Tyerman in his "Life and Times of John Wesley",
says, "On his return to England, Charles Delamotte became a Moravian,
settled at Barrow-upon-Humber, where he spent a long life of piety and peace,
and died in 1790."
On the 16th of October, Peter Boehler and George Schulius
arrived in Savannah, accompanied by the lad, Simon Peter Harper.
They came as missionaries to the negroes of Carolina,
the hearts of various philanthropic Englishmen having been touched
by reports of the condition of these half wild savages recently imported
from the shores of Africa to till the fields of the New World.
The plan originated during Count Zinzendorf's visit to London,
in February, 1737, when it was suggested to him that such a mission
should be begun by two Moravian men, under the auspices of
"the associates of the late Dr. Bray".
Thomas Bray, an English divine, was born in 1656, made several
missionary trips to America, and in 1697 organized a society
for the propagation of the Gospel in the English Colonies.
He died in 1730, but the work was continued by his "associates",
many of whom were also interested in the Georgia Colony.
As this mission was to be under their direction, "the associates
of the late Dr.
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