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 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.

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. 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
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