Background
Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian was born on May 16, 1745 in Helmstedt, Germany. Son of Johann Christoph and Justina (Helmuth) Helmuth.
Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian was born on May 16, 1745 in Helmstedt, Germany. Son of Johann Christoph and Justina (Helmuth) Helmuth.
Attended U. Halle (Germany).
Came to American, 1769. Pastor Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1769-1779. Co-pastor St. Michael’s and Zion’s Church, Philadelphia, 1779-1820.
Founder Evangelisches Magazin (1st Lutheran church paper in the United States), 1812. Author: Empfindungen des Herzens in einigen Liedern, 1781. Denkmal der Liebe und Achtung, Welches, Seiner Hockwurden dem Herrn D. Heinrich Melchoir Muhlenberg…ist Gesetzet Worden, 1788.
Etliche Kirchenlieder, 1809.
Married Maria Barbara Keppele, 5 children.