“From These Roots We Came”

Today I added a page to the site entitled: “Johann Jacob Zimmerman: Reformation, Pietism, and The Apocalypse“. He is found on the Ross side of my ancestry in the 11th Generation of ancestors.

He was an astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, Lutheran clergyman, and most significant historically, one of the leaders of the German “Pietist” movement. He believed that the end of the world was coming in 1694 and prepared a group of believers to head to the “New World” to wait for Christ’s coming. He died the day before the group was to leave, but because of his plans and their journey to America, his children became the progenitors of our existence. Because they were, we are!!

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