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JOHN ANDREW KRUG, b. Saxony, 19 Mar. 1732; taught at the
Orphan House at Halle, at Wasserleben, and at Wernigerode; Ord. 1763;
arriv. Philadelphia, i Apr. 1764; sett. Reading (Berks) Pa., Trinity Chh.,
1764-1771; Exeter (Berks) Pa., Sehwartzwald Chh., 1764-1771; Muhlenberg (Berks) Pa., Alsace Chh., 1764-1771; Perry (Berks) Pa., Zion's
Chh., 1765-1771; Frederick (Frederick) Md., 28 Apr. 1771-1796;
Middletown (Fred.) Md., 1771-1779; Luth.; d. Frederick, Md., 30 Mar.
1796.

similar sequence as the Rev. HMM Halle > PA province
Rev. Henry Melchior Mühlenberg

~• from the <journals> project

"Krug, Rev. John Andrew; Lutheran minister at Frederick(stown) MD : Nov. 3, '79 > writes to H.M.M"

Johan Georg Bager (1725-1791)
Halle connection; died Hanover Twp. PA

JQHN GEORGE BAGER, b. Niederlinzweiler, Nassau-Saarbrueck,
29 Mar. 1725, son of a Lutheran minister; ed. Halle; sett. Simmern,
Palatinate, Germany; arriv. Philadelphia, 23 Qct. 1752; circuit preacher:
sett. Hanover (York) Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 10 Nov. 1752-1763, 1769-
1791; Conewago (Adams) Pa., 1752-1762; West Manheim (York) Pa.,
St. David's or Sherman's Chh., 1753-1790; Baltimore, Md., 1755-1762;
N.Y., N.Y., Holy Trinity Chh., 1762-1767 and Qld Swamp Chh., 1763-
1767; York (York) Pa., Christ Chh., West Manchester (York) Pa.,
St. Paul's or Wolf's Chh., Conewago (York) Pa., Zion's Chh. and
Chambersburg (Franklin) Pa., St. John's Chh., 1767-1769; Guilford
(Franklin) Pa., Grindstone Hill Chh., 1767-1770; Hopewell (York) Pa.,
Blimyer's Chh., 1767-1791; Hellam (York) Pa., Kreutz Creek Chh. and
Berwick (Adams) Pa., 1768-1791; Windsor (York) Pa., Emanuel or
Frysville Chh., 1771-1776; Luth.; d. Hanover, Pa., 9 June 1791.

both Bager and Krug were at Tolpenhaken in 1779
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011394700&view=1up&...

I am focusing on 51 matches for "Halle" in the reference work https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44539283.pdf
The American Antiquarian Soc. work about Colonial Ministers -1776

Here is the third match:

PETER BRUNNHOLTZ, ( ? - 1758) b. Niebuhl, Gluckburg, Schleswig-Holstein; ed. Halle; Ord. Wernigerode, Germany, 12 Apr. 1744; embarked at Gravesend, England, 29 Nov. 1744; arriv. Philadelphia, 26
Jan. 1744/5; sett. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's Luth. Chh., 1745-
1758; Germantown, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 1745-1751; Upper Providence (Montgomery) Pa., Augustus Luth. Chh. at Trappe, 1745-1746;
New Hanover (Montgomery) Pa., Falkner's Swamp Chh., 1745-1746;
Earl (Lane.) Pa., Chh. at New Holland, 1747-1748; Luth.; d. Philadelphia, Pa., 7 July 1758, unm

(no descendants)

also studied at Halle

JUSTUS FALKNER (Falckner), b. Langen-Reinsdorf, Saxony,
22 Nov. 1672, son of the Rev. Daniel Falkner; matric^ Halle, 20 Jan.
1693; came to Pa., 1700; Ord. Philadelphia, Pa., 24 Nov. 1723 (the first
ordination of a Lutheran minister in America); burgess, Germantown,
Pa., 1701; sett. N.Y., N.Y., Holy Trinity Luth. Chh., 2 Dec. 1703-
1723; also in 1703: Raritan, N.J., 1703-1714, Kinderhook, N.Y.,
1703-1723, Mahwah, N.J., Ramapo Chh., 1703-1714; Coxsackie, N.Y.,
1703-1723; added in 1704 were: Saddle River (Bergen) N.J., 1704-
1723; Hackensack (Bergen) N.J., 1704-1723; and in 1705: Albany,
N.Y., 1705-1723; and in 1712: Athens, N.Y., Loonenburgh Chh.,
1712-1723; besides N.Y., N.Y^., and Albany, he had i in 1715, seven
congregations: 3 in N.J. and 4 in N.Y. These were: summer congregations: Hackensack, Raritan, Remmespach, i.e. Ramapo, Piscataway,
Elizabethtown and Phillipsburg (Warren), all in N.J.: winter congregations: Athens, i.e. Loonenburgh, Klickenberg, Four Mile Point, Coxsackie, Kinderhook and Claverack, all in N.Y. In 1716 were added as
regular congregations: Claverack, N.Y., St. Thomas's Chh., 1716-
1723; Four Mile Point, 1716-1723; and Klickenberg, 1716^1723, all in
N.Y. In 1719, seven new chhs. were added: Newburgh, i.e. Quassick
Chh., 1719-1723; Rosendale, or Rosenthal in Ulster co., 1719-1723;
Shawanggunk (Ulster), 1719-1723; Langen Rack, 1719-1723; Newtown,
1719-1723; Tarbush, 1719-1723; Queensbury, 1719-1723; Rhinebeck
(Dutchess), 1719-1723; and Schoharie, 1719-1723, all in N.Y. state.
Finally in 1720, three more N.Y. chhs. were added: East Camp, Christ
Chh., 1720-1723; Kaatsbaan (Ulster), 1720-1723; and West Camp
(Ulster), Chh. at Saugerties, 1720-1723. If to the 25 chhs. served by
Daniel are added the 27 chhs. served by his brother Justus, we have 52
chhs.; Luth.; d. Newburgh, N.Y., a 51.

