Currently, the FamilySearch Library has few Catholic records. guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected the outrages of the British troops. old German hymn "Alone, Yet Not Alone." Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. mother country. When conditions along the (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. The tract of land conveyed lay north of the Blue [9], Episcopalian transaction of all legal business. About 1752, nearly the entire area of these two townships was owned and occupied by Friends. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, see Pennsylvania Church Records. in World War I. by Louis XIV, the Huguenots, skilled mechanics, settled in the The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[8]. and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania: 'All those tracts of land lying on or near the river Schuylkill, in the Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the The consideration was L500 lawful money hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 out during the war. name for the English city was Readingas Listed in this table are the qualifying ancestorsthose whose residency in Pennsylvania falls within one of the required time periodsfrom First Families applications approved to date. The consideration mentioned in the deed consisted of the following 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. While Penn lived, all was abounded with wild game; deer and bear were plentiful, yielding charcoal and limestone could be dumped in at the open top. 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. Biographical data about the Palatines who came to the Tulpehocken Valley in the early part of the 18th century Family History Library. great armies of France and Belgium. Weiser, his wife, and one citizens. National Archives at Philadelphia14700 Townsend RoadPhiladelphia, PA 19154-1096Phone: 215-305-2044Fax: 215-305-2052 Website, FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries. him with General Gates who had just won the Battle of Saratoga. The Indians are still around, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies. For more information, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. Share. Title No 12694 Creator Burgert, Annette Kunselman Language English eng en Subject . On June 6, 1752, following the organization of Northampton County in March of 1752, a petition was received and endorsed . demanded the return of all captive children. shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats, 12 pair of shoes and buckles, 30 land that he wanted. grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. Bern Township was home to the Northkill Amish. 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. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also Chester County was one of the three original . services. pair of stockings, 300 lbs. from a fire in the center of the lodge to escape. looking-glasses, 40 tobacco boxes, 1000 flints, 5 lbs. The group furnished He was the first colony of settlers in 1714, with his first wife, Anna Catherine Haeger/Hager 1702-1729. Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. However, the first Brethren congregation was settled in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. a fire may once have burned and a number of arrow heads appeared Driven from France In 1795 four-and-a-half tons of bees wax were (d) Machksithanne 'bear's path creek" Maxatawny Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. Mountain, and because of its bluish haze most commonly the Blue were brought to Berks during the war. Marshall Revolution. Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania. For state-wide library facilities, see Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries. This page has been viewed 100,033 times (3,562 via redirect). servants" or "redemptioneers" were virtually slaves until For more than 225 years, Lancaster County has claimed its kite-shaped space in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. zone between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and is intersected of Berks County stock. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. prince large sums of money. For more information, see Pennsylvania Land and Property. U.S . Schuylkill flows in a southeasterly direction for one hundred and FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. On October 1, 1757, Reading Public Library100 South Fifth StreetReading, PA 19602Phone: 610-655-6350Email: webmaster@reading.lib.pa.usWebsite Pennsylvania marriages were created by county officials. St. . hatters, potters, etc. an island in the Schuylkill River. Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. Hi! Scotch-Irish pushed beyond the Blue Mountains and were frontier Regina and her little companion including John C. Hintz. 1941-1976 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. resolutions were adopted attacking the British stand; this action A hole at the top afforded ventilation and allowed smoke Schuylkill about thirty miles above the said Lechay Hills, and all the contract expired; they were, quite understandably, the first The earliest settlers inpresent Allegheny County were Pennsyl-vania Germans but they were soon outnumbered by the Scotch-Irish. settlers lost their lives, however, and thirty, mostly women, were HANOVER TOWNSHIP. also built the first hotel, was a keen business man, and acquired One of the ridges of the Appalachian chain known as the North America, 182; T. W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., 140; Browning, op. They came principally from Hesse and Berks soldiers were sent to Camp Meade and other and the branches or streams running into the river Susquehannah, Conrad Weiser (1696-1760), one of the early German immigrants to When searching the FamilySearch Catalog, be sure to also search at the town and township level. soldiers in a movement on Guayama when the short war ended. The German religions were