Zinzendorf's permission having cleared the way for departure,
they resolved to wait no longer on the Trustees, and a general conference
was held on September 18th, in which definite arrangements were made
for the assumption of the debt by those who were willing as yet
to remain in Georgia, freeing the four who were to go first.
A recent letter had informed Tanneberger of the death of his wife and children
in Herrnhut, and the news shattered his already weak allegiance.
Without them he cared little where he went, or what became of him,
if only he could get away, and Haberecht was more than ready to join him.
His young son went as a matter of course, and Meyer,
another member who had been lazy and unsatisfactory, completed the party,
which sailed for Pennsylvania on the 16th of October.
Jag also intended to go, but for some reason waited for the next company.
Haberecht settled at Ephrata, and the two Tannebergers at Germantown.
In 1741, Haberecht joined the Moravians who were building
in "the forks of the Delaware", and became one of the first members
of the Bethlehem Congregation. In 1745, David Tanneberger
married Regina Demuth, who had lost her husband the previous year,
and they ultimately moved to Bethlehem also.
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