http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~dbconley/resource.html
The eighteenth century began with forty-seven members of our family leaving their homelands for the colonies in America, comprised mostly of either persecuted Quakers from England or those trying to escape the ravages of Palatinate Germany (See historical notes that follow). Tragedy again struck one of our ancestors who died at sea on the Ship Midford, his wife ending up on the poverty list for two years in her new homeland. The Midford was one of about ten ships carrying the wave of Palatines from London. They came from Germany (19), Ireland (16) and England (5) and Switzerland (5). The vast majority continued to head for the land opened by William Penn in Pennsylvania (29), with others settling in New York (9), Deleware (4), Maryland (2) and Virginia (1).
1702 John Waller arrived in Virginia from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England where he met and married Mary King. They are 7th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1703 Samuel and Mary (Bancroft) Heald emigrated with their daughter, Jane from Mobberly, Cheshire, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Samuel was raised by his uncle James Heald after his parents and sister Mary died of the plague. The Heald family comprise a long line of Quakers in England, and it’s likely the severe persecution of their faith that caused Samuel and Mary to abandon their ancestral home that extended back three hundred years. They are 6th great-grandparents from David’s paternal line.
Historical Note: Penn in Prison
King Charles of England enforced tight restrictions against all religious sects other than the Anglican Church, the penalty for unauthorised worship was imprisonment or deportation. The "Five Mile Act" prohibited dissenting teachers and preachers to come within that distance of any borough. The Quakers were especially targeted and their meetings were deemed as criminal. William Penn began attending Quaker meetings in Cork and was soon arrested, and declared himself to be a member in 1666 at the age of 22. His father kicked him out of the house and withheld his inheritance, resulting in William living with various Quaker families. Penn stood up for the Quakers and endured long confinement in both the Tower of London and Newgate Prison. In the ensuing years persecution of Quakers intensified. And in what can only be considered Divine intervention, “Penn pressed his case to extend the Quaker region. Whether from personal sympathy or political expediency, to Penn's surprise, the King granted an extraordinarily generous charter http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/newgate.html which made Penn the world's largest private (non-royal) landowner, with over 45,000 square miles (120,000 km2).[76]:64 Penn became the sole proprietor of a huge tract of land west of New Jersey and north of Maryland (which belonged to Lord Baltimore), and gained sovereign rule of the territory with all rights and privileges (except the power to declare war).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn#cite_note-Miller-76
1704-05 Charit Spies. Shortly after the death of her husband, Charity emigrated from Rheinland Pfalz, Germany to Pennsylvania, dying in Somerset county. She is a 6th great –grandmother in David’s maternal line.
1709 A 6th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line, Ludwig Christophel Franciscus came from Grafschaft, Rohrbach, Germany to Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He likely came with his son Ludwig. They headed west from the port city into Amish country, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania .
1709 Jost “Yost” Schwab, his wife Anna Katharina (Wolfhardt) and likely his daughter Anna Margaretha emigrated from Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany to Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Schwabs are 6th greawt-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1702 John Waller arrived in Virginia from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England where he met and married Mary King. They are 7th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
1703 Samuel and Mary (Bancroft) Heald emigrated with their daughter, Jane from Mobberly, Cheshire, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Samuel was raised by his uncle James Heald after his parents and sister Mary died of the plague. The Heald family comprise a long line of Quakers in England, and it’s likely the severe persecution of their faith that caused Samuel and Mary to abandon their ancestral home that extended back three hundred years. They are 6th great-grandparents from David’s paternal line.
