannna. Michael Simon and wife Maria. The parents. Philip Brotzman and wife Chi'istina. Abraham Hertzel and Maria Laddig. Henry Kuhn and wife Maria. Maria Magdalena Gehres. Moses Davis and Mary. Nicolaus Kern and wife Barbara. Date of Birth. Aug. 30, iSoo. March 25, 1801. Sept. 17, 1801. Dec. I, 1801. Wanting. Sept. 26, 1801. March 9, 1801. June 3, iSoi. May 21, 1801. May 30, 1800. i6o The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Aaron, William Bernd and wife April 14 , iSoi. Nov. 15, I So I. Elizabeth. George Schlauch and Susanna Yohe. Sophia, Abraham Forse and wife Dec. I, Soi. Dec. 12, iSoi. Hannah. Sophia Kurtz. John, John Simon and wife May 24, 1798. Date wanting. Susanna. The parents. Maria Magd., John Simon and wife Aug. 23 iSoo. Date wanting. Susanna. Martin Frey and wife Maria Magdalena. George, George Doffard and April I, 1800. April 19, iSoo. wife Elizabeth. The parents. Susanna, Philip Odenwaelder, Jr., March 2 5, 1801. April 5, 1801. and Elizabeth. Phil. Odenwaelder, Sr., and wife Anna Maria. Joseph, George Schwartz and May 20, 1801. Aug. 30, I So I. wife Margaretha. The parents. Anno 1802. William, Peter Babb and his wife Nov. 30, 1 801. Jan. 7, 1802. Catharina. The parents. Elizabeth, John Richard and wife Oct. 31, iSoi. Jan. 24, 1S02. Susanna. Abraham B rot z man and Maria. Susanna, Joseph Richard and wife Nov. 30, 1801. Jan. 24, 1S02. Elizabeth. Abraham Ilertzcl and Christina Yeisley. Alexander, Jacob Schick and wife Oct. 26, 1800. Jan. 24, 1801. Elizabeth. The parents. BERNARD G. WOLFF. D. D. Church Records. i6i Date of Baptism and name of Child. Jacob, Jan. 24, 1801. Henry, Feb. 24, 1801. Peter, Feb. 25, 1801, Sara, March 21, 1802. Suelly, March 21, 1802. Judith, March 21, Rudolf, April II, 1802. Elizabeth, April 25, 1S02. Rachael Schardre, May 7, 1802. Sarah, Jan. 6, 1S03. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Adam Hauch and wife Rebecca. Jacob Schick and wife Elizabeth. Jacob Schnabel and wife Elizabeth. Henry Arner and wife Catharina. Philip Klaus and wife Christina. Lehnhart Beitelman and wife Elizabeth. Nicolaus Wudring and Catharina. Jacob Wudring and consort. John Ramberg and Maria. Rudy Schwertzer and consort. Henry Schug and Eliza- beth. Peter Schug and Maria Grotz. John Dech and wife Elizabeth. Rudolf Oberly and wife Barbara. John Young and Su- sanna. George Rieser and Susanna Fogel. John Transu and wife Barbara. The mother. Jacob Schuester and wife Elizabeth. Jacob Kaemrer and wifej Magdalena. Date of Birth. Dec. 23, 1801. Dec. 24, 1801. Sept. 19, 1801, Jan. 19. Sept. 30, a. p. Oct. 13, a. p. March 9, 1802. March 7, 1802. Nov. 17, 1801. March 6, 1S02. 1 62 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Mar. Magd., Frederick Stein and Dec. 25, 180I. Jan. 6, 1S02. wife Anna Mar- garetha. Michael Boyer and Maria Magdalena Rapp. Peter, George Messinger and March 2 0, 1802. June 6, 1S02. wife Elizabeth. The parent. Sarah, Nicolaus Yeisley and May 7, ] 802. June 27, 1802. wife Sarah. John Hertzler and Elizabeth. John, Adam Willauer and March i , 1802. Aug. 7, i8o2. wife Elizabeth. John Knecht and wife Elizabeth. John, Michael Roseburry and March i 6, 1802. Aug. 7, 1802. wife Margaret. The parents. Jonathan, Andrew Willauer and June 12, 1802. Aug. 10, i8o2. Elizabeth. Andrew Stocker and consort. • Maria, Andrew Kieffer and July 28, 1802. Sept. 5, 1802. wife Elizabeth. Abraham Brotzman and wife Maria. Susanna, Henry Abel and wife May 3, [802. Sept. 5, 1802. Maria. Parents. Jacob, Michael Abel and wife Feb. 15, 1802. Sept. 5, 1802. Maria. Jacob Koch and Sarah Messinger. Rosina, Isaac Schumacher and July 12, 1802. Sept. 5, 1802. wife Catharina. John Lantz and Eliza- beth Zimmerman. Church Records. 163 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Daniel, Christian Butz and Sept. 7, 1 801. Sept. 20, 1802. Maria. The parents. Abraham, Gottfried Meixel and Sept. I, 1802. Oct. 3, 1802. wife Hanna. Abraham Stein, Anna Keller. David, David Kaemrer and Sept. 15, 1802. Oct. 12, 1802. w^ife Anna. Jacob Fraess and wife Susanna. Margaretha, Michael Messinger and June 17, 1S02. Oct. 12, 1802. wife Elizabeth. Jacob Uhler and Mar- garetha Messinger. Isaac, Jacob Hertzel and Mag- Oct. 25, 1802. Nov. 21, 1802. dalena. John Hertzel et consort. Cathrina, John Yeisley and Mag- Aug. 5, 1802. Nov. 25, 1802. dalena. Joseph Raesly. Sara, Frederick Ziegler and Sept. 27 1802. Nov. 25, 1802. Maria. Rudolph Schweitzer et consort. Jacob, Abraham Woodring and Sept. 10 1802. Nov. 28, 1802. wife Margaretha. Jacob Brotzman and wife Maria. Susanna, William Winters and Aug. 29, 1802. Dec. 3, 1802. consort Elizabeth. The mother. John Jacob, John Koch and Anna Oct. 3, I 802. Dec. 4, 1802. Maria. Nicholas Koch et con- sort. Maria Eva, Peter Moser ( .?) and March 5 1802. Dec. 4, 1802. Catharina Moser. Eva Moser. 164 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Martin, Dec. 26, 1S02. Christina, Jan. 19, 1S03. Names of Parents and Sponsors. David Losey and Maria. Martin Ran and his wife Fronica. PhiHp Breeder and his wife Christina. The parents. Date of Birth. Feb. 14, 1802. Dec. 3, 1S02. The following children were baptized : Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Tlirtli. name of Child. Sponsors. Anno 1802. Lydia, Christian Correl and Dec. 25, 1801. March 9, 1802. Catharina. Susanna Correl. Adam, John Sand and wife Jan. 29, 1802. • March 17, 1802. Magdalena. Adam Sand and Maria. Peter, Peter Rippel and Maria. Feb. 2, [802. April 23, 1S02. Adam Stocker and Bar- bara. David, Adam Schuck and Bar- April 2, 1802. July I, 1S02. bara. The parents. Margaretha, Philip Messinger and Sept. 13 , 1801. Aug. 29, 1802. wife Margaretha. Jacob Rambach and Marg. Messinger. Andrew, Frederick Lerch and May 28, 1802. Sept. 30, 1802. wife Elizabeth. Valentine Uhler and wife Christina. Elizabeth, Valentine Uhler and Aug. 1 1 1S02. Sept. 30, 1802. wife Christina. Frederick Lerch and wife Elizabeth. Charles, George Wolf and wife Jan. I, 1 800. Oct. 24, 1802. Maria. Lorentz Erb and wife Maria. Church Records, 165 Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Birth. name of Child. Sponsors. Lorentz Erb, Nathan Gulick and vv^ife Nov. 22, 1801. Oct. 24, 1802. Elizabeth. Lorentz Erb and wife Maria. Camilla, John Clemens and w^ife Aug. 21 1S02. Nov. 14, 1802. Maria. David Saylor and wife Elizabeth. Samuel, William Ennes and Sept 8, 1802. Nov. 21, 1802. Elizabeth. Elizabeth Arndt. Sophia, William Wite( White.?) Oct. I, 1 801. Dec. 26, 1802. and wife Susanna. Valentine Weber and wife Catharina. William, John Philips and wife Aug. 17 1799. Dec. 27, 1802. Hanna. The parents. Sarah Ann > John Philips and wife Oct. 24, t8o2. Dec. 27, 1802. Hanna. The parents. Susanna, John Shoup and wife June 3. 1802. Dec. 27, 1802. Elizabeth. The parents. 1803. John, Conrad Schumper and Dec. i5> 1802. Jan. 31, 1803. Magdalena. John Wagner and wife. Catharina, Michael Butz and Cath- Dec. II, 1802. Feb. 27, 1803. arina. John Mayer and consort. Carl, John Walter and Eliza- Jan. 10, 1803. March 2 , 1803. beth. The parents. Aaron, Andrew Koechlein and Jan. 19' IS03. March 8 1803. Susanna. The parents. 1 66 The First Reformed Church of East on, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Maria Elizabeth, March 20, 1803. Sara, March 2, 1803. Peter, March 23, 1803. Catharina, April 13, 1803. Susanna, May 15, 1803. Kornilius (Cornelius), May 15, 1803. Elizabeth, May 15, 1803. Margaretha, May 15, 1803. Catharina, May 19, 1S03. John George, May 20, 1803. Thomas, June 12, 1803. Names of Parents and Sponsors. William Woodring and wife Rosina. Philip Woodring and wife Maria Elizabeth. Joseph Raesly and wife Anna Maria. John Adam Willauer and wife Elizabeth. Henry Reimer and'wife Catharina. Peter Lantz and wife Catharina. John Leidig and wife Juliana. Parents. Jacob Kaemrer and wife Magdalena. The parents. Samuel Kohlman and wife Maria. John Oberly and wife Elizabeth. Nicolaus Dietz and wife Sophia. The parents. John Fehrand wife Eva. Michael Bassler and Marg. . Philip Appel and Susanna. Adam Stocker and con- sort. Jacob Miller and Maria. George Fox ( .^ blurred) and consort. George Peter Keller and wife Elizabeth. Philip Korrel and wife Elizabeth. Date of Birth. Feb. 9, 1803. Feb. 2, 1803. Sept. 21, 1802. Sept. 28, 1802. Feb. 13, 1803. Dec. 26, 1S02. Dec. 25, 1802. Dec. 15, 1802. Dec. 22, 1802. April 9, 1S02. April 20, 1803. Church Records. 167 Date of Baptism and name of Child. John, June 12, 1803. Lydia, Jan. 26, 1803. Elizabeth, June 29, 1S03. Carl, July 10, 1803. Elizabeth, July 26, 1803. Anna Magd., Aug. 18, 1803. Elizabeth, April 10, 1803. Liddia, April 10, 1803. Elizabeth, April 10, 1803. Samuel, April 10, 1803. David, Sept. 3, 1803. Names of Parents and Sponsors. John Dietz and wife Hanna. The mother. Jacob Fries and Su- sanna. Michael Fries and con- sort. John Mayer and Mar- garet. The parents. George Reichert and Susanna. Peter Young and Su- sanna Eyerman. Henry Keller and Su- sanna. Jacob Keller and his wife. Thomas Osterstock and wife Catharina. Conrad Jumper and wife Magdalena. Jonathan Kohlman and wife Elizabeth. George Adam Yeisley and wife Christina. Christian Metzger and wife Elizabeth. EHzabethet Mzger. Philip Frantz and wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth Getter. John Grub and wife Margaretha. Anthony Dech and wife Maria. Matthias Schnabel and wife Catharina. The parents. Date of Birth. April 24, 1803. June 2, 1802. May 25, 1S03. March 17 (?), 1803. May 28, 1803. March 11, 1802. Feb. 15, 1803. Jan. 17, 1803. Feb. 17, 1803. Jan. 30, 1803. June 24, 1S03. 1 68 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Rtrth. name of Child. Sponsors. Joseph, Henry Klaus and Eliza- April 16 , 1803. Sept. 1 1 > 1S03. beth. George Kessler and Maria . Nansv, Jacob Gross and Eliza- June 30, 1803. Sept. II , 1803. beth. Matthias Gross and Catharina Young. Frederick, Jacob Schaeffer and July 5> I 803. Oct. II, 1803. Elizabeth. Frederick Lerch and his wife. Jonas, John Sand and Mag- Aug. 3, 1803. Oct. II, 1803. dalena. Conrad Jumper and consort. Sarah, Bernhard Raub and June 30, 1803. Oct. II, 1803. Maria. Jacob Lattig and con- sort. William, Henry Schug and Eliza- July 13. 1803. Oct. 15, 1803. beth. Christian Metzger and consort. Abraham, Philip Brotzman and Aug. 24 , 1803. Oct. 30, 1S03. Christina. Abraham Brotzman and Maria, consort. John, David Marks and Mary. Nov. 26 1802. Oct. 31, 1803. The parents. Samuel, Christian Kocher and Oct. 25, 1803. Nov. 23 1803. wife Catharina. The parents. George, George Traxel and Ro- Aug. 8, 1803. Nov. 7, 1803. sina. Maria Wolff. Church Records. 169 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. George William, The mother is Catharina Oct. i7» 1803. Nov. 20, 1803. Slauch. " Uneheliches." The grandparents, Philip Schlauch and his worthy wife, have as- sumed responsibility for the Christian nur- ture of this child. Elizabeth, John Dietz and Eliza- Aug 5' 1803. Dec. 4, 1803. beth. Elias Scholl and his wife. David, John Stem and Anna. Oct. 23. 1803. Dec. II, 1803. The parents. Jacob, John Rambach and wife Sept . 16 , 1803. Dec. 25, 1803. Maria. Jacob Rambach and wife Elizabeth. 1804. Maria, Philip Correll and wife Feb. 1^ 1804. ' Jan. 10, 1S04. Elizabeth. Maria Correll, the grandmother. John, Abraham Schmid and Nov. 9» 1S03. Jan. 30, 1804. Sabilla. Frederick Frutschie and his wife. Abraham, Conrad Frey and Jan. 30' 1804. March 8, 1804. Elizabeth. Philip Klauss et consort. Anna Marg., Jacob Frauenfelder and Jan. 18, 1804. March 8, 1804. wife Catharina. Margarctha Messinger. John, Thomas Richard and Nov. 18, 1803. March 8, 1804, consort. Parents. 1 Evidently an error in the date — but so it stands on record. 170 The First Reformed Church of Eastoti, Pa. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Rirth name of Child. Sponsors. Margaret, Abraham Stem and Feb. 25, 1804. April 23, 1804. Charlotte. Conrad Yeisle and Magdalena Stem. Peter, Conrad Frauenfelder March 2 4, 1804. May 13, 1S04. and wife Maria. Frederick Harendorf and Christina Frauenfelder. Catharina, Jacob Best and wife Jan. 5, 1804. May 13, 1804. Catharina. John Odenwaelder and wife Anna Marg. Michael, George Boyer and wife March 2 6, 1804. May 22, 1804. Anna. Michael Boyer and wife Margaretha. John, Philip Odenwelder and April 17, 1804. May 27, 1804. wife Elizabeth. Nicolaus Koch and Elizabeth. Daniel, James McDanill and April 7, 1804. May 27, 1804. wife Cathrina. John Otto and Susanna Adolf. Kezia, Jacob Laddig and wife May 13, 1804. June 10, 1804. Sarah. The parents. Maria Magdalena, Jacob Seibel and Maria Sept. 5, 1803. June 12, 1804. Magdalena. Jacob Scheib and his wife. Sara, Michael Traxel and J""e 3, 1804. June 24, 1804. Susanna. The parents. Christina, John Frey and wife April 7, 1804. July 4, 1804. Margaretha. Christina (name wanting). Church Records. 171 Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Birth. name of Child. Sponsors. Sara, Abraham Schmid and May 28, 1804. July 29, 1804. Barbara. The parents. Elias, The mother is Susanna Wanting Aug. 5, 1804. Messinger, John Mes- singer's daughter. Mr. Samuel Ren and his good wife have obli- gated themselves for the Christian nurture of this child. John, Nathaniel Marks and his Sept. 29, 1803. Aug. 15 , 1804. wife Jane. Parents. Leonhard, George Butz and Su- Feb. 7, I 804. Aug. 21 , 1804. sanna. Leonhard Beytelman and consort. Maria, John Odenwaelder, Jr., July 27, 1804. Sept. 2, 1804. and Anna Marg. John Mueller and Sara. William, Adam Hauck and wife Aug. 17, 1803. Sept. 25 , 1804. Rebecca. Parents. Elizabeth, John Lantz and wife Sept. 18, 1804. Oct. 28, 1804. Hanna. Peter Lantz and wife Elizabeth. William, Nicolaus Woodring and Sept. 20, 1804. Oct. 28, 1804. wife Catharina. William Woodring and wife Rosina. Melchior, Melchoir Hay and Eliz- Oct. 14, 1804. Dec. 7, [804. abeth. Peter Hay et uxor. Peter, Michael Traxel and Sept. I, 1S04. Dec. 9, 1804. Catharina. Andrew Hay et uxor. 172 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Isaac, Jan. 3, 1S04. Samuel, Nov. 20, 1S04. Maria, March 15, 1803. John, March 15, 1S03. Elizabeth, March 15, 1802. Jacob, June 12, 1803. Jacob, July 26, 1S03. Andrew, July 31, 1803. Jacob, July 31, 1803. Susanna, Sept. II, 1803. Nancy, Sept. II, 1803. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Joseph Thomas and Margaret. George Scnabel and con- sort. Peter Bop and Catha- rina. The parents. Anno 1803. Valentine Mutschler and wife Elizabeth. John Focht and wife Margaretha. William Polen and Christina. Peter Winters. Catharina Winters. The grandfather. Abraham Force and wife Hanna. George Barnet and Catharine Herster. Philip Odenwaelder and wife Elizabeth. John Odenwaelder and , wife Elizabeth. Henry Stoflet and wife Abalona. Andrew and Juliana Stocker. Peter Reis and wife Susanna. Henr}' Eyerman and Maria Batt. Henry Winters and wife Susanna. The parents. Henry Winters and wife Susanna. The parents. Date of Birth. July 20, 1804. Aug. 3, 1804. March 6, 1803. July 22, 1802. Dec. 24, 1802. March 6, 1803. June 13, 1S03. March 23, 1803. June 19, 1803. Dec. 15, 1801. March 19, 1803. Church Records. 173 Date of Baptism aud name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Sarah, John Simon and wife Feb. 25i 1802. Nov. 7, 1803. Susanna. The parents. Christina, John Simon and wife Oct. 14. 1803. Nov. 7, 1803. Susanna. Jacob Sheip and wife Christina. Anna, Peter Batt and wife Sept. 6, 1803. Nov. 22, 1803. Elizabeth. The parents. Sarah Scott, John Mulhollon and wife July I, 1S03. Nov. 24, 1803. Sarah. The mother. John George, John George Bruch and Nov. 3> 1803. Nov. 27, 1803. wife Anna Catharina. John George Bruch and Catharina Keder. Christina, Henry Walter and wife Sept 16 , 1803. Nov. 27, 1803. Elizabeth. George Walter and wife Barbara. Henry David, John Moritz and wife Nov. 4» 1803. Dec. II, 1803. Daniel Moritz and Maria Wolf. John George, Christian Correl and Feb. 3o> 1803. Jan. I, 1S04. wife Catharina. George Peter Kessler and wife Elizabeth. Peter, John Hay and wife Oct. 27. 1803. Dec. 25, 1803. Maria. Peter Hay and wife Barbara. Levi, Andrew Willauer and Sept. 31 , 1803. Jan. 22, 1804. wife Elizabeth. Martin Frey and wife Maria Magdalena. Lydia, Jeremiah Hess and wife Nov. 9' 1803. Jan. 22, 1804. Elizabeth. Conrad Hess and wife Elizabeth. 174 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of JEaston, Pa. Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Elizabeth, Conrad Hess and wife Dec. 15, 1803. Jan. 22, 1804. Elizabeth. Adam Heckman and wife Elizabeth. Samuel, William Fitz-Randolf Oct. 24, 1803. Jan. 22, 1804. and wife Susanna. Frederick Barthold and wife Elizabeth. Samuel, Henry Siegraeves and March 24, 1803. Feb. 19, 1804. wife Eva. The parents. Margaretha, The mother is Susanna Feb. 26, 1S03. March 12, 1803. Rumseld. '■'• C/nehe- liches." Philip Messinger and wife Margaretha. Margaretha, Frederick Lerch and Jan. 13, 1804. April I, 1S04. wife Elizabeth. Adam Willauer and wife Elizabeth. Joseph, Michael Sand and wife Feb. 14, 1804. April 22, 1804. Maria. Conrad Tschumper ^ and wife Magdalena. John Jacob, Henry Raub and wife April 20, 1804. May 5, 1804. Anna Elizabeth. Adam Schenrer and wife Margaretha. Maria, John Veidt and wife March 10, 1804. June 25, 1804. Catharina. John Young and wife Maria. Eliza, Henry Schneyder and July 5, 1804. July 22, 1804. wife Catharina. The parents. Carl, John Bruch and wife June 13, 1804. July 29, 1804. Catharina. Adam Stenger and wife Catharina. 'Jumper ! See elsewhere. Church Records. 175 Date of Baptism and name of Child. Names of Parents and Sponsors. Date of Birth. Anno 1805. Catherine, Adam Stocker and v^ife Dec. 1-, 1804. Feb. 3, 1805. Barbara. Christian Stocker and consort. Anna Maria, Henry Arnot and Cath- Jan. 3' 1804. Feb. 9, 1805. rina. Michael Ritter and Ma- ria Pauli. Anno 1804. Anna, Andrew Koechlein and Jan. 26, 1804. Aug. 12, 1804. Susanna. The parents. Joseph, George Sewitz and Eliz- Sept 3» 1803. Aug. 21, 1804. abeth. George Sewitz and Maria. Andrew, John Neigh and wife Nov. 22 1804. Nov. 1 1, 1804. Catharina. The mother. James, Peter Wilson and wife Feb. 24, 1804. Nov. II, 1804. Maria. The parents. John, Peter Voight and wife Sept 23 , 1804. Nov. 25, 1804. Margaretha. John and Margaretha Voight,of Greenwich. Sarah, Jacob Nicolaus and wife Oct. 27. 1S04. Dec. 25, 1804. Margaretha. Andrew and Sarah Vogel. 176 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Anno 1805. [A marginal note, in very fine handwriting, says as follows :] John Henry Weiss, born April 4, 1S04, to Jacob Conrad and consort John Weiss, born June 6, iSoo, to John Weiss. Maria Christina Weiss, born Feb. 21, 1802, to Christian Scheib. The above children were baptized January 27, 1805. Date of Baptism and Names of Parents and Date of Birth. name of Child. Sponsors. Harriott, Peter Hauch and wife July 15, 1804. Jan. 6, 1S05. Margaretha. John Able and Caty Blaeckley. - George Washing- George Wolf, ^ and wife Oct. 21, 1804. ton, Maria. Jan. 20, 1S05. Lorentz Erb and wife Maria. Samuel Dickson, Nathan Gulick and wife Dec. 13, 1804. Jan. 20, 1805. Elizabeth. Lorentz Erb and wife Maria. Marietta, Nathan Gulick and wife Oct. 2, 1803. Jan. 20, 1805. Elizabeth. Maria Wolf. Charlotta, Frederick Barthold and March 11, 1804. Jan. 20, 1805. wife Elizabeth. Lorentz Erb and Cath- arine Dreisbach. ' Governor of Pennsylvania. Church Records. 177 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors, Anno 1805. Isaiah Buss, Abraham and The parents. Jan. 16, 1804. Maria. Jan. 27, 1805. Jacob Shick, Jacob and Eliza- The parents. Sept. 7, 1802. beth. Feb. 6, 1S05. Charles Shick, Jacob and Eliza- The parents. Sept. 14, 1804. beth. Feb. 6, 1805. Nancy Howell, Spencer and Mary. The mother. Feb. 4, 1804. Feb. 6, 1805. Molly Schister, Catharina Roeder. Peter Roeder and Dec. 14, 1804. wife Elisabeth. Feb. 12, 1805. Joseph Koenig, Adam and Catha- Isaac Kuhn and Nov. 3, 1804. rina. wife Elisabeth. Feb. 12, 1805. Philip Arndt, John and Elisa- The parents. March 16, 1804. beth. Feb. 12, 1S05. Jacob Hackman, Abrahain and John Simon and Nov. 12, 1804. Salome. wife Susanna. Feb. 12, 1805. Jacob Yeisley, Nicolaus and Jacob Lautz and Nov. 25, 1804. Sarah. Maria Richard. Feb. 16, 1805. Margaretha Kocher, Henry and Maria. John Kocher and Nov. 26, 1804. Barbara Bie- Feb. 16, 1805. secker. Thomas Shuck, Adam and Barbara. The parents. Dec. 17, 1804. March 6, 1805. William Woodring, William and Philip Brotsman and Feb. 3, 1805. Rosina. wife Christina. April 12, 1S05. John Andrew Koch, John and Anna George Braucker Jan. 8 (1805). Maria. and wife Elisa- April 12, 1805. beth. 178 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Elisabeth Kocher, Dec. 17, 1S04. April 14, 1805. Catharina Messinger, Jan. 6 (1S05). April 14, 1S05. Lydia Kotz, Jan. II, 1805. April 14, 1S05. Elisabeth Schuman, Maixh 19. April 14, 1805. Elisabeth Krotz, Jan. 19. April 14, 1805. Elisabeth Stemm, Jan. 13. April 15, 1S05. Catharine Beischer, Feb. II, 1S04. May 4, 1S05. Susanna Dieterich, Jan. 12, 1805. Apr. 29, 1805. George Seipel, Feb. 8, 1805. May 12, 1805. Philip Reimer, Dec. 29, 1S04. June 15, 1805. Samuel Koleman, March 14, 1805. June 23, 1805. Elisabeth Schuesser, Feb. 19, 1S05. June 23, 1805. Matilda Meixsell, March 10, 1805. June 23, 1805. Abraham and Susanna. Jacob and Anna Maria. Henry and wife Charity. William and wife Christiana. John and Cath- arina. John and Anna. Jacob and Cath- arina. Jacob and Sarah. Jacob and Elisa- beth. Henry and Cath- arina. Samuel and Maria. Jacob and Elis- abeth. Philip and wife Maria. Sponsors. Antony Lerch and Elisabeth Edel- man. Jacob Frauenfeld and wife Catha- rina. Philip Metzgar Kotz. Frederick Hutten- dorf and Elis- abeth Kreider. Peter Rippel and wife Margaretha. The parents. Molly Beischer. The parents. George Seipel, Sr. Philip Correll and wife Elisabeth. John Oberly and Phoeby Coleman. The parents. The father and the grandmother. Church Records. 179 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Carl Sand, May 5, 1805. June 30, 1805. William Leidich, Oct. 21, 1S04. June 30, 1S05. Sophia Gery, Jan. 2, 1S05. June 30, 1805. George Schneyder, June 27, 1S04. July II, 1805. David Haack, March 19, 1805. July 21, 1805. Sarah Abel, May 12, 1805. July 21, 1S05. Catharina Bruch, Dec. 4, 1804. July 24, 1S05. Margaretha Schu- macher, June 27, 1805. Aug. 4. John Peter Lumerson, Feb. I, 1805. June 30. Edward Hertzel, Jan. 18, 1805. Aug. 9. Susanna Broeder, April 3, 1805. Aug. 9, 1805. Lydia Kind, June 14, 1805. Aug. 14, 1805. Henry Kieffer, Oct. 28, 1804. Aug. 18, 1S05. Parents. John and Magda- lena. John and Juliana. John and Christina. William and Mar- garetha. Adam and wife Rebecca. Henry and Maria. Frederick and Catharina. Isaac and Cath- arina. John and Elsie. Jacob and Cath- arina. Philip and Chris- tina. Isaac and Elisabeth. John and Cath- arina. Sponsors. Christian Correll and wife Catharina. The parents. John Leidich and wife Juliana. The parents. The parents. Jacob Rambach and Sarah Messinger. Adam Stenger and wife Catharina. Jacob Schumacher and wife Elisa- beth. The parents. The parents. The parents. Michael Messinger and wife Elisa- beth. The parents. i8o The First Reforined Church of JEaston, Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Maria Anna Rinker, John and Sarah. Jacob Sickman and June 2 2, 1S05. wife Elisabeth. Aug. iS, 1S05. Elisabeth Mechlin, John and Mar- John Dech and wife July 2, 1S05. garet ha. Elisabeth. Aug. 21, 1805. Anna Thron, Matthias and Anna. John Mechlin and May 22, 1805. wife Margaretha. Aug. 21, 1S05. Elisabeth Abel, Michael and Maria. The parents. March 28, 1804. Aug. 22, 1S05. Hanna Keller, Henry and John Stemm and June 14, 1805. Susanna. consort. Aug. 19, 1805. Peter Schneyder, John and Catha- Abraham and wife Aug. 31, 1804. rina. Barbara. Aug. 30, 1S05. Peter Hertzel, John and Elisa- Andrew Kieffer July 11, 1805. beth. and Elisabeth. Sept. I, 1805. Maria Young, John and Susanna. The parents. May 5, 1805. Sept. I, 1805. John Reis, Peter and Susanna. The parents. Aug. 2, 1805. Sept. I, 1805. John Young, John and Susanna. Peter Young and June I, 1803. Susanna Young. Date wanting. John Boyer, John and Catha- John Knecht and Aug. 12, 1805. rina. Margaretha. Oct. 2, 1805. Sarah, The mother. Maria Lucker. July 31, 1804. Rosina Schuck. Oct. 8, 1805. Jesse Riegel, Benjamin and Abraham Vogel July 6, 1805. Hanna. and wife Abbie. Oct. 8, 1805. Church Records. i8i Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Susanna Schubb, Jacob and Maria. Catharina Wester- July iS, 1805. man. Oct. II, 1805. Sarah Ettinger, Henry and Eva. The mother. Aug. 10, 1S05. Oct. 21, 1805. Peter Rieser, Peter and Maria. The parents. July 18, 1805. Oct. 21, 1805. Andrew Ripple, Peter and Marga- Andrew Ripple and Oct. 21, 1805. retha. consort. Baptized eodem die. Sophia Schneyder, Henry and Catha- Jacob Schick and July I, 1805. rine. Elisabeth. Oct. 27, 1S05. Philippina Kohlman, Jonathan and Andrew Moser and July 2, 1805. Elisabeth. Philippina Kohl- Oct. 27, 1805. man. Catharine Mueller, Jacob and Maria. Henry Geiding ( .