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    1. [PAMONROE] Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Re: Lowhill Church
    2. geri brennan
    3. Lowhill Congregation, properly dates its begining from that of the Weissenberg. The members who where originally formed from this congregatuib assisted in founding the Weissenberg Church, and were of the principal communicants there. The church building stands near the northwestern boundary of Lowhil township, Lehigh County. The congregation is within a district which is bounded on the north by Heidelberg, and touches on the south the limits of the Ziegel congregation and on the east those of Morganland (formerly the Jordan congregation) The organization was effected 27 Jan 1769. Names, Jacob Bachman Jr., Jost Georg, Nicolaus Mannebach, Andreas Eschbach, Johann Hartman, Johannes Georg, Peter Weiss, Georg Georg, Engel Thomas, Jacob Bachman Sr, Nicholas Bauchman, Christoph Knor, Heinrich Kemper, Peter Kocher, Paul Bachman, Johann Simon George. In addition to the above named, who afterward joined the church, Sylvester Holben, Wilhem Holben, Elizabeth Reiche (widow) Bernhard Schneider, J. W. Scheider, Peter Bahl, Abraham Knor, Lorenz Bachman, Friederich "Schneiter", Heinrich Ohl, (Heidelberg) Michael Deybert, Johann Tiessluss, Catharine Kempfer, Phillipp Ennes, Christian Reiss, Johannes Reinschmidt, Wilhelm Stumpf, Nicholas Kocher, Michael Probst Sr. The following soon joined the congregation ( they were mostly emigrants), Johann Adam Geiss, Jacob Bar Wilhelm Schmetton, Jacob Mussergenug, George A. Guthekunst, Adam Dries, Jacob Harner Esq., George Falk, Philip Fenstermach, Mathias Schlimann, Nicolaus Imbody and others. Best Wishes, Geri

    05/18/2003 03:20:33