Historical Note: Penn in Prison
King Charles of England enforced tight restrictions against all religious sects other than the Anglican Church, the penalty for unauthorised worship was imprisonment or deportation. The "Five Mile Act" prohibited dissenting teachers and preachers to come within that distance of any borough. The Quakers were especially targeted and their meetings were deemed as criminal. William Penn began attending Quaker meetings in Cork and was soon arrested, and declared himself to be a member in 1666 at the age of 22. His father kicked him out of the house and withheld his inheritance, resulting in William living with various Quaker families. Penn stood up for the Quakers and endured long confinement in both the Tower of London and Newgate Prison. In the ensuing years persecution of Quakers intensified. And in what can only be considered Divine intervention, “Penn pressed his case to extend the Quaker region. Whether from personal sympathy or political expediency, to Penn's surprise, the King granted an extraordinarily generous charter http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/newgate.html which made Penn the world's largest private (non-royal) landowner, with over 45,000 square miles (120,000 km2).[76]:64 Penn became the sole proprietor of a huge tract of land west of New Jersey and north of Maryland (which belonged to Lord Baltimore), and gained sovereign rule of the territory with all rights and privileges (except the power to declare war).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn#cite_note-Miller-76
1704-05 Charit Spies. Shortly after the death of her husband, Charity emigrated from Rheinland Pfalz, Germany to Pennsylvania, dying in Somerset county. She is a 6th great –grandmother in David’s maternal line.
1709 A 6th great-grandfather in Glenna’s maternal line, Ludwig Christophel Franciscus came from Grafschaft, Rohrbach, Germany to Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He likely came with his son Ludwig. They headed west from the port city into Amish country, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania .
1709 Jost “Yost” Schwab, his wife Anna Katharina (Wolfhardt) and likely his daughter Anna Margaretha emigrated from Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany to Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Schwabs are 6th greawt-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Residence of Thomas Hillborn by Edward Hicks.
The Hillborn Farm, Newtown Township, Bucks County, PA
http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-23B
1710 Johann Peter Reith emigrated at age 15 with his parents, Hans George and Anna Catherine (Anspach) Riedt, on the ship Midford from Westrich, Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany to New York via England. Anna Catherine’s brother Johannes Balthazar Anspach also was on board with his wife, Anna Marie and their children. Hans George died at sea and Anna Catherine was listed on the poverty list of Stuttgardt, New York for 1713/14. They are 7th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
Historical Note: The Colonial Wars (1689-1763)
Europe was anything but quiet as the settlers continued their treks. Between 1689 and 1763, there were no less than four colonial wars that involved France, Britain, and Spain and their respective colonial possessions. Rightly called “Wars for Empire”, these conflicts were extensions of wars that had erupted on the European mainland or on the high seas over balance of power, expansionism, mercantilism, and Indian alliances. The first of these conflicts was King William’s War (1689-1697) or the War of the League of Augsburg in Europe; Queen Anne’s War (1702-1711) or the War of the Spanish Succession; King George’s War (1744-1748) or the War of the Austrian Succession. One conflict in the 1730's, called the War of Jenkin’s Ear, was almost entirely fought at sea between Britain and Spain.
1710 Rudliffe Miller and his wife Barbara came to Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Germany. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1710 Hans Jacob Miller and his son Rudolph, with a group of 29 Mennonite immigrant families, sailed on the Mary Hope from London on 29 June 1710 arriving at the port of Philadelphia in October. They were the first group of Mennonites to settle in what would become Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1710 Johannes (Hans) Miley or Meiley left Stattihen, Switzerland for Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is a 7th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1710 Rudliffe Miller and his wife Barbara were 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line, emigrating from Germany to Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Some records indicate that two children might have been born in PA in 1705 & 06 while the immigration records indicate arrival in Philadelphia in 1710.
The Hillborn Farm, Newtown Township, Bucks County, PA
http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-23B
1710 Johann Peter Reith emigrated at age 15 with his parents, Hans George and Anna Catherine (Anspach) Riedt, on the ship Midford from Westrich, Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany to New York via England. Anna Catherine’s brother Johannes Balthazar Anspach also was on board with his wife, Anna Marie and their children. Hans George died at sea and Anna Catherine was listed on the poverty list of Stuttgardt, New York for 1713/14. They are 7th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
Historical Note: The Colonial Wars (1689-1763)
Europe was anything but quiet as the settlers continued their treks. Between 1689 and 1763, there were no less than four colonial wars that involved France, Britain, and Spain and their respective colonial possessions. Rightly called “Wars for Empire”, these conflicts were extensions of wars that had erupted on the European mainland or on the high seas over balance of power, expansionism, mercantilism, and Indian alliances. The first of these conflicts was King William’s War (1689-1697) or the War of the League of Augsburg in Europe; Queen Anne’s War (1702-1711) or the War of the Spanish Succession; King George’s War (1744-1748) or the War of the Austrian Succession. One conflict in the 1730's, called the War of Jenkin’s Ear, was almost entirely fought at sea between Britain and Spain.
