Adam Sherer lived and died in Milford Township where he was a tailor. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was married to Margareth Henry, a daughter of Abraham Henry, of Germantown Philadelphia. The Henry family were of "Royal Stock" and possessed of culture and refinement. A fine and well-preserved silhouette of Margaret Sherer is in possession of Mrs. W. P. Huber, of Allentown. Adam and Margaret Sherer had these children: Rebecca, who died unmarried and Matilda who was the first convert to the Evangelical Church in Allentown. She became the wife of Rev. William J. Egge, a minister of the United Evangelical Church whose son and grandson likewise are ministers of that church.