Friday, February 10, 2017

Who were the men that first planted the Moravian cross in the Wachovia?



In October 1753 twelve single men set out from the Moravian town of Bethlehem, PA. They had six horses and a wagon loaded with supplies to settle on their new land, Wachovia. The party consisted of:

Rev. Bernhard Adam Grube, ordained minister
Jacob Loesch, business manager; 
Hans Martin Kalberlahn, physician
Henrich Feldhausen, carpenter; 
Erich Ingepretsen, carpenter; 
Hans Petersen, tailor
Jacob Lunge, gardener
Herman Loesch, farmer
Christopher Merkli, baker
Friedrich Jacob Pfeil, shoemaker and tanner; 
Jacob Beroth, farmer
Johannes Lischer, farmer.

The oldest of the Moravian pioneers was 42 - the youngest 27. 

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