He was educated in the Roman Catholic church, but in 1748 united with the Moravians. In 1756 he was dispatched to Pennsylvania, and three years later, entered the Moravian Indian mission , serving for fifteen years in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Johannes Rothé, or Jan Rothe, de Rothe of Rode, also Mr Roder (Amsterdam, 2 December 1628 - 18 March 1702), [1 ] Lord of Oud-Wulven and Wayen in the Dutch Republic, was a prophetic preacher and Fifth Monarchist.