Individual Details

Francis Herr Senior

(6 Aug 1748 - 2 Jan 1810)

Francis Herr, Sr. was fined during the Revolutionary War for refusing to muster with the militia. He began the Reformed Mennonite Church--services were in English instead of German--in 1785. It wasn't until the late 1880s that the Old Mennonites shifted to English.

Events

Birth6 Aug 1748
Death2 Jan 1810Lampeter, Lancaster, PA
MarriageFanny Bare
Alt nameFrantz Herr
Will

Families

SpouseFanny Bare ( - 1815)
ChildElizabeth "Lizzy" Herr ( - 1813)
ChildEsther Herr (1776 - 1870)
ChildAnna Herr (1779 - 1823)
ChildMaria Herr ( - )
ChildJohn Herr Reverend ( - 1850)
ChildFrancis Herr Junior ( - )
ChildFanny Herr (1786 - 1862)
ChildMartin Herr (1788 - 1869)
FatherHans Herr Senior (1720 - 1797)
MotherEsther Neff (1724 - 1750)
SiblingJohn Herr Junior ( - 1827)

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