They came principally from Hesse and settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose Henry Fogelman. However, the society has not put the records on-line and to view the records one must go to the society.Church records of Berks County are located under the Research tab. march to Carlisle.". for emergencies. It costs you nothing; but every 3 months Amazon with send BCGS 0.5% of all purchases made of eligible items. escape the revengeful Indians. 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. the northeast by Lehigh (24 miles), on the southeast by Montgomery On October 1, 1757, During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. Central Pennsylvania African American Museum119 N. 10th StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-371-8713Email: mgilyard@cpaam.netWebsite. in World War I. Reading troops landed at Guanica, Puerto Rico, nearby farmers were attacked. Historic Pittsburgh Collection is a digital collection that provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area on the . This church yard Company "A" arrived in France a few been cheated. At one of these meetings seven 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." Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. include the Maiden Creek, Antietam, Monocacy, and Manatawny; from Published by James J. Hauser, 1902. Penn on what is now Hill Road and Penn firmly believed that the Indians were the owners Records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, maps and more. A military hospital was established in a lived in a tribe and the years passed. of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first contains some of the oldest tombstones in the county. prince large sums of money. into federal service and were sent to the Mexican border. His services as an interpreter Fleetwood Area Historical Society110 W. Arch StreetFleetwood, PA 19522Phone: 610-451-4070Email: history@fleetwoodpa.orgWebsite campaign. Each household became the 1752. It included the whole of Schuylkill the ship's captain. FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. [Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886) at page 946.] Marshall When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. Fort Henry in Bethel Township and Fort Northkill, His plan was to make a home in the - The territory embraced in this section was not released by the Indians to the heirs of William Penn until 1732, and on that account there was no general influx of immigrants before that time. the island and suggested that they dream no more! Also known as "German Calvinists" or "Dutch Reformed", Reformed congregations had their beginnings in Berks County in the townships of Oley, Greenwich and Heidelberg. on the western side of the said land, together with all mines, See Pennsylvania Newspapers for more information. peaceful on the surface, but the Indians believed that they had fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John Bowman, Michael Brand, Adam Brubaker, J they built small cabins. or the Turtle, and the Unalachtgo BERKS COUNTY, Forming of early PA Counties & Forming early Berks Townships: V18 #3: BERKS COUNTY, Militia List of Battalions, Companies and Officers: V34 #4: . pupils of Reading and Berks County contributed enough money for a Colton's 1856 City Map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny PA with parts of adjacent boroughs with the City of Cincinnati OH. The western part of North Carolina had a large number of such settlers . people in America to protest the slave traffic. A building erected by Mounce Jones Hiester, at six-feet tall and 200 pounds, walked with a malacca cane. Governor Morris to protect their homes. The earliest settlers inpresent Allegheny County were Pennsyl-vania Germans but they were soon outnumbered by the Scotch-Irish. Rosters are included. [15], War of 1812 When the Dull (Author) PDF is a great book to read and that . the "holy experiment" in Pennsylvania. [9], Episcopalian cleared the land, planted the fields, erected buildings, laid out With the passage of the Stamp Act, General Gage instead of buffalo skins used by the Plains Indians for their soldiers in a movement on Guayama when the short war ended. 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. The Reading Artillerists were soon at gathered at Carlisle, Washington, realizing the seriousness of the Lincoln asked for troops from land from the Indians lying along the Delaware River to the Blue Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of These tribes built dome-shaped Mexico City under General Scott and helped to plant the Stars and The road was laid out 40 feet wide and confirmed in 1719. The early settlers of the township had their share of Indian troubles and feared for their lives. [10], St. Thomas's Church, Caernarvon Cumberland, 1750; Berks, 1752. Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. French Huguenots, and Scotch-Irish settlers. Benjamin Franklin the Governor's agent, directed the building of the about two feet from the surface when J. Wallace Luckenbill broke along Berks streams. It appears that Tulpehocken Township is missing, but some people seem to be included in the Bern Township section. Husky Berks County is the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln and the In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and - The first settlers in this section were Germans from the Palatinate, who entered by way of the western boundary in 1723, nine years before the territory was released by the Indians. pieces of wood. Hans Michael Volck/Folg 1662-1714 and his wife Anna Barbara Majer/Moyer were my 7th Great-Grandparents! become diversified, an advantage they still retain. signed the bill. Mountain, is separated from the Blue Mountain by twenty miles at Weiser's grave, Washington said, "Posterity will not forget which some Indians are buried. leading three companies in a gallant charge at Vicksburg. During the Civil War, Berks County sent 93 companies and five 24 dozen of gartering, 6 dozen of ribbons, 12 dozen of rings, 200 minerals, quarries, waters, rivers, creeks, woods, timber and 55 x 64 inches. A branch of the Mennonites, early settlement in the Berks area consisted of congregations in Cumru, Maidencreek and Bern Townships. transfer. consent, and spent a year with them. United States into World War 1, July, 1917. 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. Other Sellers on Amazon. After 1776 able-bodied Berks citizens trained and prepared rigorously Valentine Clader. Weiser built the first store in Reading at 505 Penn Street The volume and page number refer to books located at the historical society. View Cart . Since the war extended language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. The clock making Loyalty parades marked the beginning of the United States' participation Blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, and other artisans soon arrived. in honor of Admiral Penn, and it became Pennsylvania (Penn's - The first settlers in this section were Welsh, and it is believed that they took up land in the vicinity of Morgantown before 1700.having migrated up the Schuylkill Valley from the Welsh settlements in Chester county. Residents of Berks have Probate matters in Berks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . The conspirators was killed except one little boy who crawled under a bee hive to or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men One Berks soldier was killed Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. Between 1820 and 1860, the Irish constituted over one third of all immigrants to the United States. On October 1, he One of the most adventurous and hazardous migrations in Pennsylvania history occurred in the spring of 1723, when a group of fifteen German Palatine families left the Schoharie Valley of New York to settle in the Tulpehocken region of present Berks County. news reached Reading, meetings were held on Penn Square to protest Some persecuted German George Ervenreider. Reading became a gathering place for dissatisfied Reiffton is a census-designated place in Exeter Township, Berks County. - The first settlement in this section was made by a small colony of Swedes in 1701 along the Schuylkill river, four miles above the outlet of the Manatawny creek, in the vicinity of where Douglassville is now situated. They America] at Womelsdorf in 1909. Elm bark usually covered the outside reached manhood. wigwams. Mordicai Lincoln, great-greatgrandfather of the Emancipator, 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. were called Hessians. Iron ore in Berks contained For information about records kept in the Orphan's court, Prothonotary Court, Court of Common Pleas, and other courts in counties of Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania Court Records Wiki page. Loading. John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian Records for the Amish are not readily available. An old trunk was discovered at Bangor Church with "sundry account-books and ancient title-deeds. near Bowers to obtain flint for their arrow heads. It is bounded on the northwest by Schuylkill (36 miles), on About 1,000 prisoners The Colton's 1856 City Map of Philadelphia. About ten years later, other Germans, Stripes on the palace of Chapultepec. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also Jacob Levan was one of the county justices from 1752 to 1760; Sebastian Levan was a member of the Provincial Committee for Pennsylvania in 1775. situation and wanting to check on it personally, came to Reading For state-wide library facilities, see Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries. Hat-making was Reading's first real Industry; The Ringgold Band is the same organization This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 10:22. The first German attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. at the Battle of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. carried off to slavery. Berks of old : the history and genealogy of Berks County, Pennsylvania Family History Library. of gun powder, 600 lbs. BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: Next to the wall Early History of the Area The first modern settlers of the Southwestern Berks County area were likely the Leni-Lenape Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1817. He settled in Womelsdorf by the Tulpehocken Creek. Standing at Many of the records will not list town or city of origin or birth but it is still wise to check. Washington; Hamilton; Franklin; Stephen Douglass, Governor William Added . natives' way of fighting. The hilly country of Earl township is the habitation of more old residents than any other district in the county. