Hannah
1761-1821. Born in Gnadenthal. Daughter of Hannah and Joseph.
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1781 Tax Preparation List
Hannah
1720-1815. Born in Esopus, New York. Lived with Joseph, her husband, and their two daughters.
Joseph
1715-1781. Born in Guinea. Lived at Christiansbrunn with his wife Hannah and daughters on tax lists from 1773-81.
Mary (Titus)
1766-1822. Born in Gnadenthal. Daughter of Hannah and Joseph; married Peter Titus on May 7, 1792.
Christian Henry Beck
1757-1843. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as an assistant in the brewery and as a shoemaker. Married in 1790 and lived at Christiansbrunn with his family.
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.
Johann Friedrich Boehner
1745-1791. Born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. One of the first boys to be sent to Christiansbrunn in September 1757, assigned to learn to be a tailor. Later worked as a tailor and a gardener.
Johannes Bonn
1719-1797. Born in Skippack, Pennsylvania. Worked as a deacon.
Johann Brandmüller
1736-1812. Born in Basel, Switzerland. Seems to arrived in Christiansbrunn as an assistant in the washhouse. Worked as a baker. Identified as infirm on 1773-1775 tax lists.
Andreas Broksch
1702-1790. Born in Bürgenwald in Upper Silesia, Poland. Worked as a farmer and a gardener.
Johann David Brucker
1742-1790. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. One of the first cohort of boys sent to Christiansbrunn, assigned to learn to be a shoemaker. Later worked as a master shoemaker. Went from Christiansbrunn to Lititz in 1769. Left Christiansbrunn again when he married on August 21, 1782.
Friedrich Wilhelm Diel
1767-????. Information unknown. Worked on the plantation.
Nicolaus Fleissner
1720-1801. Born in Asch, Czech Republic. Worked as a helper on the plantation and as a thresher, and attended to the cellar.
Johannes Flex
1753-????. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a helper in the mill and as a weaver. Moved to North Carolina in 1766, to Christiansbrunn in 1785, and to Hope, New Jersey, in 1786.
Samuel Flex
1751-1782. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a linen weaver. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
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 Nicolaus Funck
1720-1795. Born in Neuendorff, Germany. Worked as a plantation worker, a headmaster, and a cellar master.
Peter Goetje, Sr.
1716-1798. Born in Holstein, Germany. Worked as a shoemaker. Lived in Christiansbrunn as a widower.
Georg Wenzeslaus Golkowsky
1725-1813. Born in Cieszyn, Poland. Worked as a carpenter, an accounting officer, and a land surveyor.
Christian Ludwig Grunwalde
1721-1793. Born in Priegnitz, Germany. Worked as a plantation worker.
Johan Jacob Hanke
1767-1850. Born in Gnadenthal. Worked as a shoemaker.
Johannes Hanke
1750-????. Born in Gnadenthal, Pennsylvania. Worked as a cook and as cobbler master. Moved to Salem in 1786.
Georg Christoph Heppner
1713-1791. Born in Lindau, Saxony, Germany. Worked as a household helper. Seems to have moved to Nazareth Hall in 1765.
Jacob Herrmann
1715-1803. Born in Holstein. Worked as a stocking weaver. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in 1796.
Johannes Hirt
1760-????. Born in Nazareth. Worked as a plantation worker.
Johannes Hoffman
1760-????. Born in Philadelphia. Worked as a farmer. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in 1796.
Johann Adam Huth
1737-1802. Born in Hanau, Germany. Only had one arm; worked as a farmer.
Daniel Kamm
1715-1782. Born in Würtemberg, Germany. Worked as a cobbler. Identified as infirm on 1773 tax list. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
John Renatus Kaske
1749-1823. Born in Berbice, Suriname. Worked as a coachman. Moved to Salem in 1786.
Matthaeus Krause
1747-1799. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Samuel Krause
Information unknown.
