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 The following is from "Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: 
 Seekers of Religious Liberty who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to
 Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737".  Edited by Samuel Kriebel Brecht,
 A.M.  Printed for The Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church,
 Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.  Rand McNally & Company.  1923.
 
 [NOTE:  The founder of the Schwenkfelder Church, Caspar Schwenckfeld, was 
 born in Ossing, Silesia, which was changed to Ossig (Osiek in Polish), and 
 is still a small town outside of Lubin, Poland, which is outside of Legnica 
 (Liegnitz in German), Poland.  Silesia was an area of Europe which is now in 
 southwestern Poland.  Germany ceded this province to Poland after WW II.  The
 area borders present day Germany and the Czech Republic.  For more information,
 see the website of the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center at:

   http://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/rpc/sfld/s_guide.htm

 The SLHC is located in Pennsburg, PA.]
                      
 
                            GEORGE DRESCHER (DRESHER)
 
 GEORGE DRESCHER of Ober Harpersdorf, b. Oct., 1688, d. Mar. 3, 1774, m. Feb 1,
 1712, MARIA BEYER or BEER, of Armenruh, b. 1694, d. Mar. 18, 1762; both are
 buried in Towamencin Schw. Cem.  George Drescher was the son of Christopher
 Drescher and was a brother to Anna Drescher Kriebel, wife of Melchior Kriebel.
 
 George Drescher and Maria, three children and his sister, Anna, fled to
 Herrnhut, Feb. 28, 1730, and thence to America in 1734.  They settled in
 Towamencin Twp., Pa.  George Drescher was naturalized June 21, 1743.
 
 Children of GEORGE DRESCHER and MARIA BEYER:
 
 1.  Christopher DRESHER, b. Mar. 5, 1713, d. Aug. 2, 1770, June 19, 1744, 
 m. Anna KRIEBEL, b. 1722, d. June 21, 1786, dau. Christopher Kriebel and Maria
 Heydrick.  Christopher Dresher was naturalized June 21, 1743.  He settled in 
 Towamencin Twp.  Both he and Anna are buried in Towamencin Schw. Cem.
 Children:
     i.    George, b. Oct. 13, 1746, d. Oct. 17, 1822, m. Maria Yeakel.
     ii.   Rosina, b. Nov. 8, 1748, d. Jan. 31, 1749.
     iii.  Abraham, b. May 14, 1750, d. July 30, 1811, m. 1) Eve Schultz,
           2) Susanna Seibt (Seipt).
     iv.   Susanna, b. Aug. 7, 1753, d. Aug. 30, 1780.
     v.    Maria, b. Oct. 9, 1757, d. Jan. 4, 1758.
 
 2.  Anna Rosina DRESHER, b. Dec. 3, 1714, d. July 3, 1794, on May 17, 1753,
 m. Rev. Christopher HOFFMAN, b. Dec. 3, 1727, d. Jan 29, 1804, son of Rev. 
 Balzer Hoffman and Ursula Beier.  Both are buried in Salford Schwenkfelder
 Cem.  No issue.
 
 3.  Maria DRESHER, b. 1723, d. Dec. 30, 1772, on Aug. 10, 1748, m. Christopher
 KRIEBEL, Jr., b. 1724, d. Dec. 31, 1800, son of Christopher Kriebel and Maria
 Heydrick.  Christopher Kriebel came to Pa. in 1734 with his parents and 
 settled in Lower Salford Twp.  He was naturalized Sept. 24, 1745.  Christopher
 and Maria are buried in Salford Schw. Cem.  Children:
     i.    Abraham Kriebel, b. Mar. 30, 1750, d. Dec. 16, 1818, m. Rosina 
           Hartranft.
     ii.   Rosina Kriebel, b. Oct. 2, 1751, d. Sept. 19, 1823, m. Christopher
           Meschter.
     iii.  Jeremiah Kriebel, b. Jan 26, 1755, d. Mar. 8, 1842, m. Anna Rosina 
           Yeakel.
     iv.   Anna Kriebel, b. Nov. 25, 1758, d. Dec. 4, 1831, m. David Schultz.
     v.    Susanna Kriebel, b. May 11, 1762, d. Jan. 5, 1795, unmarried.