Agnes Kolb
was born on April 18, 1713 in Van Bebber Township, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Henry\Heinrich
Kolb and Barbara Fretz. On November 2, 1736 Agnes married
Martin Oberholtzer in Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. Agnes and Martin were the parents of Barbara,
Henry, Maria, John and Martin. After 1744 Agnes married William
Nash. Agnes died on February 15, 1786 in Bedminster Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania and was buried in the Deep Run Mennonite
Church graveyard in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Henry\Heinrich
Kolb was born about 1679 in Wolfsheim, Pfalz, Germany. He
was one of ten children born to Dielman Kolb and Agnes
Schumacher. Heinrich married
Barbara Fretz in Palatinate, Germany and they were the
parents of Mary, Dorothy, Anne, Agnes, Peter, David and Dielman.
In 1709, Henrich and Barbara immigrated with a group of about
sixty other Mennonites and received some assistance from Mennonites
at Amsterdam for their journey. He was 30 years old at the time,
with daughters 6, 3, and 1/2. His younger brother Arnold Kolb
came with Henrich and Barbara. After a stop in London , they sailed
for America in October. They came to Germantown, but moved to
Skippack within a year. Henry and three Kolb brothers all had
adjacent farms between Lederach and Skippack. He was a Farmer,
a Vinedresser and a Mennonite minister. Heinrich and his brothers
Martin and Jacob were trustees of the Mennonite Church and its
property on the Skippack, the second oldest Mennonite church in
America. Henry died before July 18, 1730 in Van Bebber Township,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and was buried Skippack Mennonite
Church.
Barbara Fretz came to America
from Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1709. Barbara died in 1765 in Deep
Run, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is buried in the Deep Run
Mennonite Cemetery, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Dielman
Kolb was born in 1648 in Wolfsheim, Pfalz, Germany. Dielman
married Agnes Schumacher
and they were the parents of Agnes, Peter, Ann, Henry/Heinrich,
Martin, Maria, Johannes, Jacob, Arnold and Dielman. Dielman was
a winemaker. Dielman was a member of the Mennonite church ( Any
member of an evangelical Christian sect with Anabaptist origins,
founded in the
Netherlands in the 16th century and existing in the United States
since the 17th century. Mennonites oppose military service, and
the holding of public ofice, and favor plain dress) and a Mennonite
Minister at Wolfsheim.
A 1685 Census of the Anabaptists [Any member of a radical 16th
century sect of the Reformation {the 16th century religious movement
that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted
in establishing
the Protestant churches} originating in Switzerland, often persecuted
because they opposed the taking of oaths, infant baptism, military
service, and the holding of public office.] living in Wolfsheim
lists Tielman Kolb, wife, 5 sons, 2 daughters. A notation on the
census states "He and his wife are neighborly, but, at the
same time, he is malicious, and therefore, is not regarded as
irreproachable." A general note is added "The Anabaptists
are very detrimental at this place because they don't take office
and don't share food with other subjects." These
comments must be read in the context of a generally hostile environment
because of the religious differences. Dielman died on October
13, 1712 in Mannheim, Pfalz, Germany.
For the book "A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family and its Branches in America" click here.
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