NameCatharina Herr
Birth27 Dec 1713, Plymouth Township, Philadelphia County, PA
Death1775
BurialBethlehem Moravian
Spouses
Birth18 Nov 1708, at sea
Death1769, Hebron, Lebanon County (now Potter), PA
FatherAndreas Volck (~1678-1747)
MotherAnna Catharina Meckel (~1680-1762)
Marriage1730
ChildrenHannah (1731-1763)
 Jacob (1736-)
 Georg (1739-)
 Catharina (1741-1741)
 Catharina (1743-)
 Rebecca (1745-1769)
 Johannes (1747-1747)
 Infant (1748-1748)
 Twin (Twin) (1749-)
 Twin (Twin) (1749-1749)
 Maria (1752-)
 Rosina (1754-1754)
 Carl (1757-)
 Infant (1759-1759)
Notes for Catharina Herr
Her surname given in some records (e.g. Carmichael history) as Catharine Harzy or Harry.

Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings, Vol. 21, Old Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem: Catharine Volck, m.n. Herr, 1713-75, from New York State. At the age of 17 years she became the wife of Charles Volck, to whom she bore fourteen children. Soon after their marriage they moved to Lynn, Lehigh Co. PA. Count Zinzendorf visited them there several times, and when a Moravian congregation was organized at Lynn, the minister lodged at their house, until a parsonage was built. Her husband died in 1766, at Hebron PA.
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