in America, and which by love according to the law of ingrafting the two trunks became united in one on the principles of General Conference unity.
The following table may be the means for giving the reader a comprehensive grasp of Mennonite colonization in America as developed from time to time in each of the states and provinces where they are now located. In the more populous states only a few of the congregations are named.
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Location
of Colony
Germantown, Pa. [1683|Jansen, Kassel, Keyser Upland, Much
Timber, Many
Springs
Perkiomen Creek
Beautiful Valley
Kunders, Rittenhuysen
Skippack, Pa.
1702 Jacobs, Kolb, Kuster
Van Bebber, Penny-
backer
Pequea, Pa.
1710 Kendig, Funk, Herr,
Oberholtzer
The Swamp, Pa. [1717[Clemmer, Drissel,
Musselman
(1729 Brubaker, Funk,
Shenandoah
Valley, Va.
Cumberland
Valley, Pa.
- When
Founded Deep Run, Pa. Chester Co., Pa. York Co., Pa. Washington Co., Md. Johnstown, Pa. Juniata First Families to Locate Valley, Pa. Kauffman, Rhodes [1730[Bechtel, Danner, Inducements for Colonization Lehman Black Soil Good Timber Limestone Land Conococheauge Creek [1746[Gross, Wismer, [1746[Gross, Wismer, Kulp, Smooth Land Godschalk, Sauder Kauffman, Shenk [1755 Burkhart, Barr, Reiff, Good, Strite, Shank Southern Climate Heavy Timber Productive Land [1750[Stauffer, Haldeman, Beautiful Springs Bender, Crabill [1753[Trieber, Reiff, Bear, Many Streams- Smooth Land Limestone Soil Many Springs 1767 Blauch, Kauffman, Good Timber Johns, Webber Fine Soil 1772 Graybill, Moyer, Lau-Fine Scenery ver, Winey, Shellen- Choice Lands berger Casselman Val., (1780[Beechy, Miller, Bender Rich Lands Meyersdale, Pa. Most of these dates are taken from reliable records. estimated dates and may not be correct. Others are
