Translations of selected entries from the Diary of the Single Brethren in Nazareth. Original diary in Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA. Page 512. D ia ry of t he S+ngle Br ethr en in NAZA RE TH of t he yea r 1786 . January 12th 1786. Br. Joh. J ac o 'p E. yerle wae marrie d w ith the Single sis- t er _Anna Maria Fr·e y. February 5th 1786 . James G ill was receive d into the congregation. / away July 19th 178b . In the ni g ht went / Joh. Weissern fr'om Christian Spring as a rogue. First he h ad borrowed money everywhere, also a watch he borrowed, and t hen he went away wit h it. August 30th 1786. To-day visited us the brethren, who had arrived from Eu- rope with :S r. Jaco b (van Vlec k ) They w er e: Joh. George Bittig, Joh. Kepke, Johann Friedrich Kuschke, Heinrich Bickel, Ludwig Gottfried von Redecke, Joh. Friedrich Itogenitz, Hanz Petersen. They dined with us at noo n and in the aft e rnoon they wer e in the Hall as guests. After w ards they went to Chris t ian Spring. September 27th 1786. We had a visit George Andersen-Ising from Hol- stein; 28 years old; Franz Joseph Ludwig, 20 years; Johann Christoph Koen ig , 41 years ol d; Gottfrie d H ennig, 41 years old; Geor ge Proske, 38 year s ol d; with Danielso n. Br. Jo h . Fl ex went to H ope into the Mi l l. December / hea rd t he m ind of t he Lord 14th 178 6. In the E.Conference wasp in t he Gemeinrat about the votes of a singl e brother. James Gill ha d votes, but it was No; Joseph Stoz had 5 v ot es, out it w as N o; N ath. Egge rt ha d 4 votes, but it was N O; KrcIDs er had 1 vote an d i t was YES. 18t h 1786 . Ab raham H enry w ent with hi s b rot h er to Lancaster, his father had d ie d. December 2 7th 178 6. At 1 o'clo ck w as t he fun e ra l of t he married sister Rosina icksch Gn ad enthal. -- TO- d ay the parties in our br e thre n 's houSQ we r e f ormed. He re are t he PARTIES (GesellschaftenO of t he b rethren: 1) On the Shoemaker's room: George M ueller. Franz Seiffert, Johann Kre mser, 2) On the weaving-room: M ichel Jun g. Detlef D elps, Fried r ich Schae fer
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Page 512.
Diar y of t he S+ngle Br ethr en in NAZARETH of t he yea r 1786 .
January 12th 1786. Br. Joh. J aco'p E.yerle wae married with the Single sis
t er _Anna Maria Fr·ey.
February 5th 1786 . James Gill was received into the congregation. / away
July 19th 178b . In the night went/ Joh. Weissern fr'om Christian Spring as
a rogue. First he had borrowed money everywhere, also a watch he borrowed,
and t hen he went away with it.
August 30th 1786. To-day visited us the brethren, who had arrived from Eu
rope with :Sr . Jacob(van Vleck ) They were: Joh. George Bittig, Joh. Kepke,
Johann Friedrich Kuschke, Heinrich Bickel, Ludwig Gottfried von Redecke,
Joh. Friedrich Itogenitz, Hanz Petersen. They dined with us at noo n and in
the afte rnoon they wer e in the Hall a s guests. Afterwards they went to
Chris t ian Spring.
September 27th 1786. We had a visit ~rom George Andersen-Ising from Hol
stein; 28 years old; Franz Joseph Ludwig, 20 years; Johann Christoph Koenig ,
41 years old ; Gottfried Hennig, 41 years old; George Proske, 38 years old ;
with Danielson .
~N~0~v~e=m~b~e~r~1~s~t~1~7~8~6~. Br. Jo h . Fl ex went to Hope into the Mi l l.
December / heard t he mind of t he Lord
14th 1786. In the E.Conference wasp in t he Gemeinrat about the
votes of a singl e brother. James Gill had ~7 votes, but it wa s No; Joseph
Stoz had 5 vot e s , out it was No; Nath. Eggert ha d 4 votes, but it was NO;
J~hann Kr cIDs e r had 1 vote and i t was YES.
De c ~mber 18 t h 1786 . Abraham Henry went with his brot her to Lancaster, whe~
h i s father had d ied .
December 27th 1786. At 1 o'clock was t he funeral o f t he married sister
Rosina icksch Q~ Gnadenthal. -- TO-day the parties in our brethren's houSQ
we r e f ormed. He re are t he PARTIES (GesellschaftenO of t he brethren:
1) On the Shoemaker's room:
George Mueller. Franz Seiffert, Johann Kr emser,
2) On the weaving-room:
Michel Jung . Detlef Delps, Friedr ich Schae fer
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Diary of the single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1786.
