Bethabara Moravian Congregation Death Record

grave: 1
First Name: Anne
Middle Name: M
Last Name: Opiz
Date of Birth: 12/20/1757
Date of Death: 12/27/1757
Historical Information: Infant daughter

grave: 2
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: R
Last Name: Schmid
Date of Birth: 8/5/1758
Date of Death: 5/28/1759
Historical Information: Infant daughter

grave: 3
First Name: Mary
Middle Name: blank
Last Name: Rogers
Date of Birth: January , 1726
Date of Death: July 19, 1759
Historical Information: Typhus

grave: 4
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: C
Last Name: Seidel
Date of Birth: January 11 1719
Date of Death: July 22, 1759
Historical Information: Diary Volume 1 page 212

grave: 5
First Name: Christian
Middle Name: Gottfried
Last Name: Seidel
Date of Birth: February 15, 1718
Date of Death: July 26, 1759
Historical Information: Diary Volume 1 pqge 212

grave: 6
First Name: Hans
Middle Name: Martin
Last Name: Kalberlahn
Date of Birth: March 30, 1722
Date of Death: July 23, 1759
Historical Information: Diary Volume 1 pages 212; 216-233

grave: 7
First Name: Erich
Middle Name: na
Last Name: Ingebretson
Date of Birth: December 10, 1721
Date of Death: July 31, 1759
Historical Information: One of the first colonists

grave: 8
First Name: Samuel
Middle Name: Zachaues
Last Name: Schaub
Date of Birth: March 14, 1758
Date of Death: August 22, 1759
Historical Information: Infant son of Johan and Maria Schaub. Diary, Vol. I, page 207

grave: 9
First Name: Johan
Middle Name: Heinrich
Last Name: Lentzer
Date of Birth: November 26, 1730
Date of Death: August 30, 1759
Historical Information: A single brother. Diary, Vol. I page 207

grave: 10
First Name: Joannes
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Nagel
Date of Birth: September 12, 1751
Date of Death: September 1, 1759
Historical Information: A single brother. Diary, Vol. 1 page 207

grave: 11
First Name: Samuel
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Wutke
Date of Birth: May 6, 1722
Date of Death: Deptember ?, 1759
Historical Information: A single brother. Diary, Vol. 1 page 207

grave: 12
First Name: Anna Johanna Barbara
Middle Name: (Beroth)
Last Name: Loesch
Date of Birth: December 12, 1729
Date of Death: Deptember 4, 1759
Historical Information: Married Herman Loesch July 29, 1758 Diary Volume 1 page 207

grave: 13
First Name: Heinrich
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Biefel
Date of Birth: July 29, 1711
Date of Death: September 24, 1759
Historical Information: Married in Marienborn to Rosina Kahgen, June 17, 1743. Came to Bethabara w/the first group of married people (1755)

grave: 14
First Name: Martin
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Luck
Date of Birth: 1726
Date of Death: October 9, 1760
Historical Information: Married Barbara Steiner 1755. Diary pagae 232 vol. 1

grave: 15
First Name: Christina Barbara
Middle Name: (Bohner)
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: March 25, 1722
Date of Death: December 15, 1761
Historical Information: Had 6 children (3-daughters, 3-sons) Diary, Vol. 1 page 237

grave: 16
First Name: Abraham
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Straus
Date of Birth: March 12, 1727
Date of Death: August 10, 1762
Historical Information: A single brother. Born in Switzerland; brought up in the Reformed Church; "a faithful and earnest Whaus Deiner of the single brother".

grave: 17
First Name: Melchior
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Munster
Date of Birth: 1729
Date of Death: September 4, 1762
Historical Information: Born in Moravia. A shoemaker by profession. A single brother.

grave: 18
First Name: Stephan
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Meyer
Date of Birth: May 20, 1718
Date of Death: October 4, 1762
Historical Information: A single brother. Born in Wurtenburg. A weaver by profession.

grave: 19
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: n/a
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: February 10, 1720
Date of Death: October 7, 1762
Historical Information: Born in Upper Silesia. Brought up Catholic. Married Christina Barbara Bohner May 27, 1743 at Herrnhaag; married second wife July 18, 1762 to the wido Witke.

grave: 20
First Name: Jacob
Middle Name: na
Last Name: Holder
Date of Birth: September 21, 1763
Date of Death: September 21, 1763
Historical Information: Infant son of George & Barbara Holder. Died at birth.

grave: 21
First Name: Erhard
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Heckerdorn
Date of Birth: August 9, 1726
Date of Death: September 25, 1763
Historical Information: Born in Switzerland; Married Felicitas Grosch, July 17, 1762; "Took the prevailing fever" and the white eruption broke out. Diary Page 267

grave: 22
First Name: Hans
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Petersen
Date of Birth: October 20, 1725
Date of Death: November 6, 1763
Historical Information: Born in Hollstein; was a tailor by profession; married, Elisabeth Palmer September 7, 1762. Diary Page 267

grave: 23
First Name: Elizabeth
Middle Name: Palmer
Last Name: Petersen
Date of Birth: 1728
Date of Death: not known
Historical Information: Born in London; as a child her mother gave her to Count Zinzendorf; Married Hans Petersen, September 7, 1762. The still-born son was buried in the grave with her. Diary Page 283.

grave: 24
First Name: not known
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Petersen
Date of Birth: not known
Date of Death: not known
Historical Information: Still-born son of Elizabeth Petersen, buried with her. Diary Page 283.

