Maria Elisabetha H?utter, 1731–1799 (aged 68 years)
- Name
- Maria Elisabetha /H?utter/
- Given names
- Maria Elisabetha
- Surname
- H?utter
- Nickname
- Elisabeth
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1st President of the United States
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2nd President of the United States
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1720–1801
Birth: January 20, 1720
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— Pfaffenhofen, Alsace Death: August 23, 1801 — Friedberg, North Carolina |
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1731–1799
Birth: April 1, 1731
— H?uffenhardt, W?urttemberg Death: October 26, 1799 — Friedberg, North Carolina |
| Marriage | Marriage — December 17, 1752 — Monocacy, Maryland |
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1758–1849
Birth: April 8, 1758
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— Friedberg, North Carolina Death: June 11, 1849 — Salem, North Carolina |
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Memoir of Maria Elisabeth Spach By Henry Wesley Foltz Maria Elisabeth Spach, wife of Adam Spach, died two years before he did. Her Memoir is written into the Salem Diary of 1799, and gives us a few additional points of interest. She was born April 1, 1731, in Hiffenhardt, Wurttemberg, and was the youngest of four children. Her parents died when she was quite young, and she was brought up by her father's sister, until she was old enough to go into service. In 1749 she came with her older brother to America, landing in Baltimore in November. Having no money to pay for her passage she stayed in Baltimore for some time working out her debt, as was often done in those days. There she made the acquaintance of a Mr. Gumpf, who, finding that she had been born in his home town, arranged to take her into his own home, where one more year of service canceled her obligations. Gumpf lived in the Manakosy settlement, in Maryland, and the Moravian preachers often stayed at his house when preaching there, so in course of time she joined the congregation of Graceham. In 1752 she married Adam Spach, and the next year, when they heard of the going of the first colony of Brethren to North Carolina, they felt moved to follow them. As Nathaniel Seidel and his party stopped in Graceham on their return trip, having seen the first company settled in Wachovia, the Spachs made careful inquiry concerning the prospects in North Carolina, and in May, 1754, they set out on their journey thither. (Adam Spach wrote that they went in 1753, doubtless associating the date with their decision to go.) Until the congregation of Friedberg was organized they were informally associated with the congregation of Bethabara, often traversing the fourteen miles from their farm on foot in order to attend services. By nature Mrs. Spach was inclined to worry, and to think things worse than they were, but she tried to overcome this fault, and during her last illness it left her entirely. She died on October 26, 1799, aged 68 years and seven months, less five days. |
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