-* ) Oct. 4, 1805. and wife. Nov. 10, 1805. Philippina Uhler, Jacob and Marga- Abraham Messinger Sept. 22, 1805. retha. and Cath. Uhler. Nov. 18, 1805. Elizabeth Frees, Jacob and Susanna. John Kaemmerer Oct. 4, 1805. and wife Elisa- Nov. 21, 1805. beth. Magdalena Koenig, Jacob and Elisa- The parents. Sept. 27, 1805. beth. Nov. 29, 1805. Karl Koch, Jacob and Elisa- Nicolaus Koch and Sept. 29, 1805. beth. consort. Dec. I, 1805. John Walter, John and Elisa- The parents. July 31, 1805. beth. Dec. 16, 1805. Joseph Trumheller, Philip and Nancy. Peter Jacoby and Nov. 13, 1805. Elisabeth Ro- Dec. 22, 1805. denbach. i82 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. John Frauenfelder, Jacob and Catha- Jacob Frauenfelder Oct. 14, 1805. rina. and Anna Cath. Dec. 22, 1S05. Liddiana Schuck, Henry and Elisa- Philip Correl and July 20, 1S05. beth. wife Elisabeth. Dec. 22, 1805. Anno 1806. Maria Heller, Jacob and Susanna. George Heller and Nov. 8, 1805. Maria Schney- Jan. 5, 1806. der. William White, William and Su- John Nicolas, Jr., Oct. 28, 1805. sanna. and wife Sarah. Jan. 12, 1806. Thos. Willauer, Adam and Elisa- Henry Werkhauser Sept. 17, 1805. beth. and wife Elisa- Jan. 13, 1S06. beth. Anna Catharina, Margaret With- Catharine Nico- Jan. 14, 1806. us(.?). laus. Feb. 2, 1806. Carl Ritter, Michael and Mar- Henry Arner and Jan. 12, 1806. ) p Jan. 5, 1806. J garetha. consort. Maria Magd. Oden- Philip and Elisa- Bernd. Odenwael- waelder. beth. der and Maria Dec. 29, 1805. Magd. Koch. Feb. 16, 1806. Henry Forse, Abraham and The parents. Jan. 10, 1806. Hanna. March i, 1806. Charles Deshler, Adam and Debora. The father. Feb. 27, 1806. March i, 1806. Joh. George Raub, Bernhart and George William March 16, 1805. Maria. Raub and Catha- March 15, 1806. rina. Jacob Frauenfelder, Conrad and Maria. John Stecher and Dec. 20, 1805. wife Catharina. March 16, 1806. Sophia Schick, John and Jane. The parents. March 3, 1804. March 16, 1806. Church Records. 183 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Sarah Schick, Jan. 31, 1806, John and Jane. The parents. March 16, 1806. Elisabeth Koechlein, Andrew and Sus- Peter Koechlein Feb. 16, 1806. anna. and Catharina. March 30, 1806. Susanna Mueller, Peter and Maria Jacob Scheib and Feb. 25, 1806. Christina. consort. March 7, 1806. Maria Elis. Wood- Jacob and Elisa- Philip Woodring ring, beth. and wife. March 5, 1806. March 30, 1806. Joseph Sand, March 8, 1806. Michael and Anna Maria. The parents. April 10, 1806. Susanna Wilhelmina Thomas and Catha- The father and Wil- Pomp, rina. helmina Mat- March 29, 1806. tes ( .?) . April 7, 1806. Samuel Snouer Schlough, Feb. 10, 1806. George and Anne. The parents. April 20, 1S06. James Davidson Winters, Henry and Susan. The parents. Feb.- 19, 1806. Feb. 20, 1806. Franz Schmidt, Abraham and Bar- The parents. March 27, 1S06. bara. May 18, 1806. Michael Hahn, Hartman and Henry and Susanna March 14, 1806. Catharina. Yaeger ( .?). April 27, 1806. Jacob Labach, Adam and Catha- Catharina Labach. March 12, 1806. rina. April 27, 1806. Elisabeth Dotterer, Oct. 26, 1802. Henry and Nancy. Elisabeth Young. June I, 1806. 184 The First Reformed Church of Easion^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Davis Henry Dotterer, Nov. 4, 1S05. June I, 1805 (1S06?). Daniel Odenwaelder, April 3, 1S06. June 8, 1806. Juliana Kaemrer, Feb. 12, 1S06. June 8, 1806. George Flory Diets, March 37, 1806. June 8, 1806. Rosina Woodring, June 10, 1806. July 30, 1S06. Markleir ( ?) Luckar, March 7, 1S06. July 12, 1806. Sophia Luckar, June 9, 1803. July 13, 1806. John Luckar, Feb. 9, iSoi. July 13, 1806. Edward Traxsell, June 13, 1806. July 27, 1806. Carl Bishoph, June 3, 1S06. Aug. 3, 1806. Margaretha Wall, March 18, 1S06. Aug. 3, 1S06. John Barnett, March i3, 1S06. July 30, 1S06. Susanna Laddig, July 5, 1806. Aug. 3, 1806. Parents. Henry and Nancy. Philip Junior and Elisabeth. Jacob and Magda- lena. Nicolaus and Sophia. Abraham and Margaretha. James Luckar and wife Maria. James Luckar and wife Maria. James Luckar and wife Maria. Michael and Susanna. John and Anna. Daniel and Maria. Thomas and Cath- arine. John Jacob and Sara. Sponsors. Elisabeth Dechart. John and Margaret Odenwaelder. The parents. The parents. William Woodring and consort. The parents. The parents. The parents. The parents. The parents. The parents. Philip Schlough and wife Catharine. The parents. Church Records, 185 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. William Traxsell, Dec. 6, 1802. John and Elis- abeth. The parents. Aug. 22, 1806. Lorentz Traxsell, Nov. 28, 1804. John and Elis- abeth. The parents. Aug. 22, 1806. Maria Traxsell, George and Rosina. Michael Seip and March 30, 1806. consoi-t. Aug. 10, 1S06. Rachel Messinger, Philip and Marga- Adam Steelier and May 7, 1805. Aug. 24, 1S06. David Zerfass, retha. John and Susanna. wife Margaretha. Bernhard Arndt. June 8, 1806. Aug. 26, 1806. Christina Stocker, Adam and Barbara. Matthias Stecher Aug. 8, 1806. and wife Eliz- Sept. 21, 1806. Lehnhard Beitelman, Elias and Cath- abeth. David Beitelman Aug. 15, 1806. Sept. 21, 1S06. John Mayer, Aug. 15, 1806. arina. John and Marga- retha. and Margaretha. The parents. Sept. 21, 1806. David McDannold, James and Cath- Philip Heil and wife Aug. 15, 1806. arina. Susanna. Sept. 28, 1806. Peter Rippel, Aug. 10, 1806. Peter and Marga- retha. Peter Gross. Sept. 28, 1806. Carl Engel, Christopher and Henry Eyerman July 19, 1806. Susanna. and Elisabeth Oct. 5, 1806. Herster. John Osterstock, Abraham and Char- Peter and Rosina Sept. 9, 1806. lotte. Osterstock. Oct. 12, 1806. Carl Reis, John and Cath- Jacob Stocker and Aug. 20, 1806. arina. wife. Oct. 26, 1806. i86 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Margaretha Zimmer- man, March 31, 1806. Oct, 31, 1806. John Schlough, Nov. 6, 1806. Nov. 10, 1806. Jacob Baeysher, Feb. 7, 1806. Nov. 18, 1806. Ann Jane Justice, Oct. 6, 1805. Nov. 21, 1806. Margaretha Traxsell, Oct. 31, 1806. Nov. 23, 1806. Maria Marg. Rees, Nov. 19, t8o6. Nov. 25, 1806. Harriott Eringer, Sept. 5, 1805. Nov. 25, 1806. Julianna Zeller, Dec. 31, 1805. • Nov. 25, 1806. Robert Frytag Groves, May 9, 1806. Nov. 25, 1806. Susanna Weber, Sept. 17, 1805. Nov. 30, 1806. John Hay, Aug. 30, 1S06. Dec. 7, 1806. John Ettinger, Nov. 18, 1806. Dec. 16, 1806. Sarah Holland, Oct. 23, 1806. Dec. li^, 1806. Parents. Abraham and Nancy. John and Susanna. Jacob and Cath- arina. Philip and Elisa- beth. Michael and Cath- arina. John and Maria. Frederick and Elisabeth. Jacob and Elisa- beth. Robert and Christi- ana Elisabeth. William and Eliza- beth. Melchior and Elisa- beth. Henry and Eva. Peter and Susanna. Sponsors. The parents. The parents. John Wagner and wife Eva. The parents. Carl Hay and Elisabeth Hay. Philip Zeller and wife Margaretha. The parents. The parents. Michael Frytag and the mother. Frederick Philip and Hanna Tschudi (?). John Seib and wife Catharina. Christian Correl and wife. Peter Kessler and wife. Church Records. 187 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Carl Simon, Dec. 12, 1806. Dec. 18, 1806. John Peter Kocher, July 23, 1806. Sept. 8, 1806. Maria Lantz, Nov. 23, 1806. Dec. 25, 1806. Peter Raesly, Sept. I, 1806. Dec. 28, 1806. Jacob Oehler, Dec. I, 1806. Dec. 28, 1806. George Jumper, Nov. 7, 1S06, Dec. 28, 1806. Dibbe Shuck, Oct. 30, 1806. Dec. 28, 1806. Juliana Stocker, Dec. 7, 1806. Jan. II, 1807. Jacob Shaeffer, Oct. II, 1806. Jan. 18, 1807. Elias Shuman, Dec. 4, 1806. Jan. 25, 1807. Robert Ennes, Oct. 21, 1806. Feb. 3, 1807. Maria Marks, Feb. 25, 1806. Feb. 9, 1807. Parents. Michael and Maria. Conrad and Elisa- beth. John and Hanna. John and Magda- lena. Abraham and Maria. Conrad and Mag- dalena. Peter and Susanna. Anno 1807. Daniel and Chris- tina. Jacob and Elisa- beth. William and Chris- tina. Robert and Catha- rine. Nathaniel and Rachel. Sponsors. Catharine Wey- gandt. The parents. Abraham Hertzel and wife Chris- tina. Adam Sand and wife Maria. The parents. Henry Raesly and Christina Hur- tendorf. Michael Sand and Maria. Juliana Stocker. Rudolph Schweit zer and wife Bar bara. The parents. The parents. The parents 1 88 The First Reformed Church of EastoUy Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Maria Mill, Jacob and Hannah. Maria Persil. Sept. 30, 1S06. Feb. 9, 1807. Simon Kaemrer, David and Anna. George Messinger Jan. 3, 1S07. March i, 1807. Samuel Traxsell, May 4, 1807 (?). March i, 1807. Elisabeth Romig, Jacob and Maria. Jacob and Rosina. and Elisabeth. The parents. Andrew Stocker Feb. 23, 1S07. and wife Juliana. March 15, 1807. Daniel Odenwaelder, John and Anna John Kind and Feb. 30, 1807. April 12, 1807. Samuel Kocher, Margaret. Conrad and Eliza- Anna Marga- retha. The parents. Nov. 8, 1S06. beth. April 12, 1807. Christina Preice (?). Frederick and Ma- Andrew Stocker. Feb. 4, 1807. April 12, 1807. Anna Kotz, Nov. 6, 1806. ria. Henry and Charity. The parents. April 17, 1807. Carl Abel, Michael and Maria. Nicholas Koch and Aug. 8, 1S06. Elisabeth. April 21, 1807. George Schweitzer, Nov. 22, 1806. John and Marga- retha. George Stecher and wife. April 21, 1807. George Rieser, Philip and Chris- Rudolph Schweitz- Jan. 6, 1807. tina. zer and consort. April 26, 1807. Christina Woodring, John and Elisa- Christina Laddig. April 4, 1807. May 10, 1S07. Edw^ard Fitz-Ran- beth. William and Su- Edward Lacky dolph. sanna. and wife Maria. May 6, 1807. May 10, 1807. Church Records. 189 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. David Emig, George and Mag- The parents. Dec. 29, 1806. dalena. May 10, 1807. Philippina Townson, Joseph and Mar- The parents. March 5, 1S07. garetha. May 14, 1S07. Scharlotte Pentz, Jacob and Rosina. Andrew^ Hay and March 2, 1807. wife Elisabeth. May 17, 1807. Catharina Hauch, Peter and Mar- The parents. Aug. 4, 1806. garetha. May 17, 1807. Elisabeth Sitgreaves, Henry and Eva. Andrew Hay and April 4, 1807. wife Elisabeth. May 17, 1807. Jesse Schuck, Adam and Barbara. The parents. April 14, 1807. May 17, 1807. Thomas Palmer, Daniel and Chris- Henry Schuck and April 6, 1807. tina. wife Elisabeth. May 17, 1807. Michael Messinger, Michael and Elisa- Michael Schwartz Dec. 31, 1805. beth. and consort. May 1 8, 1807. Rebecca Weis, Matthias and Chris- Rebecca Ludwig. Feb. 28, 1806. tina. May 25, 1807. Catharina Metzger, Philip and Mar- Barbara Metzger. Feb. 5, 1807. garet. May 29, 1807. David Walter, George and Sarah. Jacob Schumacher March I, 1807. and consort. May 31, 1807. Rosina Yeisley, Nicholas and John Richard and May I, 1S07. Sarah. wife Susanna. June 7, 1807. Sarah Reimer, Henry and Catha- Christina Correll April 26, 1807. rine. and Catharine June 21, 1S07. Correll. 190 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Maria Magd. Heller, April 16, 1S07. June 2S, 1S07. Rosina Stocker, June 16, 1S07. . June 28, 1S07. Catharina Sacks, Nov. 6, 1S06. July 3^ 1^07- David Heinlein, April 37, 1807. July 5, 1S07. Catharine Klein, May 23, 1807. Julys, 1807. George Forse, July II, 1807. July 16, 1807. John Carl Meixsell, Jan. 6, 1S07. July 19, 1807. Susanna Frees, July 3, 1807. Aug. 3, 1807. Thomas Schuck Anthony, July 9, 1807. Aug. 16, 1807. Christina Leidig, April 5, 1S07. Aug. 16, 1807. Elisabeth Gery, Oct. 7, 1806. Aug. 16, 1807. Henry Sperring Traxell. March, 1807. Aug. 16, 1S07. Elisabeth Digeman, March 10, 1806. Aug. 23, 1807. Parents. George and Su- sanna. Andrew and Mag- dalena. William and Cath- arine. George and Elisa- beth. David and Elisa- beth. Abraham and Hanna. Christopher and Elisabeth. Jacob and Su- sanna. Henry and Sarah. John and Juliana. John and Christina. John and Elisa- beth. John and Rebecca. Sponsors. David Beitelman and wife Marg. Adrew Stocker and Juliana. The parents. John Best and wife Magdalena. The parents. The parents. John Bernd and wife Elena. Jacob Schnyder and wife Anna Maria, John Traxell and Elisabeth. The parents. Charles Hay and wife Elisabeth. Henry Anthony and wife Sarah The parents.' Church Records. 191 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. John Peter Belles, Amos and Osina. The parents. March 23, 1807. Aug. 22, 1807. Elisabeth Horn, John and The parents. July 23, 1807. Elisabeth. Aug. 23, 1807. Susanna Woodring, William and The parents. July 27, 1807. Rosina. Aug. 30, 1807. John Carl Seip, Jacob and Susan. John Brotzman and June 22, 1807. wife Elisabeth. Aug. 30, 1807. Henry Schnyder, Henry and The parents. July 29, 1807. Catharine. Aug.. 30, 1807. Regina Heckman, George and Maria. Adam Heckman Feb. 27, 1807. and wife Elisa- Aug. 30, 1S07. beth. Carl Biers, George and Elisa- Adam Wagner and Aug. 6, 1807. beth. wife Regina. Sept. 6, 1807. Mary Smith Dietz, Peter and Christina. The parents. Jan. 6, 1807. Sept. 6, 1807. Daniel Wagoner Philip and Maria. The parents. Mixsell, Jan. 4, 1S07. Sept. 14, 1807. Daniel Wagoner Joseph and The parents. Burk, Susanna. April 22, 1807. Sept. 14, 1807. Anna Mira Lucker, James and Maria. Elisabeth Carey. May 29, 1807. Sept. 22, 1807. Elisabeth Platz, Thomas and (want- The parents. July 16, 1S03. ing)- Feb. 18, 1807. Philip Platz, Thomas and (want- The parents. Jan. 24, 1804. ing)- Feb. 18, 1807. 192 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date Parents. Sponsors. of Birth and Baptism. Aaron Platz, Thomas and (want- The parents. Dec. 24, 1806. ing)- Feb. iS, 1807. Charles Frey, Jacob and Maria. The parents. Feb. 17, 1S07. March 23, 1807. Charles, Sarah Schiffer. The grandfather, Jan. 19, 1807. Conrad Schiffer, Mar. 22, 1807. has obligated him- self for the Chris- tian nurture of this child. Elisabeth, David Kaem merer Christian Laabach Feb. 3, 1S09. and Anna. and consort March 4, 1S09. Elisabeth. John Philip ( ?) Do- John Andrew and Sarah Arndt. dendorf, Teresia. Aug. 15, 1807. Oct. II, 1S07. Horace Erb Wolf, George and Maria. Lawrence Erb. May 16, 1807. Oct. II, 1S07. Rachel Gulick, Nathan and Elisa- Maria Erb. Sept. 36, 1S07. beth. Oct. 1 1, 1807. Simon Buss, Abraham and The parents. June 39, 1807. Maria. Oct. 13, 1807. Abraham Hilliart, Abraham and Magdalena Kloe- Jan. 37, 1807. man. Oct. 13, 1807. Sarah Riegel, Benjamin and John Reidenauer March 13, 1807. Anna. and wife Sarah. Oct. 13, 1807. John Hackman, Jacob and Elisa- Thomas Richard Oct. 9, 1807. beth. and wife Susanna. Oct. 23, 1807. Daniel Moser, Tobias and Chris- Daniel Claus and March 20, 1807. tina. wife Dorothea. Nov. 13, 1807. Church Records. 193 Name of Child and Date Parents, Sponsors. of Birth and Baptism. Maria Anna Correll, Henry and Elisa- The parents. Sept. 7, 1S07. beth. Nov. 15, 1S07. John Serrels, James and Mar- Isaac Stine and June 24, 1807. garet. Barbara Stofflet. Dec. 20, 1807. Sandy Shuck, Henry and Elisa- The parents. Sept. 7, 1807. beth. Nov. 22, 1807. Anno 1808. John Morgan Ewing, John and Magda- The father. Sept. 16, 1804. lena. Jan. 3, 1808. Joseph Ewing, John and Magda- The father. Feb. 20, 1S07. lena. Jan. 2, 1S08. Andrew Horatio Absolom and The parents. Reeder,^ Christina. July 12, 1807. Jan. 10, 1808. Susanna Lerch, Frederick and The parents. Dec. 30, 1807. Elisabeth. Feb. 3, 1808. Thomas Richard, Thomas and Susan. The parents. Jan. 9, 1S08. Feb. 8, 1808. William Stem, Abraham and John Otto and Jan. II, 1808. Charlotte. Elisabeth Hert- Feb. 14, 1808. zel. Susanna Lerch, Anthony and Cath- Peter Dreisbach Jan. 26, 1808. arina. and wife Su- March 5, 1808. sanna. Susanna Messinger, Michael and Elisa- Henry Uhler and Jan. 27, 1808. beth. wife Hanna. March 6, 1808. * Afterward the first Governor of Kansas. 194 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Elisabeth Odenwael- Philip and Elisa- Henry Uhler and der, beth. wife Hanna. Jan. i6, 1808. March 10, 1S08. Maria Lerch, John and Regina. Michael Messinger Feb. 26, 1S08. and Elisabeth March 13, 1808. Schweitzer. George Schmidt, Frans and Maria. George Wagner (?) March 2, 1808. and Elisabeth March 19, 1808. Eichman. George Butz, Michael and Mar- Jacob Seipel and Jan. 10, 1808. March 13, 1808. garetha. wife Elisabeth. Susannah Edelman, Adam and Maria. John Felix Lynn Jan. 25, 1808. and wife Elisa- March 27, 1808. beth. Elisabeth Odenwael- Bernhard and John Odenwaelder, der, Sarah. Sr., and wife March 18, 1808. Elisabeth. May 8, 1808. Maria Christ. Wag- Matthias and Mar- Peter Miller and ner, garet. Maria Elisabeth. Feb. 25, 1808. May 8, 1808. Sophia Kaemmerer, Dec. 24, 1807. May 8, 1808. Jacob and Magda- lena. The parents. Juliana Hortendorf, Frederick and Eva. Jacob Katz and April 10, 1808. Christina Hor- May 8, 1808. Sarah Krotz, John and Catha- tendorf. Isaac Krotz and Feb. I, iSoS. rina. wife Hanna. May 8, 1808. Margaretha Messin- ger, Jacob and Maria. Jacob Schmidt and wife Elisabeth. June 23, 1807. May 8, 1808. Carl Heller, Dec. 2, 1807. May 8, 1808. (Wanting.) (Wanting.) Church Records. 195 Name of Child and Date Parents. Sponsors. of Birth and Baptism. Maria Cath. Pomp, Thomas and Maria The parents. April 21, 1808. Catharina. May 8, iSoS. Cath. Werkhaeuser, Jacob and Salome. Henry Schuck and March 29, 1808. wife Elisabeth. May II, 1808. Elisabeth Messinger, Michael and Elisa- Valentine and wife May 27, 1804. beth. Christina. May II, 1808. Carl Messinger, Abraham and Mar- Fred. Schweitzer April 16, 1808. garet. and Maria Mes- June 5, 1808. singer. George Frauenfelder, Jacob and Catha- Elick Brown and Sept. 6, 1807. rina. wife Sarah. June 5, 1 808. Peter Frauenfelder, Conrad and Maria. Henry Shuck and Jan. 4, 1808. wife Elisabeth. June 5, 1808. John Beitelman. Lehnhart and John Sand and March 2, 1808. Hannah. wife Molly. June 5, 1808. Sophia Dietz, Nicholas and The parents. March 15, 1808, Sophia. June 5, 1808. David Koenig, Jacob and Elisa- The parents. April 12, 1808. beth. June 10, 1808. John Appel, Andrew and Elisa- John Nusbickel Feb. 23, 1808. beth. and Margaret June 10, 1808. Eckart. Carl Breeder, Philip and Chris- The parents. March 17, 1808. tina. June 24, 1808. Andrew Koechlein, Andrew and The parents. April 24, 1808. Susanna. Julys, 1808. Margaret Worm an, John and Jane. Cath. Sommer. Jan. 20, 1808. July 3, 1808. 196 The First Reformed Church of East on , Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Henry Bishoff, May 2, 1S08. July 3, iSoS. Michael Schubert Miller. July 16, 1807. July 3, 180S. Anna Oberly, Nov. 7, 1807. Dec. 25, 1807. Susanna Young, April 25, 1808. July 17, 1S08. Catharine Herman, Jan. 10, 1808. Aug. 5, 1808. Anna Maria Schwartz, Feb. 19, 1806. Aug. 13, 1S07. Elias Messinger, Aug. 8, 1S06. Aug. 13, 1808. Jacob Messinger, April 28, 1808. Aug. 13, 1808. Hannah, May 13, iSoS. Aug. 23, 1808. Maria Anna Junker,^ June 28, 1808. Aug. 21, 1808. Rebecca Laddig, July 15, 1808. Aug. 28, 1808. Cath. Marg. Schlauch, April 7, 1S08. Aug. 28, 1808. Parents. John and Anna. John and Rachel. Rudolph and Bar- bara. John and Susanna. Frederick and Cath- arine. Michael and Bar- bara. Jacob and Maria. Jacob and Maria. Hannah Dietz. George and Elis- abeth. Jacob and Sarah. George and Anna. Sponsors. The parents. Barbara Hemp. George Bayer and wife Anna. The parents. The parents. The mother. The mother. Jacob Werkhaeuser and wife Sarah. James McDaniel and wife Cath- arine. Godfrey Belling and wife Maria. The parents. Philip Schlauch and wife Maria Cath- arine. • Yunker. Church Records, 197 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Sarah Cath. Engel, Christoph and Su- Christian Correll July 21, 1808. sanna. and wife Cath- Aug. 28, 1808. arine. Jacob Stemm, John and Anna. Jacob Keller and March 13, 180S. wife Elisabeth. Aug. 28, 1808. Sarah Simon, Michael and Maria. The parents. March 24, 1808. Sept. II, 1808. Peter Diemer, Benjamin and Peter Saylor and March 9, 1807. Sarah. wife Anna Marg. Sept. 14, 1808. Anna Maurer, Peter and Anna Anna Uhler. July 21, 1808. Marg. Sept. 14, 1808. Jacob Leibert, John and Magda- Melchior Ettinger Aug. 12, 1808. lena. and wife Barbara. Sept. 18, 1 808. David Traxsell, George and Rosina. The father and Aug. 17, 1808. Cath. Sommer. Sept. 25, 1808. Christina Kleider, Abraham and Elis- The parents. Aug. 17, 1808. abeth. Oct. II, 1808. William Fitz-Ran- William and Su- ChariotteFitz-Ran- dolph. sanna. dolph. Aug. 6, 1808. Oct. 15, 1808. Thomas Shnyder, Henry and Cath- The parents. Oct. 4, 1808. arine. Oct. 18, 1808. Eve Cath. Depue, Benjamin and Philip Trach and Sept. 24, 1808. Elisabeth. wife Eva. Oct. 26, 1808. Catharine Raesley, Joseph and Anna George Stecher and Sept. 28, 1S08. Maria. wife Catharine. Nov. 4, 1808. Paul Moser, Paul and Maria. Frans Stocker and Sept. 5, 1808. Susan Deily. Nov. 13, iSoS. 198 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Dorothea Stocker, Oct. 31, 1808. Nov. 13, 1808. Charles Deschler Horn, July 22, iSoS. Nov. 21, 1 80S. George W. Fraes/ June 3, 1 80S. Nov. 24, 1S08. David Odenwaelder, Aug. 2, 1808. Nov. 25, 1808. John P. Moyer, Oct. 5, 1S08. Dec. 5, 1808. Thomas Moser, Nov. 9, 1808. Dec. 20, 1808. Susan Koechlein, Dec. 22, 180S. Jan. 7, 1809. Adde Arner, Nov. 10, iSoS. Jan. 24, 1809. John Holland, Jan. 9, 1809. Feb. 9, 1809. Henry Hess, Nov. 12, 1 80S. Feb. 1 1, 1809. Abraham Shaerer, Jan. 28, 1809. Feb. II, 1809. Parents. Adam and Barbara. Charles and Elisa- beth. Henry and Elisa- beth. Philip and Elisa- beth. William and Anna Maria. Andrew and Cath. Anno 1809. Peter and Catha- rine. Henry and Catha- arine. Peter and Susanna. Frederick and Catharine. Henry and Maria. Sponsors. George Stecher and Barbara Stofflet. Charles Deshler and Barbara Wag- oner. The parents. John Best, Jr., and wife Elisabeth. John Peter Saylor and wife Anna Marg. Thomas Nicum ( .'' ) and Elisabeth. Andrew Koechlein and Elisabeth. Joseph Sand ( .'*) and Barb. Huber. John Correll and Elisabeth Kess- ler. Henry Schaerer and wife Cath. Abraham Schaerer and Sarah Hess. ' The first instance of an initial in the name. Church Records. 199 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Anna Maria Hayden, April 17, 1806. Feb. 12, 1809. Anna Cath. Hayden, July 16, 1S08. Feb. 12, 1809. George Gehry, Nov. 15, 1808. Feb. 19, 1809. Regina Knaus, Jan. 2, 1809. Feb. 19, 1809. Anna Elis. Heckman. Feb. 3, 1809. Feb. 19, 1809. Anna Maria Clifton, Dec. 18, 1808. Feb. 19, 1809. Elisabeth Gruber, Dec. 18, 1808. Feb. 20, 1809. Charles Richard, Dec. 29, 1808. Feb. 23, 1809. Simon Schaefer, Jan. 21, 1809. March 12, 1809. John Jacob Burke, Nov. 13, 1 80S. March 12, 1809. Edmund Burke Meix- sell, Dec. 30, 1808. March 12, 1809. Catharina Stocker, Feb. 21, 1809. April 2, 1809. Adam Preis, March 14, 1809. Apr. 2, 1809. Parents. Isaac and Marga- retha. Isaac and Marga- retha. John and Christina. John and Regina. John and Maria. John and Gertraut. Michael and Hanna. Joseph and Elisa- beth. Jacob and Elisa- beth. Joseph and Susan. Philip and Maria. Daniel and Chris- tina. Frederick and Maria. Sponsors. Philip Schlauch and wife Catha- rine. Philip Schlauch and wife Catha- rine. John Gehry, Sr. , and wife Chris- tina. The parents. The parents. The parents. John Gruber and Elisabeth. Thos. Richard and Susanna. The parents. Father and Maria 0pp. Father and Maria 0pp. Adam Stenger and wife Cath. Adam Stocker and wife Barbara. 200 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Nancy Romig, March 21, 1809. Jacob and Rosina. Christian Stocker and wife Cath. April 2, 1S09. Catharina, Susanna Bachman. John Miller and Feb. 17, 1809. wife Rachael. Apr. 7, 1S09. Abraham Miller, John and Rachael. Barbara Hemp. Nov. 21, 1808. April 7, 1809. Sarah Weiberg, Samuel and Ro- The parents. April 4, 1804. April 7, 1809. Maria Magd. Wei- sina. Samuel and Ro- The parents. berg, sina. Jan. 12, 1806. April 7, 1S09. David Weiberg, Samuel and Ro- The parents. Nov. I, 1808. sina. April 7, 1809, John Lantz, March 18, 1S09. April 9, 1809. Carl Walter, Nov. 3, 1808. John and Hanna. George and Sarah. John Kress ( ?) and Marg. Jacob Odenwael- der and Maria April 15, 1809. Peter Hay, Melchior and Elis- Walter. Thomas Pomp and March 15, 1809. May 4, 1809. Elisabeth Ayer, abeth. William and Cath- the parents. The parents. Aug. 31, 1808. May 7, 1S09. John Peter Saylor, arina. Peter and Anna Peter Raub and Jan. 19, 1809. May 7, 1809. Joseph Hackman, Feb. 13, 1S09. May 7, 1809. Susanna Cath.Weizel, Marg. Jacob and Elisa- beth. Henry and Juliana. Susan Lautz. The parents. Christian Correll April 17, 1S09. June 4, 1S09. and Catharina. Church Records. 20I Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Abraham Hornbeck, Nov. 2, 1808. June 28, 1809. Maria Elis.Woodring, May 2, 1809. July 2, 1S09. Sarah Ann Kocher, June I, 1809. July 2, 1809. Margaretha Beitel- man, June 20, 1S09. Aug. 2, 1809. Elizabeth Willauer, May 30, 1809. Aug. 8, 1 80S. Hanna Snyder, May 12, 1807. Aug. 8, 1809. Philip Abel, Feb. 13, 1809. Aug. 13, 1S09. Jacob Brinker, June 13, 1809. Aug. 16, 1809. Elisabeth Sand, June 23, 1809. Aug. 16, 1809. Sophia Schuck, June 22, 1809. Aug. 20, 1809. Abraham Mayer, Dec. 26, 1805. Sept. I, 1809. Liddia Mayer, April I, 1 80S. Sept. I, 1809. David Coleman, May 4, 1809. Sept. 24, 1809. Henry and Diana. Abraham and Margaret. Henry and Maria. Lehnhart and Hannah. Adam and Elisa- beth. John and Cath- arina. Michael and Maria. George and Elisa- beth. John and Magda- lena. Adam and Bar- bara. Peter and Salome. Peter and Salome. Samuel and Maria. The parents. Philip Woodring and Maria Elisa- beth. John Pfeiffer and Sarah. Abraham Messinger and Marg. Jonathon Knecht and Marg. Andrew Stocker and Juliana. Philip Odenwaelder and Elisabeth. The parents. Peter Correll and Maria Beck. The parents. The parents. The parents. John Seipel and wife Maria. 