1710 Rudliffe Miller and his wife Barbara came to Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Germany. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1710 Hans Jacob Miller and his son Rudolph, with a group of 29 Mennonite immigrant families, sailed on the Mary Hope from London on 29 June 1710 arriving at the port of Philadelphia in October. They were the first group of Mennonites to settle in what would become Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1710 Johannes (Hans) Miley or Meiley left Stattihen, Switzerland for Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is a 7th great-grandfather in David’s paternal line.
1710 Rudliffe Miller and his wife Barbara were 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line, emigrating from Germany to Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Some records indicate that two children might have been born in PA in 1705 & 06 while the immigration records indicate arrival in Philadelphia in 1710.
Emigrants Leaving the Palatinate for America Source: Imhof, Andreas
Lazarus von. Neu-eröffneter historischer Bildersaal, Vol. 9: Geschichten,
welche sich unter Carolo VI, von dem Jahr 1723 auf das Jahr 1733
zugetragen. Nuremberg: Buggel, 1735. Courtesy of PD Dr. Helmut Schmahl,
Mainz University. https://minerdescent.com/2010/08/16/johann-friedrich-markle/
1710 John L. and Annie (Houston) Young emigrated from Ireland to New York. John was part of the Scottish Lamont Clan, and their family changed their names to that of their mother because a rival clan was killing them off. It is likely that William, there son born in 1705 made the journey with them, but records only say he came at a young age. William soon moved to Kentucky, as tax records in New York show him to have been delinquent and having moved to KY. They are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Historical Note: Scottish Clan Massacre
John L. Young was the son of Mary Young Lamont who escaped from a clan massacre with her small children, two of whom adopted her name to protect themselves from the Campbell Clan. The Dunoon Massacre was a massacre that took place in Scotland in 1646. Men of the powerful Clan Campbell massacred men, women and children of the Clan Lamont. By 1646, the Clan Campbell, neighbours of the Clan Lamont, had steadily encroached the Lamont's lands. After the Battle of Inverlochy (1645), the Clan Lamont took the opportunity to lay waste to the Campbell's territory. The following year, the powerful Clan Campbell army invaded the Clan Lamont taking their Castles Toward Ascog at Castle Toward the Campbells asked for hospitality, which was given, according to custom, and then slaughtered the Lamonts in their beds finally throwing bodies down the well to poison the water should they have missed anyone. Sir James Lamont surrendered after accepting fair terms for his people, but the Campbells then slaughtered over two hundred of Lamont's men, women and children. Elsewhere, one tree was said to have carried thirty five bodies from its branches, and another thirty six men were buried alive. The two Lamont castles were decimated and Sir James Lamont was thrown into a dungeon for five years. This event became known as the Dunoon Massacre.
Lazarus von. Neu-eröffneter historischer Bildersaal, Vol. 9: Geschichten,
welche sich unter Carolo VI, von dem Jahr 1723 auf das Jahr 1733
zugetragen. Nuremberg: Buggel, 1735. Courtesy of PD Dr. Helmut Schmahl,
Mainz University. https://minerdescent.com/2010/08/16/johann-friedrich-markle/
1710 John L. and Annie (Houston) Young emigrated from Ireland to New York. John was part of the Scottish Lamont Clan, and their family changed their names to that of their mother because a rival clan was killing them off. It is likely that William, there son born in 1705 made the journey with them, but records only say he came at a young age. William soon moved to Kentucky, as tax records in New York show him to have been delinquent and having moved to KY. They are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s maternal line.
