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she endeavored, in June, 1799, to make her way, as best she might, from Carroll's Manor, Maryland, to Lititz, where she hoped to be received into the Sisters' House, her half-sister Mary Tippet, being one of that "choir." Arrived at an inn in Taneytown, with seventy more miles to go, the landlord kindly allowed her to remain there for a short time in the hope that some passing conveyance might take her farther on her way. "After a few days, Col. Curtis Grubb came in his coach to the inn. I begged him to take me with him to the neighborhood of Lancaster, but he refused me point-blank, saying that he could not drag a sick woman about with him. Then, upon my further entreaty, he asked me, 'Well, where, near Lan- caster, do you wish to go?' To Lititz, to my sister, said I. 'Have you a sister in Lititz -- and does she belong to the Brethren? Well, then I will take you with me.' During the whole journey he treated me with the tenderness of a father; would not allow me to pay for anything, and ordered for me such delicacies as were best adapted to my enfeebled condition. He repeatedly assured me, in words of kind encouragement, how happy I should be if I obtained leave to live with the Brethren and Sisters at Lititz, for he knew them to be true children of God. When we were come four miles from Lititz where his homeward way led off from the Lititz road, (at Neffsville, via Manheim for Mt. Hope) he gave me a letter he had written to Bro. Andrew Horn (landlord of Zum Anker Inn near Lititz) to insure my good reception with him; placed me in the care of his secretary for the remaining distance, and then, at parting with me, pressed into my hand a beautiful piece of gold. Oh, God, reward him for his kindness !"
61. John Renatus Christ. 1, r. xiv, 5. Jan. 21. Infant son of Peter and Juliana Christ.
62. Anna Magdalena Meyer. 1, 1. x, 3. April 6. Unmarried Sister. Born in Ulm, May 1, 1710. Came to Lititz, 1762, to be the first Pflegerin (Spiritual Overseer) in the new Sisters' House; but in 1764 she was superseded in this office by Sr. Augustine and given that of Warden of her "choir," a position which she filled admirably for sixteen years to her end.
63. Maria Kreiter, m.n. Hirschy. 1, 1. xix, 6. Aug. 31. Born in Hemp- field Township, 1728. Wife of Peter Kreiter. They moved to Lititz in 1770. Eight children, all of whom survived her.
64. Anna Dorothea Glotz. 1, 1. x, 2. Sept. 19. Unmarried Sister. Con- sumption.
1781.
65. John George Ohneberg. 1, r. xii, 4. April 24. Unmarried. Born on the Island of St. Croix, Dec. 19, 1751.
66. Rosina Christ. 1, 1. xiii, 5. May 24. Daughter of Peter Christ, aged four years and nine months. Her death was caused by the lodge- ment of a bean in her windpipe.
67. Christian Henry Werner. 1, r. xiv, 6. May 26. Born in Lititz, 1775.
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68. Anna Christina Francke, m.n. Bezold. 1, 1. xx, 4. June 14. Wife of Rev. John Chistopher Francke. Born Oct. 28, 1713, in Halle, Saxony. Came to Lititz, 1763. Of three sons and four daughters only John Immanuel and Agnes survived her.
69. Anna Maria Cassler. 1, 1. x, I. Sept. 17. Unmarried Sister. Born in Lititz, April 1, 1761. Daughter of Lewis and Christina Cassler. 70. Adolph Meyer. I, r. xx, 5. Oct. 6. Physician and surgeon to the Lititz congregation. Born in Westerhausen, Saxony, March 15, 1714. Learned his profession from his father. United with the Brethren in Herrnhut, 1736. In 1739 he married Mary Dorothea Cartaus, and received a call to Pennsylvania. His wife, because of sickness, could not accompany him; later she sailed for America but died off the Banks of Newfoundland and was buried at sea. Arrived in Philadelphia, Dr. Meyer was sent to Nazareth where he practiced medicine and was the first Elder of the congregation. In 1745 he married Maria Justina Kraft, and in 1746 they were called to take charge of the Boys' School in Fredericktown, remaining in that situation until the close of 1749. Because of Sr. Meyer's con- tinual ill-health, they asked for their release and began housekeep- ing for themselves, Dr. Meyer serving his neighborhood with his medical and surgical knowledge. "Our attachment to the Congrega- tion was never lessened, and although we did not visit it, we, as was the case with the Prophet Daniel, never lost our remembrance of or our longing for it." At that time his son Christian-a bright young man-died. "Visited by the Brethren, their kind love melted my heart, and made us long to live again in a Gemein-ort" (Congre- gation settlement). Therefore they were appointed to Lititz, and came hither June 6, 1776.
