Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
John Martin Boltzius
Saltsburg minister
Embarked: 14 De. 1733
Arrived in Georgia: 12 Mar. 1733-4
Minister & chief Director of the Saltsburgers at Ebenezer. He married Gertrude Rhomoriseen (Rhomorisine) 5th Aug. 1735. In the Colony the end of the year 1746.
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From: Moravians in Georgia 1735-1740 by Adelaide L. Fries:
On receipt of the invitation from the Trustees, seventy-eight persons decided to go to Georgia, and left Augsburg on the 21st of October, reaching Rotterdam the 27th of November, where they were joined by two ministers, Rev. Mr. Bolzius, deputy superintendent of the Latin Orphan School at Halle, and Rev. Mr. Gronau, a tutor in the same, who were to accompany them to their new home. In England they were treated with marked kindness, and when they sailed, January 19, 1734, it was with the promise of free transportation to Georgia, and support there until they could reap their first harvest from the fifty acres which were to be given to each man among them. They reached Charlestown, South Carolina, the following March, and met General Oglethorpe, the Governor of Georgia, who was intending an immediate return to Europe, but went back to help them select a suitable place for their settlement, they preferring not to live in Savannah itself. The site chosen was about twenty-five miles from Savannah, on a large stream flowing into the Savannah River, and there they laid out their town, calling it "Ebenezer", in grateful remembrance of the Divine help that had brought them thither. Baron von Reck, who had accompanied them as Commissary of the Trustees, stayed with them until they had made a good beginning, and then returned to Europe, leaving Ebenezer about the middle of May.
Gertrude Kraierin
See Kraierin. Child of Barbara Rhomorsine by a former husband.
Tim Bowling
Age 38; potash maker
Embarked: 6 Nov. 1732; Arrived in Georgia: 1 Feb. 1732-3. On the 1st ship load of Georgia colonists, The Charity.
Lot 35 in Savannah; Dead 5 Nov. 1733
Elizabeth
Embarked: 25 May 1733
Arrived in Georgia: 23 Sept. 1733
She lives on her husbands lot 35 in Savannah.
William Box
Hatter
Embarked: 11 Sept. 1733
Arrived in Georgia: 16 Dec. 1733
Dead 16 April 1734
Settled at Abercorn; succeeded in his lot there in 1737 by Geo. Thompson
Mary
Embarked: 11 Sept. 1733
Arrived in Georgia: 16 Dec. 1733
Arrived with husband #1 Will. Box. He died and she remarried Tho. Young and moved herself and her children to Tho.'s lot. Quitted; dead 1740.
James Box
Inmate with his Step Father (the record says Father in Law but this is clearly incorrect), Tho. Young
Philip Box
Inmate with his Step Father (the record says Father in Law but this is clearly incorrect), Tho. Young
Simon Boynell
Embarked: 28 Sept. 1733
Arrived in Georgia: 14 Jan. 1733-4
Settled in Highgate. Dead 9 Sept. 1734
William Bradley
Was sent to teach agriculture. Embarked: 20 Oct. 1735, Arrived in Georgia: Feb. 1735-6. He had a grant of 500 acres 17 Nov. 1735. The Trustees sent him over to instruct the Inhabitants in Agriculture and are now (1739) calling him to account for malversation. The Trust servants were put under his care, but were taken from him in 1739, lives Inmate in Savannah on lot 37. A Rioter in open Court 20 Oct. 1735; & convicted of stealing a calf & hog 2 Nov. 1737 which he confest. He since put his own mark on the Trustees cattle, & killed others impunedly which is felony. He took possession of his 500 acres 26 April 1739. He stole out of the Colony to avoid settling his account 28 May 1740 & ran away to Carolina.
Jas. Bradley
Lot 56 in Savannah. An Infant. This lot granted to him in 1736. But he lives with his father on lot 37 an Inmate.
Wiliam Bradley
Lot 186 in Savannah. He lives not on his lot but with his father.
Mathias Brandner
Husbandman, embarked 31 Oct. 1734; arrived in Georgia 28 Dec. 1734. Saltsburger settled at Ebenezer. Living 13 March 1738/9
Mary
Saltsburger settled at Ebenezar. Living 13 March 1738/9
Maria Breman
Widow. Palatin Trust servant; arrived in Georgia 20 Dec. 1737
Maria Magdalene Breman
Palatin Trust servant; arrived in Georgia 20 Dec. 1737
Francis Brooks
Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in Georgia Feb. 1735-6.
Lot 174 in Savannah.
Shot by Spaniards Feb 1739-40.
He married Anne, daughter of Thomas Mouse of Skidaway; had been a servant of Col. Oglethorpe; left a widow & 2 children
Anne Mouse
Married to Fra. Brooks. Inmate at Savannah on lot 174.
Married to Fra. Brooks Freeholder of Savannah, who was killed by the Spaniards in Feb. 1739/40 was left a widow with 2 small children.
James Thomas Brooks
Has a twin sister Juda.
Juda Brooks
Has a twin brother James Thomas.
John Brownfield
Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in Georgia Colony Feb. 1735-6.
Lot 175 in Savannah.
Had been servant to Col. Oglethorpe, and was made Register & Naval Officer 7 Oct. 1735 but tis said gave it up in 1739. He was negigent in that office, and troublesome to the magistrates, and is factor for some Englich merchants. Afterwards he profest great zeal to perform his office, but absolutely neglected. of different religions 1: of the Chch. England; 2. a follower of Whitfeild; 3. of Wesley; & 4. a Moravian. Dead 24 March 1737/8
Moved to Bethehem, PA in 1745.
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