Individual Details
Alexander Mack
(27 Jul 1679 - 19 Feb 1735)
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1679 | Schriesheim, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jan 1701 | Anna Margaretha Kling | | ||
| Accomplishment | 1708 | Schwarzenau, Germany |  | | |
| Death | 19 Feb 1735 | Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Margaretha Kling (1680 - 1720) |
| Child | John Valentine Mack (1701 - 1755) |
| Child | Johannes Kling Mack (1703 - 1775) |
| Child | Alexander Mack Jr. (1712 - 1803) |
| Child | Christina Mack (1714 - 1720) |
| Father | Johann Philip Mack (1636 - 1706) |
| Mother | Anna Christina Fillbrun (1643 - 1702) |
Notes
Accomplishment
Alexander Mack (c. 27 July 1679[a] – 19 January 1735) was the leader and first minister of the Schwarzenau Brethren (or German Baptists) in the Schwarzenau, Wittgenstein community of modern-day BadBerleburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Mack founded the Brethren along with seven other Radical Pietists in Schwarzenau in 1708. Mack and the rest of the early Brethren emigrated to the United States in the mid-18th century, where he continued to minister to the Brethren community until his death.Burial
From "A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America." Inscription: "Alexander Mack, Sr. the first minister and organizer of the Church of "The Brethren" in the year 1708. Born at Schriesheim, Germany, 1679 Came to Germantown 1729, died 1735. Removed from Axe's Burying Ground, 1894."Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12783565/person/1026014083.
2. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MACK&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSsr=1&GRid=20884810&.
3. William G Willoughby, Counting the cost: The life of Alexander Mack 1679-1735 (Brethren Press), Chronology Appendix.
4. Rev Freeman Ankrum AB, Author, Alexander Mack the Tunker and Descendants (), , (Scottsdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 1943), 2.
5. William G Willoughby, Counting the cost: The life of Alexander Mack 1679-1735 (Brethren Press), 27.
6. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mack.
7. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MACK&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSsr=1&GRid=20884810&.
8. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mack&GSfn=alexander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=20884810&df=all&.