The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Chester county. This act brought about a newset of officials, who had but little sympathy with the Ger-mans and their religious movements, and resulted in aseries of persecutions against those of them who persistedin keeping the Sabbath and working upon the Lords annoyance the English Sabbatarians on French creek,in Nantmill, fortunately escaped, as they were not affectedby the political division, and remained within the boundsof Chester county. 170 The German Sectarians
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . Chester county. This act brought about a newset of officials, who had but little sympathy with the Ger-mans and their religious movements, and resulted in aseries of persecutions against those of them who persistedin keeping the Sabbath and working upon the Lords annoyance the English Sabbatarians on French creek,in Nantmill, fortunately escaped, as they were not affectedby the political division, and remained within the boundsof Chester county. 170 The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding these tribulations the German congre-gations continued to increase, obtaining their additionschiefly from among the Mennonites and Separatists. Toaflford temporary accommodations for the new-comers, Beis-sel and others of his followers, who lived in separatecabins, now gave up their habitations to such families aswished to unite with the congregation and settle here, andeither built new cabins for themselves or took up tem-porary abodes with some of the resident members. Thus. Building a Homk in the New World. Beissel went to Rudolph Nageles ; Michael Wohlfarth toCaspar Walters; Jan Meyle to Hans Friedrichs; PeterBucher to Hansil Landis, etc. Israel Eckerling and JacobGast joined Jan Meyle, and lived together for one year.* From the Tage-biich (diary) of one of these pious en-thusiasts we learn that all these cabins were built accord-ing to a uniform rule, viz.: length, twenty-five feet;breadth, twenty feet; height under joist, eight feet, six See survey map, p. 92. The Settlers Cabins. 171 inches. Wherever possible the door opened toward thesouth, with a small porch over it six feet in the clear fromfloor to ceiling (overhead piece). An interesting account has come down to us descriptiveof the building of these humble cabins. First, four largestones were laid at the corners, so as to be about a footabove the level of the ground. These served as
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