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preached in Pequeain 1736. Rev. John Elder of Paxton, was or* 

 dained in 1738; Rev. Dan'l Alexander was in Pequeal739. The 

 city was occasionally visited between the years 1745 and 1760. 

 In 1769, the Rev. John WoodhuU* became their regular min- 

 ister in the borough of Lancaster. In 1779, the Rev. Nathaniel 

 W. Semple was called, and was their pastor for 40 years ; ia 

 1821, Rev. William Ashmead succeeded. These are in their 

 order. In 1829, Rev. Richard Dickinson; 1834, Rev. J. T. 

 Marshall Davie ; 1840, Rev. John M'Nair. There are nine 

 Presbyterian ministers residing in the county : Rev'ds M'Nair, 

 Joseph Barr, Lindley C. Rutter, David M'Carter, T. Marshall 

 Boggs, Philip J. Timlow, Alfred Nevin, Robert W. Dunlap, 

 John Wallace and Samuel Dickey. They have 15 churches. 



The German Baptists. — A number of these settled in this 

 county prior to 1721. They constituted a church in 1723, under 

 the charge of Rev. Peter Becker. At first they increased rap- 

 idly, but at present their number is small. They, like the 

 Ornish, meet in private houses to hold their religious meetings. 

 They hold their meetings at some 12 or 15 different houses in 

 the county, and in a tew instances at school houses. 



The German Seventh-day Baptists, or Siehcn Taeger. — 

 This society took its rise about the year 1724 or 1725. The 

 founder was Conrad Beisel, who seceded from the German 

 Baptists. This society flourished for many years at Ephrata, 

 where is their only place of holding meetings in the county. — 

 See pages 211, 233. 



The Lutherans. — Many of this denomination emigrated to 

 Lancaster county before 1730, Missionaries visited the scat- 

 tered brethren. Among these were, in 1731, 1732, &c. the 

 Rev'ds C. J. Shultz, Casper Stoever, who also ministered as 

 the first pastors of the Lutheran church in the city. The fol- 

 lowing succeeded them: In 1740, Rev. T. Dylander, Swedish 

 Rector of Philadelphia ; 1741, Rev. Valentine Kraft; 1743, 

 Rev. L. Nyberg; Rev. G. Nauman, Swedish Rector of Phila- 

 delphia, preached occasionally in Lancaster, from 1746 to 

 1748; this year Rev. T. F. Handschuh preached till 1751. 

 From 1751 to 1753, the congregation was successively served 

 by the Pvev'ds Tobias Wagner, England, H. B. G. Wortman. 

 From 1753 to 1769, the Rev. Siegfried Gerock ; from the latter 



»See page 367. 



