Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
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David Zeisberger served as a Moravian missionary.
Moravian missionary who worked to convert the Indians of Tuscarawas County, Ohio to Christianity. After hostile Indians forced them to leave the area, Zeisberger, John Heckewelder, and 95 Indian converts moved to Cuyahoga County, and founded a settlement named Pilgerruh in 1786. In April, 1787, threats from local Indians and white settlers forced Pilgerruh to disband.
David Zeisberger was a Moravian missionary.
Moravian missionary to Iroquois and Delaware tribes.
David Zeisberger (1721-1808), Moravian missionary to the Indians.
David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister.
Moravian missionary to the Iroquois and Delaware tribes, 1745-1808.
In 1771, Zeisberger moved with the Delaware to the Tuscarawas River region in Ohio, and with his assistant, John Heckewelder, established several Moravian Christian Indian communities, including Schoenbrunn and Gnadenhutten. Although most of the Delaware were dispersed during the Revolution, Zeisberger in 1798 settled with the remnants of his flock at Goshen, Ohio.
David Zeisberger (1721-1808) was a Moravian missionary who dedicated the last sixty-three years of his life to efforts to convert Indians to Christianity. He concentrated his efforts on Indians who lived in the area of present-day Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he and a number of the Indians he converted are buried. Early in the 1780s, however, Zeisberger and his converts were forced to leave that area due to the hostility of other Indians in the area. After spending some time in western Ohio, Zeisberger, John Heckewelder (another Moravian missionary), and 95 Indian converts established a settlement in present-day Cuyahoga County, Ohio, just south of Cleveland. The settlement, founded in June, 1786, was named Pilgerruh. It was never intended to be permanent as the Indians hoped to eventually return to their original home in Tuscarawas County. But early in 1787, the settlement faced threats from local Indians and white settlers, neither of whom trusted the Indian converts. The settlement was disbanded in April and the converted Indians went north, not to return to Ohio until 1798.
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Gnadenhutten (Ohio)
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