One of the nine children of Gerhardt and Margaretha Zinn was named Christian. Christian married Matthias Ardis. My grandmother, Hazel Ardis Semon was a direct descendant from Matthias and was my namesake...Cynthia Ardis Nettles Douglas. I am glad to know that these ancestors were in this early American settlement and were part of the Moravian Church. ... the Moravian Church was founded through the ministry of the early Reformer, John Hus.

grave: 29

· First Name: Gerhard

· Middle Name: n/k

· Last Name: Zinn

· Date of Birth: March, 1705

· Date of Death: March 4, 1765

· Historical Information: Born near Neustad, March, 1705; Married in 1725 and had nine children. In 1735 he came to America, lived 13 years and three years in the Cloister at Ephrata. From there he went to New River, VA; From there he was driven away by the Indians, and came to Wachovia. Diary Page 300.

· grave: 51

· First Name: Margaretha

· Middle Name: n/k

· Last Name: Zinn

· Date of Birth: December 18, 1702

· Date of Death: March 15, 1773

· Historical Information: Born at Neustadt on the Haard in the Palatinate; Married Gerhard Zinn in 1725 and had nine children. In 1735 she came to America and lived 13 years and three years in the cloister at Ephrata, PA. From there went to New River, VA, for 15 years. She suffered an injury and was brought to Bethabara where she heard the preaching of the Brethren. After that they went to South Carolina. Returned to Bethabara in 1762. Became a widow in 1765.