Register - Marriages, 1742
REGISTER NO. 1
| *Apr. 1/12 | SEYBOLD, Matthaeus, b in Wurtemberg; farmer. Was present at |
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the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; returned to Europe in
1742; d at Herrnhut in 1787. BONN, Maria, a dau. of Peter. |
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| This
ceremony was performed in Germantown, and is the first marriage recorded
in the Bethlehem record. |
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| June 27/July 8 | ZANDER, Johann Wilhelm, b in Quedlingburg, Prussian |
| Saxony; he emigrated in 1740, and was probably present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; ordained a deacon in 1742; missionary to Berbice, Guiana, South America; he returned to Europe in 1761, and served the Church in Holland until 1782; d in Zeist, Holland, 1782. | |
| MUELLER, Johanna Magdalena, dau.of Johann Peter, a shoemaker in Germantown; helped to organize the first school in Germantown; d at sea during the voyage from South America; she was survived by two children. | |
| By
Nicholas Lewis Zinzendorf This was the first marriage ceremony per- formed in Bethlehem. |
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| June 29/July 10 | BOEHNER, Johannes, b in Gruhnberg, Moravia, a s.of |
| Adam; was present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; from 1742-l785 missionary in St. Thomas, West Indies; d there 1785. He m. secondly, Verona Demuth; and thirdly, in 1767, Christina Richter Heckewelder | |
| HUMMEL 9 Johanna,
d at sea in, Aug. 1742, during a. voyage to St. Thomas. |
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| June 29/July 10 | BRUCE, David, a native of Edinburg, Scotland; elder |
| in Nazareth., and served in various congregations in the States; missionary to the Indians; d July 9, 1749 in Indian Mission field of Wechquadnach, N.Y.; a monument jointly to his memory and that of Joseph Powell was erected over his remains in 1859, in Sharon, Conn. | |
| BENNEZET, Judith, b 1710 in St. Quentain, France, a dau. of John Stephen of Philadelphia; d 1786 in Bethlehem. | |
| She was m.
secondly, in 1750 by Count Zinzendorf , to Dr. John Frederick Otto,
who d 1779 in Nazareth. |
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| June 29/July 10 | PYRLAEUS, Johann Christoph, b 1713, from Pausa, |
| Saxony; came to Pennsylvania in 1741; and was probably present at the f irst Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; a missionary to the Indi- ans and an Indian scholar; returned to Europe in 1751 and served the Church in England until 1770; then returned to Germany, and d May 28, 1785 in Herrnhut. | |
| BENNEZET,
Susanna, b 1717 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, the youngest dau.
of John Stephen of Philadelphia; d Oct. 1779 in Herrnhut. |
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| June 29/July 10 | FROELICH, Christian, b 1715 in Felsberg, Hesse Cassel; |
| baker and confectioner in the family of Count Zinzendorf , and later one of the founders of Bethlehem; dug first grave on cemetery; mission- ary in St. Thomas, West Indies, and among the Indian; d Apr. 1776 in Bethlehem. | |
| ROBINS, Maria
Esther, b in Pennsylvania; d in New York. |
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| July 7/18 | ESCHENBACH, Andreas, b in Naumburg; was |
| probably present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; left the Church in 1747 and settled in Oley, Pa., where he d in 1763. | |
| He m. secondly, the widow Berndts, and they had issue, a daughter, Salome, b Apr. 2, 1763 in Oley, who married the blacksmith, George Huber, in 1790, in Bethlehem; also a daughter, Christine, b Dec. 30, 1760, who married Rev. Ludwig Huebener, in 1790, in Bethlehem. | |
| MINZER, Johanna
Catharine, dau. of Benedict of New Hanover twp., Pa. |
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| Sep. 3/14 | BUETTNER, Gottlob, b in Silesia; came to Pennsylvania |
| in 1741 , and was probably present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; missionary among the Indians in Shekomeko, where he d Feb. 23, 1745, aged 29; a monument to his memory was erected near Pine Plains, N.Y., in 1859. | |
| BECHTEL, Margaretha, b 1721 in Frankenthal in the Palatinate., the third dau. of Rev. John (of the Reformed Church in Germantown) and Mary Apollonia mn. Marret; d 1795 in Bethlehem. | |
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She m.
seoondly, Rev. John George Jungman, who served in the Indian missions
in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and d 1808 in Bethlehem.