202 The First Reformed Church of Easto7i^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Samuel Woodring, William and Jacob Woodring Aug. 4, 1S09. Rosina. and Elisabeth. Sept. 24, 1S09. Margaretha Hillgart, Abraham and Eva. John Kocher and Feb. 23, 1S09. Susanna. Oct. 10, 1809. John Diemer, Benj. and Sarah. John Herzel and Aug. 27, 1S09. Elisabeth. Oct. 10, 1S09. Benjamin Wagner, George and Elisa- Jacob Shoemacher Sept. 15, 1S09. beth. and Elisabeth. Oct. 22, 1S09. John Oberly, John and Catha- John Dech and Sept. 9, 1809. rine. Elisabeth. Nov. 19, 1809. Henry Edward Abel and Susanna. Henry Flemsing Lamb, and Margaret. Nov. 6, 1S09. Dec. 3, 1809. Sarah Ann Coleman, Jonathon and John Bishop and Aug. 20, 1809. Elisabeth. wife Anna. Dec. 23, 1809. Samuel Odenwaelder, John and Anna Philip Odenwael- Oct. 30, 1809. Marg. der and wife Dec. 25, 1809. Anno 1810. Elisabeth. David Odenwaelder, Bernhart and Philip Odenwael- Nov. 30, 1809. Sarah. der and Elisa- Jan. 14, 1810. beth. Daniel Jacob Reis, Peter and Susanna. The parents. Dec. 24, 1809. Jan. 14, 1810. Anna Maria Appel, Andrew and Elisa- The parents. Nov. 9, 1809. beth. Jan. 14, 1810. Maria Christina Sei- Henry and Sarah. Peter Miller and pel, wife Christina. Nov. 10, 1809. Jan. 28, 1810. Church Records. 203 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. William Young, May 16, 1809. Jan. 29, 1810. Anna Marg. Wolf, Dec. 7, 1S09. Feb. I, 1810. John Henry Gulick, July 20, 1809. Feb. I, 1810. Sarah Scheierman, Dec. I, 1809. Feb. 6, 1810. Christian Winter, Nov. 22, 1809. Feb. II, 1 810. Sarah Frauenfelder, Oct. 30, 1809. Feb. II, 1810. Rebecca Correll, Jan. 3, 1810. Feb. II, 1810. George Adam Her- zel, Nov. 20, 1809. Feb. 13, 1810. George William Hauck, Jan. 15, 1810. Feb. 25, 1810. Peter Snyder Schooly, Aug. 23, 1809. Feb. 25, 1810. Susanna Kutz, Feb. 18, 1810. March 6, 18 10. John Weis, Feb. II, 1810. March 11, 1810. Juliana Emig, Feb. 3, 1809. March 11, 18 10. Parents. Peter and Anna. George and Maria. Nathan and Elisa- beth. Ludwig and Chris- tina. Henry and Catha- rine. Jacob and Catha- rine. Philip and Elisa- beth. Abraham and Christina. George and Sarah. William and Mar- garet. Abraham and Catharine. Jacob and Elisa- beth. George and Mag- dalena. Sponsors. Jacob Babb and Marg. Young. Frederick Barthold and Anna Maria Erb. Frederick Barthold and Anna Maria Erb. Abraham Beitel- man and wife Catharina. Jacob Fraes and vv^ife Susanna. Valentin Werk- haeuser and Sarah Messinger. Joseph Heller and v^ife Marg. Adam Bruch and Elisabeth Herzel. George William Raub and wife Catharine. The parents. The parents. John Stem and wife Anna. The parents. 204 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Margaret Osburn, John and Rebecca. The parents. Nov. 1 6, iSoS. March 23, iSio. Sallande, Anna Belles. Peter Snyder and Feb. 38, 1S09. wife Elisabeth. March 32, iSio. Charles Davis, Thomas and Cath- The parents. Dec. 8, 1S09. arine. March 31, iSio. Elisabeth Seipel, John and Maria. Jacob Scheip, Maria Dec. 31, 1809. Christina. April S, iSio. John Belles, John and Elisabeth. The parents. Sept. 17, 1809. April 8, 1810. Rebecca Ann Bel- ize Amos and Osina. The parents. les, Sept. 9, 1809. April 8, 1810. Sarah Koch, John and Maria. The parents. Sept. 38, 1809. April 13, 1 8 10. Charlotta Messinger, Abraham and Mar- John Kaemrer and Feb. 33, 1810. garetha. Elisabeth. April 19, 1810. Catharina Schweizer, John and Marga- Anna Uhler. Dec. 6, 1809. retha. April 19, 1810. Elisabeth Bruch, John and Cath- Francis Stocker and March 18, 1810. arina. Elisabeth Stenger. April 39, 1810. Nicolaus Woodring, Nicolaus and Cath- Philip Meixsell. March 35, 18 10. arina. May 5, 1810. Susanna Klein, David and Elisa- Isaac Messinger and Feb. 28, iSio. beth. Susanna. May 6, 1810. Catharina Weizel, Benjamin and Daniel Weizel and March 11, 1810. Catharina. Catharina Schif- May 6, 1810. fer. Church Records. 205 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Anna Maria, Elisabeth Folmer. Jacob Young and Jan. I, 1810. wife Margaret May 31, 1810. have obligated themselves for the Christian nurture of this child. Sarah Drahn, Matthias and Anna. Philip Pfeiffer and Nov. 9, 1809. Catharina Bess. June 17, 1810. John Michael Mes- Philip and Mar- John Correll, Maria singer, garet. Obits. June 22, 1810.* June 17, 1810. Salome Obits, George and Magda- Philip Messinger, Aug. 5, 1809. lena. Margaretha. June 17, iSio. John Raesly, Joseph and Maria. David Kaemrer, April 26, 1810. Anna. July I, 1810. David Koenig, Adam and Cath- Peter Maurer, Anna March i, 1810. arina. Margaretha. July I, 18 10. Jacob Odenwaelder, Philip and Elisa- John Odenwaelder, May 27, 1810. beth. Margaretha. July I, 1810. Michael Frauenfelder, Conrad and Maria. Jacob Jumper, Elis- April 9, 18 10. abeth Frauen- July I, 1810. felder. Susanna Schaefer, Jacob and Elisa- The parents. Apr. 9, 1810. beth. July I, 1810. Susanna Wilhelmina Jacob and Susanna. The parents. Keller, March 14, 1810. July I, 18 10. Abezina Butz, Jacob and Maria. The parents. Jan. 20, 1810. July I, 1810. ' Evidently a mistake — but so the record stands. 2o6 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa, Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Susanna Dietz, Nicolaus and The parents. April 5, iSio. Sophia. July 15, iSio. Marcus Lannes John M., and Eva. John B. Miles and Burnsides, Susanna. Dec. 16, 1809. July 23, 18 10. Peter McClury, Anthony and Anna. Christian Otto and April 5, iSio. Sophia Wesner. July 23, 1 8 10. Catharina Schick, Jacob and Elisa- The parents. Nov. 30, 1S08. beth. Aug. 8, 1810. Samuel Mayer Eyer, John and Maria. Adam Schuck and July 25, iSio. Barbara. Aug. 12, 1810. Sophia ( .?) Shnyder John and Susanna. The father. Young, Aug. 5, 1810. Aug. 16, 1810. Elizabeth Weizel, Henry and Juliana. John Correll and July 24, 1810. Elizabeth Larch. Aug. 19, 1810. Sophia Stem, Abraham and The parents. Feb. 26, 1810. (S)Chariotta. Aug. 26, 1810. George Wilhelm, (Wanting.) George Wilhelm July 14, 1805. Sauerbeck. Aug. 27, 1810. Carl Schmidt Wor- Andreas and George Schmidt man, Maria. and Elizabeth. April I, 180S. Aug. 27, 1810. Susanna Worman, Andreas and George Schmidt and Aug. 23, 1810. Maria. Eva Schmidt. Aug. 27, 1810. Maria Hackman, Jacob and Elisa- Maria Brutsman. July 9, 1810. beth. Sept. 5, 1810. Church Records. 207 Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Peter Kind, Isaac and Elisa- William Lerch and May 17, 1810. Sept. 5, 1810. Daniel Bier, beth. George and Elisa- Maria Messinger Peter Wagner and Aug. 10, 181 0. beth. Elisabeth. Sept. 23, 1810. Peter Mayer, Nov. 9, 180S. Sept. 23, 1810. John Koechlein Young, John and Mar- garetha. Peter and Anna. Christina Marg. Schaup. John Young and Maria. Sept. 9, 1810. Sept. 23, 1810. Elisabeth Uhler, Jacob and Mar- Isaac Kind and Jan. 18, 1810. Oct. 7, 1810. garet. Elisabeth. William Walter, Frederick and Elis- Elisabeth Schu- Sept. 5, 1810. Oct. 7, 1810. abeth. macher. James Serrels, James and Re- Maria Serrels. July 29, 1809. Oct. 9, 1810. becca. John Worman, Oct. 9, 1 810. John and Jane. John Young and Susanna. Oct. 18, 1810. George Stocker, Abraham and Elis- Rudolph Schweit- Sept. 6, iSio. abeth. zer and Barbara. Oct. 21, 1810. Henry Beitelman, Leonhard and Henry Schuck and June 22, 1810. Hannah. Elisabeth. Oct. 21, 1810. Christian Junkin, George and Elisa- Adam Stocker and Sept. 20, 1810. beth. Barbara. Oct. 21, 1 810. Elisabeth Rippel, Sept. 10, 1809. Oct. 15, 1810. John and Susanna. Conrad Hayn and Elisabeth Kessly. Carl Messinger, May 18, 1810. Jacob and Anna Maria. John Kohler and Barbara. Nov. 5, 1810. 2o8 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Name of Child and Date of Birth and Baptism. Parents. Sponsors. Jacob Heil, Philip and Su- John Bess and Sept. 29, iSio. sanna. Elisabeth. Nov. iS, 1810. Jacob Engel, Christoph and Su- Jacob Hauch and Aug. 2S, 1810. sanna. Maria Opp. Nov. 29, iSio. Anno 18 ii. Daniel Woodring, John and Elisabeth. William Woodring Nov. I, iSio. and Rosina. Jan. I, 181 1. William Neigh, Samuel and Cath- The parents. Sept. 17, 1S09. arine. Jan. I, 181 1. Juliana Holland, Peter and Susanna. Philip Correll and Dec. 21, 1810. Elisabeth. Jan. 6, 181 1. Sabina Gertrude Michael and Maria. The parents. Simon, Nov. 29, 1810. Jan. 8, 181 1. Matilda Laddig, Jacob and Sarah. The parents. Oct. 17, 1810. Jan. 9, 1811. Charles Gerey, John and Christina. John Gery, Sr., Feb. 16, 1810. Christina. Jan. 13, 1811. Frid. Wilh. Heinrich Thomas and Cath- Fridrich Van der Pomp, arina. Sloot and Cath- Dec. 23, 1810. arina. Jan. 9, 1811. Eliza Broeder, Philip and Chris- The parents. Nov. II, 1810. tina. Jan. 18, 181 1. Carl Appel, Andrew and Elis- The parento. Jan. 21, 1811. abeth. Jan. 28, 1811. Matilda White, William and Su- Conrad Bender and Oct. 4, 1810. sanna. Susanna. Feb. 2, 181 1. MaV.,WM«> 19 7 6 3 4 6 5 13 1 1 3 I 3 21 9 9 9 I 5 3 I 10 6 1 1 13 9 2 21 4 7 7 7 9 1 1 7 Anno 1S09. Jan. 7, Andrew Koechlein, Forks S " II. John Felix Lynn, Saucon 68 " 12. Maria Ward, Plainfield 28 i Feb. II. Regina Hess, Dryland i 2 19 15 302 The First Reforined Church of East on ^ Pa, Date. March 14. (( 24. i( 39. April 14. May S. (( 23- June 4- July 27. Aug. 3- a 14. i I 15- a 29. Sept. I. _ :)• u 9- (C 29. Oct. 3- C( 6. (I 23- (I 23- (( 31- Nov. 4- Dec. 19 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Jacob Schaefer, Stocker's 2 John George Yunker, Dryland 79 Marg. Grubb, Easton 39 Simon Schaeffer, Stocker's Peter Sendee, Dryland i Ludwig Fritz, Plainfield 33 John Ludwig Knaus, Easton 79 John Schaum, Plainiield i John Fellenser, Hamilton S6 Maria Osterstock, Dryland i Henry Bishoph, Easton i Conrad Arnold, Hamilton 3S Michael Messinger, Messinger's 22 John Fehr, Plainfield i Frederick William Bruch, Plainfield.. . Albertina Dillinger, Dryland 6^ Caspar Metzger, Hamilton 17 Jacob Rohr, Dryland 59 Margaret Lerch, Saucon i George Adam Weber, Saucon 57 Feronica Bossart, Hamilton 62 Thomas Buss, Dryland 16 Margaret Moyer, Plainfield 66 Catharine Becker, Williams 7° M. D. 5 4 12 4 18 3 2 15 6 7 3 19 16 S 14 2 2 3 12 5 7 4 22 10 21 6 6 8 26 7 4 7 5 9 24 2 10 Jan. I. (( 3- (( 4- (( 5- K 13. i, 1. 15- March 16. (( 23- (( 31- Anno 18 10. Catharine Altemus, Hamilton 24 Catharine Hirte, Williams 29 Jacob Lynn, Saucon 2 Barbara Fehr, Saucon 81 Anna Maria Seip, Easton 68 Catharine Boyer, Dryland i Anna Elis. Diel, Plainfield 70 Barbara Sober, Plainfield 77 David Odenwaelder, Williams i 24 26 3 5 28 Church Records. 303 Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. April 9. Maria Lantz, Williams 3 4 15 " 17. Magdalena Transue, Williams 78 " 19. John Lenhart Kern, Plainfield 86 8 4 " 20. Maria Margaret Knecht, Dryland 71 " 21. Susanna Williams, Plainfield 38 " 23. Anna Maria Hertzel, Williams 15 " 25. John Boorem, Dryland 39 May 24. Jacob Emmerich, Mount Bethel 45 " 27. Mrs. Ghent, Plainfield 92 June 17. Abraham Traxsell, Easton i " 21. Benjamin Coleman, Easton 21 July — . Henry Moeller, Dryland 50 " 14. Maria Muench, New Dryland " 25. Maria Heller, Hamilton i " 27. Mrs. Siegfried, Siegfried's 51 Aug. I. Peter Werkhaeuser, Hamilton 9 " I. Henry Werkhaeuser, Hamilton 3 " 4. Margaretha Werkhaeuser,^ Hamilton... 33 " 4. Carl Werkhaeuser,^ Hamilton 7 " 4. Susanna Werkhaeuser,^ Hamilton 5 " 4. Henry (Werkhaeuser),^ Hamilton i " 4. Adam Murffy, Hamilton 3 " 5. Elisabeth Hafner, Hamilton 3 " 5. Maria Magdalena Fenner, Hamilton... ^ " 7. Peter Gerhardt, Hamilton i " 10. Anna Maria Opp, Easton 38 " 12. Anna Catharine Wagner, Easton (>6 " 13. Susanna Woodring, Hamilton i " 14. Salome Gauer, Hamilton i " 14. Henry Hauser, Hamilton 61 " 18. Anna Maria Frey, Dryland 14 " 18. John Peter Dreisbach, Dryland 52 Sept. 5. Abraham, illegitimate, Dryland 8 ' All in one grave. 8 1 1 6 H I 18 7 8 4 7 7 4 2 3 9 7 8 2 4 16 7 7 2 22 6 5 9 13 3 5 8 2 I 23 7 16 5 4 2 21 1 1 4 4 19 3 H 9 15 4 304 The First Reformed Church 0/ East on. Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Sept. 9. Elisabeth Heller, Plainfield iS '' 24. Elisabeth Kaemrer, Hamilton 14 " 30. Mrs. Rath, Saucon 26 Oct. 7. Jacob Schumacher, Arndt's 66 " 13. Jesse Rath, Saucon " 15. Jacob Rippel, Easton i " 29. Adam Butz, Hamilton 50 " 30. John Woltinger, Hamilton 6 Nov. 9. Rebecca Dreisbach, Plainfield " 25. Jacob Seipel, Mount Bethel 60 Dec. 14. Maria Magdalena Mersch, Hamilton... 21 " 21. Henry Schaum, Plainfield 30 " 30. Susanna Dietrich, Dryland 5 " 31. George Diets, Easton 4 Anno iSii. Jan. 15. Margaret Herster, Easton 48 Feb. 6. Christina Roth, Dryland 36 " 7. Sarah Kotz, Williams 2 " 24. John Reis, Easton 5 " 24. Christina Schaup, Easton 76 " 25. Liddia Oberly, Saucon 2 " 26. Charlotte Schmidt, Dryland Si March 6. Sarah Sponheimer, Plainfield " 10. Jacob Hahn, Plainfield i " 13. Anna Maria Nicholas, Easton 67 " 24. Joseph Borum, Dryland i " 22. Salome Gruber, Mount Bethel 75 " 25. George Schaum, Plainfield May 3. Benjamin Lerch, Saucon 5 " iS. Maria Simon, Easton i " 24. Isaac Mayer, Mount Bethel 40 June 2. John H. Derr, Dryland 69 J"^y 3- J«icob Heller, Plainfield i " 3. Rosina Heller, Hamilton 21 M. 3 10 D. 2 I 10 26 2 I 3 13 3 2 10 1 1 17 9 3 M 20 16 10 7 iS 22 23 5 THOMAS CONRAD PORTER, D.D.. LL D. Date. July 15- ( I 26. Aug. 31- Sept. 4- a 4- a 26. Nov. 4- u 13- u 19. Dec. 16. Jan. 6. (( 10. u 23- Feb. 2. (( 27. (( 28. March I 9. a 12. April 4- (( 5- u 10. (( 16. May 20. a 30- June 2. u 3- (( 10. ( i 14. u 29. Sept. 6. (( 6. u 18. u 22. M. D. 6 II 7 17 I I 6 5 I 25 4 2 10 25 Church Records. 305 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Elisabeth Kreidler, Dryland 27 Catharine Wasser, Saucon i Joseph Kind, Plainfield George Koch, Settlement 67 Maria Magdalena Lesch, Williams 41 Simon Koch, Easton John A. Laubach, Saucon 36 Jacob Christman, Saucon 67 John Mill's child Thos. Roth, Dryland 4 2 Anno 181 2. John George Leibenguth, Lecha Twp.. 74 10 Elisabeth Gruber, Moretown 19 Susanna E. Steiner, Plainfield 3 Isaac Gross, Dryland 53 Peter Oberly, Sheimer's 20 John Laubach, Saucon i John Klericker, Hamilton 57 Elis. Beisell, Dryland John William Mill, Hamilton 34 Henry Engel, Plainfield 81 Henrietta Boem, Saucon i Susanna Sendy, Dryland John Melchior Edinger, Mount Bethel. 70 Susanna Pfeiffer, Williams 47 Anna Maria Opp, Easton 41 Susanna Shaef er. Forks 2 Anna Maria Miller, Williams 29 Thomas Germanton, Plainfield i Maria Kreidler, Dryland Magdalena Heller, Saucon 24 Solomon, her child " Sarah Weis, Williams i William Mayer, Plainfield 45 14 10 20 5 21 2 5 7 21 10 20 6 10 15 8 21 3 25 2 3 9 2 2 2 9 4 10 9 8 5 9 4 12 17 I 6 10 M. D. 3 13 4 24 5 H lO 1 1 6 10 8 2 5 12 306 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Sept. 26. George Peter Kind, Plainfield 17 Oct. 24. Magdalena Voelke, Hamilton 25 " 29. Jacob Arndt, Junior, Easton 56 Nov. 12. Anna Dietz, Easton Si Dec. I. John Henry Sieman, Williams . 20 " 13. Eleanor Lesch, Williams i *' 15. Daniel Wever, Plainfield 79 Anno 1S13. Jan. 19. Frederick Diehl, Plainfield 90 " 28. Reuben Heinly, Dryland Feb. 13. John Young, Easton 31 " 14. Anna Maria Knecht, Williams 60 " 25. John Kratzer, Mount Bethel 24 " 27. Peter Lauer, Saucon 49 April 3. Jonathon Beisel, Dryland " 5. Benjamin Beisel, Dryland *' 6. Herman Peter Young, Easton i " 7. John Conrad, Germanton 75 " 26. John Wilhelm, Dryland 28 " 30. Abraham Transue, Williams 81 May 20. Maria Kocher, Forks 69 " 21. Maria Gutzel, Forks 72 " 6. John Young, Easton 62 5 16 June 13. Catharine Riecher (?), Williams 71 " 17. Maria Elisabeth Getter, Williams 52 July 28. Maria Young, Easton 63 Oct. 2. Peter Schick, Easton 3 " 24. John Henry Miller, Plainfield 59 Nov. 22. Mr. Neuhart, Dryland 26 " 30. Christian Bess, Williams 67 Dec. II. Joseph Schuch, Forks 20 " 29. Sarah Cole, Dryland 61 " 31. Margaret Traxsell, Easton 56 2 1 1 I ^3 4 I 4 13 7 I 10 I 12 8 5 18 7 5 7 4 2 4 2 2 10 16 19 10 8 6 10 10 22 I 12 Chtirch J^e cords. 307 Anno 18 14. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Jan. 16. Elisabeth Walter, Williams 7 12 " 25. Anna Maria Dietrich, Dryland 73 4 " 29. Maria Buss, Dryland 28 5 9 " 31. Elisabeth Christina Sand, Easton 80 11 10 Feb. 7. Verena Paulus, Dryland 89 5 15 " 8. Joseph Schurtz, Dryland i 10 " 17. Joseph Nagel, Dryland 4 i March 16. Sophia Dietz, Easton 6 April 2. Eliza Breeder, Dryland 3 5 " 8. Baltazer Reich, Saucon 84 4 " 5. John Joseph Keller, Plainfield 36 4 3 " 3. John Deichman, Dryland 66 7 3 " 21. David Bender, Plainfield 5 5 " 29. Elisabeth Fehr, Williams i May 24. Caroline Hoffeditz, Dryland 4 11 " 28. Susanna Rath, Dryland 48 2 June I. Peter Heller, Plainfeld 29 i 18 " II. Joseph Beil, Saucon 13 4 15 " 28. Eleonora Dengler, Easton i 18 " 29. John Gangenwere, Williams i 3 23 July 7. Juliana Meixsell, Easton 21 3 3 " 12. Anna Eve McCarty, Easton 32 10 17 " 24. Joanna Elisabeth Kochert, Easton 84 2 8 Aug. 19. Reuben Hay, Easton 11 Oct. I. Henry Frauenfelder 4 17 "• 6. Reuben Heckman 6 12 " 8. John, a child at whose baptism F. Ackerman was sponsor i 5 13 Nov. 4. Maria Romage 69 2 3 " 14. Elisabeth Shnyder 19 9 10 " 27. John Metzger, Easton i 5 " 28. Lidia Nagel, Dryland 3 2 " 30- Jacob Jacoby, Williams 90 3 3o8 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Dec. II. Peter Siegfried, Settlement 33 " 22. Catharine Arndt, Dryland " 23. Hanna Janson, Dryland 3 " 30. A child of Martin Janson, Dryland Anno 1S15. Jan. 8. Thomas Traxsell, Easton i " 19. Maria Elisabeth Bittenbender, Easton.. 85 " 22. Catharine Derr, Saucon i " 30. John Seip, Easton 54 Feb. 9. Anna Juliauna Weis, Easton " 13. Sarah Hauck, Plainfield " 20. Maria Eva Hoffman, Easton 91 " 28. Regina Knecht, Dryland 48 March 10. Wilhelmina Simon, Easton i " 10. Anna Eliz. Snyder, Easton Si " 14. Salome Kleder, Dryland 9 " 15. Elisabeth Bundstein, Dryland " 19. Nathaniel Kreidler, Dryland " 23. Nicholas Lantz, Williams 93 " 25. Frederick Gehres, Williams 24 April I. Christopher Raub, Williams 24 " 9. Maria ilackman, Williams 4 " 17. Elisabeth Bess, Williams 61 " 26. William Philips, Easton ^^y 5- John Benner, Saucon " 10. Maria Spangenberg, Williams 26 " 15. Maria Barbara Ettinger, Williams 52 " 19. Elisabeth Moser, Williams i July i8. Rev. Peter Frederick Niemayer,' Plain- field 81 " 19. Sarah Kern, Hamilton iS " 20. George Peter Kesslcr, Hamilton 'The Lutheran minister at Plainfield. M. D. 3 4 I 7 3 21 I 13 S 9 5 10 2 13 2 23 1 1 5 8 7 4 3 9 21 -7 10 10 22 9 2 10 I 17 8 9 15 9 2 22 4 10 5 13 6 I 19 2 6 5 3 5 3 Church Records. 309 Date. Aug. 2. (( 14. (( 17- Sept. 16. (( 17- u 18. (( 19. ( ( 22. i( 26. Oct. 20. Nov. 2. i( 5- (( 9- (( 10. (( 15- (( 20. I,; 23- <. I 24. (( 27. Dec. I. •' 9- t ( 17- Jan. 21. 4( 21. (( 27. Feb. 2. (( 6. (( II. 11 13- 1 ( 28. March 5- (( 9 (( 13 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Peter Wilhelm, Easton 6 Dorothea Dech, Dry hind Margaret Dech, Dryhind Jacob Brotzman, Williams 37 Elisabeth Heller, Hamilton 2 Thos. Fehr, Plainfield Andrew Dengler, Easton Elisabeth Koester, Plainfield 50 Sarah Kind, Plainfield i Susanna Dietz, Easton 5 Maria Kocher, Greenwich 20 Joseph Schleppi, Plainfield 20 Barbara Staut, Williams 63 Anna Maria Nonnemacher, Easton 94 Michael Gies, Hamilton 61 Christina Frey, Hamilton 72 Samuel Kroner, Plainfield 27 John George Hartman, Plainfield 46 John Frederick Hahn, Plainfield 68 Sarah Weber, Plainfield 33 Anna Margaret Engel, Plainfield 93 Peter Miller, Easton Anno 1816. Joseph Ritter, Dryland 4 William Augustus Wolf, Easton 3 Peter Lantz, Williams 58 Maria Catharine Seipel, Easton 62 John Jacob Laddig, Williams 36 Sarah Krahn, Williams 15 Anthony Kind, Plainfield 28 John Miller, Easton i Carl La wall, Dryland Sarah Snyder, Easton 21 Sarah Weber, Plainfield M. 7 22 7 8 7 1 1 9 7 6 3 3 20 6 12 6 23 10 13 6 13 10 9 15 4 I 7 5 9 28 17 9 9 19 I 18 I 16 5 3 8 4 4 1 1 I 5 4 -> ti 1 1 3 10 2 2 I 8 21 '1 17 M. D. 3 4 4 12 27 S ^9 3 6 310 77/<: yv/\sV Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. March 20. Anna Catharine Bess, VVillianis 91 " 21. Anna Catharine Reichart, Williams... 60 April 4. Michael Heller, Saucon 39 " 7. Catharine Lerch, Greenwich 29 " 20. Jacoh Lynn, Saucon " 27. A daughter of John Belles and wife Elisabeth, Saucon May 6. John Schweishaupt, Dryland 60 " 15. Elisabeth Hahn, Plainfield 30 " 30. Valentine Gehres, Williams 72 June 16. Hannah Hornecker, Dryland 64 " 23, Maria Niemeyer, ^ Plainfield 72 Aug. 2. Robert Traill, Easton 72 " 3- Maria Streber, Saucon 24 " 10. Samuel Ekart, Saucon 3 " 13. Maria Kocher, Forks iS " 27. Susanna Rippel, Easton i Sept. 28. Elisabeth Bauer, Plainfield Oct. 18. Jane Trach, Williams 22 " 23. George Ziegenfuss, Williams i 6 4 Peter Teiss, Bethlehem Township 46 Jan. I. Sarah Peiffer, Plainfield 33 3 25 " 8. Magdalina Grass, Plainfield ., 79 4 25 " 8. Achildof John Wasser (also baptized), Saucon 3 8 Feb. I. Catharine Laubach, Saucon 69 5 16 " II. Margaret Schwartz, Plainfield 74 2 " 15. Philip Boehm, Saucon 69 2 " 17. Jane Sively (.?), Plainfield 67 3 March 5. Joseph Richard, Williams 82 6 27 " II. Henry Transue, Saucon 21 4 " 13. Susanna Stocker, Easton 22 2 7 " iS. Adam Frantz, Plainfield 18 8 27 ' The wife of Rev. Peter Frederick Niemever. 9 28 3 2 7 21 7 6 7 10 25 Church Records. 311 Date. March 29. April I . " 21. " 24. May — . (I 13- (( 10. June II. July I. (( 18. Aug. 8. k( II. k( 15- (4 16. (( 16. (( 19. (( 20. u 22. i( 24. (( 24. u 30- u 31- June 2. Sept. 4- u 15- (( 16. (( 16. (( 17- (( 17- u 22. 11 24. (( 25- (( 26. l( 30- Names of Persons Buried. Y. Regina Wilhelm, Dryland 29 Catharine Schlecht, Plainfield ^d Eliz. Margaret Hahn, Plainfield 57 Margaret Hertzell, Plainfield 69 Joseph Stumpf, Dryland 86 Philip Mixsell, Easton "^^ Susanna Buss, Dryland i Magdalena Schmidt, Dryland 23 Samuel Hamilton Arndt, Easton 18 Isaac Kocher, Dry hind Barbara Michael, Dryland 59 Elisabeth La wall, Dryland 8 Samuel Hoffert, Dryland 24 George Sauerbeck, Easton 72 Joseph Russell, Plainfield Anna Maria Knecht, Plainfield i John Boulsby, Easton 22 John Jacob Wasser, Saucon 4 Levina Boyer, Dryland 2 Siadora, daughter of Catharine Hart- man, Easton 3 Rachael Frey, Plainfeld Julius, a son of Cath. Hartman, Easton 3 Eva Bader, Saucon 53 George Lawall, Dryland 5 Susanna Odenwaelder, Easton 2 Hannah Neiss, Easton 49 Samuel Kinsey Meixsell, Easton i John Reidenauer, Dryland 7 Hester McHose, Saucon 3 John Hertzell, Williams i Maria Anna Sheip, Easton 3 Frederick Royer, Dryland 8 Catharine Freeman, Saucon William Kocher, Dryland 3 M. D. 6 14 6 20 29 4 26 8 5 20 2 2 6 13 10 13 10 9 1 1 29 1 29 9 29 9 2 5 1 1 26 I 3 25 7 28 9 19 8 4 5 9 23 3 20 10 2 2 6 6 2 3 6 28 1 1 22 4 5 9 25 II 22 312 The First Re fanned Church of JEaston, Pa. Date. Oct. I. (( 3- u 9- (( 23- (( 34. Dec. 7- Jan. 7- ;( 8. u 17- (( 18. (( 21. Feb. 6. (( 21. (( 21. 4( 23- March I . (( 3- C( 8. (I 1 1. (( 27. i( 29. April I . i( 5- u 8. (( 8. ii 9- (( 21. (( 23- (( 28. May 18. u 20. (( 22. June 3- Names of Persons Buried. Y. Catharine Buss, Dry hind 9 Child of Nicholas Dietz, Easton Susanna Koemrer, Forks 14 Conrad Ward, Plainfeld 45 Maria Ann Traxsell, Easton 1 John Jacob Appel, Easton 5 Anno iSiS. Jacob Moser, Saucon i Adam Heimer, Plainheld ^^6 John Mond, Dryland .. 56 John Bruch, Plainfield 46 Thomas Weierman, Dryland 8 Maria Eliz. Beissell, Drylantl 41 Benedict Lutz, Saucon 82 Joseph Kotz, Williams i Gottlieb Faas, Dryland 42 Ulrich Knecht, Dryland 82 Samuel Kocher, Dryland 1 1 Edward Daniel, Dryland 3 Martin Kind, Plainfield 63 Peter Stamm, Saucon 11 Simon Ohl, Saucon i Frederick Hoenig, Plainfield 48 Henry Schnyder, Easton 50 Maria Miller, Williams 27 William Shyder, Easton 23 Catharine Buss, Dryland i Joseph Broeder, Easton Maria Magd. Kroner, Plainfield 38 Susanna Gradwohl, Dryland 38 George Adam Hay, Easton 82 Caspar Roth, Dryland 47 George Rieser, Dryland 11 Eliza Heller, Plainfieki 14 M. D. 10 4 6 7 24 2 19 5 8 ro 5 8 18 14 2 15 5 9 6 3 24 5 20 23 8 3 21 1 1 13 1 1 29 6 H I 3 7 2 2 3 27 10 12 6 10 2 9 3 25 8 21 24 3 7 4 15 4 6 Date. July 9- 41 H Aug. 19 a 21. li 27. Sept. 14. a 19 li 20 (( 23- u 28. Oct. 9- u 14. u 25- Nov. 16. ii 27. a 28. Feb. 16. March 5- (( 8. (( 13- a 19. u 31- April 9- n 10. (( 1 1. (( ^3- ii 15- li 21. u 22. ( ( 23- May 9- June 12. July 10. 67/ li rch Re CO rds. 313 Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Cath. Eliz. Bauer, Plainfield 73 6 16 Christina Dreisbach, Plainfield 44 4 ^7 Adam Weber, Plainfield i 6 25 Juliana Leidig, Easton 6 3 Carl Walter, Easton 9 9 22 Samuel Knecht, Dryland 9 10 29 Juliana Siegfried, Dryland 2 6 15 Sarah Kind, Plainfield 81 4 29 Nicholas Koch, Easton 81 4 29 Maria Diehl, Plainfield 22 10 3 Susanna Nagel, Dryland 49 13 Eliza Hahn, Plainfield 10 11 22 Sarah Walter, Forks 31 6 23 Catharine De Long, Plainfield 59 8 10 Sarah Bodein, Forks 2 12 Samuel Belles, Saucon i 6 19 Anno 1819. George Frederick Faebel, Plainfield... 49 10 Rebecca Laubach, Saucon 24 10 3 A son of Margaret Heinlein, Williams. 2 23 Elisabeth Beitelman, Dryland (i$> 3 Leonard Beitelman, Dryland 7^ Matthew Hertzell, Williams 368 Philip Woodriiig, Williams 78 2 28 Lisetta Weis, Williams 8 14 Elisabeth Derr, Saucon 45 r i 5 Simon Jacob Diehl, Plainfield 81 26 Maria Magdalena Gehres, Williams... i 5 24 John Peter Kocher, Arndt's 77 21 Susanna Odenwaelder, Easton i 4 23 Sarah Ann Weiss, Saucon i 8 3 Andrew Rippel, Easton 72 10 2 John Peter Beissell, Dryland 48 11 Rebecca Derr, Saucon 5 8 314 ^^'<' J^f>'st Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date. July 19. li 3'- Aug. 9- (( 19. ( ( 20. Sept. I. Oct. 22. •> 9- (( 30- Nov. I. (( 6. (( 7- (( 12. Dec. 4- (I 25- 1 1 28. Jan. 14. . I 16. 