St. John Host Reformed Church (Womelsdorf, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 270

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The St. John's (Host) Reformed Church collection consists or two boxes containing: Cemetery Inscriptions 1794-1963, Church Records of Baptisms, 1740-1980, Records of Marriage, 1752-1760, Communicants, 1749-1897, Confirmations, 1749-1896, Deaths, 1851-1980. Consistory Minutes, Financial Records, History and Photographs. TOMBSTONES INSCRIPTIONS INDEXED BY JAQUELINE NEIN. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM: SCHUYLER C. BROSSMAN, BERKS COUNTY. ST. JOHN'S (HOST) UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST RECORDS, TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. COMPILED BY MARY I. OXENRIDER.

Dates

Creation: 1740 - 1980

Biographical / Historical

The Host Church congregation is the oldest Reformed congregation west of the Schuylkill River, having been founded in the year 1727 by the Rev. John Phillip Boehm. In 1736 the Reformed built a log church named after the Host family that was living there at that time. In 1775 a stone church was built at the location where the church stands today. Complete records in German and English regarding the history of the church and congregation have been preserved. A copy of the Indenture of Trust and Deed for the first purchase of land, witnessed and signed by Conrad Weiser and Samuel Weiser are displayed inside the church sanctuary.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Cemetery Records, 1794-1963 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #176 For: Transcribed Church Records 1748-1855, copied by Hinke SEE ALSO: MKZZ BE R 23-26 or Microfilm #99 For: Indexed T. R. Brendle transcription SEE ALSO: Microfilm #307 For: Membership List ca. 1855-1865 SEE ALSO: Lebanon Classis Collection MKC L49z For: The Tulpehocken bicentennial, commerated in a celebration at Womelsdorf, 1923 SEE ALSO: ERHS F159 W82 T9 1923 For: Early Pennsylvania pioneers from the Palatinate, Saarland and Canton Zurich, Switzerland by Annette K. Burgert SEE ALSO: ERHS F 160 G3 B87 1983 For: Rieth's (Reed's) Church and environs, in Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society SEE ALSO: ERHS F159 .W82 T98 v. 1-16