another at Halle

JOHN ANDREAS FRIEDERICHS (or Friederici, Friderici), ed.
Halle and Goettingen; sett. Williams (Northampton) Pa., at Cedarville, 1756-1760; Lower Milford (Lehigh) Pa., Upper Milford Chh.,
1754-1763; Upper Saucon (Lehigh) Pa., St. Paul's, Blue or Organ
Chh., 1754-1762; Moore (Northampton) Pa., Emmanuel Chh., 1754-
1778; Lehigh (Northampton) Pa., St. Paul's Chh., at Cherryville, 1762-
1769; Lynn (Lehigh) Pa., Jerusalem Chh., at Allemaengel, 1770-1774;.
Allen and Lehigh (Northampton) Pa., 1772-1778; Luth.; he is called
"old, bedridden, impoverished", 1778, but the church records show that
he was minister again at Williams, Pa., 1783-1793.

Halle

JACOB GOERING (1755-1807), b. Chanceford, Pa., 17 Jan. 1755, son of Jacob
and Margaret Goering; ed. Halle; lie. Laneaster, Pa., 1774; sett. Carlisle
(Cumberland) Pa., 1774-1783; Dover (York) Pa., Salem or Strayer's
Chh., 1774-1783; Paradise (York) Pa., Holz Sehwamm Chh., 1775-
1783; Upper Bermudian, Pa., 1774-1783; Latimore (Adams) Pa.,
Lower Bermudian Chh., 1774-1783; Lower Settlement, Pa., 1774-1783;
sett. York (York) Pa., Christ Chh., 1783-1807; Luth.; d. York, Pa.,
1807, a. 53.

May 23rd, 1777
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011394700&view=1up&...

Mühlenberg speaks with JACOB GOERING
then serving several congregations by the Susquehana

Halle 1733-1737

JOHN FREDERICK HANDSCHUCH, (1714-1764) in Philadelphia

b. Halle, Saxony, Germany,

14 Jan. 1714; ed. Halle, 1733-1737; U. of Leipzig, 1737; Ord. Altenberg,
1744; sett. Graba, Germany, 1744-1746; arriv. Philadelphia, 5 Apr.
1748; sett. Lancaster (Lane.) Pa., Holy Trinity Chhl, 3 May 1748-
May 1750; Earl (Lane.) Pa., Chh. at New Holland, 1748-1749; Strasburg (Lane.) Pa., St. Michael's or Beaver Creek Chh., 1748-1751;
Germantown, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 20 May 1751-1764; Upper Dublin (Montgomery) Pa., Puff's Chh., 1754-1757; Philadelphia, Pa., St.
Michael's Chh., 1756-1764; taught French and German at Philadelphia
Academy, 1755-1758; Luth.; d. Philadelphia, Pa., 9 Oct. 1764, a. 50.

ed at Halle.. but died fairly young... also connected (like many, with Wernigerode, Saxaony-Anhlat

JOHN DIETRICH MATTHIAS HEINTZELMAN, (1726-1756) b. Salswedel,
Altenmark, Brandenburg, Germany, 1726, son of Dr. HÍeintzelman; ed.
U. of Halle; Ord. Wernigerode, Saxony, 11 July 1751 ; arriv. Philadelphia,
I Dec. 1751; sett. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 1751-1756;
Luth.; d. Philadelphia, Pa., 9 Feb. 1756, a. 30.

I have yet to comprehend how it is that many of these Lutheran ministers trained at Hall and then were ordained at Wernigerode.