11 24. " 30- Feb. 9- '' 14. C ( 22. (( 23- fi 25- March I. April I. May ii 15- C( 7- June 1 1. i( 22. July 20. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. John Jacob Scheip, Easton 59 8 i Henry Mcllose, Saucon 3 14 Catharine Derr, Dryland 71 3 21 Michael Reeb, Plainfield 77 9 2 A child of Jacob Woodring, Saucon... i 8 Conrad Haas, Dryland 64 6 15 Thomas Washington Laddig, Williams 704 Rebecca Buss, Dryland A son of Simon Butz, Dryland 4 Julius Keiser, Hamilton 2 5 25 Jacob Frantz, Hamilton 64 3 10 Juliana Walter, Easton 7 4 19 Charles Poke, Williams 30 7 13 Edward Freeman, Saucon 64 6 3 Peter Mayer, Saucon 59 9 i Anna Maria Steinbach, Saucon 23 7 24 Anno 1820. Catharine Wagner, Dryland 75 19 Manasseh Loehr, Plainfield 3 3 n John Carl Heimer, Plainfield 85 11 18 Samuel Stein, Saucon 244 Maria Sarah Miller, Plainfield . 25 5 6 Maria Krotz, Williams 74 i 10 Elisabeth Germanton, Plainfield 2 2 23 Jacob Werner, Plainfield 78 8 9 Salome Supper, Plainfield 16 11 i Susanna Engel, Easton 51 6 14 Eliza Cath. Swander, Easton 7 2 William Boyer, Easton 25 4 17 Sarah Kind, Plainfield 32 7 9 Anna Margaret Fehr, Saucon i 2 28 Samuel Boyer, Saucon 2i John Frederick Laubach, Saucon 4 18 Eleanora Worman, Easton 8 10 ii Chill' ch Records. 315 Date. Aug. 5- 4( 9- l( 17- t ( 19. k ( 23. (( 5- (( 25- (( 2S. (( 29. Sept. 29, u 29. Oct. 31- Nov. 6. 1 1 13- Dec. 9- (( 17- i( 28. Jan. 22, (( 24, March 5- (( II. (( 22, April 28. May S. u 12, (I 12, (( 27. (; 30- June 3- (; 7- 19. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Aaron Kind, Plainfield John Kaemrer, Dryland *]o Margaret Lerch, Saucon (i6 Susanna Cath. Shnyder, Easton 2 Solomon Walter, Easton 21 Michael Boyer, Dryland 73 Maria Sarah Hoffman, Williams 2 Catharine Bess, Williams i Anna Sarah Transue, Williams A son of Peter Batt and wife Eliz., Easton 4 Benjamin Roth, Dryland 6 Susanna Frankenfield, Dryland 25 Susanna Shnyder, Easton 60 David Shnyder, Easton 21 Christian Muffly, Plainfield 70 Eliz. Ann Ward, Plainfield 5 Peter Diehl, Plainfield 23 Anno 182 i. Elisabeth Gehres, Williams 75 Andrew Koechlein, Easton 68 Michael Traxsell, Easton 39 Maria Ziegler, Dryland 20 Lewis Worman, Easton i Jacob Bess, Williams Lorentz Schwartz, Easton (yd Jacob Lepper, Easton 48 Maria Elisabeth Laddig, Williams 76 Catharine Fleck, Williams 5 Levi Bauer, Plainfield Jacob Belles, Plainfield 39 John Buss, Dryland 85 Anna Maria Steinbach, Williams 26 Abraham Miller, Saucon ( .^) 66 M. D. 8 4 4 21 I 17 2 1 1 4 9 v5 8 24 3 iS 7 19 7 27 5 1 1 10 22 5 28 7 29 9 5 7 15 5 2 4 6 4 28 ^ iS 7 27 I r 5 5 7 2 13 9 4 ■-> 25 1 1 '3 I 13 I 27 3i6 The First Reformed Church of East on, Pa, Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. June 37. Elisabetli Haiulshu, Dryland 25 July 2. Margaret Koch, Saucon i " 10. Susanna Conrad, Easton 77 Sept. 3,1820 Jacob Edward Roth, Arndt's 8 Oct. 15,1820 John Adam Dcschlcr, Easton 54 " 16,1821 Margaret Haak, Easton 53 Aug. 30. John Freeman, Saucon 27 Sept. II. Jacob Lantz, Williams i " 15. Marg. Elisabeth Klotz, Williams 85 " 16. Catharine Ohnangst, Plainfield 22 Oct. 3. Christian Butz, Easton 64 " 12. Margaret Riehl, Williams 69 " 13. John Leonard Herzell, Williams 46 " 17. Susanna Spangenberg, Williams i " 23. Thomas Nagel, Dryland 18 " 30. Susanna Lerch, Saucon 62 Nov. 36. John Beck, Dryland i Dec. 2. Sarah Kind, Plainfield 15 " 30. Elisabeth Happel, Plainfield iS " 31. Jacob Zimmerman, Greenwich 60 Anno 1822. Feb. 20. Elisabeth Koehler, Dryland 3^ 5 4 March 7. Elisabeth Lynn, Saucon 39 i 16 " 9. Felix Heckman, Dryland 3 4 5 " 14. John Simon, Easton 27 5 24 " 21. Maria Brotzman, Williams 77 9 4 " 24. Anna Marg. Eliz. Beisell, Dryland 79 14 '* 27. Anna Barbara Weygandt, Saucon 30 3 " 31. Sophia Ilecht, Easton 82 11 May 20. Christian Wagner, Plainfield 30 8 12 June 9. Juliana Mann, Saucon i 8 23 " 22. George Washington Wolf, Easton 17 7 39 " 23. Anna Diehl, Plainfield 19 7 28 " 27. Rebecca Young, Easton i 7 M. D. 9 27 9 8 25 9 8 2 15 6 1 1 I 17 I r 10 13 9 7 10 8 9 29 6 8 8 7 3 25 6 23 16 2 18 Date. June 30- July 13- li 21. a 22. u 23- Aug. 5- a 7- i( 26. Sept. 10. (( 29. Oct. 10. u 22. (( 24. a 31- Nov. 8. Dec. 17- Jan. 7- Feb. 5- (( 9- k( 17- u 18. (( 27. March I. (( 4- (( 13- (( ^v Sept. 15- (( 19. Oct. 30- Nov. I . (C 21. April 13- M. D. 5 6 19 2 7 6 8 6 10 13 6 I r 26 5 21 7 2 5 19 5 19 19 Church Records. 317 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Hiob Heller, Saucon 42 Susanna Eva Meixsell, Dryland i Catharine Lawall, Dryland i Catharine Kaemrer, Dryland 35 Elisabeth Kraemer, Dryland 84 Maria Schnabel, Dryland 51 Margaret Schortz, Dryland 90 David Brown, Williams 21 John Coleman, Easton 21 Sidny Kroner, Plainfield 71 Jacob Heller, Plainfield 72 Elisabeth Beisher, Plainfield 85 Henrietta Schweitzer, Dryland 3 George Wagner, Dryland 18 Catharine Butz, Dryland Anna Maria Broeder, Easton 3 Anno 1824. Catharine Wagner, Saucon 73 Conrad Schiffer, Plainfield 21 Elisabeth Scheively, Easton 36 Isaac Heckman Frees, Easton i Eliza Coleman, Easton 2 Elisabeth Keller, Williams 31 Susanna Townson, Dryland 79 John S. Young, Easton 19 John Peter Harzel, Williams 40 Nicholas Kran, Williams 51 Jacob Derr, Saucon Jacob Wilhelm, Dryland 42 Anna Cath. Sommer, Easton 72 Philip Broeder, Dryland 29 Peter Snyder, Easton 70 Adam Hammel, Dryland 68 10 9 8 29 3 24 4 15 3 9 I 5 19 I 24 3 3 7 18 2 19 9 M 3 7 31 8 The First Reformed Church of Easton., Pa. Date. April 15- u 26. Mav 2. (( 13- (( 3- (( 23- (( 27. k( 29. June 10. u 16. Aug. 30- Sept. I. Dec. 20. Jan. 7- (( 13- (( 26. (1 29. Feb. 23- u 27. ( ( 28. March 4- (( 7- (( II. (( 14. (( 29. April 9- ( ( 1 1. u ^3- ( ( 16. May 19. (( 28. Names of Persons Buried. Y. A child of John and Mary Engler, Plainfield 2 Anna Marg. Rippel, Easton 72 Peter Engel, Easton 23 Eva Cath. Riegel, Williams 43 Peter Reiss, Easton 56 Samuel Maurer, Easton 22 Anna Maria Boyer, Easton 6 Margaret Boyer, Dryland 75 John George Wilhelm, Dryland 35 Elisabeth Ohnangst, Dryland 55 Martin Prey, Plainfield 5 Elisabeth Schumacher, Easton 78 Carl Henry Lantz, Williams Anno 1825. Sarah Ann Woodring, Williams Christina Imick, Plainfield i Jacob Miller, Williams 19 Magdalena Eckel, of Saucon, in Springfield 75 Fillemon Erich, Dryland George Miller, Easton 7 Roselein Osburn, Easton Rebecca Hahn, Plainfield 17 Wilhelm Werner, Plainfield Thos. Kemrer, Forks Maria Weber, Plainfield 86 Christina Knecht, Plainfield 25 Barbara Ward, Plainfield 82 James William Frey, Dryland i Anna Taylor, Williams 17 Elisabeth Germanton, Plainfield 75 Anna Cath. Bess, Dryland 71 Elisabeth Kind, Plainfield i M. D. 5 6 20 5 17 3 3 10 6 1 1 4 9 8 5 7 24 7 17 7 I 9 2 3 21 5 9 10 25 10 9 7 1 1 4 I 8 4 6 7 2 I 7 9 4 5 Date. May 29. June 9- (( 14. (( 15- July 9- (( 16. (( 22. (( 29. Aug. 2. (( 5- (( 16. (( 19. (( 22. (,i 23- (( SI- Sept. S' (( 4- n 5- a 6. (( 9- (( 13- (( 14. (( 18. Oct. 18. u 21. (( 24. Feb. 1 1. Dec. I. (( 19. Jan. 7- a 9 Church Records. 319 Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Edward Fiidrich, Plainfield 2 Hannah Hess, Saucon 10 i 16 Sus. Siegley, Saucon 22 Sarah Ann Herster Rewalt, Easton... 2 2 Susanna Balliet, Dryland 8 2 13 Sarah Young, Easton i Anthon Getter, Williams 48 Abraham Barnes, Easton 2 Peter Lattig, Williams 82 John Traxsell, Easton 46 John Engel, Easton 39 Maria Snyder, Easton Edwin Koch, Plainfield Reuben Bauer, Plainfield i Carl Koechlein, Easton Jesse Frederick Loehr, Plainfield 11 John Shade, Ejiston i Sophia Traxsell , Easton i Catharine Roeder, Plainfield 21 A child of John and Cath. Otto, Wil- liams 2 Elisabeth Bauer, Plainfield 6 Frederick Barthold, Easton 64 Abraham Andre, Plainfield Peter Bauer, Plainfield 18 Abraham Heller, Plainfield 73 Nicholas Traxsell, Easton 71 Mary Brotzman, Williams 22 Harris Franklin Lock, Dryland David Stern (Stem?), Williams 66 Elisabeth Koch, Easton 84 Anno 1825. John Boyer, Saucon 82 Jacob Bauer, Forks 48 ro 10 / 20 4 29 3 23 9 10 •7 17 9 8 3 9 4 3 29 10 I 6 13 10 7 5 1 1 4 1 1 5 8 I 3 5 7 20 3 26 10 15 320 The First Rcfor?)icd Church of Easton^ Pa, Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Jan. lo. Maria Hardy, Forks 30 " 13. Maria Clara Loehr, Easton 5S " 14. Elisabeth Wilhelm, Dryland 3i " iS. Samuel Hilliart, Dryland i *' 20. Christina Beissell, Dryland 40 " 24, Sabilla Raub, Williams 45 " 31. Peter Jansen, Dryland i Feb. 4. Salome Smidt, Dryland 5 " 6. Frederick Boyer, Dryland 78 March 10. J^Iary Arndt, Arndt's i " 19. Sophia Hackman, Dryland " 21. Anna Maria Boyer, Saucon 74 " 29. Sophia Sus. Arndt, Dryland i April 19. Jacob David Heller, Plainfield i May 14. Joseph Siegfried, Bath 76 " iS. Matthias Wagner, Dryland 79 " 20. John Siegfried, Bath 45 " 24. Margaret Ohnangst, Williams 55 " 25. Elis. Ohnangst, Williams 70 " 26. Anthon Transue, Williams i June 3. Catharine Frederica Hackman, Dryland 4 " 7. Hannah Loesch, Williams 6 " 26. Cath. Boyer, Saucon 12 July 5. Hannah McHose, Saucon 77 Aug. 7' Sophia Werner, Saucon 6 " 12. Joseph Andre, Plainfield 17 "■ 28. Abraham Bachman, Easton 80 " — . Jacob Transue, Williams Sept. 9. Jacob Christman, Williams 44 " — . Simon Reiss, Saucon 47 " 15. Anna Maria Metz, Plainfield 30 " 26. Sus. Schlecht, Plainfield 31 Oct. 5. Eleonora Lawall, Dryland 6 " 10. Fred. Ludwig Miller, Saucon 67 " — . Maria Buss, Dryland 23 M. D. *> 7 3 3 5 6 3 9 9 3 1 1 S 3 7 6 4 2 3 H 8 I 6 5 6 2 7 8 7 5 H 7 6 6 5 13 3 7 4 9 17 7 8 1 1 21 10 2 H 8 2 3 19 I 9 7 Church Records. 321 Date. Nov. 6. (( 10. «( 29. Dec. 9- i( 12. u 29. Jan. 10. Feb. 8. u 15- (< 16. (I 19. March 7- ti 10. (( 17- (( 20. (( 28. April 3- (( 8. (( 20. (( 26. (( 29. May 9- Kl, 23- July 20. ( ( 23- Aug. 20. (( 27. u 28. Sept. 9- (( 25- Oct. 3- (( 19. Nov. 6. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Samuel Beil Hess, Saucon i Catharine Shaefer, Saucon 15 Anna Welty, Saucon 2 John Roth, Plainfield 21 John David Brinker, Forks 14 Valentine Metz, Plainfield 75 Anno 1826. Sibilla Oberly, Forks Sarah Christina Schlaug, Easton i John Simons, Easton 52 Ann Julina Steckel, Dryland Philip David Dinges, Easton 28 Conrad Kocher, Dryland %6 Magdalena Odenwelder, Easton 42 Jacob Lerch, Esq., Saucon 70 Anna Margret Lerch, Saucon 60 Henrietta Reich, Saucon 5 Dieterlch Bauer, Plainfield 77 Catharine Kutsler, Forks 69 Eliz. Reich, Dryland 37 John Stem, Williams 45 Anna Margret Roeder, Dryland 64 Juliana Schaefer, Dryland 24 Abraham Horn, Easton 69 Reuben Vogel, Dryland 21 John Andreas Koch, Easton 21 Reuben Butz, Forks 2 Dina Hauer, Forks i Maria Bassinger, Plainfield 62 Anna Maria Laubach, Saucon 3 Conrad Bess, Dryland So Samuel Franklin Scheip, Easton Mary Ann Handshue, Dryland Christian Herzell, Williams 79 M. 9 8 4 6 D. 3 2 6 6 3 22 6 18 1 1 n I 4 6 6 2 1 1 3 6 17 7 2 10 I 3 10 6 9 13 10 4 22 9 16 6 12 4 9 3 2 10 6 5 6 10 3 32 2 The First Reformed Church of Eastoii, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Nov. 14. Eliz. Sabina Snyder, Easton 4 " 17. Benigna Eliz. Muffley, Plainfield 43 " 26. William Weaver, Saucon 2 Dec. 5. Anna Maria Swander, Easton 2 Anno 1S27. Jan. 14. Cath. Clauss, Dryland 2 " 28. A son of Christina Derr, Dryland i Feb. 10. George Glass, Plainfield 6 " 14. Bernhart Arndt, Dryland 72 " 20. David Butz, Easton 38 " 24. John Kind, Plainfield 48 " 27. Abraham Traxsell, Easton 38 " 28. John Jacob Weiss, Easton 30 March 11. Christina Derr, Easton i " 12. Henry Reiss, Saucon 23 " 17. John Holl, Easton i April 8. George Erich, Easton 36 " 26. John Wagner, Dryland 59 May 8. Sarah Kind, Plainfield 73 " 16. Michael Simon, Easton 56 " 19. Anna Maria Odenwelder, Easton 78 " 20. Eliz. Erich, Easton 52 " 24. Liddia Reiss, Dryland 13 June 13. Samuel Koenig, Dryland 19 " 30. Susanna Horn, Easton 67 Aug. 6. Thomas Nicum, Saucon Si *•' 12. A son of Peter Young and wife Anne, Easton 3 " 13. Ebeneza Yodder, Easton " 15. Adam Koenig, Easton 65 " 28. Isaac Koechlein, Easton " 30. A daughter of Peter Young and wife Anne, Easton i Sept. 16. Susanna Hauck, Plainfield 18 M. D. 8 I 9 5 1 1 5 6 27 8 5 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 6 18 5 I 4 7 4 H 2 9 6 4 2 18 3 4 4 6 24 5 4 2 10 1 10 10 27 24 1 1 10 3 4 4 2 H 7 6 Date. Sept. 26. ( ( 28. Oct. 12. (( 16. Nov. 8. Dec. 4- u 6. u 14. u 30- Jan. 18. (( 19. a 20. a 26. March II. 1 1 26. April 1 1, u 13- May 4- (( 22. June 2. u 16. (( 24. u 25- .July 8. ii 16. u 26. 14 27. Aug. 12. u 19. (( 21. (( 29. Sept. 4- u 5- Chtirch Records. 323 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Maria Koenig, Dryland i William Engel, Easton 32 Eliz. Weber, Saucon 24 Margret Young, Plainfield 9 John Hardy, Dryland 2 Christian Reich (?), Saucon 79 John Weisgerber, Saucon 26 Regina Knauss, Easton 18 Susanna Derr, Saucon 43 Anno 1828. Eliz. Decker, Easton 45 Rosanna Barns, Easton 2 Anthon Faas, Williams 62 Catharine Wagner, Plainfield 24 Michael Odenwelder, Easton 78 Valentine Koehler, Saucon 79 Maria Herger, Dryland 25 Sarah Miller, Saucon 10 Matthias Weiss, Williams 64 John Philip Odenwelder, Easton 79 Eliza Ann Steckel, Dryland 1 John Messinger, Forks 29 Adam Stem, Williams 76 Anthon Oberly, Saucon 79 Rosina Ritter, Dryland 25 Valentine Lewellen Canan, Plainfield. Francis Lynn, Saucon Joseph Sentee, Dryland 7 Sarah Ann Eliz. Heckman, Dryland... Samuel Transue, Easton Julian Transue, Easton 3 Anna Maria Kerner, Easton 19 George Adam Seipel, Easton 50 Samuel Coleman, Easton 67 M. D. I 28 16 9 15 4 17 10 6 10 25 2 H II 10 1 1 27 II 25 5 16 8 10 II 4 2 22 6 21 7 9 10 26 8 18 3 16 2 24 9 3 26 4 22 5 28 1 1 7 8 22 I 9 22 2 H 3 26 I 26 324 The First Reformed Church of Easton., Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Sept. 8. Maria Eliz. Christnian, Williams 20 " 22. Levina Koenig, Dryland Oct. 2. John Nolf, Dryland 22 " 4. Carl Schreiver, Dryland 18 " 5. Maria Cath. Daniel, Dryland S3 " 6. Samuel Halteman, Dryland '♦ 17. William Ohl, Saucon 70 Nov. 8. Catharine Keim, Forks ^o " 20. Abraham Roeder, Dryland 30 " 21. Peter Koechlein, Easton 78 " 14. John Geiger, Dryland 36 Dec. I. George Rodenberger, Dryland 30 " 3. Maria Magdalena Lawall, Dryland 37 " 5. Conrad Schwarz, Easton 47 " 7. Rebecca Schiffer, Plainfield " 10. Sarah Ann Koechlein, Easton 2 " 28. Margaret Stem, Williams 65 Anno 1829. Jan. 2. John William Kunckler i " 5. Eliza Ann Roeder, Forks 16 " 6. Francis Leidig, Easton 28 " II. Luiza Swander, Easton 2 " 21. George Elias Koch, Plainfield " 25. Adam Lewis Stem, Williams " 28. Cathai-ine Stem, Williams 27 Feb. 23. Anna Barbara Oberly, Saucon 46 " 27. John George Bruch, Williams 82 March 12. Michael Walter, Forks i *' 22. Isaac Wilhelm, Dryland 28 " 26. Isaac Eckert, W^illiams 36 May 3. Elisabeth Gardner, Saucon 2 " 19. Frederick Frey, Dryland 65 June 5. John Peter Herzel, Williams 11 " II. Eliz. Laubach, Saucon 63 M. D. 8 16 25 4 25 5 10 1 1 15 I 9 1 1 4 6 4 7 12 7 12 10 19 2 26 5 22 6 13 2 5 7 23 4 25 25 6 25 4 4 5 1 1 5 17 6 1 1 4 2 10 17 6 12 2 H I 21 7 16 2 17 8 2 9 23 2 I June lie. 14. July 16. Aug. 21. Sept. I. u 2. (; 2. (( 4- (( 7- (( 18. (( 21. (( 23- (( 26. u 30. Oct. 4- (( 8. n 26. Nov. 6. Dec. 13- u 13- (( 27. Jan. 2. (( 12. <; II. u 19. u II. (( 20. Feb. 4- (( 5. (i 16. Church Records. Names of Persons Buried. y. Gottlieb Shnyder, Plainfield 52 Ann Julina (family name not given), Dryland George W. Laddig, Williams 7 Elisabeth Mesemer, Dryland Samuel Herzell, Williams Decatur Washington Raub, Williams., i Maria Isabella Rewalt, Easton Susanna Herzell, Williams 39 Samuel Engel, Easton 31 John Peter Weygandt, Saucon 86 Margaret Nauman, Dryland 59 Daniel Dech, Dryland 17 Frederick Hahn, Plainfield 26 William Happel, Plainfield i Anna Margaret Young, Williams 39 Sarah Herzell, Williams 10 John George Brinker, Easton 52 John Schuck, Easton 75 Levi Bess, Williams 3 Eliz. Koechlein, Easton n Anno 1S30. George Hahn, Plainfield 71 Elisabeth Musselman, Saucon 23 Catharine Herzell , Dryland 65 Peter Bauer, Forks i Hannah Engel, Dryland 13 Sabina Kocher, Dryland c A son of Maria Eliz. Woodring, Wil- liams Maria Miller, Plainfield 40 A daughter of John Ginnard and wife Eliz., Dryland 17. A daughter of John Brinker, Easton... 325 M. D. 2 28 II 4 10 19 4 3 H 9 2 5 2 6 18 10 20 6 II II 26 4 15 II II 4 12 I 6 II 9 27 4 12 6 10 7 9 ■^ J II 9 17 S 23 I 23 3 6 5 10 23 21 I 24 326 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Feb. 19. Maria William, Plainfield 24 March 24. Levi Augustus Taylor, Williams " 28. A daughter of Enoch Hoening, Plain- field April 6. William H. Lynn, Saucon i " 29. Levi Levius Kind, Plainfield 5 May I. Conrad Frey, Dryland 40 " 13. John Dieter Miller, Dryland *' 17. Anna Maria Erb, Easton 71 " 21. Eliz. Getter, Dryland Si '* 25. Eliz. Mayer, Plainfield 4 June 10. Anna Cath. Schroeder, Easton 3 " 13. Cath. Oberley, Saucon 75 " 17. Michael Derrhammer, Dryland 54 " 21. Peter Neuhart, Dryland 56 July 1 8. Catharine Rinker, Saucon 59 Aug. 18. Isaac Ginnart, Dryland " 28. Eliz. Cath. Lantz, Williams 72 Sept. 5. Christopher Engle, Plainfield " 6. Eliz. Philippi, Easton 28 " 9. Ebenezer S. Fortner, Easton 61 " 9. Henry De Long, Plainfield 73 " 26. John Stocker, Easton 11 " 28. Barbara Loesch, Plainfield 21 Oct. 3. Jacob Oberly, Saucon 75 " 13. Samuel Eckert, Saucon 12 " 17. Matthias Riegel, Saucon d^ " 18. Anna Maria Ohl, Saucon 73 " 24. Maria Magd. Canaan, Plainfield 23 Nov. I. Cath. Riegel, Saucon 64 " 8. Sus. Renner, Dryland 38 " 17. David Ileilman, Dryland 48 " 20. Eliz. Hummel, Dryland 44 Dec. 16. Cath. Anna Mann, Dryland i M. D. 10 22 8 28 3 5 4 1 1 10 27 6 20 8 9 10 8 4 23 2 23 3 25 6 21 9 6 20 10 I 16 8 14 10 4 6 7 19 iS 9 23 5 H 3 9 18 2 21 6 12 10 2 4 15 9 2 6 20 3 14 ChiircJi Records. 327 Anno 1831. Date. Names of Persons Buried, Y. M. D. Jan. 8. John Odenwelder, Williams 53 6 25 " 9. John Philip Faas, Dryland 80 11 14 " 22. Margaret Gruber, Mount Bethel 44 8 10 " 25. A son of Melchior Transue and wife Anna 23 " 26. Edward Raub, Williams 4 11 6 Feb. S. John Shade, Easton 42 2 20 " 16. Anna Maria Herzell, Williams 81 9 2 " 24. Peter Weygandt, Williams i March 7. Gertraut Froelig, Dryland 87 11 18 " 20. Maria Engel Ruth, Plainfield 65 23 April 6. John Worman, Easton. " 8. Susanna Christman, Saucon 19 7 25 " 9. William Peiffer, Williams 4 10 22 " 19. Susanna Nauman, Dryland 26 11 8 " 23. George Dech, Dryland 2 9 11 May I. Philip Koester, Mount Bethel 88 8 29 " 5. Sarah Ann Christina Weber, Easton... 5 11 " 18. Margaret Freeman, Plainfield 70 8 19 " 27. Peter Mann, Saucon 36 8 8 June 3. Rees Bruch, William 972 " 24. Sarah Walter, Williams 44 4 23 " 27. Jonas Ohnangst, Williams 2 i 12 July 4. Anna Margreta Edelman, Easton 21 11 18 " 8. Mary Keller, Williams 35 3 i " 17. Cath. Walter, Arndt's 53 10 19 " 25. Rebecca Derr, Dryland 4 19 Aug. 6. Andreas Dech, Dryland 6 21 " 18. Anna Boyer, Easton 76 6 Sept. I. Nicholas Dietz, Williams 38 3 28 Oct. 8. Christina Uhler, Easton 67 7 14 " 13. Maria Schick, Dryland 11 3 Sept. 4. William Reed, Easton i S 328 The I^irst Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Oct. 16. Jacob Kreidler, Drylantl 51 Nov. 6. Francis Alsfeld (died Nov. 3cl), Easton 41 6 " 7. Sophia Breeder, Easton 7 10 24 " 6. Jacob Balliet, Dryland So 4 Dec. I. Peter Laddig, Williams 32 4 iS " 6. William Henry Lawall, Dryland 50 1 1 3 " 15. John Knobel, Williams 71 " 15. Christina Steitinger, Easton 72 AxNO I S3 2. Jan. 3. Daniel Knauss, Easton 23 " 13. Ellen Caroline Herzel, Williams " 16. William August Heller, Plainfield " 26. Henry Dilman Halteman, Dryland " 27. John Seipel, Easton 71 " 30. John Bauer, Bushkil Feb. I. Christian Holland, Plainfield ^d " 5. George Lynn, Saucon 6 " 20. George Peter Dreisbach, Plainfield 32 March 12. Peter Dietz, Williams 70 " 14. Anthonetta Transue, Saucon 16. Thos. Wilhelm, Williams 16 " 31. Washington Johannes Bauman, Wil- liams I April II. Lydia Ann Dennis, Dryland i " 19. Henrietta Shnyder, Forks " 2S. John Peter Schmidt, Dryland 89 May 10. John Schuck Neigh, Easton 2 " 22. Mary Merz, Easton 2 June S. Anna Matilda Lehr, Easton 3 " 14. Henry W^erkhaeuser, Forks 35 " 18. Jacob Schaefer, Forks 60 " 28. Andrew Weygandt, Williams 66 July 3. Peter August Bauer, Plainfield " II. Thomas Washington Lerch, Saucon... iS 10 19 10 3 10 I 5 28 19 8 22 2 15 3 7 7 2 16 6 29 I 17 I 22 20 4 29 8 I I I S 28 8 16 3 I 7 3 Date. July 19. (( 26. u 23- u 23- Aug. IS- (4 IS- U 18. Sept. 7. (( IS- (( IS- u 23- Oct. 20. u 22. (( 23- Nov. I. (( 2. (( 2. (( 8. (( 15- a 19- n 23- (( 24. Dec. 4- Nov. 27- (( 29. Dec. 7- ( ( 1 1. a 22. i( 28. Jan. 12. a 12, a 30. Church Records. 329 Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Catharine Lawall, Dryland 39 5 3 Edward Henry Derr, Dryland i 7 10 Michael Lawall, Dryland 79 2 18 Abraham Walten (Walter.?) Dryland.. 57 9 14 Ely Franklin Lerch, Saucon 3 10 4 Sophia TransLie, Saucon 64 9 3 Anna Maria Lerch, Saucon 9 3 Anna Cath . Wasser, Saucon 85 5 iS Sus. Oberly, Dryland 7 9 26 Lenora Sus. Lerch, Saucon 2 917 EHz. Bess, Dryland 59 i 27 Maria Eliza Leidy, Saucon i 3 10 Catharine Lucinda Jones, Saucon 8 7 25 Peter Ginnard, Dryland 169 William Dech, Dryland 7 9 29 Christian Wolf, Dryland 3 16 Eliza. Ann Gerhart, Dryland 3 2 Anna Luisa Coecilia Heckman, Dry- land 2 7 18 Sarah Ann Warrig, Saucon 7 7 Peter Lantz, Williams 4 i 27 Cath. Kaemrer, Dryland 30 9 19 Eliz. Young, Dryland 43 i 12 Maria Siegfried, Dryland 6r 7 13 Fay etta Laubach, Saucon 3 9 12 Isabella Cecilia Frey, Dryland 8 5 Ellen Dorothea Hess, Saucon i 8 11 Lydia Rodenberger, Dryland 37 3 Thos. Richard, Williams 61 10 John Hoeny, Arndt's 49 Anno 1833. Benjamin Jansen, Dryland 4 9 John Henry Jansen, Dryland 265 Maria Butz, Easton 72 330 The First Re fanned Church of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Jan. 20. George Jacob Dietrich, Easton 2 " 24. Jacob Jansen, Dryland 2 9 20 " 26. Leonhart Tiel, Plainfield 27 4 2 Feb. 9. William Jonathan Napp, Dryland 3 3 " 15. Mary Wagner, Easton 35 3 " 16. Simon Schrantz, Saucon 3 3 21 " 22. !Mary Ann Rosenberger, Easton 3 312 " 25, Reuben Miller, Saucon ^ 3 3 March 2. Rebecca Lawall, Dryland 31 10 " 3. A very young child of Conrad Kocher and wife Sarah, Arndt's. " 6, Absolon Messinger, Williams 25 " 12. Eliz. Koechlein, Easton 12 " 20. Susanna Koechlein, Easton " 21, A son of Hannah Marg. Beisel, Dry- land April 5. Sarah Ann Young, Dryland " 3. Christina Ann Yoder, Dryland 4 " 12. John Koechlein, Easton i " 15. Maria Ruch, Saucon 8 " 19. Susannah Heller, Plainfield 48 May 5. Catharine Metz, Plainfield So " 8. Susanna Sabina Stauffer, Plainfield i " 12. Susanna Messinger, Forks 2 " 21. Salome Bauer, Forks i June 3. George Walter, Forks. " 24. A son of Philip and Sarah Hahn, Plainfield. " 25. Rosina Eliz. Odcnwaelder, Forks. " 29. George H. Dech, Dryland. July I. George Happel, Plainfield. " II. Martin Kind, Plainfield. " 13. John Atherton Canaan, Plainfield.' " 25. Elisabeth Oberly.' ' A corner of the page being torn off, the record is wanting. 2 10 3 20 3 3 7 21 10 24 9 12 7 29 3 16 3 20 5 Church Records. 331 Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Elisabeth Dech.' Cath. Derr.i A son of Mary Ann Nicholas.' Elisabeth Mayers.' Lydia Ruth, Plainfield wanting. Elisabeth Kaemrer, Dryland wanting. John Oberly, Easton 51 George P. Dreisbach, Plainfield 65 Susanna Bess, Williams i Maria Eva Frankenfield, Dryland 93 Daniel Heller, Plainfield 6 Rebecca Traxsell, Easton i Cath. Happel, Plainfield 3 Maria Sarah Heller, Plainfield i John Hope, Dryland Samuel Wilt, Williams 46 Sibilla Cath. Meyers, Dryland 3 Simon Nauman, Dryland 28 Henry Doeringer, Easton 77 George Washington Taylor, Williams., i Eliza Ann Kogen, Williams i Captain John Dietz, Plainfield 70 Anno 1834. Christian Wilhelm, Dryland 30 Michael Abel, Forks 69 Joseph Mixsell Roth, Forks Sarah Rebecca Dewalt, Dryland Coras Aaron Jansen, Dryland Eliza Ann Mixsell, Easton Caroline Siegel, Plainfield 4 A son of Enoch Hoenig, Plainfield April 3. Abraham Heller, Plainfield 53 ' A corner of the page being torn off, the record is wanting. Date. Aug. I . (( 3- (( 3- u 3- (( ro. (( J5- 4i 24. Oct 10. (i 27. u 29. No^ • 3- ( I 7- u 9- (( 15- (( 17- (( 17- (( 27. Dec 2. u 6. u 8. (( 12. u 31- Jan. 10. (i 23- Mar Ch I. 11. 14. 16. 17- 18. 9 3 9 22 9 26 10 6 2 3 20 7 2 3 5 23 8 27 8 15 4 8 17 4 32 6 2 I I 23 II 10 I 1 10 3 3 7 8 H 21 4 1 1 332 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. April 7. Mary Ann Schroeder, Easton 9 " 28. Jacob Bess, Williams 2 May I. Conrad Schleppe, Dryland 67 " 2. Aaron Boyer, Saucon i " 9. Sus. Bender, Plainfield 24 " 16. Miss Schaefer, Plainfield 16 " iS. Jacob Ackerman, Plainfield 3 " 25. Maria Magdalene Febel, Plainfield 64 " 25. Anna E Hz. Hay, Forks 7 " 30. Albert Henry Kraemer, Dryland July 17. Cath. Siegel, Plainfield 74 (Five names are here wanting — the record being torn.) Margaret Jansen, Dryland 28 Aug. 23. John Peter Rohn, Dryland 71 " 24. John Henry Wilhelm, Dryland 34 " 24. Elias Hummel, Dryland 69 Sept. II. Jacob Werner, Dryland i Aug. 27. Elisabeth Heller, Plainfield 82 " 29. George Riegel, Plainfield 54 Sept. 18. Maria Mayer, Dryland 12 " 20. Luisa Sophia Malthaner, Dryland i " 26. Edward Christian Herzel, Williams... i " 29. Maria Anna Weiss, Williams 22 Oct. I. Mrs. Eichman, Easton 66 " 10. Anna Uhler, Easton 85 " 13. Samuel Yiesley, Williams 22 " 14. Ely Bundstein, Easton 2 " 15. Frederick Hahn, Plainfield 44 " 16. Jacob Heller, Easton 52 " 23. Feronica Diehl, Plainfield 29 " 24. David Roth, Easton 51 " 26. Mary Ann Hahn, Williams Nov. 8. Elisabeth Lerch, Dryland iS 17. John Paff, Dryland i M. D. I 4 I 28 5 9 5 6 3 2 2 1 26 II 3 25 7 5 I 5 7 17 9 29 I H 19 3 18 7 16 5 17 5 10 12 I 7 4 4 6 13 2 16 I 28 5 21 6 7 4 29 5 12 5 6 Church Records. 