1749 Anna Elisabeth Steiner, daughter of Abraham and Maria Steiner, was baptized on January 15, 1749 by Joseph Spangenberg, at the Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Northampton County. [1]
1800 Elizabeth Steiner spinster of Bethlehem Twp, Northampton County, dated her will on June 12, 1800. Elizabeth Stauber, daughter of brother Henry, and her husband Gottleib Stauber were named executors. Niece Elizabeth Stauber, brother Henry, brother Jacob, and brother Abraham received bequests. Proved June 17, 1800. [2] [3]
1800 Anna Elizabeth Steiner died on January 13, 1800 (aged 64) and was buried at Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Anna Elizabeth Steiner was born on November 11, 1735. [4]
A biosketch reports [5]:
14. Anna Elizabeth Steiner, 1735-1800, from Warwick, Pa., of Mennonite parentage. She was baptized by Bishop Spangenburg, and served as an acolyte (assistant superintendent) among the single girls [of the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she lived].
Source not recorded: She died a spinster, leaving a will, written 12 June 1800 and probated 17 June 1800. In her will she mentioned her brothers; Henry, Jacob and Christian, and her god-daughter, Elizabeth, daughter of (unreadable) and Elizabeth, sister of Abraham Levering. As executors of her estate, she appointed Gottlieb Stauber, son-in-law of her brother, Henry Steiner, and Gottlieb's wife Elizabeth, daughter of her brother Henry Steiner. The witnesses to her will were Margaretha Motz and Abraham Levering. (Estate file #1933, will book 4, pg. 12, Northampton County courthouse, Easton, Pennsylvania)
[1] Moravian Roots Genealogy Database, Search for Steiner, date 1749, [Moravian Archives].
[2] Northampton County, Pennsylvania Wills, 4-12, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 69001954, [FindAGrave].
[5] Abraham Reincke, A Register of Members of the Moravian Church (1873), 179, [HathiTrust].