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Oeconomy in Marienborn. She was at the Synod at
Barby visited Ebersdorf and in the year 1751 she
went with her husband and other Geschwister to
the disciple house at London.
In the year 1752 month of March they were dispatchd
for Pensilvania came to Beth the 20 of May the
same year since that time she has lived mostly
in the Congregation had the care of the Sister in general
and particular the married sisters in Beth and Nazareth
with great blessing has also made some short
visits in the country Congregations
In the year 1752 at the Synod in Lancaster and
in the same year at the Synod in Heydelberg.
Anno 1755 in Jan at the Synod in Bethlehem and
in the month of August at the synod in Warwick
and in Nov she made her last visit in Gnadenhutten
and as we heard afterwards it was just at that
time the Indians intended to destroy the place as
they did a few days after, but she returned safe
to us again in Beth.
Anno 1756 in June she was in Warwick, when
Lititz was laid out for a town.
In the year 1757 before Easter she was in New York
and in the fall she went with a company of
married Geschwister to Wachovia staid there
all winter and returned in May 1758 to Beth
Her last Pilgrimage was to Philadelphia last
September in Company of her husband Geschwister
Bohlers and Anna Rosel. There she staid several
days and was particularly cheerful among the sisters
sisters there among them she had a visit of one that
she knew in Franckfort in the year 1736 when single
as also in Germantown she spoke to me that was
in the single sisters hourse in Herrnhuth. She was
married 21 years has had 4 children on of which
our Anna Mary in the children Oeconomy in Herrnhuth
Conerning her last hours the following things
are to be remarked.
The last year in January she began to complain
and she seemd consumptive which gav eus some
concern but in Summer, she grew better so
that in the fall she was quite brisk. She visited
Nain and Nazareth in the middle of November and was at
the herrcht lovefeast well pleased in the beginning
of Dec she got a bad cough and must take care
of getting more cold but about New Year accord
ing to appearance quite well that none expected
she would go home so soon but she was not
without thoughts of going home and sometimes
spoke of it as when the festival on New Year
was celebrated in the evening by the cup of
blessing she served the sisters the next day a Sis sd
to her I was very glad to see you on the hall
again and to serve to which she answerd. It was
so in my heart once more as a handmaid of
the Lord to serve and as the St sd o you'l
serve yet many times, she answered nothing
from that time she was particularly chearful
and kept all her bonds with particular
grace