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History of The OLD FORT HERKIMER CHURCH
German Flatts Reformed Church, 1723
By W. N. P. Dailey, D. D.
Published by the
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News
Lou D. MacWethy, editor
St. Johnsville, NY (Price 35 cents)

Thanks to Betty Hoagey for sending this for the web site!

Organized in 1723. Land given 1730 and 1773. Present edifice begun about 1730. A story of the Palatine people and their early struggles. Many names of first settlers. By Rev. W. N. P. Dailey, DD. Author of History of the Montgomery Classis, R.C.A.

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Names of Families on the South Side.

The names of the families on the south side in 1823 are shown, in part at least, by the men who subscribed a century ago toward the salary of Domine Spinner:

Warner Folts, Daniel W. Folts, Jacob D. Folts, John R. Steel, Dennis Clapsattle, William Clapsattle, Peter Clapsattle, Nancy Clapsattle, Rudolph G. Steele, Adam Steele, George Dygert, Jr., Conrad Eady, Jacob Edee, George Myers, Michael Wildrig, George Clapsattle, Christian Edee, William Dygert, Silvenus Folts, Jacob Buckdorf, Richard D. Steel, Henry F.Myers, John A. Clapsattle, George Fulmer, Thomas Fulmer, Henry Warren, Lana Piper, Rudolph Shoemaker, Mantimus Spark, Andrew Clapsattle, Robert Shoemaker, David Dievendorf, Jacob Myers, Daniel Dygert, Jacob Sristman, Benjamin Cristman, John S. Devindorf, Michael F. Myers, Jacob Flipsee, Peter F. Orendorff, Frederick Frank, Jacob G. Edick, Frederick Hess, George Fox, Frederick Fox, Frederick C. Fox, Conrad Hess, David C. Hess, Frederick Bellinger, Jr., Christopher Fox, Hugh McLaughlin, Lany McLaughlin, Adam R. Steele, Henry Ohrendorf, Fred'k Ohrendorf, Patrick Stahring, Frederick H. Myers, Frederick P. Helmer, Peter H. Stauring, Nicholas Casler, Jr., Jacob Flagg, Jacob H. Miller, John Dagert, Dlaniel Hess, Marks Grants, Frederick Zoller, Joseph Eysaman, Stephen Eysaman, Jacobus Casler, Peter M. Stahring, Rudolph Shumacher, Peter F. Bellinger, David Bellinger,Jacob Casler, Wm. Steel, Ludwig Barsh, George F. Bellinger, John Shoemaker, Jr., John John Shoemaker, Thomas T. Shoemaker, Peter F. Bellinger,Richard Steel, Lorentz Shoemaker, Richard L. Shoemaker, Frederick L. Shoemaker, John P. Bellinger, John S. Shoemaker, Christopher Edee, Andrew Piper, Jr., Casper Kaller, Michael Keller, John Keller, Jeremiah Overacker, Andrew Piper, Richard R. Steel,Henry Stauring, Jr., John Eyseman, Henry Eyseman, Joseph Bowers, Daniel Rankins, John H. Stauring, Nicholas Miller, John M. Casler, John I. Casler, Joseph Casler, Marks N. Casler, Frederick CAsler, Abraham Casler, Lawrence Fox, John T. Bellinger, Rudolph Casler, Daniel Seckner, Peter Rankins, Richard Casler, Malchert Rincken, John J. Casler, Richard P. Casler, Peter Seckner, Elisabeth Gerber, Thomas Rankins, David Rankins, Richard C. Casler, Henry Sponenbergh, Richard I. N. Casler, Jonas Casler, Amos Casler, James T. Rankins, John Hakes, James I. Campbell, John Miller, Jr., Abraham Rosencrantz, Daniel Bellinger, Jacob Bell, John Miller, George Lodgridge, Jacob Belling, Suffrenes Seeber, Henry Seeber, Geo. Adams, John Snell, Marks Casler, Richard M. Casler, Richard I. Casler, Geo. Rosecrantz, Augustus Hess, Jr., John Burkdorff, John Burkdorff, Jr., Peter B. Tenbrook, William G. Cughnet, John C. Bellinger, Abraham G. Rosencrantz, William Sponenberg, Henry Uhle, John Uhle, Jacob Simons, C. P. Bellinger, Nicholas Moyer, Peter H. Bellinger, John P. Casler, Lawrence Helmer, Wm. Shoemaker, James L. Campbell, Jacob Crontz, Michael Grants, Henry Grants, Peter Steel, Rudolph Steel, Jacob P. Stauring, Lemuel Wood, Peter B. Casler, Frederick F. Myers, Abraham Dygert, Henry Dodge, Denis Dygert.

Rev. Abraham Rosencrantz kept the church records of the congregations on both sides of the river. The baptismal records for Fort Herkimer begin with 1763, even before this, as the book shows that pages have been lost from it. At first Rev. Rosencrantz kept the records for both churches in the Stone Arabia book. Later he copied those that belonged to German Flatts in a separate register. This copy was never finished since there is a gap in the records of baptisms from May 1767 to October 1775. The baptismal records for German Flatts up to 1772 are in the Stone Arabia register. Mr. Rosencrantz notes at the close of 1787 that he had baptized 1444, excluding six Indian papooses and those of the years 1767-1775. If this average was sustained during the rest of his ministry his baptisms would reach above 2200.