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Baynton Street, and north of Doeden, upon lot No. 18, 
dwelt Christian Warmer. 
We have brought these characters into the fore front 
to present the life of the agricultural settlement, for they 
represent its progressive element, and the grounds upon 
which they lived and laboured, must always be interesting to 
lovers of Germantown. Cornelius Bom occupied the lot upon 
which now stands the house of Major Edgar H. Butler. The 
" Morris-Li ttell House" is upon Isaac Dilbeck's tract. Jan 
Doeden's lot extended from the Pastorius tract, to present 
"Elbow Lane," and from this lane to Walnut Lane, was the 
original lot of Christian Warmer. In 1696, Isaac Dilbeck, 
"Yeoman," sold to Daniel Geissler, and settled near "Blue- 
Bell" in White Marsh Township, where he became a pillar 
of Pastor John Philip Boehm's church. Upon Dilbeck's 
removal, Daniel Geissler and Dr. Christopher Witt, both 
being "single" men, and having a good measure of human 
sympathy in their compositions, settled together in Isaac 
Dilbeck's house. Here then was an interesting group living 
and working together as neighbors and plant growers, 
Pastorius acting as justice, as teacher, cultivating his garden, 
and raising grapes; Jan Doeden farming, and growing pears 
and apples; Daniel Geissler, farmer and grower of garden 
truck; Christopher Witt serving as village doctor, and grow- 
ing plants for his pleasure, edification, and for practical uses. 
In 1709, Daniel Geissler sold to Christian Warmer, retain- 
ing certain rights, and continuing to reside on the place. 
Upon Geissler's retirement, Christopher Witt came to live 
with Christian Warmer No. 2, who upon the removal of Jan 
Doeden, occupied the property, Doeden having sold to 
Christian Warmer, Sr., in 171 1, and Christian Warmer's 
daughter with her husband, settled in the house previously 
occupied by Geissler and Witt. I have been particularly 
minute, because of the associations and their local value. 
The Garden planted by Dr. Witt, was, so far as known, the 
second garden in America for the study of plants. We have 
no record when this garden was first planted, but of it 
