Church Journal was established at Lancaster in 1879, and published in the interest of St. John's Lutheran Church. Rev. Sylvanus Stall, A.M., edited this neat, eight-page monthly in 1882. The Criterion was put forth by Her- man E. Hoch, its editor of this city, every two weeks, for a period of months, in

in 1719. He was an Indlan trader, and had sons, John, Thomas, William and Peter, all of whom were also Indian traders. He gave the farm at the river to his son William. In the summer of 1726, the Rev. James Anderson received a call from old Donegal Church, which he accepted, and located in the

. Ellicott's work in laying out our National Capital, seems unaccountable. The facts are known to the world, and one would suppose that a writer, setting out to write a chapter of our early history, should make use of them. Major Peter Charles L'En- fant was no doubt an able military en- gineer, but there is

September 3, 1789, and was buried in the graveyard attached to the First Reformed Church, in this city, to which he left a legacy of £15. �sold to Dr. Parish, who was his agent, the 3,000 acres in Conestoga Manor that were still unsold. But as much of the lands in these two Manors had been sold on quit

better known; Alexander Lowrey, Col. Peter Grubb, Col. Philip de Haas, John Hopson, Zaecheus Davis, and, last of all, Col. Nicholas Hoosacker, the sol- dier of fortune, who deserted the pa- triot cause, and, with several officers and twenty soldiers, joined the Brit- ish forces at the battle of Princeton

- munity. Although everybody knew "Grand- pap" Zahm fifty years ago, if you go out into the city and make inquiries as to his history about the only thing you will learn is that he was court- crier for an unremembered number of years. As the writer knew him only by sight, he is unable to add any per- sonal

Atkinson, son of Mathew and brother os Stephen, married, as is �shown by the records of St. James' P. E. Church, April 24, 1762, Anna Maria Le Roy, whose younger sister, Marie Salome, later on was married to Charles Hall. The will of their brother, Abraham Le Roy, written in 1765 (Book B, p. 545), mentions

Sarah Barton Zantzinger, daughter of Paul Zant- zinger, Esq. Miss Zantzinger was a granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Barton, the rector of St. James' Epis- copal Church before and at the time of the Revolution. Mr. Barton left Lancaster because he was unable to support the new government. He join- ed

/ by Miss Lottie L. Bausman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Bausman, William. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: 38-44 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

baked at home and that bake- ovens were in consequence as much or a necessity as the dwellings them- selves. But during the past fall the oven was torn down, and, as I happen- ed along soon afterward, I secured one of the tiles with which the bake house or oven was covered. Tiled roofs, like thatched