Parties of the Single Heinrich Mueller, James G1l1, Martin Hirt, Joseph Stoz . Total: 7.
brethren continued: Nathanaml Michler, Jacob Schulz, David Peter, Jesse Walton. Total: 8.
Parties of the boys: 1) Communicants and Candidates: 2) Received and not received:
George Hartmann, Johannes Myrtetus , Friedrich Boeckel, Thom~~ Horse field, Wilh~ Horsefield , Johann Christ, CRristoph Fertig, David Dump~l~e~r~.~ __ __ Total: 8.
John Wright , John Koelle, Joseph Erd, Harry van Vleck, Christ. Hauser, Franc. WeiSS, Ludwi g Roth ,
Total: 7.
The boy's parties were held on Br . Kramsch's room and on the bey's room
by Br . Kramsch and Matth . Eggert . The first one had t ~ is time No.1 and
the latter one had No.2.
The Single brethren's choir conSists at the end of the year 1786 o f :
Brethren in Nazareth : ......................................... 20
Brethren in Christian Spring, O~d Nazare th, Schoeneck: .••••.. 42
Youths and boys in Nazareth: .................................. 15
In Vhristian Spring: 1 and in bchoeneck: 2 •.................... 3
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Diary of the Single Brethren in Nazareth of the year 1781.
February 6th 1787.The brother Gottfried Hennig moved to the choirhouse to a
work there in the linen-w~ing shop as journeyman. - Br. Schulz moved
from the weaving-room to the Shoemaker's room.
March 19th 1787.Martin Hlrt was taken by Br. Lister for * year for work • •
He shall work in the garden and in the inn.
March 28th 1787.Yesterday and to-day the fence in our garden was changed
and extended, because we had received from Br. Worbaas some land and to-
gether with the empty lots it is a good piece of land.
The following changes have taken place in the single brethren's choir in
Chrtslian Spring and Nazareth from .August 29th 1786 to August 29th
1787.
1. From us have gone to other congregations and posts; Br. Simon Meyer,
who had served in the choir in Nazareth many years as choir-helper.
Mich. Jung for serving among the Indians. - Joh. Harke as house-servant
in Salem. ---George Weiss for the service of the boys in the school in Bet~
lehem. --- Detlef Delps, Johann Flex and Jacob Schnall to Bethlehem. "
Abraham Henry to Lancaster and Kaske to Salem.
2. Into the married choir were transferred . 4 brethren:
Joh. Schaefer and Joseph Demuth for Nazareth. - Joseph Levering for Chris
tian Spring and James Gill for Emmaus.
3. To us have come from other congregations: Samuel Kramsch from Bethle-
hem as choir-helper for Nazareth. -----Joh. Oehme as house-servant to Chri~
tian Spring . ---Joseph Kaepke, Hans Petersen, G. Bittich and Gottf. Hennig
from Europe. George Prosky, Joseph Till, Samuel Schulz, Will. Mueller
to Bethlehem.
4. Into the choir have been received: 3. Joh. Dav. Wright, Chrlst. Fertig
and George Hartmann.
5. By Baptism has been received into the congregation: 1 brother: Jesse
Samuel Walton.
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Diary of the Single Brethren of the year 1787.
6. To Holy Communion have been admitt ed: 3 brethren: James G1l1, Jesse
Samuel Walton, John David Wright.
The entire choir consists of 66 brethren, of which are living in Chris
tian Spring 41, in Nazareth 20 and in Schoeneck 5. A total of 66 person~.
October 12th 1787.Edward Warner from Gnadenhuetten moved to the inn in
Nazareth , where he will be used, but he has no permission to the congre
gation as yet.
October 18th 1787.Br. Kramsch went in certain bUSiness to the Weissenburg
township on account of a minister Schumacher, who had died.
November 5th 1787.A young man, a cartwright by trade, came from New LondDn
in the state of Connecticut and visited Br. Krams ch. He told him, how he / Salem
by passing through/had learned to know the brethren, and especially the
Br. Benzien, and how it is his anxious deSire, to stay with the brethren,
and to be more certain of h1s soul's salvation. Br. Kramsch gave h1m a
letter to Br. Jac. van Vleck, wherewith he went on the 6th to Bethlehem.
November 25th 1787. The brethren G. Mueller , David Peter and H. Mueller
went on request of the Minister Ernst, to his church, 10 miles from here,
in order to make music for t he anniversary sermon of the late lutheran
M1nister Muehlenberg.
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Diary of the Single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1788.
boarding school here. Br. Huebner began to-day to keep school in the Pae
dagogium.
The choir consists at the end of the year 1788 without those of Schoen
eck and Christian Spring of: 19 brethren, 14 boys and 44 little boys, or
a total of 77 persons.
