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Wealthy Widow in a brown calico Elizabeth Peck Perkins 1736-1807 helps Boston...
Elizabeth Peck Perkins (1736-1807), was a Boston widow, businesswoman, & philanthropist. She was the oldest child of English immigrants Elizabeth & Thomas Handasyd Peck. Her father became a...
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1791 American Mother & Child
1791 Ralph Earl (1751-1801). Mrs. William Moseley and Son Charles.
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The Baptists in the 17C & 18C Carolinas - Hundreds of Converts
Paul Revere Print of Submersion BaptismThe Palmer Movement of Southern Free Will Baptists, 1685-1865Southern Free Will Baptists have generally traced their ancestry back to the ministry of Paul Palmer,...
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1757 American Mother & Child
1757 John Hesselius Mrs Matthew Tiglman Anna Lloyd & dau Anna Maria (Mrs. Matthew Tiglman.)
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington 1731-1802 Life as 1st Lady in Philadelphia.
Washington's Philadelphia Residence on High Street.Although George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States of America on April 30, 1789; it wasn't until 1790, that...
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1773 American Mother & Child
1773 Matthew Pratt (1734-1805). Elizabeth Gay (Mrs. Thomas Bolling) with twins Sarah & Ann.
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Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf & American Moravian Men & Women
Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf by - Rev John Jackman"Nicholas Ludwig, Count Zinzendorf, was born in Dresden in 1700. He was very much a part of the Pietist movement in Germany, which emphasized...
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1796 American Mother & Child
1796 Ralph Earl (1751-1801) Annie McClellan Lovett and Daughter
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Moravian Women during the 18C Century
Moravian Women during the 18C Century by Beverly Prior Smaby"A remarkable painting by Johann Valentin Haidt tells us a great deal about the roles of Moravian women during Zinzendorf's time. It depicts...
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1799 American Mother & Child
1799 Artist Bouche. (in Baltimore in 1795). Ann Ogle (Mrs. John Tayloe III) and daughters Rebecca and Henrietta.
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The Haube, a Simple Cap For 18tC Pennsylvania Moravian Sisters
Unknown Artist, Moravian Single Sister, Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, PAThe head-covering worn is this painting is a Schwestern Haube, a sister's cap. A Haube is a simple, close-fitting cap...
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1791 American Mother & Child
1791 Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822) Mary Hawkworth Riddell and daughter Agnes.
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The Moravian Holy Spirit as Mother
The Holy Spirit as Mother Dr. Craig D. Atwood of the Moravian Theological Seminary"One of the least known & most intriguing parts of Zinzendorf’s theology is his use of the word "Mother" to...
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1772 American Mother & Child
1772 Winthrop Chandler (1747-1785). Eunice Huntington Devotion.
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Moravian Rites of Death in Bethlehem, PA
Escapes: Moravian rites of death in Bethlehem, PA.By Sue Kovach Shuman September 28, 2012The Washington Post'Moravian funeral processions followed the path above from the Old Chapel to God’s Acre...
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1798 American Mother & Child
1798 Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) Elizabeth Corbin (Mrs. Griffin Gatliff) & Daughter Elizabeth.
View ArticleMoravian General & Colonial History Bibliography
Moravian History – GeneralAtwood, Craig D., & Peter Vogt, editors. The Distinctiveness of Moravian Culture: Essays & Documents in Moravian History in Honor of Vernon H. Nelson. Nazareth:...
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1770 American Mother & Child
1770 John Durand (fl 1765-1782). Martha Tucker (Mrs. Thomas Newton II).
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Slavery of both Men & Women in the Northern colonies & states in North America
Ships built in the colonies often required free & slave laborers. Naval stores of pitch & resin for tar & turpentine were produced. Loggers cut sturdy oaks & tall firs for masts &...
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1799 American Mother & Child
1799 John Brewster Jr. (1766-1854) Lucy Knapp Mygatt and Her Son George.
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