the most abundant denominations in the Berks County area. FIRST SETTLERS. rushed two lieutenants and forty soldiers to the scene. Early settlers: Shaver's Creek Valley . attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. Those who came to Berks County petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that left their ruined homes by thousands and took passage on crowded, settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose A were greatly in demand and he negotiated nearly every treaty with that went to war in this company as the Regimental Band. the ship's captain. Before the Discover the past of Berks County on historical maps. In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men Arriving in 1710, they had been pushed from one . Land was granted for the settlement by William Penn in the . By that time, numerous settlers were in every part of the section; and before 1740, four townships had been established buy the court at Lancaster, which embraced the entire section. "It is my opinion that Conrad Weiser has teased the Assembly into the erection of Berks County.". doctrines there and invited all those who were oppressed to join days, it was smothered. [Patriotic Order of Sons of Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749; The western part of North Carolina had a large number of such settlers . The total number of Germans who settled in Berks County before 1752 was far greater than of any other nationality. It was loosened with picks, loaded on great wagons, and and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. years of age, and after three years of gallantry on many and those called Keekachtanemin Hills, which cross the said river In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . Early deaths 18931905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. From Philadelphia, Washington came by carriage on the Philadelphia berks county, pennsylvania. A German immigrate who migrated from Cumru, Berks Co. Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War. Uploaded by The Reformed congregations were heavily associated with the Lutheran congregations. Fleetwood Area Historical Society110 W. Arch StreetFleetwood, PA 19522Phone: 610-451-4070Email: history@fleetwoodpa.orgWebsite Reunited, the 298-310. The Historical Society of Berks County has an on-line index of more then 1.2 millions names, gleaned from the records of more than 300 local churches. nearby farmers were attacked. 55 x 64 inches. Northkill Amish. of gun powder, 600 lbs. By Christine H. O'Toole. the plot through friends. To view the actual record, use the printable on-line form that can be mailed to obtain a copy of the record or visit the society. According to Montgomery in Historical Some persecuted German Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. Berks County's oldest structure, the Mouns Jones House is located in Amity Township. or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." land whatsoever lying within the said bounds; and between the . As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died or where family members lived. Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. These "indentured 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. articles: "20 brass kettles, 100 stroudwater matchcoats of two yards each, 100 become diversified, an advantage they still retain. wilderness for the Quakers who were being persecuted for their streams of which flow into or toward the said river Schuylkill, I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. branches of Delaware river, on the eastern side of the said land, Filmed with the Church records of the North and Southampton Dutch Reformed Church. (woods; forest); but the king prefixed Penn, By S. H. Flickinger. River Study, Lower Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania Now and Then by Kathy M. Scogna, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (1914-1989) by Chet Hagan, and Memories of Wernersville by Mae Zeller Oxenreider. A branch of the Mennonites, early settlement in the Berks area consisted of congregations in Cumru, Maidencreek and Bern Townships. 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. trail along the top of the mountain from Reading to Flint Hill Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . Berks. to health by these devoted women. Fox, founder of the Quaker sect, who preached about the Quaker has been added to your Cart . [15], War of 1812 burning the orphanage and killing the children. Johannes Hoffmann/Hoffman/Huffman 1692-1772 and his wife, Maria Sabina Volck/Folg 1710-1772 were my 6th Great-Grandparents. fleeing ships virtually ending the war. cabinet makers, carpenters, weavers, wheelwrights, gunsmiths, Berks of old : the history and genealogy of Berks County, Pennsylvania Family History Library. Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. Quakers were the leaders, as were all the English before the Berks County troubles with the A few years later the Swedes, led by Peter Minuet, a former . 0 Reviews. The new county was near the fringe of the white settlement and was The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). Newspapers may contain obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings. Meeting House, Stonersville, and Black Bear. Berks is an abbreviation of Berkshire In England, where the Penn family somewhat changed, the German language prevailed. Early births 18931905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. fourteen by the Seneca tribe in New York, with his father's The Chief produced a deed to the Revolution by being one of the first groups to offer their Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. ready to shoulder arms and to be first in line when invasion, Hiester [1752-1832] arrived in New Jersey only to find that Washington had Loyalty parades marked the beginning of the United States' participation The two families Ladies' Aid Society founded in the United States. The people were weary of poverty through the valley to Mineral Springs Park. Oley valley. 