333 Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Nov. 19. Peter Henrich, Dryland 31 S Dec. 5. Daniel Schlabach, Dryland i 23 " 19. Cath. Weygandt, Easton S3 11 3 Anno 1835. Jan. I. Jonathon Knecht, Plainfield 57 5 29 " 8. Sarah Loehr, Plainfield 33 4 17 " 13. David Oberley, Dryland 42 5 29 " 31. Cath. Frantz, Dr34and 2 5 26 Feb. 5. Jacob Albert, Plainfield i " 9. Caroline Ruth, Plainfield. " 13. Fayetta Priscilla Koch, Dryland 197 " 27. Anna Barbara Albert, Plainfield 75 4 27 March 14. Maria Brotzman, Williams 72 5 23 " 18. Peter Siegel, Plainfield 79 5 12 " 20. Eliz. Knauss, Williams 7^ 7 5 " 21. Nicholas Dietz, Easton 63 16 April 5. Michael Nieth, Forks 10 5 24 March 9. Anna Maria Herzell, Dryland d^ 1^9 April 12. Joseph Adam Weber, Easton 2 18 March 30. Maria Matilda Kreidler, Plainfield 477 April 13. Anna Maria Hahn, Williams 2 11 7 " 15. William Henry Koenig, Dryland 13 6 27 " 18. Anna Maria Doffert, Dryland 2 8 18 " 23. William Henry WoUbach, Dryland 5 " 24. Edmond Henry Schade, Dryland 2 7 May 8. Charles Roth, Easton. 34 i 2 " 21. A son of David Metz, Plainfield 17 " 25. Thos. Jacob Mohr, Plainfield 10 27 June II. Anna Luisa Schlecht, Plainfield 2 7 25 " 23. John Schelly, Plainfield 2 3 July 15. Cecilia Schlecht, Plainfield i 2 16 " 26. Jesse Ruth, Plainfield 6 2 i " 27. Michael Neuhart, Dryland 58 i 19 Aug. I. Eliz. Hutchins, Dryland 82 10 20 334 ^'^'^ First Reformed Church of Jiaston, Pa. Date. Aug. 4 (( 7- (( 17- (( 17- (( 17- K 17 Sept. I u 8 (( 9- (( 9- (( IS- (( IS- u 18. (( 20. Oct. 24. Nov. I. (( 10. (( 16. Dec. 10. Nov. 30- Dec. 20. (( 28. Jan. 5- (( 15- (( iS. Feb. II. (( 17- (( 22. March 2. (( 6. ( ( 9- u 13- (( 19. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Siis. Miller, Williams Juliana Mohr, Plainfield 29 George Michael Vierling, Williams... 57 Ludwig Carl EUersiek, Williams 34 Maria Magdalena Mehrwart, Williams i Ferdinand Seller, Williams 14 Samuel Roth, Bushkil i Simon Heller, Plainfield 82 Sabina Fuhr, Williams Frederick Wilhelm, Easton 76 John Werner, Easton Eliz. Stecher, Easton 92 Peter Jansen, Dryland 26 Eliz. Kocher, Easton 48 William Diehl, Plainfield 4 Susanna Barron, Easton 33 Abraham Bauer, Plainfield 52 Maria Catharine Harris, Easton 54 John Roeder, Dryland 55 Joseph Balliett, Dryland 51 Eliz. Lock, Dryland 34 William Hahn, Dryland 16 Anno 1S36. Sarah Young, Easton 45 Luisa Sophia Ginginger, Easton Jacob Young, Plainfield i Daniel Bauer, Plainfield 44 Jonas Siegel, Plainfield 38 Mary Ann Hauser, Easton 3 Jonas Kreidler, Dryland 19 Thomas Baumgarten, Bushkil 23 Anna Maria Siegel, Plainfield 76 Arminda Sus. Hahn, Plainfield 3 John Michael Hinkel, Dryland 72 M. D. 2 5 7 II 17 4 10 6 25 3 14 6 25 10 20 3 iS 1 1 9 22 2 29 8 27 8 6 8 20 6 2 7 25 5 12 6 3 2 8 6 I iS 4 27 9 12 4 3 3 9 5 4 5 Date. March 24 April 3' u 9- ( ( 13- u iS. (( 19. June 17- u 21. ii 22. u 23- July 12. Aug. 14. K 25- Sept. 20. Oct. 4- Nov. 8. Dec. 27. Nov. 23- Dec. 30- Jan. 2. u 8. eb. 2. u 6. (( 26. 'arc h 2. (i 5- (( 5- u 6. ( ( 6. l( 29. Chtirch Records. 335 Names of Persons Buried. Y. Sarah Juliana Lawall, Dryland 46 Leonhart Engler, Plainfield So A daughter of Eliz. Nagel, Drvhind... i Michael Koehler, Dryland 82 Stephen Leidy Oberley, Easton Eliz. Koechlein, Easton 30 Philip William Geiger, Dryland 11 Fayetta Nagel, Dryland Maria Christina Brotzman, Williams.. 68 Adam Beissell, Dryland 55 Jacob Brotzman, Williams 5 Thos. Berry, Williams 2 Margaret Geiger, Dryland 66 Christian DanielKoechlein, Easton i Sus. Eliz. Schwartz, Easton i John Schade, Dryland 84 Adam Wilhelm, Dryland 42 Eliza Boyer, Dryland 2 Maria Eliz. Kaemrer, Arndt's Anno 1837. Eva Walter, Dryland 35 Christian Bender, Plainfield 61 30. A daughter of John and Hetty Bundin, Arndt's Mathias Wagner, Easton 49 Simon Clauss, Dryland Marie Caroline Young, Dryland 3 Ann Eliz. Moesner, Dryland 3 John Huettinger, Bushkil 26 A daughter of Geo. Hellick and wife, Eliz., Dryland Anna Maria Dewalt, Dryland 7 Messiah Broeder, Easton 12 John Warner, Arndt's 68 M. D. 5 13 4 28 3 I 6 15 3 12 7 22 4 22 5 7 28 6 17 6 14 I I 8 24 'T M 9 16 1 1 2.S 6 9 6 19 1 1 23 I 25 16 2 15 4 17 II 2 8 4 8 28 1 1 16 15 3 17 9 17 33^ The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. April 2. Magdalena Faff, Easton 72 " 2. Christoph. Werner, Easton " 14. Sabina Herzel, Williams i " 17. William Reiher Stem, Easton 4 " iS. Ann Eliza Rachael Lerch, Easton " 25. Aaron Lynn, Easton 3 May 5. John Schiffer, Plainfield 68 " 5. Jacob Moser, Easton 9 " 12. Isaiah Lynn, Easton i " 12. Isaac Moser, Easton i " 15. Elisabeth Sheimer, Saucon So " iS. Diana Odenwaelder, Williams i " 19. Hannah Maurer, Easton 9 " 21. Feronica Appel, Easton 18 " 23. Rachael Sabella Laudenberg, Easton. 2 " 26. John Ridenauer, Dryland 29 June 3. Abraham Bender, Forks " 7. Doctor J. F, A. Steckel, Dryland 77 July 3. Isaiah Kind, Plainfield *' 23. William Hinkle, Dryland 2 " 27. Catharine Engel, Dryland 3 " 31. George Hinkel, Dryland i Aug. 14. Edward Koehler, Dryland 2 " 26. John Frederick Stump, Easton i Sept. 3. Eliz. Heller, Plainfield 84 " 22. Anna Matilda Hay, Forks Oct. 19. Matilda Rebecca Koenig, Dryland 2 " 4. Jacob Adam Schlecht, Plainfield Nov. 4. Aurelia Catharina Schlecht, Plainfield. i " 20. Jacob Hohl, Easton " 21. Johann Augustus Stout, Dryland i " 28. Anna Maria Koch, Easton 39 " 29. George Biers, Easton 55 Dec. 8. James Roth, Dryland " 9. Susanna Eritt, Dryland 3 5 10 I 16 5 8 2 2 19 10 29 5 24 10 H 3 II I 15 4 10 5 20 S 7 7 2 3 9 II 8 6 6 16 2 9 9 2 2 3 9 8 1 1 3 17 I I 12 I 27 I 34 i.' eu. 6- (( 13- (( i6. (( 17- (i i8. a 21. a 24. March I. ( ( 2. ( i 10. I ( 19. April 3- March 29. April 9- a 13. May 3- a 5- (I 9- u 14. a 16. u 22. u 24. (( 29. June 1 1. (( 12. (( 16. A.. D. 9 28 3 I 3 4 28 Church Records. 337 Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Dec. 12. John Ackerman, Mount Bethel 23 " 22. Andrew Koechlein, Easton " 27. Joseph Heller, Plainfield 19 " 28. Maria Cath. Bender, Plainfield 67 Anno 1S38. Jan. 8. Edward Roeder, Williams 13 10 iS " 25. A son of Karl Kunkler and wife Lyddia, Plainfield i Josiah Bunten, Arndt's Maria Magdalena Humes, Dryland 65 John Eritt, Dryland 80 William Henry Eritt, Dryland Jacob Philip Kaemrer, Arndt's Jacob Kaemrer, Arndt's 44 Eliza Heckman, Easton 48 Philippina Singer, Easton 6 Elizabeth Cath. Schick, Plainfield 48 Jacob Eritt, Drjdand 10 Maria Magd. Taylor, Easton 65 Samuel Paul, Easton i Jacob Diehl, Plainfield 32 Jacob Schardt, Easton 10 Christina Diehl, Lower Mt. Bethel.... 75 Andrew Hay, Dryland 3 Jacob Franklin Rothrock, Drjland 12 Letitia Hess, Lower Saucon 21 John Heimer, Plainfield i Eliz. Hackman, Williams 55 Henry Rieser, Dryland 26 Isaiah Weiss, Dryland 1 William H. Samsel, Easton i Sam' Weinberg, Forks 75 Jacob Eritt, Dryland 10 Carl Stocker, Forks 43 2 10 22 25 6 13 I 2 3 II 8 20 3 I II 23 5 25 3 I 2 29 1 1 16 8 12 3 4 28 6 26 5 17 5 13 26 4 19 4 4 21 I 22 5 10 3 I 2 29 M. D. 7 s I 1 1 lO 9 9 19 1 1 23 1 1 22 338 The First Reformed C/iurch of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. June 19. Cath. Koch, Easton 75 " 29. Eliz. Hahn, Plainfield S4 '' 29. Eliz. Fritz, Plainfield 85 July 15. Anna Cath. Seip, Arndt's 69 " 7. Eleonora Engel, Plainfield " 22. Eliz. Gradwohl, Dryland 12 " 26. Joseph Brinker, Easton 2 " 27. Deborah Werschel, Dryland. 52 " 29. Sus. Wilhelm, Dryland 43 Aug. 30. Cath. Moser, Dryland 38 Sept. 9. Jacob Henry Seipel Sheip, Easton 7 " 19. Mary Ann Gum, Plainfield 3 Oct. 5. Margaret Siegle, Plainfield 2 " 22. Mrs. Hauser, Plainfield " 30. Eliz. Kind, Plainfield i Nov. I. Michael Abel, Forks " 13. Mary Schmidt, Easton " 15. Rebecca Young, Plainfield 2 " 29. Maria Weber, Plainfield 45 Dec. 2. Wm. Henry Neigh, Easton i " 10. Susanna Ohl, Easton 44 " 18. Elenora Lerch, Easton 5 " 21. Mary Matilda Broeder, Easton Anno 1839. Jan. 14. Ludwig Handshu, Dryland " 16. Tilman Flick, Dryland " 27. Jacob Ziegenfuss, Dryland 35 " 30. William Maurer, Easton Feb. 3. Hannah Moritz, Easton 22 " 15. A daughter of John Mayer, Plain- field .' 28 " 20. Henry Hemsing, Easton 71 22 March i. Anna Breidinger, Plainfield 76 7 13 " 13. Elisabeth Erritt, Dryland 2 6 4 6 17 I 4 10 12 5 28 5 ^5 15 I 2 10 17 10 24 27 10 12 4 3 8 20 3 7 4 10 8 22 Date. March 19. u 26. April 7- li S. it 29. May 3- (( ^3- a 24. July 7- u 13- n 27. u 17- a 21. ( ( 23- (( 26. ( ( 29. Aug. 6. li 16. Sept. 4- It 14. a 16. 11 28. Oct. 7- " 9- ( I 10. ii 28. Nov. 15- (( 25- it 27. Dec. 8. a 2. Feb. 4- (( 2. Church Records. 339 Names of Persons Buried. Y. George William Beck, Dryland John Casper Happel, Plainfield i Henry Ruth, Plainfield 78 Nicholas Arner, Dryland 58 Catharine George, Dryland 35 Susanna Witman, Dryland 16 Mary Ann Kaemrer, Arndt's 25 Margaret Vogel, Dryland 52 Jacob Gross, Plainfield 45 Carl Flick, Dryland 4 Barbara Heller, Plainfield 46 Leonhart Geiger, Schweizer's 76 William H. Heyl, Dryland Chrissy Ann Flick, Dryland 2 George Adam Roth, Lower Saucon ... 3 Charles H. Hauser, Dryland John Henry Siegel, Plainfield 84 William Frederick Heller, Plainfield Owen Rudolph Mesemer, Dryland Ferdinand Schroeder, Easton 33 Elisabeth Koechlein, Easton 79 Anna Regina Handshu, Dryland 7° Sarah Laubenstein, Plainfield 85 John Fritz, Plainfield 59 Catharine Frankenfield, Dryland 38 Jacob Weinland, Easton 16 Susanna Derst, Williams 80 William Gross, Plainfield 55 Charles Kleder, Easton 23 Christina Seip, Easton 75 Henry Heller, Plainfield 50 Anxo 1840. Daniel Horn, Dryland 34 Edwin Samuel Heller, Plainfield M. D. 2 25 I I 5 7 26 6 13 5 I 9 16 2 12 9 22 1 1 4 15 9 10 4 9 8 H 8 26 6 27 9 15 3 II 3 9 3 6 7 2 5 2 2 24 5 I 21 10 28 8 24 I 28 4 I 26 7 17 340 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. Feb. 22. Aaron Bundstein, Dnland 27 March 7. John Sentee, Dryland 81 " iS. Edward Laudenberger, Dryhind i April 5. Anna Matilda Resch, Plainfield 5 " 14. Jacob Bundstein, Dryland 85 " 23. John Kocher, Dryland 50 " 30* Jiicob Wootring, Williams 47 May 19. Catharine Feit, Greenwich 52 " 14. John Henry Fuhr, Williams " 31. Eliz. Hunter, Dryland 29 June 22. Mathias Koenig, Dryland 13 " 23. Joseph Kochler, Dryland 31 July 10. Wolf, Dryland 53 Aug. 5. Violetta Koch, Dryland 2 " 19. Maria Anna Kotz, Dryland i Sept. 4. Margaret Frankenfield, Dryland 81 " 6. Benjamin Kaemrer, Arndt's 13 " 8. John Jacob Derr, Easton i " 17. William Miller, Easton i " 9. Juliana Dech, Dryland 35 " 13. Henry George, Dryland 2 " 17. Joseph Harrison Benjamin Koehler, Dryland Oct. 8. Sally Ann Koechlein, Easton " 12. Henry Hohl, Easton i " 23. William Henry Hunter, Easton " 24. Sarah Koch, Dryland 31 Dec. 7- Maria Christina Seip, Easton dd " 8. Joseph Dilford Dech, Dryland i " II. Maria Elisabeth Kretzler, Easton i " 27. Eliza Jansen, Dryland 67 " 24. Philip Drumhellcr, Dryland 47 Anno 1S41. Jan. 21. Barbara Rogers, Dryland 51 Feb. I. John Kocher, Dryland 59 M. D. .3 17 6 27 I r I I 3 24 2 3 26 2 3 3 8 2 II 2 I 7 II 19 2 II 8 II 12 2 29 6 I 13 8 10 6 26 6 16 3 13 21 10 21 5 24 3 32 9 7 1 5 6 19 I 4 27 Date. Feb. I. Jan. 30. Feb. 17- (( 24. June 3- a 24. a 23- July 27. Aug. 20. u 26. Sept. I. it 12. a 13- ii, 19. (( 19. (( 27. Oct. 5- (.1 15- (( 29. Nov. 3- (( 29. Dec. I. a 3- It 17- li 23- (( 27. (( 30. Feb. 9- (( 14. (( 24. March 12. ii 27. (( 29. 27 Church Records. 341 Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. Maria Magd. Frey, Dryland 60 3 Maria Shnyder, Dryland i 3 u John Erett, Dryland 25 7 25 Eliz. Gruber, Plainfield 32 9 25 Alfred Transue, Dryland 13 28 Matilda Loehr, Easton i jg Jacob Koester, Plainfield ^^ 7 25 Mrs. Jacob Heller, Plainfield 70 11 9 Thos. Kreidler, Dryland 12 6 14 Daniel Jansen, Easton, 87 16 Valentine Gradwohl, Dryland 7^ 5 7 Diana Parker, Williams 10 17 Susanna Kohl, Dryland 68 Rebecca Stauffer, Plainfield 6 10 Matilda Engel, Plainfield i i Jos. Sponheimer, Plainfield 25 Samuel Jacob Happel, Plainfield 4 17 Christian Heiney, Dryland 86 9 5 Eliz. Hauck, Plainfield 34 4 u John Herzel, Williams 85 5 George Washington Rothrock, Dryland 20 2 23 Maria Koch, Dryland 52 8 28 Thos. Boyer, Dryland 26 11 Anna Lynn, Easton 3 7 Leah Happel, Plainfield 24 10 John H. Schwartz, Easton 2 i Margaret Miller, Dryland ^53 3 7 Anno 1842. Eliza Siegel, Dryland 14 4 16 Margaret Messinger, Arndts 4 jo Matilda Bossart, Dryland 13 John Odenwelder, Ea.ston "^^ i 4 Lewis Mack, Dryland 16 9 18 Polly Taylor, Easton 7 9 6 9 3 5 13 342 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. April 25. Eliz. Sabina Dreisbach, Plaintield May 12. Theodore David Deck, Dryland " i6. Anna Eliz, Wootring, Williams 3 " 20. Jos. Hornecker, Dryland 85 " 21. Sarah Ann Kreidler, Dryland i *' 22. Thos. Wootring, Williams 2 " 27. Zacharias Odenwelder, Williams June 3. John David Hahn, Easton i " 5. Sarah Rogers, Dryland S J'-'ly 3* Joseph Edward Kutzler (Kutsler), Arndt's " 4. Sally Ann Gruber, Plainlield 2 " 16. Charles Miller, Plaintield 17 " 18. Elonza Henry Lerch, Dryland " 23. Samuel Kutsler, Dryland Aug. I. Magdalena Bender, Plainfield 63 " 22. Alamanda Transue, Dryland i " 23, Jacob Kaemrer, Arndt's 74 Sept. 15. Simon Dreisbach, Dryland 57 " 25. Elisabeth Odenw^elder, Easton 60 " 7. Aaron Kocher, Easton Oct. 4. Robert Laubach, Dryland , 4 " 7. Andalina Toleman, Dryland i ■ ^' 10. Peter Snyder, Forks 19 *' 17. Tilman Edwin Scheiocleine, Easton... Nov. I. Veronica Germanton, Plainfield 26 " iS. David Dreisbach, Plainfield 37 Dec. 10. Rebecca Hahn, Plainfield 58 " 25. Peter Nauman, Dryland 74 Anno 1843. Jan. 10. Michael Frey, Forks 50 " 13. Jacob Buss, Dryland 76 " 23. David Gruber, Plainfield 58 Feb. 5. Samuel Rothrock, Dryland 27 M. D. 8 3 3 1 1 I 3 22 I 5 4 5 2 2 18 I 21 2 24 5 12 4 I I 9 10 I 9 3 20 8 9 7 22 6 20 2 16 10 3 3 7 '3 2 23 10 1 1 20 9 9 5 4 15 4 30 3 21 I 15 5 7 Church Re C0 1- (is. 343 Date. Names of Persons Buried. Y. M. D. March 6. George Knecht, Sr., Dryland 6^ 6 33 May 26. Liddia Metz, Plainfield 27 5 15 June 3. Frederick Hahn, Plainfield 4 2 " 19. Anna Matilda Yundt, Easton 4 3 July 26. Sophia Dietz, Easton 73 i i Aug. 4. Thomas Koenig, Dryland 2 " 8. John Adam Metz, Plainfield 2 6 Sept. 12. Edwin Henry Hendshu, Dryland 3 6 " 18. Frederick Herman, Dryland 78 4 20 Oct. 5. Vayetta Lumbert, Dryland 3 " 20. Sarah Stein, Plainfield 48 i 10 " 24. Peter Diehl, Plainfield 60 2 5 " 31. Hannah Salome Haas, Bushkil S3 3 5 Nov. 16. Anna Maria Gradwohl, Dryland S7 7 9 Dec. 3. Tunis Cohl, Dryland 74 5 14 " 14. Anna Maria Baumgart, Bushkil 52 3 Anno 1844. Jan. 20. Henry Rinker, Easton 85 Feb. 23. Maria Eliz. Herzel, Williams 65 617 March i. Caroline Dech, Dryland 20 7 13 MARRIAGES. A record of the names of the persons who were united in marriage ("copuliert oder getraut worden ") by me, Frederick Hermann, the pastor for the time being (" Zeit- tigen Pfarrer") of the four united congregations. Anno 1787. Mr. N. Moessinger, Sr., with the widow Elizabeth Butz. John Bauer with Henry Young's daughter, Rosina. John Thiel with Ludwig Klein's daughter, Anna Catharina. Jan. 9' Feb. 20 (( 25- 344 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of Easton ^ Pa. John George Dengler with Catharine Eberhard. John Cowert with Maria Mueller in Greenwich. George Potz with Catharine Treisbach. Henry Schneider with Catliarina Busch. John Schneider with Peter Conrad's daughter, Louise. Peter Hill with Elisabeth Flore. Adam Hcimer with Peter Bender's daughter, Mar- garetha. Michael Potz with Catharina Keller. Michael Stuker with Ulrich Knecht's daughter, Cath- arina. Anno 17SS. Frederick Gewinner with Maria Mueller. George Nungester with Marie Plotz ( ? ). Peter Rippel with Maria Dikcnschidt. Peter Ladig with Anna Christina Brotzman. Adam Arnhold with Molly Saenty. John Keil with Maria Hess. Henry Winter with Catharine Thiel. Samuel Mutschler with Maria Fischer. Conrad Schumacher with Maria Meixel. Cornelius Bellesfield with Marg. Huffschmidt. Elias Hummel with Dorothea Setzer. Jacob Romig with Catharine Knecht. John Frutschy with Sara Tildheimer. Anno 17S9. Feb. 3. Jacob Princker with Adam Mahny's daughter, Anna Catharina. " 8. Abraham Muller with Maria Schick. " 24. Philip Watring and Anna Margaretha Flory. March 10. John William and Maria Catharine Busch. April 9. Jacob Schultz and Maria Keiper. " 21. John Knaus and Elisabeth Hay. June — . Christoph Meixel and Elisabeth Schneider. Feb. 27. May 17- July 9- Aug. 12. (( 19. Sept. iS. Oct. 16. Dec. II. i( iS. Jan. 16. (( 16. March . 6. (( 27. May 25- July 6. u 13- Aug. 10. u 12. Sept. 2 . Dec. 1 u 2. u 30- Church Records. 345 Sept. Dec. 8. 29. John Kocher and Susanna Schneider. Peter Frich and Elisabeth Kuechlein. Feb. 25 March 28 April 12, May 1 1. June 22, Aug. 15 (( 17' Sept. 28, Oct. 5 Axxo Christi 1790. Jan. 17. Siegel Kohl with Elisabeth, William Hess' single daughter. John George Ebenreiter and Elisabeth Schordts. John Abel and Christina Eva Stuehl (Steel ?). Christoph Lanz and Catharine Loechner. William Ellen and Lyna Young. Thomas Ritscher and Susanna Ladig. John Michael and Elisabeth Billheimer. George Hen. Koch and Anna Maria Paulus. Peter Beisel and Catharina Knecht. John Haul and Mary Giser. [Here the record of Dr. Hermann ends, he having resigned the charge in October, 1790. His removal was followed by a vacancy which continued until August, 1793, when Rev. Dr. Christian Ludwig Becker became the Pastor, by whom the Marriage Record is continued as follows :] A record of the names of the persons who were married by me, Dr. Ch. L. Becker, the Pastor of the four united Reformed congregations. Anno 1793. Adam Treisbach with Catharina Leidig. Mr. Sand with Miss Chorell. Mr. Kessler with Gebe Schneider. Mr. John ( ?) Kintzig with Margaretha Meixsel. Mr. John Leydig with Juliana Schneider. Anno 1794. Jan. 9. Mr. Adam Willauer with Elisabeth Knecht, a daughter of Ulrich Knecht, of Dryland. Sept. 28, Nov. 10 u 10. Dec. 25' 1.1, 29, 346 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Feb. II. Mr. William Ward with the daughter of Mr. Ileil, of Dryland. March 16. Mr. Peter Seiler with Margaretha Schumacher, daughter of Mr. Jacob Schumacher. April 29. Mr. Seib with Susanna Heller, daughter of Jacob Heller, Plainfield. June I. Mr. Jonathon Herzel with Miss Klein, of Dryland. July 27. Mr. Knauss with Philip Achenbach's stepdaughter, of Plainfield. Aug. 3. Mr. George Gut (Good) with Catharina 15rod, in Easton. Oct. 12. Mr. Jacob Meier with Catharine Young, daughter of Mr. Young in Greenwich. " 14. Mr. John Ward in Plainfield with Geba Lauer. Nov. 23. Mr. Cold, of Dryland, with Miss Ernst, daughter of Conrad Ernst. Dec. 2. Mr. Goetz with Maria Brog, across the Lehigh. " 7. Mr. Mutchler in Greenwich with Susanna Doffert. " 16. Mr. Antlion Kohl with Susanna Laball, a daughter of Henry William Laball, of Dryland. " 22. Mr. Kreiger with Rosina Vogel, a daughter of Mr. Vogel, of Dryland. Anno 1795- Jan. 27. Mr. Kocher with ISliss Bissecker, of Dryland. Feb. I. Mr. Beuller with Elisabeth Moessinger, a daughter of Philip Moessinger. " 24. Mr. Nicholas Best with Rosina Odenwaelder, a daughter of Mr. Philip Odenwaelder. Dr. Becker's pastorate terminated March, 1795. He was succeeded by the Rev. Thomas Pomp, who took charge in July, 1796, and by him the record is continued.] Axxo 1796. Oct. II. Mr. John Cor. George with Miss Catharina Roth, Christian Roth's daughter, of Dryland. Church Records. 347 Nov. I u 6 Oct. 27 Nov. 29 Jan. 3. 10. 10. 10. March 7. April 6. " 25. May 30. Nov. 19. Aug. 13- Sept. 25- Oct. 10. Sept. 29. Dec. 10. ( ( 10. Jan. 12. Feb. 20. May 28. March I. Mr. Henry Bartholomew with Miss Barbara Happel. Mr. Bernt (Bernhart) Walder with Miss Mary Odenwaelder, daughter of Mr. Michael Oden- waelder. Mr. Eseck Howell with Miss Gearer. Mr. John Hess with Miss Catarina Knor. Anno 1797. Jacob Roth with Catarina Bissecker, ^'- beide -witt wenstandes.'' John Osterstock, of Dryland, with Margaretha Schmidt. John Hudchins, of Dryland, with Catarina Huber. Andrew Correll, of Mount Bettle, with Anna Maria Weidman. The Rev. Thomas Pomp, Minister in Easton, with Catarina Jonson. John Dech, of Dryland, with Elisabeth Overly. Mr. George Messinger with Elisabeth Kaemrer, Dryland. Mr. David Kaemrer with Miss Anna Dech, daughter of Mr. Jacob Dech of Dryland. Mr. James Lucker vv'ith Maria Shook. Mr. James Laumerson with Eliz. Yedistire. John Flick with Cath. Boyer. George Traxell with Rosina Seib. Abraham Schmidt with Sibilla Frutschi. Jacob Schumacher with Elisabeth Eberhard. Christian Staut with Magdalena Hess. Peter Best with Margaret Billheimer. Anno 1798. George Hauser with Metzger. Jacob Borger with Maria Nagel. Nicholas Yeisley with Sara Knecht. Conrad Schumacher with Catarina Pershing. May 28, July 29 Aug. 12 Sept. iS. May 22. 34S The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. John Krotz with Catarina Rippel. Michael Messinger with Elisabeth Uhler. Jacob Hess with Maria Knor. John George Roeder with Sarah Hahn. Doctor John Cooper, Mary Ervine. Anno 1799. Aug. II. John Traxsel with Elisabeth Bishop. April 16. John Reidenauer with Sarah Ann Townson. May 13. Michael Rosenberry Peggy Macky. Anno i Soo. Dec. 14. The previous year, John Spangenberg with Magda- lena Gangwere. Peter Holland with Susanna Correll. John Meixel (?) with Margaret Oberle. Jacob Roth with Christina Eritt. Henry Vogt with Maria Spangenberg, John Weber with Barbara Young. Frederick Nicolaus with Catharine Willers. Abraham Force with Hanna Eyerman. Michael Gum with Maria Barb. Muffley. Michael Koehler with Cornelia Frauenfeld. Christoph Miller with Maria Sorber. Anno iSoi. G Knecht with E Stocker. Peter Schneider with Catharina Flory. Frederick Miller with Catharina Prong. Peter Hahn with Rebecca Freeman. John Michael with Anna Elisabeth Hert. John Stam with Barbara Schleppy. Isaac Grotz with Hanna Bittenbender. John Kind with Rosina Knecht. John Medag with Margaret . Philip Siegler with Margaret Lucas. April 6. (( 6. C( 8. u 27. 11, 29. J"lv 18. Aug. 7- May — . Oct. 7- Nov. 9- Feb. 3- u 17- March 31- April 10. i( 12. Sept. 6. (( 6. Oct. 20. C( 22. (( 22. Church Records. Nov. 8. Henry Frey with Elisabeth Roeder. " 21. Jacob with Anna Hess. Anno 1802. Jan. 17. Henry Zoeller with Magdalena Beck. Feb. 7. N. Moss ( .'' ) witli Elisabeth Deringer. June 27. John Remalie with Catharine Brader. (Sept. 20, 179S. Nicholas Dietz and Sophia Flory.) Jan. 20 (iSoi). Philip Rieser and Christina Stecher. " 18. William Freeman and Margaret Andre. Anno 1802. Jacob (undecipherable) with Sarah Roth. Anthony Dech with Magdalena Schug. Andrew Koechlein with Elisabeth Braun. Koester with Christina Glass. Anno 1800. Frederick Nagel with Elis. Kress ( ? ). Anno 1801. Henry Kraemer with Barbara Kleider. Anno 1799. Philip Steinmetz with Elisabeth Obitz. John Elick with Catharine Boyer. Anno iSoo. Nov. 23. Jacob Rosengrautz with Elisabeth Martin. Anno i8oc. Thomas Qiiick with Catharina Schuck. John Boyer with Margaret Frutschy. Frederick Stein with Margaret Boyer. John H. Smith and Anna Mott. Samuel Ervine and Rachael Heckman. William Britton and Maria Jacoby. 349 Aug. 29. (( 24. Sept. 5- Nov. 21. June 24. Aug. 27. Nov. 3- Aug. 13- Nov. 8 Sept. 4 (( ^■ u 4' Dec. 8. ;( 27. 350 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. May 3 Dec. S. March 24. (( 26. i k SI- (I S'- May 10. June 7- Dec. 13- 11 13- June 31- Oct. 4- Oct. 7- March 30 C( so- l( so- Apr. 12 i; iS June 9 (( I. May 27 Jan. 16. Dec. - Jan. 28 May 6 March 4 " 4 " 4 May 14 " 14 John Ilauck and EHs. Miller. Rudolph Oberly and Barbara Mann. Daniel Ginginger and Sophia Ilappel. John Roeder and Sophia Fluck. George Krotz and Maria Stecher. Jeremiah Hess and Catharine Butz. Henry Hoffart and Catharine Summy. Jacob Schaeffer and Elisabeth Freewell. Nicholas Krau and Rosina Best. John Brown and Margaret Smith. Andrew Worman and Maria Sauerbeck. Gotfried Moikley ( .'') and Hannah Stemm. Anno iSoo. James Edmiston and Elisabeth Meddag. Valentine Matz and Elisabeth Schuck. John Smith and Elisabeth Wood ley. Christian Singer and Susanna Woodley. Peter Stauffer and Magdalena Weber. Frederick Reichart and Sarah Gross. Daniel Lawar and Elisabeth Menges. Philip Odenwaelder and Elisabeth Koch. Larentz Wartman and Ester Scheetz. Anno 1S03. John Stem with Anna Kellar. Anno iSoo. Jacob Wentz and Maria Magdalena Kieffer. Jacob Schabel and Elisabeth Arner. Benjamin Riehl with Magdalena Yohe. Conrad Schweitzer with Catharine Stecher. Jacob Janson with Cath. Erit. Michael Butz with Marg. Rippel. Joseph Racsley with Anna Maria . Jacob Messinger with Anna Maria Michael. Church Reco}-ds. 351 March 20. Jan. 4- Nov. 1 1. Aug. ^7- J"iy 16. Oct. 12. Dec. 9- Aug. 15- Feb. 22. March 3- u 3- (( 12. April 2. (( 5- (( 7- (( 21. May 10. June 14. J^'iy 7- (i 12, Aug. 30- Dec. 13- u 31- Jan. Feb. o 7- 7 19 7 7 7 21 21 Andrew Stiehl with Cath. Schwenk. Jacob Dech with Elisabeth Geringer. David Workman with Elisabeth Kleinman. Abraham Krotz with Anna Maria Kuhn. John Fenner with Cath. Ward. Philip Koester with Elisabeth Fox. Henry Bartolmai with Cath. Labar. Joseph Leimberg ( .? ) with Christina Ehrit. Anno 1801. Bernhard Raub and Maria Krotz. Philip Person and Sarah Beck. George Happel and Elisabeth Koster. George Kreidler and Marg. Hertzel. Christian Yaeger and Eva Eritt. Philip Roth and Susanna Warton. Henry Mimmich and Anna Maria Hauck. Henry Oblinger and Elisabeth Braun. Abraham Hess and Maria Hahn. John Young and Susanna Schnevder. Abraham Kocher and Susanna Edelman. William Ennes and Elisabeth Arndt. Henry Keller and Susanna Rothrock. Jacob Fraes and Susanna Kaemrer. John Snyder and Elsy Barnes. Anno 1S02. David Rundle and Magdalena Dietrich. Jacob Woodring and Elisabeth Odenwaelder. Daniel Weber and Sarah Schlecht. Paul Wolf and Catharina Moser. Jacob Nauman and Maria Roth. John Paul Flick and Maria Marg. Roeder. Daniel Dreisbach and Catharine Gradwohl. Philip Odenwaelder and Elisabeth Butz. George Diemer and Margaretha Ohnanijst. 