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Feb. 4

MORTIMER, Benjamin b Nov. 26, 1767 in Drumorgan, the youngest s. o f Peter Mortimer and Hannah; came to America Oct. 1791; missionary to the Indians; d Nov. 10, 1834.

 

WARNER, Bethiah, b Aug. 30, 1772 in Sichem, N.Y., the second dau.of Daniel and Sara; d 1848. Dates of death are from Widows' Society Journal.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Feb. 14

HOEBER, Nicholaus Elias, b June 4, 1760 in Holstein, a s. of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm and Augusta Hedwig, mn. Roepper ; a member of the Lutheran Church; ordained a deacon and served in various congregations; 1808 became warden in Nazareth; d Aug. 4,1830 in Nazareth.

 

LEHMAN, Johanna Sophia, b Apr. 18, 1761 in Neukirch, Upper Lusatia, a dau.of Johann Gottlob and Anna Elisabeth, mn. Wolf; d May 29, 1843 in Nazareth. Two sons survived.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Apr. 3

BOECKEL, Georg Friedrich, b Sep. 4, 1773 in Bethlehem, the youngest s.of George Frederick and Catharina Barbara, rim. Gump (now widow of Paul Muenster); stocking weaver in Bethlehem, and prominent in the musical life of the community; d Oct. 5, 1824 in Bethlehem.

 

KINDIG, Anna Maria, b Oct. 23, 1778 near Nazareth, the first dau.of Andreas (farmer in Nazareth twp.) and Henna, mn. Heil; d Apr. 19, 1846 in Bethlehem.

 

By Brother Jacob van Vleck.

   

May 14

REICHEL, Johann Friedrich Jr. (second marriage) ‚ b Sep. 24,1759 in Laubenheim, a s.of Benjamin and Anna Maria; missionary in the West Indies; widower. He m. first, in 1791, Agnes Peters.

 

BOCK, Maria, b Jan. 2, 1774, the oldest dau.of Conrad (farmer in Salisbury twp.) and Hannah, mn. Kreutz.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

July 28

HARTMANN, Adolph (third marriage), b 1744 in Nazareth, the fourth s.of Friedrich of Nazareth and Margaretha; widower; blacksmith and mason; d 1817 in Bethlehem. He m. first, Dec. 1, 1775, Anna Catharina Heckedorn; and m. secondly, Nov. 19, 1781, Rebecca Diemer, mn. Montague.

 

LEWIS, Catharina Elisabeth, mn. Lembke, b Dec .17, 1759 in Nazareth, a dau. of Rev. Franz Christian Lembke, minister in Nazareth, and Margaretha, mn. Wick; d 1810 in Bethlehem. She m. first, John Lewis, M. D., of London, who d 1788.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Aug. 28

PETER, David, b July 20,1766 in Nazareth, the s. of Johann Friedrich and Anna Maria ‚ mn. Nitsch; storekeeper in Gnadenhuetten. He m. secondly in 1807, Susanna Leinbach.

 

CHITTY, or as, b Feb. 11, 1775, a dau.of Benjamin of Hope ‚ N. C., and Mary, mn. Padget; d in Gnadenhuetten.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Oct. 6

METZ, Johann Friedrich, b Oct. 5, 1759, a s.of Martin Gotthelf and Dorothea Elisabeth, mn. Frank; from Hohenofen near Neustadt; missionary; d in Paramaribo.

 

TSCHUDY, Anna Maria b Apr. 16, 1764 in Warwick ‚ Pa., the dau.of Christi. and Eva Barbara, mn. Kiesel; d June21,1821 in Lititz. She m. secondly, Aug. 4, 1800, Rev. John Maehr, also a missionary in South America, who d Dec. 11, 1851 in Nazareth.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Oct. 6

ERTEL, Jacob, b June 24,17 60 in Brenn, a s.of Jacob and Maria, mn. Arens; called to the mission in Surinam.

 

WADE, Maria Esther, b Mar. 26, 1 67 in Air, Scotland, a dau. of John and Elisabeth, mn. Holdsworth.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Oct. 6

SCHULTZ, Theodor, b Dec, 17, 1770 in Gerdauen a s.of Gottfried Heinrich, of Gerdauen in East Prussia, and Anna Christina, inn, August; called to the mission in Surinam where he remained for seven years; served various congregations in the states until 1821, when he was appointed administrator of the Southern Church estates; retired in 1844, and d Aug. 4, 1850 at Salem, N.C.

 

LOESCH, Susanna Catharina Elisabeth, b July 31, 1771, a dau.of Jacob, of Nazareth, and Anna, mn. Blum. Bishop Henry A. Schulz, b Feb. 7,l806 in Dutch Guiana, was a son.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Oct. 20

Johann Christian (second marriage), b June 3, 1757, the second s.of Christoph, a baker, and Elisabeth; from Herrnhut, Saxony; storekeeper in Bethlehem; warden at Lititz and Nazareth; d 1811 in Bethlehem. He m. first, in 1792, Elizabeth Bartow, who d 1799 in Bethlehem.

 

GREENE, Sarah Johanna, b Jan. 19, 1777 in Newport, Rhode Island, , the dau.of lohn Mar k and mn. Allen; d 1852 in Bethlehem. She m. secondly in 1816, Rev. Abraham Reinke, pastor in Lititz, who d 1833.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

   

Nov. 10

FETTER, Marcus, b Sep. 11, 1772 in Lancaster, Pa., the second s.of Peter and Christina, mn. Riem; blacksmith; musician; d May 22,1827 in Bethlehem.

 

HERBACH, Elisabeth, b Oct. 19, 1775 in Graceham, Md.,

the first dau. of George of Bedford, Pa. and Elisabeth, mn. Binkly; d Feb. 21, 1855 in Bethlehem. Had issue, four sons, including John George, b July 14,1802 and Herman M., b June 2,1814; and one daughter, Matilda Louise, the wife of Charles L. Knauss.

 

By Brother Jacob Van Vleck

[The above records are from pages 79-82 of original text]

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