Catalogue of the Nursery at Nazareth

CATALOGUE OF THE NURSERY AT NAZARETH contributed by Sandra M. Hewlett, CG* A chance discovery of well-preserved 18th-century Moravian documents in the Northampton County manuscript collections at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania revealed a listing of children in the Nursery at Nazareth as of 7 November 1758. At that time, the Nursery at Nazareth was caring for 25 boys and 35 girls ranging in age from one to four years old as well as 17 girls, including one Mohican, ranging in age from five to 12 years old. CATHALOGUE OF THE CHILDREN IN THE NURSERY AT NAZARETH NOVEMBER THE 7TH 17581 Jno. Henry Fritsh Math Flancke David Beutel Math Muecke John Shnider Joseph Levering Natha’l Schmidt Jn’o Peter Lenert Jn’o Peter Mordick Jn’o Gotfried Engel Chr’st Friedrick Otto Joseph Jorde Abr Transou Christian Shropp Chr’is Gotlieb Hussey Gotlieb Strety Gotlieb Shober Gotlieb Moeller Jn’o Martin Shneider Jn’o Jacob Eyerly Born Oct 30th 1754 Mart 1th —55 d’o [Mart] 2th —55 d’o [Mart] 9th —55 d’o [Mart] 13th —55 d’o [Mart] 28th —55 d’o [Mart] 27th —55 July 30th —55 Sept’r 7th —55 Oct 20th —55 Dec 18th —55 Jan 23th —56 Mart 15th —56 Juny 27th —56 Aug 5th —56 d’o [Aug] 19th —56 Nov 1th —56 Dec 2th —56 d’o [Dec] 18th —56 Jan 6th 1757 * Sandra M. Hewlett is proofreader for The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. She thanks Robert Riffel, who discovered these documents in the Northampton Papers at HSP and generously shared his discovery. 1 From Bethlehem and vicinity papers, 1741-1886, in Northampton County Papers, 1682-1887 at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 (2014) 11 12 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Jn’o Renatus Lembke Charls Lewis Kunckler Christian Fierer Jn’o Smith Jn’o Peter Brown Mart 17th —57 Apr 2th —57 Mart 30th —57 May 20th — 57 Aug 28th 1757 [next column – females] Ana Elisabeth Mak A’a Dorothea Gloz Agnes Shulz A’a Mary Oesterlein A’a Johana Steup Elizabeth Boecklin Johana Sophia Mau Elizabeth Waky [Wilky?] Elizabeth Kasky Julyana Dorothea Baddes Mary Enerson Gertraut Schneider Chri. Luisa Weiss Mary Doro. Micksin [Mixon?] A’a Rosina Werner Sophia Doro. Shlegel A’a Chathrina Fritsh Elizabeth Jungman A’a Mary Koemet A.a Regina Zahm Anna Gambold Johana Christ’a Richter An’a Rosina Bayer Dorothea Smith Elizabeth Michlers Ester Brizelius [Bryzelius] An’a Rosina Gold Christiana Dixon A’na Mary Tanenberger A’a Mary Hafner A’a Mary Meurer Christina Weinland Elizabeth Weinland Christina Blum Catharina Oerter July 1th 1754 Aug 15th —54 d’o [Aug] 28th —54 Octr 3th —54 Nov 6th — 54 Dec 16th —54 d’o [Dec] 22nd —54 Jan 27th 1755 Febr 26th —55 Jan 6th 1756 Apr 10th —55 July 13th —55 Aug 26th —55 Oct 19th —55 d’o [Oct] 28th —55 Nov 29th —55 d’o [Nov] 30th —55 Jun 4th 1756 May 9th —56 Jan 5th —56 Febr 9th —56 Mart 2th —56 d’o [Mart] 6th —56 Apr 4th —56 Apr 4th —56 d’o [Apr] 12th —56 Jun 16th —56 Oct 4th —56 Nov 18th —56 d’o [Nov] 23th —56 d’o [Nov] 17th —56 Jan 20th 1757 d’o [Jan] 20th —57 Nov 18th —56 Mart 23th —57 Vol. 49 2014 Catalogue from the Nursery at Nazareth 13 [reverse side of document, handwriting appears to be the same] Born Rebeca Nixon Mart 9th 1746 A’a Mary Demuth Aug 31th —46 Elizabeth Beck Oct 11th —46 Mary Boeckel Dec 28th —46 Elizabeth Müller Jun 18th —47 Eliz’th Weber Oct 10th —47 Sarah Nixon May 1th —48 Bonigna Antes Oct 4th —48 Eva a Mohikan Mart 19th —50 A’a Mary Blum July 8th —50 Eliz’th Colver Aug 7th —50 Ana Jarvis Sep 14th —51 Mary Colver Dec 26th —52 Mary Anton Aug 9th —51 Eliz’bh Klein Mart 30th —53 Philippina Boemper gbr [geboren; month missing] 14th —53 A’na Dorothea Schuz Jan 16th 1750 Hewlett, S.M., (2014). Catalogue of the Nursery at Nazareth The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 49(1), 11-13. © 2014 The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.