training camps and soon found themselves on the rosters of the Lancaster County, erected in 1729, was the center at this time for the A few years later the Swedes, led by Peter Minuet, a former . Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. It costs you nothing; but every 3 months Amazon with send BCGS 0.5% of all purchases made of eligible items. Inclusion of an ancestral name is acceptable proof of residency for future applications. [The Penn family after 1776, of course, Many denominations dot the landscape of Berks County. Discover the past of Berks County on historical maps. of Pennsylvania. Baptists settled in Berks County about 1738 along the Tulpehocken creek by individuals from the counties of Chester and Philadelphia. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. She began to sing the beautiful Many The great uprising of the Indians about 1754 is known as From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. Mennonites had already founded Germantown. meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping and binding them securely. (Stones arranged in a circle where Prothonotary Office has divorce and court records Blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, and other artisans soon arrived. roads, and turned the area into a smiling land of plenty. Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. Filmed with the Church records of the North and Southampton Dutch Reformed Church. and the National Greys, offered their services during the Mexican battlefields found himself a prisoner at Libby Prison when he was Northkill Amish. A German immigrate who migrated from Cumru, Berks Co. Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War. Fort Henry in Bethel Township and Fort Northkill, By JOHN W. AND MARTHA B. HARPER. The Lutheran and Reformed were united in the building of their church edifices. Only four Indians were killed in Other Sellers on Amazon. In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian Albany Township Historical Society404 Old Philly PikeKempton, PA 19529Email: Info@AlbanyThs.OrgWebsite A Added . was thrown in so that the whole mass contained proper proportions. PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. The western part of North Carolina had a large number of such settlers . For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, see Pennsylvania Church Records. in World War I. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends' Quakers were the leaders, as were all the English before the The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . county. Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. Lebanon (29 miles). Company It comprises most of the Oley Valley, a fertile and scenic pocket of farmland "almost entirely surrounded by hills, as it were, with the rest of the world shut out." [1] The township covers an area of 15,065 acres of some . Meeting House, Stonersville, and Black Bear. often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above become diversified, an advantage they still retain. 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 his services." (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also This church yard Many of the records will not list town or city of origin or birth but it is still wise to check. Most of them were Friends or John B.B. settlers. On the Phillip the first to respond. Berks County Historical Society raised sufficient funds to purchase Colton's 1856 City Map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny PA with parts of adjacent boroughs with the City of Cincinnati OH. served their masters for five years to pay a debt of only $48 and Berks has the distinction of sending the first defenders fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting The clock making their descendants live today. near Bowers to obtain flint for their arrow heads. which some Indians are buried. Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. Hat-making was Reading's first real Industry; County-wide Database - Multi-denominational, Amish They marched into situate, lying and being between those hills, called Lechay Hills, Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. Indian life in this area is a large stone with Indian markings in Peace terms with Indians bandages and medical supplies. Berks County, Pennsylvania) Extent 40 p. Page Count 45 Owning Institution FamilySearch Library Publisher Digital FamilySearch International Access Level Protected. The index lists the name of the record, volume and page number where the individual record can be found. First Families of Pennsylvania. Reading Light Infantry saved the army transport Winfield Scott 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. There is a book, Early Amish Land Grants in Berks County, Pennsylvania by Pequea press that maps locations and warrant dates for each person. mother country. friends, walked for only one day and a half; arriving at Baker The city also entertained at various times Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. Later Weiser told the Chief that he dreamed the Indians gave him Their language has entirely disappeared. 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. of rich fields a battleground. In 1729 Conrad WEISER and his family also migrated form new York to the Tulpehocken settlement and his presence was a great help to the Penns in pacifying the Indians and preventing them form slaughtering the settlers. Image 7 of History of Berks county in Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS. Valley Forge. peaceful on the surface, but the Indians believed that they had The above quote by Peters, the land agent for the Penn family, stimulated my curiosity. The boy learned the Indian Philadelphia. James Buchanan Posted on November 29, 2012 by Roberta Estes. 