The following are families who came independently to North Carolina, settled in Rowan County, and later affiliated with the Moravians. The Moravian Records [1:492-494] list individuals from these families as "receptions into Wachovia congregations from among neighbors."
Hauser family: Martin Hauser and his sons George, Michael, Peter, Martin Jr. and Jacob all joined the Bethania congregation between 1760 and 1765
Ludwig and Anna Barbara Leinbach
Johann Heinrich Spainhour Sr. and Jr., and their wives
Heinrich, Barbara, and Margaretha Schor
Friedrich and Anna Barbara (Frey) Boeckel
Peter and Catharina (Walk) Frey
Valentine and Elizabeth (Binckele) Frey
Jacob and Catharina (Moll) Greter
George and Maria (Hofly) Hartman
John and Maria Magdalena (Faber) Mueller (Miller)
Peter and Anna Walpurga (Koerber) Pfaff
Peter and Catharina (Müller) Rothrock
Adam and Maria Elisabeth (Hueter) Spach
Heinrich and Margaretha (Jaeger) Tesch
Martin and Elisabeth (Fiscus) Walk
Matthew and Anna Barbara (Giesy) Weesner
Most of these settlers came in 1769-1770 from Broad Bay, Maine, and signed a "Brotherly Agreement" as a community in 1771.
Peter and Elisabeth (Fischer) Kröhn
Jacob and Barbara (Sidelinger) Rominger
Michael and Catharina (Anton) Rominger
Forsyth Co. NC Cemetery Records
Bethlehem PA Moravian Cemetery Records. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society vol. 21 (1910).
Three Forks of Muddy Creek, vol. VIII, edited by Frances Griffin; articles by Dudley Shearburn (pp. 13-23) and Frances Griffin (pp. 24-29)
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