Johannas Lischer and Maria Catharine Loesch

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Husband Johannas Lischer ¹

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            AKA: Johannes Lisher 2
           Born: 28 Nov 1719 - Wittgenstein, Hesse, Germany 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1782 1 2
         Buried:  - Moravian Cemetery, Nazareth, Northampton Co, PA

       Marriage: 16 Apr 1759 - Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA 1

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Wife Maria Catharine Loesch ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 May 1730 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1802 1 2
         Buried:  - Moravian Cemetery, Nazareth, Northampton Co, PA

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         Father: George Loesch (Abt 1700-      ) 1
         Mother: Anna Christina Wallborn (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Mary Lisher ²

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           Born:  - Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 M John Lesher ²

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           Born:  - Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Whitesell (      -      ) 2

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3 M Johan Georg Lesher ³

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            AKA: John G. Lisher 2
           Born: 6 Apr 1768 - Berks Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Nov 1823 1
         Buried:  - Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA

         Spouse: Anna Flickinger (1762-1841) 3
           Marr: 25 Jun 1786 or 1788 3

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4 F Anna Lisher ²

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           Born:  - Nazareth, Northampton Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Johannas Lischer

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His father died in Germany, he subsequently coming to America with his widowed mother. Sailing from Rotterdam on the ship "Hope," he landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23, 1734. His parents were Mennonites.

He emigrated to the United States in the ship "Hope" in 1734, in company with his mother, his father having previously died in his native land. They located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where Johannes Lisher became acquainted with members of the Moravian sect and with them he cast in his lot. In 1743 he was baptized into their faith and became a missionary to North Carolina, making two trips in the interest of that church to that state. Sometime subsequent to that day he located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
He was a miller by occupation and followed his trade for some years. In 1774 he built the first house in Nazareth, and was actively identified with the development of that portion of the state. By the marriage of his children he became the grandfather of twenty-three grandchildren.
[GPMLVP, 379]

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General Notes: Wife - Maria Catharine Loesch

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She was born March 7, 1730. [GPMLVP, 379]

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married in the Moravian church at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

1 —, Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. L. Floyd & Co., 1911), Pg 728.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York, NY: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 379.

3 —, Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. L. Floyd & Co., 1911), Pg 464, 728.