The year 1755 saw substantial growth in the little Bethabara community, with several parties of new settlers reaching Wachovia, including the first women, who arrived with their husbands on November 4th of that year.
Henrich and Rosina (Kaske) Biefel
Christian and Anna Roberts Henrich
Matthaeus and Christina Barbara (Böhner) Krause
Christoph and Rosina (Arndt) Kühnast
Carl and Anna Maria (Hammer) Opitz
Johann Friedrich and Maria (Schumacher) Schaub
Single persons and married couples continued to arrive from 1756-1758:
Johann David and Anna Maria (Pech) Bischoff
Gottfried and Anna Maria Grabs, with their infant son Wilhelm
Balthasar Hege and his wife Juliana Frey
Martin Lick and Barbara (Steiner) Lick, and daughter Magdalena
Jonas and Rosina (Gruner) Nilson
Jacob and Mary (Parson) Rogers
Several of the single brethren made a trip back to Pennsylvania in 1758 to marry, and returned with their brides in May, 1759. Tragedy struck several of these couples, however, with a typhus epidemic that began in July of that year and killed 10 persons. Most of the other settlers also contracted the disease, but survived.
The new women settlers included:
Anna Catharina Antes, wife of Hans Martin Kalberlahn
Barbara Beroth, wife of Hermannus Loesch
Catharina Binder, wife of Christian Seidel
Barbara Eirich, wife of Adam Kremer
Elisabeth Leinbach, wife of Michael Ranke
Maria Elisabeth Neumann, wife of Johannes Beroth
Also arriving in 1759 were the following:
Johanna Maria Kymbel, wife of Rev. Johannes Ettwein
Groups of settlers continued to arrive in the early 1760s. A large party, including the Transou family, came in June, 1762. On July 18 of that year the first wedding was held in Wachovia. Seven couples were married: the newly arrived Elisabeth Holder married William Angel, Maria Leibert married Gottlieb Fockel, Felicitas Grosch married Erhard Heckedorn, and Anna Elisabeth Witke married Matthaeus Krause; three widows of the community married again, Anna Catharina Antes Kalberlahn to Christian Gottlieb Reuter; Barbara Steiner Lick to George Holder, and Rosina Kaske Biefel to Gottlieb Ludolph Bachhof.
The 1760-1765 settlers:
William and Christiana (Orchard) Dixon
Gertraud Jacke, wife of Johann Michael Graff
Christina Loesch, wife of Jacob van der Merk
Juliana Mauersberg, wife of Abraham von Gammern
Johann Matthaeus (Matthew) Miksch and wife Henrietta (Petermann)
Peter and Magdalena (Born) Sehnert
Philip Transou, with his wife Magdalena (Ganter) and three children, Abraham, Philip and Maria
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