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34. Gertraud Moeller, m. n. Prozman, 1756-1828, born at York, Pa. In 1784 she was married to F. L. Moeller and lived with him at Hope, N. J., and at Graceham, Md.
35. Rebecca Schropp, m. n. Edmonds, 1762-1828. She was born at the Moravian Home Mission of Sichem, New York. In 1806 she mar -. ried the widower Christian Schropp, who died in 1826.
36. Justina Kindig, m. n. Bader, 1768-1828, born at Gnadenthal, near Nazareth. In 1819 she became the second wife of Andrew Kindig. 37. Salome Huber, m n. Eschenbach, 1762-1829, born at Oley, Pa. She was the wife of George Huber. For many years she served as the principal female sacristan.
38. Barbara Muenster, m. n. Gump, 1737-1829, born near Fredericktown, Maryland. She was first married to the widower Frederick Boeckel, to whom she bore one son. After his death in 1780, she was mar- ried a second time to the Rev. Paul Muenster, also a widower, who died in 1792. She attained the age of 92 years.
39. Anna Benigna Bage, m. n. Hessler, 1749-1829, born at Bethlehem. With her husband, Nicholas L .. Bage, she served for a number of years at Emaus and Hebron, Pa., in the ministry. She became a widow in 1789.
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40. Mary Eve Bickel, m. n. Giess; 1759-1830, from Lower Saucon, this county. Her husband was Henry Bickel.
41. Probably no grave.
42. Johanna Salome Knauss, m. n. Mueller, 1743-1831, born near Freder- icktown, Md. She was married to Leonard Knauss and lived to see 78 descendants, of whom 44 grandchildren and 27 great-grand- children survived her. She died at the age of 87 years.
43. Agnes Loesch, m. n. Demuth, 1749-1832. She was born at Herrn- haag. In 1794 she married G. M. Loesch, missionary to Suriname, S. A. They had no children. In 1808 they retired from the service on account of impaired health.
SECTION D.
ROW I .- MARRIED WOMEN.
I, Anna Maria Thrane, m. n. Neisser, 1724-83. She was a daughter of Jacob and Anna Neisser, some of the first Moravian emigrants who founded Herrnhut. In 1744 she was married to Rev. C. T. Benzien and ten years later came with him to America, where her hushand was appointed chaplain of the settlement at Gnadenthal, near Naza- reth. After his death she was married to Rev. Amadeus P. Thrane, minister at Bethlehem, who died in 1776 (A, VIII, 2.). A son from the first marriage, C. Ludwig Benzien, entered the ministry. ..
2. Dorothea Sophia Strehle, nee Nürnberger; 1723-83, born near Jena, Germany. She came to Pennsylvania in 1748, and the following year married- Rudolph Strehle. She left three sons.
3. Maria Nitschmann, m. n. Price, 1740-83. She was born in Philadel- phia. Her first husband, Rev. Tiersch, died two years after their marriage, in 1773, in North Carolina. Her second husband was Im- manuel Nitschmann.
4. Mary Catharine Lange, m. n. Klingenstein, 1724-84, from Hildrig- hausen, Würtemberg. She married Gottlieb Lange, and had a son Christian.
5. Jane van Vleck, née Cargill, 1723-84, born at Isle, Scotland. In 1745 she married Henry Van Vleck, then clerk in the store of Mr. Noble, in New York City. After Mr. Noble's death, he took charge of the business, and their house became a hospitable home for Moravian missionaries. In 1773 they moved to Bethlehem. A son Jacob and a daughter Mary survived, also four grandchildren from a departed son Abraham.
6. Anna Maria Bernts, m.n. Bossert, 1729-97, born at Oley, Pa. She was twice married, first to Andrew Eschenbach, to whom she bore ten chil- dren, and then to John Bernts. After his death she moved to Beth- lehem in order to live with her daughter, the wife of George Huber.
