[327] !Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery
_Emory J. LOVE ____________+
| (1871 - 1940) m 1894
_Arthur E. LOVE _______|
| (1896 - 1965) |
| |_Sarah Catherine STALLMAN _+
| (1870 - 1953) m 1894
|
|--Wayne A. LOVE
| (1924 - ....)
| _Eli Franklin VAUGHN ______+
| | (1858 - 1929) m 1882
|_Margaret Ruth VAUGHN _|
(1897 - 1982) |
|_Martha Bell SILVERTHORN __+
(1860 - 1929) m 1882
_Johann Georg MACK __+
| (1610 - 1688)
_Johann Philipp MACK _|
| (1636 - 1706) m 1662 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Alexander MACK
| (1679 - 1735)
| _____________________
| |
|______________________|
|
|_____________________
[1334]
INTRO BEGIN
Several sources treat the history of the Brethren Church, and the family
history of the founder, Alexander Mack. 'The Brethren Encyclopedia' is
probably the most thorough, with full citations, and is the source of the
information used here concerning the European ancestry and family of
Alexander that*s not otherwise attributed. Ankrum [1943] is the most
nearly complete single reference for this country, and is the source of
information used for information on the descendants of Alexander unless
otherwise cited. Mock [1994] and Mock [1995] have recently supplied
more detail on two different descents from these lines. Willoughby*s
'Counting the Cost', [Willoughby, 1979], is a well respected biography of
Alexander Mack which I*ve not seen, but which is cited extensively in
'The Brethren Encyclopedia' [Anon., 1983].
Sources:
Ankrum, Freeman, *Alexander Mack the Tunker and Descendants*, Herald
Press, Scottsdale, PA, 1943
Anon., *The Brethren Encyclopedia*, 3 Vol., The Brethren Encyclopedia
Inc., Philadelphia, 1983
Bittinger, Emmert F., 'Allegheny Passage, Churches and Families, West
Marva District, Church of the Brethren, 1752-1990', Penobscot Press,
Camden, Maine, 1990
Mauk, Myrtle, 'Echoes from the Cove', 1985
Durnbaugh, Donald F., *European Origins of the Brethren*, A Source Book on
the Beginnings of the Church of the Brethren in the Early Eighteenth
Century, a Two-Hundred-Fiftieth Anniversary Volume, The Brethren
Press, Elgin, Illinois, 1958
Lapp, Steve, 'Alexander Mack GEDCOM', Personal Communication, 6 May
1996
Manahan, Richard, Internet postings on MOCK-GEN-L, 3-4 Mar 1996
Mock, Leroy B., *Alexander Mack and His Descendants*, *Mock Family
Historian*, III, n2, p26, 1994.
Mock, Eugene, *Jacob Mock - A Descendant of Alexander Mack*, *Mock
Family Historian*, IV, n2, pp11-12, 1995
Mock, James P., Internet posting on MOCK-GEN-L, 14 Feb 1995
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver and William John Hinke, *Pennsylvania
German Pioneers , A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the
Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808*, in Three Volumes, Pennsylvania
German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934, Reprinted GPCI, Baltimore, 1966
Willoughby, William G., *Counting the Cost*, Brethren Press, Elgin,
Illinois, 1979
INTRO ENDED
Alexander's christening, marriage and death are as given in 'The Brethren
Encyclopedia'. Durnbaugh provides photographic reproductions of
baptismal entries in the Reformed Church Book, Schriesheim, and
translates them as "Alexander Mack, Sr., July 27 [1679]" and "Anna
Margaret Kling, December 5, [1680]". Presumably the "Sr." appellation is
an interpretation inserted by Durnbaugh (the photocopy is illegible), who
unfortunately also translates German names to English [Durnbaugh,
1958].
Durnbaugh also gives a photographic reproduction of the marriage entry
in the Reformed Church Book, Schriesheim, which he translates as
"Alexander Mack, legitimate son of Mr. John Philip Mack, the councilor,
and Anna Margaret, legitimate daughter of Mr. John Valentine Kling, also
councilor. [Proclamations:] first Sunday in Advent, 2nd Sunday in Advent,
3rd Sunday in Advent. [Witnesses:] Signature by Superior Bailiwick.
[Marriage:] here, Jan. 18 [1701]"
Alexander was a miller by trade, at least the seventh in his line in that
occupation, and a minister and founder of the Church of the Brethren in
1708. In about 1705, he had become a follower of Ernst Christoph
Hochmann, a Pietist, and began holding illegal services in his home. In
March, 1706, he sold his half-interest in the family mill to his brother
so as to be able to devote more time to his religious interests. His
activities culminated in a service in his home which was dispersed by
the chief law enforcement officer from Heidelberg, and Alexander and
his family fled to Schwarzenau, some 100 miles to the north in
Wittgenstein. Two years later, in the first week of August, 1708,
Alexander and seven companions were baptized by trine immersion and
became a congregational community known as the New Baptists.
Although the group prospered under the protection of Count Henrich
Albrecht of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, growing to some 200
members, life grew increasingly difficult due to pressures from rival
Pietist groups and surrounding secular rulers. In 1720 forty Brethren
families migrated to the province of Friesland in the Netherlands where
they were welcomed by the Mennonite congregation in Surhuisterveen.
Due to increasing hard economic conditions, Alexander and about half of
the group decided to emigrate to America in 1729.
Allexander Mack and his three sons, Johannes Mak, Velten Mak and
Allexander Mack, Jun^r^ (as they signed the Oaths of Allegiance and of
Abjuration), qualified 15 Sep 1729 after arriving in Philadelphia on the
*Allen*. There were no Macks on the list of males under 15 years. On
the Captain*s list of female passengers were Anna Margaret Mack, Anna
Marg^t^ Mackin, and Phillipina Mackin [Strassburger, 1934]. Anna
Margaret was Johannes* wife, nee S*dere, and the other two were their
daughters [The Brethren Encyclopedia].
Alexander served as minister of the Beggarstown Church in Germantown,
Philadelphia, PA, as well as leader of the Brethren Church in this
country. One of his most difficult problems was the establishment of
the Ephrata Community under the leadership of Conrad Beissel who broke
with the Brethren over, among other things, observance of the Sabbath on
the seventh day. This group, which later became the Seventh Day
Baptists, attracted two of Alexander's own sons, Sander for ten years
and Valentine for his entire life.
Alexander Mack died and was buried in the Upper Burying Ground at
Germantown, known also as Axe's Burying Ground. Almost 160 years
later, in 1894, his burial site was found and his remains reburied at the
cemetery of the Church of the Brethren in Germantown.
_James M. PARSON ____+
| (1791 - 1850) m 1817
_James Harper PARSON _|
| (1826 - 1889) m 1855 |
| |_Mary ELDER _________
| (1796 - 1880) m 1817
|
|--John Lewis PARSON
| (1870 - 1925)
| _John JONES _________+
| | (1810 - 1893)
|_Mary Ann JONES ______|
(1835 - 1904) m 1855 |
|_Elizabeth PARSON ___+
(1812 - 1887)
_________________________
|
_Beauford Anderson TAYLOR _|
| (1897 - 1975) m 1920 |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Virginia TAYLOR
| (1920 - 1924)
| _George William CLAYTON _+
| | (1872 - 1947) m 1894
|_Edith Lucinda CLAYTON ____|
(1902 - 1982) m 1920 |
|_Emma Jane PLANK ________+
(1876 - 1957) m 1894