Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808

David Zeisberger served as a Moravian missionary.

From the guide to the On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society)

From the guide to the A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816], Circa 1816, (American Philosophical Society)

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.

From the description of Papers, 1786-1787. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17975519

David Zeisberger was a Moravian missionary.

From the description of Onondago-German vocabulary, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86138603

From the description of A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86138600

From the description of On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122615941

From the guide to the Onondago-German vocabulary, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society)

Moravian missionary to Iroquois and Delaware tribes.

From the description of Papers [microform], 1781-1797. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38861808

David Zeisberger (1721-1808), Moravian missionary to the Indians.

From the description of An harmony of the Evangelical history in the Leni Lenape, or Delaware language ms., [ca. 1800] / by David Zeisberger. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58659334

David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister.

From the guide to the Essay of an Onondaga grammar; or A short introduction to learn the Onondaga al. Maqua tongue / [edited by John W. Jordan], Circa 1887, (American Philosophical Society)

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.

From the description of Letter : Goshen, [Ohio], to [John Gottlieb Ernestus] Heckewelder, [Gnadenhutten, Ohio], 1801 Sept. 5. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41001172

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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From the guide to the David Zeisberger Papers, 1786-1787, (Western Reserve Historical Society)