126 HISTORY OF 



Henry Carpenter,* Emanuel Carpenter,! Gabriel Car- 

 penter, Daniel Herman, Christian Herman, Philip Fiere, 

 Mathias Slaremaker,J Big John Shank, Jacob Churts, 

 Jacob Snevely, Jr„ John Woolrich Hover, John Croy- 

 der, Jolin Leeghte, John Stampher, Martin Graaf, Peter 

 Newcomat, Jacob Bare, Jr., John Henry Bare, Jacob 

 Weaver, Henry Weaver, John Weaver, David Longan- 

 icker, George Weaver, Abraham Mire, Woolrick Houser, 

 Jolm Mire, Henry Musselman, Michael Shank, Jacob 

 Miller, Jacob JVIiiler, Jr., Martin Miller, Peter Abye, 

 Hans Goot, Christian Staner, John Jacob Light, Adam 

 Brand, Christopher Franciscus, Casper Loughman, 

 Frederick Stay, John Line, John Sv/ope, Bastian Royer, 

 Jonas Lerow, Simeon King, John Abye, Everhard 

 Ream, all of Lancaster county, be, and shall be to all 

 intents and purposes deemed, taken, and esteemed, His 

 Majesty's natural born subjects of this province of Penn- 

 sylvania, as if they, and each of them had been born 

 within the said province ; and shall and may, and every 

 one of them shall and may, within this province, take, 

 receive, enjoy, and be entitled to all rights, privileges 

 and advantages of natural born subjects, as fully, to all 



*"Hcnry Zimmerman or Carpenter arrived in Pennsylvania 

 in the year 1698, and returned afterwards to Europe for his 

 family, whom he brought out in 1706, and settled first in Ger- 

 rnantown, and removed within the present bounds of Lan- 

 ca-ster county, (then Chester) in 1717." His descendants are 

 very numerous and. jspectable. 



fEmanuel Zimmerman or Carpenter, son of Henry Car-^ 

 pentcr, was born in Switzerland, in the year 1702 and 

 died 1780. His influence was salutary and great in the 

 county. He had the unbounded confidence of his fellow 

 Citizei:-:, as will appear from the sequel. 



tThe name v^as criginaily in German ^^chleierraacher. 