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7. Anna Rosina Neisser, m. n. Hauff, 1723-97, from Burkau, Upper Lu- satia. In 1745 she became the wife of Joseph Neisser, and they were in the service of John de Watteville and Count Reuss until 1765, when they came to America and assisted in serving country congregations, such as Lynn and Graceham. In 1784 they retired, and her husband died in 1793. They had six children.
8. Anna Magdalene Hafner, m. n. Ried, 1725-97, born at Tulpehocken, Pa. She was employed, with her husband, on the church farms at Nazareth and Christiansbrunn.
9. Catharine Moeller, m. n. Koch, 1722-98, from Selbold, principality of Isenburg, Germany. She was the wife of Joseph Moeller, who died in 1778.
10. Catharine Huber, m. n. Butmansky, 1703-98, born at Seidendorf, Mo- ravia. She was first married to Fred. Riedel, who, in 1735, with other Moravian colonists went to Georgia, but had already died, when his wife followed him the next year. She then married Peter Rose, another Moravian colonist, who taught school among the Creek In- dians on the Savannah River: but he also died in 1740. Coming then to Bethlehem she was ordained a Deaconess by Zinzendorf, and was married again to J. M. Huber, with whom she assisted in the work of the Church at Bethlehem and Nazareth, until her busband was sent on an official journey to the West Indies. The ship foundered and he did not return. His widow was then appointed superintendent of the widows in Bethlehem, and retained her physical and mental vigor until the time of her death. She was in her 95th year when she died.
II. Catharine Brownfield, m. n. Kearney, 1716-98, born in New York ; one of the first converts made by Zinzendorf on his visit to America. In 1747 she became the wife of John Brownfield, for some time secretary of Gen. Oglethorpe, of Georgia, and later bookkeeper of the Beth- lehem Economy. Her husband died five years after their marriage, while she attained the age of 82 years.
12. Anna Catharine Mau, née Kremper, 1725-99, from Mannheim, Germany. In her twelfth year she accompanied her parents to Georgia, and after her father's death she came to Bethlehem, where she married Samuel Mau. A daughter became the wife of David Bischoff."
13. Elizabeth Reich, m. n. Bartow, 1769-99, born in Philadelphia. Her husband, John Chr. Reich, was clerk in the Bethlehem store.
14. Susan Nixdorf, m.n. Korn, 1708-1800, born near Frankenstein, Silesia. In 1728 she married the beer brewer, J. Geo. Nixdorf, and in 1743 she came with him to Bethlehem. Her husband departed this life in 1785. Her age was 92 years.
15. Catharine Oerter, 1757-1803, a daughter of Chr. Frederick Oerter of Bethlehem. She remained single.
16. Anna Bender, 1736-1804, born at Warwick, near Lititz, Pa .; unmarried; an Acolyte and assistant superintendent of the "Single Sisters." After her funeral, by her request and at her expense, the whole con- gregation partook of a love-feast.
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¥7. Esther Frey, 1747-1805, born at Allemaengel, Lehigh County, of Re- formed parents; was baptized at her request, when 8 years old, against her father's will. She served in the family of Rev. G. Neisser, in Philadelphia.
78. Dorothea Jungman, m. n. Schmidt, 1756-1807, wife of John Jungman, who was appointed Steward of the Tuscarawas Reservation in Ohio. After their return she took care of the aged missionary J. Geo. Jung- man, who died in his 89th year.
¥9. Christina Hoff, 1747-1808, born at York, Pa .; unmarried. She served in families and at the Bethlehem Inn.
20. Elizabeth Levering, 1764-1808, born on the island of Jamaica, W. I., the daughter of the missionary John Levering.
21. Christina Stauffer, 1735-1808, born at Warwick, Pa. She wanted to have nothing recorded of her life, save that she found salvation and peace in Christ.
22. Juliana Horsfield, m. n. Parsons, 1737-1809. She was born in Phila- delphia, of Lutheran warentage. Her father endeavored to keep his children away from the Church and from Christian influences, but did not succeed. In 1767 she became the wife of Timothy Horsfield, who died in 1789. She left two sons, and through her son William she had three grandchildren.
