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Burkhart, a Swiss Mennonite family name, has been found in [[Germany|Germany]] as well as in [[North America|North America]]. [[Neff, Christian (1863-1946)|Neff's]] <em>Adressbuch </em>(1936) lists the name in the Frankfurt congregation. The name also occurs among the Mennonites of East Germany and North Germany. The Palatine Census Lists of 1685 mention an Ulrich Burckhard at Heyerhof, and in 1724 an Ulrich Burkhart was living at [[Duttweiler (Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Duttweiler]]. Among the [[Hutterian Brethren (Hutterische Brüder)|Hutterian Brethren]], mention is made of Burckhart of Ofen (now in [[Hungary|Hungary]]), a preacher in the first years of that faith [[Community|community]].

One of the earliest Burkhart immigrants to North America was Joseph Burkhart, who migrated from [[Switzerland|Switzerland]] to [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] in 1751. The Burkhart family has been well represented in Lancaster County since that time. The immigrant's son, Peter, located in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] in 1820 where many of his descendants adhered to the [[Old Order Mennonites|Old Order Mennonite Church]]. At least five Burkharts have been ministers or deacons in the [[LMC: a Fellowship of Anabaptist Churches|Lancaster Conference]]. In 1751 a Michael Burghart and a Frantz Burghart arrived in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], but it is not known where they and their descendants settled. Abram Burkhart served for many decades as a deacon at Sterling, [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], having been ordained in 1895.
= Bibliography =
Neff, Christian. <em>Mennonitsches Adressbuch</em>. Karlsruhe: Heinrich Schneider, 1936.

Bender, Harold S., ed. "Palatinate Mennonite Census Lists, 1664-1774." ''Mennonite Quarterly Review'' 14 (January 1940): 19, 29.
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