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Diary of the Single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1789.
January 19th 1789. The boy ~avid Roth had in his head this morning, on his
mast er 's room, Br. Hennig,to play with gunpowder, and by his carelessness
the powder with the horn exploded and flew into the air, by which a great
accident could have happened. When Br. Hennig scolded him and told him,
that he should go to Br. Zeisberger and should tell him his tricks, he, in
stead of going to Br. Zeisberger, ran away to his father in Emmaus. The
father took his son to Br. Huber in Bethlehem and let him learn there the
blacksmith's trade, against which we had nothing to say.
January 21st 1789. From Bethlehem came Br. Wilh. Boehler with his son Jo
hannes, 16 years old, who had an injury on his jaw-bone, and the father
asked us,that we should take the boy into our house and give him a place
and fee~im too, because the father wanted to g ive his son into the cure
of a Doctor Ewrit, who was staying in the house of Br. Belling, which we
could not deny him. tihe boy will live with Br. Henning in the weaving,
and will get food in the kitchen according as he can stand it.
January 25th 1789. Br. Huebner went with some students of the paedagogium
to Bethlehem , and preached there about the gospe l of the day.
March 27th 1789. From Lititz came the boy Heinrich Albrecht in order to
learn with Br . W. Henry the joiner's trade.
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Diary of the Single Brethren in Nazare ch of the year 1789 .
June 8th 1789. It was reveal ed to-day , t hat Georg Hartmann, who for a long
time had behaved i n such a way , that we were sorry and gr ieved about it,
and that for some time he has had a correspondence, which was not allowed ,
with the single Rebecca Na l ton , servant g irl at Br . Ljungberg , and was
there yesterday during the time of Holy Communion, and had prQPosed to
her , that he would marry her. Several brethren , who knew about it, where
called toge ther and very seriously it was spoken to them about it. At this
occasion al l the things , which had happened last year at Gottlob Jung ' s
shop; and other things, which which were sneaking about in the dark , had
been brought to the light.
June 18th 1789. Joseph Till i s the author of a l ampoon letter to Br . Mel ch.
Christ, wh ich had caused some time ago a great exit ement in the congrega
tion in Nazareth. Till is sorry about his former behaviour.
July 9th 1789 . In the helper-conference it was agreed to, that Hartmann
shal l be senL away from here , and Jo seph Till shall be put under church
discipli~. But be cause Hartmann is notfree as yet , Br . Eyerl e will have / because
to take him away ; but/t his '. could not be done i mmed iat ely , the brethren
Huebner and Liste r were cnarged, together with the brethren Stoz and oei
fert as members of t he Overseer-Committee , to announce to Hartmann , that
he should abstain from entering our house, and that he should ask his mas
ter tor a place to stay . He should also pray to the Lord for forgi ve ness
of all his s i ns.
July 11th 1789. It was armounced to the congregation, that Joseph Till had
to be put under church disciplin because he writt en that letter and had lead gi¥B~ an offenSive conduct.
November 22dn 1789. ::'unday . Br . Huebner held his first english Sermon about
Col. 1, 13 and 14.
To Lile Paedagogium have been sent: 9 . Christian Ludwig Schnepf , Johann Fr.
Wolle from St . Thomas , Carl Heinr. von Schweinitz, ( BeLhlehem ), Joh. Palmer fr'om the ne i ghborhood, Jac. Weiss from Gl;l,adenhuetten , Nathaniel Green,
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Diary of the single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1789.
White Matlak , Johann and Archibald Turner from New York. ----- For wor-~
ship have been admitted : 3 boys, Carl Reichel , Samuel Krause and Daniel
Ernst .
Died have: The boy Christian Ludwig Schnepf.
The number of the boys are all in all: 52.
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Diary of the single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1790.
January 6th 1790. I n Christian Spring died our old brot her Andr. Broksch,
January 7th 1790. Brother Michael Ruch died.
January 10th 1790 . In the a fte rnoon was the funeral of Br. Andreas
Broksch , who reached an age Of 88 years, and the fune r al of Michael
Ru ch, who was 72 years old,
Januar y 17th 1790 . Sunday . Br. et twein and his daughter with the fol low
ing Single brechren came for a visit: Boeber , Tierling, Luck, Strohle
and Hueter . Of these brethre n moved Br. Luck to Christian Spring as cook,
and Br. Strohle moved into the paedagogium. The other brethren returned
again with Br . ll.ttYiein to Bethlehem, after t hey had had a wel come's meal,
which Br. ~ttwein had given them.
