This book by Herman & Gertrud Guth and J Lemar & Lois Ann Mast (1987) must be something I bought through Masthoff publishers. While I was flipping through it this morning I stumbled on to this entry on p 13: "Archive Number 77/4337-1685 "Mennists living in the Palatine territory. "folio 69: "OBERAMT ALZEY NIEDERFLOERSHEIM "Jann Clementz Christian Buchholder Julius Schmidt, the younger Peter Clementz Julius Schmidt, the older "KRIEGSHEIM Matthias Bonn Peter Buchholder Henrich Bluehm Hans Gram Gerhard Becker Arnold Schumacher Johann Gebhard Peter Schumacher's foster son, Peter Otto (?) "All are Quakers. "Gerhard Heinrich Agnes, Conrad Gebhart's widow Georg Schumacher Peter Schumacher's widow Johannes Cassel Philipp Lehbusch" So I'm confused. Were there Quakers in the Palatines? I'm assuming from the way these folks are listed that the ones in Oberamt Alzey Niederfloersheim and in Kriegsheim are "Mennists," or Mennonites. That would suggest that the folks above or below the "All are Quakers" statement were Quakers with German sounding names. The listing from Archive 77/4337-1685 goes on with lists of other folks from Wolfsheim, Aspisheim, Weinheim (near Wallertheim), Spiesheim, Gundersheim, Moelsheim, and Osthofen on this page. Jan **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

Yes, there were Quakers in Kriegsheim. I am descended from the Schumachers. Quaker missionaries William Ames and George Rolfe visited Kriegsheim in 1657-58 and converted some of this Mennonite family to Quakerism. They were persecuted in Germany and emigrated first to Holland then to England and Pennsylvania in about 1685, settling in Germantown. On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This book by Herman & Gertrud Guth and J Lemar & Lois Ann Mast > (1987) must > be something I bought through Masthoff publishers. While I was > flipping > through it this morning I stumbled on to this entry on p 13: > > "Archive Number 77/4337-1685 > > "Mennists living in the Palatine territory. > > "folio 69: > > "OBERAMT ALZEY NIEDERFLOERSHEIM > "Jann Clementz > Christian Buchholder > Julius Schmidt, the younger > Peter Clementz > Julius Schmidt, the older > > "KRIEGSHEIM > Matthias Bonn > Peter Buchholder > Henrich Bluehm > Hans Gram > Gerhard Becker > Arnold Schumacher > Johann Gebhard > Peter Schumacher's foster son, Peter Otto (?) > > "All are Quakers. > > "Gerhard Heinrich > Agnes, Conrad Gebhart's widow > Georg Schumacher > Peter Schumacher's widow > Johannes Cassel > Philipp Lehbusch" > > > So I'm confused. Were there Quakers in the Palatines? I'm > assuming from > the way these folks are listed that the ones in Oberamt Alzey > Niederfloersheim and in Kriegsheim are "Mennists," or > Mennonites. That would suggest that > the folks above or below the "All are Quakers" statement were > Quakers with > German sounding names. > > The listing from Archive 77/4337-1685 goes on with lists of other > folks from > Wolfsheim, Aspisheim, Weinheim (near Wallertheim), Spiesheim, > Gundersheim, > Moelsheim, and Osthofen on this page. > > Jan > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner > for $10 or > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message