On 15 Feb 1784 John Philip married Mary Elisabeth Herman, daughter of Johann Philip Herman & Elisabetha Sybilla (Herman), in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.3 Born in Apr 1765 in First Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America. Mary Elisabeth was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, on 28 Apr 1765.8 Mary Elisabeth died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 3 Jan 1802; she was 36.

On 24 Dec 1781 Anna Elizabeth married John Christopher Rudolf, son of Leonard Christopher Rudolf & Dorothea Catherine Debreven, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.8 Born on 5 Jul 1756 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British America. John Christopher was baptized in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British America, on 31 Jul 1756.8 John Christopher died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 11 Sep 1803; he was 47.6,12 Buried on 13 Sep 1803 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.6

The wedding of John Christopher Rudolf and Anna Elizabeth Koch appears to have been a society wedding.  The surviving guest list of the wedding represents the ‘good society’ of late eighteenth century Lunenburg.  In his diary, Leonard Christopher Rudolf gave a description of the wedding with a guest list:
 
Soli Deo Gloria!
 
              Anno Domini 1781, on Thuersday the 27th December in the 22nd year of His Majesty’s Reign, King of G. Britain George the Third.
              My Eldest Son John Christopher Rudolf was Married with Elizabeth Eldest Daughter of Mr. Henry Koch a Miller of Lunenburg.
              They were married in my House at about One of the Clock in the afternoon by Revd Mr. De La Roche Missionary.
 
In the presence of Bride Elizabeth                        1
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Koch and four children         6           (parents and siblings of the bride; saw miller, major land owner)
Frederick Heyson                                                               (grandfather of the bride; farmer)
and his son Philip Heyson                                     2           (uncle; farmer, major land owner)
her Aunt Mrs. Kaulbach and 4 children               5           (Anna Magdalena Koch, wife of Martin Kaulbach, aunt of the bride and cousins; trader, miller, large land owner)
her Uncle Philip Treffian and his son                   2           (uncle and cousins; miller, business partner to Henry Koch)

Bride Groom John Christopher                             1
his Father and Mother & 6 children                      8
[Mr. & Mrs. L. Christopher Rudolf]                                  (parents of the groom; Registrar of Deeds, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Collector of Duties)
his Uncle D. Christopher Jessen, Esq.                               (uncle and paternal aunt of the groom; Registrar of Deeds, Collector of Impost, Justice of the Peace,
                                    & Wife, my Sister              2                Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Member of the 6th Legislative Assembly 1785-1793)

Mr. John Pentz and daughter,                                              (retailer and trader)
Mr. Martin Munich, wife and daughter,                            (retailer and trader)
Mr. Leonard Schwartz and wife                            5
 
                  Guests
Honble Mr. & Mrs John Creighton                                      (Chief Magistrate for Lunenburg County, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Judge of Probate, Member of 5th Legislative Assembly 1770-1775, Member of Governor’s Council 1775-1780s)
and Son John & Daughter Louisa                         4           (Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Member of 10th Legislative Assembly 1811-1818)

Rev. Mr. Peter DelaRoche & wife                        2           (Anglican missionary who performed wedding)
Rev. Mr. Bruin Comingo, sone and daughter     3           (German Reformed minister)
Mr. & Mrs. [Casper] Wollenhaupt                        2           (Merchant, Justice of the Peace; Member of the 6th Legislative Assembly 1783-1793 and 8th Legislative Assembly 1799-1806)

Mr. [John] Doing,                                                                  (Justice of the Peace; married to dau. of Anglican Missionary Rev. Paulus Bryzelius, retailer and trader)
Mr. [John] Bollman,                                                              (Physician, Surgeon, Member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Legislative Assemblies 1793-1809)
Mr. George Koch, &                                        (trader, tailor and innkeeper)
“Henricy” [Johann Philip Henrici]           4       (large land owner)
                                                         47
besides some other young people.
 
         There were in 2 Rooms Tables and a small [table] in an other Room all in good Order and Decency by Directions of my Brother in Law, Mr. Jessen and the Care and Conduct of my Wife Dorothy.
            They danced till Day Break next morning but I went to Bed as ordinary, by reason of my age the 72nd year. [Leonard Christopher Rudolf]  (Halifax, N.S.: Nova Scotia Archives, MG 4, Vol. 92, letter k)

On 28 Apr 1795 John Henry married Magdalena Moser, daughter of Samuel (Emanuel) Moser & Margareta Keltzer, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.3 Born in May 1773 in Kingsburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.3 Magdalena was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, on 31 May 1773.3

On 11 Oct 1796 Anna Magdalena married Heinrich Moser, son of Mathias Moser & Anna Catherina Reinhard, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.3 Born in Jun 1775 in Kingsburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.3 Heinrich was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, on 2 Jul 1775.3