On Mary Elizabeth's ship, the Irene, was the returning Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg who had long been responsible for all Moravian colonization in North America. By this time the Moravians were coming to America in numbers that warranted their operation of their own ships - every passenger was Moravian. In April of 1754, she was sent by the Moravians to do the same kind of work in America. The widow was given a place in the Moravian Mission House to earn her way. Fortunately for you, he left a 3 year old son, Johann Matthaeus Miksch, back in Germany with a young widow, Mary Elizabeth Jahne Miksch. Matthaeus took his turn in the fields with the Blacks, also his turns with the sicknesses he died within a matter of months. One of these men was Matthaeus Miksch, your ancestor. So 18 young men were sent from Europe in 1733 to join David and establish a church. David Nitschman opted to stay on but wrote his Moravian brethren that psychologically he didn't think he could handle the lonesomeness long. Even with that, after about 18 months, Leonard Dober died. At least they could excuse themselves from the fields and go over to St. Even as the workers sickened under the demands, they sickened. They had no idea how hard the work would be. Any reduction in work due to the talking would result in their expulsion. The two missionaries were told they could live with the workers, go to the fields with them, and talk as they worked. The owners had no complaint with the message but no time was available for its presentation. The men were Leonard Dober and David Nitschman. Croix workers that they were children of a God who lived in heaven and that they would join Him there someday when the travails of this life were over. Two men from the missionary group rose and offered to take the message to the St. The soft-hearted Moravians responded immediately. It was this kind of life that the Black brought to the attention of the Moravians, with a plea for some sort of succor. The living conditions were so bad that conception and births were minimal. They were brought in by the boat-load, worked out, and replaced by the boat-load. Croix were considered fodder for the production of the crop. In contrast, slaves working on the sugar plantations of St. Planters learned that the main way to replace or increase their work force was by natural reproduction and living conditions that fostered such reproduction were provided. When England saw the economic problems of slave importation, she established laws to curtail it. For example, in the American Colonies slaves were brought in to replace white indentured servants so they were accepted from the beginning as working human beings. But in actuality there were many kinds of slavery. To us who know nothing of it, slavery was slavery, period. He had been a slave on the Virgin Islands and, when he managed to get free, could think of only one thing - to get help for those he left behind. Then one day a Black man was brought in to speak to the Moravians. A certain number of young men pledged themselves to this goal (in 1728) and began to ready themselves by studying medicine, languages, and geography. Although Protestants had never before sponsored missions, the idea of some sort of missionary work was enticing. In this time of freedom and rejoicing, the first thing on their church agenda was how they could help others less fortunate. Just after the Protestants of the Moravian Hills (from which the group got its name) had been freed from their hundred years of hiding, they had been given land (in 1722) on the estates of the German Count Zinzendorf where they could build their farms and villages. Thomas was the location of the first Moravian establishment in the Western World and this is how it came about. However, the sight that most caught my attention was on a side street of the town area: it was a little church with a cupola that proclaimed, "Moravian." I just had to find out about it what I learned was fascinating. Thomas - the beautiful beaches, the abrupt hills, the barking town dogs, and off across the water the view of the rather flat island of St. Then, one year, Andy and I were in the Virgin Islands, visiting friends on the island of St. Especially noteworthy is the little welcoming cupola that shades the front steps. In visiting her while she was there, I learned to recognize the unique architecture of Moravian churches. Andrea got the message through experience she was sent to a Moravian school. Tyree, you have been told that you have Moravian antecedents. Home :: Family Directory :: Family History :: Links / Info :: Contact UsĪs descendants of Mrs. Tyrees - moravainstory home :: site map :: Login
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