grave: 25
First Name: Christian
Middle Name: Gottlob
Last Name: Angel
Date of Birth: February 15, 1764
Date of Death: February 15, 1764
Historical Information: Infant son of William and Elisabeth Angel; Born February 15, 1764; Died the same day.

grave: 26
First Name: Elisabeth
Middle Name: Holder
Last Name: Angel
Date of Birth: 1738
Date of Death: February 23, 1764
Historical Information: Born in 1738 in Allemaengel, PA; Married July 17, 1762 to William Angel; Died February 23, 1764. Diary Page 283.

grave: 27
First Name: William
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Dixon
Date of Birth: June 4, 1716
Date of Death: March 7, 1764
Historical Information: Born on June 4, 1716 in Yorkshire, England; Married Christina Orchard on August 25, 1755; Had four children; Died March 7, 1764. Diary Page 283.

grave: 28
First Name: Abraham
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Bless
Date of Birth: not known
Date of Death: August 15, 1764
Historical Information: A single brother. Born in the Palatinate; Died August 15, 1764. Diary Page 283.

grave: 29
First Name: Gerhard
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Zinn
Date of Birth: March, 1705
Date of Death: March 4, 1765
Historical Information: Born near Neustad, March, 1705; Married in 1725 and had nine children. In 1735 he came to America, lived 13 years and three years in the Cloister at Ephrata. From there he went to New River, VA; From there he was driven away by the Indians, and came to Wachovia. Diary Page 300.

grave: 30
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Rosina
Last Name: Fockel
Date of Birth: November 26, 1763
Date of Death: August 31, 1765
Historical Information: Little daughter of Gottlieb and Maria Fockel. First child. Died of "tooth fever", August 31, 1765. Diary Page 297.

grave: 31
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Michael
Last Name: Sauter
Date of Birth: April 1, 1715
Date of Death: September 26, 1765
Historical Information: A single brother. Born in Wurtenburg. In his 17th year he was drafted as a soldier, served 15 years. In 1757 he had been the "forsteher" of the Single Brethren. "He had a motherly heart for his brethren." Diary Page 297.

grave: 32
First Name: Barbara
Middle Name: Steiner
Last Name: Holder
Date of Birth: May 2, 1723
Date of Death: October 9, 1765
Historical Information: Born in Palatinate. Married Martin Luck in April 1755 and bore him a son and a daughter. Widowed for some years. In July 1762, she married George Holder and they had two children, one still-born and the other died with the mother. Diary Page 297.

grave: 33
First Name: Abraham
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: VonGanmern
Date of Birth: November 6, 1717
Date of Death: November 11, 1765
Historical Information: Born in Danzig; His parents were Mennonites. He lost them early. Went to Harrlem, in Holland; was ordained a Deacon of the Brethren's Church in 1747. Married Juliana Mauserberger August 10, 1751; they had four children. In 1761 went to Pennsylvania. Came here in 1762. Died November 11, 1765. "Many visitors attended his funeral and wept for him. He was honored and beloved by everyone, a true father of the poor and a benefactor of the whole neighborhood." Diary Pages 297, 305.

grave: 34
First Name: Henrietta
Middle Name: Benedicta
Last Name: Mucksch
Date of Birth: January 23, 1766
Date of Death: March 11, 1766
Historical Information: Infant daughter of Matthew and Henriette Muchsch.

grave: 35
First Name: Johan
Middle Name: Jacob
Last Name: Kapp
Date of Birth: March 9, 1766
Date of Death: November 9, 1766
Historical Information: Infant son of Jacob and Margaretha Kapp.

grave: 36
First Name: Johan
Middle Name: Jacob
Last Name: Blum
Date of Birth: November 24, 1766
Date of Death: February 10, 1767
Historical Information: Son of Johhan Jacob and A. Mar. Blum; a first child.

grave: 37
First Name: Johan
Middle Name: Matthaeus
Last Name: Muksch
Date of Birth: April 8, 1767
Date of Death: April 11, 1767
Historical Information: Son of Johna Matthaeus and Henrietta Muksch.

grave: 38
First Name: Nathanael
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Kaske
Date of Birth: June 11, 1751
Date of Death: April 28, 1767
Historical Information: An older boy. Born June 11, 1751 in Pilgerhut in Eerbice; came to Bethlehem with his parents in 1752. In 1764, came with other boys from Bethlehem to Bethabara and was apprenticed to the shoemaker.

grave: 39
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Schropp
Date of Birth: March 21, 1722
Date of Death: September 11, 1767
Historical Information: Born in Sweden where he learned saddle-making. In his 17th year he took his year to travel. Joined the Unity in 1742. Married Anna Maria Thoemet in May, 1743. They had six children of whom two died young. December 7, 1743, he and his wife went with a company of 43 married couples to Bethlehem. He was ordained a Deacon in 1749. In 1766 was called as "Vice-oeconemus" to Wachovia, taking the place of "Bro. Gammern" as "Forstehler". The building of Salem was much in his mind. A quiet, thoughtful, affectionate, humble man who wanted to live in peace with everyone. Diary Pages 349, 360, 361.

grave: 40
First Name: Johan
Middle Name: Friedrich
Last Name: Schmid
Date of Birth: October 31, 1767
Date of Death: July 5, 1768
Historical Information: Infant son of George and Magdalena Schmid.

grave: 41
First Name: Andreas
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Gross
Date of Birth: 1713
Date of Death: October 10, 1769
Historical Information: A single brother. Born in 1713, in Upper Silesia. Was a soldier for eight years in Holstein. Night-watchman in Bethabara for eight years. Died of a stroke, October 10, 1769.

