The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-17
Another Old Bible-Early German Set
Tiers Change of Names. &c.


Our New Windsor correspondent writes
"A German Bible, relic of the past, has
been handed to your correspondent, in which
we found record of the Weaver family, who
settled in Germantown, near Philadelphia,
long before the Revolutionary War, and whose
descendants settled afterwards in New Wind
sor and Uniontown districts. In it are the
following entries:
Philip Weaver was born in Rheinish Ba-
varia on December Both, 1919. He emigrated
to this country about the year 1850, and died
September End, 1895. A large colony of
Germans of the Dunkard persuasion settled at
that time in Germantown.
Sussana Weaver, his wife, was born on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1870, at Bidingen, Germany, and
died February 3rd. 1893. Both are buried at
Germantown, and their tombstones are yet
well preserved.
John Weaver 1.-THE son of the above] was
born August 9th, 1853, and died April 10th,
| 1928.
Susanna Weaver, his wife [nee Keyser],
was born January 23rd, 1853, and died De-
cember 4th, 1888.
Request After both of us have left this
world this Bible shall be the property of my
son, Joseph Weaver.
(Signed) JOHN WEAVER.
Children Samuel Weaver, born Novem-
Der 9th, 1777. Died in infancy, August II,
1871 Joseph Weaver, born September Is,
1873. HE lived near New Windsor; he re-
manned bachelor. Elizabeth Weaver, born
September Doth 1871. [Died but few years
ago, in Germantown, at great age. Anna
Weaver, born May 9th, 1884. Samuel Wea-
yer, born May 25th, 1886. Lived near New
Windsor Nathaniel Weaver, born July 10,
1888. He was the father of Harrison Wea-
yer, of Uniontown.] John Weaver, born No
vember 18th, 1890. Father of the late Jesse
1896. Philip Weaver, born February 18th,
1898. Father of Hamilton Weaver, New
Windsor
This Bible was left to me by my father,
John Weaver, deceased, and | present 1t to
my brother, John Weaver, or his male de-
scendants, with the desire that it remain in the
Weaver family, without sale or purchase, as
long as there are any left of the name of Wea-
yer. (Signed) JOSEPH WEAVER.
Note After the death of John Weaver
this Bible gotinto possession of his son, the late
Jesse Weaver, and is now in possession of
Isaac Weaver (the latter's SOM, of Westmin-
ster. The Bible was published at German
town, in 1776, by Christoph Saur.
As further proof that our district was first
settled mostly by Germans, before and directly
after the American Revolution, your cores
pondent has visited the graveyard at W inters'
Church, and taken notes of tombstones of per-
sons buried there as far back as 1913, and
traced their descendants all over this and
Uniontown District. In most cases names
have been changed according to the English
sound Some of them have been literally
translated and others have remained as they
were originally. For instance, Weber trans
lated to Weaver "a Weber in German means
a Weaver in English). Schneider translated
means Taylor Some are written according
to the English sound. Heitschuh to Hiteshue;
Rupp to Roop; Griinholtz to Greenwood;
Schlingluff to Slingluff; Schmidt to Smith; En-
gle-Engel translated Angel; Englar was spelled
Engler; Bruch to Prugh; Schweitzer to Swift
ger; Schneider to Snyder or Snader; Ehrhard
to Earhard; Kaiser to Keyser; (some were
not changed Engelman, Otto, Ecker, Lam
bert, Geiger, and host of others. Some of
these old tombstones at Winters graveyard
bear inscriptions which are real curiosities at
the present time. For instance
Here rests in the earth John Schmidt; he
he was born in the sign of the twins in the
year 174O, was baptised by Rev. N. N, and
the witness was James So and So and wife.
He was married 81 years, and had during that
time IS children well done for his country.
Some other time | will send you few more
of these curiosities. The inscriptions on these
stones are in the German language.