J anuary 20th 1790. Br. Hoeber came here to stay, and was in the evening
in the quart er-hour by Br. Seiftberger introduced to the choir here as
their choir-helper, and was then consecrated to the office and a lovefea~
was held. At the same time it was announced, that Br. Hnebene~ (Ludwig' remain
would ~e assistant helper in this choir,wMMiixxama±» and as Choir-helper
he would take care also of the boys and chiLdren in the Paedagogium.
January 21st 1790.Br. Huebeaer moved from the brethren's house into the
paedagogium.
February 13th 1790 .Br. Michler here and Br. Kremser in Christian Spring /called .
had been/by the direction of the Lord,and the first one should go to
~hristian Spring as house-cervant and the latter one Should go to the
inn:. in Nazareth.
March 14th 1790. In the afternoon at 3 o'ClOCk was married the single
Bro. Joh. Kremser with the single Sister Anna Maria Peischen by Br. Rei
chel. Br. Horse field went on a visit to ~ehlehem.
March 15th 1790. Some time ago was proposed by Br. Mueller in Lititz
a man by name of Ludwig for our saw-mill a nd house-economy, and we and
the E.C. had decided to take him. The E. C. here had written to the E.C.
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D iar;L0 f J:.Y}e s iMl~b X'e t hre n 0 f t hrf::1.e aL~19J)-'._
caused a Bensation, haG" some time ago applied to the E. C. and had asked,
tha) they should help him to establiBh himself, and he would like ~o Btick
to the Schoeneck congrG[l,ation. 'l'he b. C. let h:Lm underBtand, toot his
conduct had been against th.e rules and. regulationB of tile conE;regation,
and. then for some years he !lad had Borne B:Lck attackB, about which one doe,
not know, whether' they will not come back, and. therefore tt'ey could not
rned.cl1e \\1 ith his plans .... He then ash,ed, whether they eouJd Dot Bend bL11 to
anotbl.;:r cc ion, he would then sell hiB property, la.nd and. bouse, if
be only CDu1,d l:ave some hope, that tl.ey would help him to establish him-
sel:(" Aftex-" SOrTie cons1dcJ:8.'Liol1, one offer~;-c.t him c.·ome plans, 11111iob he a1.1
denied, and one could see plainly, that he liked his own plan the illOSLo
Because Martin lLirt)!wuld in tlle future X'"eouest the perfOX"mlulce of his plaI1~,
Br~ Hoeber and Bx'. Lister- were commissioned, by the E.Co~ ~o talk with him
B,nd to get a plain explanation from him, and it Vias put bei'or"e him again,
that he bhould think it over twice, before he is doine; sOifletbing and pro( forll)eit)
bably loose/hiS cennect ion with the cone;.X'ee;atlon, and the grace of God.
He then d'cclal'ed, that he is intend to help hilllBelf and Boon he would
leave our house. Martin Hirt was then asked. by the brethren, to leave
the house as soon. as pOSSible, for he would not be consiilered as a member
of tlds congregation nor aB an\inhabitant of tbis viLlage.
moved. a1.VEt'S" f:c"om us and v:rent to PIa
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Diary of the single brethren in Nazareth of the year 1791.
January 27th 1791.Jacob Uiemer went from our house in quietness, without
notifying anybody, and because f or some time already he had not shown a
good conduct and no sign of improvement was to be seen, nobody had any
th ing against it, that he went.
February 7th 1791. Br. 5chnall in Christian Spring received a call as ma
nager and house-liturgus in Gnadenthal, which he accepted in the fai th
of the Lord.
March 16th 1791. The engagement of Br. Joh. Schnall with the single sis
ter Cath. Hasing . They were married on March 27th 1791.
March 22nd 1791. In Christian Spring died the single brother Christoph
Hepner.
May 1st 1791. To-day was the funeral of Herman Renatus Reichel.
May 4th 1791.The militia came here together and formed a battalion. For
that reason the chOir-festival of the single Sisters could not be cele
brated.
May 26th 1791. In the E.C. in Bethlehem they had asked for Br. Joseph
Till for their shoemaker-shop in the brethren' s house, which was proposed
to him to-day, but he want to think it over. On the §th of June he went to Bethlehem, in order to work in th~ brethren's house there. Jun. 6th 1791. William Mueller at several times had been guilty of an of~
fensice conduct , because he had sought acquaintance with a strange servan&
girl in Old Nazareth . The brethren Zeisberger, Dencke and Hoeber had been
asked, to go t o that woman and to speak to her in a kind and serious way
about this matter, because it has happened so often already. It would be
better, if Mueller would leave us or would chan6e his mind. Mueller asked
for time to t hink it over.
June 7th 1791. Mueller came then to Br. Hoeber and asked, that the bre
thren should have patience with him once more, and that he had made the
resolution, to deliver himself to the Lord, and to the Congregat ion. And
his heart se emed to be very soft.
