Signers of petition: Hanson B. Jacobs, B. F. Bunn, Andrew Robeson, Lot Rogers, James McCaa, Robert Giffen, William Witman, David E. Williams, Thomas Edwards, John Benson, E. D. White, R. S. Bunn, George Rigg, Samuel Styer, William Hinds, William Evans, Joseph Spotts, John Plank, Barton Witman, Joel Kauffman, Levi Z. Ringwalt.
Letter of recommendation: Hanson B. Jacobs, James McCaa, David Styer, William Witman, John Benson, Andrew Robeson, B. F. Bunn, E. D. White, David E. Williams, E. Newswanger, Lot Rogers, William Evans, Robert Giffen, Samuel W. Groff, William Hinds, Levi Z. Ringwalt, George T. Krider, Christian Lichty, Jacob Hoffman, Jacob Lambert, Levi Coffroad, Elisha Squibb, Levi B. Yoder, David Mast, Elias Harts, William Yoder, Martin Leber, Thomas Edwards, George Rigg, William Ringwalt, John Hertzler, Philip Bacher, Samuel McCormick, James Miller, John Ammon, Joseph Spotts, Joel Kauffman, Samuel Lincoln, Samuel Smith, Frederick Styer, Samuel Styer, Levi W. Bear, Jacob Styer, David Shirk, Silas Weiler, Levi Ringwalt, Samuel Patton, [signature in German], Andrew Weiler, G. W. McCormick, Barton Witman, Jacob Yohn, Isaac Kauffman, James S. Neill, William Yohn, Levi Nagle, Peter Foltz, Jonathan Smith, William Diseley, George L. Ayers, Christian Shirk, Daniel A. Shiffer, R. S. Bunn, Jacob Byler.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Signers of petition: B. F. Bunn, Joseph Spotts, David E. Williams, E. D. White, Andrew Robeson, James S. Robeson, D. H. Sensenich, John Plank, Hanson B. Jacobs, William Ringwalt, George Geigley, Jacob Spotts, William G. Martin.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of petition: Hanson B. Jacobs, Philip [Bachar], Lot Rogers, Andrew Robeson, Robert T. Bunn, B. F. Bunn, Robert Giffin, Joel Kauffman, Jacob Jameson, William Hinds, J. K. Kurtz, William Witman, James McCaa, Thomas J. Ringwalt, John Homberger, William Ringwalt, Levi Z. Ringwalt, George Rigg, John Hertzler, Levi Koffroath, Barton Witman, Jacob Yohn.
3 items, 3 pieces
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"Old Bangor" Episcopal Church, Churchtown, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, November 1951 - August 1958
Description
The subject of this scrapbook is Bangor Episcopal Church located in Churchtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It contains information about the Bangor Church graveyard including some names, marker locations and epitaphs from the gravestones. Composed mostly of newspaper clippings, the scrapbook incorporates some handwritten notes to complement the newspaper articles. Within the book, there are several people mentioned associated with the church such as Robert E. Simpson, William F. Worner, Cyrus Jacobs and Hanson B. Jacobs.
Admin/Biographical History
Bangor Episcopal Church, Churchtown, Pennsylvania
Appropriately named "Old Bangor," this church is the oldest non-coastal church in America of Episcopalian denomination. The founding date is a disputed one with oral history dating back to 1722 and written history starting in 1728. With a predominantly Welsh congregation, Bangor Episcopal Church was given a grant and charter in 1730 from William Penn. The church's official charter was created on 1 March 1786, and the church still operates under this charter. The present stone building was completed in 1830. Bishop Ondernack performed the consecration of the present building in 1832. Bangor Churchyard contains 325 tombstones and many unmarked graves. The oldest tombstone is dated 6 July 1741 and is in memory of a young girl, who died at the age of three. There are tombstones in the graveyard from all the wars since the Revolutionary War until World War II. Bangor Church still stands and operates in Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"Bangor Protestant Episcopal Church, Caernarvon Township: the Graves at Bangor Church," in Engle's Notes and Queries (1898): 61- 65.
Simpson, Robert E. and William Frederic Worner. Old Bangor Episcopal Church, Churchtown, PA., 1734.
Worner, William Frederic. "Tombstone Transcriptions in Bangor Parish Churchyard, Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." in National Genealogical Society Quarterly (September 1942): 103- 109.
The Episcopal Church of Bangor in Caernarvon: Churchtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, founded in 1722… Women's Guild of Bangor Church, 1953.
Notes
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Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted access. Please make an appointment by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.
Copyright
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Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Box R007
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 28 September 2023.
Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 168.
Cataloged by CRB, October 2007.
This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
