Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas


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Covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution.




"Rememb'ring Our Time and Work is the Lords"


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Pennsylvania's role in the development of American culture and society has received an increasing amount of attention in the past two decades, as the tercentenary celebrations of the founding of the province led to a reexamination of the colony and state's contributions to the ethnic and religious diversity of modern America. With increasing pluralism, however, the religious group that was most prominent in the establishment of the province - the Society of Friends, or Quakers - declined in its impact and importance.




Tulpehocken Church Records, 1730-1800


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Christ Lutheran is located one mile southwest of Bernville in Jefferson Township. Altalaha Lutheran (also known as Beaver Creek) was located in Tulpehocken Township, now in Rehrersburg.










Berks County, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1730-1800


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Vol. 1 consists solely of records from Lutheran and Reformed ministers in Berks County, while v. 2 includes Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg; Christ (Little Tulpehocken) Lutheran Church, Jefferson Township; Christ (Mertz) Lutheran Church, Rockland Township; Exeter Friends Meeting House, Exeter Township; Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Bally; New Bethel (Zion) Lutheran Church, Grimville; St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Douglassville; St. Joseph's (Hill) Union Church, Pike Township; St. Paul's Union Church, Amityville; Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church; Tulpehocken Township; Zion (Moselem) Lutheran Church, Richmond Township.










The Johannes Schwab Family


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The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.




The Genealogist


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