grave: 42
First Name: not known
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Merk
Date of Birth: February 28, 1770
Date of Death: February 28, 1770
Historical Information: The still-born son of Jacob and Christina Merk. Was buried February 28, 1770.

grave: 43
First Name: Abraham
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Jorde
Date of Birth: March 1, 1747
Date of Death: September 12, 1770
Historical Information: A single brother. Born March 1, 1747 in Pennsylvania. Died September 12, 1770.

grave: 44
First Name: Nathaniel
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Bibighausen
Date of Birth: January 22, 1752
Date of Death: September 19, 1770
Historical Information: A youth born January 22, 1752, in Friedrichstown, PA. His parents went to Bethlehem in 1756 because of Indian danger. Came to Bethabar in 1764 and served in the store; Had fever and went quietly to sleep at night. At midnight hiccoughs began, making it impossible for him to take anything. Died September 19, 1770.

grave: 45
First Name: Bernhard
Middle Name: Christoph
Last Name: Schill
Date of Birth: July 31, 1727
Date of Death: December 31, 1770
Historical Information: A single brother. Born July 31, 1727, at Goldbach. Came with Bro. Petersen from Europe and landed at Charleston; served in the Bethabara Tavern, and then in the kitchen of the single brethren. Died December 31, 1770.

grave: 46
First Name: Johannas
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Schmid
Date of Birth: October 22, 1769
Date of Death: January 1, 1771
Historical Information: Infant son of George and Magdalen Schmid; Born October 22, 1769, died January 1, 1771.

grave: 47
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Wagemann
Date of Birth: not known
Date of Death: May 17, 1771
Historical Information: Came to Bethabara from Broad River with her two sons, but no place could be found for her there. So place was found for her at the mill where she served in spinning for eight years. Died May 17, 1771.

grave: 48
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Elizabeth
Last Name: Bonn
Date of Birth: June 28, 1770
Date of Death: March 7, 1772
Historical Information: Infant daughter of Jacob and A. Maria Bonn.

grave: 49
First Name: Christian
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Pfeffer
Date of Birth: 1712
Date of Death: November 22, 1772
Historical Information: A single brother; Born 1712, in Silesia. A brewer. His life was spent in child-like communion with The Saviour.

grave: 50
First Name: Jacobus
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: von der Mark
Date of Birth: December 18, 1728
Date of Death: January 22, 1773
Historical Information: Born at Esopus in the New York Government. Married Christina Loesch in 1759. He was a millwright. Two children born to them, both died young. He served the public as a Justice of the Peace and the congregation as a committee-man.

grave: 51
First Name: Margaretha
Middle Name: n/k
Last Name: Zinn
Date of Birth: December 18, 1702
Date of Death: March 15, 1773
Historical Information: Born at Neustadt on the Haard in the Palatinate; Married Gerhard Zinn in 1725 and had nine children. In 1735 she came to America and lived 13 years and three years in the cloister at Ephrata, PA. From there went to New River, VA, for 15 years. She suffered an injury and was brought to Bethabara where she heard the preaching of the Brethren. After that they went to South Carolina. Returned to Bethabara in 1762. Became a widow in 1765.

grave: 52
First Name: Gottliebe
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Kasner
Date of Birth: 1746
Date of Death: April 25, 1773
Historical Information: Wife of Anton Kasner. Born 1746 in Broadbay in New England and there married to her husband with whom she came to Bethabara in 1769. Died April 25, 1773 at the birth of her third child.

grave: 53
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Maria
Last Name: Blum
Date of Birth: September 29, 1774
Date of Death: October 22, 1774
Historical Information: Infant daughter of Jacob and Anna Maria Blumm; Born September 29 and died October 22, 1774.

grave: 54
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Rosina
Last Name: Nilson
Date of Birth: May 15, 1713
Date of Death: May 4, 1775
Historical Information: Born May 15, 1713 in Berthelsdorf in Upper Lusatia (Saxony); In 1741 she married the single brother Tanneberger and went with him to Bethlehem, PA, where she bore one daughter. In 1744 she married Bro. Endter and went with him to Berbice where he died after three years. In 1758 she married Jonas Nilson and came to Wachovia. She was a faithful mid-wife. Died May 4, 1775.

grave: 55
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Steinman
Date of Birth: April 23, 1730
Date of Death: June 11, 1775
Historical Information: Born April 23, 1730 in the Palatinate. His parents were Mennonites. In 1755 he joined the Brethren in Herrnhut; On December 12, 1772 he married Johanna Elisabeth Moll. Died June 11, 1775.

grave: 56
First Name: Edward
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Enerson
Date of Birth: October 1, 1718
Date of Death: February 14, 1777
Historical Information: Born October 1, 1718 in Norway; A cabinet-maker by profession; Married in Bethlehem PA on July 15, 1749. Had four children. Only one daughter, Maria, survives. He helped build Salem. In 1771 he was taken with a stroke. Died February 14, 1777.

grave: 57
First Name: Margaretha
Middle Name: Schor
Last Name: Kapp
Date of Birth: October 21, 1742
Date of Death: February 23, 1777
Historical Information: Born October 21, 1742 at Muttens in the Canton Basel in Switzerland. In 1750 she and her father and brothers and sisters went to Pennsylvania. The mother died on the way over. In 1753 she went with her father to New River, VA; during the Indian trouble 1754-1755 they fled to North Carolina. Lived on the Town Fork, but did not feel safe there and in 1759 came to Bethabara Mill. In 1760 she went with her father to the new village of Bethania. December 26, 1764 married Jacob Kapp and bore three sons and two daughters. Had communion on February 2, 1777 and on February 23, 1777 she fell asleep quietly at four o'clock in the morning.

