/ by James Blair Moore. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chestnut Level Academy (Chestnut Level, Pa.) Schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: 169-185 p. ; 23 cm

OLD ST, JOHN'S, PEQUEA St. John's parish is located in the extreme eastern section of the beau- tiful Pequea Valley, on the "King's Highway,"or "Old Road," leading from Lancaster to Philadelphia. In the survey of 1733 the English Church (St. John's, Pequea) is one of the points mentioned. It is

William Jones, for many years (15 say) Sexton of St. John's Church, Pequea. I did not attend, not invited. He was faithful and did his Duty. Dropsy In ye Chest." He notes, "Paul Zantzinger buried June 25, 1817, at the German Lutheran �Burying Ground. I attended, but did not officiate; he died suddenly

EARLY PRESBYTERIANISM IN LANCASTER COUNTY. In conversation with our patient and indefatigable librarian, I inciden- tally remarked that the Rev. Alexan- der Craighead, formerly a pastor of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, deserved more credit for the adoption of the Mecklenburg Declaration, in