352 The First Reformed Church of East on ^ Pa. Anthony Kleppinger and Maria Barbara Hess. Philip Apel and Susanna Beitehnan. William Keller and Elisabeth Easier (?). George Hauck and Sarah Yohe. Peter Best and Maria Magdalena Haner. Philip Achenbach and Susanna Kahn. John Heller and Elisabeth Beitehnan. John Prey and Margaret Glass. John Schweitzer and Margaret Stecher. Christian Kesler and Elisabeth Ruth. William Fits Randolf and Susan Barthold. Henry Seagreaves and Eva Schuk. Michael Traxsel and Catharine Bishoph. Jacob Kreidler and Elisabeth Hertzel. Christopher Flick and Susanna Brod. John Christman and Christina Flick. Jacob Wilhelm and Anna M-. Hummel. William Miller and Catharine Roseberry. John B. Miles and Susanna Arndt. Anno 1S03. Christian Kocher and Susanna Schumacher. Jolin Stein and Anna Keller. Adam Beisel and Christina Bauman. John Yost ' and Elisabeth Braeder ( ?) Henry Riegel and Margaret Flick. Christian Stocker and Susanna Stecher. Christian Kemrer and Maria Kuder. Abraham Stemm and Charlotta Yeisley. George Adam and Christina Vollmer. Andrew Correll and Christina Gross. George Knecht and Sara Willauer. William Bier and Magdalena Kesler (?). John Kohl and Barbara Lambert. John Rothrock and Maria Magdalena Lawal( ?). ' The handwriting defies decipherment. March 16. K 16, May 9 (b 1 1. (( 1 1 June 6. (( S. u 13- ((. 28. July 1 1. Oct. 24. '' 31- Nov. 7- (( 14. Dec. 9- u 9- u 19. (( 23- u 26. Jan. 2. (( 16. (I 9- March 130, May 24 June 5 July 17- Aug. 7- Dec. 4- (( S. Jan. 15- (( 27. (( 31- Feb. 26. Marc h 20. April I 15- li 2 2. July I . Aug. 19. Sept. 4- Nov. 25. Jan. 30- April 7- ( i 1 1. Jan. 25. ( I 25- (( 25- Marc hi7. April 5- (( 17- u 10. I ( 1 1. k ( 21. June 12. ii S. July 17- ii, 24. (( 31- Aug. 14. June 26. a 26. Sept. 27. Oct. 30- Nov. 16. (I -7 '> (( 20. Dec. 4- i; 27. Church Records. Henry Robn and Maria Sleppi. John Wilhelm and Sibilla Charlotta Lawal. Conrad Kocher and Elisabeth Seitz. Michael Boyer and Regina Sentry (.?). Jacob Dech and Maria Oberle. Christian Gressman and Charlotta Messinger. Jacob Butz and Christina Arnold. Anno 1S05. Jacob Kerner and Elizabeth Moyer. John Kern and Marg. Young. Peter Koechlein and Catharina Deichman. Peter Reis and Susanna Batt. Michael Odenwaelder and Magd. Kercher (?). William Sitgreaves and Ursula Beilman. Conrad Raesly and Sarah Catharina Hertzel, Conrad Frauenfelder and Maria Kotz. Jacob Straus and Catharina Neuhardt. Adam Labach and Catharina Odenwaelder. Peter Anglemeyer and Susanna Nicolaus. John Fellis and Catharine Bachman. Richard Maccky and Mary Dewitt. Christian Braun and Maria Catharina Koenig. John Gerey, Jun., and Christina Shuck. Mr. Trucks and Catharina Nicolaus. Matthias Stecher and Elisabeth Anglemoyer. Jonathan Berger and Maria Butz. John Kocher and Maria Ramstein. Jacob Laddig and Sarah Krotz. Abraham Hertzel and Christina Yeisley. George Favi and Elisabeth Hertzel. David Richard and JNIargaret Lockard. John Feit and Susanna Young. Jonathon Knecht and Margaretha Hauser. John Lantz and Hanna Stemm. Alexander Hayslett and Sarah Macky. 353 354 '^^^^ First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Anno 1S04. John Nicohuis Reimer and Elisabeth Gruber. Christian Kern and Catharine Gruber. John Knerr and Susanna Hess. Jacob Heller and Susanna Butz. John Geringer and Magdalena Hess. Jacob Ziegler and Elisabeth Sewitz. George Stichdernoth and Rebecca Keller. Lehnhart Nagel and Marg. Hertzel. Isaac Kind and Elisabeth Messinger. George Hahn and Margaretha Schaum. John Brown and Rosina Roth. John Frederick and Christina Nagel. Samuel Neigh and Catharine Metzger. Henry Metz and Margaretha Riedy. John Barnes and Sara Casebier. Jacob Hertzel and Catharina Dietrich. 16 couples. Anno 1S05. Peter Hauch and Margaret Winters. Michael Ritter and Margaretha Arner. Lehnhart Nicolaus and Margaretha Reimer. Jacob Hauch and IMagdalena Schlecht. John Bauer and Feronica Hahn. Isaac Hayden and Margaretha Schlauch. Henry Ettinger and Eva Schlecht, John Bishoff and Anna Maus (.''). George William Raub and Elisabeth Saylor. John Achenbach and Elisabeth Fuhr. Conrad Hahn and Miss Freeman. Jacob Traxsel and Maria Gery. Matthias Thron and Anna Schmidt. Peter Wagner and Elisabeth Transu. Christian Schick and Margaretha Mueller. John Schweitzer and Elisabeth Butz. John Bcysell and Elisabeth Kern. Feb. 26. ( i. 2S. Marcli 1 1. k I iS. May 37. Aug. 21. (( 26. Sept. 23- Oct. 10. (( 14. (( 30- Nov. I X. (( 1 1. Dec. ^ (( 2. (( 2. Jan. 6. Feb. 26. March 5- April 4- ( t. (I 4- (( 7- (( 7- (( 9- May 5- 1 1 5- (( 5- (( 14. Aug. 4- June 16. Aug. II. (( iS. Chm'ch Records. Aug. 22. Philip Rees and Mary Barnes. " 25. Abraham Kind and Sarah Lavvall. William Lawall and Elisabeth Koenig. Jacob Steinbach and Elisabeth Woodring. Jacob Weber and Elisabeth Schreder. William Weinel ( ?) and Catharina Frey. Christian Hummel and Margaretha Schmidt. Abraham Osterstock and Scharlotta Schehrer. John Best and Magdalena Stemm. Jacob Reimer and Elisabeth Hilliart. John Halteman and Barbara (.''). John George Walter and Sarah Schumacher. " 29 Paar." Anno 1806. Conrad Best and Salome Kratzer. John Best and Elisabeth Schnyder. Abraham Stemm and Anna Margaretha Best. John Schlough and Susanna Conrad. Abraham Ruth and Sophia Koch. John Bundstein and Susanna Billheimer. John Woodring and Eliz. Laddig. John Baker and Barbara Schick. Daniel Gruber and Christina Hauck. Anthony Lerch and Catharina Dreisbach. Peter Schuck and Susanna Messinger. John Horn and Elis. Leidig. John Huber and Margaretha Ritter. Peter Steinmetz and Susanna Bauer. Henry Schaum and Hannah Mctz. George Heller and Susanna Appel. Daniel Achenbach and Elis. Hahn. Jacob Frey and Maria Stocker. John Keim and Maria Wagner. Joseph Burke and Susan Wagener. Henry Anthony ami Sarah Schuck. Peter Mechlin and Sarah Ricslcr. 355 tJept. I. u 5- I k 5' 11 15' kl 29, Oct. 20 (( 27 Nov. (( 10. Dec. 15 Jan. 5- 1, c 5- (( 7- (( 28, Feb. 7- (( 7- March 1 2 u 22. u 24. (( so- (( so- (I so- (( SO. April 22. i ( 22. May 4- April 27. May 4' June I, (( I, (I 26. Aug. S Aug. 19. ( i 19. (( 19. a .-^i- Sept. 7- Oct. 5. (( 19. Nov. 30- Dec. 'y 25. 356 77v First Reformed Church of Easttni , Pa. Henry Fenner and Regina Rundis. Seneca Duer and Elenor Baker. George Schade and Salome Rumfeld. Edward Lacky and Sarah Barthold. Henry Metz and Elisabeth Andon. John Gruber and Margaretha Hauck. Mathias Buss and Elisabeth Eritt. John Kaemrer and Catharina Riegel. Henry Schreiber and Maria Margaretha Gruber. " 7. Ludwig Scheiierman and Christina Wilhelm. Nov. 3. Jacob Penz and Rosina Schuck. " 33. George Beck and Catharina Fackenthal. John Hagenbuch and Philipina Coleman. John Oberly and Catharina Schweitzer. " 30- J*^^""^ Breeder and Elis. Cohlman. Dec. 9. Carl Frederick Philips and Hanna Tschudy. " 14. Philip Miller and Barbara Riedy. •' 18. Abraham Young and Elis. Zimmerman. " 25. John Miller and Rachael Bachman. "41 Paar." Anno 1S07. Jan. 20. Daniel Folmer and Margaretha Boyer. " 2v James McCracky and Ann Vanhorn. " 27. Frederick Leinbach and Maria Batt. Feb. 10. Philip Bartelmai and Elisabeth Hess. " 28. Peter Siegfried and Margaretha Billheimer. March I. Frederick Kreidler and Susanna Eritt. " I. Abraham Messinger and Margaretha Kaemrer. " I. Barnhart Odenwelder antl Sarah Boyer. '' I. Andreas Appel and Elis. Gilmor. April 5. John Larch and Rosina Messinger. " 12. Alexander Brown and Sarah Frauenfelder. " 14. John Hilliardt and Maria Hess. " 19. Jacob Rundis and Molly Grotz. " 21. George Franckenfield and Maria Koch. Mav 12. Mathias Wagner and Margaret Seipel. Chiu-ch Records. 357 May 18. Elias Decker and Elisabeth Bishoph. " 19. Robert Moore and Maria Fohner. " 21. John Worman and Jane Armstrong. " 24. Charles Horn and Elisabeth Deshlar. " 31. Jacob Smith and Elisabeth Weber. June 21. Peter Kocher and Elisabeth Say lor. " 21. Joseph Kieffer and Sarah Klein. Aug. 2. Peter Kotz and Maria Haas. " 16. John Merrill and Ann Sites (.?). " 30- John Rippel and Susanna Young. Oct. 6. John Overbeck and Sarah Buskirk. " II. John Lawald and Maria Bundstein. " 18. William Moffett and Sharlotte Dily. Nov. 22. Jonas Hackman and Cath. Broeder. Dec. 6. Philip Erwine and Elisabeth Lauderbach. " 8. John Seibert and Magdalena Narrengang. " 2v John Slaytor and Sarah Arndt. "32 Paar." Anno 1808. Peter Wilhelm and Regina Sendii. Frederick Hess and Cath. Banes. Henry Shaerer and Maria Keller. George Correll and Elisabeth Beck. Lehnhardt Kocher and Cath. Gross. Anthony McCluen and Ann Dietz. Peter Ohnangst and Christina Koch. Jacob Helick and Elisabeth Schmidt. John Kocher and Sarah Schmidt. Jacob Fehr and Elisabeth Heimer. Peter Siegel and Catharine Uhler. John Wasser and Barbara Anglemeyer. [ohn Dengler and Catharina Sauerbeck. Henry Weitzel and Juliana Correll. Christian Nagel and Sarah Steckel. Peter Gruber and Elisabeth Diel. Paul Feit and Catharina Ovverly. Jan. -3- i( 7- (« 7- Feb. 2. u 14. (( 14. (( 16. i( 28. (( 28. u 28. March 6. April 7- (( 18. (( 24. May 3- 11 8. June 5' 358 The First Reformed Church of Easion, Pa. John Frutschman and Maria Nickum. Jacob Balliet and Cath. Ilohenschild. Peter Yunken and Sarah Ginnard. Jacob Miller and Cath. Rieclier. Frans Herlinger and Feronica Kind. Francis Miller and Rachael Metz. John Siegfried and Elisabeth Dreisbach. William Reis and Anna Maria Wilhelm. Simon Dreisbach and Elisabeth Lerch. Com-ad Fuhr and Marg. Reich. Abraham Schlecht and Elisabeth Ohnangst. Michael Lawald and Maria Magtlalena Ilertzel. John Roth and Elisabeth Schuck. "30 Paar." Anno 1S09. Carl Stauffer and Marg. Schmidt. Anthony Kind and Sarah Frieman. John Melech and Sarah Melech. Jacob Dornblaeser and Cath. Dennis. John Gruber and Eliz. Bess. Isaac Hoe and Elisabeth Laubach. Henry Janson and Christina Frauenfelder. John Pfeiffer and Sarah Kocher. Jacob Heil and Susanna Butz. David Hess and Sarah Kohler. Jacob Hertzel and Magdalena Nagel, Frederick Fachnueth ( .? ) and Susanna Buch. John Wind and Elisabeth Weldy. Frederick Bauer and Susanna Hohenschild. Jacob Miller and Elisabeth Boehm. Henry Schiffer and Elisabeth Frey. Conrad Rieser and Christina Hartendorf. Peter Schumacher and Elisabeth Dornblaeser. George Obitz and Magdalena Mill. Jacob Abel and Patty Arnold. Jacob Huber and Sarah Dewald. John Wolf and Maria Sendy. July 3- i i 10. 11 31- Aug. 7- ( 1 2S. Sept. 1 1 . (( 13- a iS. Oct. 2. (( 30- Nov. 29. Dec. 4- (( 18. Jan. 24. 4( 29. Feb. 16. i( 19. i( 20. (( 20. (( 26. Marc! h 26. April 1 1. a iS. May 21. "3 30- June 4- li ^4- (( 1 1. i ( 25- July 2. ( ( 2. u 9- C( 1 1. ( ( 16. ii 30- Aug. 6. (( 22. Sept. 3- u 9- n 17- Oct. I . (( 24. (C 29. (( SI- Nov. S' u 5- (( 12. u 12. Dec. 24. (( 25- Jan. 23- Feb. I. (( 6. u ^3- u ^Z- ii 13- a 27. u 25- i( 25- March lo. a 18. u 18. u 24. u 27. u 31- April 8. (( 8. Cl 15- (( ^7- May 6. Church Records. 359 Peter Bieber and Rachael Hoe. Conrad Seipel and Elisabeth Schaade. Elias Heller and Hanna Wasser. Joachim Zopfy and Cath. Wilkins. David Butz and Maria Heister. Jacob Spinner and Cath. Ochs. Joseph Jones and Maria Butz. Tobias Wasser and Magd. Haas. Charles Hauser and Cath. Hauck. Peter Ochs and Cath. Zeigenfuss. William Garrison and Elis. Dehart. John Heller and Elis. Sober. Frederick Germanton and Elis. Frantz. Samuel Leidig and Elis. Scheimer. Jacob Nagel and Regina Halteman. "37 Paar." Anno 1810. Frederick Kerny and Cath. Roeder. Lehnhart Andre and Jennet Ross. John Lehnhart Geiger and Maria Marg. Dornblaeser. John Moser and Elis. Bachman. George Berry and Susanna Hertzel. Peter Eberhardt and Susanna Bachman. John Taylor and Ann McCan. Daniel Walter and Cath. Siegfried. John Batt and Sarah Doan. John Robbins and Abbegal Calling. Jacob Laubach and Elisabeth Rinker. Jacob Rothrock and Susanna Brunner. Daniel Applebach and Johnson. Peter Roeder and Cath. Fried. Francis Don Levy and Sarah Long. Peter Belles and Elisabeth Taylor. John Trittcnbach and Cath. Barnett. George Dornblaeser and jSiaria M. Lawall. Lehnhardt Walter and Sarah Laddig. John .Straus and Susanna Arner. 360 The First Reformed CInirch of Easton, Pa. May June 15- 16. Aug. 19 Sept. 1 1 (( 23 Oct. 7 u 21 Nov. 1 1 (( II ;( 18, u iS, i,i iS, u iS Dec. 2, (.1, ■7 (( so- (( so- Jan. 5- a 13' (( 14. (( 22. (( 24. (; 29. March 3- (( 19. IC 3'- April 4- May 7- (( 26. June 2 . (( 2. u 5- Jacob Lerch and Catharine Richard. John Solomon and Camilla Jetestcr. John Flick and Barbara Koester. Solomon Weis and Maria Kotz. Abraham I lay and Catharine Nicolaus. Daniel Bauer and Catharine Michael. Jolin Young and Maria Dornblaeser. Christian Otto and Mary Daniel. William Lerch and Maria Messinger. William Miller and Maria Laddig. Isaac Stenger and Susan Deily. John Kessler and Sarah Stocker. David Miller and Barbara Richner. Michael Roth and Cath. Riegcl. George Herzel and Cath. Young. Peter Keiper and Molly Butz. John Herzel and Cath. Schweitzer. Jonathan Ritter and Scharlotte Kaemrer. Jacob Ziegenfuss and Cath. Hertz el. Conrad Frey and Hanna Grimes. — 40. Anno 181 i. John Koester and Elis. Schelly. Jacob Dengler and Maria Traxsell. David Demott and Sarah xVbel. Jacob Babb and Margaretha Young. Jacob Kolvcr and Susanna Buss. Malan Godley and Mary Taylor. Henry Werkhaeuser and Cath. Arnold. Abraham Roeder and Hannah Steckel. Christian Muffley and Cath. De Long. Jacob Reesly and Elisabeth Schwartz. Joseph George and Maria Eva. Henry Schumacher and vSusanna Fenner. Joseph Derrhammer and Rachael Doll. Jacob Transue and Liddia Sterner. William (irav and Christina Rees. Church Records. 361 June 23. ' " 30- " 21 . " 28. Aug. 8. (( 25- 11 25- (( 27. Sept. I. (( 6. 1.1. 6. (i 10. !,(, Lv U I/- (( iS. (( 27. Dec. 8. (( 8. (( 32 . Jan. 15- (( 16. (( 28. March 17- u 22. April 14. (I 14. C( 17- May 7- (( 17- C ( 17- u 17- (( iS. t( 24. (( 26. Jacob Kaemrer and Regina Frantz. George Broader and Elisabeth Kocher. John Welsh and Elisabeth Frutschman. James Hackett and Catharine Deshler. Joseph Norton and Barbara Hackman. Joseph Ross and Susanna Fox. Frederick Hahn and Cath. Hcimer. Henry Woolever and Maria Connard. Joseph Keller and Sus. Roeder. John Kocher and Mary Hunt. Philip Kiebler and Rosina Washborn. Peter Heckman and Elis. Bundstein. George Steinbach and Maria Bess. Jonathan Knappenberger and Sus. Stout. Valentin Deily and Elis. Traxsell. Peter Herzel and Christ. Lahr. George Ochs and Maria Gress. Michael Gress and Sarah Schneyder. Jacob Miller and Maria Metz. Valentine Keim and Maria Mei'tz. — 35- Anno 181 2. John Shnyder and Elis. Rinker. Jacob Hess and Marg. Heil. Jacob Frantz and Sarah Lerner. Joseph Dewald and Elis. Arndt. John Dornblaeser and Cath. Lawall. John Eritt and Cath. Willhelm. George Bundstein and Rosina Billheimer. Heath Hall and Cath. Trucks. Joseph Rothrock and Marg. Roth. George Knecht and Cath. Bess. Jacob Beck and Sus. Haas. Conrad Erich and Maria Ward. George Engel and Elis. Kreidlcr. John Fulkinson and Elisabeth Stenger. Tobias Heller and Susanna Rensheinier. 362 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa, Jacob Osterstock and Anna Maria Price. Jacob Mavcr and Elisabctb Roniip^. Jacob Bess and Catharine Stem. Jacob Rces and Elisabeth Siegel. Peter Taylor and ^largaret Mayer. William wSwerer and Polly Richart. Paul Heller and Cath. Owen. Joseph Frey and Sarah Otto. Jacob Kreidler and Anna Transuc. Rces Heckman and Eliza Sinison. Christian Keiser and Christina Mehrwein. Samuel Shnyder and Susan Bittenbenner. Peter Siegel and Hannah Kratzer. Peter Freeman and Maria Greiling. Richard Freeman and Catharine Laubach. John Arndt and Susanna Roeder. Henry Wolf and Susanna Sendy. Peter Altemos and Maria Silfuss. Henry Reis and Elisabeth Falstich. George Lerch and Maria Andre. John Heller and Elisabeth Siegel. -36. Anno 181 3. Jacob Ackerman and Elisabeth Koechlein. Jacob Hahn and Catharina Andre. Lewis Micky and Maria Hoffman. George Oberly and Elisabeth Schweitzer. Tobias Gruber and Susanna Weber. Christoph Heller and Susanna Lantz. Peter Lantz and Maria Klein. Daniel Yost and Feronica Hess. George Greiling and Eva Cath. ?vIoebus. Joseph Narrengang and Elisabeth Nolf. Jacob Gish and Sarah Henjon. Jacob Keller and Elisabeth Odenwaelder. George Schurtz and Cath. Sclimidt. Daniel Koehler and Pjarbara (Jross. May 26. '' 31- June 14. u 16. >( 28. July 9- ii 26. Aug. 16. Sept. 20. 27. Oct. I. i I 4- u 6. ( t 18. i i iS. Nov. I. i; 7- i( 15- [ 4( 32. Dec. 20. ifc 22. Jan. 24. t; 31- Feb. 28. March ^ 7- Ki, 7- U 9- 41 16. (( 21 . U 24. April 6. (( 1 1 . ii 13- 1 1 iS. Church Records. 363 May 6. (( 23- (( 25. u 29. (; 30- Aug. I, (( 10. u 29. ( ( 29. Sept. 9- Oct. 19, u 24. i; 31 Nov. I (( 14 June 13 Aug. 15 Dec. 17 (( 19, Jan. Feb. 19. 1 1. 13- 15- 16. 20. '* 20. " 22. " 26. March 15. " 20. " 29. April 19. " 19. " 23. " 23. Jonathon Ileil and Catharine' Haak. WilHam Nicholas and Elisabeth Engel. Jacob Handshu and Elisabeth Beisel. George W. Arndt and Henrietta Byllesby. Simon Butz and Elisabeth Freeman. John Miller and Gertrude Kotz. Frederick Fenner and Elizabeth Rundio (Rundis?). John Mann and Elisabeth Reich. Michael Frees and Sarah Schwartz. Abraham Schurtz and Catharine Kaemrer. George Loesher and Catharine Kaemrer. Adam Bugelly and Anna Maria Leidig. Jacob Freeman and Susanna Butz. George Hahn and Maria Magd. Sewitz. Simon Mayer and Susanna Scharley. George Stecher and Elisabeth Jones. William McCaw and Elisabeth Winters. Frederick Imich and Catharine Diel. Solomon Nungesser and Catharine Nolf . Daniel Huhn and Elisabeth Kessler. —34- Anno 1814. Peter Beisell and Barbara Koenig. Paul Higgins and Maria Luisa Sidman. Jacob Dewitt and Catharine Doering. Jacob Warner and Catharine Schwaiiz. Jacob Eritt and Elisabeth Beck. John Hertzel and Elisabeth Claus. David Lerch and Mary Stout. Frederick Bodine and Christina Deily. George Lantz and Anna Marg. Ohnangst. Paul Siegfried and Johanna M. Clewell. Christian Miller and Elisabeth Ziegler. Jolm Schumacher and Catharine Lambert. John Riegcl and Maria Kauffman. John Edmonds and Elisabeth Hoenig. Frederick Demuth and Elisabeth Thompson. 364 TJic Firs.t Reforincd Cliurch of Easton, Pa. Joiiathon Laycock and Mary Allen. John Streiker and Mary Sickman. Rndolph Laubach and Maria Hiiber. Adam Metz and Maria Breidingcr. Peter Correll and Catharine Mill. William Bittenbcnner and Ann Shnyder. Abraham Fehr and Elisabeth Klein. George Seiffert and Elisabeth Bachman. Nicholas Werckhaeuser and Elisabeth Sand. Abraham Soberer and Elisabeth Carpenter. John Huthmacher and Alaria Obitz. Jacob Cramm and Susanna Frankenfield, John Reiman and Margaret Hauck. Henry Stofflet and Elisabeth Beitelman. George Weber and Anna Vogel. Joseph Moser and Susanna Lawall. William Demuth and Elisabeth Kind. John Washborn and Maria Pink. John Hinckel and Margaret Spengler. Jonathon Stocker and Christina Stecher. John Yohe and Eva Fehr. John Lesher and Susanna Helick. William Laudenbach and Catharine Buss. .George P. Kessler and Magdalena Frees. George Engler and Sarah Sterner. Capt. John Baldy and Elisabeth Wcygandt. Abraham Buss and Maria Claus. Isaac Gross and Christina Wilhelm. Christian Weinland and Elisabeth Odenwaelder. Isaac Freeman and Ann Maria Andre. Peter Dehmer and Maria Kerch. Jacob Zimmerman and Anna Sheimer. William Dalton and Christina Huber. John Dewitt and Elisabeth Mutschler. Anno 1S15. Philip Imich and Maigaret Erl. Peter Milk-r ;ni(l llcttv Freeman. April -3- "' -5- May I . " 15- i( 29. (( 29, ( b 2,^- June 5- " 5' (,(, 7' ;; 12, July 3' a 3- (( 3- u 3- (( 10. - u 31- %i 31- 4( 31- (( 31- (( 31' Aug. 7' •• 7- (( 23 k( 23' i( 27, u 28, (( 28, (( 28. Oct. 9 i( iS, Nov. 22 (4 24, Dec. 18 Jan. 15- u 19. Church Records. 365 John Oberly and Eva Christman. Conrad Boas and Martha Arnold. William Barnett and Juliana Winters. Christian Young and Elisabeth Breeder. George Schade and Elisabeth Buss. Peter Sand and Maria Werckhaeuser. John Carr and Emelia Nicholas. Frederick Gehres and Susanna Sterner. Joseph Huber and Maria Weiss. Charles Frey and Maria Daley. William Denson and Hannah Kennedy. Joseph Sterner and Catharine Transue. Jacob Demond and Charlotte Ginthar. Peter Hess and Margaret Say lor. Jacob Richard and Susanna Odenwaelder. Joseph Schnyder and Susanna Simon. Peter Lerch and Catharine Lerch. Jacob Walker and Elisabeth Roeder. ^ Henry Winters and Mary hxiw Ferrill. Knecht and Freeman. Samuel Herzcll and Susanna Gehres. Joseph Coleman and Magdalena Leidig. James Kelsoph and Catharine Eichman. Jacob Bachman and Maria Frey. Charles Miller and Catharine Fetterman. Mathias Transue and Catharine Heckman. John Koenig and Sabina Yodder. Philip Jacoby and Ann Qiieer. Joseph Schick and Susanna Laubach. David Hanke and Elisabeth Haak. Peter Walter and Abbe Belles. Christian Laubach and Rebecca Lutz. Peter Young and Margaret Laubach. Conrad Mctz and Catharine Keim. Frederick Vogel and Susanna Seip. May 15. Michael Stecher and Margaret Leidig. -3S. J.' cu. 1 1 1 1 . ii. iS. 4( 19. ;( 19. u 21. March 26. Apr. 4- ( ( 9- K 9- ( ( 13- May 4- i; 4- ( I 7" (4 7- 4( 13- (; 28. June 1 1. u iS. 1 1 "5* Aug. I. t( 6. ;; 6. 1 1 13- (4 ■'I- 1 1. (( 13- (« 13- (( 13- (( 26. (( 23- May 2, u 5- (( 5- (( 7- (( 9- (I 26. June '> u 9- t; 9- (( 16. i( 16. (( 16. (( 30. July 7- u 3- Aug. 18. ( ( 25- Sept. S. u IS- l( IS- (( 15- (( 22. Oct. IS- ( i IS- a 15- (( 27. a 27. Nov. 5- ;( 10. a 17- ( i 17- Dec. 15- Jan. 5- (( 10. u 14. u 21. u 30- (( 23- March 2. ;i 9- ;( 20. u 23- April 17- (( 20. (1 20. u 22. u 24. June 8. (C 10. (( 15- ki 17- ii 17- July 6. Aug. 21. (( 31- Sept. 21. Church Records. 367 John Philip Clewell and Maria Roth. David Frey and Catharine Vogel. John Hess and Maria Koehler. Henry Messinger and Sarah Buchannan. John Jones and Catharine Schiffer. Peter Lerch and Catharine Correll. Jacob Mengel and Salome Hohenschild. Isaac Raub and Elenor Sterner. John Seip and Salome Haas. Jacob Henn and Susanna Moser. -46. Anno i 8 i 7 . Jacob Klees and Elisabeth Jacobina Lynn. Joseph Werner and Ann Hahn. Henry Gruber and Magdalena Bess. John Shnyder and Elisabeth Hilliard. Conrad Hahn and Sarah Heller. John Handshu and Elisabeth George. Adam Ohl and Cathai'ine Ohl. Daniel Gehringer and Sarah Roth, Anthon Lerch and Elisabeth Frees. Jacob Hess and Elisabeth (wanting). Jesse Worly and Magdalena Hering, Leonard Derr and Maria Cuny. George Herzel and Susanna George. Philip Eberts and Salome De Long. Conrad Broeker and Elisabeth Germanton. Philip Hahn and Sarah Franz. John Buss and Susanna Clauss. Stephen Winn and Catharine Coleman. Henry Keller and Maria Engler. Philip Haupt and Susanna Arndt. Peter Holland and Margaret Miller. Charles Sculy (Schooley (?) and Catharine Samp- son. Benjamin Riegel and Elisabeth Leidy. William Major and Sarah Snyder. Sept. 27. Oct. •-> u 12. Nov. 4- u 30- Dec. 9- a 1 1. ki 16. a 27. i i 28. 368 77/^ J^irsi Refornicd Church of Easto)i, Pa. Jonas Rothrock and Eliza Ilinkel. Joseph B. Carpenter and Maria Sheimer. John Koch and Eva Weber. Samuel Biitz and Maria Transue. Joseph Weber and Rosina Sheimer. Rudolph Funck and Anna Kauffman. Henry Stcinbach and IVIaria Eckart. Joseph Lerch and Susanna Oberly. Daniel Jansen and IMagdalena Transue. Daniel Dcrr and Rebecca Coleman. — 34- Anno 1S18. Zacharias Neiss and Maria Ililliart. John Dietz and Anna Breitinger. Michael Diehl and Margaret Emrod. Jacob Stofflet and Sarah Reinheimer. David Oberly and Susanna Seip. Jacob Morgan and Maria Doeringer. Anthon Oberly and Rebecca Schweizer. George Laubach and Rebecca Laubach. John Schiffer and Eliz. Kratzer. David Seiler and Maria Osburn. Jacob Hauck and Christina Hilliart. John Nolf and Susanna Schmidt, Philip Woodring and Elisabeth Brotsman. George Mayer and Sarah Ilappel. George Renner and Susanna Keller. Jacob Anglemayer and Catharine Brown. Michael Mayer and Catharine Vogel. John Kloeckner and Elisabeth Bender. Conrad Siegel and Elisabeth Rilpert. Jacob Schumacher and Hannah Trach. Jacob Seiler and Margaret Dickson. Bartholomew Huber and Margaret Raub. John Freeman and Margaret Jarrett. — 23- Marcl 1 I. ki 8. 