Historical Note: Scottish Clan Massacre
John L. Young was the son of Mary Young Lamont who escaped from a clan massacre with her small children, two of whom adopted her name to protect themselves from the Campbell Clan. The Dunoon Massacre was a massacre that took place in Scotland in 1646. Men of the powerful Clan Campbell massacred men, women and children of the Clan Lamont. By 1646, the Clan Campbell, neighbours of the Clan Lamont, had steadily encroached the Lamont's lands. After the Battle of Inverlochy (1645), the Clan Lamont took the opportunity to lay waste to the Campbell's territory. The following year, the powerful Clan Campbell army invaded the Clan Lamont taking their Castles Toward Ascog at Castle Toward the Campbells asked for hospitality, which was given, according to custom, and then slaughtered the Lamonts in their beds finally throwing bodies down the well to poison the water should they have missed anyone. Sir James Lamont surrendered after accepting fair terms for his people, but the Campbells then slaughtered over two hundred of Lamont's men, women and children. Elsewhere, one tree was said to have carried thirty five bodies from its branches, and another thirty six men were buried alive. The two Lamont castles were decimated and Sir James Lamont was thrown into a dungeon for five years. This event became known as the Dunoon Massacre.
“Haunted” Toward Castle, Dunoon Massacre Dunoon Massacre Monument
http://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/130510220027/haunted-castle-toward-the-dunoon-massacre-castle http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/dunoon/
1710-1712 John Peter and Anna Maria (Risch) Feg came from the Palatinate in Germany and emigrated to New York with their daughter Anna Catherine. They are 7th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
1708 -13 Pastor Hoppe, Glenna’s 7th great maternal grandfather emigrated from Halbestadt, Sachsische Schweiz, Sachsen, Germany, settling in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime between his marriage in Germany to Anna Sprogell and the birth of his daughter Susannah Margaretta.
Historical Note: The Palatine Wave
The Palatines were a battered, vulnerable people by the end of the seventeenth century. “And finally, in the winter of 1708, record low temperatures froze the Rhine River and closed this waterway for five weeks. Grapevines died, cattle froze, and any wine from previous harvests was ruined. Along with two previous years of crop failure, there was no immediate recovery in sight. For 30 years leading up to this point, they had endured wars, religious persecution and now potential starvation. For many Palatines, this was the final blow.” Believing Queen Anne of England had opened the arms of her nation to thir plight, 15,000 emigrants descended upon London, being from Rotterdam after making their way up the frozen Rhine just to get to the Netherlands. They quickly overwhelmed the resources and patience of the English and lived in tent cities around London until the winter of 1709. The solution to the problem consisted of shipping those who were Catholic either to Ireland for settlement or back to Germany, other to the West Indies, and about 3,000 who were willing to swear allegiance to the Protestant faith to America. These Palatines were loaded onto ten ships (likely to have included Fame, Tower, Mary Hartwell, Baltimore, James & Elizabeth, Sara, Midford, Berkley Castle; the Herbert was wrecked off Long Island, carrying the tents and supplies for the other ships.). On board they endured yet more privation as they were forced to wait in these overcrowded conditions for a late spring departure. They landed in New York in the summer of 1710. “The voyage was long and many became sick. Crowded together in the ships, almost to suffocation, with insufficient food, many of them (407) died. Hardly a family among them had not been touched by death, and there were nearly fifty widows and 100 orphans to be provided for. They landed, as Professor Jacobs says, “a crushed, sick and dispirited band of exiles.” They were in such a sickly condition that the authorities placed them outside the city on Nutten (now Governor’s) Island.” Hardship was not over. “A contract was signed by this group, who agreed to the making of tar and pitch from the pine forests for the British Naval Stores and the gradual payment for their passage in return for forty acres of land per person with implements for farming.” The trees in their new homeland proved to be incapable of producing the contracted resources, and by 1711 Queen Anne stopped abandoned the palatinates
(http://www.threerivershms.com/emigration.htm)
http://www.leben.us/volume-4-volume-4-issue-2/256-the-palatines-of-new-york
http://immigrantships.net/v4/1700v4/simmendinger17100100A_L.html
1708-1715 Glenna’s 8th great-grandparents Timothy Hagar and wife Anna Ursula (Egler) in Germany in 1708, and emigrated to New York sometime before the birth of their daughter Margaret Marie in Cornwall, NY in 1715. They are part of Glenna’s paternal line.
