Apr. 14

MERCK, Johannes, b 1723, the fourth s. of Heinrich (d on voyage) and Elisabeth; from Zurich, Switzerland; came t o America at the age o f 9 with parents; saddler; ordained a deacon; missionary to St. Thomas, West Indies; d Dec. 18,1796 in Bethlehem.

LEVERING, Maria Susanna, in. Bechtel, the seventh dau.of Johannes and Margaretha Apollonia, mn. Marret; from Germantown, Pa; d in St. Jan, West Indies. She m. first in 1748, John Levering, who d in Jamaica.

By Brother Thrane

Aug. 24

GOETTLICH , Jacob Remigius, from Spremberg, the fourth child of Daniel and Margaretha; a missionary; d 1.771 on St. Croix, West Indies.

PLETSCHER, Bibiana Friederica, b 1725, the second child of Johann and Anna Dorothea; from Ebersdorf, Germany; d 1807 in Bethlehem. She m. secondly in Antigua, the eminent missionary, Peter Brown, who d in 1800.

By Brother Thrane

Aug. 24

near Worms), in the Palatinate, the second s. of Martin and Catharina; carriage-maker; served in the Indian Mission; d 1806 in Bethlehem.

EHRENHARD, Anna Catharina, b 1742. in Macungie, Pa., the first dau.of Johann Jacob (blacksmith; d July 1760) and Barbara , inn. Anders; d June 22, 1810 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Ettwein

Aug. 24

STOLL, Johann Georg (second marriage), b 1717 in Balgheim, Oettingen, Germany, the ninth child of Johann Jacob and Anna Margaretha; came to America in 1749; in charge of saw mill and flour mill; also innkeeper; d Mar. 10, 180l in Bethlehem. He m. first, in 1737, Anna _____?____, who was the mother of eleven children, and d in 1766 in Bethlehem.

SCHWARZ, Rosina, mn. Rohleder, b 1727, the third child of Johannes and Rosina; from Zauchtenthal, in Moravia; d June 2 7,1811 in Bethlehem.

By Brother Muenster