grave: 58
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Magdalena
Last Name: Kastner
Date of Birth: April 18, 1756
Date of Death: February 24, 1777
Historical Information: (Spach) - Born April 18, 1756 in North Carolina on the South Fork, now called Friedburg. January 25, 1774 she married Anton Kastner. Died February 24, 1777.

grave: 59
First Name: David
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Rominger
Date of Birth: September 27, 1716
Date of Death: April 3, 1777
Historical Information: Born September 27, 1716 in Winterlingen in Wurtenburg. A carpenter by trade. In his 25 year he married the first time and had two children. Soon after his marriage he went to Broadbay, England, lived there for a time. With others he was driven from there by Indians, served three years as a soldier and helped to capture Cape Breton. Returned to Broadbay. In 1752 he married a widow "after his former wife had departed this life", but because of the children she brought with her he had a hard life. According to his own opinion he was a good Christian. Lived in Friedland and Salem Communities, and then moved to Bethabara. Died April 3, 1777.

grave: 60
First Name: Jacob
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Lung
Date of Birth: October 2, 1713
Date of Death: January 25, 1778
Historical Information: A single brother. Born October 2, 1713, in Wurtenberg; Learned the trade of a baker. Was a soldier in Europe for many years. Came to Pennsylvania and was a member of the first group of colonists to Wachovia in 1753. In his duties he was able, faithful and untiring. He laid out the vegetable garden, the orchard, and "God's Acre", and among other duties, took care of them. Had a stroke which paralyzed his speech. Died on January 25, 1778.

grave: 61
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Maria
Last Name: Blum
Date of Birth: January 28, 1741
Date of Death: September 21, 1778
Historical Information: Born January 28, 1741, in Pennsylvania; Married December 26, 1764 to Jacob Blum. Only one son and one daughter of six children survived. Died September 21, 1778.

grave: 62
First Name: Friedrich
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Blum
Date of Birth: September 1, 1778
Date of Death: September 26, 1778
Historical Information: Born September 1, 1770; Infant son of Jacob and Anna Maria Blum; Died September 26, 1778.

grave: 63
First Name: Susanna
Middle Name: Elizabeth
Last Name: Bagge
Date of Birth: October 23, 1733
Date of Death: September 29, 1778
Historical Information: (Blluenler) - Born October 23, 1733, in Oly, Pennsylvania. When Zinzendorf and his company were in America they lodged at her home. In 1763 she went from Bethlehem, where she had lived, to Lititz and taught in the girls's school. "In 1773 she received from the Saviour and the Unity the call to marriage and to journey to Carolina, and although this caused her much consideration she accepted it trusting in the Saviour. On June 18, 1773 she married Nicholas Lorenz Bagge and on June 24 set out with him for Bethabara. On October 17 she was ordained a Deaconess of the Brethren." Early in the morning of September 29 she died - 1778.

grave: 64
First Name: Gottlieb
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Fockel
Date of Birth: July 12, 1724
Date of Death: December 16, 1778
Historical Information: Born July 12, 1724 in Silesia. Came to America in 1750. On November 1, 1755 he reached Bethabara from Christiansbrunn. Here he served the congregation as "Master Tailer" with all faithfulness. July 18, 1762 he married Maria Leibentz. He had five children of whom one died before him. When most of the members of Bethabara moved to Salem he took charge of the Bethabara store. Died December 16, 1778.

grave: 65
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Micke
Date of Birth: April 21, 1779
Date of Death: May 31, 1779
Historical Information: Infant son of Johannes and Magdalena Micke. Born April 21, 1779 and died May 31, 1779.

grave: 66
First Name: Jonas
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Nilson
Date of Birth: November 1712
Date of Death: December 26, 1779
Historical Information: Born in Jutland in November 1712; a tailor by profession; on May 27, 1743, married Anna Margareta Henckel; (Thirty-six couples were married on that day). His wife died in 1751, leaving three children. On June 14, 1758 he married the widow Rosina Endter. On December 26, 1779 he died.

grave: 67
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Richter
Date of Birth: January 18, 1716
Date of Death: October 2, 1780
Historical Information: A single brother. Born January 18, 1716, in Upper Lusatia. A tailor by profession. Had charge of the cattle in Bethabara. Came to Bethabara in 1755. Died October 2, 1780.

grave: 68
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Christina
Last Name: Bagge
Date of Birth: August 18, 1780
Date of Death: March 17, 1781
Historical Information: Infant daughter of Nicholas Lorenz and Maria Bagge; Born August 18, 1780; died March 17, 1781.

grave: 69
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: Lorenz
Last Name: Bagge
Date of Birth: August 18, 1780
Date of Death: December 28, 1781
Historical Information: Infant son of Nicholas Lorenz and Maria Bagge. Born August 18, 1780. Died December 28, 1781.

grave: 70
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: Franz
Last Name: Steup
Date of Birth: October 27, 1716
Date of Death: January 4, 1782
Historical Information: Born October 27, 1716 in Nassau Diez; united with the Brethren at Herrnhaag; On September 7, 1746, married Sophia Barbara Horn in Marienborn; she died on September 8, 1760; they had five children of whom two died before her; died January 4, 1782.

