John Gambold was the youngest of six known children of Hector Ernest Gambold (1719-1788) and Helen Craig Gambold (1718-1792), who married c1744 in New York.
The following is taken from the website "North Carolina Families" (http://www.fmoran.com.gambold.html)
John Gambold was ordained a Moravian minister. He came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1791. From 1791 to 1802 he was a leader of the Single Brethren at the Moravian Community of Salem (now Winston-Salem). He married Catharina Frederica Lanius (1780-1804) in 1802, at which time he became the pastor of the Friedberg Moravian Church congregation, replacing Martin Schneider. Friedberg was then on the border of Stokes and Rowan Counties, North Carolina, now on the border of Forsyth and Davidson Counties.
As pastor of the congregation, John Gambold himself kept the congregational diary, and recorded in September 1804 that both he and his wife became sick with a high fever, "the worst of it was that just then no one came in, and we were hardly able to give each other a drink of water." He recovered, but Catharina continued to suffer and became increasingly ill until she died on October 30th. He continued to serve as the Friedberg pastor until the following March, at which time he accepted a call to go to the Cherokee mission in northern Georgia. This post required a married brother, and he returned to Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania to marry Anna Rosina Kliest in May 1805, before going back to North Carolina and then leaving for the Moravian Spring Place Mission in Murray County, Georgia in September.
In 1820 a new mission was started at Oochgeeology (alternatively spelled Oothcaloga), and John and Anna Rosina Gambold were intended to take this post and to begin a school for Indian girls there, but Anna Rosina died in 1821, which delayed starting the school. Although John Gambold by this time was 61, it was thought desirable that he remarry in order to continue with this work, and he returned to Wachovia for this purpose. In April 1823 he married Anna Maria Grabs, the widow of Christian Gottfried Schulz, and they departed again for Spring Place and then oothcaloga. He died there in November 1827. Anna Maria stayed on at the Cherokee Mission until it was forced to close in 1831, then returned to Salem where she lived on until 1854. John Gambold had no children from any of his marriages.
Links to John's parents and all three of his wives are included below.
The following is taken from the website "North Carolina Families" (http://www.fmoran.com.gambold.html)
John Gambold was ordained a Moravian minister. He came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1791. From 1791 to 1802 he was a leader of the Single Brethren at the Moravian Community of Salem (now Winston-Salem). He married Catharina Frederica Lanius (1780-1804) in 1802, at which time he became the pastor of the Friedberg Moravian Church congregation, replacing Martin Schneider. Friedberg was then on the border of Stokes and Rowan Counties, North Carolina, now on the border of Forsyth and Davidson Counties.
As pastor of the congregation, John Gambold himself kept the congregational diary, and recorded in September 1804 that both he and his wife became sick with a high fever, "the worst of it was that just then no one came in, and we were hardly able to give each other a drink of water." He recovered, but Catharina continued to suffer and became increasingly ill until she died on October 30th. He continued to serve as the Friedberg pastor until the following March, at which time he accepted a call to go to the Cherokee mission in northern Georgia. This post required a married brother, and he returned to Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania to marry Anna Rosina Kliest in May 1805, before going back to North Carolina and then leaving for the Moravian Spring Place Mission in Murray County, Georgia in September.
In 1820 a new mission was started at Oochgeeology (alternatively spelled Oothcaloga), and John and Anna Rosina Gambold were intended to take this post and to begin a school for Indian girls there, but Anna Rosina died in 1821, which delayed starting the school. Although John Gambold by this time was 61, it was thought desirable that he remarry in order to continue with this work, and he returned to Wachovia for this purpose. In April 1823 he married Anna Maria Grabs, the widow of Christian Gottfried Schulz, and they departed again for Spring Place and then oothcaloga. He died there in November 1827. Anna Maria stayed on at the Cherokee Mission until it was forced to close in 1831, then returned to Salem where she lived on until 1854. John Gambold had no children from any of his marriages.
Links to John's parents and all three of his wives are included below.
