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Last name Heckewelder
First name John
Display name John Heckewelder
Other names John Heckevvelder;John Hackenwelder;John Heckenvelder
Birth date 1743
Death date 1823
Gender m
Affiliations Moravians
Bio notes Agent for the Moravian Society; wrote "Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren, among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians" printed 1820; served as interpreter between Quakers and Wyandots. Moravian minister.

Mentioned in:

Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815

A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804

Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793

Joseph Moore's Journal

Life of Thomas Eddy

Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793