71. Samuel Krause. I, r. xii, 5. Oct. 22. Unmarried. Born in Nazareth, Nov. 22, 1749. Master of domestic affairs in the Brethren's House. Died of an epidemic fever.
1782.
72. Maria Van Vleck, m.n. Schmidt. 1, 1. xix, 7. Jan. 27. Born in Beth- lehem, April 24, 1752. First wife of Henry Van Vleck (hatter).
73. John Renatus Keller. 1, r. xii, 6. Feb. 22. Unmarried. Born Aug. 23, 1727. In 1773 he was ordained a Deacon of the church and then received a call to Pennsylvania, coming the same year to Lititz. Warden of the Single Brethren's "choir." Died of consumption.
74. Elizabeth Ricksecker. 1, 1. xii, 7. May 7. Unmarried Sister. Born in Warwick, 1762. Daughter of Peter Ricksecker.
75. John Christopher Francke. I, r. xii, 7. Aug. 22. Born in Schnee- berg, Saxony, Dec. 30, 1711. Converted by the preaching of Zinzen- dorf in Berlin. Married Anna Christina Bezold. Came to this country, 1742. Director of the Boys' Schools in Nazareth, Freder- icktown, Oley and Macungie. Ordained a Deacon of the Church, 1749. In Lititz, from 1763, he and his wife had the superintendence of the married "choir" and he was the congregation's Warden. He was stricken with apoplexy while sitting, as president, at a meeting of
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the Aufseher Collegium (Committee of Temporal Affairs), dying soon afterwards.
76. Sophia Dorothea Gattermeyer. 1, 1. xii, 6. Aug. 29. Unmarried Sister. Born in Bethlehem, Jan. 19, 1751. Her father, John Gatter- meyer, was killed by the Indians in the massacre at Gnadenhuetten on the Mahony, 1755. Consumption.
77. Margaretha Kling. 1, 1. xii, 5. Nov. 13. Unmarried Sister. Born in Donegal, Pa., 1737. Employed in the bakery of the Sisters' House and was mistress of its dairy.
78. John Gottfried Zahm. 1, r. xii, 7. Dec. 19. Unmarried. Born in Bethlehem, May 10, 1753. Came in 1779 to Lititz as Pfleger (Spiritual Overseer) of the Single Brethren. Both he and his second in authority, (Renatus Keller, Warden, No. 73) were re- markably successful in their calling with the young men. They lie side by side on the graveyard. A fine musician. Ordained a Deacon of the Church a few months before his death. Consumption.
1783.
79. Catharine Rauch, m.n. Gutjahr. 1, 1. xviii, I. Jan. 2. Born in Lan- caster, Feb. 3, 1747. First wife of John Henry Rauch. Consump- tion.
80. Martha, an Indian. 1, 1. xii, 4. March 20. Unmarried Sister. Born in Shecomeko, 1739. Her parents were Thomas and Esther, Mo- hicans. Baptized by Christian Henry Rauch. 1748, was servitress in the Germantown Moravian School; 1763-64, in exile with the Christian Indians in Philadelphia. Came in 1771 to Lititz to be the mistress-tailoress in the Sisters' House. Served, also, several years as a teacher in the congregation day-school for girls.
81. Dorothea Klein, m.n. Davis. 1, 1. xviii, 2. July 23. Born Aug. 28, 1721, "on the Schuylkill." Was converted by Zinzendorf when he, with other Brethren, lodged in her brother-in-law's barn. Her third husband was George Klein, popularly known as the founder of Lititz. Lived in Bethlehem, but came to Lititz to have the treat- ment of Dr. Fahnestock, of Ephrata, for a cancerous affection about her head. Somewhat improved she returned to her home, but, her malady increasing again, she came back to Lititz to have her physician's care until her death, which she knew to be inevitable. About the time of her funeral an express came to Lititz with the news of her husband's death in Bethlehem. (George Klein and his first wife, Anna, m.n. Bender, both came from Kirchardt in the Palatinate. In 1754 he donated 491 acres of land to the Lititz Con- gregation, receiving from the church an annuity of f70 during his life).
