. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. i V I ! V ^ ? j|. 1% fe > j£il U THE GERHARD BRUM BACH FAMILY 169 these men were Christians long beforethey settled in Chester county. Now when was the first log churcherected. Some say that ii was built in1750. Frederick Sheeder, in his his-tory :>ays it was built about 1750/ JiutJesse Brownback (1807-1899) son ofPeter (Sr.) said that it was built in1741. And his statement is more inkeeping with a fragment of the oldchurch r
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. i V I ! V ^ ? j|. 1% fe > j£il U THE GERHARD BRUM BACH FAMILY 169 these men were Christians long beforethey settled in Chester county. Now when was the first log churcherected. Some say that ii was built in1750. Frederick Sheeder, in his his-tory :>ays it was built about 1750/ JiutJesse Brownback (1807-1899) son ofPeter (Sr.) said that it was built in1741. And his statement is more inkeeping with a fragment of the oldchurch record which says. FrederickMiller was the third preacher in theold log church, 18th day 01 February,1753. If the church was built in 1750,it would be very improbable that theyhad three different pastors withinthree years—especially in those it is more in accord with theevidence at hand to say that the firstlog church was built in 1741. It was built close to the little logschool-house in the southeast extrem-ity of Coventry township on a plot ofground owned by Gerhard Sheeder sawr this venerableold building in 1793 and describes it asfollow
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