With her fellow Moravians, she relocated to the Wachovia Tract, in the Province of North Carolina, in 1766, settling initially in Bethabara.
The enrollment increased over time, and by the early 19th century over eighty students were being taught.
[1] In 1780, Oesterlein married Rudolph Christ, a prominent potter in Bethabara and, later, Old Salem.
Each child died very young, with Friedrich living the longest (to the age of 8).
She is interred in the God's Acre Moravian Cemetery in Old Salem,[8] alongside her husband, who survived her by 31 years.