Apr. 16

LISCHER, Johannes b 1719, the fourth so of Johann n and Barbara, m. Hegler; from Holtzhoff in Wittgenstein; of Mennonite parentage; farmer and inn keeper; came to America with his widowed mother; he was a member of the group who left Bethlehem Oct. 8,1753 to found Bethabara, N.C.; d l y 11,1782 in Nazareth.

LOESCH, Maria Catharina, b in Tulpehocken , Pa., the third dau .of George and Christina Elizabeth (?Anna Christina, mn. Wallborn); d M 19,1802 in Nazareth.

By Brother Petrus

ZIEGLER, Johann Friedrich, b Nov. 30, 1721, the third s. of Jost and Eva (father's second wife); from Würtemberg; farmer and tile-maker; d 1786 in Nazareth.

KOCH, Anna Catharina, b 1732 in Selbold, Germany, the third dau. of Caspar and Anna Maria; from Wetteravia; d 1805 in Bethlehem.

By Brother A. A. Lawatsch

HIRST, John, b 1720 in Mirfield Parish, in W. Riding, Yorkshire, England, the fourth s. of Joshua and Elizabeth ; clothier.

BOEMPER, Philippina, mn. Hoeth, widow of Christian; the eldest dau. of Friederich and Johannetta Hoeth; from Thal. Lichtenberg in Herzogthum Zweybrueck.

By Brother J.M. Graff

Nov. 10

Van de MERK, Jacobus, from Esopus, N.Y., the second s. of Friedrich and Gertraud; farmer and millwright; d 1772 in Bethabara, N. C.

LOESCH, Christina Elizabeth, b Jan. 26, 1733, the fourth dau. of George and Christina Elizabeth (?Anna Christina, mn. Wallborn); from Tulpehocken, Pa; d 1806 in Nazareth. She m. secondly, Rev. John Christoph Christian Fritz, who d 1805 in Gnadenhuetten on the Mahony.

By Brother Petrus