. 1517-1917. Jubilee volume. Rev. G. S. FeglEy Rev. Jacob Neiman JERUSALEM, SCHWENKSVILLE THIS congregation was organized, in all probabil-ity, under the guidance of Dr. J. W. Richards,of Trappe, in the spring of 1835. As early as February 14, 1756, Valentine Keely andhis wife Susanna drew up a deed to Heronimus Haasand John Kepler, members of the Trappe LutheranChurch, for one acre of land, for a burying ground,the erection of a school-house, and the maintenanceof a German school. As the framers of the deed diedshortly afterwards it was never executed. A purchasewas, however, effected on the
. 1517-1917. Jubilee volume. Rev. G. S. FeglEy Rev. Jacob Neiman JERUSALEM, SCHWENKSVILLE THIS congregation was organized, in all probabil-ity, under the guidance of Dr. J. W. Richards,of Trappe, in the spring of 1835. As early as February 14, 1756, Valentine Keely andhis wife Susanna drew up a deed to Heronimus Haasand John Kepler, members of the Trappe LutheranChurch, for one acre of land, for a burying ground,the erection of a school-house, and the maintenanceof a German school. As the framers of the deed diedshortly afterwards it was never executed. A purchasewas, however, effected on the part of the Lutheransby George Michael Bastian, John Kepler and Valen-tine Krause, members of the Trappe Church, and forthe Reformed by Martin Keeler, Henry Keely andValentine Sheelich as trustees. It was also stipulatedthat if a house of worship should be erected thereon, itwas to be held jointly by the two denominations. Itwas situated one mile west of Schwenksville. Owing to the fact that the land came out of theKeely est
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