Register - Marriages, 1747
| Jan. 7 | NATHANAEL, an Indian; widower. |
| REBECCA,
an Indian; widow of Isaac. By Brother Martin Mack |
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| Jan. 7 | JOSUA, an Indian. |
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BATHSEBA, an Indian; the widow of Jonas. By Brother Martin Mack |
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| Jan. 11/22 | ZACHAEUS, an Indian, widower. |
| BEATA,
a Delaware Indian, widow. By Brother Martin Mack |
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| Jan. 18/29 | BROWNFIELD, John, b June 21,1714; from Greenwich, |
| England;
secretary to Gen. Oglethorpe in Georgia; Ap. 6, 1745 came to Bethlehem;
bookkeeper and head steward in Bethlehem; ordained in 1749; d Apr.
1752 in Bethlehem. KEARNEY, Catharina, b Jan. 24,1719 (0. S.) a dau. of Thomas, Esq., and Catharina, mn. Bourroux; from Middle Town, East Jersey; in May 1745 came to Bethlehem from Philadelphia; d Apr. 1798 in Bethlehem. By Brother Abraham Reinke |
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| Jan. 18/29 | JOHANNES, Josephus (alias Bull), an Indian; baptized |
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Sep. 15, 1742 in Bethlehem. CHRISTIANNA, a Mohican Indian from Shekomeko; the widow of Petri. By Bro ther Martin Mack |
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| June 6/17 | SCHMIDT, Anton, b 1725 near Presburg, Hungary; came |
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to America with parents, Jacob Friedrich and Maria Sybilla; tinsmith;
1746 to Bethlehem where he d Mar. 15, 1793. He m. secondly in 1766,
Beata Ysselsteyn, who d in 1814 in Bethlehem; issue, six children.
RIETH, Anna Catharina, b 1727, a dau. of Peter of Tulpehocken and a cousin of Conrad Weisser; issue, three sons; d 1762 in Bethlehem. By Brother Joseph Spangenberg |
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| June 8/19 | TANNEBERGER, David (second marriage). b 1696; from |
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Zauchtenthal, Moravia; in 1726 went to Herrnhut, and in 1734 with
the Moravian colony to Georgia; for 15 years foreman of the shoemaker
shop in Bethlehem, where he d July 1760. He m. first, Judith Till.
DEMUTH, Regina, mn. Leupold, b 1702 in Wiesestadt, Bohemia, a dau. of George; for about 15 years served as a midwife; d Feb. 1774 in Bethlehem. She m. f irst., Godhard Demuth, who d in Dec. 17" in Germantown. By Bro ther Jos eph Spangenberg |
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| July 2 (N.S.) | SCHNALL, Michel, b 1715; from Speier, Palatinate; |
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served in the French army; 1741 came to Bethlehem; stocking weaver;
d 1763 in Bethlehem. GEMEHL, Catharina, b 1722, a dau. of David of Frederick twp., Pa., and native of Wetteravia, Germany; a Dunkard; d 1807 in Bethlehem. They had issue, three sons. By Brother Abraham Reinke |
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| July 23 (N.S.) | WERNER, John Willhelm, b Mar. 1, 1722 in Manheim in |
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the Palatinate, the second s. of Christoph of Philadelphia; in 1744
came to America; a cooper; d June 24,1787 in Lititz. He m. secondly
in 1754, Anna Maria Schuchardt of Heidelberg, Pa., who was b June
28,1727 and d May 13,1769 in Lititz; issue, five children. He m. thirdly,
Nov. 20, 1770 in Lititz, Anna Maria Kiesel, who was b 1741 in Muddy
Creek, Pa., and d Aug. 7, 1824 in Lititz. BLUM, Elizabeth, a dau. of Franz of Nazareth; d June 19,1751 in Nazareth. By Brother Friedrich Cammerhoff |
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| Sep. 7 | JOSEPH, (alias Mamgagom), an Indian of the Wampanoag |
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Tribe, and s. of Nathanael. ANNA, (alias Wawutackehm), a dau. of Zipporae.
By Brother Martin Mack |
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| Sep. 17 | ROSEEN, Sven (second marriage), b Oct. 17, 1708; from |
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Gothenburg, Sweden; studied at Upsala and Jena, and in 1746 emigrated
to America accompanied by his wife, Anna Margaret; ordained a deacon
in 1748 and served in various oongregations; d Dec. 4 (?15), 1750,
in Macungie and buried in Emaus RIETH, Anna Margaretha, b Oct .8, 1723, the third dau. of Michael and Anna Barbara of Tulpehocken. By Brother Fried. Camerrhoff |
| Nov. 23 | LEHNERT, Peter (John Peter), b June 2,1721 in Freyrachdorf, |
| Duerdorf,
employed in the schools and later on the farms; d Feb. 14, 1756 in
Nazareth. He had issue, three sons, including John, the tailor in
Bethlehem, and John Peter, tin- smith in Lititz. BERK (?BROCK) , Anna Maria, b 1728, the fifth dau. o f Rudolph; from Bubendorff near Basel, Switzerland; d 1794 in Bethlehem. She m. secondly in 1757, George Huber of Nazareth, who d 1790 in Bethlehem. By Brother Joseph Spangenberg |
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| Nov. 23/Dec. 24 | MAU, Samuel, b Oct. 17, 1718 in Hemmigen, Wurtemberg; |
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a Redemptioner, whose release was secured by the Moravians in 1742;
d July 9, 1783 in Bethlehem. KREMP, Anna Catharina, b 1725, the eldest dau. of Johann; from Sondern (three hours from Manheim, Germany); in 1737 came to Georgia with her parents; d Feb. 14, 1799 in Bethlehem. Their daughter Agnes married May 10,1799, Chaplain Milzheimer, of General Frederick Adolph Riedesel's corps of Brunswick troops, then visiting in Bethlehem; another daughter, Johanna Sophia, was the wife of John David Bischoff. By Brother Friedrioh Cammerhoff |
[The above records are from pages 11-13 of original text]
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