Jacob Diehl

Jacob Diehl

Male 1762 - 1855  (92 years)

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  • Name Jacob Diehl 
    Born 31 Oct 1762  Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Apr 1855  China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Savitz Cemetery at Mount Zion Reformed Church, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • U.S. Census School District 14, Rowan County, NC 1850: Jacob Deal, age 87 b. Abt. 1763 Pennsylvania," in the household of his son, "Peter Deal, age 61 b. Abt. 1789 North Carolina, wife Catherine, b. Abt. 1795 North Carolina."

    • E.H. Diehl, "Addenda to Diehl Genealogy of 1915" (Berlin, PA: Berlin Press, 1930), p. 141:

      "I. Jacob Diehl, Jr. b. 31 Oct 1762 near Doylestown, PA was brought to Rowan County, NC in 1774 and d. 29 Apr 1855, at the ripe old age of 92 years, five months, and twenty-nine days, and was buried in the Mt. Zion Reformed (German) Church Cemetery at China Grove, NC.

      The annual Deal Family Reunion will be held here 14 Aug 1930, in honor of the first pioneer Diehl settlement in this part of the state. No data of marriage.

      Issue:

      1. John 2. Henry 3. Jacob 4. Peter 5. Samuel 6. Elizabeth 7. Catherine"


      A later source contained the following information:

      "The Heritage Book of Rowan County, NC" (The Genealogical Society of Rowan County, 1991), v. I:

      "Saw Town Settlers, Rowan, NC. Located off of Highway 152, three miles west of Landis, NC.

      Jacob Diehl, I came to America 12 Oct 1741.

      Jacob Diehl, II b. 31 Oct 1762 d. 30 April 1855, son of Jacob I came to Rowan County, NC in 1775, m. Susanna Marie Unknown b. 15 Jan 1760 d. 12 May 1844 (buried at Mt. Zion Reformed (German) Church Cemetery, China Grove, NC).


      Some of the information in entries for the members of this line was based on "Family Roots of Daniel Michael Patterson, Descendants of Simon Jacob Diehl I" as contained in the following web site:

      http://rowanroots.gorowan.com/family_files/deal.html

      U.S. Census School District 14, Rowan County, NC 1850: "Peter Deal, age 61 b. Abt. 1789 North Carolina, wife Catherine, b. Abt. 1795 North Carolina; six children b. North Carolina: Margaret 29, John 24, Elizabeth 19, Charles 17, Jacob 15, Levia 9. Father: Jacob Deal, age 87 b. Abt. 1763 Pennsylvania."


      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas October 2009

    • "History of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina " (1953, pp. 237-238): "Lutheran Chapel Church, China Grove. It is not known when this church was organized; however, reliable tradition indicates . . . regular services in this community prior to 1780 and that a congregation was organized about that time. . . . In 'Historical Sketches of the Reformed Church in North Carolina,' it is stated that the first building was of logs, afterwards displaced by a larger one which was burned, and a third building was then erected. It was at that time call and was used jointly until 1834.ed Savitz Church. The first building of which we have a record was erected in 1799, by the Lutheran and German Reformed congregations. It was at the old graveyard, west of the railroad. . . . Then, about 1836, each group proceeded to provide a church [building] for itself. . . ."

    • "REFORMED (GERMAN) CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES," by JAMES I. GOOD:

