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- The ancestor of the Masters branch of the family in America was Gregorius Meisther or Meschter, a gardener in Langneundorf, Silesia, b about November, l705; d December 16, l775. He was the youngest son of Balthasar Meisther who died April 1, 1723 and was buried at Harpersdorf in the "Viehwag", a public burial ground or village dump, because the Catholic Church would not allow the Schwenkfelders to be buried in the regular cemeteries.He married Maria Krauss on July 25, 1733 in Berthelsdorf, Saxony. Maria was soon pregnant with their first son, Christopher. Gregorius and Maria emigrated with the Schwenkfelders in 1734 and Christopher was born early in the voyage on June 4. Gregorius and Maria had six more children in the next sixteen years, all of whom lived into adulthood.Gregorius Meschter bought land in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and he and his wife are buried in Washington Shwenkfelder Cemetery in Hereford Township. He made "his mark" in signing the Oath of Allegiance on September 23, at Philadelphia and was naturalized April 10,1759.
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