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In 1770 trombones were substituted for the French-horns in the church-music.
At the sunrise service of Easter, March 26, 1780, the bright- ness of the lovely morning was suddenly eclipsed by the passing overhead of countless multitudes of wild pigeons flying, with their wonted swiftness, from North to South.
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The first gravediggers for the second graveyard were the Brethren Heil and Baumgaertner.
The total number of those here interred down to April I, 1905, is 1219.
EXPLANATION OF THE METHOD TO BE USED IN SEEKING THE LOCATION OF A GRAVE.
The avenues are numbered 1, 2, and 3; the rows of graves are given in Roman numerals, counting from the entrance to the graveyard-those to the right of each avenue being indicated by the letter r, and those to the left by the letter 1; while the final numeral shows the local number of a grave, thus: Renatus- Keller, 1, r. xii, 6, February 22, means that Renatus Keller's grave is on Avenue 1, right side, twelfth row, and its local num- ber is 6; and that he died on February 22. See draft annexed.
1758.
I. John Baumgaertner. I, r. xiv, I. Nov. 6. A son of Matthew and Barbara Baumgaertner, born in Lititz, Sept. 26. On November 8, the congregation assembled in front of the Gemeinhaus where the little corpse was exposed to view; and then, after an address by Bishop Hehl, in which he said that they would begin their new graveyard "mit diesem ersten Saamen Körngen," the funeral pro- cession "of more than eighty people," proceeded to the place of in- terment. There the usual burial litany was read; then, all kneeling, Bishop Hehl, in fervent prayer, consecrated the spot "for those who in the future should be buried there to rest in hope till that im- portant moment when Christ shall call His own from their graves to a glorious resurrection."
1759.
2. Peter Jacob Jürgensen. I, r. xi, I. Sept. 4. Unmarried. 1760.
3. Elizabeth Cassler. 1, 1. xiv, I. April 19. Infant daughter of Lewis Cassler.
4. Catharine Werner. 1, 1. xiv, 2. Sept. 10. Born April 2, 1759.
5. Christian Frederick Steinman, I, r. xix, 7. Dec. 12. Born in Dres- den, Saxony, Nov. II, 1711. He married Anna Regina Rose, and emigrated with her to America, on the "Irene," in 1749. They ar- rived in Lititz, from Bethlehem, in 1756, and were to board the men at work on the congregation mill. His widow moved with her son, John Frederick, to Lancaster, where she (Widow Hayne) died, May 30, 1783. There are Moravian descendants of Christian Frederick Steinman living in that city; one of whom is George Steinman, the president of the Lancaster County Historical Society.
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1762.
6. Gottlieb Bezold. 1, r. x, I. Apr. I. Unmarried. Born Nov. 1, 1720, at Bischofswerda, Saxony, where he lived as a young man, his trade that of pursemaker. Came to America, 1742, with the first "Sea Congregation." Ordained a Deacon in 1748. He was the Elder- General of all the unmarried men, ("Single Brethren") belonging to the American Moravian Church. Died while on a visit to Lititz, whither he had come to install Bro. Lorenz Bagge as the Pfleger (Spiritual Overseer) of the Single Brethren. Was the architect of the Lititz Brethren's House.
7. Anna Rebecca Merck. I, 1. xiv, 3. Aug. 24. Infant daughter of Henry and Rebecca Merck.
1764.
8. Martin Bort. 1, r. xi, 2. Oct. 23. Unmarried. Born in Warwick Township, Aug. 14, 1743. Learned shoemaking with Bro. Lewis Cassler.
1765.
9. Abraham Haller. I, r. xi, 3. Oct. II. Unmarried. Only son of John Henry and Anna Maria Haller. Born at Muddy Creek (Reams- town) Jan. 9, 1744.
10. Anna Johanna Thomas. 1, 1. xiv, 4. Dec. 10. Infant of John and Maria Salome Thomas.
1767.
II. John Christian Fenstermacher. I, r. xix, 6. Dec. 8. Born April 14, 1697, in Meissenheim, Rhenish Bavaria. After his apprenticeship he was for six years Court Butcher to the Count von Daun, on the Rhine, and then served one year in the Dutch war. In 1741 he came to Pennsylvania with his family. His wife died at sea, leaving him with three children, one of whom was the mother of Wm. Werner of Lititz. Arrived in Philadelphia, mentally, physically and financi- ally depressed, he was soon comforted by Count Zinzendorf and others of the Brethren, whom he joined in 1748. May, 1749, he mar- ried the widow Barbara Leibert. Came to Lititz Sept. I, 1764, to take charge of the congregation store, on his own account for a few years, when it was to be returned to the church. After a short ill- ness of three days duration, he died, "a happy child of grace," aged seventy years.
