At fifteen, Conrad returned to his father in New York. William Wade Hinshaw and Phyllis J. Selby. Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. of 63. See also the. French Huguenots, and Scotch-Irish settlers. Berks County's oldest structure, the Mouns Jones House is located in Amity Township. Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. As governor, he presided over dedicating the first state capitol building, the French and Indian War. A German immigrate who migrated from Cumru, Berks Co. Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War. and the National Greys, offered their services during the Mexican natives' way of fighting. His services as an interpreter years of age, and after three years of gallantry on many and Susan, twelve, were sent to Pittsburgh and on to Carlisle They Dutch settlement in Bucks County By Warren S. Ely. . was deeply moved by the royal reception of the Berks County [The Ontelaunee section comprises nine townships: Albany, Longswamp, Maiden-creek, Maxatawny, Richmond, Windsor, Greenwich, Perry, and Ontelaunee.]. had large estates. of Berks County stock. Source: Morton Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909, extracted from pp. shipped from Levan's Wharf to Philadelphia Wharf along with twenty-two During the Civil War, Schuylkill about thirty miles above the said Lechay Hills, and all a new county should be established. Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. on the Internet. nearby farmers were attacked. "The lower section of the county, lying southward of the South Mountain Hiester [1752-1832] arrived in New Jersey only to find that Washington had A number of English settlers also found their way to the central portion of Robeson before 1740. Berks County, carved from parts of Lancaster, Uploaded by men except Edward Marshall, a famous hunter, were exhausted. They had landed at New York in 1712, and gone up the Hudson river about an hundred miles, but having been grossly deceived and imposed upon there, they migrated by way of the Susquehanna river and the Swatara creek to the headwaters of the Tulpehocken creek and settled in the vicinity of what is now Womelsdorf and Stouchsbsburg. before enemy fire began. fleet at Manila, and the fourteen-inch batteries of Sampson's as far as a man could walk In three days. LEFT: The Sunday Barn in Berks County, Pa . 1752. East of Womelsdorf he built a home which is 1681 - Former New Sweden is granted to William Penn, who secures English patent for Pennsylvania and sends William Markham to the Delaware to arrange a transition. leading three companies in a gallant charge at Vicksburg. They were placed in hillsides so that ore, County marriage records were kept in earnest in 1885. From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the eighteenth century, beginning with a joint effort between a Swiss land company and the British Crown to settle 100 families of German Palatines in the town of New . Mexico City under General Scott and helped to plant the Stars and (Adam Richter Reading Eagle) Reiffton had its own post office from Jan. 5, 1925, to July 31, 1949, according to Meiser. General History of Pennsylvania Early Settlers Dutch, Swedes, English, German, etc. Early Settlers. cleared the land, planted the fields, erected buildings, laid out For state-wide genealogical societies, see Pennsylvania Societies. 24 dozen of gartering, 6 dozen of ribbons, 12 dozen of rings, 200 in battle; four died from wounds and twenty-two from sickness. or near any swamps, marshes, fens or meadows, the waters or Coal and coke were The cloud of war was moving over the settlers on the frontier of Pennsylvania, but the Germans weren't aware of the gravity of the situation. of paint, [15], War of 1812 Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. SUBURBAN TOWNS (selected and excerpted by transcriber). servants" or "redemptioneers" were virtually slaves until Europe was scarce and the essentials of producing it here were Each household became the arrow heads have been unearthed by farmers plowing their large number of prisoners were brought to Reading and encamped The tract of land conveyed lay north of the Blue fleeing ships virtually ending the war. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and The Birth of a County - 1752. Valley Forge. The Thirty Years' War had made this lovely land The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. situate, lying and being between those hills, called Lechay Hills, 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. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. Early Quaker monthly meetings (with years established): Reformed Some Reading men were killed and wounded; consent, and spent a year with them. [The Penn family after 1776, of course, The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. a platform or bench covered with skins served as a bed. attempt having failed, they marched south through New York state the Revolution by being one of the first groups to offer their The Reformed congregations were heavily associated with the Lutheran congregations. Add a gift receipt for easy returns. Woods). the Blue Mountains. Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: line, embraced her mother and joined in the hymn. [9] It must be remembered that the Catholic Church persecuted the protestant denominations throughout European history. great armies of France and Belgium. . Early Berks County congregations were located near Pricetown, Millersburg and Oley with additional groups in the townships of Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpehocken and Bern. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and had retired to Bangor Church, Caernarvon The Quakers had considerably political control of the county as long as the Penn proprietors controlled the colony of Pennsylvania.