ISAAC KOLB, son of Jacob Kolb, an immigrant from Europe and son-in-law of Andreas Ziegler, was a pioneer minister in the Skippack, Pa., congregation. He became the first resident minister and bishop in the Rockhill congregation, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained to the ministry in 1743 and in 1761, he was ordained a bishop. It was on his farm that Rockhill Church was built. In 1773, together with Christian Funk and Andreas Ziegler, three prominent leaders in the Franconia Conference district, they wrote a detailed report of the Mennonite churches in America.
In 1744. Isaac Kolb was ordained a preacher, and Michael Derstine a deacon. thus becoming the first officials of the Rockhill congregation. They erected the first house of worship in 1744. It was a log church and stood on the boundary line of their several tracts. The brick church of today is the fourth house of worship on this tract. The log church stood until 1776 when an addition was built to it. This second building stood until 1838.
Preacher Isaac Kolb was ordained bishop to take the place of Bishop Heinrich Funk who had died. In 1776. Bishop Isaac Kolb died and in his stead was ordained preacher Christian Funk. son of Heinrich Funk of Franconia. Bishop Christian Funk in his "Mirror For All Mankind" mentions Bishop Isaac Kolb several times in an account concerning some difficulties in the Church. The Revolutionary War was coming on and what the trouble was he did not disclose. as Bishop Isaac Kolb died before the trouble of Funk ripened.
He married twice. He married GEERTRAUTA ZIEGLER 11 July 1734 in N. Wales, Montgomery Co. Pa.. she was born 1713 and was the daughter of MICHAEL ZIEGLER REV. and CATHERINE
He married MARGARET KOLB (widow CUNRAD) after 1764 in N. Wales, Montgomery Co. Pa, she was born 04 October 1723. She married CORNELIUS CUNRAD date unknown. MARGARET died 09 May 1809 in N. Wales, Montgomery Co. Pa., at age 85.
His children named in Will
Catherine, wife of Samuel Meyer
Jacob Kolb
Michael Kolb
Isaac Kolb
Elizabeth wife of Jacob Altderffer
Dielman Kolb
Susanna Kolb
Gertrout Kolb
Hannah Kolb
Abstract of will of ISAAC KOLB Dated 7 August 1772 Proved August 7th. 1776. Recorded in Deed Book Q.. page 325. Philadelphia.
1772/1776 Will
Isaac Kolb of Gwynedd Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, yeoman
Wife: Margaret - her first deceased husband was Cornelius Conrad
Daughter: Catherine, wife of Samuel Meyer
Son: Jacob Kolb
Son: Michael Kolb - poss deceased, his children mentioned but not named
Son: Isaac Kolb
Daughter: Elizabeth wife of Jacob Altderffer
Son: Dielman Kolb
Daughter: Susanna Kolb
Daughter: Gertrout Kolb
Daughter: Hannah Kolb
Executors: son Isaac Kolb and Son-in-Law Samuel Meyer
Witn: Michael Ziegler, Margaret Weber, Andrew Ziegler
Cassel, Daniel Kolb(, b. 1820-?) , A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family: and its branches in America , 1895 Publisher: Norristown, Pa. : Morgan R. Willis , pg. 151 - 152. "A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family : and its branches in America, with biographical sketches of their descendants from the earliest available records
Birth
Birth:
Date: 28 MAR 1711
Place: Skippack and Perkiomen Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America[1]
Death
Death: Y
Date: 23 JUL 1776
Place: Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 65
Record ID Number
Record ID Number: MH:I500219
User ID
User ID: 54879A4845170567E90004EC6844F213
Sources
↑ Source: #S13 Page: 149 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 149 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 QUAL Source: O Information: S EVID D
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Source: S13 Abbreviation: Kolb Genealogy Title: Daniel Kolb Cassel, Author, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp, or Culp Family and Its Branches in America, first edition (electronically reprinted copy) (Norritstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States: Morgan R. Wills, 1895), . Subsequent Source Citation Format: Cassel, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp, or Culp Family and Its Branches in America, . BIBL Cassel, Daniel Kolb, Author. A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp, or Culp Family and Its Branches in America. First Edition (Electronically Reprinted Copy). Norritstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States: Morgan R. Wills, 1895. TMPLT TID 14 FIELD Name: Author VALUE Daniel Kolb Cassel FIELD Name: Role VALUE Author FIELD Name: Title VALUE A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp, or Culp Family and Its Branches in America FIELD Name: SubTitle FIELD Name: SuplAuthor FIELD Name: SuplRole FIELD Name: Edition VALUE First Edition (Electronically Reprinted Copy) FIELD Name: PubPlace VALUE Norritstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States FIELD Name: Publisher VALUE Morgan R. Wills FIELD Name: PubDate VALUE 1895 Page: 149 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 149 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 QUAL Source: O Information: S EVID D
Source: S5 Abbreviation: Hunsicker Book Title: Henry A. Hunsicker, Author, A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family, First Edition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911; reprint, N.p.: n.p., n.d.), . Subsequent Source Citation Format: Hunsicker, A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family, . BIBL Hunsicker, Henry A., Author. A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family. First Edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911. Reprint, N.p.: n.p., n.d. TMPLT TID 21 FIELD Name: Author VALUE Henry A. Hunsicker FIELD Name: Role VALUE Author FIELD Name: Title VALUE A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family FIELD Name: SubTitle FIELD Name: Edition VALUE First Edition FIELD Name: OrigPubPlace VALUE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FIELD Name: OrigPublisher VALUE J. B. Lippincott Company FIELD Name: OrigDate VALUE 1911 FIELD Name: PubPlace FIELD Name: Publisher FIELD Name: PubDate
Isaac Kolb Gender: Male Birth: Mar 28 1711 - Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death: July 23 1776 - Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Father: Jacob Schumacher Kolb Mother: Sarah Kolb (born Van Sintern) Siblings: Henry (Van Smitern) KolbHeinrich KolbSara KolbDillman KolbMaria KolbAgnes KolbElizabeth KolbJocob KolbAgnes KolbNellie KolbHeinrich KolbMaria KolbDillman KolbMagdalena KolbSara Kolb
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