The Herrs and Lancaster County's Other First Mennonite PioneersThe Herrs begins with the true story of the persecuted Swiss Anabaptist Herr family who left the Palatinate area of Germany in 1710. After a 10 week delay in London before boarding the ship Mary Hope, they finally set sail across the deep dangerous ocean. Settling in western Chester Co., Pa., they first obtained a warrant for 10,000 acres of land near the Indians the first Mennonite settlement in what was to later become Lancaster Co., Pa. Historical

Recorded dates begin in 1688 with apparent gaps in 1714 and 1715

and children's names and dates are given for most family units

Rothlisberger

Early history of the beginnings of Anabaptism in the Bernese area of Switzerland is given

Shoemaker folklore

Dutch barns

into the following families: Eberly

Frequent names in the index are Bailey

Pennsylvania pewterers

there are chapters on Picasso

but added much more information

concentrating on sons John