Register - Marriages, 1754

Jan. 10

ISLES (EILES), Samuel, from Yorkshire , England; missionary to the Negroes in the West Indies where he d 1765. He m. secondly, in 1761, Maria Margaret Zerb, who, in 1767, married Paul Schneider; and thirdly, in 1769, J. Christian Auerbach; she d in 1807 in Bethlehem.

WATERS, Molly, from New York.

By Brother Petrus

Jan .10

BADER, Philipp Christian, from Warwick, Pa ; d Mar. 15 , 1797.

SEIDEL, Julianna, from Wetteravia.

By Brother Mathias Reuz

Jan .10

WERNER, Wilhelm, (second marriage). He m. first, July 23,1747, Elisabeth Blum, who d 1751 in Nazareth; and thirdly, Anna Maria Kiesel, who d 1824 in Lititz.

SCHUCHARDT, Anna Maria, of Heidelberg, Berks Co., and latterly Nazareth; d 1769 in Lititz.

By Brother Graff

May 17

LEMBKE, Franz Christian (second marriage b July 1.3, 1704 in Bodensingen, Baden-Durlach; once a preacher in Straussburg; in 1745 united with the Brethren's Church and in 1749 ordained a deacon; in 1754 called to America and in 1755 ordained a presbyter; pastor for almost 30 years in Nazareth, also for a short time in Lititz; in 1763 principal of Nazareth Hall; he was an able and useful servant of the Church; d July 11 1785. He m. first in 1736, Anna Salome Schwerdt who d in 1745.

WYK, Margaretha Catharina,, b 1721 in Stockholm, Sweden, d. Apr. 20, 1798 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Matthaeus

May 19

SPANGENBERG, Augustus (alias Joseph) Gottlieb (? second marriage), b July 15,1704 in Klettenberg, Hohenstein, Saxony, a s. of a Lutheran clergyman; studied Theology at Jena; in 1733 went to Herrnhut where he became intimately associated with Count Zinzendorf; came to America four times, and for abut twenty years was at the head of the Moravian Church in America; returned to Europe for the last time in July 1762; consecrated a bishop and was a member of the Unity's Elders' Board; d Sep. 18, 1792 at Berthelsdorf. He m. Mar. 1740, Eve Mary Immig, mn. Ziegelbauer.

MIKSCH, Martha Elisabeth, m. Jaehn.

By Brother Matthaeus

July 15

RUSSMEYER, Albrecht Ludolph, b Mar.14, 1715 in Luenberg his mother a French Huguenot; came to America in 1753; ordained presbyter; served the congregations in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Warwick, Newport, R.I., and N.Y.; d July 4,1797 in Lititz.

EVANS, Maria (Molly), b Aug. 15,17 21 in Philadelphia, a dau. of Peter an Mary, mn. Mo ore , d Sep. 21, 1804 in Lititz. Their children were Peter; Maria and Elizabeth (twins); Anna Rebecca; and Anna Maria the wife of Christian Schropp.

By Brother Matthaeus

Sep. 7

NITSCHMANN, David (second marriage), b Dec. 27,1696 i n Zauchtenthal, Moravia; by trade a wheelwright and joiner; in 1725 emigrated to Herrnhut; in 1732, with Leonard Dober, went to St. Thomas, West Indies, as the first Moravian missionaries among the heathen; in 1735 he was consecrated the first bishop of the renewed Moravian Church, and the following year led a Moravian colony to Georgia; in 1740 came to Pennsylvania; bought the tract of 500 acres on which Bethlehem was settled, and was the foremost o f the group who were present at the first Christmas Eve Vigils in Bethlehem in 1741; d Oct. 8, 1772 and bd in Bethlehem. He m. first, Nov. 12, 1726, Rosina Schindler, dau. o f Thomas, b in Zauchtenthal , and an earl y emigrant to Herrnhut; she d .Aug. 10,1753 at Marienborn and was bd in Herrnhag.

MARTIN, Maria Barbara, mn. Leimbach, widow of Frederick Martin, a missionary to the Negroes in the West Indies, where he d. in 1750; she was b in 1722, in Wetteravia, and d Jan. 20,1810 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Mattheus

Oct. 2

BEER, Friedrich, from Silesia. The Nazareth burial record (Trans. Moravian Historical Society; by Rev. Edw. Kluge; Vol. VII, p.99) states that John Frederick, Beyer d. Aug. 11, 1760 (?).

HEINCH, Margaretha, from Ebersdorff; b 1727 in Bayreuth ; d 1777 in Nazareth. She m. secondly, in 1758, Hermanus Loesch, who d 1791 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Lembke