10/02/1718-1783Born in Laufen, Germany. Worked as a farmer and a builder. Was proposed to leave Christiansbrunn in 1762 to work as helper on the farm and then as the Single Brethren's Vorsteher in 1763 (30 April 1762, 7 Mar 1763: Minutes of the Single Brethren's Conference, 1762-1766, BethSB 10, MAB).