grave: 71
First Name: Not Known
Middle Name: Not Known
Last Name: Oesterlain
Date of Birth: August 2, 1782
Date of Death: August 2, 1782
Historical Information: Infant daughter of Matthaeus and Anna Maria Oesterlain, died at birth on August 2, 1782.

grave: 72
First Name: Elisabeth
Middle Name: Not Known
Last Name: Kapp
Date of Birth: February 18, 1782
Date of Death: August 11, 1782
Historical Information: Born February 18, 1782. Infant daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Kapp. Baptized the day after birth. Died August 11, 1782.

grave: 73
First Name: Elisabeth
Middle Name: Not Known
Last Name: Kapp
Date of Birth: November 8, 1746
Date of Death: 1782
Historical Information: (Everit) - Born November 8, 1746 in Pennsylvania. May 27, 1779 she married Jacob Kapp. They had one daughter. The child died in August and the loss touched her so deeply that she began to be ill, had a stroke and died 1782.

grave: 74
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Not Known
Last Name: Bagge
Date of Birth: December 6, 1739
Date of Death: September 20, 1783
Historical Information: (Leibert) - Widow by name of Fockel; born December 6, 1739, in Philadelphia, came to Bethabara in April 1762; married Gottleib Fockel on July 18, 1762; one of the single sisters who came from Bethlehem to marry single brethren there. The marriage was the first in Bethabara, and eight couples were united in marriage on that day. In 1778 she became a widow. Her marriage had been blessed with five children, of which a little girl went home in her second year. On November 30, 1779 she married Nicholaus Lorenz Bagge, and to them were born twins, Johannes and Maria, both of whom preceded her to the dear Saviour. On May 24, 1781 she was ordained a Deaconess of the Brethren's church in Bethabara by Bro. Graff (Bishop Graff). "She was a true helper of her husband and stood in child-like relation to the dear Saviour. She had the love and confidence of her choir-sisters (married women). Died September 20, 1783.

grave: 75
First Name: Magdalena
Middle Name: Not Known
Last Name: Kapp
Date of Birth: January 7, 1777
Date of Death: September 24, 1782
Historical Information: Born January 7, 1777; Daughter of Jacob and Margareta (Schor) Kapp; She was cared for by Barbara Schor and then Rosina Stach (Wife of Matthaieus Stach); came back to her parents when she was four years of age; died September 24, 1782.

grave: 76
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Diserta
Last Name: Schaub
Date of Birth: December 10, 1713
Date of Death: April 4, 1783
Historical Information: (Schumacher) - Born December 10, 1713, at Bergen, Norway; brought up in the Lutheran Church; Married Johasses Schaub on May 27, 1743, together with thirty other couples at Marienborn; came to Pennsylvania in the same year; came to Bethabara on November 4, 1755 with the first company of married people; very faithful to her office of mid-wife; had six children, but only the oldest, John, survived; on April 4, she had a stroke and died that day; died April 4, 1783.

grave: 77
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Elizabeth
Last Name: Samuel
Date of Birth: September 7, 1783
Date of Death: July 1, 1784
Historical Information: (little negro girl); Daughter of our negro Johann Samuel and Maria; (he had no name except "Sam", and was baptized Johann Samuel, and Samuel became the family name). When he received adult baptism we find him listed as "Johann Samuel". The child was born September 7, 1783, and died July 1, 1784.

grave: 78
First Name: Catharina
Middle Name: Juliana
Last Name: Ernst
Date of Birth: August 18, 1730
Date of Death: August 24, 1785
Historical Information: (Carmel) - Born, August 18, 1730 in Sciuloholm in Finnland, where her father, Heinrich Carmelinus was the pastor; she joined the Unity in Zeist; in 1768 she arrived in Bethabara with Bro. and Sr. Marshall by way of Charleston; married the single Bro. John Jacob Ernst, January 16, 1770; ordained a Deaconess, October 17, 1773; died August 24, 1785. The "unusually numerous congregation proved how she was honored and beloved".

grave: 79
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Jonas
Last Name: Werner
Date of Birth: February 1770
Date of Death: March 1, 1786
Historical Information: (A Youth) - Born February, 1770, on Abbots Creek; after his father's death his mother brought him to Bethabara to Bro. Broesing "on trial" for work; when smallpox broke out he and some twenty others were "innoculated". (With active virus from the pus of sores of those ill with the disease); died March 1, 1786.

grave: 80
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Friedrich
Last Name: Samuel
Date of Birth: December 4, 1786
Date of Death: June 6, 1787
Historical Information: (A negro child) - Son of Johann and Maria Samuel; Born December 4, 1786; Died June 6, 1787.