Hallle & Wernigerode

JOHN CHRISTOPHER KUNZE, D.D.,
b. Artern, Mansfield, Saxony, 5 Aug. 1744;

  • matric. U. of Leipzic, 21 Sept. 1763; A.B., Halle;
  • A.M., U. of Pa., 1780, D.D., 1783;
  • sett. Closter Bergen and at the Orphan House at Greitz;
  • Ord. Wernigerode, May 1770;
  • arriv. N.Y., N.Y., 22 Sept. 1770;
  • sett. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's and Zion's Chhs., 8 Oct. 1770-1784;
  • sett. N.Y., N.Y., Christ Chh., 1780-1784;
  • Prof, of German, U. of Pa., 1780-1784;
  • Prof, of Oriental Languages, Columbia U., 1784-1787, 1792-1799;
  • Luth.; d. N.Y., N.Y., 24 July1807, a. 64 (GS).

Rev. John Christopher Kunze

JOHN FREDERICK SCHMIDT, D.D., b. Frohse, Aschersleben, Halberstadt, Germany, 9 Jan. 1746;

  • matric. Halle, 1765; D.D., U. of Pa.;
  • Ord. Wernigerode, Germany, 1768;
  • arriv. Philadelphia, 2 Apr. 1769;
  • sett.Germantown, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 1769-1786;
  • Upper Dublin, Pa., Puff's Chh., 1769-1785;
  • Whitemarsh (Montgomery) Pa., St. Peter's Chh., Barren Hill, June 1769-1785;
  • Frankford, Pa., 1769-1786;
  • Whitpain (Montgomery) Pa., St. John's Chh. at Center Square, 1769-1786;
  • Lower Gwynedd (Montgomery) Pa., St. Peter's Chh. at North Wales,1775-1785;
  • Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's and Zion's Chhs., 1785- 1812; Luth.;
  • d. Philadelphia, Pa., 16 May 1812, a. 66

Rev. Johann Friederich Schmidt

Four Ministers with similar names

CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ, (1718- 1789)
b. Harpersdorf, Silesia, 26 Mar. 1718,
son of Melchior and Susanna (Kriebel) Scholtze; ed. by the Rev. George
Weiss (q.v.); sett. Lower Salford (Montgomery) Pa., Schwenkfelders
Chh., 1762-1789; Schwenkfelder; d. Washington, Pa., 9 May 1789.
~• he was a Schwenkfelded (not a Lutheran)

CHRISTOPHER EMANUEL SCHULZE, (1740-1809)
b. Probstzell, Saxony, 25 Dec. 1740, son of John Andrew and Amelia Schultze; ed. Frederick Coll.,
Halle; Ord. Wernigerode, Germany, 1765; arriv. Philadelphia, 24 Oct.
1765; sett. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., 1765-1770, and Zion's
Chh., 1769-1770; Heidelberg (Lebanon) Pa., chh. at Schaeffertown,
1765-1809; Strasburg (Lane) Pa., St. Michael's or Beaver Creek Chh.,
1767-1769; Marion (Berks) Pa., Zion or Rieth's Chh. (the original
Old Tulpehocken Chh.), Dec 1770-1809, and Christ Chh. at Stouchsburg (Old Tulpehocken Chh.), 1770-1809; Mill Creek (Lebanon) Pa.,
Reed's or Old Tulpehocken Chh. (i.e. 3 divisions of the original Old
Tulpehocken Chh.), 1770-1809; Tulpehocken (Berks) Pa., Christ or
Rehrersburg Chh., 1770-1809; son-in-law of Dr. Muhlenberg, and father
of the Rev. John Andrew Schultze who was also Governor of Pa.; Luth.;
d. Marion, Pa., 9 Mar. 1809.

FREDERICK SCHULZE, (???? - 1809)
b. Koenigsberg, Prussia; ed. at Halle;
Ord. Wernigerode, Germany, 11 July 1751; arriv. Philadelphia, i Dec.
1751; sett. New Hanover (Montgomery) Pa., Falkner's Swamp Chh., as
assistant, 1752-1754; Upper Hanover (Montgomery) Pa., New Goshenhoppen Chh., 1752-1756; Rockland (Bucks) Pa., Indianfield Chh.,
1752-1763; Upper Salford (Montg.) Pa., Old Goshenhoppen Chh., 1753-
1759; Franconia (Montg.) Pa., Indian Creek or Zion's Chh., 1752-1763;
Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, 1772-1782; physician; Luth.; d. 1809.

JOHANN CHRISTIAN SCHULTZE, (1701- ????) became blinf
b. Schainbach, Wertemberg,
Germany, 11 June 1701, son of the Rev. John Valentine and Anna
Juliana Schultze; arriv. in Pa., 25 Sept. 1732; sett. New Hanover
(Montgomery) Pa., Falkner's Swamp Chh., 1732-1733; Upper Providence (Montgomery) Pa., Augustus Chh. at Trappe, 1732-1733; Lancaster (^Lanc) Pa., 1733-1733; Brecknock (Lane.) Pa., Muddy Creek
Chh., 1733-1733; Philadelphia, Pa., St. Michael's Chh., I733-I734;
became blind; Luth.; returned to Germany, 1734.

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