http://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/130510220027/haunted-castle-toward-the-dunoon-massacre-castle http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/dunoon/
1710-1712 John Peter and Anna Maria (Risch) Feg came from the Palatinate in Germany and emigrated to New York with their daughter Anna Catherine. They are 7th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
1708 -13 Pastor Hoppe, Glenna’s 7th great maternal grandfather emigrated from Halbestadt, Sachsische Schweiz, Sachsen, Germany, settling in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime between his marriage in Germany to Anna Sprogell and the birth of his daughter Susannah Margaretta.
Historical Note: The Palatine Wave
The Palatines were a battered, vulnerable people by the end of the seventeenth century. “And finally, in the winter of 1708, record low temperatures froze the Rhine River and closed this waterway for five weeks. Grapevines died, cattle froze, and any wine from previous harvests was ruined. Along with two previous years of crop failure, there was no immediate recovery in sight. For 30 years leading up to this point, they had endured wars, religious persecution and now potential starvation. For many Palatines, this was the final blow.” Believing Queen Anne of England had opened the arms of her nation to thir plight, 15,000 emigrants descended upon London, being from Rotterdam after making their way up the frozen Rhine just to get to the Netherlands. They quickly overwhelmed the resources and patience of the English and lived in tent cities around London until the winter of 1709. The solution to the problem consisted of shipping those who were Catholic either to Ireland for settlement or back to Germany, other to the West Indies, and about 3,000 who were willing to swear allegiance to the Protestant faith to America. These Palatines were loaded onto ten ships (likely to have included Fame, Tower, Mary Hartwell, Baltimore, James & Elizabeth, Sara, Midford, Berkley Castle; the Herbert was wrecked off Long Island, carrying the tents and supplies for the other ships.). On board they endured yet more privation as they were forced to wait in these overcrowded conditions for a late spring departure. They landed in New York in the summer of 1710. “The voyage was long and many became sick. Crowded together in the ships, almost to suffocation, with insufficient food, many of them (407) died. Hardly a family among them had not been touched by death, and there were nearly fifty widows and 100 orphans to be provided for. They landed, as Professor Jacobs says, “a crushed, sick and dispirited band of exiles.” They were in such a sickly condition that the authorities placed them outside the city on Nutten (now Governor’s) Island.” Hardship was not over. “A contract was signed by this group, who agreed to the making of tar and pitch from the pine forests for the British Naval Stores and the gradual payment for their passage in return for forty acres of land per person with implements for farming.” The trees in their new homeland proved to be incapable of producing the contracted resources, and by 1711 Queen Anne stopped abandoned the palatinates
(http://www.threerivershms.com/emigration.htm)
http://www.leben.us/volume-4-volume-4-issue-2/256-the-palatines-of-new-york
http://immigrantships.net/v4/1700v4/simmendinger17100100A_L.html
1708-1715 Glenna’s 8th great-grandparents Timothy Hagar and wife Anna Ursula (Egler) in Germany in 1708, and emigrated to New York sometime before the birth of their daughter Margaret Marie in Cornwall, NY in 1715. They are part of Glenna’s paternal line.
