Bairn (Hans) Bauer—ship carpenter on the Charming Nancy, son of Jacob and Dorothea, had been separated from family as a boy and raised by Scottish sea captains. Recently reunited with family
Anna König—childhood sweetheart of Bairn who emigrated with her church from Ixheim, Germany, on the Charming Nancy
Jacob Bauer—Amish bishop of church of Ixheim; emigrated one year prior (1736) to claim land for church to settle
Dorothea Bauer—wife of Jacob Bauer, mother of Bairn and Felix
Felix Bauer—eight-year-old son of Dorothea and Jacob, brother to Bairn
*Benjamin Franklin (and wife Deborah)—printer in Philadelphia
Christian Müller—Amish minister of church of Ixheim; emigrated on Charming Nancy (1737)
Maria Müller—wife of Christian Müller
Catrina Müller—ten-year-old daughter of Christian and Maria
Isaac Mast—church member, widowed father of Peter
Peter Mast—sixteen-year-old son of Isaac
Josef and Barbara Gerber and twin toddler boys—church members
Simon Miller—church member, elderly bachelor, on the lazy side of lazy
Henrik Newman (The Newcomer)—immigrant from Germany who arrived on another ship (1737) and joined the church of Ixheim
Captain Charles Stedman—captain of the Charming Nancy, the ship that carried the church of Ixheim across the Atlantic
Captain Angus Berwick—captain of the Lady Luck
Countess Magdalena von Hesse—German noblewoman who came to the New World to find her missing husband
*Maria Saur (Sister Marcella)—wife of printer Christoph Saur
*Peter Miller (Brother Agrippa)—one of the brothers at Ephrata Cloister who, after Father Friedsam’s death, ran the Cloister
*Conrad Beissel (Father Friedsam)—a charismatic preacher who, along with his faithful following, started Ephrata Cloister
*nonfiction