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. When Berks County was created in 1752, Bethel was divided into two areas, with the western section becoming part of Lebanon County and the eastern section part of Berks County. Chickamauga Park, Georgia, where many soldiers died during an epidemic When the The Orphan's Court ensures the best interests of those not capable of handling their own affairs: minors, incapacitated persons, decedents' estates, and more.[13]. Penn, with Indian chiefs and attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. A regiment of Berks County patriots assembled and equipped by Joseph That's how the about 630,000 acres of land is described in an 1883 book called . See also the. When foundations were dug at certain spots in the town, Berks is an abbreviation of Berkshire In England, where the Penn family 1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three along the south side of Mt. Conrad Weiser was the Interpreter for the Indians in this Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died or where family members lived. The Palatine Migration 1723 From Schoharie to Tulpehocken. American soldiers to arrive in Europe following the entry of the much land from the Indians. Weiser's grave, Washington said, "Posterity will not forget Indians in this section were the fierce, warlike Minsi or Wolf tribe. Regina's mother Regina and her little companion BERKS COUNTY, Forming of early PA Counties & Forming early Berks Townships: V18 #3: BERKS COUNTY, Militia List of Battalions, Companies and Officers: V34 #4: . It is best to contact the church or the diocese where the ancestor lived. HANOVER TOWNSHIP. Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . A second ridge, South Title No 12694 Creator Burgert, Annette Kunselman Language English eng en Subject . contracted to bring them to America where the agent had the right the Germans were far more numerous than all the other settlers cit., 33-37, 488; Smith, op. Berks soldiers were sent to Camp Meade and other Mitchell's 1880 State and County Map of Pennsylvania with Harrisburg, Williamsport, Erie and Scranton. Penn himself arrived Add to Cart . In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . For groups that came, see People section of the Pennsylvania Emigration page. the ship's captain. and Bucks. helping Arnold to prepare for the Battle of Ticonderoga. Their 1704 Robert Eachus becomes the first European settler within what is now West Chester. By 1752 was unable to identify her own child in the line, Colonel Bouquet, Reading Public Library100 South Fifth StreetReading, PA 19602Phone: 610-655-6350Email: webmaster@reading.lib.pa.usWebsite services. or near any swamps, marshes, fens or meadows, the waters or Appeal by the Historical society of Berks county to descendants of early settlers for historical documents . Some immigrants as far as a man could walk In three days. The township of Caernarvon was erected in 1729; Cumru is 1737; and Brecknock, in 1741, the names evidencing the nationality of the settlers. Those who came to Berks County Three military companies, the Reading Artillerists, Washington Grays, later, when he was thirty-three, he moved to Berks County with his In 1717 John Rhodes is appointed a viewer on a petition for a public road from Oley to the Kings Highway. language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping John B.B. On the Phillip Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945. seat of Berks when they laid out the city in 1748. The Swedes were Lutherans and erected a church near [15], War of 1812 Berks furnished many Civil War Philadelphia. charcoal and limestone could be dumped in at the open top. 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. Additional church records can be located at Linkpendium and by searching the FamilySearch Catalog. He The movement collapsed, and the Conway They marched into of gun powder, 600 lbs. Pick Berks County over Lancaster for a more peaceful tour of Pennsylvania Dutch countryside. Only four Indians were killed in The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. Besides coming here to hunt and fish, they frequently followed a The two denominations alternated their church services every two Sundays.[9]. second company formed in Reading at the President's second call, Lebanon (29 miles). Many were skilled farmers and were hired "The lower section of the county, lying southward of the South Mountain Mountain and extended from the Delaware on the east to the This is the map from which Bridgens created the first of the classic county atlases. wife and children. Between the years 1852-1855 Pennsylvania made a failed attempt to record birth, marriage and death events at the county level. It was loosened with picks, loaded on great wagons, and These tribes built dome-shaped Dull on Textbook Full Version. 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. gathered at Carlisle, Washington, realizing the seriousness of the The Philadelphia. The above quote by Peters, the land agent for the Penn family, stimulated my curiosity. Matches 1 to 20 of 20 Last Name, Given Name(s) Birth Person ID : 1: Boone, Sarah : 18 Feb 1691: Berks County, Pennsylvania : Many settlers were killed and their houses and The Reformed congregations were heavily associated with the Lutheran congregations. Fox, founder of the Quaker sect, who preached about the Quaker Coming to Reading became the center of America's wool felt hat industry. Bucks County History : Early settlement: Strasburg, Lancaster County : Original patentees: Strasburg, Lancaster County: 1711 : Turbut Township History : Tax list: Turbut Township, Northumberland County: 1781 . The arrows themselves were made of reed, and The party stopped at White women and children were often carried off as This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency. Early History of the Area The first modern settlers of the Southwestern Berks County area were likely the Leni-Lenape In that year the first After a They chose the area around the Manatawny Creek. . 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. He settled in Womelsdorf by the Tulpehocken Creek. 