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July 9th 1791. 4- boyB, 'l'hom. Otto, Benjamin Kolp, J'acob
from Nazareth, and Joh. Any f'l"om Schoeneck, have been recel,ved into the
(lhcir.
-luly 2:?nd 1'791, William '",UCHJ .. er b.act an att .. ack of colic$ wh:tch troubled
him very much. Because there ts no inftrmary, he he,d to move to the litUfi>
, the lllornlng~ and eventng-prayers had t,o be ommittEld fo:(' that
reason"
August 1st 1791" ~ Gottll1> Braun came from his vts'lt
and he brought a letter alo,s Samuel ~der addreBBed to Br, Dav:Ld "
place 9 tLa.L be and not to
go back to Nazareth. Be did not VlaLt to 'Lell i.t, because he had iear'ed,
Cliff'iculti.eb ml.gb.t ariBe, and Uleref'ore tie had choBen the easier way and
d abouL :tt. and it Vi HI caUbe gr'eat
senbat:ton amoIlg the boys and Bbpeolally among the bise;er boys, in which
:coom he haB ~Deen tl}e OV€rBC€Y·~ One had not expec-!Jed. sucb an actlon f.rom
him. Although he hiolse11' had felt ,it. that he had rlot had the right po-
August 2nd 113J" t.o bethlehem to the Helper-Conference, s .. nd th,e ave"",
been approbated by tLe Lord, to t;",ke tte place of Samuel Bader by the
children in tile BAll; and he moved there tbe next day, -~-., The E ,0. in
Bethlehem Lad thought for some time, to placc our brother' GClLt. Bl'aun
ttle E.C. proposed to us ]31. ChI'. Yoerstel', whO. is willing to aooept it
on his~ .ovn'l account >Ii
i "U'U,URt 71'·"', 17'9: 1. B"''".~' v st " 1 I • +" 1 ' . 'L" t ' r:. -v "L ,,~ ~+ rOe.' ,cr' came GO OO{ ac 'dle weav .ng-eStaD, lSllmen'.
AUl"sust 8th 112.1..t Because fOI) 0everal reasons he coulo, not make up his
milld~. he asked, that it ~hould be put before the Lor-d for a deciSion, wrllcn was d.one, and the Lord apprObated it.
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AUgUBt l2tl:L.li2.L Br. Ollr. Foerster" oame here to ste,y and he aocepted
the weav:ine; on LIs own aocount and Br. GotL Braun went w:ith the waggon
to Bethlehem, to stay there.
tI,e Jub:ilee of the choir hele. In the morn:ing
at, '5,30 by the sound of the trumboner3 f'x'om our house was announoed with
somb c1'1ora18 OUI' jubileb. The same was then done from the steeple of the
Hall<\> At 6,30 VIe he.d Ol.),r festtval nlol'nlnf~>·prayel'<>, ~·H.e sta.rted, 0\.,\1' ctloir
50 yea,x's ae;o \'lith 1;::; si.ngle 'i;)retl'n"cn4> After V{O l1&d con-e:,ratulat.ed each
other, we noticed, tLat a spirit of' joy and sympathy was with us, and t1'1a~
we Shall have a special blessi
1)retlJrcn partly on. foot E~n(i pc~:r,tly on VJe.e~tsor) to;,~';ahl'i8t1an S.prin.E" vfLere
we b,ac. t::t fest:ival homJ.ly at 9,30 in the i'or'c:Cloon,~
'rotal: -'£0 these are still to be added pensioners
Total:
95 persons. 12 II
107 persons.
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D1ary of the S1ngle Brethren 1n Nazareth of the year 1799.
January 14th 1799. Because the E. C. 1n Bethlehem had found it neces.
sary to give the to~ng brother Anton Huebner a Change, he was trasferred
to Nazareth, and 1n hi s place was the young brother Jacob Rauschenberger "
sent to Bethlehem 1nto the sh~aker's shop there, which was granted by
the E. C. in Nazar-eth. Jacob Rauschenbe rger's apprent1cesh1p had not
been finis hed as yet, for he had to lear'n still for one and a half year,
but he was s et free and exchanged with the young Bro. Anton Huebner.
January 27th 1799. In the afternoon was a special meeting for t he sing
le brethren , youths and bo~s, and on account of lack of bpace in our
choir-hall, 1t had to be he l d i n the little hall in the Nazareth Hall.
Br. Reichel introduced Br. Conrad Kreus er as the1r choir-helper 1n Br.
Haeber's place, and as Choir-servant 1n the place of the old brother W.
Lister , who on account of his age and weak ness had to be retired . Br.
Conrad Kreuser by laying on of hands was consecrat ed f or his new office.