1768.
12. Anna Regina Niecke. 1, 1. xi, I. March 10. Unmarried. Born in Reingenheim, near Manheim, April 22, 1737. In faithful service, seven years, with Fenstermacher's, and later at Bro. Jasper Payne's.
1769.
13. Christina Baumgaertner. 1, 1. xiv, 5. March 23. Born Feb. 16, 1760. Daughter of Matthew Baumgaertner.
14. Christina Cassler. 1, 1. xiv, 6. April 18. Third daughter of Lewis and Christina Cassler, born 1765. Died of small-pox.
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15. Anna Elizabeth Cassler. 1, 1, xiv, 7. April 27. Same parents. Born July 6, 1767. Died of small-pox.
16. Anna Maria Werner, m.n. Schuchard. 1, 1. xix, I. May 13. Born in Heidelberg Township, June 26, 1727. Married William Werner. They had five children; Catharina, and, surviving her, Rosina, Frederick, Nathaniel and John.
1770.
17. Christian Henry Sproge. I, r. xi, 4. May 16. Unmarried. Born April 23, 1729, in Curland near Bauske. By trade a mason. Came to Lititz, 1758, one of the original six brethren to occupy the new Brethren's House. Highly esteemed as superintendent of the larger boys. Some of his last work was the building of the first corpse depository (Leichen Capellchen), a vault in the basement of the Gemeinhaus (now the parsonage), and his own mortal remains were the first to lie there. (The entrance to this vault was on the west side of the house, under an outside stairway used by the brethren in going to the Saal, or meeting-place of the congregation, on the second floor. The present corpse-house was built, with the church, in 1787.)
1771.
18. John Valentine Grosh. I, r. xix, 5. April 17. Born Jan. 6, 1706, at Eichloch in the Palatinate. In 1728 he married Barbara Sandman. They had twelve children. In 1743 they came to Pennsylvania with five children remaining to them, and settled near Lititz. In 1749 he joined the Warwick (Moravian) Congregation, was its first chief- sacristan, and for many years its Steward. In 1764 he moved to Lititz, where he was appointed Curator of the Sisters' "Choir," and, again, chief sacristan. On April 15, of the above year, he was stricken with paralysis, remaining unconscious until his death. There are descendants of his living in Lititz.
19. Carl August Ludewig. I, r. xi, 5. July 2. Unmarried. Born March 9, 1729, in Wernerode, Thuringia. A potter.
20. Gottlieb Coelln. 1, r. xiv, 2. July 7. Infant son of Claus and Eliza- beth Coelln, and twin brother of John Coelln.
21. Maria Barbara Geitner. 1, 1. xiii, 1. Aug. 22. Born June 13, 1764. Daughter of John George Geitner.
22. Christian Gottlieb Hoffman. I, r. x, 2. Aug. 25. Unmarried. Born in Friedersdorf, Upper Lusatia, Dec. 21, 1715. For seven years, from 1765, he was the universally beloved Pfleger of the Single Brethren.
23. Elizabeth Hall, m.n. Kalkloeser. 1, 1. xix, 2. Oct. 3. Born in Ger- mantown, Feb. 1, 1738. Married James Hall, Oct. 23, 1770. Died of complications arising from the birth of a son.
24. Thomas Utley. 1, r. xi, 6. Nov. II. An unmarried son of the Rev. Richard Utley, born in Bethlehem, June 27, 1751. Shoemaker. A consumptive, he came here in August, 1770, at the suggestion of Bro. Tobias Beckel, who was much attached to him, to have medical 2
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treatment from a certain Dr. Blank-"the old Swiss doctor"-who at that time practised in this neighborhood. In connection with the burial of this Brother, the Brethren's House Diary gives us the fol- lowing singular circumstance: When the gravedigger had partly filled in the grave he heard three distinct knocks which seemed to him to come from the inside of the coffin-lid. He quickly called a number of the brethren to the spot, and they decided to re-open the coffin, for if they failed to do so, an unfounded "talk" would be the result : therefore, it was taken up and opened; but Brother Thomas lay just as he had been deposited there, and not a sign of vitality was apparent. The brethren inferred that the knockings, which were heard again as they re-filled the grave, arose from the pressure of ground on the coffin-lid.