      "I. History

      1. Period of the Coetus [union/meeting].

      The Reformed Church (German) in the United States traces its origin back to Zwingli (q.v.) in northeastern Switzerland, who began preaching the Evangelical Gospel at Einsiedeln in 1518. These doctrines, as further developed by Bullinger and Calvin, passed over into Germany. Elector Frederick III. of the Palatinate caused the Heidelberg Catechism to be written by Ursinus and Olevianus and published it at Heidelberg Jan. 19, 1563. The founders of the church in this country were colonists from the Palatinate and other parts of western Germany and also from Switzerland. The first minister, Samuel Guldi (q.v.), came from Bern to America in 1710. The first purely German congregation was founded at Germania Ford, on the Rapidan River, Virginia, 1714. But the first complete congregational organization took place 1725, when John Philip Boehm, a schoolmaster, organized the congregations at Falkner Swamp, Skippach, and White Marsh, Pennsylvania, according to the principles of Calvin, and adopted as standards the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort. George Michael Weiss came in 1727 and organized the Philadelphia congregation. Boehm was ordained 1729 at New York by, the Dutch Reformed ministers under the authority of the classis of Amsterdam in Holland. In 1742 Count Zinzendorf tried to unite all the German churches and sects in Pennsylvania into one organization with the Moravians as the leading body. This was opposed by Boehm and Guldi (q.v.). In 1746 Michael Schlatter (q.v.) came from St. Gall, Switzerland, commissioned by the Reformed Church of the Netherlands to organize the Germans of Pennsylvania. After traveling much among the congregations, he completed their organization, begun by Boehm, by forming the coetus at Philadelphia Sept. 29, 1747, at which there were present four ministers and representatives from twelve charges. The second coetus (1748) completed the organization by adopting as its standards the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort. It also adopted a constitution, which was Boehm's constitution of 1725 somewhat enlarged. In 1751 Schlatter returned to Europe, traveling through Holland, Germany, and Switzerland seeking aid for the Pennsylvania churches, and returned with six young ministers appointed by the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. Some effort was made, 1741-51, toward union with the Dutch Reformed and Presbyterians, but the attempt failed. The coetus continued under the control of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands, which sent thirty-eight ministers to America and spent about $20,000 on the American churches. The actions of the coetus were reviewed by the deputies of the Synods of North and South Holland and by the classis of Amsterdam. This relation to Holland continued until 1792, when the coetus virtually declared itself independent.

      2. Period of the Synod [church council].

      The first synod was held at Lancaster Apr. 27, 1793. The church then consisted of 22 ministers, 178 congregations, and about 15,000 members. Its first problems were the education of ministers and the change of language from German to English. After a number of conflicts as at Philadelphia and Baltimore, the latter was solved by the gradual introduction of English into the services. The former was solved by the education of young men privately by different ministers. . . .

      II. Doctrine, Worship, and Government

      The Reformed (German) Church was in language allied to the Lutheran Church, being German (although probably about three-fourths now use English at the church services). But otherwise it was allied historically with the Calvinistic family of churches and is a member of the Alliance of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System. Its early ministers (1725-92) adopted the Calvinistic creeds of Holland, the Canons of Dort, and the Heidelberg Catechism. When the church became independent of Holland, it adopted as its standard only the German creed, the Heidelberg Catechism. Certain tendencies toward a diminished Calvinism appeared with even some traces of Arminianism, though the church in the main was Calvinistic. But many preferred to be called Zwinglian rather than Calvinistic. In 1840, when J. W. Navin was called from the Presbyterian Church to be professor of theology at Mercersburg, PA it was looked upon as cementing the ties with the other Calvinistic churches. But the Mercersburg theology departed from the earlier system in claiming to be neither Calvinistic nor Arminian but Christocentric. It emphasized, however, what it conceived to be Calvin's doctrine of the Lord's Supper, though this was denied by the opponents of Mercersburg theology. It was claimed for the Mercersburg theology that it held to the "spiritual real presence" while the old Reformed held to the real spiritual presence as against an imaginary presence or no presence of Christ at all at the Lord's Supper. Mercersburg theology emphasized the objective efficacy of the sacraments and also the objective in the visible Church. Within the last twenty years there has arisen a reaction against these High-church views in a more liberal school of theology, the leader of which was the late William Rupp of the Lancaster Theological Seminary, which is inclined toward Broad-church positions. On worship the church has been semi-liturgical, that is, its Sabbath worship was free, but its services for sacraments, marriage, and ordinations were prescribed in a liturgy. For over a century the Palatinate liturgy was used by the ministers. No liturgy was officially published by the synod till the Mayer liturgy of 1841, which has services only for sacraments and the like, but none for Sabbath worship. A small liturgy, based on the Palatine, was published by the Ohio synod (1832), but it also had no forms for the Sabbath services. Coincident with the rise of Mercersburg theology there was a development of liturgical worship for the Lord's Day services also. A provisional liturgy was published and later the order of worship was introduced into many of the eastern congregations; but the western and German part of the church retain the free services. Baptism is by sprinkling and the Lord's Supper is generally celebrated by the communicants coming forward to and standing at the chancel. Confirmation is practiced as a public act of confession of faith. In worship, the congregations usually sit during the hymns sand stand during prayer. In government the church is Presbyterian, having as its courts, rising in their order, congregation, consistory, clasais, synod, and general synod. Historically its government has been more democratic than that of the Presbyterian Church in this country, its congregations reserving more rights. The Mercersburg party, with its high idea of worship, also urged higher idea., of government and thus emphasized aristocratic Presbyterianism. They stressed the authority of the higher church courts while the Old Reformed party emphasized the liberty of lower church courts. The church, however, is a synodical organization rather than a general-synod organization, as its synods reserve certain important rights, such as the founding of theological seminaries. But latterly the general synod has been gaining in authority as the general activities of the church in home and foreign missions, Sunday-school work, ministerial relief, and the like are being centered in it. The general synod meets once in three years.

      BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. I. Good, 'The Origin of the Reformed Church in Germany,' (Reading, PA: 1867); & 'History of the Reformed Church in Germany, 1880-1890,' (1894); & 'Historic Handbook of the Reformed Church in U. S.A.,' (Reading,PA: 1897; Philadelphia: 1902); & 'History of the Reformed Church in U.S.A. 1725-92,' (Reading,PA: 1899.)"
    Person ID I20372  Complete
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2013 

    Father Simon Jacob Diehl,   b. Palantinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susanna Maria Culp,   b. 17 Jan 1760, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1844, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Deal
     2. Catherine Deal
    +3. Jacob Deal,   b. Abt. 1787, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Aug 1865, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
    +4. Peter Deal,   b. 22 Mar 1789, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. John J. Deal,   b. 29 Oct 1790, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1871, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +6. Henry Deal,   b. Abt. 1795, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1857, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
     7. Samuel Deal,   b. Abt. 1799, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F8008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Oct 1762 - Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Apr 1855 - China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Jacob Diehl (1762-1855) & Susanna Maria Culp (1760-1844)
    Jacob Diehl (1762-1855) & Susanna Maria Culp (1760-1844)

    The inscription on the monument, which was erected in 2006 in Greenlawn Cemetery, reads:

    "Diehl. Jacob was born in the state of Pennsylvania 31 Oct 1762 and was removed to Rowan County, North Carolina in his 13th year, where he died 30 Apr 1855, age 92 yrs 5 mo 29 da; served in the North Carolina Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.

    Susanna, wife of Jacob Diel [sic], was born in the state of Pennsylvania 15 Jan 1760 and was removed by her parents to Rowan County, North Carolina, where she died 12 May 1844, age 84 yrs 3 mo 28 da.

    Their children: Jacob, Peter, John, Henry, Samuel, Elizabeth and Catherine."

    Find-A-Grave:

    "Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A. (Greenlawn Cemetery is shared by three churches--Mt.Zion United Church of Christ, Oak Grove Baptist Church, and Lutheran Chapel Church.)"

    [Mt. Zion Reformed (German) Church Cemetery seems not to exist in 2011 independently of Greenlawn Cemetery. Roy Richard Thomas June 2011]
    Jacob Diehl (1762-1855) & Susanna Maria Culp (1760-1844)
    Jacob Diehl (1762-1855) & Susanna Maria Culp (1760-1844)

    Find-A-Grave:

    Savitz Cemetery at Mount Zion Reformed Church, China Grove, Rowan County, NC