... of the one part, and Martin Lantz, George Gross, Caspar Loughman and Michael Beyerly, members and trustees for the Society or Congregation of the Lutheran Church in the township of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster." The deed further witnessed that "the said James Hamilton as well for the

Lancaster County. His handwritten records of thousands of births and marriages are pre- served in the library of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Doctor Green- wald preached at the funeral service which was followed by burial in Woodward Hill. The father of Pastor Strine, also John Jacob, was