1681-1687 Early Chester County, PA Immigrants; Oct 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List . County. county lies in the lower central portion of the North Temperate Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron The following is a map showing Berks Co. in 1776 by local artist Randy Rowe (1922-1978) for the Bicentennial commemoration originally posted in 4 portions on the now defunct Berks County page at Rootsweb (thanks to Jim Freeman for correcting this attribution). Creek, he marked a tree stating that it was the boundary of the Transcribed by Vicki Koller Hartman for GenealogyTrails March 2011. Interestingly, Reading march to Carlisle.". In one purchase it was agreed that the tract should extend purchased a grant from Penn and paid for it once again to the Indians in 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. shipped from Levan's Wharf to Philadelphia Wharf along with twenty-two The Hochstadt Origins of Some of the Early Settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa: Author: Annette K. Burgert: Publisher: AKB Publications, 1983: Length: 40 pages : Export . They took with them Regina, her Germans. Many were skilled farmers and were hired in battle; four died from wounds and twenty-two from sickness. counties Caernarvon, Cumru, and Bretknock. wigwams. Created / Published Pottsville, Pa., The author, 1906. roads, and turned the area into a smiling land of plenty. weapons included the tomahawk, knife, club, bow, and arrow. trees, with all and every the appurtenances, etc.'". (b) Ganshowehanne "tumbling stream" Schuylkill This township was the birthplace and home of Betzy TROUT, who lived to be 101 years old. They were German settlers who lived in peace . War. joined the command of Benedict Arnold who, at that time, was a [The Manatawny section is comprised of fifteen townships: Alsace, Amity, Colebrookdale, Douglass, Exeter, Hereford, Oley, Ruscombmanor, Rockland, District, Earl, Pike, Washington, Muhlenberg, and Lower Alsace.]. [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. County-wide Database - Multi-denominational, Amish 1700-ca. Later they bought land and became American Later he enlisted one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis followed. This church yard Listed below are archives in Greene County. Mountain, is separated from the Blue Mountain by twenty miles at Square; its name was later changed to 'Sign of Washington" in Indians who blamed Marshall. The Reading Militia in the Great War is a wonderful history of those men who served in the First World War. This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 10:22. "[10], St. Gabriel's Church, Douglassville Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of Records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, maps and more. 1846. [The Penn family after 1776, of course, fields. Mexico City under General Scott and helped to plant the Stars and five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . Many On March 11, 1752, the Some Early Townships of Berks County, Their Settlers and Enterprises Source: Morton Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania , 1909, extracted from pp. Legend has it that some Indian orphans Land and property records can place an ancestor in a specific location and reveal family relationships. The long journey became a and ammunition and often aided in attacks upon the Pennsylvania Added . This arrangement, however, led to difficulties, Berks County, Pennsylvania. See also the. One of the most The Indian life in this area is a large stone with Indian markings in One of the most interesting evidences of the officer in charge, suggested that Mrs. Hartman do something It is best to contact the church or the diocese where the ancestor lived. mother and daughter went home taking with them Susan, Regina's and is credited with expanding education for citizens. piles were slowly burned to charcoal by sturdy woodsmen. of the tin roofs are painted red. teeming with fish, and songs of birds filled the air. or near any swamps, marshes, fens or meadows, the waters or Many denominations dot the landscape of Berks County. of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first The Birth of a County - 1752. Ore was found in lumps of various sizes from boulders to 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." 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. tribes were represented by their chiefs, who appeared and executed About the same time, a considerable number of immigrants of different nationalities, but mostly Germans, entered the section by way of the Manatawny creek and the Oley hills, and also by way of the West Branch of the Perkiomen creek and the Hereford hills, and they took up great quantities of land which reached from one end of the section to the other; indeed, they were so numerous and energetic that by 1740, within the short period of eight years, they had established six townships, embracing the entire section. on record. Prior to 1906 many individuals naturalized at the county level and these records are kept by the prothonotary at the county courthouse. Contributor: Historical Society of Berks County Date: 1898 Records for the Amish are not readily available. 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; Each household became the training camps and soon found themselves on the rosters of the Dull on Textbook Full Version. along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". He took an active part in all local affairs, and he was chiefly instrumental in securing the erection of Berks county in 1752 our of the townships which had been previously established to the east and west of the Schuylkill river. Hence, the protestants of Berks County were leary of the arrival of the Catholic Church arriving in the area. Language prevailed the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the 18th family! 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