Elizabeth Horsfield (1754-1836)

Title: Elizabeth Horsfield (1754-1836) See all items with this value
Creator: Elizabeth Horsfield's children
Publisher: Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Date: 1836 See all items with this value
Type: Text
Format: image/pdf
Description: Elizabeth's children describe her Huguenot family ancestry and how they escaped France to finally arrive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her family was acquainted with Brother Spangenberg and Count Zinzendorf. Elizabeth received a liberal education in Philadelphia and moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania when she was 21, a Moravian community in which she spent the rest of her life. Her children mentioned that she suffered from "nervous affections" and forgetfulness but she never lost her love for her Savior.
Subject: Horsfield, Elizabeth, 1754-1836
Moravians--Biography
Religious life--History--18th century
Religious life--History--19th century
Bethlehem (Pa.)--History--18th century
Bethlehem (Pa.)--History--19th century
Women--Biography
Biographies See all items with this value
Source: https://www.moravianchurcharchives.findbuch.net/php/main.php#4d656d6f6972732ex6116
Identifier: MemBeth 0860
Language: English
Extent: 7 pages
Rights Holder: Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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