Jacob Beroth
1725-1817. Born in Oppau, the Palatinate, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Traveled with others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
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1751 Population
This list occurs in a catalog of all Moravians in American under Bethlehem's care. A 20th-century hand has labeled it "1752" but it is more likely that it is 1751 (before December).
Anna Elizabeth (Rohrbach) Boeckel
1710-1771. Born at Carlstadt in the Palatinate.
Georg Frederick Boeckel
1716-1780. Born in the Palatinate. Worked on the farm. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem on 12 September 1753.
Jacob Bonn
1733-1781. Born in Skippack, Pennsylvania. Worked as a tailor.
Johann Andreas Borheck
1726-1791. Born in Hanover, Germany. Worked as a cloth weaver.
Andreas Broksch
1702-1790. Born in Bürgenwald in Upper Silesia, Poland. Worked as a farmer and a gardener.
Martin Freyhube
1720-1813. Born in Olesnica, Poland. Worked as a waggoner, cobbler, a farmer, and in the distillery.
Lucas Fuss
1722-????. Born in Basel, Switzerland. Worked as a baker and laborer. Returned to Switzerland in 1762.
Henry Gerstberger
1713-1797. Born in Langendorf, Germany. Worked as a builder.
Johann Georg Goepfert
1729-1798. Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer.
Johann Georg Gruen
1722-1796. Born in Nördlingen, Germany. Worked as a linen weaver.
Johann Balthazar Häge
1714-1785. Born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Worked on the plantation.
Erhard Heckedorn
1726-1763. Born in Basel, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer. Left Christiansbrunn for North Carolina in 1756.
John Paul Hennig
1715-1783. Born in Germany. Worked as a cook and as a teacher.
Johann Christoph Hensel
1725-????. Born in Upper Lusatia, Germany. Worked as a weaver and a smith. Left Christiansbrunn and Moravian communities in April 1752.
Johann Heinrich Herbst
1727-1821. Born in Burgsdorf, Germany. Worked as a cobbler.
Samuel Herr
1716-1773. Born in Württemberg. Worked as a builder.
Thomas Hoffman
1719-1770. Born in Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a farmer.
Johann Gottlob Hoffmann
1715-????. Born in Friedensdorf, Germany. Worked as a tailor.
George Holder
1729-1804. Born in Oley, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Moved to Bethabara in 1754.
Johann Georg Huber
1718-1790. Born in Baden, Germany. Worked as a smith. Married the widow Anna Marie Berck Lenhert in 1757 and lived with his family at Christiansbrunn.
Erich Ingebretsen
1721-1759. Born in Osterdalen, Norway. Worked as a mill-wright and carpenter. Traveled with others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Jacob Kapp
1728-1807. Born in Münchenstein, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer. Moved to Bethabara in 1754.
Samuel Lauck
1713-1786. Born in Anspach, Germany. Worked as a shirt tailor and a barber ("employed in House-Work" in 1756). Identified as inform on 1773-1775 tax list.
Johann Jacob Loesch
1722-1782. Born in Schoharie. Was the first warden of Christiansbrunn in 1749. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Jacob Lung
1713-1778. Born in Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Johannes Georg Maasner
1715-1757. Born on the Island Rügen. Worked as a builder.
Christian Matthiesen
1712-1796. Born in Jutland, Denmark. Worked as a beer brewer and a distiller.
Christopher Merkly
1713-1798. Born in Würtemberg. Worked as a baker. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Johann Nagel
1715-1759. Born in Württemberg, Germany. Profession unknown. Moved to Bethabara in 1754.
William Okley
1728-????. Born in Bedford, England. Worked as a carpenter.
Hans Petersen
1725-1763. Born in Schleswig, Germany. Worked as a tailor. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Friedrich Jacob Pfeil
1711-1786. Born in Winnenden, Wurttemburg. Worked as a cobbler. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Jacob Priesing / Brüsing
1709-1773. Born in Rügen, Germany. Worked as a builder.
George Michael Rancke
1729-1813. Born in Earlington, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Moved to North Carolina.
Melchior Rasp
1718-1785. Born in Salzburg, Austria. Worked as a mason. Moved to North Carolina in 1755.
Michael Ruch
1718-1790. Born in Bad Heilbrunn, Germany. Worked as a butcher, but also helped out within the households as he could.
Johannes Andreas Scheffler
1715-1791. Born in Niederbronn-les-Bains, France. Worked as a carpenter.
Johann Georg Schmidt
1719-1790. Born in Würtemberg, Germany. Worked as a smith. Lived with his wife at Christiansbrunn.
Johann Jacob Schoen [AKA Wuest]
1721-1760. Born in Switzerland. Worked as a locksmith. Returned to Christiansbrunn on 30 May 1757 [?] to live with and care for Jacob Rubel.
Gottfried Schwarz
1711-1762. Born in Denckendorf, Germany. Worked as a tailor.
Johann Seiffert
1722-1802. Born in Suchdol nad Odrou, Czech Republic. Worked as a carpenter and a farmer.
Johannes Thomas
1711-1791. Born in Pomerania, Germany. Worked as a mason and a carpenter.
Jacob van der Merk
1728-1773. Born in Esopus, NY. Married Christina Loesch (1733-1806) in 1759. Died in Bethabara, North Carolina, where he worked as a millwright.
George (or Ernst) Walter
1722-????. Born in Hanover, Germany. Worked as a cobbler.