The German Emigration From New York Province Into Pennsylvania Prepared At T
The German Emigration From New York Province Into Pennsylvania Prepared At T
Matthias Henry Richards
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Whilst these events were transpiring on the borders of the Province, there landed in Philadelphia, on Sept. 11, 1728, by the ship Good Will, David Crocket, master, from Salinger Amt, Duchy Berg, in Unter Pfaltz, Germany, the missionary John Caspar Stoever, Sr. , and John Caspar Stoever, Jr. , a theological student 21 years of age. The former took up his life work in and about Spottsylvania, Va. , whilst the latter labored as a missionary in Pennsyl- vania, throughout its entire settled portion,... at a time when there was probably not a single ordained Lutheran min- ister in the whole Province except the Swedes at Philadel- phia. In 1733 he received ordination at the hand of Pastor Schultze, and was married at the same time, whereupon he promptly resumed his labors in Lancaster and Berks Counties. As was to be expected, the ministry of Mr. Liebbecker failed to give satisfaction to many from the mere nature of things. With the advent of Rev. Stoever as a regularly ordained clergyman of their own Lutheran faith, came the desire on the part of many to elect him as their pastor and *Rupp.
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