Germantown Reformed Church Burials (1758-1759); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

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INTRODUCTION = Germantown Reformed Church; Phila. Co., Pa.
George Michael Weiss organized a Reformed congregation in Germantown 
ca. 1727. He was followed by John Peter Miller (1730-1731), John 
Bartolomew Rieger (1731-1734) and John Bechtel at various times 
between 1728 and 1744. In 1732 the land was purchased for 
construction of a church. By 1739 a church had been built. At the 
end of 1746, Michael Schlatter became pastor of Germantown 
congregation until 1750. He was followed by John Conrad Steiner 
(1750-1756), John William Stoy (1756-1758), who served in Germantown 
and Philadelphia, John George Alsentz (1758-1767), John Christopher 
Faber (1767-1768), Christian Friederich Faehring (1769-1772), J.C. 
Albert Helffenstein (1772-1776) of Mosbach in the Palatinate, Casper 
Wack (supply in 1776), Samuel Dubendorff (1777-1779), J. C. Albert 
Helffenstein (1779-1790 and L. Fredrick Herman (1790-1801).
The register was a "large, leather bound folio volume, 12 x 8 1/4 
inches in size, "containing 836 pages, many of which are blank.


BURIAL RECORDS; Germantown Reformed, by
years buried. 1758 - 1759

Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s


Burials by the Rev. John George Alsentz, 1758 - 1764
Matthew Schwartz, 65 years old, buried March 17[ 12? ], 1758.
John George Ries, 1 year, 4 months old, buried March 26, 1758.
Elizabeth Schuetz, 9 years, 2 months, 3 weeks old, daughter of Henry,buried June 26, 1758.
John Peter Schuster, 12 years old, drowned, buried July 17, 1758.
Anna Maria Henrich, wife of Abraham Henrich, 41 years, 9 months old,buried August 11, 1758.
Elizabeth Barbara Simon, wife of Michael Simon, 48 years old, buried August 28, 1758.
Christopher Funck, 5 years, 8 months, 8 days old, buried September 9, 1758.
Peter Does, 52 years old, buried September 18, 1758.
---- Schneider, 12 years old, buried September 23, 1758.
Anna Eva Gardner, 56 years old, buried September 24, 1758.
---- Gardner, son of Anna Eva Gardner, 20 years old, buried September 24, 1758.
Anna Reebein, 15 years, 8 months old, buried September 25, 1758.
Sebastian Reebein, 9 years, 6 days old, buried September 25, 1758.
Susanna Graff, 23 years old, buried September 26, 1758.
Seyfert Gaertz, in Kensington, 29 years old, buried September 28, 1758.
Jacob Reebein, 6 years old, buried October 2, 1758.
Barbara Baer, wife of Jacob Baer, 23 years old, buried October 3, 1758.
Peter Theophilus Gilbert, 9 years, 8 months, 16 days, buried October 5, 1758.
Maria Margaret Reebein, wife of Nich. Reebein, 47 years old, buried October 11, 1758.
Henry Summer, 55 years old, killed by a horse, buried October 19, 1758.
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Jacob Schwenck, 64 years, less 2 weeks old, buried January 4, 1759.
John Adam Seybold, 1 year, 6 months, 18 days old, buried March 22, 1759.
John Rebold, 1 year, 7 days old, buried March 27, 1759.
Joanna Elizabeth Franck, 2 years, 1 month old, buried April 9, 1759.
John George Reiff, 65 years old, buried April 21, 1759.
Maria Budeman buried May 13, 1759.
Eva Butta, wife of George Butta, 70 years old, buried ----, 1759.
John Adam Oberlaender, 1 year, 1 day old, buried June 3, 1759.
Henry Straub, 26 years old, buried August 28, 1759.
Joseph Staely, 49 years old, buried September 4, 1759.
David Engert, 20 weeks old, buried September 5, 1759.
Barbara Dommet, wife of Christian Dommet, 16 years, 10 months old, buried September 5, 1759.
Mary Magd. Frank, wife of Peter Frank, 39 years old, buried September 9, 1759.
Maria Barbara Heins, 5 months old, buried September 10, 1759.
Peter Güttinger [ Guttinger ], 1 year, 9 months, 10 days old, buried September 13, 1759.
Jacob Doenig, 2 years, 4 months old, buried September 17, 1759.
Jonathan Klinck, 1 year, 1 month old, buried November 10, 1759.
Henry Merke, 29 years old, married, buried November 18, 1759.
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