1775 May 11: Born to Abraham Brenneman and Maria Reiff. (1 p30)

Deacon Melchior Brenneman marries Elizabeth Burkholder. (1 p30) (2 p491)

  1801 ___ __: Abraham   (2 p491)
  1803 Jul 26: Peter     (2 p496)
  1806 Dec  7: Daniel    (2 p507)
  ____ ___ __: Anna      (2 p507)
  1818 ___ __: Elizabeth (2 p507)

Melchior purchases a farm of about 560 acres near Edom, VA, where he and Elizabeth raise their family. (2 p491)

1828 Apr 22: Melchior Brenneman dies
(1 p30); buried Lindale Church Cemetery.
(2 p491)

1831 Sep 28: Elizabeth Burkholder dies
(1 p30); buried Lindale Church Cemetery.
(2 p491)

Notes

1. Romaine Stauffer, "Bishop Christian Burkholder and His Swiss Family" in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2011 Jul). See also the Addenda.

2. Albert H. Gerberich, The Brenneman History (Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1938).