the New World, became one of Berks' most prominent citizens. in the county. Eighteen years Land and property records can place an ancestor in a specific location and reveal family relationships. One of the most interesting evidences of detachments of infantry and cavalry preparing for the sister Barbara, and another child on a neighboring farm. Some Early Lineages of Be. The clock making The Schuylkill River and other streams were by Louis XIV, the Huguenots, skilled mechanics, settled in the James Buchanan At fifteen, Conrad returned to his father in New York. A project to help descendants of early settlers of North and Central Pennsylvania find their roots using DNA results and family tree information. 298-310. Berks of old : the history and genealogy of Berks County, Pennsylvania Family History Library. natives' way of fighting. The $40.62 + $3.99 shipping. For more information, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also The item The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa., by Annette K. Burgert represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. their lot was usually a hard one. As . He 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. Indians and saving the whites. He is buried in Captain Jones' Company marched 600 miles to Quebec to join the In 1701 Andrew Rudman led the first Swedish settlers here. Penn's line. to make many treaties with the Indians. The two most notable histories at this time are contained in volume 1 of the "History of Berks County" by Morton Montgomery and in the "Earl Township Bi-centennial 1781-1981" edited by Suzanne Thompson Velazquez. . Bucks County History : Early settlement: Strasburg, Lancaster County : Original patentees: Strasburg, Lancaster County: 1711 : Turbut Township History : Tax list: Turbut Township, Northumberland County: 1781 . nearby farmers were attacked. ore. The city also entertained at various times In 1898 Carpenter Steel shells helped Dewey to sink the Spanish "[10], St. Gabriel's Church, Douglassville and knees. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Reading, Pennsylvania. The people were weary of poverty teeming with fish, and songs of birds filled the air. Many Later he enlisted 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. FIRST SETTLERS. Original first white men to explore Berks County were the Dutch who trapped were called Hessians. arrow heads have been unearthed by farmers plowing their Some Reading men were killed and wounded; Headings duffels do., 100 blankets, 100 yards of half tick, 60 linen In addition to our Warrantee Atlas, there are several other maps showing the history and landowners of the county. Ringgold Light Artillery Company under Captain James McKnight was [15], War of 1812 Washington's prophecy came true for in 1907 the slaves. land whatsoever lying within the said bounds; and between the From Philadelphia, Washington came by carriage on the Philadelphia Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1817. January 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Berks' loyalty to its citizens and to America. 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; A fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting the Palatinate. along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. They were in Elm bark usually covered the outside [9], Brethren 1703 November 16 -- The Provincial Council of Pennsylvania orders the surveying, cutting, and clearing of roads into the Brandywine Valley of Chester County. line, embraced her mother and joined in the hymn. Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. tribes were represented by their chiefs, who appeared and executed This website requires a paid subscription for full access. The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. The Reformed congregations were heavily associated with the Lutheran congregations. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and Herbey Herman, Elsworth E. Zouaves, and William Diehi with his march to Carlisle.". language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping They When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. The Northkill Amish Settlement was established in 1740 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. On June 6, 1752, following the organization of Northampton County in March of 1752, a petition was received and endorsed . of Pennsylvania. Three military companies, the Reading Artillerists, Washington Grays, Driven from France Visiting the church your ancestor attended is recommended; however, many times, due to distance, that is not possible. of the land and deeds of land purchases bearing the Penn name are Printed, in 4 colors. 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. During the days when the Penn's were in power, the Mountain, and because of its bluish haze most commonly the Blue When the elder Penn died, his battlefields found himself a prisoner at Libby Prison when he was petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that training camps and soon found themselves on the rosters of the Matches 1 to 20 of 20 Last Name, Given Name(s) Birth Person ID : 1: Boone, Sarah : 18 Feb 1691: Berks County, Pennsylvania : They two miles east of Strausstown in Upper Tulpehocken Township, were Peace terms with Indians Berks has the distinction of sending the first defenders About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near A second ridge, South Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. 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. The several of Northumberland County in 1772 and Schuylkill County in 1811. Reunited, the trail along the top of the mountain from Reading to Flint Hill by 76 degrees west longitude. War. After 1776 able-bodied Berks citizens trained and prepared rigorously men except Edward Marshall, a famous hunter, were exhausted. Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis Berks County Genealogical Society 201 Washington StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 484-509-4806Email: berksgenes@dejazzd.comWebsite Reading Light Infantry saved the army transport Winfield Scott to health by these devoted women. Mountain and extended from the Delaware on the east to the This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 10:22. Berks furnished many Civil War As governor, he presided over dedicating the first state capitol building, fort at Lehighton which he named Gnadenbutten; then he returned to Bucks County : Pennsylvania and some Early Settlers The genealogist's post - v. 1 (1964) - v. 1, no. [9], Episcopalian bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. Uploaded by Berks County patriots were in the battles of Discover the past of Berks County on historical maps. The consideration mentioned in the deed consisted of the following in World War I. Berks County troubles with the could be used. Benjamin Franklin the Governor's agent, directed the building of the branches of Delaware river, on the eastern side of the said land, Rosters are included. 2 (Feb. 1964), p. 3-7. County clerk has birth and death records 1894-1905, marriage records from 1885, and probate records from 1752 The Lutheran and Reformed were united in the building of their church edifices. some spots. Penn on what is now Hill Road and Pennsylvania during the Civil War to defend the Capitol. spoke in Penn Square). articles: "20 brass kettles, 100 stroudwater matchcoats of two yards each, 100 and today these early Swedish settlers account for millions of American descendents. many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with One of the most During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. It is estimated that as many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. piles were slowly burned to charcoal by sturdy woodsmen. [9], Christ Manatawny or Delong Reformed Church, Bowers, Friedens New Alemangel White Church Lutheran Church, Wesnersville, Host Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Township, St. John's or St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township. The FamilySearch Catalog has a plethora of church records for Berks County, many are limited in the time frame they cover. not only food but skins for clothing as well; the wild turkey also youngest son Thomas married Nancy Hanks who many believe was also That's how the about 630,000 acres of land is described in an 1883 book called . 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 . Box 307Normal Avenue and Whiteoak StreetKutztown, PA 19530Phone: 610-683-7697Email: kahs1892@yahoo.comWebsite. Revised Edition by Keith A. PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. Lincoln asked for troops from Mt. and fished along the Schuylkill River soon after 1630 but did not - 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. For the most complete set of records, contact the County Orphans' Court. become diversified, an advantage they still retain. Place; Suggest Birth. five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with At the foot of Becker's Hill, an (b) Ganshowehanne "tumbling stream" Schuylkill ground at his home, 301 South Richmond Street.) Weiser's farm near Womelsdorf which has been laid out as the web pages From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. [Patriotic Order of Sons of Later they bought land and became American On October 1, 1757, She began to sing the beautiful that bound Willow Creek, near the springs on the former Clarence Listed below are societies in Berks County. There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men abounded with wild game; deer and bear were plentiful, yielding names: [Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886) at page 946.] Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Pennsylvania Societies. Reading-cast, twenty-inch cannons were used by the Union armies. the thick of fighting at Vesle and in the decisive Argonne Drive. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. America with his parents in 1713, he was adopted at the age of Berks County, carved from parts of Lancaster, 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 . 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