Church Records, PA, 1728-1837
More gleanings from church records

Elisabeth, daughter of Joshua and Elisabeth Johns, negro, born 1 June 1791, baptised 28 August 1791. Sponsors for her baptism were John Kess, negro, and Rosina Luxin, Ref. 214, page 82 

Taken from: Sources and Documents of The Pennsylvania Germans: XII, "Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part I, Baptisms, 1743-1819", Translated and edited by Frederick S Weiser,Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, published by The Pennsylvania German Society, 1989.
Library of Congress Card Number: 88-62483
International Standard Book Number: 0-911122-55-9
The Society's mail address is:
The Pennsylvania German Society, Box 397, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania 19508
Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg was erected 1786
My reference number for this book is 214

Cornelia, 1728-57, a mulatto slave girl, belonging to Mr and Mrs Horsfield. She was born near New York and received into the church in 1755....page 455, ref 252.8

Theodora, a Delaware Indian, 1742 - 61, born at Mennissink, near the Delaware Water Gap... page 455, ref 252.8

Magdalena Anton, 1751 - 66, a mulatto girl born at Bethlehem, daughter of the negro Anton and the Indian, Elizabeth...page 455, ref 252.8

Zippora, an Indian girl, born about 1733 at Wequehachke (?), i.e., the high land, daughter of Nathaniel and Zippora (C, 1, 10) . She departed this life in 1751....page 454, ref 252.8

Salome, an Indian, of the tribe of the Hooglanders from Shekomeko; and was baptized in 1748 by Bishop Cammerhoff and had the testimony of being one of the "happiest Christians in the Sisters House". She died of consumption in 1751...page 454, ref 252.8

Elizabeth, an Indian girl from the tribe of the Arawaks in Bethice, South America, about 17 years old. She was baptized by Moravian missionaries in 1748, and the following year came to Bethlehem with the missionary W. Zander. She died June 18, 1750...page 454, ref 252.8 (My Note: I think Bethice was probably Belize and was incorrectly spelled in the original document.)

Anna Maria, daughter of the Mohican Nathaniel and his wife Zippora. She was baptized January 1, 1747, by the Rev Abr. Reinke, and departed in the 13th year of her age, January 23, 1750....page 454, ref 252.8

Eva, an old Indian widow of the Mohican tribe. In 1742, she was converted at Shekomeko and afterwards baptized by Peter Boehler. She was married to the Indian Nicodemus, who became the elder of the Indian congregation at Guadenhutten on the Mahony and departed this life there, in 1747. After her husbands death, she moved to Bethlehem, and like Anna, became, a "widow of about four score and four years which departed not from the temple but served God with fastings and prayers night and day." She died November 18, 1758...page 454, ref 252.8

Christian, died 1747, son of the negress Hanna, the first African buried on this cemetery...page 414, ref 252.8

Nathanael, died 1745, 1746, son of the Indian brother Nathaniel and his wife Zippora...page 414.., ref 252.8

Thomas Jones, died 1837, a colored child...page 434, ref 252.8

David, a negro departed, died 1831...page 448, ref 252.8

Lydia Ann Wilson, a negro girl, died 2 August 1831...page 448, ref 252.8

James, a negro, no dates....page 448, ref 252.8

My source for these entries is: 250. BOOK...Volume II, Excerpted from "The Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses", and reprinted with an added Index by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1983.  Copyright 1983 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 82-84493,
International Standard Book Number, Volume II: 0-8063-1019-7,
Set. Number 0-8053 1017 0
Made in United States of America, copy held by compiler, no 9. 250-8....Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem

The records from the Old Moravian Church was such that it kept separate the entries by gender and by age.....single, married, male, female.
	Someone was single if they were a widow or widower or a young child. They were not separated by age, creed or color..
	Husbands were on separate pages from their wives.... the sexes HAD to be separated, even in the church pews during worship.

Jo Garzelloni

Contributed by: Jo Garzelloni  josie@voyager.net

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