Darrs in

Lehigh County, PA

formed from Northampton 6 Mar 1812

1820 - all Derr this year
      Henry - Macongie 129
      Abraham / Christian / Joseph - Whitehall 129
      Henry - Upper Milford 180
      Jacob / Michael - Upper Milford 181
      Daniel / David / John - Upper Saucon 192
      Henry / Jacob / John / Nicholas - Wisenburg 156 - scanning cuts off 3/4 page (online)
1830
      Darr, Daniel / Dorr, James 068 Mas
              Samuel 042 Upper
      Durr Jacob 042 Upper M
     Henry Door Weisenburg  128 00000001 00001
      John Derr                       130 00001 00001
      Nicholas Derr                 132 00110001 1212101001
      John Derr                       134 0100001 00001

Derr Genforum Message (Dan Derr 304 Oct 11 2001)- Christian Derr: b.1781 - d. July 29, 1865, Lehigh Co, Pa. M. Susanna Bear b. 1783 - d.1814: Ch. Jacobus b. 1805; Anna b. 1810; Joseph b.1814: Second Spouse. Hannah Guth, b. 1783-d. 1853: Ch.Rachael b.1815, & Samuel b.1819

Lehigh County PA 1757-1885 - Upper Milford Reformed Church Records (from Ancestry.com)
The people using this church belonged first to Northhampton County, then to Lehigh.
Jacob Doerr b. 26 June 1773 - parents Jacob and Elizabeth
      sponsors William Andig, Barbara Doerr
George Doerr b 23 July 1775 - parents Jacob and Elizabeth
      sponsors George Doerr, Salome Andich
Jacob and Elizabeth Doerr sponsors of Susanna Stahl b. 1 Sep 1775
John Doerr b. 18 Oct 1777 - parents Jacob and Elizabeth
      sponsors Bernard and Catherine Doerr
Elizabeth Doerr b 28 Jan 1785, bapt 5 June 1785 - parents Michael and Margaret
      sponsors Philip and Elizabeth Lahr
Jacob Doerr sponsor of Margaret Witteman b. 16 Oct 1786
Jacob & Anna Margaret Derr sponsors of Nathan Diehl b 1816 -
Reuben Derr b. 7 Mar 1827, baptized 29 Apr 1827 - parents Henry and Elizabeth
      sponsors George and Maria Mack
Rebecca Derr b. 9 Jan 1830, bapt 28 Mar 1830 - parents Henry and Elizabeth
      sponsors John and Judith Derr

from the Lehigh Co GenWeb Page
Lehigh Church, Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, PA - Births/Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths c. 1750-1790 (Genealogists Guide to Lehigh Church - Mahantongo Roots #2.0, 3 Jun 1997 - Copyright 1997, Tim Conrad - Distribute Freely at no charge, intact) (I hope this doesn't mean I shouldn't have abstracted the Derrs?)
I assume the first names are parents, next the child and date of baptism or birth, then the sponsors
LorenceDerr and wf [?] - Johan Adam Derr - c1765/25 Oct 1765
      Johan Adam Schmidt and wf [?]
Adam Desch and wf Gertraut - Elisabetha Desch - 18 Oct 1770/9 Dec 1770
    Johan Nicholaus Derr and Elisabetha Kigli?
Philip Paulus and wf Susanna - Johannes Paulus - 22 Sep 1776/15 Dec 1776
      Nicholaus Derr and wf Catharina
Confirmations, Lehigh Church
FORMAT: child, parent(s) (now FORMAT: age, name, parent(s), (and + means deceased))
5 Apr 1789
    15, Johannes Derr, JD (1774)
    15, Maria Derr, JD
Burials:
2 Nov 1772, Johannes Derr's son, 4m, 3d, Salisbury
17 Aug 1773, Peter Derr, s/o Martin, 4 mo, Allentown
Records of Schlosser's or Union Reformed Church, Unionville - N. Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, 1765-1846 - copied by William J. Hinke, March 1938
The Schlosser's or Union Reformed Church Record is a small, board-covered volume, 8 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches in size, which contains at present 191 leaves of of 382 pages, many of which are blank. It was begun in 1765 by the Rev. John Gros, and consists almost entirely of baptismal entries.
BAPTISMS BY THE REV. JOHN GOBRECHT, October 1801-February 1831
Parents (Father Mother) - Child - Born - Baptised - Sponsors
DERR Christian Susanna Jacobus November 28, 1805 December 25, 1805 John Moser, Barbara

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