23. Elizabeth Luckenbach, née Partsch, 1745-180:), born at Nazareth. In 1781 she married the widower John Lewis Luckenbach, who in 1795 died at Hope, N. J. She was his fourth wife.
24. Maria Schmidt, m. n. Baumgartner, 1748-1809, born at Donegal, Pa. In 1783 she married Anton Schmidt.
25. Anna Elizabeth Van Vleck, née Staeheli, 1764-1829, from Bern, Swit- zerland. In 1789 she became the wife of the Rev. and later Bishop Van Vleck (B, VII, 23), then Principal of the Bethlehem Boarding School, and a delegate to the General Synod of 1789. She bore him two sons, W. Henry and Charles Anton.
26. Barbara Ricksecker, née Hoehneisen, 1755-1830, from Dover Town- ship, near York, Pa. In 1779 she was married to Peter Ricksecker, and had five sons.
27. Catharine Peter, m. n. Leinbach, 1755-1830. She was born at Oley, Pa. In 1786 she became the wife of the teacher, warden and organist, John Frederick Peter (B, IV, 3).
28. Mary Jones, m. n. Cummins, 1744-1831, born at Redbay, on the coast of Ireland. She was the wife of David Jones, who died in 1784.
29. Elizabeth Haus, m. n. Jones, 1806-33, born near Bethlehem, and wife of George Haus. Her infant daughter was buried with her.
" Farewell, dear husband, parents, brothers and sisters dear, I am not dead, but sleeping here ; Remember me when this you see, Prepare for death and follow me."
30. Elizabeth Horsfield, née Benezet, 1754-1836, born in Philadelphia. In
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1783 she married Joseph Horsfield, who died in 1834. She had three daughters.
"God my Redeemer lives, And often from the skies Looks down and . watches all my dust, Till He shall bid it rise."
31. Sarah Livingston Peters, m. n. Linn, 1795-1840, born in New York. She was the wife of John W. Peters, of Philadelphia.
32. Sarah Kummer, m. n. Hinchcliffe, 1797-1842. She was born near Ful- neck, England, taught in the Bethlehem Boarding School and married the bookkeeper of the school, J. Gottlieb Kummer, afterwards Prin- cipal of the school at Lititz, and, from 1836, at Bethlehem. She had a son C. Edward K. and several daughters
33. Susanna David, m n. Bartow, 1775-1843, born in Philadelphia. Her husband, John David, of Philadelphia, died in 1809.
34. Sarah Kummer, m. n. Müller, 1761-1843, from Frorup, in Holstein, Germany. In 1794 she married George Zorn, missionary on St. Croix, W. I., who died in 1807. A son, Rev. Jacob Zorn, became a promi- nent missionary on the island of Jamaica, but died in May, 1843 (half a year before his mother), leaving three children. The mother was married a second time, in 1809, to the missionary John Kummer, in the West Indies, who died in 1813. Returning to North America, she served as superintendent and Deaconess among her sex, attain- ing the age of 82 years.
35. Anna Rosina Wolle, m. n. Geyer, 1761-1845, from Ottenhayn, near Herrnhut, Saxony. In 1783 she became the wife of Peter Wolle, missionary in the West Indies, and served with him on different islands for 29 years. Her husband died in 1813, at Nazareth. She had four sons and one daughter.
36. Anna Maria Boeckel, m. n. Kindig, 1778-1846, born near Nazareth. She was married to George F. Boeckel, who died in 1824.
37. Sophia Elizabeth Kitchelt, m. n. Richter, 1776-1847, from Sebniz, near Dresden, Saxony. She was, in 1804, called to the mission service on the island of St. Thomas, W. I., as the bride of S. G. Kitchelt, with whom she labored on the Danish islands until his death, in 1813.
38. Elizabeth Schmidt, m. n. Fetter, 1768-1847, born at Lancaster. Her husband, Anton Schmidt, died in 1834.
39. Eliza Montford Horsfield, 1779-1857, born at Newport, R. I. She was a teacher in the Bethlehem Boarding School. "She had many friends, but no enemies."
