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Samuel Isles was born in Holbeck near Leeds in the West riding of Yorkshire
April 14th 1723. I was awakn'd in my Childhood and used to weep
exceedingly whenever I read or heard of the sufferings of our Saviour,
but did not understand it, 'till Anno Dom: 1742 when I got acquainted
with Brother Bohler and Toltschig at which time my Heart got some sensation
and knowledge of our Saviour. thro their preaching, I was afterward ac-
quainted with more Brethren who came down to Yorkshire and had the grace
on May 24th A.D. 1743 to be received into the Brethren Church by Brother Joseph
on Lambshill on a publick Prayer day and in July following was permitted
to pertake of the Lords supper at New house. In the year 1744 I was
taken into the single Brothers House in Yorkshire Holbeck and 1745 mov'd
with them to Lambshill. 1746 was sent by the Brethren to Duckenfield to live
with the single Brothers there and afterward to Ockbrook and Archet. But
in Sept went by order of Brother Johannes with Cennick, Francis Okely,
Hammond Sammy Hunt and Hintz to Germany, we arrived in December
at Marienborn and Herrnhaag, we liv'd in Herrnhaag with the Pilgrim
Congregation till in Sept 1747 went I was sent to England, where I stay'd
in Lambshill at London till January 1748. There receiving a call from Brother
Johannes I went over to Amsterdam and from there with Brother and Sister
Fred Masters, Weekler, and Nic. Schneider to St. Thomas. we sailed May
13th was taken' by 2 French Privatteers and was carr'd in to Martinick June
11th. Saild from thence June 16th in a flag of Truce was stop'd the
next day by a Dutch Privateer which held us 2 days and plundered us,
we got into Guadelouppe on the 19th, stay'd there 9 days and then sail'd
by Moutserrat Neue St Christophers for craftue or ______
got to St. Thomas on August the 6th 1748 at 7 in the evening
having having narrowly escaped being taken a third time by a Spanish
Privatier at the North of St. Thomas's harbour. April the 26th 1749
Brother Johannes arriv'd with his Company, he stay'd 6 weeks
on Decknadel, baptized 104 Negros. I was by him ordain'd
Deacon of the Brother's Church June the 9th on the next day he sail'd
for Bethlehem. 1750 the 28 of September I sail'd with West and Chr
Frolich for New York. we got safe to then Bethlehem, to
which place we was sent from Brother Weber as Deputies to beg for more
Brothers and Sisters for St Croix and Thomas. I stay'd about three weeks there and then
set out the 2nd of November with Hantschens, Ohnebergs, Paulson, Mickler,
and Felthentum for St Thomas where we arriv'd on the 4th of December
But the 1 of January 1752 I recevied a letter from Brother Johannes where
he mentioned his and dear Disciples freewill and consent that I should go
to Antigua to see if the poor Negros there would hear of the free
grace of our Savior to poor lost sinners. Brother Mickler was accord-
ingly made out to go with me, I went to St Croix and stayd there
six weeks and then sailed for Antigua but was through accidence stop'd and
hindred for that time. However, this year I visited St. Croix three times and St. Tom 2 and in the year 1753 was twice again in St. Tom, and in July I went with
Brother N Seidel on a visit to dear Bethlehem. we arrived there the
16th of August. During my stay there I visited Gnadenhutten
and the other congegations in Pennsylvania several times. was at the synod
at Heidelberg and Donnegal and was at last place with my___ Disciples