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Proceedings and Addresses Volume 11, PT. 1

Proceedings and Addresses Volume 11, PT. 1

Society, Pennsylvania-German

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1231227869
ISBN13: 9781231227862
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...at once with his family, including his son-in-law, Valentine Geiger, to Pennsylvania. This was in 1717. Family tradition says that he pledged the family silver of his wife for the payment of the expenses of a little church building. According to the account of a supposed Gerhard Henkel diary, published by Rattenberger, Pastor Henkel is said to have arrived in America in the year 1717 in Virginia with colony De Graffenrid. (Deutsche Pionier, 1880, pp. 65, 93, 136. The editor of the German Pionier states that Henkel lived in Virginia until 1735 and then removed to North Carolina. But, as Dr. Mann, Halle Nachr., Vol. I., 577, states, the said editor is in error, for Henkel really remained in Pennsylvania during his life in America and also died in Pennsylvania.) He resided in the Falckner Swamp and perhaps also during part of his life at Chestnut Hill or Germantown. Henkel's ordination of the worthless clerical impostor Van Dieren gave rise to a bitter controversy (W. Chr. Berkenmeyer versus Van Dieren, Halle Nachr., PP-.475.478); and a pamphlet published by John Peter Zanger in New York, in 1718, wherein it is stated that one by the name of Henkel, who exercises the authority of office at Manatawney, some time ago permitted himself to be moved to assert that he had ordained Van Dieren, is confirmatory of our conclusion that Gerhard Henkel resided at or near his son-in-law's estate at the Swamp. He was the founder of a stalwart race of theologians, pastors and mission ariei in the Lutheran church. His descendants established the first Lutheran Publication House in America, in the English language, translated and printed the first English version of the Lutheran Book of Concord, organized the Tennessee Synod, and have ever been conspicuous for their...

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