By Brother Ludwig |
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| Sep. 3/14 | MACE, Johann Martin, b in Leiningen, Wurtemberg; |
| present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; missionary to the Indiana 1742-1761, and in the Danish West Indies 1762-1784; con- secrated a bishop in 1770; d June 9,1784 in the Danish West Indies. | |
| He m. secondly, Jan. 29, 1753, Anna Marg. Cath. Rebstock. | |
| RAUCH, Johannetta,
b in Stussict, Shekomeko, a dau. of Johannes. By Brother Ludwig |
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| Sep. 6/17 | LISCHY, Jacob, b 1716, of Reformed parentage; from |
| Mulhausen, Switzerland; an itinerant preacher; in 1747 withdrew from the Moravians and settled in the ministry of the German Reformed Church in York, Pa; d 1781 on the Codorus, in York county. | |
| BENNEZET,
Maria, the second dau. of John Stephen of Philadelphia. By Brother Ludwig |
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| Sep. 7/18 | HAGEN, Johannes, b in Brandenburg; a missionary to |
| the Indians; d Sep. 1747 at Shamokin. | |
| DISMANN, Margaretha,
a dau. of David (?Daniel) of Providence twp., Philadelphia co; helped
to organize the first school in Germantown. By Brother Pyrlaeus, in Nazareth. |
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| Nov. 2/13 | ANDREAS, a Negro. |
| MARIA, a Negress.
Both from St. Thomas, West Indies. |
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| Nov. 3/14 | HUBER, Michael, from the Tyrol; d at sea, Oct. 1747, |
| while enroute
to the West Indies. ROSE, Catharina, mn. Butmansky, b 1705 in Seidendorf, Moravia, of Catholic parentage, ordained a deaconess by Count Zinzendorf; d 1798 in Bethlehem. She m. first, Frederick Riedel, who d 1756 in Georgia; and m. secondly, Peter Rose, who taught school among the Creek Indians in Georgia and d there 1740. By Brother Ludwig |
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| Nov. 6/17 | SEIFFERT, Anton, b in Teutsoh, Bohemia; present at |
| the first
Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem; re- turned to Europe in 1745; served
the church in England, Ireland and Holland; d in 1785 at Zeist, Holland. LIEBISCH, Anna, b in Moravia; d June 1744. By Brother Ludwig |
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| Dec. 12/23 | MARTIN, Friedrich, from Silesia; missionary to the |
| West Indies;
d 1750 on the Island of St. Thomas. LEINBACH, Maria Barbara, b 1722 in Hochstadt, Wetteravia, a dau. of Johannes, of Oley; d 1810 in Bethlehem. She m. secondly in 1754, the widower Bishop David Nitschmann, who d 1772 in Bethlehem. By Brother Ludwig |
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| Dec. 12/23 | RAUCH, Christian Heinrich, b July 5,1718 in Brandon- |
| burg; came
to America in 1740; ordained a deacon in 1740; missionary to the Indians
and in the West Indies; preached at Heidelberg, Tulpehocken and many
other places in Lancaster, Berks, Lebanon and York counties; d Nov.
11, 1763 in Jamaica. ROBINS, Anna Elisabetha, b in Maryland. By Brother Ludwig |
*The two dates represent Old Style and New Style reckonings, a method of recording dates in common use by the Moravians in this country until 1752 when the Gregorian calendar was finally adopted in England.
[The above records are from pages 1-4 of original text]
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