Bell Anthology - Christian Newcomer

The Raymond M. Bell Anthology



Travels of United Brethren Bishop
Christian Newcomer in Washington County
1799-1828
  (from Christian Newcomer, his Life, Journal and Achievements, Dayton 1941)
  
  Preached
  	German church, Washington 1815 1815 1816 1822
  	Dutch Fork (Zion United Brethern) church 1809 (Donegal Twp)
  		Homes near Dutch Fork
  			Christopher Winter 1814 1817 1818 (died 1823)
  			Jacob Winter 1825 1827
  			Daniel Reis 1823 (Muskingum Conference)
  			Jacob Miller 1825
  	Pigeon Creek (Wyant's) church (Carroll Twp) 1808 1809 1814 1816
  	Christopher Stacher's (near Wyant church) 1808 1809 1810 1812 1814
  		1816 1817 1819 (died 1830) (United Brethern)
  	Ten-mile church (under oak tree (W Bethlehem Twp) 1809
  	Lewis Bruker's (near Ten-mile) 1799
  	Wolf's church (Buffalo Twp) 1809
  	John Moser's (Strabane Twp) 1814
  
  		Pigeon Creek, Ten-mile and Wolf's church were German
  			Reformed or Lutheran congregations
  
  Visited
  	Methodist camp meeting at Cross Creek 1812
  	Methodist quarterly meeting at Washington 1815
  
  Lodged
  	Christian Harnish, Washington 1815 1816 1817 1822 1825 1826 1827 1828
  	Christopher Winter, Dutch Fork 1809 1810 1815 1816
  	Jacob Winter, Dutch Fork 1828
  	Daniel Reis (Rice), Dutch Fork 1809 1819 1820 1822
  	Christian Hootman, Dutch Fork 1827
  	Perry McCoy 1814 1815 (died 1821) widow 1823 (McCoy dau m Winter son)
  	Christopher Stacher (Carroll Twp) 1814 1820 1821
  	Lewis Stacher 1809 1819
  	John Stacher 1823
  	Cornelius Weygandt (Wyant) (near Stacher) 1823 (died 1828)
  	Horn, Ten-mile 1809
  	Lewis Bruker, Ten-mile 1809
  	Homes near Washington
  		Wilson (9 miles east) 1812
  		Hurd 1812
  		Henry Alter 1823
  		Hill 1828
  
  Christopher Stacher and Cornelius Weygandt were brothers-in-law
  	from Forks Twp, Northampton Co, Pa.
  Christian Newcomer was born 1749, died 1830.
   

This article was transcribed by Jean Suplick Matuson of Plano, TX in August 1998.


Raymond M. Bell Anthology     Genealogy in Washington Co., PA

Published with permission of Raymond M. Bell.