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Early historical record of Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, Pa

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Author: Knittle, J. F.

Date of Publication: 1940

Early Historical Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, Pa. By REV. J. F. KNITTLE, Ph.D. It was Solomon, the King of wisdom of Israel, who, in reviewing his life, declared that "Of the making of many books there is no end," and we might apply that statement today and say that of the writing of

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Responsibility: by Rev. J. F. Knittle, Ph.D.

Author: Knittle, J. F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [11]-19 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 1

Subjects: Zion Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Manheim (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 1 (1940), p. 11-19Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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Jacob Albright : the evangelical pioneer

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Author: Wilson, Robert Sherer,

Date of Publication: 1940.

Call Number: 922.7 A342w

Responsibility: by Robert Sherer Wilson.

Author: Wilson, Robert Sherer,

Place of Publication: Myerstown, Pa

Publisher: Church Center Press of Evangelical Congregational Church,

Date of Publication: 1940.

Physical Description: 109 p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Jacob Albright was born May 1, 1759 to John Albright (Johannes Albrecht) and his wife, in the region of Fox Mountain (Fuchsberg) in Douglass Township (now Montgomery County) northwest of Pottstown, Pennsylvania and was baptized into the Lutheran Church. His parents were German immigrants from the Palatine Region of Germany, but sources disagree on when they immigrated to the United States. (Johannes Albrecht and his wife, Anna Barbara, both born in either Austria or Palatine depending on the source, came to America on the ship Johnson in 1732...During the American Revolution, Jacob Albright served in Captain Jacob Witz's Seventh Company, Fourth Battalion, Philadelphia Militia as a drummer boy and later as a guard for the Hessian prisoners at Reading, Pennsylvania. Although uncertain, several sources indicate that he served through 1786.In 1785, he married Catherine Cope and they had six (or nine) children. Only three children survived to adulthood: Sarah, wife of Noah Ranck; Jacob, who died childless; and David, married to Mary Riedenbach (Raidenbach or Raidabaugh), who had children. There are descendants of Jacob Albright through his son David living today. The young family moved to Earl Township, Lancaster County, and they lived near Ephrata, Pennsylvania[permanent dead link], where the young Jacob took up farming and was in the business of manufacturing tiles and bricks...The movement did not take the name of Evangelical Association until after Jacob Albright's death. The church spread to various parts of the United States. In 1894 the Esher-Dubbs dispute occurred and 1/3 of the church left to form the United Evangelical Church. In 1923, most of the disputing congregations returned and the church was renamed the Evangelical Church. The remaining churches became the Evangelical Congregational Church. The Evangelical Church united in 1946 with the United Brethren in Christ (New Constitution) to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church and that body in turn united with the Methodist Church in 1968 to form the United Methodist Church." [from Wikipedia]

Subjects: Albright, Jacob, - 1759-1808.; Evangelical Association of North America - Clergy - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 922.7 A342w

John Seybert : a Hessian soldier's son who became bishop of a church

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1943.

some record of his parents. He wrote, "Through hard work, thrift and simple living (though not despising luxury) it was possible that my parents, at the time of my father's death in March, 1806, owned a beautiful farm of 107 acres with buildings, besides having money lent out on mortgages, for which

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Responsibility: by George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1943.

Physical Description: [1]-12 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 1

Subjects: Seybert, John, - 1791-1860.; Evangelical Association of North America - Clergy.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 1 (1943), p. 1-12Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47