A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . r Mack, 5. George Grebi, 2. Anna Margaretta Mack, 6. Lucas Vetter, 3. Joanna Noethiger, or Bony, 7. John Kipping, 4. Andrew Bony, 8. Joanna Kipping. A third list, as given by Morgan Edwards, in Ma-terials toivard a History of the America/i Baptists, pub-lished in 1770, Vol. I, Part IV, is as follows: 1. Alexander Mack, 5. George Grevy, 2. His wife, 6. Lucas Fetter, 3. Joanna Nethegeim, 7. John Kipin, 4. Andreas Bhoney, 8. His wife. I will add one additional list, in the hope that acareful study of the names may lead to the proper
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . r Mack, 5. George Grebi, 2. Anna Margaretta Mack, 6. Lucas Vetter, 3. Joanna Noethiger, or Bony, 7. John Kipping, 4. Andrew Bony, 8. Joanna Kipping. A third list, as given by Morgan Edwards, in Ma-terials toivard a History of the America/i Baptists, pub-lished in 1770, Vol. I, Part IV, is as follows: 1. Alexander Mack, 5. George Grevy, 2. His wife, 6. Lucas Fetter, 3. Joanna Nethegeim, 7. John Kipin, 4. Andreas Bhoney, 8. His wife. I will add one additional list, in the hope that acareful study of the names may lead to the properrendering of the list of these first members.(3) 1. Alexander Mack, 5. George Grebe, 2. Anna Margareta Mack, 6. Luke Vetter, 3. Joanna Noetinger, 7. John Kipping,z;. Alexander Bony, 8. Joanna Kipping, These eight members of the pioneer church werenot a group of local enthusiasts, nor were they irre- (i) List as given in Chronicon Ephratcnse, p. 2. (2) A Plain Vic^ of the Rites and Ordinances cf the llonse of God, p. 9. (3) Genealogy of the Uriier Family, p. The Mother Congregation i/i Geriiiet/iy. 33 ligious prior to the organization of the Taufers orTunkers. Alexander Mack was from Schriesheim;Luke Vetter and George Grebi were from Hesse-Cas-sel; Andrew Bony was from Basle in Switzerland; andJohn Kipping was from Bareit in Wiirtemberg. Theywere refugees from intolerance and persecution, livingtemporarily in Wittgenstein, because it was at thattime ruled by the mild and humane Count Heinrichvon Wittgenstein. They were all members of a Protestant church be-fore 1708. Kipping was a Lutheran, Mack, Vetter,Bony, and Grebi were bred Presbyterians/) Butthey were by no means satisfied with the formalismand ritualism with which their spirits were the other hand they could not fully and unreserv-edly adopt the faith of the Pietists whose utter hatredfor all church organization had led them to abandonthe ordinances of the house of God. Rejecting on theone hand the creed
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