1772.
25. Elizabeth Brinkman. 1, 1. xi, 2. March 8. Unmarried Sister. Born in York, Jan. 8, 1751.
26. Abraham Delker. 1, r. xi, 7. March 13. Unmarried. Born in Dorn- han, Würtemberg, Aug. 26, 1746.
27. Anna Hanke. 1, 1. xi, 3. May 19. Unmarried Sister. Born in Gnaden- thal, near Nazareth, Feb. 6, 1748.
28. Samuel Scheffel. I, r. xiv, 3. Nov. 21. Son of Ernst and Catharine Scheffel, born in Lititz, Nov. 9, 1770. Aged two years. 1774.
29. Catharine Elizabeth Scheffel. 1, 1. xiii, 2. Feb. 20. Infant daughter of the foregoing parents.
30. Christian Tshudy. I, r. xix, 4. March 3. Born in Warwick Town- ship, April 20, 1741. His parents were Henry and Catharine Tshudy, members of the Warwick Moravian congregation. Married, 1762, Eva Barbara Kiesel. Moved to Lititz, 1762, hearty permission having been accorded him as "a worthy acquisition" to the com- munity. Built a house on Main St., about midway of the present Seminary grounds, and followed his work as a day-laborer. He had four children : John Jacob, Christian, Anna Maria (married Rev. John Maehr) and Matthias. Christian Tshudy, Jr., moved to Ohio, where his descendants are living.
31. Maria Christina Schmidt. 1, 1. xi, 4. April 19. The remarkable ex- perience of this unmarried Sister deserves the larger space devoted to it. She was born in Conewago, near York, Pa., Aug. 1, 1746. At an early age the preaching of Moravian itinerants made an im- pression upon her heart, and she beseeched the Lord to make her His happy child and grant her wish to join, eventually, the sweet Sisterhood in Bethlehem. When the congregation at Manocasy (Graceham) Md., was founded, her father, Caspar Schmidt, and his family moved thither so that they might be with the Brethren. During the French and Indian War, when Christina was nine years old, in August, 1755, the dwellers in that locality were thrown into consternation by the swift irruption of a band of ravaging, mur- derous Indians (French). The Schmidts and others sought refuge
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in the Moravian school-house, but Christina and her father were eight miles away from it on his plantation. Suddenly, from the forest, they heard the sharp crack of a rifle! The father threw his child upon a horse, telling her to ride as fast as she could to the shelter of the school-house, but the horse balked and refused to move, while several Indians appeared, rapidly crossing the clearing. Schmidt's first impulse was to remain with his daughter, but to do that he knew was to be killed on the spot, and others needed his protection ; so he fled precipitately, fortunately escaping some bullets sent after him. Capturing Christina, an Indian swung her on to his back and made away with her, she vigorously protesting and making frantic appeal to be set free; to all of which he only answered "Yes, yes," and strode away the faster. In a desperation almost as comical as it was futile, she drew from her clothing a pin and with all her little force jabbed it into his broad back, which caused him to put her to the ground and despoil her of her pins. After that, a threaten- ing tomahawk always kept her quiet. Now the whole band turned upon its homeward route, traveling northward. On this journey Christina's tender eyes beheld the most frightful massacres; and when, upon coming to one of their settlements destroyed by the English, the avenging Indians took some of her fellow-captives, bound them to trees, and, thrusting into their bodies pointed sticks of resinous wood, set fire to them-a continuant torture from morn- ing to night-the savage fiends compelled her to laugh with them at the agony of their victims. Approaching their town-its score of dogs giving timely notice of their coming-they were met and wel- comed with wild shouting and much rude drumming, by the young braves and the women and children. Among the Indians, for several years, she was not treated unkindly. Once she was rescued from the death-hug of a bear, and at another time she had nearly drowned; "But," says she, "surely the Saviour remembered that I should so much like to live and die with the Brethren." In 1757, to her infinite joy, she was taken by three chiefs to Philadelphia, where, as a result of a treaty of peace, she was set at liberty, finding a home in a kind Quaker family. During her stay with them a man who had "dreamed" that she was his kidnapped child came to the city, claimed her, and, following the decision of a magistrate, took her, despite her denial of him, with him to Lancaster. "My con- tinual prayer," she writes, "was that the good Lord would restore me to my true parents; and He heard me, too." To the Synod of 1758, convened in Lancaster, came her father and mother; they heard of the child, went to see her, there was mutual recognition, a dispute with the pretended father, and, finally, recourse to a Justice of the Peace who said to the Schmidts, "Take her, for flesh and blood will not be denied !" Then the happy parents with their child repaired to the "school-house" (in West Orange St.) where they were presented to the assembled synod and congregation by Brother Joseph (Spangenberg) who, taking Christina by the hand, asked her father and mother, "Will you give this child to the Saviour and the
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Brethren?" So, after a visit to her Maryland home, she joined the Sisters' "Choir" in Bethlehem. In 1770, because of ill-health, con- sumption, she was transferred to the Sisters' House in Lititz, so that she might have the medical attention of Dr. Fahnestock of Ephrata; then came a temporary restoration, a recurrence, and death in her twenty-eighth year.
