Barn
91 feet long by 36 feet wide. Built using a style known as Bindwerk - essentially wood siding. Number of floors uncertain. Constructed prior to 1758.
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Cow Stable
44 feet long and 36 feet wide. Number of stories unknown. Constructed with brick walls. Constructed prior to 1758.
Benjamin Anders
1761-????. Born in Herrnsdorf, Germany. Worked as a button maker and as a farmer. Moved to Christiansbrunn in 1793.
David Beutel
1755-1825. Born in Berbice, Guyana. Worked as a helper in the field.
Ludwig Biefel
1752-1797. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer and in the cellar.
Georg Frederick Boeckel
1716-1780. Born in the Palatinate. Worked on the farm. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem on 12 September 1753.
[Johannes Bartholemew Böninghausen]
1722-????. Born in Roth, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Sent away from the community in 1759.
Andreas Broksch
1702-1790. Born in Bürgenwald in Upper Silesia, Poland. Worked as a farmer and a gardener.
Melchoir Conrad
1728-1762. Born in Zauchtenthal. Worked as a farmer.
Johann Jacob Ernst
1730-1802. Born in Aarau, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer and laborer. Left Christiansbrunn in 1762.
Martin Freyhube
1720-1813. Born in Olesnica, Poland. Worked as a waggoner, cobbler, a farmer, and in the distillery.
Johannes Führer
1760-????. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a helper in kitchen and as a farmer.
Johann Georg Goepfert
1729-1798. Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer.
Andreas Gross
1714-1768. Born in Pomorzowice, Poland. Worked as a farmer.
Anna Magdalene (Reid) Hafner
1725-1797. Born in Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer with her husband.
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 Heckedorn
1773-????. Born in York, Pennsylvania. Arrived from Lititz to Christiansbrunn in January 1791. Worked as farmer.
Jacob Herr
1718-1783. Born in Laufen, Germany. Worked as a farmer and a builder. Seems to have left Christiansbrunn in 1763.
Johannes Hoffman
1760-????. Born in Philadelphia. Worked as a farmer. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in 1796.
Thomas Hoffman
1719-1770. Born in Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a farmer.
George Holder
1729-1804. Born in Oley, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Moved to Bethabara in 1754.
Johannes Jag
1730-1811. Born in Zauchtenthal, Moravia. Lived with his wife at Christiansbrunn from 1785-1788. Worked as a gardener and farmer.
Margaret (Horn) Jorde
1721-1782. Born in Leminsgen, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Lived at Christiansbrunn with her husband and children (four in 1756).
Jacob Kapp
1728-1807. Born in Münchenstein, Switzerland. Worked as a farmer. Moved to Bethabara in 1754.
Johannes Kaske
1750-????. Born in Moker, Germany. Arrived in Christiansbrunn on 25 November 1793. Married in 1796 and remained with his family at Christiansbrunn, renting a farm until 19 November 1799.
Marcus Kiefer
1718-1791. Born in Durlach, Germany. Worked as a farmer.
Joachim Kopke
1751-????. Born in Brandenberg, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in September 1786 and left it for Nazareth in 1796.
Matthaeus Krause
1747-1799. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
John Kremser
1758-1823. Born at Nazareth. Worked as a farmer.
Christoph Lobach
1764-1814. Born in Europe. Worked as a farmer. Moved to North Carolina in 1796.
Jacob Lung
1713-1778. Born in Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a farmer. Traveled with 12 others to found the town of Bethabara in 1753.
Nathaniel Micksch
1743-1827. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. One of the first cohort of boys sent to Christiansbrunn, assigned to agriculture. Later worked as a thresher, a miller, and a farmer. Entered, but crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Matthaeus Mücke
1755-1832. Born in Bethlehem. Worked in the laundry and as a farmer. Married Catherine Blickensderfer in 1782 and the couple lived at Christiansbrunn.
Peter Mücke
1747-1816. Born in Nazareth. Worked as a farmer. Lived in Christiansbrunn as a single man and again as a married man, with his wife and family.
[Stephen Niclaus]
1733-1795. Born in Diffenbach, Germany. Worked as a farmer.
[Henry Ollringshaw]
1722-1758. Born in England. Worked as a farmer.
Christoph Peissert
1762-1825. Born in Reichenau, Silesia. Worked as a farmer.
Hans Peterson
1755-1805. Born in Ostruz, Holstein. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in September 1786. Worked as a farmer.
George Michael Rancke
1729-1813. Born in Earlington, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Moved to North Carolina.
Philip Rancke
1734-1815. Born in Earlington, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer and a thresher.
[Friedrich Rauschenberger]
1738-????. Born in Emmaus. Worked as a farmer.
Martinus Roleder
1724-1797. Born in Zauchtenthal, Moravia. Worked as a farmer and took care of the pigs. Moved to Nazareth Hall on 30 May 1757 and later to Christiansbrunn. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in 1796.
Michael Ruch II
1727-1797. Born in Eckendorf, Alsace. Worked as a farmer and as a brewer. Listed as a married man on 1771-1781 tax lists, living with his two daughters (1781).
Friedrich Schaefer
1757-????. Born in Gnadenthal. Worked as a farmer. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Jacob Friedrich Schmidt
1758-1834. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a farmer and as a carpenter.
Jacob Schnall
1761-1818. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a farmer and as a carter, transporting items.
Matthaeus Schultz
1752-1826. Born in Cotbus, Germany. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in October 1791. Worked as a farmer and served as "hall-servant" at Christiansbrunn until 1 November 1801.
Rachel Schultz
1766-1845. Born in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer for the Bethlehem boarding school.
Henry Segner
1714-1763. Born in Germany. May have worked as a tailor. Lived with his wife and children (two in 1756) at Christiansbrunn.
Johann Seiffert
1722-1802. Born in Suchdol nad Odrou, Czech Republic. Worked as a carpenter and a farmer.
Lucia (Biezer) Spohn
1714-1788. Lived with her husband, Matthew Spohn, at Christiansbrunn until his death.
Christian Friedrick Steinman
1739-1808. Born in Epstein, Germany. Worked as a brewer and a farmer.
Samuel Steup
1757-1822. Born in Gnadenthal, Pennsylvania. Worked as a cook and on the plantation.
Johan Jacob Stotz
1748-1800. Born in Lauffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a leather worker and on the farms.
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.
Martha Warner
1794-1854. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer for the Bethlehem boarding school.
Samuel Warner
1756-1816. Born in Oblong, New York. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in November 1791. Worked as a farmer.
Jens Wittenberg
1719-1788. Born in Christiana, Norway. Worked with livestock at Christiansbrunn and later as master of the purse-making shop in Bethlehem.
Friedriech Ziegler
1721-1786. Born in Stuttgart, Germany. Worked as a farmer.
[Michael Ziegler]
1741-????. Born in Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Left for North Carolina in 1764.