82. John Paul Hennig. I, r. xii, 8. Aug. 21. Unmarried. Born Jan.1, 1715, of Roman Catholic parents. United with the Moravians in Herrn- haag, 1743. Came to this country in 1750, and was employed in the Economy at Christianspring as cook, and also as a teacher of the boys. To Lititz in 1767 as master-shoemaker in the Brethrens' House.
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83. Dorothea Rosina Horn, m.n. Fischer. 1, 1. xviii, 3. Oct. 18. Born in Lower Silesia, Sept. 3, 1713. Wife of Bro. Andrew Horn.
84. Elizabeth Peter, m.n. Koehler. 1, 1. xviii, 4. Dec. 18. Born in Macungie (Emmaus) Sept. II, 1749. Wife of Bro. Simon Peter. Consumption.
1784.
85. Frederick Peter. I, r. xiv, 7. March II. Infant son of Simon and Elizabeth Peter.
86. John Nathaniel Danz. I, r. xiv, 8. July 31. Infant son of Simon Danz.
87. Marie Magdalena Augustine. 1, 1. xii, 3. May 23. Unmarried Sister. Born in Gotha, Thuringia, Aug. 3, 1714. After much varied service in European congregations she, in 1763, sailed with Capt. Jacobson in the "Hope" from Gravesend for New York, hav- ing a calm and delightful voyage; and thence came directly to Lititz whither she had been called, and where she continued until her death the very distinguished Pflegerin of the Sisters' "choir." She was also the General Superintendent of the Single Sisters in America.
88. Henry Frey. I, r. xx, 6. Sept. 25. Born May 12, 1724, in Falckner's Swamp. Converted by the preaching of Christian Henry Rauch, he united with the Moravians in 1744. Destined for the Indian mission he learned the Maqua language from Bro. Pyrlaeus. Accompanied David Zeisberger on his journey to Onondaga. Maried Anna Maria Buerstler. Served the Church in various capacities; was the War- den of Nazareth Congregation; and finally came to Lititz where, for a few years, he was the miller, and then moved up into the village to work at his trade of carpentry. When the mill was destroyed by fire in 1775, he as master-carpenter superintended the building of the new (present) one.
89. Anna Maria Frey. 1, 1. xviii, 5. Sept. 27. Born in Oley, Feb. 23, 1730. Wife of Henry Frey.
90. Anna Maria Protzman. 1, 1. xviii, 6. Nov. 3. Born Sept. 23, 1723, in Waechtersbach, near Herrnhaag. Wife of John Ludwig Protzmann, who died in 1778. Epidemic fever. She had five sons and three daughters. Nine grandchildren.
91. Beata Rauch. 1, 1. xiii, 6. Nov. 12. Infant daughter of John Henry Rauch.
1785.
92. John Michler. 1, r. xx, 7. June 20. Born Oct. 24, 1720, in Leuchin- gen, Wuertemberg. Served in the boys' schools of Nazareth and Fredericktown and twice as a missionary in the West Indies. His second wife was Margaret Roseen, m.n. Rieth; his third the Widow Ohneberg; his fourth, Margaret Sherger. Died of an epidemic fever.
93. Susanna Maria Kreiter. 1, 1. xiii, 7. July 3. Daughter of Peter Kreiter. Aged two years.
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94. Anna Catharina Fertig, m.n. Seidner. 1, 1. xviii, 7. Aug. 23. Born in Wertheim, Germany, Sept. 24, 1723. Her husband, John Christopher Fertig, and she had charge of the Lititz church farm.
95. Joseph Willey. I, r. xi, 8. Sept. 30. Unmarried. Born May 3, 1731, in Okenshaw, Yorkshire, England. United with the Moravians at Fulneck. Master weaver in the Lititz Brethren's House.
96. Beatus Hanke. I, r. xiv, 9. Dec. 8.
1786.
97. John Matthew Kreiter. I, r. xii, 9. Jan. 3. Unmarried. Born near Lititz, Dec. 24, 1760. Son (sixth) of Peter and Maria (Hirschy) Kreiter. Consumption.
