Old Goshenhoppen Union Church (Woxall, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 250

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Old Goshenhoppen Union Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Cemetery Records: Register, 1871-1889 - Church Records (transcription found in published history): Baptisms, 1764-1833; Confirmations, 1767-1795; Marriages, 1767-1788; Deaths, 1766-1809 (contains records for New Goshenhoppen, 1731-1832 & Great Swamp, 1736-1833) by William J. Hinke. Indexes by Benjamin Franklin Fackenthal, 1917, Kenneth H. Hallman, 1948 & Bernice H. Simon, 1973 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1932-2007; News Clippings; Published - Newsletters, 1911-1985 - Parochial Reports, n.d., 1876-1940 (incomplete) - Pastors: Calls, 1894-1913 -Pastoral Records, Revision, Church Book, Baptisms, Confirmations, Communicants, Marriages, Burials, Rev. J.L. Roush 1765-1913 - Photographs - Committees: - Joint Study Committee: Minutes, 1972-1979 A HISTORY OF THE GOSHENHOPPEN REFORMED CHARGE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1727-1819), by William J. Hinke, 1920. Includes three separate indexes: Fackenthal, Benjamin Franklin, 1917; Hallman, Kenneth H.,1948; Simon, Bernice H., 1973.

Dates

Creation: 1764 - 2007

Biographical / Historical

Rev. George Michael Weiss held the first communion in 1727 in the Goshenhoppen region. By 1732 land was purchased and a small log church constructed. A larger stone church was built in 1744, the log structure being used for a school. A new building was built in 1857/58 which has additions and remodeling through the years. The Reformed congregation was part of the Goshenhoppen Charge which included New Goshenhoppen (East Greenville, PA.) and Trinity (Great Swamp), Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County. Pastors include: ????-1730 John Philip Boehm; George Michael Weiss (visiting) 1730-1734 John Peter Miller 1735-1740 John Henry Goetschy 1741-1744 Peter Henry Dorsius 1744-1746 Michael Schlatter (visiting) 1746-1761 George Michael Weiss 1762-1764 vacant 1765-1766 Jacob Riess 1766-1779 John Theobald Faber, Sr. 1780-1781 John William Ingold 1782-1784 Frederick Delliker 1784-1786 Frederick William Van der Sloot 1786-1788 John Theobald Faber, Sr. 1789-1790 (John) Nicholas Pomp 1791-1807 John Theobald Faber, Jr. 1808-1811 Albert Helffenstein, Sr. 1812-1818 Frederick William Van der Sloot, Jr. 1819-1832 Jacob William Dechant 1833-1859 Andreas Hoffman 1859-1861 Robert A. Van Court 1862-1894 Augustus L. Dechant 1890-1913 J. Lucian Roush 1913-1926 Thomas Royce Brendle 1926-1949 Charles H. Brown 1949-1951 Edward J. Tallis 1951-1954 Robert A. Haas 1955-???? Raymond Deily Groff

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Transcibed Church Records, 1764-1933 by Hinke SEE ALSO: ML51 P384 v.28, pp.385-436 For: Transcribed Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church Records, 1751-1828 transcribed by Hinke SEE ALSO: MKZZ1 MO L6 or Microfilm #70 or Church RG-L 053 For: Lutheran Burial Register SEE ALSO: ZY P413 v.17, pp.33-35 For: Church Records of New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church SEE ALSO: Church RG 577 For: Church Records of Trinity (Great Swamp) Reformed Church SEE ALSO: Church RG 437 For: Additional copy of History with Church Record Indexes SEE ALSO: Microfilm #177 For: Additional copy of Cemetery Inscriptions SEE ALSO: Microfilm #165. For: History by Hinke, William John. A HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE OLD GOSHENHOPPEN REFORMED CHURCH, 1730-1830 SEE ALSO: ERHS F 157 .M7 P39 v.1-6 1921-1928. For: Deed of land that Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Woxall, Montogmery County, Pennsylvania, was built on. SEE ALSO: Locked Case #2 Item #4 For; Sermon delivered by Rev. Jacob William DeChant on the Death of President James Monroe 1831 ERHS BX 9593 .D4451 P7 1831