Father Weygand Diehl

death was during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British

see: https://hsmcpa.org/images/thebulletin/1968vol16no3.pdf page 148

"Old Weygand Diehl came to this
country in 1727 from Hesse-Darmstadt in Germany, where
he had been born in 1682. He had married shortly before com
ing to America, and he lost a daughter on the trip coming
over. His first wife did not live long after arriving here and
he married for the second time Eva Apollonia Horstenhofer,
who lived to be 78 years old, and by whom he had five children."

a deacon of the Providence church.

research

who was the " Johannes Diel " on this ship? Wa he a relatiuve [List 15 A] Account of Palatine Passengers on board of ye
Pensilvania Merchant, John Stedman, Commander, from Rotterdam, at the day of their arrival at Philadelphia, September
ye 10th 1731.

Note: the surname Diehl is frequently seen in the lists of passengers: https://ia803007.us.archive.org/26/items/pennsylvaniagerm03penn_2/p...
another acquaint. of Rev. Muhlenberg was Joh' Eberberhard Diehl who arrived:

[List 220 B] Foreigners imported in the Ship Edinburgh,
James Russel, Master, from Rotterdam, Qual. 30th Sept 1754.; p. 616 of Pennsylvania German Pioneer

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