The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . Jorg or George by PastorSchumacher, in his record. His neigh- bors, in all probability, called him Han-jorg. that is Hans Jorg, or John George. Johannes Kistler was a native of thePalatinate, in Germany. In 1737. on thefifth of October, he came from Amster-dam, in the ship Townshead, to Phila-delphia. Soon afterwards he came toFalkner Swamp or Goshenhoppen. nowin Montgomery county. Pa. Xo doubthe brought his wife. Anna Dorothea, and
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . Jorg or George by PastorSchumacher, in his record. His neigh- bors, in all probability, called him Han-jorg. that is Hans Jorg, or John George. Johannes Kistler was a native of thePalatinate, in Germany. In 1737. on thefifth of October, he came from Amster-dam, in the ship Townshead, to Phila-delphia. Soon afterwards he came toFalkner Swamp or Goshenhoppen. nowin Montgomery county. Pa. Xo doubthe brought his wife. Anna Dorothea, andthe oldest children with him from Ger-many. In 1747 he took out a warrant forland and moved to Albany township,Berks county, where he settled down per-manently. This vicinity was then wildand barren. Consequently it receivedthe name Alleinacui^cl, meaning AllWants. Here Hanjorg Kistler taughthis children the first lessons of industryand frugality. They had to struggle, butthat made them strong, and their de-scendants inherited of that strength. In 1756 Johannes Kistler was on tiieassessment roll of Albany, but not untilSeptember 10. 1761, did he become nat-. ?>-; ll. HAXJOERG KISTLER AND HIS DICSCKXDAXTS 125 iiralizcd as a citizen of Pennsylvania. Onthat day he and his old friend and neigh-bor, i\Iichael Brobst, appeared before thejndg^es of the Supreme Court in Phila-delphia, and there they received theirnaturalization papers. He was a member of the Lutheranchurch, served as elder of the Allemangelchurch for a number of years, stoodsponsor for his children when they werebaptized, and at the proper age led themto unite with the church of which he wasa member. Before, however, he was per-mitted to see the youngest of his childrenconfirmed as members of the cliurch heloved so much, he was called hence. Thedate 1767 on the slate stone lying in theold cemetery marks the time of his de-parture from this life. He left ninechildren named as follows: i. Jacob, 2.
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