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Departed 5 October 1830 darKey #0719
Rebecca, daughter of William and Christina, was born on the 29th of April 1809 in Bethany, North Carolina.
Her parents were regular members of the Brethren's Church at that place, & soon after the birth of their daughter, they presented her to the Lord in holy baptism, which solemn rite was performed by Wm Leidel in the Brethren's church. At seven years of age she became the property of Wm. V L Kurmmer, who then resided at Bethabara in North Carolina, with whom she has lived ever since, & who give the following short account of her.
In 1819, when we moved from Bethabara to Pennsylvania, we left it to her & and her Parents options, to let her remain in Carolina, where she would have remained a slave during life, or to go with us to Pennsylvania, & obtain her freedom. Per Rebecca, although a child of only 10 years of age was so attached to us & and our children, that she could not think of leaving us. Altho the thought of probably never again seeing her daughter, at first distrust her mother's heart, yet her mother, & the father, such confidence in us, that they cheerfully consented to are taking her with us, in the hopes that it might not only prove advantageous to her in her life, & she be preserved from many temptations, that it might also be beneficial to her through all eternity. As regards Rebecca, she never intimated the least regret of her choice she made of remaining with us. After having arrived in Pennsylvania she was bound to us by indenture according to the laws of the state, for the specified terms of years.