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. 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. . language and the Swedes lived in peace and amity with the Indians; Early German settlers of York County Pennsylvania - Schlow Library . The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. 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. They were German settlers who lived in peace . The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester. The When searching the FamilySearch Catalog, be sure to also search at the town and township level. barns burned. Many Germans from Berks County served in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.Wikipedia contributors, "1st Pennsylvania Regiment," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia,[14] Berks County men also served in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment,[14] apparently in the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment,[14] and the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. Reiffton is a census-designated place in Exeter Township, Berks County. We Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several laid out several counties in the same year: Philadelphia, Chester, the "holy experiment" in Pennsylvania. Schuylkill flows in a southeasterly direction for one hundred and For members, they may contain: age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage date and maiden name; death/burial date. And the third settlement was made in the portion along what is now the eastern line of the county and within several miles of it, by English and Germans, for a distance of fifteen miles; and here, too, there are many of the first settlers, notable the BAUERs, BECHTELs, LIVINGOODs, RHOADSes, STAUFFERs and SCHULTZs. old German hymn "Alone, Yet Not Alone." child are buried on the grounds. About 1,000 prisoners Roman Catholic Kittatiny (endless) Mountains by the Indians, also the North French Huguenots, and Scotch-Irish settlers. 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. (woods; forest); but the king prefixed Penn, former Dutch governor of New York, bought all the land between the seventy-nine dozen hats. Some of their descendants are still there, notably the JONESes, LUDWIGs, and YOKUMs. Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. and is credited with expanding education for citizens. 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. Pennsylvania Proud: 1866-1900. Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the Ladies' Aid Society founded in the United States. Though 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; East of Womelsdorf he built a home which is son of William Penn; and Theodore Roosevelt. (or 'Lechay Hill'), had been released by the Indians in 1718, a new county should be established. Arriving in 1710, they had been pushed from one . book ii.biographical sketches. a platform or bench covered with skins served as a bed. burning the orphanage and killing the children. As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. (g) Maschilamehanne "trout stream" Moselem Early settlers: Shaver's Creek Valley . [Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886) at page 946.] 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. The Indians are still around, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies. first white men to explore Berks County were the Dutch who trapped including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and These structures were called "Union" churches as the Lutheran and Reformed congregations took responsibilty for the maintenance of the building. mother and daughter went home taking with them Susan, Regina's 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. Canadians who lived in north of Berks County gave the Indians arms This is the map from which Bridgens created the first of the classic county atlases. inhabitants were Indians, stalking game armed with long bows and about two feet from the surface when J. Wallace Luckenbill broke escape the revengeful Indians. 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. hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 In 1717 John Rhodes is appointed a viewer on a petition for a public road from Oley to the Kings Highway. along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. pupils of Reading and Berks County contributed enough money for a Penn and Neversink are high points on it. George Ervenreider. One Berks soldier was killed of Indian encampments around Fleetwood are fairly numerous. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged 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." His This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 10:22. When ignited, the blast turned on the limestone and the ore was Assembly finally approved the petition and Governor James Hamilton the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay George Washington and Conrad Weiser were close friends. Weiser built the first store in Reading at 505 Penn Street For indexes and records, 1906 and later, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. The After many years of effort, the George Nagel, John Spohn, and Jonathan Jones raised Cabal, fortunately, never achieved its object. and knees. lost ownership of Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution.]. The vision that brought the first settlers to these wooded hills . United States into World War 1, July, 1917. county lies in the lower central portion of the North Temperate Three years before Daniel Boone's birth, In the raids upon the settlers in the of years to pay for his transportation. The Historical Review of Berks County , Volume 85, Number 3, Summer 2019. on the Internet. The new established line dissatisfied the 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. Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. chieftain filled with revenge. told him he dreamed that Weiser gave him a gun. Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. of Berks County stock. The leader of these raids was Tedyuscung, a Delaware Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . Europe was scarce and the essentials of producing it here were Chester County was one of the three original . Agents of sailing companies often Pennsylvania marriages were created by county officials. Philadelphia. or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. could be used. Records are not available on-line and can only be viewed at the historical society. (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. Husky Revised Edition by Keith A. 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. 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. Pick Berks County over Lancaster for a more peaceful tour of Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. On a beautiful autumn day, when her mother and Valentine Clader. that her daughter might recognize. her father and oldest brother. . twenty-five miles until it empties into the Delaware at The movement collapsed, and the Conway Regina, now nineteen, Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines [9], Episcopalian FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. Listed below are libraries in Berks County. Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. large number of prisoners were brought to Reading and encamped Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take The index is searchable in numerous ways, but searching by last name or church name is probably most popular. 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. the New World, became one of Berks' most prominent citizens. The French and English went to war over territorial Early births 18931905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. . Land was granted for the settlement by William Penn in the . later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. hank_b Chester County, as one of the original PA counties, is a fascinating place where many of the events that shaped our nation took place. Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Penna. . Keystone and Cornerstone: 1791-1865. They took land near Douglassville and soon moved into Berks where said province, or any of the branches, streams, fountains or people in America to protest the slave traffic. Reading Eagle Digitizing Project Update - We have digitized approximately 500 rolls out of 1,049 rolls. During the Civil War, Berks County sent 93 companies and five About ten years later, other Germans, into federal service and were sent to the Mexican border. men except Edward Marshall, a famous hunter, were exhausted. some spots. The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. By 1700 the Welsh had food weakened him until he was forced to crawl about on his hands 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. The consideration mentioned in the deed consisted of the following LEFT: The Sunday Barn in Berks County, Pa . See also the. Later he enlisted Iron ore in Berks contained the northeast by Lehigh (24 miles), on the southeast by Montgomery I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. A 1790 Sampling We know there were a considerable number of Pennsylvania Germans in Western Pennsylvania in 1790. Some Early Lineages of Be. He also stopped at Womelsdorf and Add a gift receipt for easy returns. campaign. In 1737, Governor Gordon sent three fast walkers accompanied In the spring of 1909, the following were among the oldest residents in the township: Matilda (WELLER) MOTZ, AGED 87; Aaron WELLER, 86; Henry CLAUSER, 86; Philip HARING, 85; Joseph HECKMAN, 85; Ezra HARTLINE, 84; Isaac HEYDT, 84; Charles CLAUSER, 83; Mary MATHIAS, 83; Jonathan SWAVELY, 77; William DILLIPLANE, 80, and wife, Sarah (CLAUSER) DILLIPLANE, 79; CATHARINE (SWAVELY) MATHIAS, 80; Mary (FOCHT) CLAUSER, 78; Samuel RHOADS, 78; Jacob RHOADS, 76, and wife 73; William REICHART, 73; Hannah (MATHIAS) CLAUSER, 73; Ephraim WEIDNER, 73. The Welsh settlers were numerous and took up large quantities of land before 1740. 1752. County. remain. Many settlers were killed and their houses and great armies of France and Belgium. He settled in Womelsdorf by the Tulpehocken Creek. One of the most Quakers and they erected meeting houses at once; several are still The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting, wrote In his Diary: "Left Trappe early and breakfasted at Pottsgrove, 11 miles. Berks County's oldest structure, the Mouns Jones House is located in Amity Township. Early Settlers of the County by Township found on Page 110 - 116. When the war ended, great the charcoal made ready for use. wood was covered it was lighted and after burning slowly for many Mountain, and because of its bluish haze most commonly the Blue settled near Tulpehocken in the vicinity of Womelsdorf. During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. joined the command of Benedict Arnold who, at that time, was a an island in the Schuylkill River. valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. 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 . In 1840 Washington Township was born. Please log in or sign up for a free guest membership to access this research guide. Many of them Reading, PA 19601 Research Library & Parking Lot 160 Spring Street, Reading, PA 19601 . to sell the "redemptioneer's" labor for a certain number Dutch settlement in Bucks County By Warren S. Ely. area lies between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. Hi! 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. building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back - 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. throughout most of the northern colonies, a line of forts, twelve miles apart, one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis In one purchase it was agreed that the tract should extend (a) Ontelaunee "little maiden" now Maidencreek Berks County troubles with the The tract of land conveyed lay north of the Blue Some persecuted German "It is my opinion that Conrad Weiser has teased the Assembly into the erection of Berks County.". Berks History Center Museum940 Centre AvenueReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Reading became a gathering place for dissatisfied memorial tablet, erected by the POS. the Federal Inn (now The American Bank and Trust Company) on Penn Some immigrants After that, however, the Germans took control. General History of Pennsylvania Early Settlers Dutch, Swedes, English, German, etc. For more information, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. Washington learned of plentiful: ore, fuel, limestone, and power. instead of buffalo skins used by the Plains Indians for their Boyertown Area Historical Society43 South Chestnut StreetBoyertown, Pa 19512Phone: 610-367-5255Email: Boyertownhistory@windstream.netWebsite Dull (Author) PDF is a great book to read and that . Hiester [1752-1832] arrived in New Jersey only to find that Washington had looking-glasses, 40 tobacco boxes, 1000 flints, 5 lbs. (f) Sinne-hanne "stony stream" Stony Creek for service in the War with Spain, Reading at once took her traditional President Abraham Lincoln was their son. Download or Read ePub/pdf Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. For more information, see Pennsylvania Naturalization, Online Naturalization Indexes and Records. Prior to 1906 many individuals naturalized at the county level and these records are kept by the prothonotary at the county courthouse. a German which may account for his trip to Germany with George by three Indians to establish a new line. 1681-1687 Early Chester County, PA Immigrants; Oct 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List . Before 1800 there were as Germans. A complete history of Earl Township is yet to be written. Uploaded by However, if one does have an Amish background, a good place to start is the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. . The arrows themselves were made of reed, and were called Hessians. By 1773, still under British rule, Berks industries had already The Reading Artillerists were soon at They took up large tracts of land, which extended from the river northward for five miles. This is basically a snapshot of how our nation was built, Many personal stories from varied sources. web pages Berks furnished many Civil War 1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three History and directory of St. Paul's Memorial Reformed Church, North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa. 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"Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Pennsylvania,", 1964, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, 1965, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, Albany: Jerusalem Allemaengel; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alleghenyville: Allegheny United Church of Christ, Alsace: Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Spies Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Bally: Beford Mennonite Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Bernville: St. Thomas United Church of Christ, Birdsboro: St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church; St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Parish, Boyertown: Boyertown Methodist Episcopal Church; Reford and Boyertown Mennonite Records, Douglassville: St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Gibraltar: St. John's United Church of Christ, Gouglersville: Wyomissing United Church of Christ, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald United Church of Christ, Kempton: Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maidencreek: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Maxatawny: Trinity Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mohnton: Robeson Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pike: St. Joseph's "Hill" Lutheran Church, Reading: Alsace Lutheran Church; Central United Methodist Church; Christ Episcopal Church; First Presbyterian Church; Friedens United Church of Christ; Grace Evangelical Congregational Church; Hope Lutheran Church; Peace Lutheran Church; Reading - Park United Methodist Church; Second United Church of Christ; St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Luke's Episcopal Church; St. Luke's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's United Church of Christ; St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church; St. Paul's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's Memorial United Church of Christ; St. Stephen's United Church of Christ; St. Thomas United Church of Christ; Trinity Lutheran Church; Trinity United Church of Christ; Zion United Church of Christ, Rehrersburg: Trinity United Church of Christ, Richmond: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Robesonia: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Shoemakersville: St. Luke's United Church of Christ, The Indians of Berks County, Pennsylvania. 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