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	Henry Melchior Muhlenberg - LoveToKnow 1911
		HENRY MELCHIOR MUHLENBERG (1711-1787), GermanAmerican Lutheran clergyman, was born in Einbeck, Hanover, on the 6th of September 1711.
		Muhlenberg occupied himself more particularly with the congregation at New Providence (now Trappe), though he was practically overseer of all the Lutheran churches from New York to Maryland.
		Muhlenberg married in 1745 Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of J. Conrad Weiser, a well-known Indian interpreter, and herself said to have had Indian blood in her veins; by her he had eleven children.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Henry_Melchior_Muhlenberg (334 words)

	John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg - LoveToKnow 1911
		His brother, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801), became his father's assistant in Philadelphia in 1770; was pastor of the Christ (or Swamp) German Lutheran Church of New York City from 1773 to 1776; and in1777-1779was assistant to his father at New Hanover.
		Another brother, Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815), was a prominent Lutheran clergyman, and was pastor of a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1779 to his death; but he is best known as a botanist, and published Catalogus plantarum Americae septentrionalis (1813) and Descriptio uberior graminum et plantarum calamariarum Americae septentrionalis indignarum et circurum (1817).
		Gotthilf's SOn, Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1782-1844), was pastor of a Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1802-1828, was a Democratic representative in Congress in 1829-1838, and was United States minister to Austria in 1838-1840.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Peter_Gabriel_Muhlenberg (372 words)

	Henry Muhlenberg Summary
		Henry Melchior Mühlenberg is known as the "father of the American Lutheran Church." (The Lutheran Church is a Christian religious organization founded by Martin Luther in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church.) He is credited with almost single-handedly uniting the scattered and directionless Lutheran churches in the American colonies.
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (September 6, 1711, Einbeck, Germany – October 7, 1787, Trappe, Pennsylvania), originally Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg, was a Lutheran clergyman who is viewed as the founder of the Lutheran Church in the United States.
		Muhlenberg married Anna Maria Weiser, the daughter of Conrad Weiser, in 1745.
	www.bookrags.com /Henry_Muhlenberg (2009 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Muhlenberg
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711–87) emigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany and served as overseer of all the Lutheran churches from New York to Maryland; in 1748 he founded the first Lutheran synod in...
		Muhlenberg, neighbors are mending fences: New leaders of school and area watch group are slowly erasing years of rancor.
		Muhlenberg cancer study under way: The state Department of Health begins analyzing records from the township, where at least a dozen young adults have been diagnosed with the disease.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Muhlenberg (781 words)

	Henry Muhlenberg
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787) was a Lutheran clergyman who is viewed as the founder of the Lutheran Church in the United States.
		Henry married Anna Maria Weiser, the daughter of Conrad Weiser in 1745.
		Henry died on October 7th, 1787 at his home in Trappe.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Henry_Muhlenberg.html (225 words)

	Biography of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards was born at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1848, a son of Rev. John William and Andora (Garber) Richards.
		In 1782 he married Maria Salome Muhlenberg, born in 1766, died in 1827, the youngest daughter of Henry Melchior and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg, the latter a daughter of Colonel Conrad Weiser, of Berks County, a lieutenant-colonel in the French and Indian War, and later head of the Indian Bureau of the Province of Pennsylvania.
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards came to Reading with his parents as a small child, and was educated in the public schools of Reading, graduating from its high school in 1864.
	www.rootsweb.com /~paberks/books/pabios/richards.html (1708 words)

	ELCM - Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Connection
		Muhlenberg accurately assessed the precarious Lutheran situation in the Americas upon his arrival and took very active steps to Plant the Lutheran Church on solid ground.
		The Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg holds a very special place in the hearts and minds of Eastern Lutherans and Lutherans tracing their origins to one of the congregations established by his Mission efforts or the efforts of those trained by him.
		The core of this procedure as refined by Muhlenberg gives the benefit of the doubt to the often silent and satisfied majority of a congregation and thus contributes considerably to the maintaining of harmony in congregations that is so necessary for ongoing mission work.
	www.elcm.org /muhlenberg/muhlenberg.html (1069 words)

	Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
		MUHLENBERG, Henry Melchior, clergyman, born in Eimbeck, Hanover, Germany, 6 September, 1711; died in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 7 October.
		Muhlenberg was married, 23 April, 1745, to a daughter of J. Conrad Weiser, of Tulpehoken, the well-known Indian interpreter.
		Muhlenberg was the father of eleven children.--His son, John Peter Gabriel, patriot, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1746 ; died near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1807, was sent when he was sixteen years of age, with his two brothers, to be educated in Germany.
	www.famousamericans.net /henrymelchiormuhlenberg (2968 words)