He was t hen recommended to the entire choir for their love and confi4ence. ~
January 31st 1799. The s1ngle brother Jacob Christ, who was learning by ,. Brother Thomas in Be t hlehem , the j oiner's trade, came to-day with a let
t erfrom br . S~adinger to Nazareth , because he had been discharged there
1n Bethlehem on account of having been seen on the farm sitting of the
bed of a foreign maid. Jacob Christ was according to Br . Stadinger's re-,. port, repentant about his behaviour ~nd he had asked, t hat one Shoul d not
turn him away from t he congregation . He was then sent by Br. Reichel for
the present to his father, where he shall work wi th his fa ther and shall
also live there.
February 2nd 1799 . In r egard to J a cob 6hrist' s affair the confe r'ence had
decited, that he should stay with his father on probation unt~l further
deliberation. It was also recommended , that he should not neglect the
s ervices in t he choir. Jacob Qhrist stayed away from Holy Communion.
To the 1st of February has to be added, that Br. Nicolaus Hoeber, who had
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Diary of the SINGLE Brethren in Nazareth of the year 1799.
been manager of the choir-shoemaker's shop for 9 years in fait hfulness
and profit, had delivered t he shoemaker-shop to ~is successor Br. Fried
rich Danke.
February 3d 1799. Br. Edward Warner and Br. J~hn Christ went to Bethle
hem. The first one went to the wedding of his Sist er, who got married
with Br. Benjamin Mortimer, and the latter went there to visit some bre
thren in Bethlehem.
February 6th 1799. Br. Conrad Kreuser attended for the first time the
over-seer committee, which member he was recommended for the future.
February 7th 1799. Jacob Christ shall be on probation for 3 months by
his father, and shall work there in Old Nazareth, but he shall sleep in
the brethren's house. --- Wether the boy Joseph Giersch shall as appren
tice be with Melchior Christ or by his son John, will be settled by the
over-seer committee~n 4 weeks. --- It shall be reported to the over-
seer committee, that the two boys Johann Jacob Schmied a nd Johannes Danke "
shall stay with the new Shoemaker-master Friedrich Danke to their 19th I as apprentice
year' according to an agre ement with the mo t her of t he latter one. With
r egard of J8hann Jacob 5chmi ed this agre ement was talked over with Br .
Re ichel,,+,ho is the guardian of the boy . __ I t was a nnounced t o the Ovel'
seer Committee , that a written agre ement between the sboemaker's mast ~r'
F'riedr'icb Danke and t. he war'den C. Kreuser with the nese.sary signatures
a nd seal had been secured . Br. Hoeber and W. Lister a s mem'ber<l 0 .. t he
oldest conference 'bade t l.en farwell to the con!!;;1 E.nce-members in a hear-
t y ma nner .
February 9th 179 J. To-day was the 'beginniIJi; mad!;; " ith a general lnTentary
of all house-furniture" and \,1',\;1 entire &lIIv\.nt of the house, and lilr . Crol-I f rom Br . ftkl l ialll ~.lbt er
kovsky mau!;; .. l air c 4 J ... (.i o f t he date l.he Warden-0 1'f i ce/wd. ~ l. .. HS-
f erl u t o bis succe cwor, bl. ~onrad Kreu~E.r .
February 10th 1799. Br. Hoeber went to Bethlehem in order to ge t engaged
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Diar y of t he Single brethren in Nazareth of t he year 1799.
to I,,'.e Single s iste r Johanna Lehmann, who i s from Neukirch in Saxony .
February 21st 1799.1n
for the youths, which
Jacob KUlllIll6<, ~hris tl~
the even ing had Br . Kreus er apec i al i nstluc" ion /yout h-
h t. r ead t o LI1t:/colllIllun i cants J obann J acol ::" chmied ,
.... enllema nn and Johan 1 " .. <.ob Chri"".
~ IIUluar-y <e4th 1799 . i/e ma 'i.e the bee,ll He wHh r eadinl6" t.he Greenland ' s
~i story at t he tabl • Johann Jacob Sohmied and Jacob Kummer were appoin
ted, to read for one week each. - In the evening iBt~oduoed Br. Kreuller /Christian Br./Michael as boy-overseer in the .place of Br. J ohn ~hrist. After this
they had a love-feast with the boys.
Maroh 6th 1799. Br. Kreuser reported to the Over-seer committee, that /Friedrich Danke
between the Shoemaker's master/and the warden an agreement had been made.
which had been signed by Br. Youngberg and Br. Jacob Qhrist as witnesses. / Br.
Br. Reicael and Kreuser had to talk with/E4ward Warner, and to order him,
to serve the children in the house, but after a long conSideration, he
refused it.
