10 Brickerville

Marker of the Nanticoke Nation at the Indiantown
Mennonite Cemetery: “In Memory of the Nanticoke Indian
Tribe which was located on this tract between the years of
1721 and 1748. Grant of 742 acres from the Penns to
Henry Carpenter [Heinrich Zimmermann], May 9, 1724.
Elizabeth Township
Emanuel Lutheran – Brickerville
Matthias Martin Weidmann (ca 1712-1766) son of Isaac Weidmann
from Warwick Township, married Maria Catherina (ca 1715)
immigrant from Gräben, Baden-Württemberg. The Weidmann family,
German immigrants, belonged to the Lutheran church (right). Their
son, Matthias Sebastian Weidmann, built up a farm in York County,
PA. Six generations from Menno Hoover.
Rapho Township
Ehresman
Hans Reiff (1688-1750) son of Joseph and Anne Reiff from the
Ibersheim congregation in the Reinland-Pfalz, married Anna (ca 1690
). On their arrival in America, in 1718, Hans and Anna helped to
establish the Lower Salford Mennonite congregation in Montgomery
County. Anna went to sleep and awaits the Lord there, but Hans
moved with his son Joseph to a new settlement at Rapho Township, in
Lancaster County. Unidentified markers. Six generations from Menno
Hoover.
Joseph Reiff (1739-1820) son of Hans and Anna Reiff married Elisabeth
Dettweiler (1741-1788) daughter of Jacob and Cornelia (Kolb) Dettweiler of
Skippack, Montgomery County. Unidentified markers. Parents of Esther Reiff
who married Casper Sherk, Markham Township, Ontario – Heise Hill. Five
generations from Menno Hoover.
Ehresman Meetinghouse (above) and girls at Simon and Fanny (Eby)
Garber's farm in 1914.
Lebanon County
Doners
Michael Doner (1690 – 1762), son of Hans and Anna
(Schlapfer) Doner, married Magdalena (1692-1789).
Immigrants from southern Germany, with a Swiss
Background, the Doners settled in Lebanon County,
where their daughter, Anna married Jacob Jordi. Six
generations from Menno Hoover.
Jacob Jordi ( ca 1719 – 1795) son of Peter and
Magdalena Jordi of Lampeter Township, married
Anna Dohner (1731-1817) daughter of Michael and
Magdalena Dohner. Parents of Barbara who married
Hans Heinrich Heise, also of Lebanon County. Five
generations from Menno Hoover.
Our ancestor, Michael Doner immigrant from Germany,
apparently bought one of the first Martyrs Mirrors published
at the Ephrata Brethren Community (now known as the
Ephrata Cloister) in 1752. He wrote his name with red ink.
Then, later on, his son-in-law wrote: “This Martyrs Mirror
belongs to me, Frantz Brubacher. I inherited it from my
father-in-law on the 31st of December, 1764.”
The Doner / Dohner farm on the right, where Micahel and
Magdalena await the Lord in a small family plot (below).
Hans Heinrich Heise (1728-1800) son of Hans Heise,
immigrant from Germany married Barbara Jordi (17361811) daughter of Jacob and Anna (Dohner) Jordi, Lebanon
County. Parents of Deacon Christian Heise, Markham,
Ontario. Five generations from Menno Hoover.
Wolfs Union
Casper Schörg (1657-1739) son of Joseph and Elisabeth (Guntlisberger) Schörg of Sumiswald, Bern,
married Veronica Burkhardt (ca 1665), Bernese immigrants coming to America through
Germany. Parents of Minister Casper Schörg in Lebanon County. Seven generations from Menno
Hoover.
Minister Casper Schörg (1705-1770) son of Casper and Veronica (Burkhardt) Schörg, married
Magdalena Foulk (ca 1710-1796). Founders of what is now the Shirksville Mennonite congregation.
Parents of Joseph Schörg who found new land in Franklin County. Six generations from Menno
Hoover.
Immigrants from Bern, left Switzerland a generation later than the ones from Zürich.
The Casper Schörg / Sherk family settled in northern
Lebanon County, and believers began to meet in their
home in the mid-1700s. A new meetinghouse, now
known as Shirksville, stands at this place (above).
The early Schörg families await the Lord at the nearby
Wolf's Union Cemetery.
The home of Isaac and Catherina (Hergelrode)
Meier, members of the nearby Tulpehocken Swiss
Reformed congregation, built their home (right and
upper right) at what became Myerston, named after
them, 11 km (7 miles) from
Shirksville.