32. Sarah Delker. 1, 1. xi, 5. Nov. 24. Unmarried Sister. Born in Dorn- han, Wuertemberg, Sept. 7, 1748.
1775.
33. John Andrew Blickensderfer. 1, r. x, 3. Jan. 10. Unmarried. Oldest son of Christian and Catharina Blickensderfer. Born April 18, 1750, in the village of Lower Saucheim in the Palatinate.
34. Eva Barbara Tshudy, m.n. Kiesel. 1, 1. xix, 3. March 7. Wife of Christian Tshudy. Born at Muddy Creek, Nov. 23, 1746. Died of diphtheria, then epidemic.
35. John Ernst Scheffel. 1, r. xiv, 4. March 28. Young son of Ernst and Catharine Scheffel, born Jan. 28, 1765. Died of diphtheria.
36. Peter Williard. 1, r. x, 4. April 17. Unmarried. Born in Manocasy, Md., Feb. 4, 1751. Tanner's apprentice with Brother Geitner.
37. Anna Barbara Yungblut. 1, 1. xi, 6. April 19. Unmarried Sister. Born in Bethel on the Swatara, May 16, 1751.
1776.
38. Gottfried Roesler. I, r. xix, 3. Jan. 6. Born April 1I, 1711, in Neu- stadt near Dresden, Saxony. Came to Pennsylvania in 1750. Or- dained a Deacon of the Church in 1759, at the Synod in Lancaster. Served at Donegal, Hebron, Warwick and in other country congre- gations. His last seven years were spent in Lititz as schoolmaster for the Warwick boys. Married Marianne Mueller. They had two children, twins, who died soon after birth. On the morning of Jan. 6, as he was returning from a country visit, he was stricken with sudden death and fell, as he was found, by the roadside, his face im- bedded in the snow. His funeral was largely attended, for, "be- cause of his fine school" he was respected and loved by old and young.
39. Christian Thomas. I, r. x, 5. Feb. 4. Unmarried. Born in Lan- caster, Nov. 1, 1754, and came with his parents John and Maria Salome (m.n. Gorner) Thomas to Lititz in 1759. Exceptionally talented in music, he was the first organist of the Lititz congrega- tion. Died of miliary fever.
40. Hans Christopher Christensen. 1, r. x, 6. Sept. 15. Unmarried. Born Feb. 7, 1716, near Hadersleben, Holstein. Joined the Mora- vians, in Herrnhut, 1745. Came to Bethlehem, 1751. An expert mill-wright and hydraulic engineer, he built the first oil-mill and the water-works in Bethlehem; a grist and saw-mill in Bethabara, N. C .; the same for Hope, N. J., and, besides many more, the first grist and saw-mill in Lititz, in 1757. Upon hearing of the total destruction by fire, in 1775, of the latter, he volunteered his services, although in an
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advanced stage of consumption, to build a new one (which is still standing) ; and this he accomplished, but at such expense of his waning strength that he was constrained to take a bed in the in- firmary of the Brethren's House, and there he died.
