Individual Details
Johannes Naas
(1670 - 12 May 1741)
Bishop Johannes Naas' history is presented in "Find A Grave." John Naas was a Brethren preacher, who landed in Philadelphia aboard the Pennsylvania Merchant on 18 September 1733, along with his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Margretha.
Events
| Birth | 1670 | Kreis Minden-Lubbecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |||
| Death | 12 May 1741 | Sergeantsville, Hunterdon, NJ | |||
| Marriage | Elizabeth |  |  | ||
| Alt name | John Naas | ||||
| Burial | Sergeantsville, Hunterdon, NJ |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth (1200 - ) |
| Child | Margaretha Naas (1707 - 1780) |
| Child | Elizabeth Naas (1717 - 1753) |
Notes
Marriage
Elizabeth and Johannes Naas lost ten of their children on the voyage to America. Johannes wrote of the harrowing trip. See Strassburger, and see Donald Durnbaugh for details on the families travails.Endnotes
1. Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808 (N.p.: n.p., 1934), 121-126.
2. Donald F. Durnbaugh, European Origins of the Brethren (Elgin, IL: The Brethren Press, 1958), 301-309.