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and in the year 1746 we were at Dansbury In the year
1748 we were sent to Shemoko,where I had a hard fitt
of illness, and returned to Bethlehem in November where
the office of servant of the church was committed to my
charge. In the year 1751 we was sent to Long Island
and after a 7 months stay there, was sent 2 time to
Dansbury, there we staid one year, and then retured to
Bethlehem, where my Husband began stire keeping. In the year
1755 we were sent to Gradenhuutten on the mahiny, there we staid
9 months untill the Terrible attack og the Indians of which
I was aprehensive some time before it came to pass, which was
on the 24th of November. Then we retreated to Bethlehem
and after we had strengthened and refreshed ourseoves some
time here, we went to Sichem in New England. Here we
staid 13 years and in that space of time had the comport to
see a little cingregation settled there by out dear Brother
Spangenberg. In the yeat 1759 we received a call to assist
in the work of god among the negros in Jamaica and after
a stay in Bethlehem of 8 weeks we satt out on our journey
hither my Birth Day the 12th of February. I looked apon
it as a peculiar favour to serve the poor Negro Slaves
I loved them and they loved me, but the excessive heat
of the climate weakened my poor Tabernacle greatly
after we had been there near 6 years we received our call
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to return home. I was very sea sick, and had very little hope of
outliving the voyage, but yet I could not believe I should be Bu-
ried in the sea, but that I should be permitted to lay my Bones
to rest in the Congregation. The 27th of October I arrived at
my beloved Bethlehem to my unspeakable joy. I had now
Obtained the uttmost of my wishes and often said to our Dear Saviour
with Tears: "now I an ready to quit this poor mortal clay
and sink into thy arms for thou hast redeemed me with thy
precious Blood" However I recovered thro the care and tenderness
of my dear Brethren and Sisters so far that on the 30th of May
1766 the poor at Carrols Mannor in Maryland was committed
to our charge. We accepted the call with willing hearts, and
arrived there on the 14th of July. Here we resided above 6 years
wept with those who wept, and rejoiced with those that
rejoiced, and our dear Lord and Savior graciously acknow-l
edged our poor Services. at length my strength decayed
to fast that in the year 1772 we was obliged to quit this
post and came to Bethlehem in the 22nd of October.
Thus far our Dear Sisters own words: -
Her Joy to find herself among her Beloved People before
her end was so great that for a time she seemed to regain
strength to that she could frequent the meetings and during
her Husbands Absence\: who in the Interim made a voyage
to Barbados:\ she was able to go about her little
House hold affairs, but after his return her weakness increased
daily