40. Eliza Cist, 1794-1847. She was born in Philadelphia, one of the five daughters of Charles Cist ; unmarried.
41. Sarah Lange, m. n. Jesro, 1766-1848, born at Fredericktown, Md. In 1742 she married Christian Lange, who died 1837. She became par- alyzed and perfectly helpless.
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ROW II .- MOSTLY UNMARRIED WOMEN.
I. Mary Catharine Biez, 1727-92, born at Skippach, Montgomery Co., Pa. Converted under the preaching of Rev. L. Schnell.
2. Anna Maria Klotz, 1739-93, from Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pa. She served in families and Moravian schools.
3. Anna Maria Stauber, 1763-93, a daughter of Paul Christian Stauber of Lititz. Her parents moved to " Wachovia," in North Carolina.
4. Mary Catharine Quier, 1762-93, born near Schoeneck, Pa.
5. Esther Weiss, 1758-94, from Philadelphia ; came here in 1790, an in- valid.
6. Anna Dorothea von Marschall, 1754-95, daughter of Baron Frederick von Marschall, who died at Salem, N. C., in 1802. She was born in London, and came to Bethlehem in 1779, as Warden (Superintendent) of the unmarried women.
7. Christina Stehly, 1754-95, from Switzerland. She requested that no record of her life be written.
8. Margaret Barbara Seidner, 1714-96, born at Grunwerth, near Werth- heim, Baden, Germany ; came to Bethlehem in 1752, with Anna Joh. Seidel, and was employed on the farm.
9. Anna Merz, 1724-97, from Dailfingen, Würtemberg. Came to Bethle- hem in 1751, from Philadelphia, and served in families.
IO. Rachel Edmonds, 1744-97, born at Simsbury, Conn .; moved with her parents to Oblong, N. Y., where she was greatly blessed through the preaching of the Brn. Rogers and Powell.
II. Maria Barbara Horn, 1729-97, born at Werthheim, Baden ; joined the Moravian Church in 1749 at Herrnhaag, and was " called" to Amer- ica in 1763, finding employment as cook in the Sisters' House.
12. Anna Maria Levering, 1752-97, born at Nazareth; she attended the Boarding School and taught school.
13. Anna Maria Groen, 1774-99, born at Bethlehem ; died of consumption.
14. Anna Elizabeth Steiner, 1735-1800, from Warwick, Pa., of Mennonite parentage. She was baptized by Bishop Spangenberg, and served as an Acolyte (assistant superintendent) among the girls.
15. Mary Magdalene Oesterlein, 1762-1802, born at Nazareth; though in feeble health herself, she faithfully nursed her mother, who was ren- dered helpless by a paralytic stroke.
16. Johanna Rebecca Sperbach, 1716-1803, born at Bischofswerda, Saxony. She joined the Church at Herrnhut ; served as a Deaconess at Herrn- haag and in England, and, in 1752, was called to America to have spiritual charge of Single Sisters living out of town. Her visiting was done mostly on foot. From 1761-70 she was Deaconess at Lititz and New York.
17. Anna Maria Beyer, 1723-1804, born at Bayreuth, in Bavaria.
18. Salome Hoepfner, 1753-1805, born at Nazareth; in indigent circum- 'stances, but kindly assisted by the inmates of the Sisters' House.
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19. Rosina Pietsch, m.n. Schenk, 1781-1807. She was born at Hope, N. J., and was married to John Gottfried Pietsch.
20. Anna Louisa Kummer, 1787-1808, born at Niesky on the island of St. Thomas, W. I., where her parents served as missionaries.
. 21. Anna Catharine Borhek, m.n. Kindig, 1780-1808, a daughter of Andrew Kindig of Nazareth Township. She was the first wife of the hatter Chr. Fr. Borhek, and left a son, James Theodore.
