By Generation Eight, all APB ancestors were either Methodist or Lutheran, except for the Batdorf and Welkers, a Reformed family. In Generation Nine, there were 15 Lutherans, 6 Lutheran/Reformed, 4 Presbyterian, 3 Reformed, 2 Methodist, and 1 Catholic families. Of the Lutherans, eight remained Lutheran and one Reformed remained Reformed. All others converted to Methodism. The 2 Methodists remained so. Those two religions, Methodism or Lutheranism, continued solely from Generations Eight through to the present day lines.
From Generation Twelve to Eight of the APB, many religious conversions occurred. The parenthetic generation is about when they converted.
The last Catholics were the Kent (Gen 8), Braun (Gen 10), Romberger (Gen 11), Oberlander/Neipp (Gen 11) Benfield (Gen 12), Farrar/Miller (Gen 12), & Neal/Mooney (Gen 12) families.
The last Presbyterians were the Thompson (Gen 9), McCloud/Murphy (Gen 9), Servis (Gen 9), Anderson (Gen 10), Kelly/Robinson (Gen 10), & Lacy/Broadwell (Gen 11) families.
The last English Quakers were the Livezey/Andrews (Gen 9), Thornton (Gen 9-10), Humphrey/Parrys (Gen 11), Neal/Leonard (Gen 11), Wilson/Rakestraw (Gen 11), Taylor (Gen 11), & George/Ellis (Gen 12) families.
The last German Quakers were the Opdengraff (Gen 12) & Shoemaker (Gen 12) families.
The last Swedish Quakers were the Bankson (Gen 11), & Justice/Boone (Gen 12) families.
The last Mennonites were the Batdorf/Welker (Gen 8), Bucher/Hoke (Gen 9-11), Frantz (Gen 10), Kolb/Brunner (Gen 10), Rudy (Gen 10 -11), Walborn (Gen 11), Hertzog/Kistler (Gen 11), Peters (Gen 11), Witmer/Schuett (Gen 11), Lehmann (Gen 11), Burkholder/Leib (Gen 11), Bassler (Gen 12), Breidenstein (Gen 12), Reifsnyder (Gen 12), Miller (Gen 12), & Acre/Clouser (Gen 12) families.
The last German Reformed were the Rauch (Gen 11), Hensel/Guise (Gen 9), Kiefer (Gen 9-11), Shoop/Miller (Gen 10, maybe Mennonites), Reisch (Gen 11), Schrott (Gen 11), Miller/Hamm (Gen 11), Bortner/Borne (Gen 11), Opdycke (Gen 12), & Frantz (Gen 12) families.
The last Dutch Reformed were the Wortman (Gen 11), Arnold/Knopf (Gen 11), Clark/Cowsard (Gen 11), Pennypacker (Gen 12), & Monnet/Grasset (Gen 12) families.
The last Moravians were the Faber (Gen 11), Youngblood (Gen 11), & Sanders (Gen 12) families.
The last Huguenots (also were Mennonites) were the Jury (Gen 11), & Benesch (Gen 12) families.
The last Swedish Lutherans were the Culin (Gen 9-11) family.
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