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Oct. 14

LINDEMEYER, Heinrich, b 1728 in Basel, Switzerland, the third s.of Emanuel and Salome; ordained a deacon in 1762; served in Emaus and York, Pa; d Jan. 20, 1817 in Bethlehem.

 

HORSFIELD, Elisabeth, b 1737 in Long Island, the eldest dau.of Timothy, Sr., and Mary, mn. Doughty; d 1814 in Bethlehem.

 

By Brother Thrane

   

Oct. 14

HORSFIELD, Timothy (second marriage), b day 30,1732 in Long Island, the oldest of eight children of Timothy, Sr. (a Justice of the Peace and Colonel in the Provincial service, who d Mar .1773 in Bethlehem) and Mary, mn. Doughty; nearly thirty years a pharmacist; church organist; d Apr. 11, 1789 in Bethlehem. He m. first, Anna Margaretha; son, Joseph, was b in 1750 in Bethlehem and married Elizabeth Benezet.

 

PARSONS, Julianna Sarah, b 1737 in Philadelphia, the youngest dau.of William (Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania; Lutheran) and Johannah Christina, mn. Zeidig; Jan.17,1809 in Bethlehem. Children: William, b in 1770, married Rebecca Weiss, and they both d in 1845; Thomas, b in 1773, went to the East Indies, and there married a native woman.

 

By Brother Nathanael

   

Oct. 14

DIEMER, Franz Christian, b in Busweiler, Alsace, the eldest s.of Philipp Friedrich and Susanna, Magdalena.

 

MONTAGNE, Rebecca, b, in New York, the youngest dau. of Jacob (b in New York, My 1704 and d 1769 in Hackensack, N.J.) and Mary, mn. Pell, (who was b Sep. 1704 in New York and d Dec. 31,1773.)

 

By Brother Paul Muenster

   

Oct. 14

SCHMIDT, Anton (second marriage) , from near Presburg, in Hungary, the second s.of Jacob Friedrich and Maria Sybilla; came to America with parents; tinsmith; d March 15, 1793 in Bethlehem. He m. first, in 1747, Anna Catharina Rieth, who d in 1762 in Bethlehem; issue, three sons.

 

YSSELSTEIN, Beata, b 1737 in Esopus, New York, We fourth dau .of Isaac and Rachel, w. Bogert; issue, six children; d July 6,1814 in Bethlehem.

 

By Brother Ettwein

   

Nov. 19

SCHMIDT, Friedrich, b in Lubeck, a s.of Johann and Catharina (? b about 1725; d Oct 11,1805 (see Journal of the Widows' Society).

 

WILY, Sara , b in Philadelphia, the first dau .of John and Sara; d Sep. 5,1823. (Widows' Society Journal)

 

By Brother Thrane

   

Nov. 19

ALBRECHT (ALBRIGHT), Andreas, b Apr. 2,1718 in Suhl, Thuringia, the first s. of Michael and Margaretha Elisabeth by the mother's second marriage; gunsmith; in his youth, a soldier; taught music in Nazareth; innkeeper in Bethlehem; d Apr. 19, 1802 in Lititz.

 

ORTH, Elisabeth, b Aug.14,1739 in Lebanon, a dau.of Balthasar (emigrated in 1729 and d Oct. 1788) and Anna Catharina, m. Rhoemer; d 1830 in Lititz.

 

By Brother Nathanael

   

Nov. 19

JANSEN, lost, b 17191: the fifth s. of Jens a& Else Gra; from North Jutland, Derma. rk; sailor and innkeeper; d "e 28,1790 in Bethlehem.

 

FISCHER, Maria, b 1737; from Romingh in WUrtemberg, the fourth child of Johann Martin and Magdalena; d June 3,1816 in Lititz.

 

She m. secondly, in 1796, John Grosh, b 1734, who was thrice married, and d 1808 in Lititz.

 

By Brother Paul Muenster

 

[The above records are from pages 43-44 of original text]

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