98. Regina Kreiter, m.n. Fertig. 1, 1. xvii, I. Feb. 8. Wife of Andrew Kreiter, fulling-miller. Born Dec. 27, 1755, in Wertheim, Germany. 99. Anna Ricksecker, m.n. Meyer. 1, 1. xvii, 2. April 24. Born in Ueberschimmerhof, near Worms, March 5, 1720. Her first husband was Henry Schneider, of Donegal; her second, Peter Ricksecker, Sr., of Warwick. Both the latter and she contracted the "camp- fever" in 1778; she recovered but he died of it.
100. Andrew Horn. I, r. xx, 8. Nov. 4. Born March 8, 1717, in Eichen- bach, Würtemberg. United with the Brethren in Herrnhut, 1742. Came to Pennsylvania 1744, and with his wife, Dorothea Rosina, m.n. Fischer, served the Bethlehem Economy in various ways. Ordained a Deacon of the Church, 1755. Came to Lititz, 1761; was Warden of the congregation, an always useful member of the Auf- seher Collegium, and, finally, the first and very popular landlord of the Congregation's tavern "Zum Anker" (present Lititz Springs Hotel). His remains were the first to lie in the new (present) corpse-house.
IOI. Christina Elizabeth Glotz. 1, 1. xii, 2. Nov. 23. Unmarried Sister. Born in Lititz, 1765. Consumption.
1787.
102. Maria Dorothea Lecron. 1, 1. xii, I. Feb. 9. Unmarried Sister. Born in Cocalico Township, Jan. 14, 1752.
103. Maria Justina Meyer. 1, 1. xvii, 3. April 29. Wife of Dr. Adolph Meyer. Consumption.
104. Louisa Danz. 1, 1. xiii, 8. June 21. Aged 3 months.
105. John William Werner. I, r. xix, 8. June 24. Born March 1, 1722, in Manheim, in the Palatinate. Came to this country 1744. His first wife's maiden name was Blum; they had three daughters. Second marriage was to Sr. Schuchard, three sons and two daughters; his third, to Anna Maria Kiesel-three sons and one daughter. By trade a cooper, he was also the village phlebotomist and tooth-drawer.
106. Jacob August Danz. I, r. xiv, 10. July 15. Aged 4 months.
107. Sarah Van Vleck. 1, 1. xiv, 8. Aug. II. Infant daughter of Henry Van Vleck.
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108. Catharine Blickensderfer. 1, 1. xiii, 9. Sept. 20. Aged 3 years. 109. Catharine Glotz, m.n. Born. 1, 1. xvii, 4. Oct. 4. Born in Rhenish Bavaria, March 15, 1733. Wife of Albrecht Glotz. One son and two daughters. Consumption.
II0. Matthew Godfrey Hehl, Episcopus Fratrum. 1, r. xx, I. Dec. 4. Born April 30, 1705, at Ebersdorf, Würtemberg. Received the degree of Master of Arts in 1723 at the University of Tuebingen. By the influence of Christian David, and, subsequently, that of Zinzendorf, he was led to unite with the Moravians. In 1737 he married Anna Maria Jaehne (see No. 47). Arrived in Bethlehem, 1751. Came in 1756 to Lititz where he was for twenty-eight years the principal pastor and Superintendent of a circuit of Moravian churches in this diocese, of which Lititz was the centre. A profound theologian, an eloquent preacher, a gifted musician and a fine hymnologist, he ranked in usefulness to the Moravian Church with the foremost leaders of his time. The inscription upon his grave- stone reads as follows :
Matthaeus Gottfried Hehl Tübingensis gebr. in Würtemberg d. 30 April 1705 verschied 4 Dec. 1787 seines Alters 82 Jahre seines Episcopats 37 Jahre
1788.
III. Maria Barbara Leinbach. 1, 1. xii, 8. Jan. 18. Unmarried Sister. 112. Sophia Christ. 1, 1. xiv, 9. Feb. 12. Aged 10 months.
