The pedigree of this man is revealed in the <journals> of the Rev.HMM. SEE August 19th, 1784 in ref. to his grand daughter who married Nicholas Custer .

John Henry Sproegell purchased about 600 acres in Pottsgrove, on which he settled with his family. The present Sprogel's run is a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County,

Land Speculator

13.000 acres in New Hanover Township after a failed attempt to take over a large block of land in Germantown

~• That Mühlenberg refers to him as "Superintendant", gives us a clue that this man was John (Johannes?" Heinrich Sproegel of Germantown. See https://m.philaplace.org/story/1191/
""Despite being successful in many different professions, Daniel Francis Pastorius faced some challenges in his life. In November 1685, Pastorius wanted to step down as the representative of the Germantown landowners. The members of the Frankfurt Company refused his request. The Company did not replace Pastorius until 1700 when the Company appointed three new managers. Some of these managers proved to be less than trustworthy. In 1707, Johann Henrich Sprogel claimed that he had bought out the land interests of the Frankfurt Company, including the township of Germantown. One of the managers of the Frankfurt Company, Daniel Faulkner, was bribed by Sprogel to support his claim of ownership of the Frankfurt Company. Pastorius was a skilled lawyer and prevented Sproegel from evicting the citizens of Germantown from their land."

Name Lodwick Christian Sproegel
Arrival Year 1705
Arrival Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Primary Immigrant Sproegel, John Henry
Family Members Brother Lodwick Christian
Source Publication Code 6664.11
Annotation Date and place of naturalization. Extracted from records in the Division of Archives and Manuscripts at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission located in the William Penn Memorial Museum and Archives Building in Harrisburg, PA. Colonial Records
Source Bibliography [PENNSYLVANIA COLONY.] Abstracts of Pennsylvania Records of Naturalizations, 1695-1773, Found in Colonial Records (Minutes of Provincial Council), Volumes 1, 2, 3, 9, & 10, Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania, Volumes II, III, IV, VI, VII, & VIII, and Pennsylvania Archives, Series 1, Volumes 1, 3, & 4. York, PA: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1983. 24p.

New Goshenhopen

At New Goshenhoppen John Henry Sproegel had donated a tract of land consisting of fifty acres. Unfortunately no deed was given and hence the date and the circumstances cannot now be determined. But that it
took place at an early time is vouched for by the report of
John Philip Boehm, written to the Synods of Holland on
April 20, 1744. He writes:118
Regarding the congregation at Goshenhoppen, it has also a suitable frame church upon a piece of land consisting of 50 acres, donated by some one, that all religions and sects should have the privilege of building a church thereon, and I lately learned from an old elder of theirs that the church is paid for. Two years ago four of them bought a plot. They intended to hand it over to the congregation for a parsonage if they were reimbursed for their
outlay. How much it costs I do not know.

The fact that John Henry Sproegel (see note118a0) was the donor of this land is not only traditional but it rests on good documentary evidence. The congregation still owns a draught made by the surveyor, David Schultze, of which we present a facsimile, which is described by the surveyor as " a draught of a tract of land divided into several tracts, situate in Upper Hanover Township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, containing together
Fifty acres and 26 Perches of land. Being part of 13,000 acres, in former Times belonging to John Henry Sproegel
and afterwards to Thomas Tresse, Senior, deceased."

A curious fate overtook the donation of John Henry Sproegel. He died without giving the congregation a deed. The same happened to the Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church. As a result the New Goshenhoppen congregation was compelled to purchase the land of the heirs of John Henry Sproegel. For David Shultze states on his draught, above referred to, that " in the year 1749 [it] was by the Agents or Trustees of the said deceased Tresse's Family, sold to the settlers thereof, and the above tract was jointly purchased of them, by the Calvinists and Mennonists Congregations for the use of Churches, Meeting House, School House and Burying Ground."

(read more at: https://ia800901.us.archive.org/27/items/historyofgoshenh00hink/his... )

Futher research

Bean's Hist. of Montgomery County may be of help, as it is with other nearby townships.

link : https://books.google.com/books?id=3U88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1044&lpg=PA1044...