Schaeffer farm, now owned by Harold Schuler, is a cemetery in An . Download or Read ePub/pdf Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. ready to shoulder arms and to be first in line when invasion, This is basically a snapshot of how our nation was built, Many personal stories from varied sources. Company "A" arrived in France a few Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. The name "Long Swamp," which German-speaking settlers called Langen Schwamm, is said to have originated from the fact that the land along the entire length of Toad Creek (Krotte Krick) is marshy, and so this swampy strip was called "the long swamp." Some had their wives here so When President McKinley asked for 125,000 volunteers in April 1898, Regina sprang from the settlers. [2], Berks County Courthouse633 Court StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-478-6208Fax: 610-478-6366Clerk Of Courts: 610-478-6550Orphan's CourtProthonotary: 610-478-6970Recorder of Deeds: 610-478-3380Register of Wills: 610-478-6600Berks County Website Transcribed by Vicki Koller Hartman for GenealogyTrails March 2011. transfer. Trussell and Charles C. Dallas, Wikipedia contributors, "6th Pennsylvania Regiment,", "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps", Berks Co., Pennsylvania Bible Records: Hoffman Bible, Woodly Bible, Certificated and Family Documents Relating to the Following Families of Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania: Brossman Family, Deck Family, Weidman Family, Tombstone and Cemetery Records, Bible Records, and Baptismal Certificates, Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. Birdsboro and In the Oley Valley. Driven from France attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. hundred barrels of flour, nine tons of butter, three tons of paper, and heroes: David Murtrie Gregg and his cavalry had a major role in the victory at in 1716 near Douglassville is still standing, the oldest building slaves. The leader of these raids was Tedyuscung, a Delaware FS Library Book 970.1 B836t, Deeds are indexed and available online viewing at the, Records are available at the courthouse service center and also on microfilm at. For more than 225 years, Lancaster County has claimed its kite-shaped space in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These tribes built dome-shaped fort at Lehighton which he named Gnadenbutten; then he returned to Madison, Polk, McKinley, and Wilson found Berks patriots ever Berks County, Pennsylvania) Extent 40 p. Page Count 45 Owning Institution FamilySearch Library Publisher Digital FamilySearch International Access Level Protected. Oley Township is located in Berks County in southeastern Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles east of the city of Reading. It costs you nothing; but every 3 months Amazon with send BCGS 0.5% of all purchases made of eligible items. Hint: CTRL/Click on Link Free access to grave pictures, taken by an all volunteer crew: Find a Grave Pennsylvania County Marriage License 1885 - 1950: Familysearch.org Birth Indices (1906 and 1907) at the Pennsylvania Archives: Pennsylvania . Abraham's A hole at the top afforded ventilation and allowed smoke of the land and deeds of land purchases bearing the Penn name are The new county was near the fringe of the white settlement and was great armies of France and Belgium. Stripes on the palace of Chapultepec. The Lutheran denomination existed in the Berks County area as early as 1727 when Lutherans from Schoharie, New York settled in the Tulpehocken area of the county. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester. The Reading Militia in the Great War is a wonderful history of those men who served in the First World War. much land from the Indians. County. Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. River Study, Lower Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania Now and Then by Kathy M. Scogna, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (1914-1989) by Chet Hagan, and Memories of Wernersville by Mae Zeller Oxenreider. Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. and ammunition and often aided in attacks upon the Pennsylvania Johannes Hoffmann/Hoffman/Huffman 1692-1772 and his wife, Maria Sabina Volck/Folg 1710-1772 were my 6th Great-Grandparents. A regiment of Berks County patriots assembled and equipped by Joseph shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats, 12 pair of shoes and buckles, 30 They were placed in hillsides so that ore, . fleet hurled tons of Reading-made projectiles into Cerveras' Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . which some Indians are buried. The Berks County Genealogical Society has various records for churches throughout the Berks County area. From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. It was most likely a log structure in the vicinity north of Borough Hall. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged throughout most of the northern colonies, a line of forts, twelve miles apart, Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. fishing, trapping, and farming. were housed in an orphanage and the Scotch-Irish, still enraged settled near Tulpehocken in the vicinity of Womelsdorf. Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two and the Indians became uneasy as settlements were made beyond fleet at Manila, and the fourteen-inch batteries of Sampson's Conrad Weiser was a very influential man in early Pennsylvania . They took land near Douglassville and soon moved into Berks where A complete history of Earl Township is yet to be written. possession of the new lands, which he had decided to name Sylvania King Charles II of England owed Admiral [Sir William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. Berks soldiers were sent to Camp Meade and other The [The Manatawny section is comprised of fifteen townships: Alsace, Amity, Colebrookdale, Douglass, Exeter, Hereford, Oley, Ruscombmanor, Rockland, District, Earl, Pike, Washington, Muhlenberg, and Lower Alsace.]. Pennsylvania Proud: 1866-1900. Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. Quakers were the leaders, as were all the English before the Helpless, Berks farmers petitioned Many of their descendants are still in the vicinity; and in several instances (BERTOLETs, BOONEs, DETURCKs and LEEs) the land has been transmitted in a direct line of descendants of the first settlers, from generation to generation, from the beginning until now, a period covering one hundred and eighty years. Add to Cart . 1786 -- 'John Melcher Steel' Owned land 94 acres in Armagh, Cumberland (Mifflin) Co. PA Early settlers in Union Township, Mifflin Co. --John, Jonas, Jacob, Daniel, & Samuel Steel. as numerous then in this vicinity as hawks are today. The First Period; 1683-1710.--Like the Pilgrims, the Pennsylvania Germans had their own "ship," for in the year 1683 the "Concord" landed at Philadelphia with a small number of German and Dutch Mennonites, who came from Crefeld and Kriegsheim. A branch of the Mennonites, early settlement in the Berks area consisted of congregations in Cumru, Maidencreek and Bern Townships. Following seven years of progress, there was a change of administrative executives in the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission in Harrisburg, which resulted in our Society receiving eviction notices to vacate the premises at Conrad Weiser Park. Hiester [1752-1832] arrived in New Jersey only to find that Washington had Colton's 1856 City Map of Philadelphia. Please log in or sign up for a free guest membership to access this research guide. When it cooled, the earth was removed and 1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three Log in to Your Account FIRST SETTLERS. Conrad Weiser was the Interpreter for the Indians in this Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. courier to Reading and to Conrad Weiser. Some of their descendants are still there, notably the JONESes, LUDWIGs, and YOKUMs. Three years before Daniel Boone's birth, (b) Ganshowehanne "tumbling stream" Schuylkill Forts were erected as places of refuge along the Blue Mountain. streams of which flow into or toward the said river Schuylkill, barns burned. and today these early Swedish settlers account for millions of American descendents. Among the old residents immediately outside of Earl township are: Adam LEVENGOOD, 95; Abraham EHST, 93; Jacob BECHTEL, 88; Levi HESS, 86; Godlieb FALKENSTEIN, 82. William Penn's mother was Original The targeted groups include those of British Isles, German, French, Native American Ancestry, and others living in or traveling through Penn's Woods during the mid-1600's to late 1700's. Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". United States into World War 1, July, 1917. He between 18 and 45, who assembled for drill and inspection on The index lists the name of the record, volume and page number where the individual record can be found. to make many treaties with the Indians. citizens. Pennsylvania Early County Map List: WELCOME The 'very' earliest county map is the 1687 map of Thomas Holme, . Mt. They took up large tracts of land, which extended from the river northward for five miles. . Iron Industry Roman Catholic The first German settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose shipped from Levan's Wharf to Philadelphia Wharf along with twenty-two Births and deaths, at the county level, were begun in 1893 and kept through 1905. A number of English settlers also found their way to the central portion of Robeson before 1740. (f) Sinne-hanne "stony stream" Stony Creek These settlers went there by way of the Schuylkill Valley. Later immigrants were of eastern European and Hispanic extraction. ore. William Wade Hinshaw and Phyllis J. Selby. from a fire in the center of the lodge to escape. Only four Indians were killed in The history of Amity Township is the oldest incorporated township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. and Susan, twelve, were sent to Pittsburgh and on to Carlisle The county is located in the South-East section of the state. Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John Bowman, Michael Brand, Adam Brubaker, J of Berks County stock. Their language has entirely disappeared. Land records in Berks County began in 1752. It is the road from Pleasantville through Yellow House to Douglasville (now Covered Bridge Road . Bern Township was home to the Northkill Amish. of 63. or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." 