Some of the first settlers of "the forks of the Delaware" and their descendants; being a translation from the German of the record books of the First reformed church of Easton, Pennafrom 1760 to 1852; . Bells 75 Church Records 77 Title Page of Church Book 77 Baptisms 81 Book Second 277 Title Page 277 Deaths and Burials 278 Easton 283 Greenwich ( Gruenitz ) 284 Dryland 285 Mount Bethel 285 Easton 2S6 Dryland 2S9 Plainfield 291 Mount Bethel 293 Easton, Plaenfield, Mount Bethel and Dryland 294 Marriages 343 The Church at Dryland 400 The Congregation at Plainfield 401 Conclusion 403 ILLUSTRATIONS.
Some of the first settlers of "the forks of the Delaware" and their descendants; being a translation from the German of the record books of the First reformed church of Easton, Pennafrom 1760 to 1852; . Bells 75 Church Records 77 Title Page of Church Book 77 Baptisms 81 Book Second 277 Title Page 277 Deaths and Burials 278 Easton 283 Greenwich ( Gruenitz ) 284 Dryland 285 Mount Bethel 285 Easton 2S6 Dryland 2S9 Plainfield 291 Mount Bethel 293 Easton, Plaenfield, Mount Bethel and Dryland 294 Marriages 343 The Church at Dryland 400 The Congregation at Plainfield 401 Conclusion 403 ILLUSTRATIONS. Henry Martyn Kieffer, Frontispiece Watermarks in Church Books 12—14 The First Reformed Church, Easton, Pa 1 Interior of the First Reformed Church at the Centennial, 1876 34 Interior of the First Reformed Church, 1902 73 Inscription in the Old Schlatter Bible 40 The Schlatter Bible, and the Old Communion Set, bearing date, 1746 48 Fac-simile of a Page of the Old Church Record So The Deed Granted by the Penns, 1802 90 Rev. Thomas Pomp 135 Bernard G. Wolff, 160 J. H. A. Bomberger, 209 John Beck, 273 Thomas Conrad Porter, , 305 A Confirmation Service in the Olden Time 360. THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, EASTON. PA. THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF EASTON, PENNA. THE FORKS OF THE DELAWARE. HAT is now known as The City of Easton wasoriginally called The Forks of the this name it was designated by the Indiansthemselves, long before the appearance of thewhite man at this most beautiful and romantic spot, andthough the white man gave it a new name, the Indian tothe latest generation clung tenaciously to the title given byhis fathers to the place where the Lehigh River empties itswaters into the greater Delaware. To the Colonial andContinental authorities seeking a council with the originalproprietors of the soil, Teedyuscung, the Great King of theDelawares, said —I will treat with you nowhere elsethan at the Forks of the Delaware. If we are curious to k
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