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Title
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Timothy Horsfield (1708-1773)
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translator
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Carté, Katherine E.
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Publisher
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Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Date
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1773
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Type
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Text
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Format
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image/jpeg
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Description
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This is the death notification in the church register for Timothy Horsfield, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1773. The entry also contains a biography.
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Subject
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Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773
Moravian Church
Justices of the peace
Religious life--History--18th century
Bethlehem (Pa.)--History--18th century
Biography
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Source
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https://www.moravianchurcharchives.findbuch.net/php/main.php#4368526567x11
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Identifier
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Church Register 11, Bethlehem, 1756-1801, p. 309
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Rights Holder
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Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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transcript of
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German transcription:
Timothy Horsefield aus dem Ehe Chor. Er war ao. 1708 d. 25 Apr. zu Leverpool in Lancashire in Alt-England geboren, u. in der Engl.-Kirche erzogen. In sm. 17ten Jahre kam er nach America zu seinem Br. Israel auf Long-Island, bey welchem er seine Profession erlernte. Ao. 1731 d. 30. Marz heirathete er seine nunmehrige Wittwe Mary, geb. Doughty. Mr. Jac. Caselian war der erste, welcher mit ihn von herzens Materien redte. Ao 1739 hsrte er Mr. Whitefield in NYork nicht ohne Eindruck auf
sein Herz predigen. Die brr. Pet. Bshler u. Dav. Nitschmann, welche in eben den Jahre aus Georgien nach NYork kamen, waren die ersten brr., welche er kennen lernte, u. deren Umgang ihm einen besondern Eindruck machte. Von der Zeit her schreibt sich seine Connexion mit den Brrn, u. sein haus war eine Herberge für die Pilger, welche von u. nach Eur. u. Westindien reisten. Ao. 1745 brachte er seine 2. Slteste kinder, u. ao. 47 noch eins hieher. Ao. 48, als Br. Johannes von St. Thomas nach NYork kam, u. das Aeltesten-fest daselbst hielt, gelangte er mit den Geschw. daselbst zum ersten mal zum H. AMahl, zog drauf ao. 49 im Oct. mit seiner Frau u. einem Kind hieher zum wohnen,u. wurde nach ein paar Jahren vom He. Gouverneur zu einem Justice of Peace ernannt, welches Amt er in die 12 Jahre verwaltet hat. In den leztern Indianer-Unruhen ersuchte ihn das gouvernement, die Obliegenheit eines Colonels dieser County zu übernehmen.
Er thats; als er aber nach einiger Zeit merkte, daß solches hin u. da Jalousie erweckt, sagte er sich von dieser Commission los, welches denn auch die Entlaßung von sm. Justice-Amt nach sich zog. Seine 42 jährige Ehe war mit 8 kindern gesegnet, von welchen noch 5, so wie von den 5 Enkele die er erlebt hat, noch 3 am Leben sind. d. 2ten Mart. wurde er an einen hiziger brust-fieber krank, alle angewandte Mittel wolten nicht helfen; Er selber sehnte sich nach se Auflösung, welche denn am 9te drauf früh in der 5te Stunde sel. erfolgte im 65ten Jahre seines Alters.
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translation of
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English translation:
Timothy Horsfield, from the Married-Persons Choir. He was born in 1708 in Liverpool, in Lancaster in Old-England, and raised in the English church. In his seventeenth year, he came to America, to his brother Israel’s house on Long Island, from whom he learned his profession. On March 30, 1731, he married Mary, born Doughty, who is now his widow. Mr. Jac. Caselian was the first who spoke with him on matters of the heart. In 1739, Horsfield heard Mr. Whitefield preach in New York, and not without an impression on his heart. The Brethren Peter Böhler and David Nitschmann, who came to New York from Georgia that year, were the first Brethren whom he met, and their behavior was particularly remarkable to him. His connection with the Brethren dated from that time, and his house was a shelter for the Pilgrims who traveled to Europe and the West Indies. In 1745, he brought his two eldest children here, and in 1747 another one. In 1748, when Br. Johannes came from St. Thomas to New York and held the Elders-fest there, he attained the Holy Abend Mahl for the first time. Thereafter, in October 1749, he moved here to live with his wife and child and was, after a few years, named as a Justice of the Peace by the Honorable Governor, which position he held for twelve years. In the last Indian disturbances the government requested that he take on the duties of a Colonel for this county. He did this, but after some time he noticed that this position aroused jealousy here and there, and he released himself from this commission, which also meant removal from his duties as Justice. His forty-two year marriage was blessed with eight children, of whom five, as well as the three of the five grandchildren whom he lived to see, are yet living. The second of March he became sick with a raging chest-fever, and nothing that was tried would help. He himself longed for his release, which blessedly took place on the ninth thereafter in the fifth hour. He was in the sixty-fifth year of age.
