Nationwide Hochstetler gathering in Pennsylvania

  • June 17, 2013
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The sixth nationwide gathering of the descendants of the 1738 immigrant Jacob Hochstetler will be held in Mifflin County, Pa., July 19-20. Many hundreds of residents of Holmes and surrounding counties are descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family. Many more tens of thousands of descendants now live in virtually all the states and are blended into the larger American society. The opening session will be a dinner and program on Friday evening at the Locust Grove Mennonite Church, Belleville, Pa. The all-day Saturday event will be at the new Mifflin County High School, Lewistown, Pa. There will be nine seminars on a variety of topics to choose from during the forenoon, beginning at 9:15. One seminar leader is Dr. Ervin Stutzman on Tracing the Footsteps of Our Ancestor Jacob. Stutzman will publish later this year the first of a series of three historical novels on the progenitor Jacob and his children. There will also be exhibits, vendors, children’s activities, and time for fellowship with distant relatives and to make genealogical connections. This once-in-five-years national event will conclude with a full program in the afternoon, including a presentation by Robert R. Hostetler, the distinguished speaker and prolific author from Hamilton. During the French and Indian War, the Hochstetler family in southeastern Pennsylvania suffered an Indian attack in which the immigrant mother and two children were killed and the father and two teenage sons were taken captive for a time. Two older children were already married and living nearby. Many of the Amish and Amish Mennonite settlers throughout Ohio in the 1800s were descendants of these survivors. Two large family books, as well as hundreds of updated publications, record the history and genealogy of the Hochstetler/Hostetler/Hochstedler families. The Nationwide Gathering is sponsored by the Jacob Hochstetler Family Association, Inc. The Friday evening dinner ($15) and the Saturday optional box lunch ($8) need to be prepaid before June 25 to JHFA, Inc., P.O. Box 2085, Elkhart, IN 46515. For more information, email editor@jacobhochstetler.com, check www.2013gathering.com or call 574-293-2924.


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