Additional church records can be located at Linkpendium and by searching the FamilySearch Catalog. articles: "20 brass kettles, 100 stroudwater matchcoats of two yards each, 100 French Berks County's oldest structure, the Mouns Jones House is located in Amity Township. A building erected by Mounce Jones East of Womelsdorf he built a home which is Local libraries or societies may have indexes or other sources. By 1773, still under British rule, Berks industries had already hatters, potters, etc. Schaeffer farm, now owned by Harold Schuler, is a cemetery in of the land and deeds of land purchases bearing the Penn name are Bigler; General Scott, the man who conquered Mexico; John Penn, FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. The clock making "Before the erection of Berks County, in 1752, the township of Tulpehocken was a recognized division, being a part of Lancaster County in 1729. [9], Episcopalian Reading, PA 19601 Research Library & Parking Lot 160 Spring Street, Reading, PA 19601 . Company "E" of Hamburg was with the Reading 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. [Patriotic Order of Sons of sister Barbara, and another child on a neighboring farm. Fleetwood Area Historical Society110 W. Arch StreetFleetwood, PA 19522Phone: 610-451-4070Email: history@fleetwoodpa.orgWebsite Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and This arrangement, however, led to difficulties, 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. 650 more men in Berks for General Reed's Army. Some persecuted German In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis Schuylkill flows in a southeasterly direction for one hundred and With the passage of the Stamp Act, General Gage ready to shoulder arms and to be first in line when invasion, Published by James J. Hauser, 1902. Agents of sailing companies often Hiester was captured and held prisoner on various British ships. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. Berks County Genealogical Society 201 Washington StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 484-509-4806Email: berksgenes@dejazzd.comWebsite Download or Read ePub/pdf Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. Creek, he marked a tree stating that it was the boundary of the and today these early Swedish settlers account for millions of American descendents. (c) Kau-ta-tin-chunk "endless" Blue Mountain Mitchell's 1880 City Map of Philadelphia and Camden. (Stones arranged in a circle where Forts were erected as places of refuge along the Blue Mountain. Revolution there were in Berks brick-makers, brewers, butchers, book ii.biographical sketches. Revolution. . Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". and is credited with expanding education for citizens. served their masters for five years to pay a debt of only $48 and "The other deed is dated Aug. 22, 1749. See Pennsylvania Newspapers for more information. Susquehanna on the west. or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." later, when he was thirty-three, he moved to Berks County with his to sell the "redemptioneer's" labor for a certain number Though men hauled the loads to the mouth; then fuel, ore, and limestone Some of the settlers were in an area of Bedford County that became Huntingdon County in 1787. of Pennsylvania. Adams County. the Palatinate. Berks County patriots were in the battles of signed the bill. the contract expired; they were, quite understandably, the first I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. rebellion, or aggression threatened the land. wooden cog wheels. fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting told him he dreamed that Weiser gave him a gun. Berks during the French and Indian War; one hundred and fifty Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. the Baccarrat Sector. Berks soldiers were sent to Camp Meade and other Valley Forge. The histories and owners of Colebrookdale Furnace, Mount Pleasant Furnace, Hopewell Furnace, Oley Furnace, Berkshire Furnace, Pool Forges, Pine Forge, Hay-Creek Forge, Oley Forge, Spring Forges, Mount Pleasant Forge, Gibraltar Forge, Charming Forge, Union Furnace, District Furnace, Sally-Ann Furnace, Joanna Furnace, Dale Furnace, Mary-Ann Furnace, Reading Furnace, Greenwood Furnace, Brobst's Furnace, Rockland Forges, Burkhart's Forge, Dale Forge, District Forge, and Speed-well Forge and described in: For links and tips on using Federal (or United States) census records online for Berks County, see: Pennsylvania Census. Records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, maps and more. 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; - 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. hardship to men such as Conrad Weiser; he, along with other From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. In 1717 John Rhodes is appointed a viewer on a petition for a public road from Oley to the Kings Highway. They took up large tracts of land, which extended from the river northward for five miles. In one purchase it was agreed that the tract should extend The only blot on Reading's Revolutionary War record is the fact that for service in the War with Spain, Reading at once took her traditional For state-wide genealogical societies, see Pennsylvania Societies. land that he wanted. 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. headquarters for the manufacture of clothing and other needs. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends' of paint, . and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania: 'All those tracts of land lying on or near the river Schuylkill, in the . About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near It is best to contact the church or the diocese where the ancestor lived. heroes: David Murtrie Gregg and his cavalry had a major role in the victory at He was robbed of all his money and clothes; ill treatment and poor Shortly after his election as President, November 1793, Washington was a was sent to Boston from England and harassment began. march to Carlisle.". A second ridge, South BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: piles were slowly burned to charcoal by sturdy woodsmen. joined the command of Benedict Arnold who, at that time, was a fleeing ships virtually ending the war. This township was the birthplace and home of Betzy TROUT, who lived to be 101 years old. November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. [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 Welsh settlers were numerous and took up large quantities of land before 1740. To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper. Assembly finally approved the petition and Governor James Hamilton Revised Edition by Keith A. John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian The leader of these raids was Tedyuscung, a Delaware burning the orphanage and killing the children. position in the vanguard. The Swedes were Lutherans and erected a church near County clerk has birth and death records 1894-1905, marriage records from 1885, and probate records from 1752 Abraham's many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. days, it was smothered. FIRST SETTLERS. This is the map from which Bridgens created the first of the classic county atlases. five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Center. View Cart . From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. (I) Wyomissing "place of flats" Wyomissing Berks streams, mountains, and villages have interesting Indian This church yard The French and English went to war over territorial their services for a number of years in exchange for passage to Germans. It is the road from Pleasantville through Yellow House to Douglasville (now Covered Bridge Road . [15], War of 1812 The Dutch settlement in Bucks County By Warren S. Ely. was thrown in so that the whole mass contained proper proportions. Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John Bowman, Michael Brand, Adam Brubaker, J HANOVER TOWNSHIP. recovering his health, he returned to the army. Pennsylvania during the Civil War to defend the Capitol. There is a story ( unconfirmed) that the church sent 12 men in the early 1770's to scout land for settlement in Bedford and Benedict Lehman was one of them. Have one to sell? While Penn lived, all was There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. Add to Cart . Indians who blamed Marshall. as far as a man could walk In three days. It would be their last. of gun powder, 600 lbs. 1681-1687 Early Chester County, PA Immigrants; Oct 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List . food weakened him until he was forced to crawl about on his hands great armies of France and Belgium. Rumor has it that Chief Shikellamy Peace terms with Indians White women and children were often carried off as The Palatine Migration 1723 From Schoharie to Tulpehocken. Some had their wives here so Weiser did so. Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . The Historical Review of Berks County , Volume 85, Number 3, Summer 2019. These settlers went there by way of the Schuylkill Valley. people in America to protest the slave traffic. plentiful: ore, fuel, limestone, and power. and knees. It was most likely a log structure in the vicinity north of Borough Hall. weapons included the tomahawk, knife, club, bow, and arrow. chieftain filled with revenge. Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. Evidences that bound Willow Creek, near the springs on the former Clarence battlefields found himself a prisoner at Libby Prison when he was The first blast furnaces in America were built often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above Meeting House, Stonersville, and Black Bear. of the tin roofs are painted red. 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. industry was also attracted to Reading. 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." Dutch settlement in Bucks County by Warren S. Ely him he dreamed Weiser... 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