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Dielman Kolb, preacher of the Mennonite Church at [[Salford Mennonite Church (Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA)|Salford]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], b. 10 November 1691, at Wolfsheim, [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], [[Germany|Germany]], the youngest of six children, d. 28 December 1756 at Skippack, Pennsylvania. His father, Dielman Kolb, b. 1648 in Wolfsheim, d. 13 October 1712 in [[Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mannheim]], Germany, was married to a daughter of Peter Schumacher (a Quaker), who was one of the first Palatines to settle in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]] in 1685. The son, and also his older brother Peter (d. 1727), who was a preacher at Mannheim, took a warm interest in his brethren who had been banished from [[Switzerland|Switzerland]], sheltered them, and in general did much for them. He continued his correspondence with the [[Fonds voor Buitenlandsche Nooden (Dutch Relief Fund for Foreign Needs) |Committee for Foreign Needs]] at Amsterdam after his arrival in America. In 1714 he married Elisabeth Schnebeli of Mannheim. On 21 March 1717 he immigrated to America with his family. They arrived in [[Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)|Philadelphia]] on 10 October 1717. From there Dielman Kolb went to Salford (in [[Montgomery County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Montgomery County]]), where he bought about 500 acres of land. With [[Funck, Heinrich (d. 1760)|Heinrich Funck]] he founded the Salford congregation ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) in 1738, and with him supervised the translation of the [[Martyrs' Mirror|<em>Martyrs’ Mirror</em>]] from Dutch into German 1745-1748. It was through his influence that his close friend [[Dock, Christopher (d. 1771)|Christopher Dock’s]] <em>Schulordnung</em> was written and later (1770) published. In the struggles and needs of a pioneer Mennonite settlement his work and influence were of lasting benefit to the brotherhood. His only child Elizabeth was married to Andrew Ziegler (1707-1797), preacher (1746- ) and bishop (1762-   ) at Skippack.
= Bibliography =
Cassel, D. K.  <em>A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family</em>. Norristown: 1895.

<em>Dictionary of American Biography</em> X. New York: 1933.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967, II, 520.

Pennypacker, S. W. "A Noteworthy Book." <em>Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography</em> V, No. 3 (1881).

Souder, J. D. "The Life and Times of Dielman Kolb, 1691-1756." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 3 (January 1929): 33-41.

Strassburger, R. B. <em>The Strassburger and Allied Families of Pennsylvania</em>. Gweynedd Valley, 1922.
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