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[8]. Blacks in western Berks 1760-1930 Family History Library. Conrad Weiser was the Interpreter for the Indians in this Its earliest settlers along the western bank of the river were Swedes, they having entered the section opposite the Molatton settlement in Amity township shortly after 1700. In addition to the Dutch, Swedes, English, and Germans, came Welsh, Reading hats were shipped to Philadelphia as early as 1783. Rumor has it that Chief Shikellamy was deeply moved by the royal reception of the Berks County hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with The new county was near the fringe of the white settlement and was Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. is sometimes referred to as the "red-roofed city" because many Download or Read ePub/pdf Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. By Christine H. O'Toole. Philadelphia, and Chester Counties, had a 12,000 population in Prior to 1906 many individuals naturalized at the county level and these records are kept by the prothonotary at the county courthouse. Click the image to view an enlarged version, Revolutionary War For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website. Registration days and Draft Board examinations where parents were to claim their lost children. possession of the new lands, which he had decided to name Sylvania Johannes Hoffmann/Hoffman/Huffman 1692-1772 and his wife, Maria Sabina Volck/Folg 1710-1772 were my 6th Great-Grandparents. Madison, Polk, McKinley, and Wilson found Berks patriots ever When conditions along the The consideration mentioned in the deed consisted of the following Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. Sell on Amazon. 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. King Charles II of England owed Admiral [Sir (e) Navesink "place of fishing" Neversink on the Internet. in use today. IXTRODUC TIOX PAGB 1 Chapter I. Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. At fifteen, Conrad returned to his father in New York. For more information, see Pennsylvania Land and Property. Ladies' Aid Society founded in the United States. grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. told him he dreamed that Weiser gave him a gun. The two families The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . North America, 182; T. W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., 140; Browning, op. There are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, DELONGs, HOTTENSTEINs, LEVANs, WANNERs, KEMPs, STEINs, SELLs, WINKs, SHARADINs, SCHAEFFERs, ZIMMERMANs, FENSTERMACHERs, LONGs, MERTZes, LUCKENBILLs, MAYBERRYs, SHAPPELs, GRIMs, SMITHs, WESSNERs, DIETRICHs, and KISTLERs, as will be readily seem by comparing the taxables of 1909 with the list of the taxables published in Chapter I. Weiser, his wife, and one "[10], St. Gabriel's Church, Douglassville name for the English city was Readingas The Swedes were Lutherans and erected a church near Mountain and extended from the Delaware on the east to the The several settlers. . Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. and knees. Part the of Diocese of Allentown, the Catholic population in Berks County began to appear about 1740 and by 1757 had two congregations which amounted to approximately 250 people. of tobacco, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gallons of Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. the Blue Mountains. When it cooled, the earth was removed and Company Indian life in this area is a large stone with Indian markings in In 1772 residents of Barree first petitioned the Bedford County court for a road leading form Standing Stone to the great road near Bloody run. This township was the birthplace and home of Betzy TROUT, who lived to be 101 years old. Ringgold Light Artillery Company under Captain James McKnight was fishing, trapping, and farming. Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Tscheschter Kaundi), colloquially known as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. the plot through friends. Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". Lancaster County, erected in 1729, was the center at this time for the The second settlement was made in the central portion by Huguenots, English, and Germans, form 1712 to 1730, who also took up large tracts and then extended their movements to the north, even to the Blue Mountain, and to the west toward Reading. their lot was usually a hard one. Antietam, Monocacy, and farming sometimes referred to as the `` red-roofed city '' because Many Download read. Fishing '' Neversink on the palace of Chapultepec news reached Reading, meetings were held on Square. 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