▁during ▁various ▁ra ids . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁Indians ▁killed ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁is ▁not ▁known . ▁ ▁Dec line ▁North kill ▁remained ▁the ▁largest ▁Am ish ▁settlement ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 7 8 0 s ▁and ▁then ▁decl ined ▁as ▁families ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁areas ▁of ▁better ▁far ml and , ▁mainly ▁to ▁Lanc aster ▁County ▁and ▁Som erset ▁County ▁in ▁Pennsylvania , ▁where ▁they ▁formed ▁the ▁Lanc aster ▁Am ish ▁S ett lement ▁around ▁ 1 7 6 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Som erset ▁Am ish ▁S ett lement ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Although ▁it ▁existed ▁for ▁only ▁a ▁brief ▁period , ▁the ▁North kill ▁settlement ▁was ▁ ▁fundamental ▁in ▁establish ing ▁the ▁Am ish ▁in ▁North ▁America . ▁The ▁North kill ▁sett lers ▁included ▁the ▁pro gen itors ▁of ▁many ▁w ides p read ▁Am ish ▁families , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Y od ers , ▁Bur keys , ▁T roy ers , ▁Host et lers , ▁and ▁H ers h berg ers . ▁ ▁Jacob ▁Hoch st et ler ▁is ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁Har vey ▁Host et ler ' s ▁book ▁The ▁Des c end ants ▁of ▁Jacob ▁Hoch st et ler . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁listing ▁the ▁hundreds ▁upon ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Americans ▁who ▁share ▁Jacob ▁as ▁a ▁common ▁ancest or , ▁this ▁book ▁provides ▁a ▁detailed ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Am ish ▁religious ▁per sec ution ▁in ▁Europe , ▁American ▁imm igration ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁Hoch st et ler '