Mathias Slaymaker

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Husband Mathias Slaymaker ¹

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            AKA: Mathias Schleiermacher 1
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1 M Lawrence Slaymaker ²

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2 M Matthias Slaymaker ²

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3 M John Slaymaker ²

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4 M Henry Slaymaker ²

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5 M Daniel Slaymaker ²

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6 F Margaret Slaymaker ²

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7 F Barbara Slaymaker ²

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General Notes: Husband - Mathias Slaymaker

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He was a native of Strasburg, Germany, and emigrated to America about the year 1710. He left two brothers in Germany, one of whom, a clergyman, was Secretary of Legation from his government to the Court of St. James; afterwards Charge d'Affaires to the same place. The other was a major in the King of Prussia's tall regiment.
He and his family settled on a tract of about 1,000 acres, known as the "London Lands," situated in Strasburg (later Paradise) township, which he purchased from a company called the "London Company," and built a log house or cabin close to a large spring on the farm. Matthias Slaymaker had an excellent German education, and in person was remarkable for his almost gigantic stature and great strength, as were also his sons, which qualities in those primitive times commended them to their neighbors, and won the respect of the Indians, who were then numerous in the neighborhood. He gave the name to Strasburg township, and contributed greatly towards the permanent settlement and improvement of the county, which was then "back-woods." He died at an advanced age, and lies buried at the old Leacock Presbyterian church, in Leacock township, which became the burying-ground of almost all his numerous descendants for six generations.

1 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 536.

2 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 537.