Johann George Kriegbaum
1713-1784. Born in Brandenburg, Germany. Worked as a cook and shoemaker.
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.
Joseph Levering
1755-1797. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a gun stocker and as distiller. Married the widow Elizabeth Smith in 1787 and lived with his wife in Christiansbrunn until they moved to Nazareth, where Levering worked as a tinker, a blacksmith, and (in the 1790s) a gun stocker.
George Lischer
1768-????. Born in Nazareth. Occupation unknown. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Abraham Loesch
1765-1843. Born in Bethabara. Occupation unknown. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Jacob Loesch, Jr.
1760-1821. Born in Bethabara, NC. Worked as a gun stocker. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Christian Matthiesen
1712-1796. Born in Jutland, Denmark. Worked as a beer brewer and a distiller.
David Micksch
1745-1793. Born in Nazareth. One of the first cohort of boys to be sent to Christiansbrunn in September 1757, assigned to learn agriculture. Worked as a plantation worker and a woodcutter.
Johann Christian Micksch
1752-1823. Born in Bethlehem. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in 1775, where he worked as a master smith. Married Philippina Loesch and lived as a married couple at Christiansbrunn. Moved to Nazareth by 1796.
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.
Paul Micksch
1763-1836. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a smith salesman. Entered, and 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.
Heinrich Müller
1760-????. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Worked on the plantation.
Lorenz Nielsen
1715-1785. Born in Calstrup, Denmark. Worked as a carpenter. Identified as infirm on 1773 tax list.
Anna Elizabeth Ruch
1772-????. Born in Christiansbrunn.
Johanna Maria Ruch
1777-????. Born in Christiansbrunn.
Michael Ruch
1718-1790. Born in Bad Heilbrunn, Germany. Worked as a butcher, but also helped out within the households as he could.
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).
Jacob Rüssler
1714-1781. Born at Hessen-Cassel. Worked as a cook.
Friedrich Schaefer
1757-????. Born in Gnadenthal. Worked as a farmer. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
Johannes Andreas Scheffler
1715-1791. Born in Niederbronn-les-Bains, France. Worked as a carpenter.
Christian Schmidt
1696-1785. Born in Jütland, Denmark. Held no working positions due to old age.
Christoph Schmidt
1714-c.1781.Born in Nuremberg, Germany. Worked as a tailor and Hexelschmitt. Came to Christiansbrunn in October 1767.
Jacob Friedrich Schmidt
1758-1834. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a farmer and as a carpenter.
Johann Georg Schmidt
1719-1790. Born in Würtemberg, Germany. Worked as a smith. Lived with his wife at Christiansbrunn.
Jacob Schnall
1761-1818. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a farmer and as a carter, transporting items.
Johannes Schnall
1754-1819. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a flour miller and as a deacon.
Johann Schuerzer
1743-1785. Born in the Palatinate, Germany. Worked as a carter, providing transportation services.
Johannes Schultz
1757-1817. Born in Gnadenthal. Worked on the plantation.
Joseph Schweisshaupt
1764-1842. Born on road to Lititz. Worked as a tailor.
Matthias Spohn
1711-1781. Born in Würtemberg, Germany. Occupation unknown. Identified as married man on 1766-1781 tax lists.
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.
Christian Stotz
1711-1791. Born in Lauffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lived as a widower after 1773 at Christiansbrunn.
Johan Jacob Stotz
1748-1800. Born in Lauffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Worked as a leather worker and on the farms.
Jacob van Vleck
1751-1831. Born in New York. Worked as a pastor and administrator. Entered, but crossed out, from 1781 tax preparation list.
Johann Henrich Walter
1728-1807. Born in Wachenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Worked as a gardener.
Friedrich Nathanael Weber
1766-1797. Born in Bethlehem. Arrived in Christiansbrunn in 1781, where he trained as a scribe and accountant.
Johan George Weiss
1758-1811. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a gunsmith.
Matthew Witke
1749-1803. Born in Nazareth. Worked in the brewery. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.