Background
Falckner, Justus was born on November 22, 1662 in Langen-Reinsdort, Saxony. Son of Daniel Falckner.
Falckner, Justus was born on November 22, 1662 in Langen-Reinsdort, Saxony. Son of Daniel Falckner.
Attended U. Halle.
Came to Pennsylvania to join millenarians, 1700. Burgess of Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1700. Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, 1703.
Minister to Dutch Lutheran congregations, New York and Hudson Valley, 1703-1723.
Author hymn Rise, Ye Children of Salvation.
Married Gerritge Hardick, 1717, 2 daus., 1 son.