272 HISTORY OF 



Johannes Blum, George Steitz, Erasmus Buckenmeyer, 

 George Graff; ^^ being all of the Protestant or Reformed 

 religion, and subjects of the Emperor of Germany, and 

 other provinces now in raiiity with the King of Great 

 Britain ; every one of them was by this act declared citi- 

 zens, and all the immunities enjoyed by natural liege sub- 

 jects, were to be enjoyed by them." 



Notes of variety.— In 1732 locusts were very numerous, 

 and the noise made by them was sufficient to drown ones 

 voice in conversation — orchards and young trees generally 

 sufiered much by them. — Meylins Family Bible. 



Smith's mill in Martic, Buckley's mill on the Oetorora, and 

 Emanuel Herr's on Pequea, had been erected prior to 1733. 



The first house erected in Strasburg, 1733. 



In 1734, Lutheran Church and School House were commen- 

 ced in Lancaster, the Church was dedicated October 23, 1738. 

 The same year (1738) an Episcopal Church was built in Con- 

 estoga 15 miles from Lancaster. The same year the hottest 

 summer ever experienced in the county — harvest men died in 

 the fields — multitude of birds were found dead. 



The Court of Nov. term, 1735, appointed Handle Chambers^ 

 Jacob Peat, James Silvers, Thomas Eastland, John Lawrence 

 and Abraham Endless, to view and lay out a road from Harris' 

 Ferry towards Potomac, so as best to answer the necessities of 

 the inhabitants. 



Aug. 5, 1735, James Calder, Attorney at Law, on applica- 

 tion, was admitted to practice in the Lancaster court. 



June 20, 1736, the first German Reformed Church, in Lan- 

 caster, dedicated — a log building, nearly opposite the present, 

 church — after 1771, when the new church had been finished, it 

 was converted into a private dwelling and occupied as such 

 till Jan. 14, 1836, when it was destroyed by fire. Rev. John 

 Jacob Hook or Huck, V. D. M.. was German Ref. pastor at 

 Lancaster, in 1736. 



Dec. 7, 1737— at night a smart earthquake was felt at Cones-, 

 toga and Philadelphia. 



