Katarina (Eck) Adams (1749 - 1828)

Born 23 Jan 1749 in Salford Township, Montgomery, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Simon Adams — married 13 Feb 1776 in Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1828 at age 79 in Pennsylvania

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1749. She passed away in 1828.

Burial Place: Old cemetery at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally), Berks, Pennsylvania.

Catherine and Simon lived on and operated the church farm directly across the road from the Most Blessed Sacrament Church (at that time known as St. Paul's Chapel at Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania). Later, they moved to another farm near Pennsburg in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 January 2021), memorial page for Catharine Eck Adams (23 Jan 1749–25 Apr 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #33420507, citing Most Blessed Sacrament Church Cemetery, Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Joseph (contributor 46929160) .
• Goshenhoppen Registers - Catholic missionary work began outside of Philadelphia in 1716. In 1741, records, though fragmentary, of the Goshenhoppen area began in a missal written by Rev. Theodore Schneider. He was the founder of St. Paul's Chapel in 1752 after the land was deeded to the church; it was usually known as the Goshenhoppen Mission. In 1835, a large addition was made to the front side of the chapel and the name was changed to Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The location is in southeastern Berks County near the border with Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When the postal service began Rural Free Delivery in 1896, many villages needed to be renamed because of the duplication of names, Churchville was renamed Bally. This name was a tribute to the priest, Rev. Augustine Bally. He had served the Catholic Church there and in outlying areas from 1837 to 1882.
• Chapel of St. Paul's Cemetery, Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania (this is the old cemetery at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania) p. 1; compiled by Edgar H. Zimmerman, May 1985
• Helen E. Arkey, Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher p. 25, 27; Allentown, PA, 1992; Data Contributors: Mary Germaine O'Neil, William Cochran