A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . nearly two miles above what was thenGermantown. Because of this begging historianssay the town was named Beggarstown {Bettel Hanseii).In 1739, Pettikoffer and his wife removed to Ephrata,where his wife died in 1748, and where he died in1769 (September 11). It was a long while beforePeter Schilbert could gain possession of the groundhe had given to Pettikoffer. But it was finally hisand by deed dated August 12, 1760, Peter Schilbertdonated to Christopher Sower, Alexander Mack,Peter Leibert, and George Schreiber, the Pettikofferhou
A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America . nearly two miles above what was thenGermantown. Because of this begging historianssay the town was named Beggarstown {Bettel Hanseii).In 1739, Pettikoffer and his wife removed to Ephrata,where his wife died in 1748, and where he died in1769 (September 11). It was a long while beforePeter Schilbert could gain possession of the groundhe had given to Pettikoffer. But it was finally hisand by deed dated August 12, 1760, Peter Schilbertdonated to Christopher Sower, Alexander Mack,Peter Leibert, and George Schreiber, the Pettikofferhouse, and eighty rods of ground for a burial place,in trust for the German Baptist Brethrens church ofGermantown forever. The house was remodeled, the partitions were re-moved, and here the Brethren worshiped until 1770,when the increased membership required a largerhouse. At the rear of the Pettikoffer house a sub-stantial stone meetinghouse was begun and completedin the same year, and was dedicated before July the erection of this house the members them-. The Gcr/naiitozvn Congregation. 169 selves gave the entire amount. The building is ofstone and is still standing.(^ It is about 32 (eetsquare, with an attic in which were stored the requi-sites for the love feasts. This attic was reached by astairway on the outside/^) long since removed. Butthe stone-work still betrays the location of the largesquare door through which it was entered. About1880 Sister Lehman and a few others had the meet-inghouse remodeled. The old attic was removed,the exterior plastered, and new appointments pro-vided throughout. On May 16, 1897, ^ ^^le additionto the old meetinghouse was dedicated. This addi-tion was the gift of Jacob Z. Davis, a direct descend-ant of Alexander Mack. The dedicatory exerciseson this occasion were conducted by the presentpastor, George N. Falkenstein. The dedicatorysermon was preached by the writer of these lines fromPsa. 122: 1-9. During the Revolutionary War, when all
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