41 19. U "> April 5- it 9- ;( 19. (( 26. May 10. a 12. a 12. (( 24. June 14. Aug. it 12. Sept. 13- (( 20. i( 27. Oct. 6. Dec. 6. Oct. 27. Nov. 14. (( ^5- Jan. 5- Feb. 21, March 13- April 25- May 30- Aug. 8. Oct. 3- (( 3- Nov. 16. u 21. Oct. 21. (( 10. ( ( 30- Sept. 28. Jan. 4- Feb. 20. u 24. it 29. March 5- u 14. ii 19. 4; 21. ii 25- (4 28. April 2. t i 16. a 25- May 4- (; 20. (( 28. June 4- (( 6. 44 ^7- Aug. 8. Church Records. 369 Anno 1819. John Rentsheimer and Catharine Lerch. Samuel Weber and Elisabeth Buss. William Stevenson and Elisabeth Thomas. Samuel Laubach and Rebecca Ruch. Jacob Hahn and Elisabeth Miller. William Daniel and Susanna Shnyder. Jacob Bluhm and Margaret Schmit. Henry Wilhelm and Maria Koenig. John Frankenfield and Catharine Happel. Jonathon Kinsey and Sarah Dietz. William Henry Kocher and Catharine Fox. John Kreidler and Catharine Schleppi. Joseph Hilliart and Elisabeth Dech. William Swetling and Catharine Seller. — 14. Anno 1820. Jonas Frankenfield and Susanna Maurer. Adam Brown and Sarah Ohl. John Schelly and Maria Schuck. Jacob Odenwaelder and Elisabeth Yaeger. Jacob Koechlein and Elisabeth Handschu. John Ohnangst and Catharine Bender. George Nagel and Rosina Danner. Simon Heller and Elisabeth Ruth. Henry Riegel and Elisabeth Transue. David Roth and Catharine Biers. Andrew Lynn and Catharine Schade. Henry Beck and Elisabeth Jansen. Anthon Koch and Susanna Lynn. Peter Brown and Liddy Carl. Peter Horrace and Susanna Roth. Abraham Stauffer and Susanna Ruth. George Bender and Catharine Mersch. John Schnabel and Catharine Walter. Francis Alsfeld and Christina Castner. Peter Diehl and Elisabeth Schmidt. 370 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. Oct. 31- Nov. i6. (( 19. Dec. 19. Jan. 14. (( 23- (fc 25- Feb. 8. (( 25- March . 6. (( 1 1. (( 13- i( 20. (( 25- (i 37. April 8. (( 12. u 12. (( 15- (( 17- (( 18, (( 22, May 13 June 5- July I. (I 29. (( 31- Aug. 19. Sept. H. Oct. I, Sept. 6, Dec. 2. Oct. 22. (4 23- 4( 30- Samuel Koechleiu and Sarah Snyder. George Fcbel and Elisabeth Reeb. Isaac Lantz and Eliz. Richard. Daniel Derr and Sus. Wittemer. —24. Anno 1S21. Thomas Happcl and Sarah Voelker. Charles W'illauer and Christina Hess. David Boyer and Maria Lutz. Henry Schuck and Catharine Ackerman. John Kunsman and Catharine Woodring. Philip Woodring and Catharine Kunsman. Enoch Hoenig and Elisabeth Dreisbach. John Coleman and Maria Bender. Jacob Bess and Susanna Ohnangst. Abraham Gross and Maria Lerch. John Yeisley and Anna Reinheimer. John Ward and Elisabeth Schleppi. George Warner and Susanna Siegel. Peter Metzger and Catharine Metz. David Koenig and Maria Schurtz. John Edelman and Elisabeth Bess. Joseph Hagenbach and Catharine Seip. , James Kincaid and Catharine Reich. Peter Meixsell and Catharine Scheid. John Michael and Maria Werner. Andrew Diehl and Maria Ehrguth. Isaac Buss and Anna Haltcman. George Metzger and Christina Gross. Daniel Ritter and Rosina Oberly. 1S20. Jacob Hess and Christina Giltner. " William Janson and Elisabeth Young. 1 82 1. George Steinbach and Maria Ward. John Dewalt and Elisabeth McKinney. Alexander H. Barthold and Hannah Kill Patrick. Peter Buss and Elisabeth Rosenberger. Michael Ilinkel and Catharine Wajrener. Church Records. 371 Nov. 20. (I 25- Dec. 9- u 20. (i 23- Jan. 13- ( ( 20. (( 27. Feb. 1 1. i( 12. (( ^3- (; 28. March 10. u 12. u 26. (( 28. ;( 31- April 2 . u 2. u 4- u 21. u 13- u 25- (( 25- June 25- u 25- July 2. u 7- Sept. 3- u 5- l( ^5- Oct. 6. (k 13- (( 20. Henry Siegfried and Abigail Romig. William Levers and Magdalena Kaemrer. Jacob Smith and Eliz. Lummerson. William Siebring and Eliz. Davis. Jacob Bohrum and Catharine Bundstein. -36. Anno 1S22. Jacob Hahn and Elisabeth Diehl. Abraham Keiper and Catharine Lawall. George Bachman and Sarah Laubach. Christian Hoenig and Catharine Traxsell. Jacob Ohnangst and Elenora Gerhardt. Thomas Gold and Ann Christina Knecht. Jacob Edelman and Elisabeth Young. Robert Browers and Sarah Aloser. Joseph Roth and Maria Riegel. Jacob Lantz and Elisabeth Schaerer. Jacob Winter and Sarah Froelich. Jacob Stocker and Margaret Reesly. W^ilHam Miller and Catharine Laubach. Joseph Koempfcr and Maria Gottschall. Joachim Schill and Anna Maria Boatz. John Yost and Alaria Rosina Stuben. Henry Stem and Margaret Knauss. John Kressler and Maria Seitel. John Broeder and Jane Salzig. Frederick Faebel and Christina Kaemper. Jacob Hassenfuss and Eliza Herzell. Ludwig Schmidt and Christina Weiss. George Frantz and Catharine Kreidler. Henry Steinbach and Margaret Eckart. Jacob Evcritt and Elisabeth Hoenig. Thomas Sendy and Susanna Rosenberger. Henry Weiss and Catharine Riehl. Isaac Lawall and Maria Froelich. Anthon Lerch and Susanna Weber. The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Joseph Yodder and Ann Eliz. Beisell. Aaron Snyder and Rebecca Simon. John Kaemrcr and Alagdalena Gruber. Samuel Schwartz and Polly Transue. George Helick and Eliz. Brown. Peter Wasser and Elisabeth Heller. Jacob Ziegler and Margaret Willhelin. David Lerch and Eliz. Bachman. John Ackerman and Sus. Metz. William Miller and Kazia Laddig. Anno 1S23. George Taylor and Anna Hoffman. Philip M. Kinsey and Maria Young. Joseph Keller and Liddia Butz. Peter Yaeger and Christina Wilhclm. John Menninger and Margaret Yaerger. Christian Laubach and Susanna Beyl. George Schuck and Eliz. Ackerman. John Brotzman and Anna Maria Lock. Charles Heimer and Elisabeth Ruth. Charles Mehrwein and Cath. Willaucr, (Wanting) Daniel Butz and Elvina Barnett. Samuel Snyder and Cath. Leidy. John Handshu and Elisabeth Kerkenthal. Anthony Transue and Eliz. Hcnn. Melchoir Meixsell and Margaret Messinger. Henry Young and Margaret Andre. Isaac Miller and Sarah Cowley. John Transue and Elisabeth Wasser. John Michael and Elisabeth Stocker. Charles Ward and Catharine Shewel. Henry Broeder and Cath. Borum. John Tilton and Sarah vSeip. Henry Young and Cath. Berry. 5. Jacob vSmith and Sarah Reich. Oct. 27. Nov. 31. " 24. " 24. a 24. Dec. I. 11 s. (( 17- (i 24. k( 28. Jan. 5- (t 21. t; 26. Feb. 16. 4; 20. March 31- Sept. 18. ti 20. u 21. Oct. 28. (Want :ing) Nov. 16. ii 23- Dec. 7- (4 7- April 22. May 4- (( 24. ;( 24. June 2. Aug. 12. April 5- (4 3- Church Records. 373 Jan. 1 1 1.1, 27, Feb. 15 March 27, (( 27, April 6 u 10. (( iS. May 18. June 13' July 4' u 4- C( 10. s U 27, Aug. 8. (; 8 u 10, (( 15- u 29, Sept. 12, u 14, Oct. 28. Nov. 28. Dec. 19, Jan. 30. March 22. i( 24. 4C 27. April 3' (( 4- u 5' t; 7' it i7' Anno 1824. John Sculey and Nancy Eckert. Philip Ruth and Cath. Ettinger. Israel Muffly and Rachael Marjarum. Jacob Keiper and Julian Odenwelder. Jacob Reichart and Susanna Randel. Christian Bess and Maria Rieser. Lewis Singer and Christina Leidig. Jacob Heller and Sarah Belles. Anthon Dech and Julian Koenig. William Henry Cole and Cath. Froelig. Jacob Huber and Rebecca Moser. John Herzel and Maria Andreas. John Smith and Charlotte Barthold. Isaac Laubach and Elisabeth Kieffer. John Gundt and Elisabeth Appel. John Koch and Rosina Krahn, John Davis and Julian Snyder. George Weber and Hannah Reinheimer. Jacob Wetsel and Rosina Wilhelm. William (wanting) and Sus. Bundstein. Joseph Bender and Eliz. Hahn. Charles Snyder and Sophia Schick. Samuel "Right and Cath. Schall. Peter Kaemrer and Maria Magd. Odenwelder. Anno 1825. William Transue and Elisabeth Schnabel. Jonas Sand and Elisabeth Bender. Philip Kessler and Catharine Kind. Peter Lynn and Elisabeth Schmidt John Odenwelder and Margaret Heller. Jacob Keller and Marg. Arndt. Henry Keller and Sophia Snyder. Adam Sand and Cath. Snyder. John Koechlein and Eva Gross. 374 '^^^ First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Samuel Baron and Sus. Mixsell. Jacob Bauer and Sus. I lav. John Laubach and Mary Huber. John Hoffman and Maria Sicofried. Joseph Mussehnan and Eliz. Belles. George Stuber and Maria Boehm. William Cunninj^hain and Emelia McMichael. Henry Mack and Ann Batt. John Bachman and Elsy Belles. Isaac Transue and Sally Call. Jacob Woodring and Hannah Moore. Dan'l Kreidler and Marg. Boyer. John Heller and Cath. Appel. Daniel Schurz and Maria Gradwohl. John Bergstraeser and Maria Lynn. Daniel Walter and Eve Freeman. John Berstler and Maria Esch. Isaac Oberly and Maria Heller. Daniel Laubach and Hannah Reich. George Miller and Maria Diehl. Jacob Correll and Phebe Reidenauer. Adam Bruch and Sarah Maurer. Thomas Snabel and Salome Buss. John Bender and Elisabeth Shaum. Samuel Richard and Mary Worman. Peter Nauman and Susan Oberly. William Hoe and Maria Miller. Anthon Lehr and Cath. Swesey. Abraham Devvalt and Maria George. Thomas Bachman and Elisabeth Heller. Jacob Sterner and Margaret Wasser. Joseph Doffert and Sarah Kelly. George Lynn and Anna Moser. John Brinker and Anna Werkhaeuser. George Mixsell and Elisabeth Rieser. Jacob Buss and Sarah Cole. April 19. ]May -> ■) tt 26. June 2S. Aug. 14. (( 23- Sept. I. (( iS. (( 30. (( 25. Oct. 9- u 1 1. Nov. 13- u 20. (( 27. Dec. 1 1. 4 ( 1 1. l( 25- (( 25- (( 27. Feb. 12. (( 31. April 9- i( 1 1. (( -16. i( 27. May I. June 10. (( 18. (1 iS. July 2. (I 16. Aug. 27. Nov. 5- (1 5- Dec. ^7- Dec. 31- (( 23- u 24. (4 25- ;( 25- Feb. 27. May 8. a 25- (,i 25- a 25- u 25- April 8. u 29. May I. n I. (( 3- (( 6. (.i 6. ii 19. (( 22. June 2. u 3- u 10. (; 17- li 17- v; 28. July 22. u 22. Aug. 4- ii. 4- (( 9- a 26. u 26. Sept. 9- CJmrch Records. 375 Jacob Saylor and Maria Walter. William Philips and Cath. Moyer. John Seipel and Susan Ohnangst. David Woodring and Liddia Correll. Jacob Stiles (colored people) and Phillis Shipman. Anno 1S27. Jesse Lynn and Maria Lynn. Samuel Yohe and Maria Heller. William Woodring and Cath. Brotsman. Joseph Koechlein and Maria Brinker. Jacob Riegel and Eliz. Lutz. Frederick Schaefer and Eliz. Paul. Joseph Hess and Sarah Stump. Thos. Kessler and Cath. Heller. John Gehres and Eliz. Reiss. William Engel and Sus. Jansen. Andrew Neigh and Sarah Pence. Philip Koch and Cath. Lynn. Lehnhart Schnyder and Cath. Werkhaeuser. Isaac R. Richard and Hannah Christein. Charles Innes and Matilda Mixsell. Christian Speer and Eliz. Frees. Adam Roth and Eliz. Lumbert. David Koenig and Maria Schnabel. Abraham Transue aud Eliz. Klauss. John A. Canaan and Maria Magd. Heller. Henry Heberling and Maria Hildebrand. John Kostenbader and Sarah Keller. John Reicheldoerfer and Sus. Sponheimer. Joseph Algert and Elisa Riemer. John Berry and Eliz. Stem. Abraham Kind and Sus. Qiieer. Joseph Heller and Eliz. Odenwelder. John Taubert and Sus. Moser. Jonas Trumbor and Eliz. Stapp. 376 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. David Koechlein and Eliz. Maurer. Ilcnrv George and Hannah Dcwalt. John Laubach and Anna Walter. Joseph Sand and Rebecca Bauer. Charles Nicholas and Mary Transue. Michael Dech and Cath. Ilerz. Samuel Bergtraesser and Eliz. Transue. John Steinmetz and Rebecca Metz. Charles Roth and Sophia Eichman. Thomas Richard and Eliz. Reel. John Halteman and Cath. Neuhart. Isaac Sendee and Cath. Ilayden. Bernet Arndt and Ann Rowland. Adam Metz and Maria Coleman. Jacob Ilardiemer (?) and Eliz. Herzell. Anno 1S28. Philip Berstler and Maria Hahn. Joseph Riess and Sarah Heller. Jacob Hagenbuch and Cath. Heckman. David Gausner and Molly Kleder. Gidion Haupt and Eliz. Uhler. Jacob Everitt and Eliz. Heller. Isaac Ackerman and Sarah Hahn. Samuel Stocker and Rebecca Heller. Thomas Ritter and Rebecca Corrcll. Simon Belles and Judith Snyder. Thomas Koenig and Lea George. Andrew Keller and Eliz. Fitz Randolph. Wcrnhart Mesmer and Cath. Namnan. Simon Kaemrer and Eliz. Abel. Joseph Loesher and Sabina Roth. Isaac Walter and Ann Odenwelder. Samuel Trockenmiller and Hannah Snyder. Peter Henrich and Lydia Sommer. Charles Simon and Rachael Loehr. ocpi. -.•) (( -3 Oct. 4' (( 7' ( t 7 (I H (t 21, (( 30' Nov. I, Dec. n- 4( 16, l( 16. (i 16, l( 16, (4 iS Jan. 6, (( 6. (( 13- i( 20. (( 22. Feb. 0- ( i, 3- (i 14, March 23- April 6. i( 6. ( ( 13- '' 24. May 4- u 25. (4 25. ( I 31- July 27. Aug. 21 . Church Records. 377 Sept. lO. u 21. (( 23- Oct. 12. (( 12. u 19. Nov. 18. Dec. 7- (( 7- (( 7' (( 14, Jan. 3" (( 3- (( 23. (t 25' Feb. 15 March IS- (( IS' 1.1, 19. i; 17- ( ( 21. (( 22. a 24. u 24. April 5* ;( 5- (( 9- u 12. May 12. June 7- (( 7- (( 13- Aug. 2. William Leidig and Martha Kennedy. David Roth and Anna Hartman. Valentin Wagner and Annet Rodgers. John Metz and Ann Hahn. Charles Bauer and Eliz. Weber. John Willauer and Margaret Reesley. Thomas Murfey and Maria Coleman. Frederick Hahn and Caroline Koch. Conrad Bender and Ann Bauer. Jacob Roth and Hannah Werkhaeuser. William Lawall and Christina Kreidler. Anno 1829. Abraham Gaston and Lydia Metzger. George Herman and Mary i\nn Steinmetz. Jacob Taylor and Jane Kennedy. Conrad Kocher and Sarah Buntin. George Vogel and Julian Koch. Thomas Oberly and Anna Maria Fredrick. Peter Rohn and Sabina Seip. Peter Resch and Eliz. Engel. Anthon Laubach and Eliz. Hess. William J. Harmaney and Ebezena Butz. Samuel Engel and Mary Daniel. Joseph Engler and Hannah Hahn. George Stadler and Feronica Kind. Charles Miller and Sarah Herzel. Peter Shnyder and Sus. Jacoby. Michael Long and Cath. Nauman. Samuel Riegel and Sus. Lerch. George Teel and Eliz. Bowers. Abram Miller and Dina Eichelberger. Jacob Abel and Eliz. Stecher. Benjamin Dech and Hannah Kreidler. Charles Radenbach and Sarah Rodenberger. Jacob Transue and Maria Ruth. 37^ The First Rcfor^ucd Church of Easton, Pa. David Knobel and Susanna Christein. Christian Yacgcr and Elisabeth Walter. Peter Handshu and Ann Kloeckner. Thomas Kessler and L^dia Kind. Christian Wilhehn and Maria Christina Wagner. John W. Kcsslcr and Luisa Snyder. Henry Horning and Maria Weiss, sivc Hilliart. John Kinney and Sall\- Ann Gardner. John Long and Maria Schlegel. Abraham Moyer and Catharine Roesley. Isaac Koch and Maria Frey. Cliristian George and Catharine Herzell. Franklin Frey and Susanna Engelman. Peter Ohnangst and Anna Maria Feeman. George Yost and Maria Kocher. Isaac Lee and Elisabeth Miller. David Metz and Anna Bruch. Samuel Woodring and Susanna Ycisley. Anno 1S30. Reuben Nolf and Elisabeth Hcckman. Charles Brown and Christina Heller. Jesse Beitelman and Susanna Walter. Henry Moser and Susanna Frederick. John Fuhr and Maria Boyer. George Sheivley and Sarah Abel. Jacob Brinker and Susanna Wilhelm. John Hackman and Rebecca Kieffer. David Knauss and Christina Kleder. Levi Barber and Maria Hering. Peter Diehl and Teresia Walter. Henry Schwartz and j'innetta Leidig. Doctor John Deichman and Cath. Stocker. Charles Fehr and Julian Winters. Charles Transue and Maria Weber. Jacob Reineck and Maria Bundstein. Aug. 9- t> 23- ki SO- (,i SO- Sept. 6. ^' 6. (« 9- u 12. ( > 30. 14 37. (( 37. Oct. iS. (< 30. Nov. 10. (( 15- t( 29. Dec. 6. ii. 26. Feb. 8. March 2. Feb. 23- March 7- i( 16. April 3- 11 4- (( 18. (t 18. (( 20. May 18. !.<. 29. June I. K 10. (( 15- (I 19. June 20. ii. 28. July u Sept, Oct. 3- 27. 28. 5- a a 14. 16. a 17- a (( 19, 16. u Nov. 24. 31- 7- u Dec. 9- 27. 7- 9- 12. u 26. Jan. 13- u 13- 20. (( 22. Feb. 23- 20. a 20. March 27. 17- (( 20. u 22. April May 3- 3- 3- Church Records. Ulrich Knecht and Sus. Roeder. Caspar Simon and Eliz. Seip. Thos. C. Major and Mary V. Sholl. Abraham Sewitz and Hannah Carl. Adam Ilappel and Elisabeth Neiss. Paul Miller and Hannah Bess. Charles W. Down and Elisabeth Heck. George Correll and Cecelia McHose. Henry Schnabel and Sarah Koch. Joseph Sand and Susanna Koechlein. Ebenezer Cord and Ann Leidig. Hugh Barr and Lydia Stock. Thos. Kunsman and Cath. VVoodring. Daniel Koch and Susanna Schnabel. Joseph Riegel and Maria Neukomer. John Bender and Ann Fortner. David Abel and Cath. Rieser. John Kern and Mary Bess. Joseph Kerzell and Sarah Young. Enoch Kaemrer and Julian Arner. Anno 1S31. Charles Woodring and Elisabeth Radenbach. Andrew Reiss and Hannah Reichart. Frederick Maurer and Anna Maria Schaerer. Joseph Balliett and Louisa Herzel. George Heller and Sus. Odenwelder. Joseph Schlabach and Eliz. Reiss. Joseph Lynn and Maria Moser. Jacob Stauffer and Ann Hahn. Jacob Cane and Eliz. Myers. Timothy Stotz and Eliz. Herzel. Daniel Knauss and Rachael Jacoby. Jonas Roeder and Mahila Walter. Charles Walter and Lea Kramm. Jacob Weber and Margaret Mackel. 379 The First Reformed Church of Easlon, Pa. John Kind and Sally Ann Coleman. Ely Riegel and Anna Maria Ohnangst. Michael Kind and Maria Dichl. Charles Koch and Lucinda DeWitt. Thomas Broader and Mary Ann Froelig. Jacob Biery and Susanna Reiss. John Bosch and Eliz. Lynn. John Bowers and Cath. Weber. George Reidenauer and Eliz. Weber. Dan' George and Juliana Gross. William Straub and Margaret Harlacher. Jesse Lynn and Eliz. Oberly. Jacob Wimmer (?) and Eliz. Heller. John Mayers and Rebecca Zellers. Philip Woodring and Henrietta Heller. Samuel Ruth and Rebecca Lynn. Jonas Lehr and Sarah Shuman. Matthias Brown and Walberga Joseph. John Schuler and Rebecca Reiss. John A. Innes and Sus. Heller. Charles Knauss and Ann Fuhr. William Schultz and Sarah Hay. Jacob Batt and Mary Walter. Jacob Rose and Sarah Metzger. William Steiner and Levina Brown. John Lchn and Eliz. Schnyder. John Barley and Maria Riley. Peter Herzel and Margaret Lambert. Gidion Staut and Maria Merkenthal. Reuben Drein and Susanna Kaemrer. Anno 1S32. George Guth and Anna Maria Schmidt. William Kogan and Mary Loesch. Feb. 7. Jesse Dech and Eliz. Ritter. " 2. Peter Alt and Cath. Biesecker. 380 7 May 15- b( 19 (> '> ■> June 9 J"iy 3 Aug. 4 (I 7 (( 18 ( . 21, t; 2 1, (t 27, fci 28, (1 28, Sept. 3' (> 4- (( 4- (( 15- u 24. Oct. 9- (( 6. Nov. 6. 4( 10. (( 13- Dec. 2. ( t 4- (fc 4- u II. (( 24. (( 25- 41 25- Jan. 7- i( 21. Feb. 26. March 4, a ^3- a 13- u 13- u 27. (( 29. u 31- April S. (( 8. a 10. May I . u 3- (( 8. June 9- u 10. (( 10. (( 20. ;( July 22. <,i 31- Aug. 1 1. (( 19. (( 19. Sept. 2. u 9- (( 23- Oct. 2. (i 7- u 1 1. (( 19. u 30- Nov. I. ^5- 18. Chtu'ch Records. 381 Hieronimus Wunderling and Eliz. Staut. John Wilhelm and Rachael Hepler. George Ilerzel and Fanny Odenwelder. Aaron Traxel and Eliz. Cooper. Samuel Samsel and Margaret Weiss. Abram Heller and Susanna Bauer. Edward Seib and Mary Ann Odenwelder. Joseph Clewer and Eva Hartman. Charles Hackman and Sophia Koenig. Charles Fehr and Eva Fuhr. Jacob Heller and Cath. Keller. Herman S. Heckman and Mary Butz. Abram Eckert and Cath. Stapp. Benjamin Broeder and Eliz, Hyle. Thomas Leidy and Hannah Schaefer. John Wagner and Sus. Jansen. Abram Walter and Eliz. Uhler. Jacob Butz and Cath. Hagenbuch. John Belles and Cath. Kleder. John Mehrwaeh and Barbara Blaar. Henry Kostenbader and Caroline Hahn. Philip Becker and Sarah Price. Frank Roth and Dina Barber. Benjamin Dietrich and Maria Lerch. Daniel Warrich and Fredericka Bender. Jacob Bauer and Florentina Bender. Edward Kreidler and Maria Boyer. John Nolf and Rebecca Woodring. Simon Frankenfield and Eliz. Herzel. Samuel Ruth and Eliz. Metz. John Keller and Maria Keim. Michael Maurer and Rosina Woodring. Jacob Young and Anna Maria Schill. John Price and Catharine Miller. Jacob Yeisley and Susanna Maurer. 20. Joseph Keller and Lydia Fried. }82 The Ftrsi Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. Nov. 22. (« 26 Dec. -> (( 6 (( 9' (( 23' (( 25, (C 25 (( 25' Jan. 7' (( 8. (( 31' Feb. 10. (I 17' (( 19. (C 24. li 28. March 8. Ik 10, (( 24. 1 • 21. April '> k b 2. (i 7' u 7- ;( 7- (( 20. May 8. Junc 4- Aug. 6 i; 13 (( 17 (( 25 John Lantz and Cath. Clauss. Alexander Stanton and Mary Gebhardt. Frederick Wagner and Anna Julina Stcnger. Horace Wolf and Sabina Simon. Jacob Kunsman and Julian Huber. Charles Nicholas and Rebecca Wilhelm. Charles Messinger and Nancy Buntin. Jonathon Riegel and Eliz. Ilerzel. Jacob Miller and Eliz. Schlecht. Anno 1S33. David Young and Jane Andrews. Samuel Herzel and Cath. Hoe. Jesse Laubach and Maria Eliz. Walter. Samuel Seymour and Sarah Ann Stem. Jacob Jansen and Eliz. Young. John Taylor and Mary Steinmetz. Jacob Bender and Sabina Hahn. John Merz and Eliz. Faust. Charles Siegley and Hannah Roth. Christian Paff and Hannah Kerchenthal. George Moser and Maria Frey. George Jansen and Mary Steinmetz. Kraft Weber and Christina Fierling. John Andre and Charity Hartendorf . Ulrich Knecht and Sarah Girt. William Werner and Margaret Arner. John Lavvall and Sabina Lawall. George Andrews and Sarah Ann Miller. Felix Herzel and Sarah Messinger. Enos Lehr and Susanna Hahn. David Seaward and Rebecca Schaum. George Kocher and Eliza Lerch. Richard Smith and Anna Maria Fraess. Peter Koechlein and Eliz. Reinhart. William Abbit and Sarah Transue. CJnwch Records. 383 Aug. 27. Sept. 7- Oct. 3- (( 27. (( 27. Nov. 17- (( 17- Dec. I . (.1. 3- (( 5- (( 8. 11 IS- (( IS- (( 22. u 22. (( 31- (( 31- Jan. 5- (( S- u 6. a 8. (( 12. (( 13- (( 17- (C 21. (( 26. Feb. 2. (( 8. u 9- (( 18. (( 18. u 23- (( 2S- u 25- Adam Hahn and Rosina Lombert. William F. Randolph and Cath. Derr. Jos. Beisher and Margaret Edmonds. Ru dolph Stocker and Juliana Dieter. Frederick Reiss and Eliz. Odenwaelder. Charles Edelman and Sus. Walter. Matthias Hahn and Christina Alsfeld. Jesse Kaemrer and Sarah Abel. David Kotz and Ann Neiss. Daniel Dech and Cath. Stem. Tobias Lynn and Hetty Wimmer. Abram Gruber and Ann Cath. Snyder. Jacob Haak and Cath. Wilhelm, Daniel Vogel and Eliz. Odenwelder. George Krotz and Cath. Ackerman. Capt. Jacob Wilt and Cath. Freeman. John J. Herster and Susan Nicholas. Anno 1834. Peter Faff and Sarah Bundstein. John Schitz and Lena Walter. Gottlieb Scheibely and Christina Schwartz. William Diehl and Maria Otto. Jacob Sholl and Mary Ann Hagenbuch. George Sherr and Ottilia Yaekel. John Ross and Mary Ann Roberts. Charles Dech and Lydia Koehler. George Knecht and Philipina Uhler. Chorles Roeder and Maria Bess. John Miller and Sophia Stem. Simon Koehler and Eva Wagner. David Dech and Liddia Beidler. Joseph Keller and Sally Ann Mitman. Daniel Nolf and Sarah Kern, Jacob Gerhardt and Anna Christine. Philip Ox and Sus. Schick. 384 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Feb. 25. Benjamin McQiiaw and Christina Clauss, March 2. Samuel Lerch and Sus. Kocher. " 9. Joseph Fritz and Salome Wilhelm. "^ 18. Peter Weber and Mary Ann Bowers. " 27. Michael Jansen and Eva Ward. April 6. Jonas Buss and Eliz. Wagner. " 20. Gidion Easier and Mary Ann Heller. " 20. David Jansen and Sus. Deichman. " 22. Abr. Woodring and Cath. Ruth. " 22. John Barley and Floriana Miller. " 27. George Schwetizer and Cath. Walter. May 4. Daniel Frutschman and Mary Emig. '• II. Samuel Oliver and Anna Maria Appel. " iv David Schiffer and Mary Nice. June 8. Jacob Jacoby and Mary Ann Belles. '' 8. Paul Flick and Cath. Rieser. " 14. Joseph Heid and Mary Wilhelm. " I V Joseph Van Lear and Luisa Rogers. " 18. James Wubler and Mary Piatt. " 19. Thomas Barber and Mary Ann Romig. " 22. John Folmer and Eliz. Riegel. " 24. Jacob Driesbach and Matilda Germanton. July 10. Peter Transue and Eliz. Beaver. " 10. John Gruber and Eliz. Halin. 20. Robert Staetler and Liddia Schaefer. Aug. 17. Ludvvig Mayer and Eliz. Berry. " 17. Adam Miller and Maria Mayer. " 26. Simon Wilhelm and Mary Schmidt. " 31. Abr. Reich and Cath. Miller. Oct. 4. Christian Fierbach and Maria Hackney. " 7. David Gehris and Sarah Kocher. " 12. Peter Metz and Anna Happel. " 12. Tobias Schmidt and Eliz. Ackerman. " 15. John Kledcr and Maria Gross. " 26. John Heckman and Luisa Kaemrer. Nov. 4. Samuel Albert and Rebena Shuck. Church Records. 385 Nov. Dec. 8. 9- 14. 18. 2. 14. 16. 21. Jan. 5- (I 13- (( 18. ( ( 18. u 18. (t 29. Feb. 10. March I. (I 8. May 17- (( 26. u 28. June 2. (( 21. July 28. Aug. 2. (( 4- (( 4- (( II. u 15- C( 30- Sept. 6. (( 6. (( 13- (( 15- 11 16. Ludwig Decas and Eliz. Reisner. Samuel Odenwelder and Maria Ohnangst. Thos. George and Mary Ann Bassinger. John Fritz and Sus. Reib. Edward Bauer and Ann Stoehr. Samuel Adams and Polly Knecht. Jacob Odenwaelder and Mary Ann Gradwohl. Charles Abel and Cath. Nicholas. Anno 1835. Conrad Boeckel and Cath. Steinhelfer. Jonas Lichtenwalter and Liddia Gradwohl. Michael Frauenfelder and Mary Ann Koechlein. John Reesley and Ebe Hortendorf. Tho^ Baumgarten and Matilda Odenwelder. Edward Lightcap and Susanna Ruth. Xapherius Loeb and Anna Maria Ziegenfuss. Samuel Shuck and Sarah Shuhman. Peter Lynn and Hannah Dech. John Ilerzel and Levina Werkhaeuser. Philip Ohnangst and Lea Plahn. Michael Schmike and Cath. Heller. Adam Mayer and Luisa Germanton. John Bousch and Rachael Berry. Peter Young and Cath. Deichman. John Osterstock and Rachael Lawall. John Diehl and Eliz. Fehr. Enos Heller and Sarah Mufley. George William Ziegenthal and Cath. Jansen. John Fred. Bietze and Rosina Stump. Daniel Balliett and Cath. Dreisbach. William Miller and Margaret Hahn. John Schnyder and Rosanna Berry. Elias Trumbore and Cath. Vocht. Charles Happel and Lea Kotz. Frederick Stump and Cath. Schnerr. Sept. 20 Oct. 6. i i 12. Nov. 5- (( 7* (( 15- li 24. u 2S. Dec. I. (( 20. ( ( 29. 