Anna Christina Elisabetha (Walborn) Loesch (1700 - 1782)

Born 24 Jul 1700 in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Georg Loesch — married 15 Dec 1721 in New York

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1782 at age 82 in Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

In her autobiography, Christina wrote that she and her husband George Loesch came to Tulpehocken with their first child in 1723. It was all wilderness then, she wrote.^[1]

Anna Christina and her husband George wife were admitted to fellowship in the Moravian Church and were instrumental in founding congregations at Heidelberg Township, Quittopeihille (now Lebanon), Nazareth and Bethlehem in PA, and also in Bethania, NC.

The old George Lesches sold their home in Berks Co and removed to Gnadenthal near Nazareth, Northampton Co, PA, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary 15 Dec 1771.

3 Dec 1720: Marriage of Görg Lösch to Anna Christina Walborn. 9 children are recorded in the baptismal records of Reed's church:

1. Johann Jacob b 10 Nov 1722. Sponsors were Johann Jacob Kop and his wife. He married Anna Blum (1732-1817)
2. Susanna Philipina b 12 Jun 1724. Sponsors were Jacob Kop and wife. She married John Nicholas Winland (1723-1777)
3. Hermanus Walborn b 4 Mar 1726. Sponsor was Hermanus Walborn. He married1 Anna Barbara Beroth (1729-1759), m2 Anna Margaretha Beyer (1727- ~1767), m3 Maria Joanna Beroth (1732-1814)
4. Maria Elizabeth b 12 Feb 1728. Sponsors were Martin Batdorf and his wife. She joined the Moravians, did not marry, and spent her life in service to the church. She left a diary that can be found at the Moravian Archives.
5. Maria Catharina b 24 Feb 1730. Sponsor was Maria Catharina Schell. She married Johannes Lischer/Lesher (1719-1782)
6. Christina Elizabeth b 14 Jan 1732. Sponsors were Philip Braun and wife. She married Jacobus Vonder Merk (1728-1773)
7. Johann Baltzar b 19 Mar 1734. Sponsors were Baltzar Anspach and wife. He married first Anna Christina Elizabeth Heyl, m2 Anna Maria Meyer
8. Margretha Elizabeth b 20 Mar 1736. Sponsor was Margretha Elisabetha Schell. She married Valentine Fuehrer (1724-1808)
9. Johann Gorg b 13 Feb 1738. Sponsors were Christian Walborn and wife. He married Ann Wiltshire (1745-1823) in North Carolina and died in South Carolina.
10. Johann Adam b 6 Jun 1741. Sponsor was Adam Walborn. May have married a Weiser in 1766.
11. Maria Barbara b 25 Sep 1744. Sponsors were Michael Rieth and wife. She married Heinrich Schmid. Went to North Carolina.

Christina Walborn died 17 Dec 1782. ^[2]

Her husband Johann George Loesch/Lesch died 15 Aug 1790^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Die Shilgrut Aug, 1979, Vol X, p. 10
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #60022695
3. ↑ HZ Jones Jr, Palatine Families of New York (1985), p 556.

• Ancestry Family Trees

• Cleveland, Marcia. Genealogical Data. Walborn Genealogical History of America, Herman W Walborn

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Walborn-36 created through the import of Tressler Family Tree.ged on Oct 27, 2011 by Ted Williams.
• WikiTree profile Walborn-40 created through the import of Leehawk201202171001146495.ged on Feb 18, 2012 by Chilton Hawk.