Hannah
1720-1815. Born in Esopus, New York. Lived with Joseph, her husband, and their two daughters.
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1775 Provincial Tax Return (December)
Hannah
1761-1821. Born in Gnadenthal. Daughter of Hannah and Joseph.
Joseph
1715-1781. Born in Guinea. Lived at Christiansbrunn with his wife Hannah and daughters on tax lists from 1773-81.
Magdalene
1763-1776. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Occupation unknown. Daughter of Joseph and Hannah.
Mary (Titus)
1766-1822. Born in Gnadenthal. Daughter of Hannah and Joseph; married Peter Titus on May 7, 1792.
Johann Beutel / Johann Beitel
1740-1840. Born in Pilgerhut, Surinam. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in September 1757 with six other boys. Seems to have lived at Christiansbrunn, with his wife and children, in 1803.
Johann Biefel
1746-1780. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Occupation unknown.
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.
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.
Christian Demuth
1740-1781. Birthplace unknown. Worked as a thresher.
Samuel Flex
1751-1782. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a linen weaver. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
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.
Andreas Holder
1731-1779. Born in New York. Worked as a linen weaver.
Matthaeus Krause
1747-1799. Born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Worked as a farmer. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.
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.
Johann Christian Oerter
1747-1777. Born in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania. Worked as a gunstocker.
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).
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.
Christian Stotz
1711-1791. Born in Lauffen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lived as a widower after 1773 at Christiansbrunn.
Matthew Witke
1749-1803. Born in Nazareth. Worked in the brewery. Entered, and crossed out, on 1781 tax preparation list.