HENRY WILLIAM STIEGEL
Name: Henry William Stiegel
Born: 13 May 1729
Died: 10 January 1785
Henry William Stiegel (May 13, 1729 - January 10, 1785) was a
German-American glassmaker and ironmaster. After arriving in Philadelphia in
1750 on a ship known as the Nancy, Stiegel moved to what is now Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. An active lay Lutheran and associate of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
he donated the land on which the Lutheran church in Manheim, Pennsylvania is now
built.
I Lift My Lamp by Anna Balmer Myers is a historical novel about the early
settlement of Lancaster County that features Henry William Stiegel and his
glassworks in Manheim, a Mennonite Eby family, and the Ephrata Cloister.
Name: Henry William Stiegel
Born: 13 May 1729
Died: 10 January 1785
Henry William Stiegel (May 13, 1729 - January 10, 1785) was a
German-American glassmaker and ironmaster. After arriving in Philadelphia in
1750 on a ship known as the Nancy, Stiegel moved to what is now Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. An active lay Lutheran and associate of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
he donated the land on which the Lutheran church in Manheim, Pennsylvania is now
built.
I Lift My Lamp by Anna Balmer Myers is a historical novel about the early
settlement of Lancaster County that features Henry William Stiegel and his
glassworks in Manheim, a Mennonite Eby family, and the Ephrata Cloister.