113. John George Lehnert. 1, r. xiv, 2. Aged 8 months.
114. Elizabeth Van Vleck, m.n. Riem. 1, 1. xvii, 5. Feb. 18. Second wife of Henry Van Vleck, hatter. Born in Lancaster, Sept. 14, 1758. 115. Anna Christina Zander. 1, 1. xi, 8. March 19. Unmarried Sister. Born in Berbice, South America, Oct 6, 1749.
116. Anna Susanna Born, m.n. Leuthold. 1, 1. xvii, 6. June 6. Born Sept. 1733, in Berne, Switzerland. A widow.
117. Samuel Tannenberg. 1, r. x 8. June 17. Born in Lititz, April 23, 1766. Unmarried. Son of David Tannenberg.
118. Joseph Hobsch. I, r. xi, 9. July 4. Unmarried. Born in Schoen- heide, Silesia, Jan. 17, 1715.
119. Abraham Frederick. 1, r. xviii, I. Oct. 16. Born in Donegal, July II, 1723. Married.
120. Godfrey Aust. I, r. xviii, 2. Oct. 28. Born April 5, 1722. From Salem, N. C.
121. Jacob Tshudy. I, r. x, 9. Dec. 21. Unmarried. Born in Lititz, Aug. 22, 1766. Son of Christian and Eva Barbara (Kiesel) Tshudy.
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1789.
122. Simon Danz. I, r. xviii, 3. Jan. 19. Born in Switzerland, April II, 1744. Married. Landlord of "Zum Anker" Inn.
123. Anna Johanna Ricksecker. 1, 1. x, 8. Jan. 20. Unmarried Sister. Born Jan. 15, 1759.
124. Beatus Lennert. I, r. xiv, 12. Feb. 20.
125. John Peter Lennert. 1, r. xiv, 13. Feb. 26. Twin-brother of the last named. Sons of Peter Lennert.
126. Sarah Denke, m.n. Test. 1, 1. xx, 5. May 3. Born June 28, 1789. Superintendent of the Married Sisters. Second wife of Rev. Jere- miah Denke, pastor in Lititz.
127. Georgina Elizabeth Proske. 1, 1. xii, 9. Aug. 29. Unmarried Sister. Born in Jamaica, W. I., Jan. 10, 1764. Consumption.
I28. Albrecht Glotz. I, r. xviii, 4. Dec. 9. Born Nov. 27, 1714, in Franconia. Tobacconist.
1790.
129. Elizabeth Burnet. 1, 1. xi, 9. April 4. Unmarried Sister. Born in New York, July 16, 1730. Teacher in the Girl's School.
130. Benigna Eichler. 1, 1. xvii, 7. May 17. Born Dec. 28, 1768, in Lititz. Daughter of Albrecht Glotz. Wife of Gottlieb Eichler.
131. John Daniel Sydrich. I, r. xviii, 5. May 22. Presbyter. Born May I, 1727, in Frankfort-on-the-Main. His father was Hieronymus Sydrich, a confectioner ; mother's maiden name was Abt. After his father's death he went with his mother to Herrnhut-he to live in the Orphanage where he had the ever valued instruction of Bro. Matthew Hehl, its Director, in the languages and sciences. Came to Bethlehem in 1750. Served in the Boys' Schools of Emmaus and Christianspring, going from the latter place occasionally to preach in Shoeneck. Ordained as Deacon, 1760. Married Gertrude Peter- son, 1774. Labored in Philadelphia, Hope, N. J., in the Brethren's House in Lititz, and at Graceham, his favorite and last congregation. On May 8, although in very ill-health, he came to Lititz as a member of a synod, at which he was ordained a presbyter, but died soon afterward, May 27. Sr. Sydrich writes of him that "he loved and was loved in return."
132. Eva Barbara Christ. 1, 1. xvii, 8. June 3. Born in Hempfield Town- ship, Sept. 21, 1746. Daughter of Valentine Grosh. Wife of Daniel Christ. Had five children; Christian, John, Maria Catharine and Susanna. Maria survived her.
133. Christian David Kreiter. I, r. xii, 10. June 5. Unmarried. Born April 5, 1765; a son of Peter Kreiter.
134. Maria Barbara Geitner. 1, 1. xviii, 8. July 16. Born Jan. 13, 1726, in Hoff, Voigtland. In Bethlehem, 1762, she married the widower John George Geitner and, in 1767, moved with him to Lititz. For her children see No. 138.
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1791.
135. Ulrich Daumer. I, r. xi, 10. Feb. 2. Unmarried. Shoemaker in the Brethren's House. Aged 67 years.
136. Henry Daumer. I, r. xi, II. May 13. Unmarried. Same trade in same place. Brother of the foregoing; both from Frankfort-on- the-Main. Aged 74 years, 6 months.
137. John Michael Bitzman. I, r. xii, 11. July 5. Unmarried. Born December 15, 1726, in Bubehausen, Hesse-Darmstadt. Steward in the Brethren's House.
138. John George Geitner. I, r. xviii, 6. Aug. 30. Tanner. Born May 20, 1715, in Zeulenrode, Voigtland. Son of John George Geitner, tanner ; his mother's maiden name was Schuler. Came to Bethlehem 1748; married Susanna Dorothea Kraup, who died there in 1760. They had three sons: Christian Gottlieb (died in infancy) ; John Ludwig, 1757, and John George, born 1760. In 1762 he married Maria Barbara Hendel and came with her to Lititz, 1767. Their children were Maria Barbara (died 1774), and Maria Salome, born 1766.
139. George Michael Kreiter. I, r. xiii, I. Sept. 23. Son of Michael Gottfried Kreiter. Aged one year.
140. Margaret Becker. 1, 1. xvii, 9. Oct. 27. Born April 4, 1737, in the Palatinate. Daughter of Valentine Grosh. Wife of John Becker, store-keeper. One son, John Leonhard, survived her.
14I. Maria Christine Ranck. 1, 1. xii, 10. Oct. 30. Unmarried Sister. Born Nov. 17, 1765, she was the second daughter of Philip and Anna Barbara (m.n. Stauffer) Ranck.
142. Jacob Augustus Lennert. 1, r. xiii, 2. Jan. 3. Infant son of Peter Lennert.
1792.
143. Anna Rosina Tannenberg, m.n. Kern. 1, 1. xx, 6. Feb. 17. Born in Ebersdorf, Upper Lusatia, 1763. Wife of the organ-builder David Tannenberg (colloquially, and usually written, Tanneberger). (He came with his family to Lititz in 1765, having purchased the "Pilgerhaus" for a residence and manufactory. His organs stood in high repute, and were ordered from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Albany, Lancaster and many more places. In 1804, as he was tuning a new organ he had built for the Lutheran Church in York, he suffered an attack of apoplexy of which, after a few days, he died. Buried in York). Their children were Rosina, married William Cassler; Maria Elizabeth, married John Schropp; Anna Maria, married Philip Bachman; David, and Samuel.
144. Thomas Kreiter. I, r. xiii, 3. May 12. Son of Frederick Peter Kreiter. Aged 24 days.
145. Gertrude Ricksecker. 1, 1. x, 9: May 20. Unmarried Sister. Born March 16, 1755. Daughter of Peter Ricksecker.
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1793.
146. Timotheus Van Vleck. I, r. xiii, 4. Feb. 9. Son of Henry Van Vleck. Aged 3 years.
147. John Martin Schmidt. I, r. x, 10. May 2. Unmarried. Born Sept. 14, 1716. Came to this country, 1761.
148. Barbara Grosh, m.n. Sandmann. 1, 1. xviii, 9. March 15. Widow of John Valentine Grosh. Born in Schorsheim, Palatinate, 1708. Came with her husband to this country, 1743, and to Lititz, 1764. She had twelve children, fifty grandchildren and five great-grand- children.
149. Catharine Brinckman. 1, 1. xi, 10. July 7. Unmarried Sister. Born in York, Feb. 3, 1760.
150. Elizabeth Mueller. 1, 1. xiii, 10. Sept. II. Daughter of John Mueller. Aged 5 years.
151. George Sturgis. I, r. x, 1I. Sept. 15. Born in Lebanon, 1775, a son of Joseph Sturgis. Linen-weaver.
1794.
152. Anna Maria Kreiter, m.n. Thomas. 1, 1. xix, 8. Apil 9. Born in Lititz, Oct. 21, 1763. Daughter of John Thomas, baker, and wife of John Kreiter.