22. Anna Sulamith Nyberg, 1748-1808, a daughter of Rev. Lorenz T. Ny- berg of Bethlehem. When she was nine years old her parents went to England, leaving her in the care of the Church. She spent a happy and blessed childhood in the schools and later served among children as an Acolyte.
23. Anna Boehler, m. n. Rose, 1740-1809, daughter of Peter Rose of Ger- mantown. She was first married to Rev. Fred. Unger, who died at Heidelberg, Pa., and the second time to Rev. Francis Boehler, who died, in 1806, at Lititz,
24. Mary Elizabeth Reitzenbach, m. n. Spohn, 1738-1809, born at Lauffen, Würtemberg. Her husband, Phil. Jac. Reitzenbach, died in 1802, at Nazareth.
25. Maria Clauss, 1755-1827, born at Schoeneck, this county.
26. Mary Cist, 1788-1829, born in Philadelphia, a daughter of Chas. Cist and his wife Mary, m. n. Weiss. In 1823 the mother with five daughters left Philadelphia and moved to Bethlehem.
27. Maria Verona Schneider, 1746-1829, born at Donegal, Pa. In 1779 she was received as an Acolyte; in 1788 she became the assistant of Anna von Marschall, the Warden (superintendent) of the Sisters' House, and later her successor. In 1798 she was appointed Deaconess of unmarried women at Lititz. She attained an age of 83 years.
28. Maria Catherine Clewell, 1784-1831, from Schoeneck; sick-nurse in the Boarding School.
29. Mary Gill, 175c-1831, born at Oldman's Creek, N. J. Came here in 1788. Her special duty was to wait on visitors to Bethlehem.
30. Catharine Christ, 1757-1831, from Allemaengel. She served at the Bethlehem Inn and as cook in the Sisters' House. In 1798 she ac- companied the family of H. C. von Schweinitz to Herrnhut, return- ing in 1802.
31. Charlotte Sabina Schropp, 178 ;- 1833, born at Nazareth, a daughter of John Schropp. She taught in the Boarding School. After her father's death she was adopted by Bishop Loskiel, and wife, and showed them the loving attention of a daughter.
32. Verona Miller, 1758-1834, from Nazareth. Though often sick, she attained the age of 76 years.
33. Maria Elizabeth Kunz, 1769-1836, born at Gnadenthal, near Nazareth. After teaching in the Bethlehem Boarding School, she served from 1804-17 as Warden of the Sisters' House at Bethlehem and Nazareth; and later as Deaconess at Lititz.
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34. Catharine Anna Fetter, m. n. Sanders, 1817-38, born at Germantown, Pa. She married Herman M. Fetter, and removed to Hellertown ; died of consumption.
35. Susanna Schulz, m. n. Jungman, 1764-1839. Her parents, J. Geo. Jungman and wife, were noted missionaries among the Indians. In 1801 she married John Henry Schulz, who died in 1829.
36. Margaret Kunkler, m. n. Young, 1794-1842, from Hope, N. J. She married twice ; her first husband was Lewis Pyrlaeus, of Easton, and the second David Kunkler, who died in 1839. She was the mother of Mrs. H. B. Luckenbach.
37. Louisa Augusta Sigley, 1842-45, infant daughter of John Sigley.
38. Ellen Cist, 1797-1874, born in Philadelphia ; unmarried ; she lived in the Widows' House.
39. Mary L. Grosh, 1845-46, Abraham Grosh's daughter.
40. Emma A. Long, 1846, daughter of Charles Long.
41. Maria Cecilia Tombler, 1746-47, daughter of Oliver Tombler.
"Sleep, dearest child, altho' 'tis hard, To see thee thus so soon depart ; With bleeding hearts thy parents say 'Tis God's own deed, in God's own way."
ROW III .- CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
{. Elizabeth Boening (Beuning). 1776-85, from Upper Saucon; died of scarlet fever.
