What a wonderful find for you. Your message is a reminder to look "outside the box" and consider no boundary lines for our ancestors. Estelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Spore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Rev John Andrew Krug > In connection with our Dressler and Spore research in Shenandoah Co., we > have always been puzzled why my g-g-gm Maria Magdelina Dressler Spore's > baptism shows up in the Monocacy Lutheran Church records in Frederick MD, > when the family was believed to live in Frederick and Shen. Co. VA. This > record is in a publication, "MARYLAND GERMAN CHURCH RECORDS, Vol 3 > 1742-1779", Translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser. > > "(The following were baptized by John Andrew > Krug.) > Maria Magdalena, dau. of Andreas and Maria Dressler, b 4 May 1771, > bp. 21 June 1772. Sponsors: Heinrich and Rosina Voelckner" > > Then,on a hunch, I recently purchased a book, "THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN > VIRGINIA 1717-1962", by William Edward Eisenberg, 1967. In a short > section on "VISITING PASTORS FROM MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA", it reads, > "During this trying period in American life and in the life of the > Lutheran Church as a whole, pastors from Maryland and Pennsylvania were > delegated to look after vacant Virginia congregations. Lovettsville was > served from Frederick, Md., by John William Samuel Schwerdtfeger for some > three years after its start; then by a Mr. Sartorius, about whom little > is known; and then by John Andrew Krug, from approximately 1772-86. For > several years Krug journeyed to Strasburg and Woodstock to preach and to > give catechetical instruction. . . ." > > In another section on Rev. Paul Henkel, it is stated that he (Henkel) > "studied theology under Pastor John Andrew Krug of Frederick, Md." > > Another interesting item in the book is this account--"The earliest > parish record that has come to light is found in the register of the > Lutheran Church at Frederick, Maryland. Pastor John Andreas Krug > recorded the fact that on June 22, 1772, he confirmed a class of > twenty-eight catechumens at Woodstock, Dunmore County, Virginia, and > admitted them to their first communion. He then listed the twenty-eight > names." > > Gerald L Spore > (g-g-gson of Jacob Spore and Maria Magdelina Dressler, married in Shen. > Co. in 1792) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message