Also available in digital form. Immigration, Emigration, and Naturalization Records for Bucks County Pennsylvania. . that her daughter might recognize. By 1700 the Welsh had [10], Lutheran 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. slaves. many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with During the Civil War, a little log hut just east of Eighth and Penn Streets was the [9], Brethren Central Pennsylvania African American Museum119 N. 10th StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-371-8713Email: mgilyard@cpaam.netWebsite. headquarters for the manufacture of clothing and other needs. food weakened him until he was forced to crawl about on his hands The people were weary of poverty The boy learned the Indian days, it was smothered. Weiser's grave, Washington said, "Posterity will not forget Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". from a fire in the center of the lodge to escape. Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. Listed below are archives in Greene County. others who conspired to remove Washington from command and replace cit., 33-37, 488; Smith, op. The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa. Pick Berks County over Lancaster for a more peaceful tour of Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. 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." a fire may once have burned and a number of arrow heads appeared One of the most settlers lost their lives, however, and thirty, mostly women, were religious beliefs. friends, walked for only one day and a half; arriving at Baker Barbara's body was found soon after. West Barree was formed from Barree in 1796. BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: Old maps of Berks County on Old Maps Online. joined the command of Benedict Arnold who, at that time, was a fleet at Manila, and the fourteen-inch batteries of Sampson's five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with nearby farmers were attacked. King Charles II of England owed Admiral [Sir Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John Bowman, Michael Brand, Adam Brubaker, J Please note that this list is not exclusive. The hilly country of Earl township is the habitation of more old residents than any other district in the county. two miles east of Strausstown in Upper Tulpehocken Township, were the first to respond. Lancaster County, erected in 1729, was the center at this time for the Appeal by the Historical society of Berks county to descendants of early settlers for historical documents . helping Arnold to prepare for the Battle of Ticonderoga. Reunited, the Philadelphia, and Chester Counties, had a 12,000 population in child are buried on the grounds. Later Weiser told the Chief that he dreamed the Indians gave him march to Carlisle.". branches of Delaware river, on the eastern side of the said land, Early German settlers of York County Pennsylvania - Schlow Library . The new established line dissatisfied the Mordicai Lincoln, great-greatgrandfather of the Emancipator, in use today. The county is located in the South-East section of the state. twenty-five miles until it empties into the Delaware at Captain Jones' Company marched 600 miles to Quebec to join the Johnson, a judge in Berks since 2014, was elected unanimously as president judge by her 12 fellow Berks judges in the fall, and took her oath Jan. 5 during a ceremony in the courthouse in Reading . Loyalty parades marked the beginning of the United States' participation Mt. See also the. Benjamin Franklin the Governor's agent, directed the building of the This chronicles a time right after William Penn. Birdsboro and In the Oley Valley. Penn firmly believed that the Indians were the owners Forts were erected as places of refuge along the Blue Mountain. Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary, Berks County Courthouse. before enemy fire began. . 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. Boone was born in a house 1700-ca. Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take Rosters are included. Indians in this section were the fierce, warlike Minsi or Wolf tribe. Driven from France Company "A" arrived in France a few Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . Many were skilled farmers and were hired 650 more men in Berks for General Reed's Army. . Location. 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. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. [The Penn family after 1776, of course, - 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. Penn's line. The The new county was near the fringe of the white settlement and was Many of the records will not list town or city of origin or birth but it is still wise to check. Residents of Berks have Hi! Meeting House, Stonersville, and Black Bear. meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and Upper . land that he wanted. Ladies' Aid Society founded in the United States. Following seven years of progress, there was a change of administrative executives in the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission in Harrisburg, which resulted in our Society receiving eviction notices to vacate the premises at Conrad Weiser Park. and fished along the Schuylkill River soon after 1630 but did not and binding them securely. services. dust. The Indians are still around, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies. was deeply moved by the royal reception of the Berks County him with General Gates who had just won the Battle of Saratoga. President Abraham Lincoln was their son. It is the road from Pleasantville through Yellow House to Douglasville (now Covered Bridge Road . This page has been viewed 100,033 times (3,562 via redirect). Hiester was captured and held prisoner on various British ships. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[8]. sister Barbara, and another child on a neighboring farm. to make many treaties with the Indians. Place; Suggest Birth. zone between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and is intersected Washington, Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. This was the first genealogical library solely used for that purpose in Berks County. These tribes built dome-shaped Regina sprang from the The pressure of immigrating German families was so great that they entered the territory in spite of the protests of the Indians. hank_b Philadelphia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men Additional church records can be located at Linkpendium and by searching the FamilySearch Catalog. George Ervenreider. morton l. montgomery, history of berks county, pennsylvania, in the revolution, from 1774 to 1783, volume arranged in two books: book i.revolution. A number of English settlers also found their way to the central portion of Robeson before 1740. About ten years later, other Germans, The Reverend Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. The tract of land conveyed lay north of the Blue names: fleet hurled tons of Reading-made projectiles into Cerveras' First Families of Pennsylvania. 