	Community Salutes
		Muhlenberg Township was established in 1851 and was named for Rev. Henry A. Muhlenberg.
		Descended from grandfather Henry Melchior, Muhlenberg (considered to be the founder of the Lutheran religion in America) and Rev. Henry E. Muhlenberg (his father), Henry A. was known as an avid outdoorsman and eloquent speaker.
		Historically, Muhlenberg Township was once the home of the legendary Reading Fairgrounds, the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway, and one of the first airports in the county.
	www.weeu.com /salutes-muhlenberg.asp (462 words)

	A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLEGE
		Muhlenberg’s academic program is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the New York State Board of Regents.
		The name Muhlenberg College was adopted in 1867 – 19 years after the College was founded in honor of the patriarch of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
		General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg wintered at Valley Forge with George Washington; Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives; and Henry Ernst Muhlenberg was one of the most eminent early American scientists and the first president of Franklin College, now Franklin and Marshall College.
	www.muhlenberg.edu /muhlinfo/history.html (328 words)

	Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, D. D.
		Home > Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, D. Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, D. Muhlenberg, Henry Ernst, D. was the youngest son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D. D., and was born at the Trappe, Montgomery County, Pa., in the year 1753.
		The brothers proceeded directly to Halle, and young Henry, having been placed under the care of an attendant, went by way of Oldenburg, Bremen and Hanover, with the intention of visiting Einbeck, his father's native place, and in which many of his relatives still resided.
		Muhlenberg arrived in this country in 1770, and was the same year ordained by the Synod of Pennsylvania, Mon in session at Reading.
	www.all-biographies.com /doctors/henry_ernst_muhlenberg.htm (1586 words)

	1856henrymuhlenbergbio
		Muhlenberg’s journey was continued, and after a most disagreeable and dangerous voyage in a small and insecure sloop, with no accommodations for passengers, he reached Philadelphia, November 28th, 1742.
		Muhlenberg says: "He preached at first here in a barn, but the people were attentive and hungered after the word." At New Hanover (the Swamp), the congregation consisted of one hundred and twenty families, who worshipped in a log building yet unfinished.
		Muhlenberg was cheered by the arrival of additional laborers for this vineyard of the Lord.
	www.angelfire.com /nh/politicalscience/1856henrymuhlenbergbio.htm (17761 words)

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		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg had immigrated to Pennsylvania from his birthplace in the German principality of Hanover in 1742.
		In the 1770s Muhlenberg left Philadelphia to minister to the growing Lutheran population in the Perkiomen Valley, and to distance himself from the heated disagreements within Philadelphia’s Lutheran community.
		Muhlenberg recorded his own observations on the shared trauma of the divided civilian community and the two armies.
	www.explorepahistory.com /hmarker.php?markerId=565 (867 words)

	IfHaS: Henry Mechior Muhlenberg: The Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in North America
		In 1739 letters from Göttingen reached Halle in which Muhlenberg was requested to come back "home" in order to continue his work at the poor´s school.
		Henry Melchior spend three years as diaconus and inspector of the Großhennersdorf orphanage in south-east Saxony.
		Muhlenberg said good-bye to Großhennersdorf on December, 16th 1741 and travelled via Bautzen, Dresden, Oschatz, Leipzig and Altenburg to Köstritz.
	www.ifhas.de /halhalhal/hallunken/hm_muhlenberg/texthmm_eng.htm (1201 words)

	ELCA Family History Answer to 1742 question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (founder, first North American Lutheran synod) German born (1711) and educated, Muhlenberg entered the university theological seminary at Gottingen in 1737.
		There he came under the influence of Baron Von Munchausen, was ordained in 1739, and in 1741 asked to become a missionary "to the scattered Lutherans in Pennsylvania." He entered the colonies at Charleston, S.C., in 1742 and before going to Pennsylvania visited Lutheran ministries there and in Georgia.
		Muhlenberg published a collection of hymns and prayers and his model constitution for congregations provided for unity and cohesion as they carried out his motto "Ecclesia Plantanda" (The Church must be planted).
	www.elca.org /communication/timeline/1742.html (257 words)

	The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg, by Anne Ayres
		In the Heister branch of the Muhlenberg family there is preserved as an heirloom an ancient silver-mounted snuff-box which was given to him, as a token of friendship, by Frederick the Great.
		Both families, from the period of their settlement in the country, having married within their own nationality, he was of purely German descent, unless we accept a tradition, cherished by himself, of a strain of the aboriginal American, through the union of a remote ancestor, Conrad Weiser, with an Indian maiden.
		Anna Maria, the eldest surviving daughter of Conrad Weiser and his "Anna Eve," became the wife of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, and was thus William Augustus Muhlenberg's great-grandmother, on the father's side.
	anglicanhistory.org /usa/muhlenberg/ayres/01.html (1320 words)