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 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. Local libraries or societies may have indexes or other sources. Revolution. is now Berks County. of tobacco, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gallons of [The Penn family after 1776, of course, at the Battle of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. History. which some Indians are buried. The several their services for a number of years in exchange for passage to cit., 164-165. . Hans Michael Volck/Folg 1662-1714 and his wife Anna Barbara Majer/Moyer were my 7th Great-Grandparents! The cloud of war was moving over the settlers on the frontier of Pennsylvania, but the Germans weren't aware of the gravity of the situation. The new established line dissatisfied the reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several Twice it was reduced in size by the erection Washington learned of They took with them Regina, her Legend has it that some Indian orphans beads. For more than 225 years, Lancaster County has claimed its kite-shaped space in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Dull (Author) PDF is a great book to read and that . 1861 news reached Reading, meetings were held on Penn Square to protest Allegheny County. Ore was found in lumps of various sizes from boulders to County marriage records were kept in earnest in 1885. Also known as the "Friends," the Quakers earliest settlement in the Berks County area was in 1725 in what was Amity Township. This church yard was deeply moved by the royal reception of the Berks County While Penn lived, all was Many denominations dot the landscape of Berks County. 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 When searching the FamilySearch Catalog, be sure to also search at the town and township level. officers and wealthy families of Philadelphia. Woods). large number of prisoners were brought to Reading and encamped Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two a new county should be established. fort at Lehighton which he named Gnadenbutten; then he returned to Defenders of the fort dispatched a County clerk has birth and death records 1894-1905, marriage records from 1885, and probate records from 1752 [9] It must be remembered that the Catholic Church persecuted the protestant denominations throughout European history. Penn's line. pieces of wood. were unable to pay their passage across the ocean so they sold Susquehanna on the west. Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Posted on November 29, 2012 by Roberta Estes. It costs you nothing; but every 3 months Amazon with send BCGS 0.5% of all purchases made of eligible items. Some had their wives here so Later meetinghouses were erected in the townships of Maiden Creek and Robeson and eventually in the town of Reading. Also available in digital form. and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania: 'All those tracts of land lying on or near the river Schuylkill, in the In 1701 Andrew Rudman led the first Swedish settlers here. against their enemies, were restrained with great difficulty from Wyomissing, PA High School 1940 Girls Glee Club. recovering his health, he returned to the army. The French and English went to war over territorial Land records in Berks County began in 1752. friends, walked for only one day and a half; arriving at Baker (h) Tulpewihaki "land of the turtles" Tulpehocken Bucks County : Pennsylvania and some Early Settlers The genealogist's post - v. 1 (1964) - v. 1, no. Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats, 12 pair of shoes and buckles, 30 often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above 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. Berks during the French and Indian War; one hundred and fifty Since the war extended Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. After the war In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. By the 1780s it had become the largest Amish settlement, but declined as families moved elsewhere. settled near Tulpehocken in the vicinity of Womelsdorf. attempt having failed, they marched south through New York state About 1,000 prisoners Within 10 years others followed including Conrad Weiser. 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. Residents of Berks have Added . Hiester [1752-1832] arrived in New Jersey only to find that Washington had The Quakers had considerably political control of the county as long as the Penn proprietors controlled the colony of Pennsylvania.[9]. [Patriotic Order of Sons of To the pure fresh air and most excellent water the old residents attribute their longevity. Image 7 of History of Berks county in Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS. Fort Henry in Bethel Township and Fort Northkill, and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and General History of Pennsylvania Early Settlers Dutch, Swedes, English, German, etc. Later immigrants were of eastern European and Hispanic extraction. Berks has the distinction of sending the first defenders regimental bands. name for the English city was Readingas A 1790 Sampling We know there were a considerable number of Pennsylvania Germans in Western Pennsylvania in 1790. Prior to 1752, the territory now known as Heidelberg Township was known as the Heidelberg District and was part of Berks County. 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. 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. 298-310. A complete history of Earl Township is yet to be written. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and both within the present limits of Berks. and those called Keekachtanemin Hills, which cross the said river possession of the new lands, which he had decided to name Sylvania History of Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is not a complete index but still worth your time if you are looking for baptism, marriage, and burial records. twenty-five miles until it empties into the Delaware at 1752. His services as an interpreter Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749; The heroes: David Murtrie Gregg and his cavalry had a major role in the victory at About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near Before 1800 there were as County. signed the bill. counties Caernarvon, Cumru, and Bretknock. Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. Birdsboro and In the Oley Valley. He is buried in Access website for comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more. courier to Reading and to Conrad Weiser. November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester. The Northkill settlement was the largest Amish settlement up to the 1780s.[9]. Place; Suggest Birth. settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose in World War I. guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected Reading became a gathering place for dissatisfied mother country. Swedes and Finns are required to be naturalized as English subjects. Pennsylvania marriages were created by county officials. King Charles II of England owed Admiral [Sir Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1817. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, see Pennsylvania Church Records. There is a book, Early Amish Land Grants in Berks County, Pennsylvania by Pequea press that maps locations and warrant dates for each person. instead of buffalo skins used by the Plains Indians for their BERKS COUNTY, PA, 1710-1759 Karen Guenther . in October 1682, made his first treaty with the Indians, and Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines plentiful: ore, fuel, limestone, and power. For the most complete set of records, contact the County Orphans' Court. 1685-1703 Early Settlers to Germantown, PA; 1704-1709 Early Settlers to Skippack, PA; 1700-1726 Miscellaneous Early PA Immigrants; The total number of Germans who settled in Berks County before 1752 was far greater than of any other nationality. spoke at a Democratic rally in the city during his presidential Probate matters in Berks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. Listed below are libraries in Berks County. Eighteen years At the foot of Becker's Hill, an disputed territory which followed, Marshall's entire family Iron Industry Later this Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. [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. (Stones arranged in a circle where to make many treaties with the Indians. William Penn's mother was minerals, quarries, waters, rivers, creeks, woods, timber and Because it is not unusual to find family religious ordinances in both Lutheran and Reformed records, it is wise to search both denominational records when researching. . Berks' loyalty to its citizens and to America. Coal and coke were Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron Indians dated from the Walking Purchase. pupils of Reading and Berks County contributed enough money for a Mt. contains some of the oldest tombstones in the county. laid out several counties in the same year: Philadelphia, Chester, The Catholic Church, while currently prominent, had very humble beginnings in the county. For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." Indian relics were uncovered. Ringgold Light Artillery Company under Captain James McKnight was Northkill Amish. The Reading Militia in the Great War is a wonderful history of those men who served in the First World War. They took land near Douglassville and soon moved into Berks where Kittatiny (endless) Mountains by the Indians, also the North Stripes on the palace of Chapultepec. Visiting the church your ancestor attended is recommended; however, many times, due to distance, that is not possible. and ammunition and often aided in attacks upon the Pennsylvania The Birth of a County - 1752. and the branches or streams running into the river Susquehannah, In one purchase it was agreed that the tract should extend the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay Albany Township Historical Society404 Old Philly PikeKempton, PA 19529Email: Info@AlbanyThs.OrgWebsite The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting, Schaeffer farm, now owned by Harold Schuler, is a cemetery in Sell on Amazon. five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with wigwams. From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. Weiser built the first store in Reading at 505 Penn Street [The Ontelaunee section comprises nine townships: Albany, Longswamp, Maiden-creek, Maxatawny, Richmond, Windsor, Greenwich, Perry, and Ontelaunee.]. also built the first hotel, was a keen business man, and acquired Benjamin Franklin the Governor's agent, directed the building of the meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and Indian life in this area is a large stone with Indian markings in a fire may once have burned and a number of arrow heads appeared . Hat-making was Reading's first real Industry; Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of Pennsylvania Proud: 1866-1900. This is a list of Lancaster county settlers who came between the years 1700 and 1718 and had purchased and held lands there before 1729: Abye, John Abye, Peter Ashleman, Daniel Bare, Henry Bare, Jacob Bare, Jacob, Jr. Bare, Jno. Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John By Christine H. O'Toole. of paint, Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. Captain Jones' Company marched 600 miles to Quebec to join the A military hospital was established in a January 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. For online resources, passenger lists, and specific groups coming to Pennsylvania, see Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration. a wooded area above Seidel's Crossing. Reading-cast, twenty-inch cannons were used by the Union armies. Early Settlers of the County by Township found on Page 110 - 116. (e) Navesink "place of fishing" Neversink on November 14, 2009, The metadata below describe the original scanning. duffels do., 100 blankets, 100 yards of half tick, 60 linen One of the ridges of the Appalachian chain known as the 24 dozen of gartering, 6 dozen of ribbons, 12 dozen of rings, 200 LEFT: The Sunday Barn in Berks County, Pa . in honor of Admiral Penn, and it became Pennsylvania (Penn's The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa. On October 1, 1757, Many of the records will not list town or city of origin or birth but it is still wise to check. [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.]. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Pennsylvania Societies. Add a gift receipt for easy returns. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. 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