was born September 7, 1673, of Swiss parent- age, a native of the Canton of Berne in the district of Seftigen, the country thereabouts being known as the Zimmerwald (or in other words, the forest of Carpenters) from which this family is said to have acquired its name. Heinrich is reputed to have been

Stephen Atkinson paid taxes, as may be seen by the assess- ment rolls, on land in Conestoga town- ship. (Ellis and Evans, p. 21). This seems to have been the first assess- ment. Taxes were paid by him in the same township in 1724-25, and on land in West Conestoga in 1720. A very wild, perilous tract it