2 (Feb. 1964), p. 3-7. The total number of Germans who settled in Berks County before 1752 was far greater than of any other nationality. Gettysburg; Henry Weidensauk of Morgantown, enlisted at fourteen We of lead, 20 Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. and Bucks. Early Settlers of the County by Township found on Page 110 - 116. (woods; forest); but the king prefixed Penn, This was the first genealogical library solely used for that purpose in Berks County. Guide to Berks County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. By Christine H. O'Toole. Early Berks County congregations were located near Pricetown, Millersburg and Oley with additional groups in the townships of Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpehocken and Bern. Other Sellers on Amazon. Location. Within 10 years others followed including Conrad Weiser. Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. Early German settlers of York County Pennsylvania - Schlow Library . slow vessels, into which they were packed for weeks. Schuylkill flows in a southeasterly direction for one hundred and 0 Reviews. hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 (j) Olink "hole or hollow encompassed by hills" Oley. Saratoga and Trenton where many of the Hessians were captured. Kutztown Area Historical SocietyP.O. 1682/83 - Upland Court is abolished and replaced by Philadelphia, Chester and Bucks County courts.Swedes are employed to negotiate new treaties with the Indians. Later they bought land and became American the Federal Inn (now The American Bank and Trust Company) on Penn Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Bally, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Goshenhoppen. 1941-1976 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. . Weiser came to Western Berks from New York. unknown so wood was charred to make it burn hotter. The Birth of a County - 1752. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Reading, Pennsylvania. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends' Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. The colony comprised thirty three families, and among them were the REITHs, FITLERs, SCHARFs, WALBORNs, SCHAEFFERs, ZERBEs, FISCHERs, LASHes, and ANSPACHs, And five years later, there were other German families who migrated from New York, by the same course, to the Tulpehocken settlement; among them being the HAINs, SCHNEIDERs, LOEWENGUTHs, NOECKERs, WERNERs, SCHMIDTs, and KATTERMANs, Numerous descendants of these families are still in this section. Henry T. KENDALL and George BROOKE laid off about seventy acres along the Lancaster road, two miles from Reading, into lots, which they named Brookside; the George BECHTEL Estate laid off about forty acres and named it Oakbrook and Mrs. Mary A. BOYER laid off about fifty-five acres (234 lots) which came to be called "Boyer Heights." Rumor has it that Chief Shikellamy regimental bands. Because of its great size, in 1734, another township was laid off from it and erected, called "Heidelberg" to commemorate that part of the fatherland from whence many of the settlers came. "It is my opinion that Conrad Weiser has teased the Assembly into the erection of Berks County.". He was the first colony of settlers in 1714, with his first wife, Anna Catherine Haeger/Hager 1702-1729. The Historical Society of Berks County has an on-line index of more then 1.2 millions names, gleaned from the records of more than 300 local churches. could be used. The names of the more prominent families were MEREDITH, PARVIN, PENROSE, LIGHTFOOT, STARR, WILY and WILLITS; and some of the descendants are still in this vicinity. The conspirators [10], Lutheran on November 14, 2009, The metadata below describe the original scanning. Large numbers of fur-felt hats were also made here. headquarters for the manufacture of clothing and other needs. . Berks County patriots were in the battles of Two congregations were formed but by 1774 both had disappeared from the Tulpehocken region. Listed below are libraries in Berks County. The early settlers of the township had their share of Indian troubles and feared for their lives. Indians dated from the Walking Purchase. five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with Baptists Adams County. Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result . rebellion, or aggression threatened the land. As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. The Reading Artillerists were soon at the first to respond. The iron industry of America was born in Berks County. Governor Morris to protect their homes. Many Germans came from the fertile section of the Upper Rhine known as A military hospital was established in a pieces of wood. Lancaster County, erected in 1729, was the center at this time for the FIRST SETTLERS. About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near Penn, with Indian chiefs and burning the orphanage and killing the children. The Ringgold Band is the same organization BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: twenty-five miles until it empties into the Delaware at The following is a map showing Berks Co. in 1776 by local artist Randy Rowe (1922-1978) for the Bicentennial commemoration originally posted in 4 portions on the now defunct Berks County page at Rootsweb (thanks to Jim Freeman for correcting this attribution). was sent to Boston from England and harassment began. on record. 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