In the years 1759 - 1790 many Moravians travelled from Denmark/Germany to Tranquebar. They settled in the area we know as Brother Garden or Salomon Garden just outside Tranquebar town. Here they founded their own society.

Below you see a list of the persons who went abroad and also about the persons who went on to the Nicobar Islands.
The Moravians: The Brethren Congregation, Evangelical – Christian society, come out of The Bohemian Brethren. 1722 a group in exile from the count Zinzendorf had the permission on the lands of his estate to build up the town of Herrnhut ( The Shield of the Lord ) – where they 1727 constituted themselves as the so called Brethren Society, whose only guidelines were to be The Holy Bible. Deepest belief in Christ, discipline of the community and extreme heroism in their mission characterize the Herrnhut people, who after 1760 turned into an independent church society with a synod in the lead; to-day there are independent societies in North – and South –America, Germany, Great Britain – and an extended mission of heathens. This one was for a period characterized by a strongly emotional intonation of pietism, and as a revivalist movement it spread out to most of the Evangelical countries. 1772 The Brethren Congregation in Christiansfeld, Sønderjylland, was established.

Explanation of words:
v.f. Herrn: Separate from the Brothers Community.
EU.: Europe.
TR: Tranquebar.
?  : Missing information.
Red marking: Female moravians to Tranquebar - totally 10 persons.


List of  Moravians who left for Tranquebar.


No.

Family Name

First Name

Birthday   -   (†) Day of Death

Domicile

Occupation

1

Stahlmann

Georg Johan

23.04.1720  -  † 16.06.1770 TR  

V.Reval D.

Grocer

2

Volker

Udam Gottlieb

25.09.1725  -  † Nicobar

 

BD.

3

Buttler

Christoph

24.08.1720  -  † 12.06.1777 TR

Poland

BD.

4

Kund

Michael

19.08.1707  -  † Nicobar

 

 

5

Gypper

Joh.Hermann

29.08.17  ?  -  † Nicobar

 

Surgeon

6

Mûller

Michael

29.09.1706  -  † 28.09.1765 TR

 

 

7

Nystædter

Jonas

10.02.1724  -  † 19.03.1766 TR

Sweden

Cabinetmaker

8

Brodersen

Martin

20.10.1717  -  to EU.  1780

Denmark

Tanner

9

Lübke

Peter

30.05.     ?   -  † Nicobar

 

Ship's carpenter

10

Liebisch

Christian David

19.12.1735  -  † Nicobar

 

Shoemaker

11

Urmedinger

Philipp Daniel

26.04.     ?   -  † Nicobar

 

 

12

Dorfschmidt

Christian

07.09.1730  -  † 08.03.1777 TR

Ohmden  D.

Shoemaker

13

Becherus

Svend

27.07.1743  -  † 03.1776 TR

Småland

Tailor

14

Gay

Jacques

17.04.1724  -  leaves

Genf

Watchmaker

15

Jäschke

Nicolaj Andreas

06.12.1717  -  † 01.01.1762 TR

Mähren

 

16

Jäschke

Anna

25.03.1725  -  † 19.03.1762 TR

Zauchtenthal

 

17

Diehl

Johan Peter

25.10.1714  -  † 25.06.1765 TR 

Hessen

Cabinetmaker

18

Diehl

Anna Regina

28.11.1714  -  † 06.03.1779 TR

Mähren

 

19

Goldberg

Reinhold

02.03.1715  -  to EU. 1771

Livland  ?

Farmer

20

Goldberg

Marie

27.09.1715  -  † 14.05.1763 TR.

Holzkirch

 

21

Kunz

Matthäus

07.03.1722  -  † 06.10.1774 TR

Mähren

Carpenter

22

Kunz

Anna

10.08.1729  -  † 07.11.1796 TR

Mähren

 

23

Betschler

Joh. Andreas

16.03.1727  -  † 28.04.1784 TR

Franken

Doctor

24

Karth

Isak Erikson

12.10.1730  -  † 20.05.1783 TR

Falun  Sweden

Instrument Maker

25

Schramm

Matthäus

25.02.1724  -  † 16.08.1784 TR

Mähren

Farmer

26

Blaschke

Josef

19.03.1731  -  † 06.09.1782 TR

Mähren

Hoof Smith

27

Ritschmann

Johan

16.06.1734  -  † 05.04.1776 TR

Zauchtenthal

Agricultural Helper

28

Woltersdorf

Joachim

19.03.1719  -  † 28.09.1786 TR

 

BD.

29

Woltersdorf

Henriette

14.03. 17 ?  -   to EU 1795

 

 

30

Becherus

Anna Maria

01.12.1740  -  † 28.03.1774 TR

Hirschberg  D.

 

31

Weber

Joh. Rudolf

11.10.1739  -  to EU 1802

Bayreuth  D.

Cabinetmaker

32

Lüssen

Johann Ludolf

13.03.  ?      -  † Nicobar

 

Doctor

33

Mess

Joh. Friedrich

05.10.1745  -  to EU 1795

Brandenborg

Cabinetmaker

34

Belling

Christian

04.11.1746  -  to EU 1784

Gerlachsdorf 

Smith

35

Grasmann

Johannes

11.06.1742  -  to EU 1792

Herrnhut  D.

BD & Organist

36

Heyne

Joh. Chr. Friedr.

01.03.1749  -  † 05.05.1783 TR

Ronnenburg D.

Cloth Maker

37

Haberland

Joseph

26.01.1726  -  † 06.09.1782 TR

Mähren  D.

 

38

Schmidt

Carl Friedrich

17.09.1746  -  † 31.08.1783 TR

Pforzheim   D.

 

39

Hegner

Jakob

17.09.1747  -  to EU 1781

Wintherhur

Grocer

40

Hänsel

Joh. Gottfried

    ?    1749  -  to EU 1792

Herrnhut  D.

Tanner

41

Wangemann

Gott. Christian

05.04.1752  -  † ? 1782 TR

Thüringen  D.

Shoemaker

42

Loffier

Abraham

05.04.1741  -  † 06.09.1782 TR

Genf       Sch.

Watchmaker

43

Schmidt

Hans Jakob

    ?    1756  -  † Nicobar

 

 

44

Raabs

Joh.Gottlob

03.11.1752

Schlesien

Tailor

45

Haslop

Johannes

03.03.1751  -  † 09.09.1782 TR

Norway

Grocer

46

Kunz

Joh. Heinrich

30.01.1758

Herrnhut

BD.

47

Steinmann

Joh. Christian

27.07.1753  -  † Nicobar

Thüringen

 

48

Sixtus

Joh.Andreas

21.12.1757  -  † Nicobar

Nürnberg

Tanner

49

Fleckner

Joh. Martin

05.07.1752  -  † 04.02.1786 TR

 

 

50

Voigt

Joh.Samuel

11.05.1753  -  to EU 1791

Freiberg

Doctor

51

Latrobe

James Gottlieb

19.01.1750  -  to EU 1786

England

Cabinetmaker

52

Watteville v

Joh. Ludvig

07.03.1751  -  † 23.07.1784 TR

Herrnhut

Preacher

53

Staal

Jørgen

24.07.1742  -  to EU 1801

Helsingør

Grocer

54

Gräse

Chr.H.Gottlob

07.12.1758  -  v.f. Her. 1786

Vogtland  D

Surgeon

55

Urban

Joh.Gottlieb

20.02.1750  -  to EU 1789

Peterswaldau

Shoemaker

56

Lindenberg

Troels Anderse

Dead on journey