grave: 81
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Stach
Date of Birth: March 4, 1711
Date of Death: December 21, 1785
Historical Information: Born March 4, 1711, in Manekendorf, on the Moravian border belonging to Upper Silesia; his parents were Christian and Mariane Stach; his great-great grandfather was obliged to flee from Moravia to Saxony during the great persecution in the beginning of the preceding century. (possibly the persecution of 1620); "secretly" his sons moved to Upper Silesia (this included young Matthaeus); already in his childhood he was concerned about his soul's salvation; in the year 1721 he took service in Zaughtenthal where he was again concerned about his religious faith, and resolved to go to the Unity with his cousin, Martin Franck, who had come from Herrnhut to visit in that neighborhood. Soon after Easter, 1728, he reached Herrnhut. His father and step-mother, with their children, followed him on June 25, 1730. In the same year he was admitted to the Holy Communion. In the year 1731 he felt an impulse in his heart to offer himself for a service amoung the heathen, especially in Greenland, and he and Bro. Bonisch agreed to make this known to the congregation in writing. There was a delay until the year 1733, when he and his cousin, Christian Stach, were sent to their post in Greenland, and after numberless difficulties they reached there on May 20 of that year, accompanied by Bro. Christian David. He returned from Greenland in 1740, was married on February 4, 1741, and was ordained on December 12 of that year. In 1747 he came out for the second time bringing several "Greenlanders", and returned with them in 1749. In 1752 he was called to England in order to make an investigating journey to Terra Labrador, which, however, was not done. In that year he accompanied Bro. Johannes von Watteville on his visitation in Greenland, and returned with him in the same year. In 1753 he went on a visit to Holland, and in January, 1754, to London, where he was commissioned to bring Bro. Ballenhorst from Greenland and to take Bro. Kuntz thither in his place. On October 24 of the same year he returned safely to London with the former. In 1758 he travelled with several Brethren to Greenland and there began the new congregation-town of Lichtenfels. In 1771 he returned to Europe, and in 1772, in August, came with his wife to Bethabara from Barby. In Bethabara he took charge of the school for the little boys and she held school for the little girls. He was for some time a member of the Bethabara committee. In February, 1785, as he was bringing a pitcher of water from the spring he had a bad fall. They put him to bed, and he suffered much pain in the left side which he bore patiently, and rejoiced in the prospect of an early-home-going which followed on the 21 of December with the blessing of the congregation, and of his choir (Married Men). His journey through life lasted 76 years, 11 months, two weeks, and three days.

grave: 82
First Name: Christian
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: not known
Date of Birth: not known
Date of Death: September 28, 1789
Historical Information: Chrisian, the Negro - Formerly called "Franck" - Born in Guinea, and as a child was sold by his relatives to a ship, and was brought to South Carolina. On the 12 of October, 1771 he was bought by the Brethren, and was employed in the building of Salem. On August 27, 1780 he received baptism, and on February 23, 1782, was admitted to the Holy Communion. In 1783, in Salem, where he had been employed in building, he was married to the negress, Nancy, and served in the inn. In 1787 he came to the tavern in Bethabara. He was always faithful and industrious and was loved by everyone. On September 19 he had a hard fall and injured his head, and died on September 28, 1789. He was the first negro brother to die in the district of Wachovia, and the first whose home-going was annouced by the trombonists from the gallery of the new church in the usual manner.

grave: 83
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Gertrudd
Last Name: Stohr
Date of Birth: August 12, 1787
Date of Death: December 13, 1789
Historical Information: Born August 12, 1787, and baptized the same day. An unusual type of hiccoughs which she had for more than two years, was the occasion of her home-going, which took place on December 13, 1789. She was the daughter of Heinrich and Dorothea Stohr.

grave: 84
First Name: Aldje
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Doll
Date of Birth: September 15, 1764
Date of Death: January 17, 1790
Historical Information: (Ellrod) - Born September 15, 1764; daughter of Cristoph and Aldje Ellrod; in her girlhood she had been received into the Hope Society (at Hope); married John Friedrich Doll on February 5, 1789 and bore a healthy son, but passed away. She had asked for burial on the Bethabara graveyard, but was not a member of Bethabara. Died January 17, 1790.

grave: 85
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Helena
Last Name: Schmidt
Date of Birth: June 5, 1720
Date of Death: September 28, 1790
Historical Information: Born June 5, 1720, in Gorliz in Upper Lusatia. In 1749 she came with Bro. John Nitschmann's colony to America (Bethlehem) and in the same year married Cristoph Schmidt; on November 4, 1754 she reached Bethabara with the first group of married people; died on September 28, 1790.

grave: 86
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Magdalene
Last Name: Kraus
Date of Birth: December 14, 1767
Date of Death: January 16, 1791
Historical Information: (Meyer) - Born, December 14, 1767, in Bethabara where her parents were conducting the tavern; daughter of Jacob and Dorothea Kraus; had lived in Salem for a time; married Gottlob Krause June 29, 1786; moved back to Bethabara in 1789, and died January 16, 1791, a few days after her confinement. The child, Samuel Benjamin, was baptized on the following day after his birth, (December 26, 1790).

grave: 87
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Ackerman
Date of Birth: April 6, 1756
Date of Death: February 3, 1791
Historical Information: Born April 6, 1756, at Krauthausen, near Eisenach; "In the last war he came to America with the hired troops to assist the English, (probably Revolutionary War), from which he took the opportunity to get free", joined the church in Salem, and later moved to a farm near Bethabara; married Barbara Christman on June 12, 1787. On February 3 of this year as he was hauling stone for Salem and broke his neck and died in a few minutes; died February 3, 1791. He left two children.

grave: 88
First Name: Juliane
Middle Name: Elisabeth
Last Name: Oesterlein
Date of Birth: September 3, 1788
Date of Death: February 3, 1791
Historical Information: Daughter of Matthaeus and Anna Maria Oesterlein; born September 3, 1788 in Bethabara; died February 3, 1791, possibly of Whooping Cough.

grave: 89
First Name: Christine
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Steiner
Date of Birth: May 13, 1763
Date of Death: March 31, 1791
Historical Information: (Fischer) - Born, May 13, 1763 in Bethlehem PA; On December 3, 1789 she married Abraham Steiner in Salem and moved with him to Bethabara to take charge of the store and tavern; on March 31 she bore a still-born daughter and she also died; "another child should have followed, but she passed away". The child was buried with her. The record says, "She passed away as her husband gave her the last blessing" (there being not time to call a minister); died March 31, 1791. She and the child were buried in the same grave on April 1.

