I found the following information relating to the Ephrata Cloisters in Lancaster County. "Pennsylvania vital records: from the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine and the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography," Vol. I (1983), page 166. Recorded deaths. 1741 -- 28. Johan Mack's Mother. I wonder if this isn't a transcription mistake, that the reference should be to Johann Mack's wife. As far as I know, the only Johann or Johannes Mack associated with the Brethren in America in 1741 was the Johannes Mack who was a son of Alexander Mack, Sr. Since it is known that Alexander's wife (Johannes' mother) died in Surhuisterveen in 1720, the woman who died in 1741 couldn't be her. Does anyone have access to a different version of this record, possibly one recorded in the original German? The original might use the term wife rather than mother. Thanks. David Myers