Finding aid of the records of the Moravian Church in the Eastern West Indies (1696) 1728 – 1972 (1999) EWI Lothar Madeheim 1975 (revised 2019) Moravian Archives Bethlehem «EWI» 1 Contents Ungrouped ........................................................................................... 3 1. Central administration (Provincial Helpers' Conference, Provincial Elders' Conference) .......................................................................................... 4 1.a. minutes of the PEC .......................................................................... 4 1.b. correspondence .............................................................................. 5 1.c. circular letters ................................................................................ 12 1.d. conferences ................................................................................... 12 1.e. Provincial Synods ........................................................................... 14 1.f. General Synods ............................................................................. 18 1.g. educational institutions .................................................................. 20 1.h. finances ....................................................................................... 26 1.i. regulations .................................................................................... 28 1.j. government affairs ......................................................................... 29 1.k. visitation reports ........................................................................... 29 1.l. statistics ........................................................................................ 29 1.m. missionaries, ministers, staff (also memoirs) .................................. 29 1.n. records pertaining to individual islands ............................................ 33 1.o. archives ........................................................................................ 38 1.p. maps, drawings, photographs .........................................................39 1.q. real estate ..................................................................................... 41 1.q.1. Antigua ...................................................................................... 41 1.q.2. St. Croix ..................................................................................... 42 1.q.3. St. John ...................................................................................... 42 1.q.4. St. Kitts ...................................................................................... 45 1.q.5. St. Thomas ................................................................................. 45 1.q.6 Tobago ........................................................................................ 53 1.q.7 Trinidad ....................................................................................... 53 2. Antigua ............................................................................................ 54 2.a. general .......................................................................................... 54 2.b. Bethany (formerly called "Piggotts") ............................................... 72 2.c. Cedar Hall ...................................................................................... 73 2.d. Five Islands .................................................................................... 74 2.e. Gracebay ....................................................................................... 77 2.e. Gracefield ...................................................................................... 77 The reference number is the number on the left of the title. In order to request or cite items, you need the name/abbreviation of the record group and the reference number Moravian Archives Bethlehem «EWI» 2 2.f. Gracehill ........................................................................................ 77 2.g. Greenbay ......................................................................................79 2.h. Lebanon ....................................................................................... 80 2.i. Newfield ....................................................................................... 84 2.j. Potters Church ............................................................................... 85 2.k. Spring Gardens, St. John's ............................................................. 86 2.l. St. John's...................................................................................... 130 2.m. congregation undetermined ........................................................ 130 3. St. Croix ......................................................................................... 132 3.a. general ........................................................................................ 132 3.b. Friedensberg ............................................................................... 142 3.c. Friedensfeld ................................................................................. 147 3.d. Friedensthal ................................................................................ 150 4. St. John ......................................................................................... 158 4.a. general ........................................................................................ 158 4.b. Bethany ...................................................................................... 158 4.c. Emmaus ...................................................................................... 159 5. St. Kitts .......................................................................................... 160 5.a. General ....................................................................................... 160 5.b. Basseterre (Zion) ......................................................................... 166 5.c. Bethel ......................................................................................... 171 5.d. Bethesda ..................................................................................... 173 5.e. Estridge ....................................................................................... 175 6. St. Thomas ..................................................................................... 179 6.a. general ........................................................................................ 179 6.b. Memorial Church ......................................................................... 182 6.c. New Herrnhut .............................................................................. 186 6.d. Nisky .......................................................................................... 187 7. Dominican Republic ........................................................................ 189 8. Trinidad and Tobago ....................................................................... 189 9. Miscellaneous ................................................................................. 196 The reference number is the number on the left of the title. In order to request or cite items, you need the name/abbreviation of the record group and the reference number Moravian Archives Bethlehem «EWI» 3 Ungrouped W.I.101.21Conveyance by Helena Waldhorn to Maria Vessuup for a plantation in the Nye Quarter (1750); ; written on an earlier conveyance by Gertruyd Sara Mosst, widow of Johan Christopher Abrey to Helena Waldhorn for the same plantation (1747) , 1747, 1750. 1 item very fragile Dutch W.I.101.22 Conveyance by Hendrik Specht to the Moravian Brethren for the plantation Krum Bay (1757); written on an older conveyance by Joannes van Beverhoudt to Frederik Moth and Henning Linberg (1749), 1749, 1757. This item is marked "9" 1 item very brittle Dutch W.I.101.4Obligation owed by the Moravian Brethren to the Danish king, to be paid in ten years; with taxation of the plantation located between Schmimmelman's and Kragh' plantations [Bethel], 1766. Includes: The plantation ocated between Schmimmelman's and Kragh' plantations served as security. The obligation was paid off in 1776. 1 item very fragile Danish, German, and Dutch W.I.101.14 Land patent regarding the Moravian cemetery in Savan, west of Charlotte Amalie, 1822. Includes: A land patent from 1806 is attached. 1 bundle Language: W.I.102.2Documents regarding the division of a lot on Prindsensgade in Charlotte Amalie, 1845 - 1846. Exact nature of the documents unclear (written in Danish) The reference number is the number on the left of the title. In order to request or cite items, you need the name/abbreviation of the record group and the reference number Moravian Archives Bethlehem «EWI» 4 2 items W.I.102.2 and W.I.102.3 probably belong together fragile, torn Danish W.I.102.3Maalebrev (certificate of measurements) for a lot on the corner of Prindsensgade and Hospital Gade in Charlotte Amalie, 1846 Febr. 28. 1 item W.I.102.2 and W.I.102.3 probably belong together Danish W.I.102.31 W.I.102.31List of records regarding ownership of Moravian properties in the Eastern West Indies by [A. B. Romig ?], (ca. 19000. 4 pages English K.112.2 Account of the warden of the Moravian Church on St. Kitts with the treasurer of the Eastern West Indies Province, 1900 - 1934. Includes the years 1900, 1909, 1912-1917, 1919-1934 1 folder English C.24.5 Church Rule, parts of Conferences, 1937. 3. Minor (mainly cosmetic damage) Language: 16.20 Report of the Hymn Book Revision Committee to the (British) Provincial Synod, 1964. The hymn book of the