New York Harbor in Colonial Days
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/new-york.htm
1696-1720 Timothy Downing and his wife Elizabeth (Gates) emigrated from Ireland to Prince George, Maryland. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1719 Hans Michael and Anna Elizabeth (Ott) Bar, with their daughter Anna Eva, and Hans Michael’s mother Verena (Meyer; her husband Heinrich had died 19 years earlier) left Streichenberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, most likely enroute from Switzerland, and settled in Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Bar family was originally from the village of Hausen, which is on the northern side of the present day city of Zurich, Switzerland. There are also early references to living at Baar, which is located near Zug. Baar is a small town about half way between Lucerne and Zurich. Hans and Anna Elizabeth are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line, while Anna Eva is a 5th paternal great-grandmother.
1721 Thomas Mollineaux was born in England where he married his wife Elizabeth. Thomas emigrated to Maryland, where he died, but there are no records to indicate whether Elizabeth died in England or America. They are 8th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
1723 Samuel and Margaret (Moore) Miller and Samuel’s father, William, likely emigrated from Antrim, Ireland to Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania. Records show “14 Dec 1723 Received at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., PA from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting, Co. Antrim, Ireland” The Moore family originally migrated from Scotland to Antrim in 1612, and their Quaker roots trace to the mid seventeenth century. The first significant wave of Irish American immigration came in the 1720s. This period saw the arrival of the Scots-Irish, a term used in North America (but not elsewhere) to denote those who came from Ireland but had Scottish Presbyterian roots. This is the same part of Ireland that the Houstons (1710) of Glenna’s line came from. Philadephia was the most popular destination port for Scots-Irish immigrants to America. They are 5th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line. http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish America http://hubpages.com/education/Scotch-Irish-Immigration- to America
1722-24 Michael Spies Sprenckel emigrated from Manheim, Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, and is a 5th great-grandfather in David’s maternal line.
1724 John Caton emigrated from Ireland with his wife Agnes and son Robert, arriving in Dover, Kent, Deleware. John and Agnes are 5th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line, and Robert is a 4th great-grandfather.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/colonies/new-york.htm
1696-1720 Timothy Downing and his wife Elizabeth (Gates) emigrated from Ireland to Prince George, Maryland. They are 6th great-grandparents in David’s maternal line.
1719 Hans Michael and Anna Elizabeth (Ott) Bar, with their daughter Anna Eva, and Hans Michael’s mother Verena (Meyer; her husband Heinrich had died 19 years earlier) left Streichenberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, most likely enroute from Switzerland, and settled in Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Bar family was originally from the village of Hausen, which is on the northern side of the present day city of Zurich, Switzerland. There are also early references to living at Baar, which is located near Zug. Baar is a small town about half way between Lucerne and Zurich. Hans and Anna Elizabeth are 6th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line, while Anna Eva is a 5th paternal great-grandmother.
1721 Thomas Mollineaux was born in England where he married his wife Elizabeth. Thomas emigrated to Maryland, where he died, but there are no records to indicate whether Elizabeth died in England or America. They are 8th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line.
1723 Samuel and Margaret (Moore) Miller and Samuel’s father, William, likely emigrated from Antrim, Ireland to Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania. Records show “14 Dec 1723 Received at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., PA from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting, Co. Antrim, Ireland” The Moore family originally migrated from Scotland to Antrim in 1612, and their Quaker roots trace to the mid seventeenth century. The first significant wave of Irish American immigration came in the 1720s. This period saw the arrival of the Scots-Irish, a term used in North America (but not elsewhere) to denote those who came from Ireland but had Scottish Presbyterian roots. This is the same part of Ireland that the Houstons (1710) of Glenna’s line came from. Philadephia was the most popular destination port for Scots-Irish immigrants to America. They are 5th great-grandparents in David’s paternal line. http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish America http://hubpages.com/education/Scotch-Irish-Immigration- to America
1722-24 Michael Spies Sprenckel emigrated from Manheim, Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, and is a 5th great-grandfather in David’s maternal line.
1724 John Caton emigrated from Ireland with his wife Agnes and son Robert, arriving in Dover, Kent, Deleware. John and Agnes are 5th great-grandparents in Glenna’s paternal line, and Robert is a 4th great-grandfather.