This memorial biography recounts the life of Eleonora Elisabeth von Seidliz, a Moravian unmarried sister and longtime leader of the Single Sisters’ Choir. Born in Silesia in 1724, she experienced hardship after her father’s death and later joined the Moravian congregation at Gnadenfrey with her sister in 1743. After embracing the Moravian faith, she served in numerous leadership roles in Europe and England before traveling to Pennsylvania in 1763 to become warden of the Single Sisters’ Choir in Bethlehem. She faithfully carried out her duties for nearly two decades despite declining health, suffering from severe chest illness and coughing of blood. She died peacefully at age 65 after a lifetime devoted to religious service and leadership within the Moravian community.
This is the death notification in the church register for Tschoop, aka Johannes, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1746. The entry contains a short biography.
This is the death notification in the church register for David Tanneberger Sr., which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1760. The entry contains a biography.
This the death notification in the church register for Carl Gottfried Rundt, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1764. The entry in the register includes a biography.
This is the death notification in the church register for Elizabeth Rice, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1820. The entry includes details about her genealogy.
This is the death notification in the church register for Rachel Post, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1747. The entry contains a biography.
This is the death notification in the church register of Agnes Post (Postin), which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1751. The entry includes a very short biography.
This is the death notification in the church register for John (Johann) Matthew (Matthacus) Otto, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1786. The entry contains a biography.
This is the death notification in the church register for Rosina Neubert (Neubertin), which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1785. The entry also contains a biography.
This is the death notification in the church register for William Horsfield, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1845. The entry also includes a short biography.
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.
This is the death notification in the church register for Christian Gottfried, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, n 1756. It also contains a biography.
This is the notification in the church register of the death of Dorothy Gattermeyer, which occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1755. It includes a biography. This text is a classic Moravian memoir or death narrative (“Lebenslauf”), written to commemorate her faith, service, suffering, and spiritually joyful death. It portrays her as devoted, humble, industrious, and deeply centered on Moravian devotional life until her death at age 29 in 1755.
This church memoir records the life and death of Friedrich Führer, a longtime Moravian resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who was born in 1768 and died at age 80. A farmer and former ferry operator on the Lehigh River, he married Anna Barbara Knauss in 1794 and together they raised five children and a large extended family. Despite suffering a serious leg injury later in life and declining health after a severe illness, he remained active and faithful. The account emphasizes his peaceful readiness for death and his passing under the blessing of the Moravian congregation.
This Moravian memoir commemorates Johanetta Maria Ettwein, born Kimbel, who was born in 1725 in Westphalia and became a devoted member and leader within the Moravian Church. After joining the congregation in the 1740s, she married Johannes Ettwein and accompanied him on missionary and church work throughout Europe and colonial America, including Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Remembered for her faithful service, hospitality, and quiet devotion to the Savior, she faced her final illness with peace and resignation to God’s will before dying in 1789 at the age of 63, leaving behind children and grandchildren.
This Moravian memoir recounts the life of Anna Caritas, a Shawnee woman also called Nanny, who came to Bethlehem in the 1740s after hearing reports about the Moravians. Drawn by the kindness of the community and their teachings about the Savior, she chose to remain there, worked faithfully among the sisters, and was baptized in 1748. She later married Joseph, a Black Moravian brother, and served diligently in Moravian settlements while becoming known for her quiet, patient, and devoted spirit. During her final illness in 1755, she longed for Communion and expressed gratitude that the Savior had brought her to Bethlehem before peacefully dying in faith, becoming remembered as the first Shawnee believer in the Moravian community to “go to the Eternal Hills.”
This Moravian memoir recounts the life of Johann Christoph Friedrich Cammerhoff, a Moravian minister and missionary born in Germany in 1721. Originally educated for Lutheran theology, he was drawn to the Moravian Church while at university and formally joined the congregation in 1743. After serving in church leadership and marrying in 1746, he traveled to Pennsylvania where he devoted himself to missionary work among both European settlers and Native American communities, including the Six Nations. Following a sudden and severe illness, he died in Bethlehem in 1751 at only 29 years old and was buried on the Hutberg beside fellow Moravian believers and his young son.
This Moravian memoir commemorates John Brownfield, an English-born deacon who was born in Greenwich in 1714 and became connected with the Moravians in the 1730s through General Oglethorpe’s circle and the Moravian community in Georgia. He formally joined the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem in 1745, married Catharina Kearny in 1747, and later became a Moravian deacon. Remembered for his deep devotion to Jesus and faithful service to the congregation, he died in 1752 from a severe fever at the age of 37 and was buried in Bethlehem with a large gathering of Moravians and local neighbors in attendance.
This memoir recounts the life of Johannes Bechtel, a German-born craftsman and religious leader who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1726 and later became devoted to the Moravian Church after encountering Count Zinzendorf and the Brethren in the 1740s. Originally associated with the Reformed Church, he eventually joined the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, where he served faithfully for many years through leadership, manual work, and devoted participation in worship. Remembered for his humility, love of the Savior, and peaceful faith, he spent his later years in quiet fellowship with the Moravian community before dying in his 87th year.
This Moravian memoir recounts the life of Andrew the Moor, originally named Ofodobendo Wooma, who was born in Africa and sold into slavery before arriving in New York in 1741. After meeting Moravian Brethren while enslaved in New York, he learned about Christianity, taught himself to read, and developed a deep faith in the Savior. He moved to Bethlehem in 1746, was baptized into the Moravian Church, married, raised a family, and lived a faithful and devoted life within the congregation. In his final illness he longed to be united with Christ, and he died peacefully surrounded by the Moravian community.
This brief Moravian memoir records the life of Eleonora Andreas, born Iselstein, who was born in 1733 in Esopus, New York. In 1758 she married Abraham Andreas within the Moravian community, and together they had two sons, though both died before her. Widowed in 1802, she lived to the age of 71 and was survived by a young grandson through her son Heinrich.
