TY - JOUR KW - Pennsylvania Germans KW - Land ownership KW - Immigration KW - Genealogy KW - Mennonites KW - Waterloo Township KW - Biehn John KW - Schoerg Joseph KW - Betzner Samuel Jr KW - Bechtel George KW - Bechtel Abraham KW - Bechtel Jacob KW - Biehn John Jr KW - Clemens George KW - Bechtel Nancy KW - Biehn Barbara KW - Kinzie Dilman AU - Donald Biehn AB - An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite pioneers were actually the first to purchase land in what became Waterloo County. BT - Waterloo Historical Society C1 - Biehn, John; Schoerg, Joseph; Betzner, Samuel, Jr; Bechtel, George; Bechtel, Abraham; Bechtel, Jacob; Biehn, John, Jr; Clemens, George; Bechtel, Nancy; Biehn, Barbara; Kinzie, Dilman C3 - Waterloo Tp; Pennsylvania, Bucks Co; Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co; Pennsylvania, Pottstown C4 - 1798-1800 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1465 LA - English M1 - Journal Article M3 - Print(0) PY - 1990 SP - 69 EP - 73. map. EP - T1 - Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan T2 - Waterloo Historical Society VL - 78 ER -