2. Joanna E. Unger, 1779-85, a daughter of Rev. Fr. Unger, born at Bethlehem after her father's death ..
3. Juliana Fischer, 1791-1800, daughter of the missionary J. G. Fischer ; born at Hope on the Corentyn, Surinam. .
4. Frederica Braun, 1800-01, daughter of Gottlieb Braun.
5. Susanna C. Eggert, 1806, daughter of Christian Eggert.
6. Probably no grave.
7. Mary Lathrop, 1795-1809, from Norwich, Conn .; a girl attending the Boarding School.
8. Anna Margaret Kornmann, m. n. Bichler, 1743-1809, born at Warwick, Pa. She was married to William Angel, who died in 1769, and the second time to Th. Kornmann, who died in 1805.
9. Barbara Baumgartner, m.n. Gepfert, 1724-1810, born at Mereshausen, Switzerland. She married Matthew Baumgärtner, who died, in 1775, at Lititz ; spent the years of her widowhood with her daughter, the wife of Anton Schmidt.
TO. Sophia Magdalene Rudolphi; m. n. Otto, 1769-1810, daughter of Dr. Matthew Otto, of Bethlehem ; married to Dr. J. F. Rudolphi.
II. Anna Maria Hornig, m. n. Spohn, 1743-1810, born at Lauffen, Würtem- berg, wife of Christian Hornig.
12. Joanna Maria Benade, m. n. Christ, 1778-1811, born at Nazareth. In 1799 she became the wife of Rev. (later Bishop) Andrew Benade, who was appointed Principal of the Young Ladies' Seminary. To-
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gether they labored with signal success for the prosperity of this insti- tution, until she was called home. She left two daughters.
13. Charlotte Emilie Cunow, 1797-1811, a young girl, daughter of the Rev. J. Gebhard Cunow, born at Bethlehem.
14. Maria Werner, 1748-1812, and Anna Werner, 1748-1822, twins born October 30, 1748, at Nazareth.
15. Maria Joanna Loesch, m. n. Beroth, 1732-1814, born at Oppa in the Palatinate, descended from Huguenots. Her first husband, Martin Hirt, died at Nazareth in 1768; her second, the miller Herman Loesch, at Bethlehem, in 1791.
16. Christina Sophia Giese, m. n. Clauss, 1724-1814, from Volzburg, near Zweibrücken, Germany ; she married Christian Giese.
17. Elizabeth Hauser, m. n. Meyer, 1741-1814, born at Germantown, Pa., wife of Daniel Hauser.
18. Beata Schmidt, m. n. Ysselstein, 1737-1814, born at Claverack, N. Y. Her husband, Anton Schmidt, of Bethlehem, died in 1793.
19. Anna Senseman, m. n. Brucker, 1747-1815, born in Bethlehem. In 1780 she married the missionary Gottlob Senseman, of Lititz, Zeis- berger's faithful companion in successful work and severe trials, in the Indian Mission service. He was specially noted for his energy and eloquence. Her husband departed this life at Fairfield, Canada, in 1800. Their son, Christian David, born during the Indian, War at Schoenbrunn, Ohio, settled at Nazareth.
20. Christiana Louisa Stotz, 1788-1815, born at Bethlehem ; unmarried.
21. Joanna Everitt, 1761-1815, from Lynn Township, Lehigh .Co.
22. Christina Segner, m. n. Frey, 1727-1816, born in Frederick Township, Montgomery Co., Pa. She came to Bethlehem in 1747, was baptized and the following year married John Henry Segner, with whom she served three years in the Mission on St. Thomas, W. I., and after- wards at Gnadenthal. At the latter place her husband died in 1763.
23. Barbara Jag, m. n. Holder, 1747-1816, born in Lynn Township. She married John Jag, who died at Nazareth in 1811.
24. Elizabeth Ricksecker, m. n. Kunkler, 1790-1817, born at Emaus, Pa. In 1810 she married John Ricksecker. Her children were Moses, Israel and Benjamin.
