SECOND GENERATION

3. Henrich [Henry] SOUDER/SAUTER was born in Jul 1722. He died on 25 Oct 1811 in East Whiteland, Chester Co., PA. Henrich Sauter lived in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County during the time when most of this Bible record was written. He was a deacon or minister in the Line Lexington Mennonite Congregation, and moved to East Whiteland Twp., Chester County near Malvern in about 1773. Here he was a deacon or minister in the Charlestown Mennonite Congregation, just north of Malvern, and is assumed to be buried in that extinct cemetery.

The 1743 Saur Bible of Henrich Sauter of Hatfield Twp., Montgomery Co, and East Whiteland Twp., Chester Co, lists his parents as Jacob Sauter and Anna Rosenberger.

The will of Henry Souder was written May 8, 1794, with a codicil dated Dec 13, 1805, and proved November 16, 1811, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Recorded in book L, page 418.

He was married to Barbara STAUFFER (daughter of Peter STAUFFER and Barbara WISSLER) on 20 May 1745. Barbara STAUFFER was born on 27 Apr 1724. She died on 27 Nov 1791. Henrich [Henry] SOUDER/SAUTER and Barbara STAUFFER had the following children:

6 i. Anna SOUDER/SAUTER was born on 15 Mar 1746.
7 ii. Jacob SOUDER/SAUTER was born on 28 Sep 1747. He died before 1805.
+8 iii. Magdalena SOUDER/SAUTER.
+9 iv. Elisabeth SOUDER/SAUTER.
+10 v. Maria SOUDER/SAUTER.
+11 vi. Esther SOUDER/SAUTER.
+12 vii. Susanna SOUDER/SAUTER.
+13 viii. Barbara SOUDER/SAUTER.
14 ix. Christian SOUDER/SAUTER was born on 15 Apr 1761. He died on 28 Feb 1762.
15 x. Angnes SOUDER/SAUTER was born on 22 Dec 1763. She died on 18 Feb 1770.
16 xi. Henrich [Henry] SOUDER/SAUTER was born on 15 Aug 1766.

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