. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. s title is: How a christian should console himselfin trouble and adversity, and where he should seek help and medicine, Nurem-berg, 1529. He turned with the same affection to his brother George, who livedin Venice, with this tract: A short summary of how a true christian should con-duct himself in all his walk and life towards God and his neighbors, Nuremb
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. s title is: How a christian should console himselfin trouble and adversity, and where he should seek help and medicine, Nurem-berg, 1529. He turned with the same affection to his brother George, who livedin Venice, with this tract: A short summary of how a true christian should con-duct himself in all his walk and life towards God and his neighbors, Nuremberg,1525. After a somewhat prolonged life he prepared himself for death with faith andcourage. His beautiful confession of faith, which Luther published, with a pref-ace, is entitled: Confession of Lazarus Spengler, formerly Syndic of the city ofNuremberg—Wittenberg, 1535. He died on the 7th Sept. 1534. NOTE 3. (page 19.) Early Mills and Houses in York County. Early Mills. WHEAT or corn was ground to some extent the first yearor two of settlements west of the Susquehanna in a Pioneer mill —a mortar hollowed in the end of alog, or a stump in which it was ground, Indianfashion, with a pestle. Mills there were none for the first few. MII,I, OF THE EARI,Y TIMES. years—the people being obliged to cross the Susquehanna fornearly all their flour and meal. Even from the Conewago settle- EARLY ^ AND HOUSKS. 255 ment, Diggs choice, (now Hanover) the long journey was made,first to Downingtown and later to Lancaster county. After theprimary essentials were attended to, the small grist mill, run bywater power, was constructed. The first mill in York county was built on Kreutz creek about1735. John Day built the first mill in the northern part of thecounty, before 1740. It was twelve and one half miles from first mill in the western end of the county, Paradise township,was erected by George Jacobs about 1750. One of the earliestmills of the county was the one erected by M
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