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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)

Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 187

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ttached to the Baptist congregation at Crefeldt, and among their number were Abraham Dubois, Luy {sic)^ the widow Becker and her children, and lastlythe Eckerling family, consisting of the widow and four.stalwart sons, who were destined to prove, next to Beissel, * Vide German Pietists, p. 126.*… … Type and Costumb of Early Palatines. nouncement that persons of both sexes flocked to hearBeissel. Among the fairer sex were two young women,—Anna and Maria Eicher,—who left their fathers house andplaced themselves under his guidance. This new departurecaused much gossip throughout the community.…

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