John Gambold was the youngest of six known children of Hector Ernest Gambold (1719-1788) and Helen Craig Gambold (1718-1792), who married c1744 in New York.
The following is taken from the website "North Carolina Families" (http://www.fmoran.com.gambold.html)
John Gambold was ordained a Moravian minister. He came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1791. From 1791 to 1802 he was a leader of the Single Brethren at the Moravian Community of Salem (now Winston-Salem). He married Catharina Frederica Lanius (1780-1804) in 1802, at which time he became the pastor of the Friedberg Moravian Church congregation, replacing Martin Schneider. Friedberg was then on the border of Stokes and Rowan Counties, North Carolina, now on the border of Forsyth and Davidson Counties.
As pastor of the congregation, John Gambold himself kept the congregational diary, and recorded in September 1804 that both he and his wife became sick with a high fever, "the worst of it was that just then no one came in, and we were hardly able to give each other a drink of water." He recovered, but Catharina continued to suffer and became increasingly ill until she died on October 30th. He continued to serve as the Friedberg pastor until the following March, at which time he accepted a call to go to the Cherokee mission in northern Georgia. This post required a married brother, and he returned to Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania to marry Anna Rosina Kliest in May 1805, before going back to North Carolina and then leaving for the Moravian Spring Place Mission in Murray County, Georgia in September.
In 1820 a new mission was started at Oochgeeology (alternatively spelled Oothcaloga), and John and Anna Rosina Gambold were intended to take this post and to begin a school for Indian girls there, but Anna Rosina died in 1821, which delayed starting the school. Although John Gambold by this time was 61, it was thought desirable that he remarry in order to continue with this work, and he returned to Wachovia for this purpose. In April 1823 he married Anna Maria Grabs, the widow of Christian Gottfried Schulz, and they departed again for Spring Place and then oothcaloga. He died there in November 1827. Anna Maria stayed on at the Cherokee Mission until it was forced to close in 1831, then returned to Salem where she lived on until 1854. John Gambold had no children from any of his marriages.
Links to John's parents and all three of his wives are included below.
The following is taken from the website "North Carolina Families" (http://www.fmoran.com.gambold.html)
John Gambold was ordained a Moravian minister. He came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1791. From 1791 to 1802 he was a leader of the Single Brethren at the Moravian Community of Salem (now Winston-Salem). He married Catharina Frederica Lanius (1780-1804) in 1802, at which time he became the pastor of the Friedberg Moravian Church congregation, replacing Martin Schneider. Friedberg was then on the border of Stokes and Rowan Counties, North Carolina, now on the border of Forsyth and Davidson Counties.
As pastor of the congregation, John Gambold himself kept the congregational diary, and recorded in September 1804 that both he and his wife became sick with a high fever, "the worst of it was that just then no one came in, and we were hardly able to give each other a drink of water." He recovered, but Catharina continued to suffer and became increasingly ill until she died on October 30th. He continued to serve as the Friedberg pastor until the following March, at which time he accepted a call to go to the Cherokee mission in northern Georgia. This post required a married brother, and he returned to Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania to marry Anna Rosina Kliest in May 1805, before going back to North Carolina and then leaving for the Moravian Spring Place Mission in Murray County, Georgia in September.
In 1820 a new mission was started at Oochgeeology (alternatively spelled Oothcaloga), and John and Anna Rosina Gambold were intended to take this post and to begin a school for Indian girls there, but Anna Rosina died in 1821, which delayed starting the school. Although John Gambold by this time was 61, it was thought desirable that he remarry in order to continue with this work, and he returned to Wachovia for this purpose. In April 1823 he married Anna Maria Grabs, the widow of Christian Gottfried Schulz, and they departed again for Spring Place and then oothcaloga. He died there in November 1827. Anna Maria stayed on at the Cherokee Mission until it was forced to close in 1831, then returned to Salem where she lived on until 1854. John Gambold had no children from any of his marriages.
Links to John's parents and all three of his wives are included below.
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