386 T/ie Kirst Reformed Church of Boston, Pa. Simon George and Cath. Scheuerman. George Kcssler and Sarah Gratwohl. John Frederick Schocnthal and Wilhehiiina Reiter. Benjamin F. Laddig and Maria Messinger. Joseph Dorr and Lena Shnyder. John B. Beisell and Christina Nolf. Washington Hellick and Sarah Beisel. Christian Krcider and Anna Maria Zeller. Thomas Roeder and Rebecca Knecht. Mannass Koemrer and Mary Ann Gross. Timotheus Miller and Mary Hoffert. Anno 1S36. Jan. 2. Jacob Keiper and Polly Hare. " 3. Paul Wunderling and Christina Kerkenthal. " 21. Andrew Frankenfield and Sarah Odenwelder. " 28. Jacob Hauser and Eliz. Heller. " 31. John Jacoby and Violetta Coleman. " 31. Simon Jansen and Sarah Seipel. " 3^' J<^^^'^ Mack and Sarah Barnes. Feb. 9. Nathan Koch and Sus. Reich. " 1 8. Daniel Gross and Eliz. Koch. " 21. Charles Hoenig and Storm. " 23. Jacob Happel and Eliz. Sandt. " 25. Adam Heimer and Sarah Hahn. March i. John Riegel and Cath. Steel. " 10. David Koehler and Levina Schortz. " 17. Jacob Michael and Cath. Keim. " 20. Jacob Keiser and Luisa Bruch. " 22. Jacob Rceser and Eliz. Weber. April 10. Daniel Woodring and Cath. Zeller. " 12. Peter Miller and Maria Jansen. " 26. John Sentce and Lea Steinmetz. ^^y 3- Jacob Hope and Sarah Seiler. " 3. Jacob Frey and Margaret Jumper. " 8. John Schcively and Cath. Rieser. May 15 ii, 24, [line H July 14 u 30 u 31 Sept. 25' ;; 25' u 29, Oct. 16 Nov. 20, a 22, u 27, Dec. II. u 13' u 15' Jan. 3- u 7- u 15' u 17- (( 24. a 15- Feb. 2. (C 9- (( 1 1 (( 12, ii 14. u 15' March 9- (( 22, u 28. u 30- April 18. May 2. Church Records. 387 John Siegel and Sus. Seller. Thomas Kind and Maria Werkhaeuser. William Moser and Cath. Diehl. Levi Barber and Eliza Herst. John Zieger and Cath. Roetz. Joseph Lehr and Maria Hessinger. Reuben L. Seip and Sarah Ann Hemsing. Stephen Balliett and Ann Lowrey. John Deichman and Sarah Kuntz. Joseph Lahr and Sus. Nickum. Frederick Dietz and Nancy Kotz. Samuel Roeder and Eliza Heller. Peter Lantz and Abbe Belles. Daniel Edelman and Mary Wolfinger. Joseph Mitman and Sarah Roser. John Schaefer and Eliza Ann Frey. Anno 1837. Abr. Koenig and Caroline Helick. Peter Weber and Agnes Hess. Isaac Balliett and Cath. Koechlem. Philip Odenwelder and Eliza Heller. Charles Weber and Caroline Heyl. John Wagner and Matilda Smith. John Leidy and Sarah Heckman. Nicholas Dewalt and Judith Mayer. Reuben Junkin and Eliza Arner. Charles Hauser and Mary Seifcrt. Jacob Schneider and Sarah Duglas. Nathan Junt and Sophia Walter. George Bassinger and Mary Ann Bauer. John Henry Heintz and Cath. Stump. Simon Janson and Henrietta Theodora Seifried. Richard Prawl and Ann Juline Kutzler. Samuel Buntin and Diana Stoflet. Peter Nauman and Eliz. Roth. 388 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. May 23. Simon Heller and Sophia Dreisbach. Philip Kaevser and Ann Juline Osterstock. Joseph Scider and Eliz. Rohn. Edward Werkhaeuser and Lydia Kind.] Reuben Koep and Cath. Koch. Herman Shnyder and Sus. Gogen. James Stackhouse and Cath. Schiffer. Henry Shnyder and Maria Martin. Georgfe Woodring and Sarah Ann Rodenbach. William Wilhelm and Sarah Jansen. Franklin Niles and Henrietta Innes. John Heller and Mary Ann Seifriedt. Philip Beisher and Eliz. Smith. Aaron Koep and Mary Ann Ricks. Joseph Kaemrer and Matilda Jansen. Peter Koenig and Maria Helick. Christian Butz and Sarah Vogel. Thos. Dech and Eliz. Dewalt. Courtland Bell and Serina Osterstock. Christian Stump and Glory Herzel. Simon Junkin and Ann Bishop. Anthon Pohl and Elisabeth Blum. Simon Kleder and Cath. Roth. David Bauer and Sus. Schnabel. Anno 1838. John Stump and Elisabeth Walter. Nicholas Lantz and Sarah Ann Edelman. Jacob Best and Juliana Schweitzer. John Kocher and Margaret Buntin. Daniel Gorr and Charit}' Andre. Xerxes Helick and Sarah Handlein. John Herzel and Elisabeth Rogers. Thos. LaWall and Cath. Geiger. John Ruth and Ann Mayer. Michael Abel and Anna Seipel. --,. June 15- (( 23 (( 29. J"lv 30- Sept. 5- (1 10. i( 10. u 17- (( 22. Oct. 1. u 14. (( 15- (( 29. Nov. 19. (( 30. Dec. 5- u 6. (( 12. Oct. 8. Dec. 21. t( 26. (( 31- Jan. 4- a 7- u 16. Feb. 1 1. (( 24. March 25. 4( -5' (( 27. April 8. May I. Church Records. 389 May 15- June 7- u 13. July 3- Sept. 9- u 29. (( 29. Nov. 12. 4( 13- (i 18. Dec. 9- u iS. (( 25- (( 27. 4( 27. Jan. I. (( I . Feb. 14. u 24. March 24. April 7- May 4- u 9- u 9- u 14. i; 18. July 7- '*■ 25- i i 30. Aug. 25- Sept. I . ;i 10. u 17- (( 21. John Reed and Cath. Haupt. John Schnyder and Sus. Kicfer. Samuel Heller and Margaret Gold. David Ackerman and Cath. Flick. Isaac Mitnian and Cath. Sliewer ( ?). Dan'. Reichard and Mary Ann Scheivley. Dr. Evan Schlaugh and Mary Innes. Solomon Blotz and Mary Sponheimer. Jacob Miller and Polly Mill. Daniel Qiieer and Sus. Kohl. Jeremiah Hope and Lyddy Ann Frey. Daniel Rohn and Levina Ritter. Bernhart Kind and Cath. Bellesfield. John George Riedeser and Anna Cath. Riedeser. George Hackman and Julian Derr. Anno 1839. Frederick Leitling and Luzetta Leisner. Edward Lamb and Lyddia Schminck. Abr. Fitz Randolph and Mary May. Peter Hackman and Rebecca Hess. Jacob Herzel and Sus. Rothrock. Daniel Brinker and Caroline Frederick. Adam Gottschall and Lyddia Ackerman. Ehrhart Nees and Francisca Yaeger. Jacob Andrews and Christina Herzel. Ernst Rissmiller and Luisa Heller. Dan'. Ohl and Sully Fritz. Charles Handshu and Cath. Stocker. Jacob Weber and Hannah Dreible}'. Aaron Dreisbach and Mary Ann Stocker. Samuel Keim and Caroline Jacoby. George Peter Werkhaeuser and Eliz. Stocker. George Heller and Hannah Swarthwood. Peter Diehl and Mary Ann Sand. Israel Kiefcr and Sibilla Shuck. ;90 The First Reformed Chtirch of East on. Pa. ocpi. _ \ . u 21. Oct. IS- i i IS- Nov. 2. 4( 3- 4k 7- Dec. lO. u lO. u lO. i( 19. (( 26. Jan. 13 4 1 23 ii 25 u 28 u 29 Feb. 4 ;( 8 i( 16 4( 29 March 6 u H u 24 41 24 44 29 44 17 April I 44 31 44 12 4 ( 19 44 26 44 28 May 17 Jacob Kutzler and Eliza Fritz. Francis Edward Reed and Susan Stem. Reuben Hummel and Mary Ann Roth. Joseph Mill and Sibilla Bartelmei. Samuel Hahn and Sally Ann Dech. Jacob Dech and Eva Rieser. John Rodenbach and Mary Kunsman. Samuel Bauer and Maria Russcl. Peter Coal and Lea Lawall. Charles Heller and Elisabeth Breidinger. John B. Heinlein and Rosanna Hartzel. David Butz and Maria Iderly. Anno 1840. Christian Odenwelder and Maria Uhler. Abraham Abel and Elisabeth Diehl. J. H. B. Mertz and Lyddia Flick. Michael Ache and Luisa Farling. Peter Lerch and Lucy Ann Ritter. William H. Sliouse and Ann Arndt. Solomon Hummel and Levina Jansen. Jesse Drasbach and Diana Herzel. Samuel Fengel and Feronica Schmidt. Peter Liebenguth and Elisabeth Best. Christian Bender and Susanna Sand. Daniel Weber and Matilda Stccher. Charles Young and Regina Knecht. John Young and Mary Elliot. Daniel W. Davis and Mary Ann Sleter. Peter Reichard and Charlotte Smith. George Moser and Cath. Schroeder. Jacob Ackerman and Lyddia Hahn. Thos. Seller and Eliza Koenig. Jesse Bergstraeser and Julian Fuhr. Jacob Hauser and Lucinda Clewell. Jacob Handshu and Sus. Young. Church Records. 391 June S. (4 28. Aug. 4- u 21. Sept. I. (( 6. u 6. u 8. 4( 10. U 26. U 29. Oct. 4- ( I 25- (( 30. ( ( 3^- li 31- Nov. 14. (( 28. 4( 29. Dec. I. u 13- (i 15- Jan. 5- (( 5- u 24. ;( 24. Feb. 2. (4 2 . (I 18. March 7 . (( 9' u 18, April 4 (( 8, Thomas Buss and Eliza Ann Hackman. George Findley and Julia Kind. George Werner and Lyddia Metz. Samuel Fabion and Ester Sassaman. Stephen Hess and Emma Aurelia''Cle\vell. Samuel Carl and Cath. Lawall. Levi Ruth and Nancy Bachman. Aaron Roeder and Sabina Bauer. Amlin Lake and Rosina Ohnangst. Abraham Bauer and Sarah Keller. Samuel Reit and Eliza Kelly. Isaac Moser and Ellen Weber. Samuel Scheivley and Caroline Roeller. Nicholas Arner and Eliz. Ecker. David Appel and Anna Matilda Loescher. John Scheuerman and Cecilia Haas. George Dietz and Eliz. Jones. John Wootrin^ and Mary Ann Koechlein. Geo. Dengler, Sr., and Eliz. Bender. Enoch Wootring and Mary Ann Peiffer. Christian Schlam and Lena Seipel. Peter Engel and Ann Engler. Anno 1S41. Peter Ohnangst and Sophia Lerch. Gidion Leigh and Sus Lawall. Edward Kocher and Levina Beck. Susanna Peiffer and Hannah Adams. Benjamin Nolf and Maria Wootring. John Herzel and Rebecca Sanders. Jacob Shock and Eliz. Butz. Jacob Werner and Anna Eliz. Correll. Jacob Ackerman and Luisa Fraess. Christopher Koenig and Levi Rothrock. John Jacoby and Eliz. Koenig. Daniel Miller and Sus. Herzel. 39- ^rft(^ First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Philip Fauerbach and Eliz. Pleck (?). Aaron Happel and Maiy Ann Idcrlcy. Daniel Hornecker and Eliz. Haas. Samuel Scheuerman and Susan Walter. Peter Walter and Williamina Laddig. William Fengel and Sarah Hellman. Lewis Appel and Ann Rohn. Abr. Hackman and Luisa Kremer. Benjamin Eckert and Cath. Frankenfield. John Flory and P. Ann Gruber. John Werkheuser and Deborah Hahn. George Reiss and Mary Lamb. Samuel Lawall and Eliza Reiss. William Wensel and Sus. Engel. David Bergstraeser and Maria Cavvley. John Kraemer and Hannah Getter. Robert G. Heiss and Eliza Gray. Jacob Stofflet and L^-dia Weber. Jacob Kreidler and Ann Messinger. Jacob Ruch and Isabella Keller. Wm. Noll and Cath. Bundstein. John F. W. Stocker and Eliza Riegel. Aaron Frey and Sus. Miller. Henry Ueberroth and Ann Oberley. John Gehres and Matilda Hoffman. Peter Cunningham and Juliana Carey. Jacob Sheip and Mary Ann Frey. Anno 1842. Jos. Koechlein and Cath. Wagner. George Ruch and Margaret McCrackin. Thos Hahn and Cath. Buss. Henry Roeder and Eliz. Keller. David Schnabel and Eliz. Schnabel (widow). Jos. Hahn and Ann Frauenfelder. Abr. Moyer and Luc\ Ann ^'oung. April 20. May iS. (i SO- (( SO- u SO- June 4- (( 29. July 1 1. Aug. 7- (( n- (I 28. Sept. 9- Oct. 3- (I 10. (( 17- (( 17- Nov. 10. (( 21 , 't 23- (( 27. Dec. 5- u 9- (( 14. (( 14. (( 24. (I 25- (( 25- Jan. 12, (i 18, (( 25' March ' 5' u 12. (( 15 (( 24. March 31- April 2. u lO. a i6. May 29. July 26. Aug. 9- (( 16. a 19. a 21. Sept. 7- Oct. S. (( 1 1. (( 15- (; 23- u 29. (( 30- i(. 30- Nov. 7- (( 1 1. (( 24. u 26. (( 27. ;( 27. Dec. 1 1. (I 15- (( 31- Jan. 7- a 21. March : 4. u 19. u 23- April 4- a 4- Chtwch Records. 393 Dan' Ball and Camilla Moser. John Alartendorf and Mary Rieser. Solomon Walter and Levina Walter. Jacob Barnes and Catharine Steinmetz. Daniel Heister and Caroline Odenwelder. Henry Broeder and Lusetta Lynn. Barnet Wagner and Maria Young. Peter Herz and Sophia Kreidler. Jacob Matz and Christina Ganzel. Cyrus Frees and Levina Zerfass. Isaiah Moser and Sarah Biegly. Edward Hahn and Caroline Metz. Samuel Taylor and Peggy Ann Engler. Joseph Ernst and Cath. Schnerr. Simon Sentee and Caroline Koenig. Jacob Shuck and Rebecca Berger. Joseph Wilhelm and Levina Kelchner. Samuel Krotz and Margaret Heitsman. George Nolf and Eliz. Lechliter. Richard Hahn and Sophia Bender. William Hoeny and Margai"et Siegel. Samuel Kressman and Cath. Croferty. Andrew Price and Ann Kreidler. William Herzel and Matilda Messinger. Reuben Dech and Sarah Koehler. Samuel Schurtz and Maria Schweitzer. Francis Roth and Hannah Barber. Anno 1S43. Ephraim Ohl and Juliana Stofflet. Joseph Keller and Maria Klein. George Fritz and Ann Roeder. John Leibert and Sally Ann Bellesfield. Reuben Eckert and Margaret Arnold. Samuel Peiffer and Sophia Wootring. James Shnyder and Christina Fox. 594 ^-^^^ F^/rst Rcfo7-mcd Church of Easton, Pa. George Yeisley and Susan Herzel. Stephen D. Roeder and Ellen Flick. Charles JMichael and Elisabeth Mack. Philip Engel and Catharine Heller. Peter Berry and Pollv Ohnangst. Edward Walter and ]Matilda Odenwelder. Jacob Keller and Mary Vogel. William Kotz and Sarah Ann Zimmerman. Henry Gruber and Charlotte Burke. Benjamin Herzel and Matilda Oberley. Daniel Kaemrer and Mary Ann Dcwalt. Aaron Dech and Eliz. Amanda Schreiber. Peter Roeder and Levina Dunbar. W^illiam Mack and Susan Rosen. Peter Hess and Hannah Gehres. W^illiam Odenwelder and Anna Wootring. William Erich and Matilda Baumgardt. Michael Resch and Cath. Stackhaus. Charles Rieser and Eliza Bauer. Aaron Koch and Mary Koch. Levi Kogen and Matilda Fengel. Anno 1844. Jan. 2. Peter Andree and Nancy Hahn. '' 14. William Walter and Mary W^alter. 27. Andrew Metzger and Sophia Matilda Kinsey. 26. Henry Werner and Mary Bender. iS. Peter Herzel and Eliz. Carwell. 27. Stephen Derrhammer and Eliz. Lerch. 29. Solomon Koehler and Mary Ann Ehrit. March 2. Thomas Metz and Rebecca Andre. " 2. Herman Kemper and Susan Shelly. Note. — It is to be observed that the record of marriages, made in the handwriting of the Rev. Thomas Pomp, April 29. (i 4 June ^0- u 13 .; ->5 '• 31 Sept. 7 ( ( 10 Oct. •• 3 " 17 ( ( 26 ti 28 (( 28 1, k 29 Nov. 14 (( 26 Dec. 1 u 10 u 12 il. 31 Church Records. 395 ceases at this point, 1844. He was now an aged and venerable man, having continued in office as pastor for forty-eight years. In the year 1845 the Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger became the Englist assistant pastor. In an- other book will be found his record of marriages, the first entry being made April 4, 1847. These records it is not our purpose to publish, our aim being merely to publish the records from the earliest entry down to the close of the ministry of the Rev. Thomas Pomp. It is further to be observed that "Father Pomp's " rela- tion to the congregation still continued in a regular man- ner, even after the coming of Rev. Mr. Bomberger as the assistant pastor. Father Pomp was still the regular Ger- man minister, and Rev. Mr. Bomberger the English pas- tor. This arrangement continued from 1845 to April 19, 1850, when, owing to the increasing infirmities of age, Father Pomp retired from the active service of the church, still retaining, however, his official relation as pastor with salary. " Four years later in the early morning of April 22, 1852, death gently released him from all his earthly labors and trials, in the eightieth year of his age, the sixtieth of his ministry, and the fifty-seventh of his pastor- ate in Easton." During the latter years of his ministry he seems not to have made any entries of marriages, baptisms, etc., in the church books. From what I have learned from members of his family I am persuaded that he kept such records in a private memorandum book, his son William as occasion afforded, copying them into a book which was afterward used as an "Account Book." Some years ago, prior to the death of the sole survivors of his immediate family, the Misses Susan and Mary Pomp, I secured from them the privilege of cutting out the leaves of this account book 396 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. which contained such records, and inserted them in the Cliurch Register at the people place. I can find only the record of the marriaijes — which here follows: Anno 1S46. Oct, 4. Samuel Blum and Catharine Frey. '' 4. Simon Arndt and Rebecca Dech. " 22. William Dech and Eliza Heller. Xov. 3. Charles Hay and Maria Babb. '• 12. Joseph Emmerich and Ella Melinda Derhamer. Anno 1847. Jan. 2. [acob Alufley and Eliz. Weitman. Conrad Miller and Sophia Stocker. Henry Milton and Cath. Rodenbach. Anthony Kochler and Lydia Buss. Frederick Schmidt and Maria Margaret Lauber. Jacob Howard and Eliz. Weaver. Stephen Smith and Susan Johnson. Elias Iderle and Eliz. Immick. Amandus Paul and Camilla Koechlein. Michael Ilensel and Christiana Picht. John Picht and Cath. Newmayer. David Steinmetz and Sarah Stein (Stem?). Michael Ruf and Rebecca Resh. Jacob Fenstermaker and Eliz. Rohn. Thomas H. Leary and Eliz. K. Wagener. John Handshue and Eliz. Transue. Enoch Arndt and Sarah Kreidler. " 12. Reuben Kcssler and Cath. Lichliter. Oct. 2. John Helvvick and Luiza.Holl. " 9. Stephen Hahn and Caroline Hortendorf. Anno 184S. Mav 2. Peter Kochler and Margaret Wagner. " 21. John Oberhoner and Levina Moebus. (( 3- 5- (( 19. u 20. (i 27. li SI- Feb. IS- (( 13- 4( 14- March 21. '' -7- April 10. July 4- •' 15- Aug. 5- Sept. 12. Church Records. 397 Aaron Best and Mary Ann Young. John Reinbolt and Mille . Thomas Reigel and Sarah Ann Lutz. Michael Iderle and Elisabeth Fortner. Jacob Wootring and Sibella Unangst. David Ritter' and Levina Seipel. Cornelius Unangst' and Caroline Heller. George Schenk' and Eliz. Bossart. George Ernst* and Sarah Koch. Aaron Best* and Mary Ann Young- Jonathan Hahn and Angelisa Stotz. Jacob Lerch and Liddy Ann Lerch. Alfred Rouch and Maria Penton. Peter Young and Eliza Heimer, James Schmidt and Belinda Fluk. George Bieler and Sabina Willauer. John Riesser and Susanna Arner. Saphane Bulking and Ann Shup. Anno 1849. Nicholas Fishier and Cath. Broeder. William Ohnangst and Rebecca Matilda Kemrer. Richard Kachlein and Ann Matilda Coleman. Martin Reinhamer and Anna Picht. Lewis Group ( ? ) and Maria Snyder. Levi Dahn and Lucetta Abel. David Dahn and Maria Stocker. Joseph Radenbach and Caroline Werkhouser. Stephen Eritt and Eliz. Franz. Charles Bolsappel and Sarah Davenport. Charles Andre and Caroline Bahn. Anno 1850. March 12. William Stocker and Sally Ann Laubach. May 28. John Fluck and Cath. Rockel. 1 These entries have been crossed with pencil marks — I know not why, Jan. 25- it. 30- Feb. 17- April I. u 15- Nov. 27. (( 30- Dec. 4- ki 16. Jan. 25- March 4- u 12. Nov. 2 . Dec. 2. K 4- U 24. ;( 26. (( 30- Jan. ^3- Feb. 22. May 6. (4 7- u 13- Jan. 16. 4; 23- July 10, 44 29, Aug. 4' 44 II 39S The First Reformed Church of Easion, Pa. John Jonlus and Diana Shade. Isaac Shuck and Sarah Gottshal. John Justice Carty and Mary Fishier. George Iderle and Eliza Metzger. George Rinker and Peggy Ann Kocher. Daniel Ilellcr and Luisa Schiffler. Samuel Knecht and Eliza Gruber. Philip Miller and Levina Derr. Philip Adam Yob -and Sarah Dech. Jacob Dietz and Julian Heller. 'Anno 1S51. John Jansen and Susanna Jansen. John Stephen Dech and Anna Maria Heller. George Erich and Cath. Erich. Isaac Dietz and Eleanora Peiffer. Anton Knap and Eliz. Linn. Reuben Hahn and Sarah Hahn. Amandus Daubert and Sarah Fishier. Peter Siegel and Eliz. Caroline Koenig. John Carling and Sarah Mosier. " 26. Anthon Boyer and Caroline Schnvder. " 27. Thomas Apple and Emma Miller. Oct. 4. William Koch and Juliann Stocker. " 5. Gottlieb Scheivly and Emeline Brunner. " 29. John Huber and Eliza Weber. Nov. 8. Edward Apple and Elisabeth Heller. " 22. George Stonebach and Cornelia S. Hinsey Dec. 21. Christian Collmar and Mary Dillinger. " 24. John Nise and Sarah Caroline Vogel. Anno 1S52. Martin Simon and Elisabeth Laub. John Nagel and Cath. Xolf. John Schall and Luisa Mittenberger. George Wilhelm and Cath. Stansbury . May 28. July 6. " 14. Aug. 3 Sept. 14. Noy. -> • ( 8. Dec. 20. 4k 26. " 28. Jan. 5- u H- Feb. ■-> March ^ 1 t; 23- April 19. i> 20. May 17- u iS. Jan. 22 Feb. 17 (( 19 March 7' Church Records. 399 Anxo 1849. Dec. 10. Peter Class and Margaret Bauer. AxNO 1786. In the congregation at Greenwich the following persons were in the Consistory (" Kirchen-Rath ") : Elders^ Jacob Welsh, Jacob Meyer ; Deacotzs^ John Winter, Herman Schubman. Anno 17S7. April 15. As a deacon of the congregation, Herman Schub- man passed out of office, and in his stead William Henry Haentz was elected and installed. Anno 1788. In the month of May, two additional persons were elected by the Christian Congregation for service in the Consistory, viz. : Peter Scherp and William Passinger. Anno 1790. May 16. Two members of the Christian Reformed Congre- gation at Greenwich, namely, Mr. Baltzer Zimmerman and Peter Young were ordained as elders, the term of Mr. William Henry Haentz, Jacob Winter and John Meyer having expired. Anno 1793. There was chosen for the Consistory at Greenwich, as elders, Jacob Welsch, Peter Scharp; and as deacons, William Passin- ger, Balthasser Zimmerman, Peter Young. Anno 1794. In this year William Passinger and Balthasser Zimmerman went out of office as deacons, and in their stead were chosen Abraham Zimmerman and Peter Winter, who on the 23d of November were duly presented to the congregation and ordained to their offices. 400 The First Reformed Church of East on. Pa. THE CHURCH AT DRYLAND. Anno 17S6. The Consistory of the Church at Dryhmd consisted of the fol- lowing persons, to wit : Elders.^ Leuhard Knccht, William Jansen, Jacob Meyer ; Deacons^ Nicholas Koemmerer, John Ehrit, George Hertzel. Anno 17S8. In the Christian Congregation at Dryland, the term of office of the following persons expired, viz.., as Elder, Jacob Meyer, and as Deacon, Nicholas Koemmerer, and in their stead were chosen and duly obligated by the congregation, Michael Lawald and as Deacon, Frederick Lerch. Anno 1789. April 26. In the congregation at Dryland the two elders, Len- hard Knecht and William Jansen went out of office, and in their stead were chosen as Elders in the Congregation, Jonas Hertzel and Ulrich Knecht. Anno 1790. January 31. In the Christian Reformed Congregation at Dry- land the two deacons (" Almosen-pfleger " — almoners, over- seers), Mr. John Ehrit and John Hertzel went out of office, and in their stead were chosen and duly obligated before the congre- gation as " Almonsen-pfleger," George Roether and John Schneider. Anno 1793. The Consistory of the Church at Dryland was constituted as follows : Elders., Ulrich Knecht, Philip Faas ; Deacons., George Roether, John Schneider. Anno 1793. December, 25. Ulrich Knecht, the elder to this time of the Reformed Dryland Congregation (" bisheriger aeltister ") went out of office, and in his stead as elder was chosen, and on the 29th December was presented to the Christian Congregation and to his office duly obligated as elder — Bernhardt Arndt. Church Records,. • 401 Anno 1794. November 30. Philip Faas, elder to date (" bisheriger aeltister ") laid down his office, and in his stead was chosen George Rhoeder, thus far a deacon ; and in his stead John Erit. Both were installed in their several offices, December 28. Elder., George Rhoeder. Deacon., John Erit. THE CONGREGATION AT PLAINFIELD. Anno 1786. The following persons constituted the consistory in the Chris- tian congregation at "Blaenfield" (Plainfield) : Elders., Caspar Doll, George Henry Young ; Dcacoits., Henry Hauser, Philip Fendt. Anno 1787. In the month of September, Caspar Doll and George Henry Young went out of office as Elders, and in their stead were chosen and installed Valentine Metz and Joseph Keller, both as deacons ( ?) of the congregation. Anno 178S. After a due Church settlement Henry Hauser and Philip Fendt went out of office, and in their stead were chosen and obligated as elders — George Trumbauer (?) and Peter Pender. Anno 17S9. In the fall of the }ear Mr. Valentine Metz and Joseph Keller went out of office, and in their stead were chosen and obligated Philip Achenbach and Jacob Keller. Anno 1793. The consistory at Plainfield consisted of the following persons : Elders., Philip Achenbach, Henry Ilappel ; Deacons., Diedrich Bauer, Frederick Halin. 402 The First Reformed Church of Easton^ Pa. Anno 1794. In this year the two ciders, Philp Achenbach and Henry Hap- pel, laid down their offices, and in their places as elders were elected "die bisherigen vorsteher" — the deacons, Diedrich Bauer and Frederick Hahn, and as deacons Abraham Heller and Philip Keller. These were, on the i6th of November, 1794, brought before the congregation and consecrated to their several offices. Elders., Diedrich Bauer, Frederick Hahn ; Deacons^ Abraham Heller, Philip Keller. CONCLUSION. It may be worth while to call the reader's attention to the fact that the above meager extracts from the proceed- ings of the consistories of these several churches show that it was not customary, in that day, and in the Reformed Church, for the same persons to succeed themselves in office as elders as deacons. When their terms of office expired, others were elected in their stead. Here the editor lays down his pen and brings his long and interesting work to a conclusion. His purpose origin- ally was simply to translate and publish the contents of the two oldest of the church books in the possession of the congregation. This he has now done. There are besides these two church books three others of a more recent date. These future pastors may care for. The editor's purpose was merely to put the oldest and most valuable records of the congregation in such a form that they could be neither lost nor destroyed by fire. It is really a wonder that these old books were not long since destroyed by fire or lost by careless handling. When they are once printed and dis- tributed no carelessness and no fire can ever destroy a lose all of the copies published. That these precious records may be preserved is the hope of the editor, and that every one who turns over the pages of these records of Christian people, long since gone to the better world, may have his name written in the Lamb's Book of Life is his most earnest prayer. " Then they that feared the Lord spake often to one an- other ; and the Lord hearkened^ and heard it, and a book 403 404 The First Reformed Church of Easton, Pa. of rcnicmhrancc zuas ivritten before Him for them that Jeared the Lord^ and that thought upon His name. '''■And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day zuhcn I make up mv jewels, and I will spare him as a man sparcth his own son that serve th him. Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.'" Malachi III., 16-18. '•'■And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which zuere written in the books, accord- ing to their works.'' Rev. XX., 12. FINIS. r J - 'W^* &, 5? I s^=rb)| g r i 5 1 ( ^At ^" UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. ^ ^' ' MAR 2 Mil \ftS^^^^ 977 RECEIVED AUG K) iy«3 CIKC. li^i o ID/ URL '0 LO-URL SEP12'89 SEP 7 I9rt ^ Form L^Series T939 t .IR ^^. 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