Elizabeth Charles 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1783 - North Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Hans Michael Charles (      -Abt 1813)
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *James Essex (Abt 1770 -       )
       Marriage: 18 Jul 1802 - Guilford Co., North Carolina 1 2 3
       Children:
                1. Isaac Essex (1809-188)
                2. Sarah Essex (Abt 1810-      )
                3. John Essex (1813-Abt 1859)
                4. William Essex (Abt 1816-Abt 1859)
                5. Priscilla Essex (Abt 1817-      )
                6. Michael Essex (Abt 1823-      )
Notes
General:
FRIEDENS LUTHERAN CHURCH:

The Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1745 and is located in Gibsonville, in the eastern part of present-day Guilford County, N.C., near the Alamance County line. It is today a functioning Lutheran church.

A translation of the "1800-1853 Frieden Lutheran Church Book" can be seen at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bruckner/koontz.htm

The original is mostly in German. The first 87 pages are baptismal records, and most of the remainder consists of lists of communicants who participated in Holy Communion on specific dates. See notes under Elizabeth's father Michael Charles for all communicant entries relative to him and his children and for other details.

Between 1804 and 1829 Elizabeth Essex is in the list of communicants of the Friedens Church 8 times. In the church records there is a list of communicants on 41 dates during that period. Her husband James Essex is never in the list. Her daughters Sally and Prissa were confirmed 26 Sep 1830 and they are on a list of communicants just one time (31 Oct 1830) until November 6, 1852 when they and their mother are on the list. By that time the family had been living in Tennessee for many years, so perhaps they returned to North Carolina for a visit.
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Sources

1 Ruth F. Thompson & Louise J. Hartgrove, Abstracts of the Marriage Bonds Guilford County, North Carolina 1771-1840, 1989, pg 52. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records 1741-2011, Guilford > Marriage Bonds; pg 133; image 143/652. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QF-B3HX), James Essech and Elizabeth Charles, 18 Jul 1802; citing , Guilford, NC; FHL microfilm 536,823; pg 133, image 145/3383.

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