grave: 90
First Name: Samuel
Middle Name: Benjamin
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: December 26, 1790
Date of Death: June 13, 1791
Historical Information: Son of Gottlob and Magdalena Krause, born December 26, 1790; died June 13, 1791. His mother, Magdalena, had died three weeks after his birth.

grave: 91
First Name: Rosina
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Kuhnast
Date of Birth: May 4, 1720
Date of Death: March 9, 1792
Historical Information: (Arndt) - Born May 4, 1720 at Pommerschwiz in Upper Silesia; her father, Johann was a cook in the service of Baron Trach, and had belonged to the "Evangelische Kirch"; moved to Herrnhut for religious freedom; came to America in May 1749; married Christoph Kuhnast on July 15, 1749; came with thirty others to Bethabara in 1755; In 1792 she suffered of a cancer of the breast which was successfully healed, but on March 3 of that year she took cold and died on March 9, 1792.

grave: 92
First Name: Paul
Middle Name: Christian
Last Name: Stauber
Date of Birth: December 26, 1726
Date of Death: July 11, 1793
Historical Information: Born December 26, 1726 at Frankfurt Am Mayn; son of Johann Christian Stauber, burgher and notary public, and saddle-maker by profession; came to America in 1750, served Bethlehem for several years, and on July 28, 1760 married Anna Maria Mertz in Friedrichstown PA; went to Lititz for a time, and in 1767 came to Wachovia; had six children, three sons and three daughters; died July 11, 1793.

grave: 93
First Name: Timotheus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Oesterlein
Date of Birth: June 18, 1793
Date of Death: July 11, 1793
Historical Information: Son of Matthaeus and Anna Maria Oesterlein; born June 18, 1793; died July 11, 1793.

grave: 94
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Catharina
Last Name: Christman
Date of Birth: October 7, 1791
Date of Death: June 29, 1794
Historical Information: Daughter of Baltasar and Elisabeth Christman; born October 7, 1791; died June 29, 1794.

grave: 95
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Rosina
Last Name: Stohr
Date of Birth: March 12, 1793
Date of Death: November 27, 1794
Historical Information: Little daughter of Henrich and Dorothea Stohr; born March 12, 1793; died November 27, 1794.

grave: 96
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Johanna
Last Name: Hessler
Date of Birth: May 23, 1749
Date of Death: June 6, 1796
Historical Information: (Nixdorff) - Born May 23, 1749 in Bethlehem, PA; her parents, John George and Suzanna Nixdorff were in service in the congregation at Lancaster and left their daughter to be brought up in the institutions in Bethlehem; married Abraham Hessler July 17, 1787, and moved with him to Hope in New Jersey. He was "Gemein Diener" (Business manager) of the congregation; came to Bethabara on December 5, 1791; the preceeding December she had submitted a painful operation on her breast which healed, but broke out again (probably cancer). She died June 6, 1796.

grave: 97
First Name: Belthasar
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Christman
Date of Birth: December 9, 1760
Date of Death: July 11, 1797
Historical Information: Born December 9, 1760 in York County, PA; His parents, Jacob and Barbara Christman, came to North Carolina in 1762 and settled in the neighborhood of Greedy Fork; when a church was built there the Brethren occasionally preached in it, and he became concerned about his salvation; On November 22, 1780, he obtained permission to live in Salem and became a communicant member there; on June 26, 1787 he married Elisabeth Hartmann and took a farm in Bethabara; probably died of consumption; had one son and two daughters, one daughter having died before him; died July 11, 1797.

grave: 98
First Name: Johanna
Middle Name: Elisabeth
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: January 24, 1797
Date of Death: July 22, 1797
Historical Information: Little daughter of Johann Gottlob and Christina Krause; born January 24, 1797; died July 22, 1797 from a swelling in the throat (Diphteria?).

grave: 99
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Maria
Last Name: Samuel
Date of Birth: December 24, 1781
Date of Death: February 13, 1798
Historical Information: Negro daughter of "our members Johann and Maria Samuel"; born December 24, 1781, in Bethabara, and baptized the same day; on the fourth of June 1793, she was received into the choir of Older Girls in Salem; died, probably of consumption, February 13, 1798.

grave: 100
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Rank
Date of Birth: May 27, 1737
Date of Death: June 28, 1798
Historical Information: Born May 27, 1737, in Lancaster County, PA; came to Bethabara with a company on October 26, 1754; on December 18, 1771 he married Elisabeth Jacke and settled on a plantation near Bethabara; they had one son and two daughters, the elder daughter married Johannes Feisser and had one child; he lived as a child of God; died on June 28, 1798.

grave: 101
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Salome
Last Name: Oesterlein
Date of Birth: February 16, 1797
Date of Death: August 15, 1798
Historical Information: Little daughter of Mattaeus and Anna Maria Oesterlein; born on February 16, 1797; died August 15, 1798

grave: 102
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Oesterlein
Date of Birth: March 11, 1752
Date of Death: August 30, 1798
Historical Information: Born March 11, 1752, in Bethlehem, PA.; came to Bethabara with a group of boys in October, 1766; he learned the trade of a "hufschmede" (horse shoe maker) in Salem; on December 30, 1781 married Anna Maria Hege; they had six children; one sone, John Daniel, lives here in Bathabara; died August 30, 1798

grave: 103
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Christian
Last Name: Stauber
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Historical Information: blank

grave: 104
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Maria
Last Name: Oesterlein (Hege)
Date of Birth: November 9, 1758
Date of Death: April 28, 1799
Historical Information: Born in Bethabara on November 9, 1758; daughter of Belthasar Hege and Marial Juliana (Fryr) Hege; married Matthaeus Oesterlein on December 30, 1781; had six children of whom five preceded into eternity; died April 28, 1799.

