Feb. 16

TRANSOU, Philipp, b in Mutterstadt, Bavaria; wheelwright; in 1762 went to North Carolina; d in 1792 in Bethania.

CANTER , Magdalena_, from Lancaster,

By Brother Mattheus

Feb. 16

KRAUSE, Heinrich, b Oct. 5, 1717 in Toerpitz, Silesia; butcher; d Apr. (?Dec.) 28,1792 in Bethlehem.

RUCH, Catharina, b Nov. 16, 1724; from Eckendorf , in Alsace; d Sep. 17, 1807 in Bethlehem. They had issue: Anna J. (b and d 1757); John Gottlieb; and Anna Johanna.

By Brother Abraham Reinke

Mar. 31

EDMONDS, William (second marriage), b 1708 in Colford, England; storekeeper in Bethlehem and Nazareth; member of Assembly; d 1786 in Nazareth. He m. first in 1739, Rebecca DeBeavoises, who d 1747.

ANTON (?ANTHONY), Margaretha,, b 1721 in New York; d 1773 in Nazareth.

By Brother Abraham Reinke

Apr. 27

SCHAAF, Thomas (second marriage), b 1717 near Nuremberg; linen weaver; employed at school in Frederick twp; d 1791 in Bethlehem. He m. first, Ann C . Loze , who d 1748.

MANN, Anna, b 1720 in Bern, Switzerland; d 1757 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Lawatsch

Apr. 27

LUECK, Martin, farmer and teamster.

STEINER, Barbara, b in the Palatinate; lately from Warwick, Pa.

By Brother Graff

May 4

GRUBS, Bernhard Adam, b 1715 in Walschleben near Erfurt; i n the ministry of the church; labored faithfully among the Indians; d Mar. 20 ,1808 in Bethlehem. He m. secondly, Feb. 19, 1778, in Lititz, Sara Van Vleck Eberhardt, who was b Dec. 11, 1727 in New York and d Jan. 16, 1793 in Emaus.

BUSSE, Margaretha Elisabeth, mn. Krieger, b 17166 in Renal, Livonia; d 1776 in Lititz. She m. first, Joachim Busse, a missionary in the West Indies, who d in St.Thomas.

By Brother Petrus

May 18

MICHLER, Johann (second marriage), b Oct. 24,1720 in Würtemberg; served in church schools of Nazareth and Frederickstown, and twice as a missionary in the West Indies; d June 19,1785 in Lititz. He m. first, Barbara Heindel, who d Oct. 1748 at the school in Frederick twp., Philadelphia co., Pa, and m. thirdly, in 1762, Susanna Ohneburg, widow of Rev. John George, active in the ministry and as a missionary; she d 1776 in Lititz; and he m. fourthly, Nov. 5, 1778 in Lititz, Maria Scherger, b Dec. 10, 1731, in Eisenbach, Rhenish Bavaria; d , y 8,1796 in Lititz.

ROSCEN, Margaretha, mn. Rieth, widow o f Christian Henry Roscen.

Aug. 25

DIXON, William, from Yorkshire, England; a cloth weaver.

ORCHARD, Christina, from W. Jerseys.

By Brother Petrus

Aug. 25

FUEHRER, Valentin (second marriage), b 1724 in Esopus, N.Y; ferryman; innkeeper and tollkeeper; d Jan.12,1808 in Bethlehem.

LOESCH, Margaretha Elisabeth, from Tulpehocken, a dau. of George; d 1802 in Bethlehem. They had issue, five sons.

By Brother Matthaeus

Aug. 25

EYERLE, Jacob, b 1716; from Würtemberg; horseshoer; d 1796 in Nazareth.

SCHWARTZ, Christina Elizabeth, b 1730; from Boettingen; in the Palatinate; both of her parents died in 1737, during the voyage to America ; d 1818 in Nazareth.

By Brother Anton Lawatsch

Aug. 25

EGGERT, Christian, b 1714; from Brandenburg; gardener and weaver; went to Berbice, South America in 1742; d Apr. 15, 1780 in Bethlehem.

GROSH, Maria Apolonia, b 1729; from Schornsheim, in the Palatinate; d Aug. 17, 1810 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Johann Michael Graff

Aug, 25

BUERSTLER, Johann, b 1732; farm r, from Oley, Berks co; d 1790 in Bethlehem. He m. secondly, Anna Maria Plattenberger, who d 1808 in Schoeneck.

ROTH, Eva, from Alsace.

By Brother Martin Mack

Aug. 25

BRAUN, Peter, b 1726; from Creuznach, in the Palatinate; tailor; served in the ministry, and for 22 years among the Negroes in Antigua, West Indies; d 1800 in Bethlehem. He m. secondly, Bibiana Frederica Goettlich, mn. Pletscher, who d 1807 in Bethlehem.

MEYER, Maria Barbara, from Würtemberg; d 1771.

By Brother Abraham Reinke

Oct. 7

AUGUSTUS, an Indian of the Delaware Nation.

AUGUSTINA, an Indian of the Delaware Nation.

By Brother Schmick, at Gnadenhuetten.

Oct. 26

JOACHIM, an Indian of the Delaware Nation.

BENIGNA, an Indian. of the Delaware Nation; widow.

By Brother Martin Mack in Gnadenhuetten.

Nov. 29

SCHMIDT, Johann Michael (second marriage) b Sep. 28, 1697; a medical doctor; came to Bethlehem from New York in March 1755; he returned to Europe in 1764.

SMOUTH, Elisabeth Price, widow of Justice Edward Smouth Smouth o f Lancaster; d 1757. This marriage is also recorded in the Lititz record.

By Brother Lembke