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===== Baptists ===== | ===== Baptists ===== | ||
Baptists settled in Berks County about 1738 along the Tulpehocken creek by individuals from the counties of Chester and Philadelphia. Two congregations were formed but by 1774 both had disappeared from the Tulpehocken region.<ref>Morton L. Montgomery, "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania" (Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1909), 47. {{WorldCat|4281157}}; {{FSC|27721|item|disp=FS | Baptists settled in Berks County about 1738 along the Tulpehocken creek by individuals from the counties of Chester and Philadelphia. Two congregations were formed but by 1774 both had disappeared from the Tulpehocken region.<ref>Morton L. Montgomery, "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania" (Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1909), 47. {{WorldCat|4281157}}; {{FSC|27721|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.816 D2m}}</ref> | ||
:*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~buckscounty/churches/Southampton_Baptist_Church_Tomb.html Southampton Old School Baptist Church] at [http://usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] - index only; original name may have been Pennypack(Pennepack) Church<br> | :*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~buckscounty/churches/Southampton_Baptist_Church_Tomb.html Southampton Old School Baptist Church] at [http://usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb] - index only; original name may have been Pennypack(Pennepack) Church<br> | ||
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===== Brethren ===== | ===== Brethren ===== | ||
Also known as "Dunkards" or "German Baptists," the Brethren were in the Berks County area as early as 1724. However, the first Brethren congregation was settled in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Early Berks County congregations were located near Pricetown, Millersburg and Oley with additional groups in the townships of Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpehocken and Bern.<ref>Morton L. Montgomery, "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania" (Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1909), 46-47. {{WorldCat|4281157}}; {{FSC|27721|item|disp=FS | Also known as "Dunkards" or "German Baptists," the Brethren were in the Berks County area as early as 1724. However, the first Brethren congregation was settled in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Early Berks County congregations were located near Pricetown, Millersburg and Oley with additional groups in the townships of Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpehocken and Bern.<ref>Morton L. Montgomery, "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania" (Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1909), 46-47. {{WorldCat|4281157}}; {{FSC|27721|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.816 D2m}}</ref><br> | ||
===== Moravian ===== | ===== Moravian ===== | ||
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