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.







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.













Meyer


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Michael Meyer (ca. 1672-1733) was born in Palatine Germany. He and his wife Anna had five children, one of whom, Johannes Hans Meyer (ca. 1699-1766), emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania. Some descendants of other children of Michael and Anna also moved to Pennsylvania, where many descendants still live. Spelling of the surname often varies greatly.




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.







Ancestry


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