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Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) was located on what is now the western edge of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. With the coming of three Hans Brubakers, John Meyers, a Christian and two Andrew Hersheys, Benjamin Road, Peter Swarr, and others, 1717-1727, who settled west and northwest of "Lancaster Town," there were too many Mennonites to worship in private homes. By 1750 John Jacob Brubaker and Ulrich Roadt, ministers, received a deed for one acre on the south end of the farm owned in 1955 by Christian B. Herr, whereon a meeting house was soon erected. The foundation wall could still be struck in plowing in 1955 and a few Erisman, Binkley and Hershey tombstones were still intact. Here these people worshiped until 1792, when a larger church called [[Brubaker's Mennonite Meetinghouse (Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Brubaker's]] was built a mile north of Rohrerstown. Bishop Benjamin Hershey, [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference ]] moderator during the American Revolution, worshiped and is buried here. Undoubtedly the first Lancaster conferences were held alternately with the Mellinger and Abbeyville congregations.
 
Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) was located on what is now the western edge of [[Lancaster (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. With the coming of three Hans Brubakers, John Meyers, a Christian and two Andrew Hersheys, Benjamin Road, Peter Swarr, and others, 1717-1727, who settled west and northwest of "Lancaster Town," there were too many Mennonites to worship in private homes. By 1750 John Jacob Brubaker and Ulrich Roadt, ministers, received a deed for one acre on the south end of the farm owned in 1955 by Christian B. Herr, whereon a meeting house was soon erected. The foundation wall could still be struck in plowing in 1955 and a few Erisman, Binkley and Hershey tombstones were still intact. Here these people worshiped until 1792, when a larger church called [[Brubaker's Mennonite Meetinghouse (Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania, USA)|Brubaker's]] was built a mile north of Rohrerstown. Bishop Benjamin Hershey, [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Mennonite Conference ]] moderator during the American Revolution, worshiped and is buried here. Undoubtedly the first Lancaster conferences were held alternately with the Mellinger and Abbeyville congregations.
 
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Revision as of 12:51, 18 March 2014

Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) was located on what is now the western edge of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. With the coming of three Hans Brubakers, John Meyers, a Christian and two Andrew Hersheys, Benjamin Road, Peter Swarr, and others, 1717-1727, who settled west and northwest of "Lancaster Town," there were too many Mennonites to worship in private homes. By 1750 John Jacob Brubaker and Ulrich Roadt, ministers, received a deed for one acre on the south end of the farm owned in 1955 by Christian B. Herr, whereon a meeting house was soon erected. The foundation wall could still be struck in plowing in 1955 and a few Erisman, Binkley and Hershey tombstones were still intact. Here these people worshiped until 1792, when a larger church called Brubaker's was built a mile north of Rohrerstown. Bishop Benjamin Hershey, Lancaster Mennonite Conference moderator during the American Revolution, worshiped and is buried here. Undoubtedly the first Lancaster conferences were held alternately with the Mellinger and Abbeyville congregations.


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1957

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Landis, Ira D. "Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Abbeyville_Mennonite_Church_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116111.

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Landis, Ira D. (1957). Abbeyville Mennonite Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Abbeyville_Mennonite_Church_(Lancaster,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=116111.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 6. All rights reserved.


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