An American Family History

Bishop Hans George Bachtell was born in the second half of the 17th century in Europe.

His son may have been Bishop Hans Jacob Bachtell.

He became a Mennonite minister in the Palatinate in 1727.

He arrived in Philadelphia on August 23, 1728 and settled in Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

from The Colonial Clergy of the Middle Colonies by Frederick Lewis Weis

Bishop Hans George Bechtel, minister in the Palatinate, 1727;
arriv. Philadelphia, 23 Aug. 1728;
sett. Washington (Berks) Pa.
Hereford and Manatant Chhs., 1728-1759 (?)
Bishop;
Menn;
d. Hereford, Pa., 1739.