153. Margaretha Schenck. 1, 1. x, 10. Aug. 31. Unmarried Sister. Born in Lancaster, Jan. 31, 1767. Came to Lititz and moved into the Sister's House, 1785.
154. Rebecca Westhaefer. 1, 1. (One of two unmarked graves). Sept. 3. Infant daughter of Jacob Westhaefer.
1795.
155. Beatus Harry. I, r. xiii, 5. Feb. 20.
156. Anna Bernhardina (Coelln) Harry. 1, 1. xix, 9. Feb. 22. Born in Lititz, June 6, 1769. Daughter of Claus Coelln. Wife of Isaac Renatus Harry.
157. William Kreiter. I, r. xiii, 6. Aug. 8. Twin brother of Mary Kreiter (158). Both were baptized and died a few hours after their birth. Children of Michael Christian Kreiter.
158. Mary Kreiter. 1, 1. xiv, 10. Aug. 8.
159. Anna Christina Rauch, m.n. Stohler. 1, 1. xvii, 10. Aug. 13. Wife of John Henry Rauch. Born in Donegal, Dec. 12, 1751. For her children, see 167.
160. Margaretha Grosh, m.n. Fried. 1, 1. xviii, 10. Aug. 25. Born near Wertheim, Franconia, Sept. 29, 1734. Her first husband was George Schenck with whom she had thirteen children; her second was John Grosh-no children.
161. Anna Salome Blickensderfer. 1, 1. xiv, II. Dec. 12. Daughter of Christian Blickensderfer, Jr. Aged II weeks.
162. Michael Gottfried Kreiter. 1, r. xviii, 7. Dec. 12. Born Jan. 12, 1759, in Hempfield Township, a son of Peter and Maria (Hirschy) Kreiter. Married Maria Magdalena Grosh. Their children were
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John, 1786; Jacob, 1788; George Michael, 1790; Gottfried, 1792, and Michael (posthumous), 1795.
163. Catharine Urich, m.n. Koerber. 1, 1. xix, 10. Dec. 18.
1796.
164. Maria Michler, m.n. Scherger. 1, 1. xx, 7. May 8. Born in Eisen- bach, Rhenish Bavaria, Dec. 10, 1731. Third wife of the Rev. John Michler. No children.
165. Daniel Ricksecker. 1, r. xiii, 7. June 26. Lived two days.
166. Elizabeth Lennert, m.n. Baumgaertner. 1, 1. xx, 8. Aug. 14. Born in Lititz, 1762, a daughter of Matthaeus Baumgaertner. Wife of Peter Lennert, blacksmith. Their children were John George; twin brothers that died directly after birth; Jacob Augustus, and Rebecca, the only one to survive their mother.
167. John Henry Rauch. I, r. xviii, 8. Nov. 11. Spurrier, smith, and auger-maker. Born in Bettingen, Dutchy of Berg, Jan. 21, 1729. Married Catharine Gutjahr, 1755. Their children were Johanna Catharina, 1776; Johanna Rosine, 1779, and Heinrich Gottfried, 1781. His second wife was Anna Christine Stohler, with whom he had the following children: Beata, 1784; John Frederick, 1786; Christian Henry, 1788; John William, 1790, and Maria Christina, 1793, who married Christian David Busse, of Nazareth.
1797.
168. Maria Barbara Danz. 1, 1. x, II. Feb. 4. Aged 17 years. Daughter of Simon Danz.
169. Albrecht Ludolf Russmeyer. 1, r. xvii, I. July 4. Presbyter. Labored in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Warwick, Newport, R. I., and New York. He was born in Lueneberg, March 14, 1715, his mother a French-woman, Huguenot. Came to America in 1753, and in 1754 married Maria Evans with whom he had the following children : Peter; the twin-sisters Maria and Elizabeth, 1757; Anna Rebecca, born in Warwick, 1762. Maria married Christian Schropp; the others died in youth.
170. John George Starck. I, r. ix, I. Aug. 30. Unmarried. Born Nov. 6, 1718. Came to this country 1754. A dyer and stocking manu- facturer in the Brethren's House.
1798.
171. George Frederick Kiesel. 1, r. xvii, 2. Oct. 6. Born June 13, 1721, in the Palatinate. Came to Warwick, 1729. Married Veronica Leuthold. Had nine children. Farmer.
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