The Kauffman Meetinghouse
and cemetery at Annville (right).
Kauffman United Brethren in Christ (now Methodist), Annville
Minister Friedrich Kauffmann (1709-1789) and his wife, Elisabeth,
German immigrant, arriving at Philadelphia on the Francis and Mary, 21
September 1742. In Lebanon County, they farmed near the village of Annville.
They await the Lord in a Methodist cemetery, but this does not automatically
mean they took part in the United Brethren revival. Believers, at that time,
were often laid to rest in the most convenient cemetery. Parents of Barbara
Kauffman who married Joseph Schörg of Franklin County. Five generations
from Menno Hoover.
Berks County – Allegheny
Christian Baumann (ca 1700-1735) son of Wendel and Anna (Küpferschmidt)
Baumann married Barbara Hecht (ca 1700- ). Christian came to America with
his parents, settling in the Pequea Valley. Later, with his family, he founded the
Allegheny settlement in Berks County. Seven generations from Leah Hoover and
Selina Martin.
Jacob Baumann (ca 1722-1788),
son of Christian and Barbara (Hecht)
Baumann, married Veronica (ca
1722). Parents of Christian Baumann II. Six
generations from Leah Hoover and Selina Martin.
Christian Bauman II (1756-1796) son of Jacob and
Veronica Bauman, married Elisabeth Huber (1759-1827)
daughter of Hans and Margarethe Huber of Groffdale.
Parents of Heinrich H. Bauman who emigrated to Canada
. Five generations from Leah Hoover and Selina Martin.
Heavy emigration to Canada in the early 1800s brought the
demise of the Allegheny congregation on Christian
Bauman's farm, pictured on this page.
Gehman
Bernese immigrants in Berks County and established the Mennonite
congregation there in 1760. For years the believers met in homes, but
in 1846 a meetinghouse was built – photo, right, in the 1950s.
Christian Gaumann / Gehmann (1707-1789) married Anna Berger
(1709-1746), immigrants from Großhochstetten, Emmenthal, Bern,
Switzerland. Parents of Minister Daniel Gehmann of Franklin County,
and also of Benjamin Gehman of Weaverland. Six generations from
Leah Hoover and Selina Martin.
Hans Schörg (1706-1789) son of Ulrich and Barbara (Grumbacher)
Schörg of Sumiswald, Bern, married Barbara Jödter (ca 1706-1790)
daughter of Christian and Barbara Jödter. Hans and Barbara lived in
Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, but they belonged to the
Gehmans congregation in Berks County. Parents of Anna who married
Hans Wenger of Martindale. Seven generations from Leah Hoover and
Selina Martin.
Little Swatara – Old German Baptist
German Baptist (Dunkard) believers, this page and next.
Deacon Hans Jacob Meyer (1726-1800) son of Michael and
Elisabeth Meyer of Landis Valley, married Magdalena (ca 1730- ).
Member of the Little Swatara German Baptist congregation (left).
Parents of Veronica who married Christian Heise, emigrants to
Markham Township, Ontario. Five generations from Menno Hoover.
York County
Manchester Township
Isaac Stoner / Steiner (
-1791) son of Jacob and Veronica Steiner of
Chester County, Pennsylvania, married Anna – parents of Elizabeth
Stoner who married David Hoover, settlers in Rainham Township,
Ontario. Four generations from Menno Hoover.
Codorus Township
Matthias Sebastian Weidmann (1721-1790) son of Matthias Martin and
Maria Catherina Weidmann, married Elizabeth Mummau – parents of
Minister Heinrich Weidmann who emigrated to Markham Township,
Ontario. Five generations to Menno Hoover.
_Family of John M. and Barbara (Snyder) Stoner in 1917 (left)
and Wallace Cross Mill in south-eastern York County.
Our Huber / Hoover family lived for thirty years, just west of
the city of York, before moving north to Canada in the 1790s.
Franklin County
Sherk – Chambersburg
Joseph Schörg / Sherk (1735-1811) son of Casper
and Magdalena Barbara (Foulck) Schörg of Lebanon
County, married Barbara Kauffman (1738)
daughter of Friedrich and Elisabeth Kauffman also of
Lebanon County. Parents of Casper Schörg / Sherk of
Markham Township, Ontario. Five generations from
Menno Hoover.
East of York (above). The farm once owned by Jacob
and Barbara (Schenk) is now a large stone quarry.
Joseph Schörg house, east of Chambersburg, across
from the Chambersburg Meetinghouse (right). Wilma
Rohrer with Christopher and Grace Hoover in 1988.