Dutch and German Settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709
IV. FROM KRISHEIM, WOLFSHEIM AND FLOMBORN
Schumacher, Jacob : Pastorius's indentured servant ; "borne in ye Palatinate in Germany" [633] (originally from Mainz) ; sheriff ; * ; gave three perches of land (at Germantown Avenue and Coulter Street) to the Friends, who built a log meeting-house upon it ; "Jacob Shoomaker with his wife Margaret, too sons Thomas and Jacob and daughter susanah" removed to Philadelphia and received a "certificate of clearance" from Abington Monthly Meeting, dated 28 of 12th 1714/15 (Certificates Received, Swarthmore College MSS., p. 95). [634]
[633] Supra, p. 181 (note 213).
[634] The certificate stated that Jacob and Margaret "are in unity wiht ffriends and have walked orderly and were servicable in theire place", and that their children were "clear from all Ingagements of marriage."
