The Herrs

Have you ever wished one of your ancestors kept a diary when they crossed the ocean? In 1710, an Exiled Swiss minister did on the small overcrowded Mary Hope when six families of Mennonites came. Find out in this true story how within 10 days of coming they had bought 10,000 acres of the best land in the state on a handshake. This was the first group of setters in what was to become Lancaster county Pennsylvania. They built a stone house in 1719 that is still standing, has been restored and is the oldest house in Lancaster County.