	William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796-1877) , University of Pennsylvania Archives
		He was also the grandson of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (Penn trustee, 1779-1786), grand-nephew of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (Class of 1763 and Penn trustee, 1787-1788), and the great-grandson of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787) who was instrumental in organizing the first permanent Lutheran church body in America.
		Muhlenberg moved to Long Island in 1826, where he founded and headed the Flushing Institute (later St. Paul's College); his progressive methods of education made him a nationally known figure.
		Muhlenberg was also the author many well-known hymns and an advocate for the reform of church liturgy.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/people/1700s/muhlenberg_wm_aug.html (419 words)

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		Annual gifts to The Muhlenberg Fund—no matter what size—have an immediate impact on the campus and help to shape the experience of every Muhlenberg student through facilities enhancement, research opportunities, faculty development and technological improvements.
		Further, high alumni participation in The Muhlenberg Fund increases Muhlenberg’s chances of receiving grant money from foundations and corporations, and affects the College’s national rankings.
		As we all work together to move Muhlenberg to the next level of excellence, achieving goals in unrestricted annual giving is crucial to maintaining Muhlenberg’s momentum.
	www.mymuhlenberg.com /s/214/index.aspx?sid=214&gid=1&pgid=12&cid=120&campaign_id=6 (440 words)

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		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg is the principal organizer of American Lutheranism.
		Henry Melchior Mühlenberg: The Patriarch of American Lutheranism.
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg - the Roots of 250 Years of Organized Lutheranism in North America Essays in Memory of Helmut T. Lehmann, Kleiner, John W., editor, The Edwin Mellen Press, 1998.
	www.andrews.edu /german-americans/addres.asp?PersonID=515 (79 words)

	St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston, SC - History of the Church
		Henry Melchior Muhlenberg grew up in Eimbeck where his member of the Council.
		His education was interrupted after his father's death in 1723 and did not begin until he entered the University of Gottenberg in 1735.
		Muhlenberg is best known today among non-Lutherans because of his magnificent journals of his travels and life in pre-Revolutionary America.
	www.stjohnscharleston.org /history/muhlenberg.html (304 words)

	Xap Student Center :: campus tours :: Muhlenberg College key facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Muhlenberg College is an independent, undergraduate,coeducational institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
		Founded in 1848 to provide a liberal arts education in the Christian humanistic tradition, Muhlenberg is committed to high standards of academic integrity and excellence.
		The name Muhlenberg College was adopted in honor of the "patriarch" of the Lutheran Church in America, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
	www.xap.com /gotocollege/campustour/undergraduate/690/Muhlenberg_College/Muhlenberg_College1.html (448 words)

	Pennsylvania People. Peter Muhlenberg. Level 1
		Peter Muhlenberg was a clergyman who became a general in the Revolutionary Army.
		Muhlenberg Lutheran Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia is named in honor of Peter Muhlenberg.
		Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is named for Peter’s father, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
	www.cbsd.org /pennsylvaniapeople/level1_biographies/Biographies_Level_1/peter_muhlenberg_level_1.htm (993 words)

	November 25: Muhlenberg and American Lutherans
		Muhlenberg was the virtual founder of the American Lutheran church.
		Muhlenberg was greeted with skepticism when he arrived in America, but he had silenced his doubters by the time he died.
		Henry died in l787, having realized his dream of planting churches in America.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2003/11/daily-11-25-2003.shtml (406 words)

	First speaker deserves help from the public : The Morning Call Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Muhlenberg, who represented Montgomery County in Congress for the first eight years of Congress' existence, was the first speaker of the House and the first person to sign the Bill of Rights.
		Muhlenberg is an understandable source of Montgomery County pride: In addition to his role in early American history, he also was Montgomery County's first president judge, recorder of deeds and register of wills, according to Save's Web site.
		And a Frederick Muhlenberg museum would be a natural tie-in with the Henry Muhlenberg museum down the street at the former home of his father.
	www.mcall.com /news/columnists/all-2speakeraug09,0,607316.column?coll=all-sportshighschool-hed (731 words)

	Muhlenberg Family Bible
		F. Muhlenberg was the son of Frederick Augustus Mühlenberg, grandson of Gotthilf Henry Ernest Mühlenberg, and great grandson of Henry Melchior Mühlenberg.
		Muhlenberg's wife was Catherine Ann Muhlenberg, the granddaughter of John Peter Gabriel Mühlenberg.
		Hiester Henry Muhlenberg was the father of Dr. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, the donor of the Bible.
	www.trappehistoricalsociety.org /mfb.html (289 words)

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