March 29th 1799. The yout h .V ilhelm Cassler , who came from Lititz, shall
learn the trade of a stocker by Brother W. Henry, but he shall sleep in
the brethren's house.
April 3d 1799. In the over-seer Committtee was agreed upon, that the boys,
who sleep only in the house , shall pay 1 shilling per month. And those, ( ? )
who do not live in the house, shall pay for the room-expense 8 pennies
and for the house-expense 4 pennies.
April 15th 1799. Br. Reichel 1n the presence of Br. Kreuser made a pro
posal to Br. Jacob Dealing commissioned by the helper-oonference for
the whole and by the E. C. in Nazareth, that he should go to Hope and
work there in the store. After some days of conSideration, he declated,
that he feared the place might offer an opportunity to drinking and
therefore he could not decide to accept the offer.
April 18th 1799. Bro. and Sister Reineke from Hope, bropght their youn-
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Diary of the Sil~le br e thren in Nazareth of t ~e year 1799 .
youngest son Samuel to the school in Nazareth.
April 28th 1799. In the evening Br. Oppelt was ordained by Br. Ettwein e
for a deacon of the Btth~en'6 church.
May 9th 1799. Shortly ber r'(; the E. C. Christian Ebbeke delivered a aea
led letter to Br. Kreuser, which was addressed to the E. C. He declared
positively, that he had made a proposal to the widow Levering, whether
she would marry him, a fter which she had declared, that she would live
with him and die with him. The whole letter showed, how he under the dis
guise of a brotherly character had understood it excellently, to conceal
the guilt of his heart for years. Ah, what is man, when he fosters croo
ked intentione in hie heart, and is ruled by his own spirit.
May 14th 1799 . This difficult affair was brought before the helper-con
ference for the whole. The deciSion of this conference agreed with our
decieion, that he could not live in Schoeneck nor in another country
congregation, and that he could not be married by a Minister of the Bre
thren's church. ---The brethren Kreuser and Benade went with Br. Reichel
to Bethlehem, there to attend the wedding of the Br. Reichel from the
Eest-Indies with the single sister Beck. Br. G. Reichel of Nazareth mar
ried that couple.
May 15th 1799. In regard to the Ebbeke's affair an extraordinary O~er-
seer committee was called together, and the resolution of this gathering
was, tha t Ebbeke within 12 days from to-day should move with the woman
from here. ---- It was agreed, that as long as no master is in the tai
lor's shop, Br. John Weber should come here every week and should cut up
for the boys Kummer and Ettwein, whose boys declared, tha t they would
be willing to hold out and work faithfully a nd diligently.
May 18th 1799. Br. Kreuse r accept eo d the t a ilor",; shOp on account of the
house. He also accepted the furnitures, which Ebbeke had purchased for
the shop with his own money.
May 19th 1799. In the afternoon was married Ebbeke with the widow Le-
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Diary o f t he sinp,le pre thren i n Naza reth of t he year 1799 .
Levering , by Michla. , Esq. , a nd on the 20th of May Ebbeke and his wife
moved with bag and baggage from the house and the village and on the
same day Br. Kreuser and Ebbeke exchanged releases, that from that day
not owes something to the other, a nd that in no way something could be
requested. The boy Carl Schneider helped Ebbeke to move, and he stayed
from Monday to Thursday with Ebbeke.
May 27th 1799. Br. Kreuser travelled to Hope, in order to be a witness
by the Superior bourtin Sussex County against the thief, who had broken
in the house in the night from the 15th to the 16th of August 1798 and
had stolen all the money from Br. Linebach. ---The boy Franz Christian
Danke moved into the shoemaker's shop, in order to learn that profession.
He was taken on probation for t a year.
June 1st 1799. Br· . Kreuser returned again safely t rOat Hope . It has to
be remarked, that the thief in the prison had invented a lie and by false
witnesses, he wanted to put the blame of the stolen money. And it was
brought so far, that 3 brethren had to be called from Hope and from the
neighborhood, to prove the character of Br. Kreuser. But it all turned
out to his honour and the thief was declared guilty and his sentence was;
20 years in the workhouse in Trantocon.
June lith 1799. The boy Wilhelm Cassler went f rom he le t o Bethlehem and
wil l t r y, whet he r he can find wOl'k a s a stra nge r , and f rom there will he
go to his father i n Lititz .
Jijne 12th 1799. Br. J a cob ~ealing went to Bethlehem for 4 weeks for his
health's sake.
June 22nd 1799. The boy J ohn Beutel went agD.i n t o uet hlehem, wher e he
wi l l stay and will work by Br. Boeckel on his stocking-weaver trade.