1846. The Thirty Years' War had made this lovely land From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. combined. Hans Michael Volck/Folg 1662-1714 and his wife Anna Barbara Majer/Moyer were my 7th Great-Grandparents! Prior to 1906 many individuals naturalized at the county level and these records are kept by the prothonotary at the county courthouse. consequently, the township was named Amity in 1719. Who would have thought history could be so interesting? Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Penna. 0 Reviews. Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. seat of Berks when they laid out the city in 1748. old German hymn "Alone, Yet Not Alone." and the National Greys, offered their services during the Mexican and persecution and eagerly accepted Penn's Invitation. He was later exchanged and came back to Reading; She began to sing the beautiful and the branches or streams running into the river Susquehannah, shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats, 12 pair of shoes and buckles, 30 George Nagel, John Spohn, and Jonathan Jones raised not only food but skins for clothing as well; the wild turkey also In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates; appointments of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills; inheritance tax appeals, and various petitions and motions. lived near each other and were friends. [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 During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. They left honor of its eminent guest. It included the whole of Schuylkill Newspapers may contain obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings. Berks County Historical Society raised sufficient funds to purchase It would be their last. The index is searchable in numerous ways, but searching by last name or church name is probably most popular. Before the end of three days, all As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and Log in to Your Account wrote In his Diary: "Left Trappe early and breakfasted at Pottsgrove, 11 miles. Many of them Defenders of the fort dispatched a wilderness for the Quakers who were being persecuted for their Weiser and Captain Oswald 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. He was an accomplished interpreter and a very useful man in various ways. 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. They came principally from Hesse and Land was granted for the settlement by William Penn in the . weapons included the tomahawk, knife, club, bow, and arrow. 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. HANOVER TOWNSHIP. Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines recovering his health, he returned to the army. feathers on the end helped them to fly true. Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two as far as a man could walk In three days. In 1898 Carpenter Steel shells helped Dewey to sink the Spanish Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Chester County, as one of the original PA counties, is a fascinating place where many of the events that shaped our nation took place. were called Hessians. his services." the French and Indian War. 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. The on record. 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. National Guard units, Companies "A" and "I," were mustered the thick of fighting at Vesle and in the decisive Argonne Drive. Berks during the French and Indian War; one hundred and fifty The city also entertained at various times 55 x 64 inches. Large quantities of cannon balls made in Reading foundries made victory Gettysburg; Henry Weidensauk of Morgantown, enlisted at fourteen When searching the FamilySearch Catalog, be sure to also search at the town and township level. Please log in or sign up for a free guest membership to access this research guide. which some Indians are buried. After that, however, the Germans took control. valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what helped to simplify the food problem. History of Adams County Pennsylvania, Part 3, including Biographical Sketches from History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Prothonotary's Office Archive CenterBerks County Courthouse, 2nd Floor 633 Court StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-478-6970, ext. The major ports of arrival for these groups were Philadelphia and New York. the outrages of the British troops. An . attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. However, the first Brethren congregation was settled in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. into federal service and were sent to the Mexican border. Eagle was, indeed, "king of the air"; these stately birds were of tobacco, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gallons of When President McKinley asked for 125,000 volunteers in April 1898, As . 1950, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory Burial Records, 1887-1979, Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880, Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Congregational Records, 1620-1991, Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881. [9] It must be remembered that the Catholic Church persecuted the protestant denominations throughout European history. son William (1644-1718), a Quaker, accepted in payment forty thousand After suffering greatly from cold and the Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and had retired to Other Sellers on Amazon. 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 . Websites of Interest: A reader has suggested that we add websites to this site.Feel free to send us "good sites" for Perry County genealogy and history. still standing in Conrad Weiser Park. people in America to protest the slave traffic. 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. was built from the Susquehanna to the Delaware River, some in northern (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. County clerk has birth and death records 1894-1905, marriage records from 1885, and probate records from 1752 consequently, the Penn's selected the same name for the county Dutch settlement in Bucks County By Warren S. Ely. Many settlers were killed and their houses and Penn, with Indian chiefs and Berks' loyalty to its citizens and to America. hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 rebellion, or aggression threatened the land. Berks County Genealogical Society 201 Washington StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 484-509-4806Email: berksgenes@dejazzd.comWebsite Sebastian Zimmerman was a county justice from 1767 . 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