grave: 105
First Name: Christopher
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Kuhnast
Date of Birth: January 22, 1717
Date of Death: November 4, 1799
Historical Information: Born Janusry 22, 1717 at Zinten near Konigsberg in Prussia; his father was Chrisoph Kuhnast, a brewer, his mother's maiden name was Hundertmark, married Rosina Arndt on July 15, 1749. They had no children. Died , November 4, 1799.

grave: 106
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Christoph
Last Name: Schmidt
Date of Birth: October 27, 1715
Date of Death: November 5, 1799
Historical Information: (Widower) - Born October 27, 1715 at Borne in Saxony; married July 15, 1749 to Anna Helena Grindling; they had no children; died November 5, 1799.

grave: 107
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Georg
Last Name: Renner
Date of Birth: June 29, 1714
Date of Death: September 8, 1800
Historical Information: Born June 29, 1714 at Nedorf near Lobenstein in Vogtland; died September 8, 1800.

grave: 108
First Name: Luwig
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Leinbach
Date of Birth: January 2, 1743
Date of Death: September 10, 1800
Historical Information: Born, January 2, 1743 in Oley, Berks County, PA; his parents were Johannes and Anna Catherina Leinbach; in 1765 he moved to Wachovia; he married Anna Barbara Lauer on October 3, 1766; they had ten children, four sons and six daughters. (See original book for their names and families under his death record); died September 10, 1800

grave: 109
First Name: Abraham
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Hessler
Date of Birth: November 25, 1744
Date of Death: September 11, 1800
Historical Information: Pastor of Bethabara Congregation; born November 25, 1744, in Nazareth, PA; son of Christoph Abraham Hessler and Anna Maria (Wieg) Hessler; married first time in Bethlehem, Anna Nixdorff, July 17, 1787; married second Salome Nissen, (Maiden Name Neurer) on December 8, 1796, he had no children by either marriage; on the 11 of September 1800, "as a faithful servant of the Unity he entered into the joy of his Lord".

grave: 110
First Name: Anna
Middle Name: Elisabeth
Last Name: Stauber
Date of Birth: December 23, 1771
Date of Death: September 21, 1781
Historical Information: Born December 23, 1771, in Friedberg, NC; her parents were Paul Christian Stauber, a saddle-maker, and Anna Maria (Mertz) Stauber; she "fell asleep", September 21, 1781.

grave: 111
First Name: Matthaeus
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: June 29, 1802
Date of Death: July 9, 1802
Historical Information: Infant son of Johann Gottlob and Christina Krause; Born June 29, died July 9, 1802.

grave: 112
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: Susanna
Last Name: Schor
Date of Birth: March 15, 1773
Date of Death: August 29, 1802
Historical Information: (Ritter) - Born, March 15, 1773 on the Juwara (Uhwarrie) River in North Carolina; her parents were Michael Ritter, a shoemaker, and Elisabeth (Vauden) Ritter; who were Mennonites; married in Bethania, April 4, 1794 to the single brother, Peter Schor, a shoemaker, and moved to a farm at Bethabara; they had three daughters; died August 29, 1802.

grave: 113
First Name: Johann
Middle Name: Gottlob
Last Name: Krause
Date of Birth: September 18, 1760
Date of Death: November 4, 1802
Historical Information: Potter and Mason; born September 18, 1760, in Bethabara; son of Matthias and Christina Barbara Krause; married first, in Salem, June 29, 1786, Maria Magdalena Meyer; came to Bethabara 1789, where she died; married second, Christina Bockel from Friedland on June 26, 1791; died November 4, 1802. By his first marriage he had two sons, one of whom died in infancy. By his second marriage he had five sons and one daughter, one daughter and one son dying in infancy.

grave: 114
First Name: Louisa
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Schor
Date of Birth: August 23, 1802
Date of Death: November 6, 1802
Historical Information: Daughter of widdower, Peter Schor; born August 23, 1802; died November 6, 1802.

grave: 115
First Name: Maria
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Stauber
Date of Birth: December 21, 1802
Date of Death: January 29, 1803
Historical Information: Born, December 21, 1802; died January 29, 1803; a daughter of Christian Gottfried Stauber, a tailor, and his wife Anna Maria (Baumgarten) Stauber. (Probably Measles).

grave: 116
First Name: Thomas
Middle Name: Heinrich
Last Name: Buttner
Date of Birth: May 13, 1803
Date of Death: June 27, 1803
Historical Information: Born, May 13, 1803; died June 27, 1803; Son of John Buttner, potter, and Anna Maria (Knaus) Buttner. (Probably Measles).

grave: 117
First Name: Johannes
Middle Name: not known
Last Name: Stauber
Date of Birth: January 20, 1800
Date of Death: June 30, 1803
Historical Information: Born, January 20, 1800; died June 30, 1803; son of Christian Gottfried Stauber and Anna Maria (Baumgarten) Stauber. (Probably Measles).

grave: 118
First Name: Maria