41. Margaretha Elizabeth Grube, m.n. Krieger. 1, 1. xx, 2. Nov. 10. Born Nov. 12, 1716, at Reval, Livonia. In 1754 she was married to Joachim Busse, going with him to Herrnhut and uniting with the Moravians. Together they went, 1751, as missionaries to St. Thomas, where her husband died, leaving her with eight children, of whom Andrew Busse (once pastor in Nazareth) was the eldest. In the same year she came to Bethlehem, and in 1755 was married to Bernhard Adam Grubé, with whom she served in the Indian mis- sions of Gnadenhuetten, Pachgatgoch and Wechquetank, and ac- companied the Moravian Indians into exile, for safety, to Province Island, and, subsequently, to the "Barracks" in Philadelphia. During these missionary years she suffered hardships innumerable. In Pach- gatgoch, for instance, the winter night was so bitterly cold in their wigwam, that to save her baby's life she must make its sleeping place between two great Indian dogs. In May, 1765, they were called to Lit- itz, her husband to be co-pastor with Bishop Hehl and have the super- intendence of the congregation schools ; also to organize a choir and church orchestra. For eleven years she served as Spiritual Over- seer of the married Sisters. They had one daughter, Anna Johanna, who married the Rev. John Martin Beck. Her final illness was caused by exposure to extremely inclement weather as she came, in an open conveyance, from a visit in Bethlehem to Lititz. Her hus- band wrote of her "She was a woman of much experience."
42. Susanna Michler. 1, 1. xx, 3. Dec. 9. Born March 15, 1722, in Wild- berg, Würtemberg. United with the Brethren at Marienborn, 1743. There she was married to John George Ohneberg, coming, same year, with him to Bethlehem. In 1744 they moved to Nazareth, where, in the economy of that time, they superintended the clearing of the land and establishing of the farms. In 1748 they had charge of the school in Macungie (Emmaus) and later that of Lancaster. Received a call, 1750, as missionaries to St. Thomas, W. I., and then to St. Croix. Returned to Bethlehem, 1760, where her husband died. They had fifteen children. In 1762 she married Rev. John Michler, served with him in the school in Nazareth Hall, and then they were called, she for the second time, to the West India mission, Jamaica. Returned, 1770, and served in Heidelberg, Pa. In 1776 they sought retirement in Lititz, and here she died.
1777.
43. Peter Mordick. I, r. x, 7. Jan. 19. Unmarried. Born in Nazareth Sept. 7, 1755. Nailsmith. Died, a patient sufferer, of an epidemic pectoral fever.
44. Elias Glotz. I, r. xix, 2. Feb. 18. Born Dec. 7, 1745; oldest son of Albrecht and Margaretha (m.n. Rieth, of Tulpehockon) Glotz. Em-
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ployed on the farm of John Henry Haller, whose daughter Elizabeth he married. No children.
45. Anna Maria Shank. 1, 1. xi, 7. Feb. 26. Unmarried Sister. Born Jan. 24, 1749, in Upper Kiepingen, Würtemberg. Came, in her fourth year, with her parents, to this country. In her fifteenth year she was "awakened" by the personal persuasion of David Zeisberger, giving him "her hand to it" to remain true to the Saviour. Came to Lititz, 1768, engaged in domestic service in Jasper Payne's family, and in 1770 moved into the Sisters' House, where she died of con- sumption.
46. Elizabeth Beck. 1, 1. x, 7. Sept. 4. Unmarried Sister. A daughter of the Rev. Henry Beck, she was born in Bethlehem, Oct. 1I, 1746. Came in 1763 to the Lititz Sisters' House. Superintendent of the weaving department. Died of consumption.
47. Anna Maria Hehl. 1, 1. xx, I. Nov. 22. Beloved wife of Bishop Matthew Hehl. Born in Berthelsdorf, Upper Lusatia, Nov. 17, 1716. Her parents were Christopher and Helena (m. n. Henk) Jaehne, de- scendants of Moravian exiles. Spiritually awakened in the children's revival of 1727, in Herrnhut. In 1733, in her seventeenth year, pre- viously confirmed in Herrnhut, she partook for the first time of the Lord's Supper, and was blessed by Pastor Rothe, in the church of Berthelsdorf. In 1737, Nov. 17, she was married to Matthew Hehl who, while she had charge of the girls in the Herrnhut Orphanage, served in the same situation for the boys. Three children were born to them: John and Johanna Maria, both dying in infancy, and Mathew Leonhard, born in Herrnhut, in 1749. In August, 1751, they received their call to Pennsylvania. Leaving their little son at school in Barby-he rejoined them after nineteen years-they sailed from London, arriving in Bethlehem, Dec. 10. In November, 1756, they came to Lititz, Bro. Hehl a newly-consecrated bishop of the Brethren's Church. She died of a pectoral fever on the fortieth anniversary of their marriage.
