John
Gottlieb Ernestus
Heckewelder
Born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Ohneburg
— married
1780 in Muskingum Valley, Ohio, USA
Father of
Johanna Heckewelder
Died
at age 79
in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2015
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Biography
"His father was born in Moravia, and went to England in 1734 as an exile in the service of the Moravian Church. When John was ten years old he accompanied his parents to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on a Moravian Indian mission. There he went to school and learned to be a cedar cooper. He desired to be an evangelist to the Indians, ..."
Sources
- Map and Description of Northeastern Ohio, The National Magazine A Journal Devoted to American History (The National History Company, New York, Nov. 1884) Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 113
- Pioneer in the North American Moravian Indian missions
- Wikidata: Item Q6238500, en:Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: Gnadenhutten, Ohio
- Wikipedia: Gnadenhutten massacre
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