25. Mary Magdalene Wolle, m. n. Luch, 1797-1817, a daughter of Jacob Luch, born at Christiansbrunn. In 1816 she was married to Christian Jacob Wolle, landlord at Bethlehem, and had a daughter, Louisa Arabella.
26. Rebecca Cist, 1787-1825, daughter of Charles Cist, of Philadelphia ; came here in 1823, with her mother and sisters and taught in the Young Ladies' Seminary.
27. Johanna Neisser, 1752-1825, born at Lancaster, a daughter of the Rev. George Neisser, who, in 1784, died in Philadelphia (A, III, 18). She tenderly nursed her invalid mother, but was herself afflicted with partial deafness.
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28. Anna Rosina Beyer, 1756-1826, from Nazareth. She taught in the Pa- rochial Schools at Lititz and Nazareth.
29. Elizabeth Staut, 1780-1826, a daughter of John Staut of Williams Township.
30. Anna Catharine Kremser, 1761-1828, born at Nazareth; of delicate · constitution,
31. Elizabeth Lewis, 1743-1831, born in London ; well educated. In 1761 she went to Fulneck, and later to Herrnhut, where she learned Ger- man. In 1771 she was appointed Deaconess of the unmarried "Sisters" at Dublin, Ireland, and after serving in the same office at Fulneck she was, in 1783, called to America to succeed Charlotte de Gersdorf as Deaconess of the Single Sisters of Bethlehem. She at- tained the age of 89 years.
32. Martha Eliza Duncan, 1817-32, a pupil of the Boarding School, 15 years old. She was a daughter of General William Duncan of Phil- adelphia.
".This flower was plucked before it was noon, But if for heaven, 'twas not too soon."
33. Maria Eggert, 1768-1832, born at Bethlehem. Her father died when she was only 14 years old.
34. Anna Joanna Edmonds, 1750-1833, born at Simsbury, Conn. Several of her sisters had preceded her in coming to Bethlehem. She served as sick-nurse and among children.
35. Mary Ann Horsfield, 1800-36, daughter of William and Rebecca Hors- field, of Bethlehem.
36. Louisa Matilda Paulus, 1815-38, born at Bethlehem ; a milliner and teacher in Plainfield Township, this county.
37. Laetitia Boyd, m. n. Horsfield, 1798-1840, daughter of William Hors- field; married Copeland Boyd, of Montgomery Co., who, in 1838, established a paper mill at Bethlehem.
38. Anna Maria Anstedt, 1799-1844.
39. Mary Cornelia Goepp, 1842-45, infant daughter of Rev. Philip H. Goepp.
40. Mary Constance Lehman, 1842-45, daughter of Ernest Lehman.
41. Louisa S. Rice, 1845, daughter of William Rice.
42. Oestreicher, still-born, 1845.
ROW IV .- CHILDREN AND UNMARRIED WOMEN.
i. Henrietta Levering, 1797-98, daughter of the store-keeper, Abraham Levering.
2. Cornelia M. Huebner, 1800, daughter of Abraham Huebner.
3. Antoinette E. Huebner, 1801, daughter of Abraham. Huebner.
4. Lisetta Levering, 1797-1803, born at Bethlehem, daughter of Abraham Levering.
5. Maria E. Rudolphi, 1805, daughter of Frederick Rudolphi.
6. Lydia C. Huebner, 1808, daughter of the potter, Abraham Huebner.
7. Eleanor F. Leibert, 1810-11, daughter of the tanner, Joseph Leibert and his wife Rebecca, m. n. Nitschmann.
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8. Rosina C. Ziegler, 1789-1815, born at Emaus, Pa.
9. Mary Christiana Beaumont, 1778-1816, born on the island of St. Croix, W. I. Was sent here to attend the Boarding School, and afterwards taught music in that institution ; of a very amiable disposition.
IO. Barbara Schneider, 1742-1817, from Donegal, Lancaster Co., Pa. Lame from her second year ; she lived with her sister, Elizabeth Weiss.
II. Maria Rosina Schulz, 1750-1817, born in Bethlehem ; a teacher.
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