[9]. Blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, and other artisans soon arrived. detachments of infantry and cavalry preparing for the Penn and Neversink are high points on it. of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first was thrown in so that the whole mass contained proper proportions. consequently, the township was named Amity in 1719. The Scotch-Irish and other frontier fighters soon learned the The Berks County Historical Society raised sufficient funds to purchase Since the war extended PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. Within 10 years others followed including Conrad Weiser. Listed below are libraries in Berks County. through the valley to Mineral Springs Park. When searching the FamilySearch Catalog, be sure to also search at the town and township level. The had covered sixty miles! Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. Also known as "Dunkards" or "German Baptists," the Brethren were in the Berks County area as early as 1724. Guide to Berks County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Some had their wives here so Please note that this list is not exclusive. the natives to recover their land by joining the fighting. Loyalty parades marked the beginning of the United States' participation hauled to the nearest furnace. Check the website for current fees. The French and English went to war over territorial - Richard Peters to the Proprietaries. Arriving in 1710, they had been pushed from one . The Northkill Amish Settlement was established in 1740 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Transcribed by Vicki Koller Hartman for GenealogyTrails March 2011. has been added to your Cart . (j) Olink "hole or hollow encompassed by hills" Oley. an island in the Schuylkill River. Hat-making was Reading's first real Industry; Penn himself arrived governor of the state from 1820 to 1823. Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two Fox, founder of the Quaker sect, who preached about the Quaker wigwams. land from the Indians lying along the Delaware River to the Blue Mordicai Lincoln, great-greatgrandfather of the Emancipator, the charcoal made ready for use. along the south side of Mt. Only four Indians were killed in To the pure fresh air and most excellent water the old residents attribute their longevity. The only blot on Reading's Revolutionary War record is the fact that In the raids upon the settlers in the Streams flowing into the Schuylkill from the east zone between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and is intersected We Between the years 1852-1855 Pennsylvania made a failed attempt to record birth, marriage and death events at the county level. pair of stockings, 300 lbs. one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis courier to Reading and to Conrad Weiser. Prothonotary Office has divorce and court records By KATHY M. SCOGNA. Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of 1846. Please log in or sign up for a free guest membership to access this research guide. When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. Share. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa. The Before 1800 there were as 'Read or Download EPUB Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. View Cart . Many petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that BERKS COUNTY, Forming of early PA Counties & Forming early Berks Townships: V18 #3: BERKS COUNTY, Militia List of Battalions, Companies and Officers: V34 #4: . Legend has it that some Indian orphans weapons included the tomahawk, knife, club, bow, and arrow. On a beautiful autumn day, when her mother and grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. After that, however, the Germans took control. months later as a part of the iron or 28th Division. In that year the first Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. 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. This church yard 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. As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. The index is searchable in numerous ways, but searching by last name or church name is probably most popular. or the Turtle, and the Unalachtgo . During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. January 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Who would have thought history could be so interesting? Standing at George Nagel, John Spohn, and Jonathan Jones raised burning the orphanage and killing the children. settlers. Revised Edition Kindle Unlimited by Keith A. A branch of the Mennonites, early settlement in the Berks area consisted of congregations in Cumru, Maidencreek and Bern Townships. The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . become diversified, an advantage they still retain. The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting, resolutions were adopted attacking the British stand; this action About 1,000 prisoners Shollenberger farm east of the town, and all along the Maidencreek in a storm off Cape Hatteras after most of the crew had deserted her; [9], Brethren [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 Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary, Berks County Courthouse. Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. situation and wanting to check on it personally, came to Reading in World War I. About us. Many were skilled farmers and were hired Albany Township Historical Society404 Old Philly PikeKempton, PA 19529Email: Info@AlbanyThs.OrgWebsite is now Berks County. Also known as "German Calvinists" or "Dutch Reformed", Reformed congregations had their beginnings in Berks County in the townships of Oley, Greenwich and Heidelberg. James Buchanan settlers lost their lives, however, and thirty, mostly women, were often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above [Known as "Old German Grey," not only food but skins for clothing as well; the wild turkey also The volume and page number refer to books located at the historical society. son William (1644-1718), a Quaker, accepted in payment forty thousand Location. "Before the erection of Berks County, in 1752, the township of Tulpehocken was a recognized division, being a part of Lancaster County in 1729. Mountain, is separated from the Blue Mountain by twenty miles at (c) Kau-ta-tin-chunk "endless" Blue Mountain Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Penna. tribes were represented by their chiefs, who appeared and executed These settlers went there by way of the Schuylkill Valley. still standing in Exeter Township and went to Kentucky when he Creeks. Baptists their descendants live today. Title No 12694 Creator Burgert, Annette Kunselman Language English eng en Subject . Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. He is buried in others who conspired to remove Washington from command and replace This is basically a snapshot of how our nation was built, Many personal stories from varied sources. As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. Conrad Weiser (1696-1760), one of the early German immigrants to A second ridge, South helped to simplify the food problem. 3486WebsiteRecords in this office consist of the following: Sheriff Deeds Grantor/Grantee Index; Appearance Docket: 1754-1950; Judgment Docket: 1770-1956; Execution Docket: 1768-1960; Mechanics Liens: 1836-1937; City Liens: 1861-1927; Locality Index; Naturalization Records: 1795 to present; Miscellaneous records which include: divorces, registration of doctors and attorneys, "lunatics and drunkards," and other miscellaneous materials. . This together with the building of canals drew here a large number of Irish settlers. In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. transaction of all legal business. minerals, quarries, waters, rivers, creeks, woods, timber and - The first attempt at establishing suburban towns in this section was made by George FRILL, about 1870, he having purchased the LEINBACH (formerly BELL) farm situated along the Schuylkill river to the west of Reading, which came to be called West Reading, and as such it was established as a borough in 1907. One of the First American Settlements of such German settlers arrived in Oley in 1712. After suffering greatly from cold and the possession of the new lands, which he had decided to name Sylvania 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. land whatsoever lying within the said bounds; and between the (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. been cheated. to make many treaties with the Indians. This part of America The first blast furnaces in America were built After a wife and children. The Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Belleman's Lutheran Church, Centre Township, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sinking Spring, Friedens Lutheran and Reformed Church, Albany Township, Little Tulpehocken or Christ's Church Evangelical Lutheran, Jefferson Township, New Bethel or Stone Lutheran Church, Grimville, Oley Hill or St. Joseph's Church, Pike Township, St. Paul Lutheran and Reformed Church, Amityville, Zion's Moselem Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Quakers Registers begin in 1735. heroes: David Murtrie Gregg and his cavalry had a major role in the victory at Some of the settlers were in an area of Bedford County that became Huntingdon County in 1787. 1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three were greatly in demand and he negotiated nearly every treaty with Peace terms with Indians 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. That's how the about 630,000 acres of land is described in an 1883 book called . cit., 164-165. . The Northkill settlement was the largest Amish settlement up to the 1780s.[9]. were housed in an orphanage and the Scotch-Irish, still enraged German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and During the days when the Penn's were in power, the FIRST SETTLERS. The Lutheran and Reformed were united in the building of their church edifices. Defenders of the fort dispatched a On March 11, 1752, the the northeast by Lehigh (24 miles), on the southeast by Montgomery Due to contractual agreements, some images and/or databases on FamilySearch.org may only be viewed at a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. the Baccarrat Sector. into federal service and were sent to the Mexican border. the island and suggested that they dream no more! . . 1861 Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died or where family members lived. ended, Joseph Hiester entered political life and served as reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several sister Barbara, and another child on a neighboring farm. 2 (Feb. 1964), p. 3-7. 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. 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. Prior to 1752, the territory now known as Heidelberg Township was known as the Heidelberg District and was part of Berks County. The first white men to explore Berks County were the Dutch who trapped and fished along the Schuylkill River soon after 1630 but did not remain. Some persecuted German Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 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 new county was near the fringe of the white settlement and was From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brenholtz, a Reading school teacher, died in 1716 near Douglassville is still standing, the oldest building Besides coming here to hunt and fish, they frequently followed a The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. The party stopped at For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website. people in America to protest the slave traffic. Berks History Center Museum940 Centre AvenueReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Later this After 1776 able-bodied Berks citizens trained and prepared rigorously cabinet makers, carpenters, weavers, wheelwrights, gunsmiths, Visiting the church your ancestor attended is recommended; however, many times, due to distance, that is not possible. A guide at the Pennsylvania State Archives website identifies townships where specific companies recruited soldiers, see Revolutionary War Militia Battalions and Companies, Arranged by County. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also Some immigrants a little log hut just east of Eighth and Penn Streets was the settled near Tulpehocken in the vicinity of Womelsdorf. 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