48. Catharina Volck. 1, 1. x, 6. Dec. 12. Unmarried Sister. Born April 2, 1743, in Lynn, Pa.
1778.
49. John Jacob Schmick. I, r. xx, 2. Jan. 23. Presbyter. Born Oct. 19, 1714, at Koenigsberg, Prussia. While in charge of a Lutheran con- gregation in Livonia, he became acquainted with the Moravians and united with them in 1748. Came to Bethlehem in 1751, destined for service in the Indian mission. 1752, ordained a Deacon of the Church. Ordained a presbyter in 1759. Married Johanna Inger- heidt. With his wife he labored in various missions. A proficient in the Mohican language, and adopted by the Shawanese into their nation. Was with the Christian Indians in exile, for safety, in Philadelphia, and, after their release, led them to Wyalusing. His last mission was at Gnadenhuetten, Ohio. In August, 1777, he came to Lititz, and was appointed an assistant to Bishop Hehl, while his wife became the Spiritual Overseer of the Married Sisters.
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When, in December, the U. S. military hospital was established in the Brethren's House, he preached faithfully to the wretched soldiery ; and there he contracted the "camp-fever" of which he died. One son, John Jacob, survived him; two daughters preceded him into eternity.
50. Catharina Blickensderfer, m.n. Sherzer. 1, 1. xix, 4. Jan. 27. Born Oct. 14, 1727, in Eisenbach, Rhenish Bavaria. Married Christian Blickensderfer, and came with him and two children, first to Phila- delphia, where they lived one and a half years, and then to a farm near Lititz. In 1761 they built a house in the village and moved into it. Of her nine children two sons and a daughter survived her. Died of the epidemic "camp-fever."
51. Henry Oerter. I, r. xii, 2. Jan. 31. Born in Bethlehem, April 10, 1752; second son of Christian Frederick Oerter, and twin-brother of Anna Oerter. Unmarried. Came to Lititz, 1775, to take charge of the Brethren's smithy. Died of the epidemic "camp-fever."
52. Christopher Pohl. 1, r. xii, I. Feb. I. Unmarried. Born Jan. 6, 1724, in Habendorf, Lower Silesia. Came to Lititz, 1759, and here he was for nineteen years cook in the Brethren's House. Died of the epidemic "camp-fever."
53. Elizabeth Michler. 1, 1. x, 5. March 13. Unmarried Sister. Born on the Island of St. Thomas, where her parents were missionaries, April 4, 1756.
54. Elizabeth Ricksecker, m.n. Krieger. 1, 1. xix, 5. Sept. 3. Wife of Peter Ricksecker. Born Dec. 2, 1751, in Manocasy, Md. Had two children, a son and a daughter. Died four hours after the birth of the latter.
1779.
56. Matthew Baumgaertner. I, r. xx, 3. April 19. Born in Switzerland, Oct. 6, 1708. Settled in Donegal, but, in 1758, having fled for safety from the Indians to Lititz, he received permission to remain here. By his first wife he had one daughter, Catharina; by the second (m.n. Goepfert) he had twelve children, six surviving him.
57. Maria Elizabeth Ricksecker. 1, 1. xiii, 3. June 5. Infant daughter of Peter Ricksecker (at the fulling-mill). Aged 9 months.
58. Jasper Payne. I, r. xx, 4. July 3. Born April 23, 1708, in Twicken- ham, England. Came in 1743 with his wife and aged mother to Bethlehem, where he was made steward of the Economy. Ordained a Deacon of the Church, 1753. Served several years in Philadelphia, but for the most part, labored in the Gospel in the rural churches. In 1767 he came to Lititz to take charge of the congregation store. By his second wife (m.n. Philippina Way, of New London, Conn.) he had two sons, Jasper and Nathaniel, both surviving him.
59. Johanna Rosina Rauch. 1, 1. xiii, 4. Jan. II. Infant of John Henry and Catharine Rauch.
1780.
60. Catherine Toon. 1, 1. x, 4. Jan. II. Unmarried Sister. Born March 9, 1761. A poor, homeless and consumptive girl of eighteen years,
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