Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann Balthasar Hege
and Maria Julianna (Frey) Hege
Sister of
Anna Maria (Hege) Oesterlein, Juliana Frey (Hege) Lobach, Lazarus Johannes Hege, Anna Rosina (Hege) Pfaff, Margaret (Hege) Clodfelter, Christian Hege, Sarah Hege and David B. Hege
Wife of
Johann Gottlieb Spach
— married
21 Jan 1787 in Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Salome (Spach) Mickey
Died
at age 48
[location unknown]
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Biography
Martha Elizabeth Hege was born in the Moravian community of Bethania, the daughter of Johann Balthasar Hege and Maria Juliana Frey. On her marriage to Gottlieb Spach, she moved to the town of Salem, and remained there for the rest of her life.
Records of the Moravians in North Carolina[1] 5:2168. Jan. 14, 1787, Salem. The betrothal of the single Br. Gottlieb Spach to the single Sr. Martha Elisabeth Hege, of Bethabara, was commended to the prayers of the congregation.
Jan. 21. The single Sr. Martha Elisabeth Hege came from Bethabara [to Salem] with Br. and Sr. Marshall, and after an address by Br. Koehler she was married to the single Br. Gottlieb Spach.
Martha and Gottlieb were the parents of eight children.
She died in 1812, and is buried at Salem Moravian God's Acre.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. See Records of the Moravians for information on this series.
- ↑ http://www.salemcongregation.org/salem-moravian-graveyard-gods-acre/
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 47008770
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~3.12%
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