Download or read book The Brenneman History written by Albert Horwell Gerberich and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melchior Brenneman was born about 1631 in the Swiss Canton of Bern. He married and had seven children. The family moved to Greisheim, Germany in 1672 to escape religious persecution. His sons, Melchior (1665-1737) and Christian (d. 1759), immigrated to America in 1709 and settled in the Conestoga region of Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere.