Moravian Church Genealogy Links

The Moravian Church is an early Protestant Church, begun in Europe in 1457. Today, Moravians are worldwide with American provinces centered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Moravian Church History

"A Short Introduction to the History, Customs, Practices of the Moravian Church"

Hutton's "History of the Moravian Church,"
"The Burning of Hus July 6, 1415"

"The Bohemian Brethren: 1457-1673"

"The Revival under Zinzendorf: 1700-1760"

Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf

Herrnhut (1727), Saxony, Germany

Subscribe to "Moravian Daily Texts" (1731)

First Missionaries (1732) St. Thomas, West Indies

The Moravian Church in North America

"The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740"

Moravian Archives Bethlehem: Indian Records of North America (1735-1900)

Herrnhaag (1738-50), Hesse, Germany

Shekomeko mission (1740): "General History of Duchess County"

Tschoop, the "First Fruit" among Mohicans / Mohegans at Shekomeko (1742)

"Tschoop: Converted Indian Chief," 1842

Moravian / Heckewelder connection to "Last of the Mohicans," James Fenimore Cooper

Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation bibliography includes Heckewelder

Sichem Moravian, Spencer Corners, Dutchess Co., NY

Delaware History: Moravian Missions (1740-1837)

Moravians Begin Work in Pennsylvania (1740 Whitefield House),
now Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, PA

Moravians Found Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (1741)

First Place of Worship in Bethlehem (1741 Gemeinhaus),
now Moravian Museum

Congregation Organized (1742), now Central Moravian Church

Moravians of Great Britain (1742) & Ireland (1755), UK

Moravian Education (1742), Bethlehem, PA

Moravian Industry, Bethlehem, PA

Shamokin (1742): Delaware Tribal History

Wechquadnach (1742) Indian Lake, Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT

Gnadenfrei (1743) Silesia, now Pilawa Gorna, Poland

Swatara or Bethel Moravian (1743), Lebanon Co., PA

Pachgatgoch AKA Schaghticoke (1743), Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT

Pachgatgoch: Native American Tribal History

Dansbury, now Stroudsburg (1744), Monroe Co., PA

Collegium Musicum (1744), Bethlehem, PA

Heidelberg Moravian (1745), Berks Co., PA

Gnadenhuetten Mission (1746), Carbon Co., PA

Gnadenhuetten: Moravian Journals

Gnadenhuetten: Delaware Tribal History

Fulneck Moravian (1746), Yorkshire, UK

Benjamin Henry Latrobe of Fulneck Moravian

Latrobe's Architecture: The White House, Washington, DC

Oldman's Creek Moravian, AKA Swedesboro (1747), Gloucester Co., NJ

Lebanon Moravian Church (1747), Lebanon Co., PA

Emmaus Moravian Church, AKA Maguntsche / Salzburg (1747), Lehigh Co., PA

King George II Act (1747) Concerning Colonial Moravians

Lititz Moravian Church, AKA Warwick (1749), Lancaster Co., PA

Christianbrunn / Christiansbrunn (1749), Northampton Co., PA

AKA Christian Springs / Christians Spring

Ockbrook Moravian (1750), Derbyshire, UK

Gomersal Moravian (1751), West Riding, Yorkshire UK

Moravian Missions (1752) in Labrador

The Wachovia Settlement (1752) in North Carolina

Gnadenstadt, The Rose Inn (1752) Nazareth Tp., PA

Bethabara Moravian (1753), Winston-Salem, NC

Gnadenhuetten Massacre (1755), Carbon Co., PA

Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC

The Sun Inn of Bethlehem (1758)

Kleinwelka (1758), a Wend mission, Saxony, Germany

Bethania Moravian (1759), Forsyth Co., NC

Moravians Begin Missions (1762) Tuscarawas Co., OH

Schoeneck Moravian Church (1762), Nazareth, Northampton Co., PA

New Dorp Moravian (1763), Staten Island, NY

Friedenshutten Mission (1765), Wyalusing, Bradford Co., PA

Home Moravian (1771), Winston-Salem, NC

John Heckewelder Helps

David Zeisberger to Found Native American Mission

Called "Schoenbrunn" (1772) in the Ohio Territory

Visit Schoenbrunn, New Philadelphia, OH

Christiansfeld Moravian Church (1773), Denmark

Hope Moravian Church (1774), Warren Co., NJ

William Henry, Gunsmith (1781)

Gnadenhutten Massacre (1782), Tuscarawas Co., OH

Fairfield Moravian (1785), Manchester, UK

Colonial Moravian Surnames, A-L

Colonial Moravian Surnames, M-Z

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Moravian Church Message Board at RootsWeb

Bethlehem Digital History Project

Bethlehem Marriages (1742-1800) Northampton Co., PA

Nazareth Marriages (1742-1800) Northampton Co., PA

Oley Moravian Genealogical Data (1741-70), Berks Co., PA

Lititz Marriages (1742-1800) Lancaster Co., PA

Philadelphia Marriages (1743-1800) Philadelphia Co., PA

Heidelberg Moravian Burials (1745-1822), Berks Co., PA

Emmaus Moravian (1747) Burials: A Partial List

Moravian Register 1749, Oldman's Creek, Gloucester Co., NJ

Hebron Moravian Marriages (1751-1811), Lebanon, PA

Bethel Moravian Burials (1752-1833), Lebanon Co., PA

Emmaus Marriages (1758-1800), Lehigh Co., PA

Moravian Marriages, Staten Island, Richmond Co., NY (1764-1863)

Hope, Moravian Burials, Warren Co., NJ

Northampton Co., PA Census 1800

Hope Moravian Burials (1830-), Indiana

1890 Census Bethlehem, Nazareth, Northampton Co., PA

German Script with Moravian Archival Examples

German-English Online Dictionary

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Wachovia Settlement (1752), NC

First Settlers (1753), Wachovia Tract, NC

Bethany Moravian Burials, Winona Co., MN

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Czech Republic Bohemia & Moravia Genealogical Research

Moravian Archives, Herrnhut, Germany

Moravian Historical Society "Transactions..." (1868)
214 E. Center St., Nazareth, PA 18064 (610) 759-5070

Moravian Archives, Southern Province
4 E. Bank St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (910) 722-1742
MoravianArchives@mcsp.org

Visit the Family Search website. An extensive microfilm collection of worldwide church records can be found in the Family History Library System, choose Family History Library Catalogue. Using the Author Search, type Moravian and also Moravian Church (each produce unique results).

Historic Bethlehem Partnership

Moravian Music Foundation
20 Cascade Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2904
(336) 725-0651

Interested in a West Bethlehem Historical Society?

Moravian Book Shop (1745)
428 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018 (610) 866-5481

Moravian Book and Gift Shop
614 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (336) 723-6262

Search the Bethlehem, PA Library
Subject: Moravian, 190.

Moravian College, Reeves Library
1200 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018 (610) 861-1320

Henry F. Marx Local History Room, Easton, PA Library
Northampton Co., PA genealogical records

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Gottfried SCHULTZ b 1717 Lower Silesia, probably Niemcza, Poland near Gnadenfrei, now Pilawa Gorna, Poland, d 1779 bur Nazareth, PA
+ Maria DONEWOK / DOMINICK b 1718 Lower Silesia, d 1806 at Gnadenthal, Upper Nazareth Tp., Northampton Co., PA. Gottfried united with the Brethren at Ebersdorf (now Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Thuringia, Germany). Came to Bethlehem, PA on the "Irene," in what was known as the Third Sea Congregation in 1749. Married in the "Great Wedding," Gemeinhaus Saal. Descend through Samuel SCHULTZ + Susanna HAUSER. Descendants in Moravian settlements at Pennsylvania; Hope, NJ; Winston-Salem, NC.

Martin HAUSER of North Carolina
+ Margaretha SCHAEFFER Descend through Martin HAUSER + Susanna Maria KESSLER.

Christoph PEISSERT "Born May 14, 1762, in Reichenau, Silesia. In 1786 went to Kleinwelka, and there was received into the congregation. In 1787 came to America and lived in Christianspring. In 1791 married Rosina FREVEL. He was a farmer in Gnadenthal, Old Nazareth and Nazareth. Of his six children, four survived."
+ Rosina FREVEL b abt 1759 in Montgomery Co., PA, daughter of Moses FREVEL, perhaps she joined the church as a young girl, d bur 1839 Moravian cemetery called God's Acre, Bethlehem, Northampton Co., PA.

Johann George MIESS b 1704 "Berghausen," prob. Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, d 1774 Swatara Tp., Lebanon Co., PA
+ Anna Juliana BALDT b 1718 in Amtshausen, Germany, d 1778 Swatara Twp., Lebanon Co., PA. George may have connections to the Moravian settlement at Herrnhaag, Hesse, Germany through Philip MIESS. Emigrated to Pennsylvania 1741, joined the Moravian Church in Lebanon County, PA in 1750. Descend through John Heinrich MIESS + Maria Barbara FABER.

Bernhard Heinrich FABER (1722-79) m Catherine UNKNOWN (c1722-) Lebanon Co PA

Johann Casper FREITAG b 6 JAN 1769 in Brumby, Lower Saxony, Germany son of Johann Peter FREITAG and Rosemunda LEISS, d 1821 in Cherryville, bur St. Paul's Indianland, Lehigh Tp., Northampton Co., PA
+ Hannah FEARNLEY b 19 MAY 1771 near Gomersal, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK, d 30 APR 1823 in Cherryville

Note: FREITAG probably joined the church at Herrnhaag, Hesse, Germany. Hannah FEARNLEY was brought by her Uncle James BIRKBY to the Moravian Church at Staten Island, where he was Pastor. John Casper and Hannah were married by Lot, at the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, PA. John Casper was ordained, and sent to Moravian church at Oldman's Creek, Salem Co., NJ. Per "Sketch of the History of the Moravian Congregation at Gnadenhutten on the Mahoning," night of 24 Nov 1755, 10 of 16 Moravians killed. Settlement started again 1770. "John Caspar Freytag and Hannah (m.n. FEARNLEY) his wife were sent to minister to the remnant of this congregation in November of 1805. A comparatively young man, of bouyant spirits and vigorous health, he entered upon his duties as minister, school-teacher, and husbandman, with zeal and ardor."

John FEARNLEY (c1751-c1821) m Catherine WILLIAM (c1751-c1821) of Moravian congregation at Gomersal, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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