Register - Marriages, 1745
| Feb. 3/14 | MEYER, Adolph (second marriage), b Mar. 15, 1714 in |
| Westerhausen,
Saxony; physician and surgeon; practiced in Nazareth and Lititz; first
elder of Nazareth congregation 1744-1746; d Oct. 6, 1761 in Lititz.
He m. first in 1739, Mary Dorothea Cartaus, who d on the voyage to
America and was buried at sea. KRAFT Mary Justina, d Apr. 29, 1787 in Lititz. By Brother Peter Boehler |
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| Feb.3/14 | NEISSER, Georg, b Apr. 11. 1715 in Sehlen, Moravia, |
| a
s. of George, who emigrated to Herrnhut in 1723; a member of the Moravian
Colony to Georgia in 1755; came to Pennsylvania in 1737 and was one
of the original occupants of the first house in Bethle hem; the f
irst schoolmaster and post-master; assistant warden in Nazareth; ordained
1748 and served in the ministry, lastly in Philadelphia, where he
d Nov. 1, 1784; his re- mains were reinterred in Bethlehem, in Oot.
1886. MEDLER, Catharina, b 1722 in Waldengenloch, Wurtem berg; came to Philadelphia in 1728 with parents; no male issue; d 1807 in Bethlehem. By Brother Anton. |
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| Feb. 3/14 | ENDTER, John Georg, went to Rio de Berbice, Dutch |
| Guiana,
as missionary. TANNEBERGER, Anna Rosina, widow of Michael Tanneberger, who d 1744 in Bethlehem. She m. thirdly in 17589 the widower, :ones Nilsen. By Brother Christian Rauch |
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| May 11/22 | WERNER, Christian, b 1696 in Copenhagen, Denmark, |
| of
Mennonite parentage; came to America in 1742; lacemaker; employed
in schools; d Oct* 1783 in Bethlehem. BRANDNER, Maria, b in Salzburg, Germany; came to America in 1742; d 1760 in Bethlehem. By Brother Joseph Spangenberg |
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| May 11/22 | OERTER, Christian Friedrich, b 1716; from Schleitz, |
| Germany;
served In the school in Frederick twp; bookkeeper; ordained a deacon
in 1755; d Apr. 29, 1793 in Bethlehem. BOELEN, Anna, b 1720, a dau. of Hendrick Boelen (silversmith of New York); d 1774 in Bethlehem. They had issue, three sons and two daughters. By Brother Matthaum Reuz |
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| May 11/22 | SCHNELL, Leonhard., from Anspach; ordained a presbyter |
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in 1748; withdrew from -the Moravians in 1751 and took charge of the
Lutheran Churches in Macungie and Saucon. BRAUN, Elizabeth, from Tulpehocken. By Brother Andr. Eschenbach |
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| Aug. 8/19 | MUELLER, Joseph,. from Upper Lusatia; gardener; re- |
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sided at Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Gnadenthal; d Feb. 8, 1778 in Bethlehem.
KOCH, Catharina, d Dec. 31, 1797 (Widows' Society Journal). By Brother Martin Mack |
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| Aug. 8/19 | BURNSIDE, James (second marriage), b June 1708 in |
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County Meath, Ireland; a member of the Anglican Church; came first
to Georgia, where he was shopkeeper and accountant; settled in Bethlehem
1743 and became very prominent in local Colonial affairs; the first
member sent to the Provincial Assembly in 1752 by Northampton County;
d Aug. 1755 in Bethlehem. His first wife d in 1743 in Savannah , Ga
WENDOVER, Mary, mn. Petersen (widow of Hercules Wendover, one of the first friends of the Moravians in New York, who d in 1745); d Jan. 1774 in New York. By Brother Leonhard Schnell |
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| Sep. 4 | JUNGMAN, John George, b 1720 in Storkenheim, Palati- |
| nate;
came to Pennsylvania in 1731 and served as a missionary among the
Indiana; d July 17, 1808 in Bethlehem. BUETTNER, Margaretha, b 1721 in Frankenthal, Palatinate, a dau. of Rev. John Bechtel of Germantown and widow of Gottlob Buettner; d 1793 in Bethlehem. By Brother Johann Spangenberg. |
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| 0ct. 16 | BAUS, Christopher, emigrated in 1734. |
| FREY,
Magdalena, from Fredericktown. By Brother Christian Rauch |
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| Oct. 16 | OKELY, John (second marriage), d 1792 in Lancaster |
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County. He m. first in 1743, Johanna Robins, who d 1745 in Bethlehem;
and m. thirdly in 1780, Margaret Graff, mn. Moore, who d 1789 in Lancaster. HUME, Elizabeth, from New York; b in 1690 at Ber- wick on the Tweed, England, a dau. of Dr. Alexander, a prominent physician; d Dec. 1775 in Bethlehem. By Brother Abraham Reinke |
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 6-8 of original text]
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