The extant Hebron Lutheran church building was built in 1740 using a portion of the funds raised by the solicitors in Europe. By coincidence, the 1739 tithe list for the part of Orange County which includes the Robinson River community has been preserved. This gives us an excellent reading on who was living in the community and who might very well have been present at the dedication of the building.
In James Pickett's Precinct, which was south of the Robinson River, there were: Michael Holt, Lau: Crees, Cortney Browel (Conrad Broyles), George Lung (Long, Lang), John Hoffman, Jon Carpenter, Mathias Castler, Michael Cook, Henry Snider, Robert Tanner, George Tanner, Lodowick (Lewis) Fisher, George Teeter, Adam Carr (Garr), William Carpenter, Nicholas Yager, Daywall (Theobald) Cristler, Adam Yager, Matthew Smith, Henry Crowder (?Krauter?), Christley Browel (Broyles), John Hansborgow (Harnsberger), Michael Smith, Daywat (Theobald) Cristler, Michael Keiffer, George Moyers, John Rowse, Thomas Weyland, and Mark Finks. There were groups of English names mixed in with this sequence of names.
In John Mickell's Precinct, which was north of the Robinson River, there were: Tobias Wilhite, John Stolts, Frederick Bumgarner, Christopher Moyers, Peter Weaver, Mitchell (Michael) Wilhite, George Woods (Utz), Pals Plunkabeaner (Balthasar Blankenbaker), Ludwick Pfisher (Lewis Fisher), Mathias Plankabeaner (Matthias Blankenbaker), Nicholas Pluncabeaner (Blankenbaker), George Shively (Sheible), Conrat Pater (?), Jacob Broil (Broyles), Zacharias Flefhman (Cyraicus Fleshman), Richard Birdine (Burdyne), John Wilhide (Willheit), Michael Claur (Clore), David Ouell (Yowell), John Thomas, Henry Sluter (Slucter), John Zimmerman, John Full (John Paul Vogt), Christian Clemon, and Jacob Manfpoil (Manspiel). Again several English names occurred among these names.
Over in the Mt. Pony area, the 1737 tithe list shows Frederick Cobbler and Christopher Zimmerman.
There are some problems in these names. Note that Lewis Fisher occurs twice. Theobald Crisler also occurs twice. By the usual genealogy, we would have expected Conrad and Jacob Broyles. We have these but also Christley. The name Crowder is an unknown to us as is the name Conrad Pater. The identity of George Tanner is unknown; he appears to be in the family of Robert Tanner.
Two families are missing, probably because the head of the family is dead. The two families are the Criglers and the Barlows. Perhaps John Jacob Aylor should also be in this category. Other families which present a mystery include Matthias Kerchler (his importation was proven in 1736 in Orange Co.), Paul Lededer (came in 1733 and was in Orange Co. by 1735), Jacob Miller (grant in 1733 adjoining Adam Yager), Leonard Ziegler (came in 1732, died in 1757) and Martin Walke (came in 1728).
On the whole though, the count of families in 1739 is approximately equal to the number 62 that had been given in a 1735 petition.
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