wever, gave them great
concern, and her brother Michael Haberland sided with her, so that the
company gladly saw them sail for Germany in the latter part of January,
1740. There Michael married, and returned to America in May, 1749, as
one of the large company which came to settle in Bethlehem, where he
died in 1783. Judith joined her husband in England, and in 1742 was
serving as "sick-waiter" of the Pilgrim Congregation in London.

This left only six Moravians in Savannah, for John Boehner had already
started for Pennsylvania on January 20th. He had a very sore arm which
they hoped would be benefited by the change, and he was commissioned to
try and gather together the members who had preceded him, and to make
arrangements for the reception of the remnant which was soon to follow.
He aided faithfully during the early days of the settlement at Nazareth
and Bethlehem, and in 1742 went as a missionary to the island of St.
Thomas, where he labored earnestly and successfully for the rest of his
life, and died in 1787.

Nothing now remained for the members still in Savannah, but to so
arrange matters that they might leave on the first opportunity.
Oglethorpe had already bought their trumpets and French horns at a good
price, but they needed to sell their rice and household furniture to
provide sufficient funds for their journey. This was happily arranged
on the 2nd of February, when George Whitefield, who had reached Savannah
for the second time a few days before, came to see them, promised to buy
all they cared to sell, and offered them free passage to Pennsylvania.
This offer they gratefully accepted, receiving 37 Pounds for their
household goods, and on April 13th, 1740, they sailed with Whitefield
on his sloop the 'Savannah', Captain Thomas Gladman. Their land and
improvements were left in the hands of an Agent, and the town house was
rented to some of Whitefield's followers for a hospital.

With the Moravians went the two boys, Benjamin Somers and James ----, who
had been given into their hands by the Savannah magistrates in 1735, and
a young woman, Johanna Hummel, of Purisburg. The two lads gave them much
trouble in Pennsylvania, and Benjamin was finally bound out in 1748,
while James ran away. Johanna married John Boehner, and sailed with him
to the West Indies in 1742, but died at sea before reaching there.

Boehler and his company expected to find Spangenberg and Bishop
Nitschmann in Pennsylvania, and were much