I've been copying this series verbatim from H. S. Hallman's booklet "An Addition to the History of the Hallman Family in Canada." This is not intended to slight our subscribers who are not descendants of Anthony. I would be delighted to have any subscriber, who is descended from another ancestor, give us his/her family history, too. Please send me a message if you would like to post your family history for our subscribers. This is the third and last in the series as I don't plan to go into any genealogy of Anthony's descendants. I said in my earlier message, some of you are more familiar with his descendants than I am. "Anthony Hallman purchased a farm of some 150 acres in what is now Skippack township, from the estate Evan Williams on March 9, 1720. This farm lies along the eastern borders of the farm of 100 acres belonging to the Mennonite church, and which they obtained from Matthias Van Bebber, June 8, 1717. "Anthony Hallman also owned a farm of 100 acres in Lower Talford township, though the date of purchase is unknown to me. This farm comprises the present* Solomon Wasser farm as well as other land. This farm had been purchased of John Vincent Meyer and sold Sept. 21, 1742 to Henry Denig. In this connection the late James Y. Heckler in his History of Lower Talford Township speaks of Anthony Hallman as "a well-to-do farmer of Perkiomen township." In his "History of Skippack," Heckler says that Anthony Hallman "was a great speculator in land." I know of no reason for this latter statement, other than the fact that he owned these two farms, the one in Skippack containing 150 acres and the one in Lower Talford containing 100 acres. "Nearly all Anthony's nearest neighbors were Mennonites and his farm was joined on the west by the 100 acres farm which Van Bebber gave to the Mennonites. As a neighbor to these people Anthony gave his time and labor in building the Mennonite Meeting house, and the graveyard enclosure. Though not a member of the Mennonite church, he was evidently held in high esteem as a neighbor, and as one who was liberal in his religious views. " In his reports to the church authorities at Halle, Germany, Rev. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, pastor of Augustus Lutheran Church at Trappe, mentions the fact that at the first Church conference of the Lutheran Church in America, held at Philadelphia, Aug. 26, 1748, Anthony Hallman was in attendance as one of the elders of Augustus Lutheran Church, at Trappe. He was also in attendance at subsequent annual conferences though he is not mentioned by name, the record merely showing the presence of all the elders of this congregation. "Anthony Hallman died July 16, 1759, at the age of 88 years, having been born 1671. At the time of his death he was 'Church Warden' of Augustus Lutheran Church. There is no record as to the place of burial, though in all probabilty he lies buried at the side of his wife in the graveyard of the Mennonite Church at Skippack. The graves on either side of that of Mary Salome Hallman are marked by field stones without any inscription." *This was in 1910 I hope that some, or all of these series, have been interesting to you. If you haven't posted your family line yet, we hope to see it soon on our list. If you are descended from a different ancestor than Anthony, we surely would like to see the history of your family. Thanks, Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess faith@verdenet.com