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German, Swiss, Dutch & French (Palatine) immigrant ships to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Declaration of Intention, 1727
At a meeting of the Board of the Provincial Council, held at the Court House b in Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1727, one hundred and nine Palatines appeared, who, with their families, numbered about four hundred persons. These were imported into he Province in the ship William and Sarah, William Hill, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Dover, England, as by clearance from the officers of His Majesty's customs there. The said Master being asked if he had any license from the Court of Great Britain for transporting those people, and what their intentions were in coming hither, said that he had no license or allowance for their transportation other than the above clearance, and that he believed they designed to settle in this Province.Col. Rec. III. 283. All male persons above the age of sixteen did repeat and subscribe their names, or made their mark, to the following Declaration: " We subscribers, natives and late inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine and places adjacent, having transported ourselves and families into this Province of Pennsylvania, a colony subject to the crown of Great Britain, in hopes and expectation of finding a retreat and peaceable settlement therein, Do solemnly promise and engage, that we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His present MAJESTY, KING GEORGE THE SECOND, and His successors, kings of Great Britain, and will be faithful to the proprietor of this Province; and that we will demean ourselves peaceably to all His said Majesty's subjects, and strictly observe and conform to the Laws of England and of this Province, to the utmost of our power and the best of our understanding. " G. M. Weis, V. D. M. a Rudolph Beyl Sebastian Graff Tobias Frey Johan Peter Fritz Jacob Jost Rudolph Wellecker William Herry * Jacob Bausel Philip Rutschly Elias Meyer Johannes Leib Hans Georg Ziegler Henrich Meyer Christoph Walter * Johannes Huth Philip Zigler * Joseph Albrecht Michael Bottle Georg Petter Johannes Barth Hans Ernst Rudy Hans Georg Hertzer Jacob Meyer Henrich Meyer * Hans Philipp Schweickhardt Philip Jacob Rheinlender Johann Friderich Hilligass Hans Michael Zimmerman Johann Georg Schwab Hans Bernhart W A Johannes Eckman Hans Martin Wellmer * Hans Caspar Spangler Hans Martin Will Johann Jacob Cuntz Hans Georg Welcker Alexander Dubendoffer Johan Friderick Rudi Hans Michael Pfautz Hans Michael Diel Hans Jerg Anspacher Georg Schumacher Hans Georg Nogelle Hans Georg Kremer Andreas Holsbacher Hans Adam Wilder * Hans Georg Wolff Hans Martin Liebenstein Johan Henrich Hartman Johannes Haberacker. a G. M. Weis was for many years a minister of the Gospel in the German Reformed Church in Pennsylvania. In vol. iii. 284. Colonial Records, it is stated, "sundry of these foreigners lying sick on board, never came to be qualified." I have compared Lists A, B and C and find in List A, besides those given above, the following names: Benedict Strome * Henericus Bell * Daniel Levan * Willm Jurgeins * Adam Henrich * Sebastian Vink * Hans Georg * Hans Georg Bowman * Hans Martin Shoomaker * Hieronimus Milderd * Jon Bared Lerinstey * Steven Frederick * Hans Jacob Eckinan * Hendrick Wittser * Jacob Plause * Johannis Strome * Philip Swyger * Jacob Swartz * Christian Snyder * Jacob Mast * Johanes Balt * Albert Swoap * Abraham Beni * Johan Willm Mey * Johannes Hier * Ulrich Sieere * Jacob Swicker * Philip Feruser * Johan Wester § Martin Prill * Peter Seytz * Bastian Smith * Nicholas Adams * Ulrich Hetzell * Henrich Gouger § Clement Eise * Philip Rodesell * Uldrich Staffon * John Tobias Serveas Johan Hend Gyer § Johanes Barteleme * Christopher Walter * Hans Adam Stoll * Hans Jerig Viegle * Hans Jerig Roadebas * Christopher Wittmer * Hans Mich Pagman * Hans Mich Triell * Hans Mich Weider * Hans Jerrick Wigler * Hans Fillkeysinger * Hans Georg Kley § Andro Saltzgerber * Christopher Labengyger * Hans Georg Schaub * Johannes Tiebindorf * Conrad Milder * Hans Adam Beinder * Abraham Farne * Hans Georg Milder * Rudolph Wilhelm * Johanes Michel Peepell * The following are reported as having died: Leonard Seltenrich Jac. Milder Christopher Milder Hans Georg Ahrnold. b Immigrants were usually qualified at the Court House, occasionally elsewhere. October 15, 1766, at the dwelling house of John Lawrence, Mayor of Philadelphia. January 13, 1767, and October 6, 1767, at the Office of Thomas Willing, Esq. December, 8, 1773, at the house of Peter Miller, Esq., in Philadelphia.-(Editor.)
Source: A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia. Palatine Passenger List Index
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