The boy Jacob Schneider came back from Hope and has according to his own
cho1ce moved to Ebbeke with all of his th1ngs. He only requested, that
1t Should be permitted, that he could go 1n and out 1n the brethren's
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Dlary of the Slngle Brethren ln Nazareth of the year 1799. • - - - ·0._ ._··."· _ . • . . ,..
house. But by the order' of the E. C. 1t was told hlm, thl"ough Br. Kreuser,
lf he does not want to seperate from the congregatlon, he should stlok
ln the future to the Schoeneck oongreg~tlon.
July 1st 1799. The boy Pete r Rau bohenb t;;rger came from Hope to ~azareth.
and he told t o his bl'other' Jacob , that he should like to 11nd a place
a round here. Br. Kreuse r accepted hlm on aCCOUllt. of compass lon and took
hlm on probat ion fo r half a year, and put hlm into the k1 tchen, where
he s ha ... l have his '¥ork. The ooy ls 12 years old . In the E. C . on account
of sowe f ounded r ea soll, it was no t found advlsable to recelvechlm lnto
the cholr. Hut he can enjoy the servl ces i n the cholr.
July 11th 1799. Br. Jacob ~eallng came back f rom bethlehem. where he had
been for 4 weeks on account of his health. He has recovered pretty much.
but he does not f ee l well altogether.
July 21st 1799. Br. Benjamln Ilhity Iflrom Be thlehem had come to Br. "'11-~
11am Henry t o look at the stocker-manufactory, and he promlsed to return
ln 8 days and work f or hlm. In the evenlng he returned aga ln t o Bethlehem. / the marrled
J uly 29 th 1799 . Br . Kreuser travelled wlth/Br. John Weberfrolli Dethlehem
w1th Helle~s stage to Nazareth. In Hecktown a child of 16 months came
under the horses , and the stage went ov er the Child, wh ich was not killed,
a nd i n t he expe ctation, that it was not fatal, we continued our journey.
But a few hours afterVlards the child had died .
July 30th 1799 . Mr. Heller came to I~a zare th and asked Br . Kreuser to go
with him to Heckt own and to attend the funeral of t he child, and at the
same time as an eye-witness to assure the parents, that Heller's son, who
drove t he stage, had not seen the child, and that therefore the accldent
had not be done by carelessness or wantonness. but the people dld not
believe it.
July 31st 1799. Br. Joseph Leinbach came from Litit.z to Nazareth.
declaring, that he had the desire and jOy to accept the proposal as Mas-
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Diary of t he S1ngle brethren in Nazareth of t he year 1799 .
Master of t he tailor's shop.
August 1st 1799. Jacob ~hrist, Peter's son, came to Br. Henry a nd take
up work. The 2nd he started to work. Dinner and supper he will have in
the house.
August 9th 1799 . In the a f t ernoon had Br . Kreuser and John We ber from
Be t hlehem to go before Br. Henry on account of t he accident on t he 29 t h
of Ju ly with Heller's Stage .
August 10th 1799 . Br . Anton Huebner went to oethlehem , anu will t here
work by Br . Paulus in t he brethren ' s house on h is shoemaker ' s profess ion.
September 4th 1799 . Br . Jacob Kummer went to J:>etblehem a r,d will stay there
for a few months in ordbr to learn to cut out by Br. Lehnert .
September 10th 1799 . I n the afte lnoon we went to Henry's grind-mill in
Pl ainfitlld . Mi chael a nd !Jenke went along.
Septembbr 30th 1799 . 'I'he boy of Schneckenbez 5er' s fl' om oetllleheUl had been
brought to school here .
October 5th 1799 . Br . Johann Jacob Kummer came with his master and his
master's wife from bet hlehem, Bro . and Sister Lehnert, to Nazareth . Br.
Lehnert decl ared , that he knows , t hat he is the mastel ' for the tailor's
shop in Nazare th. Br. Le hnert gave Br . Kummer the best evidences . Br.
Kummer shall according to the l!:. C. be undez the dir ection of the warde n ,
.or . Christian Winklel , under which name and inspection the tailor's shop
shall be managed.
October lOth 1799. The br' tru en Paul lIeiss and Seman were asked by Br.
Reichel, to teach the boys writing, reading and ar~thmetic, what they
willingly promised to do.
October 20th 1799. Towar4~evening the brethren Kreuser and Benade wen~to
Bethlehem in order to attend the wedding of Br. Reich.
October 22nd 1799. Br. Kreuser and Winkler spoke with the brethren Chris
tian Brunner, Edward Warner, Christian Giersch, and Benjamin Chity and
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He promised to li"e for the Lorel..
DeQ.stll.l.per 2th...1199. The boy Schneider, who want. to learn the black em:!.th
profession by Er. lJiiksch, came to us for night quartere.
S:l.ngle brethren 3fj, Yout.hfl anel. boys 30, boys (little) 100 without the