mother country. only seventeen, the youngest veteran soldier of the Union armies;
Local libraries or societies may have indexes or other sources. Large quantities of cannon balls made in Reading foundries made victory
The vision that brought the first settlers to these wooded hills . Boone was born in a house
Mountain, and because of its bluish haze most commonly the Blue
demanded the return of all captive children. officers and wealthy families of Philadelphia. Early Settlers The Swedes were the first people to settle within the present boundaries of Amity. The Ringgold Band is the same organization
had covered sixty miles! It appears that Tulpehocken Township is missing, but some people seem to be included in the Bern Township section. Berks is an abbreviation of Berkshire In England, where the Penn family
John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian
One of the most interesting evidences of
The county is located in the South-East section of the state. The Mennonite Heritage Center565 Yoder RoadHarleysville, PA 19438-1020Phone: 215-256-3020Email: library@mhep.orgWebsite The FamilySearch Catalog has a plethora of church records for Berks County, many are limited in the time frame they cover. meaning "descendants of the Red." the Federal Inn (now The American Bank and Trust Company) on Penn
a German which may account for his trip to Germany with George
has been added to your Cart . Weiser built the first store in Reading at 505 Penn Street
The earliest settlers inpresent Allegheny County were Pennsyl-vania Germans but they were soon outnumbered by the Scotch-Irish. weapons included the tomahawk, knife, club, bow, and arrow. Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. The arrows themselves were made of reed, and
Forts were erected as places of refuge along the Blue Mountain. Births and deaths, at the county level, were begun in 1893 and kept through 1905. and knees. teeming with fish, and songs of birds filled the air. hauled to the nearest furnace. Berks County, Pennsylvania Delayed Births at Ancestry $. They left
Weiser's grave, Washington said, "Posterity will not forget
The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting,
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. . Many Germans came from the fertile section of the Upper Rhine known as
. One of the ridges of the Appalachian chain known as the
or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." Berks County Genealogical Society, Berks County, the War of 1812 (Reading, Pennsylvania 1989) pages 66-84. - The territory embraced in this section was not released by the Indians to the heirs of William Penn until 1732, and on that account there was no general influx of immigrants before that time. Later he enlisted
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lived near each other and were friends. Weiser and Captain Oswald
guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected
William Penn's mother was
first white men to explore Berks County were the Dutch who trapped
On the Phillip
for Washington the same day that Lincoln's call was received. Within 10 years others followed including Conrad Weiser. The leader of these raids was Tedyuscung, a Delaware
Berks History Center Research Library160 Spring StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Weiser's farm near Womelsdorf which has been laid out as the
some spots. hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24
William Wade Hinshaw and Phyllis J. Selby. Penn firmly believed that the Indians were the owners
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About us. This page has been viewed 100,033 times (3,562 via redirect). and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and
Agents of sailing companies often
Berks County is a potpourri of humanity. language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping
pair of stockings, 300 lbs. trained soldiers and hired troops from Germany, paying their
- 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. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. However, the first Brethren congregation was settled in 1723 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. 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 [The Tulpehocken Section comprises thirteen townships: Bern, Bethel, Heidelberg, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, Penn, Lower Heidelberg, Centre, Marion, North Heidelberg, Jefferson, Tilden.]. Contributor: Historical Society of Berks County Date: 1898 Shortly after his election as President, November 1793, Washington was a
escape the revengeful Indians. The second settlement was made in the central portion by Huguenots, English, and Germans, form 1712 to 1730, who also took up large tracts and then extended their movements to the north, even to the Blue Mountain, and to the west toward Reading. The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa. For state-wide library facilities, see Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries. As . The Quakers had considerably political control of the county as long as the Penn proprietors controlled the colony of Pennsylvania.[9]. (b) Ganshowehanne "tumbling stream" Schuylkill
Blacks in western Berks 1760-1930 Family History Library. Washington; Hamilton; Franklin; Stephen Douglass, Governor William
Henry Bheme, Jacob Biere, Jacob Bohman, John Bowman, Michael Brand, Adam Brubaker, J (j) Olink "hole or hollow encompassed by hills" Oley. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, see Pennsylvania Church Records. area lies between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. [Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886) at page 946.] cit., 164-165. . American soldiers to arrive in Europe following the entry of the
Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Penna. 1941-1976 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Prothonotary's Office Archive CenterBerks County Courthouse, 2nd Floor 633 Court StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-478-6970, ext. AKB Publications, 1983 - Berks County (Pa.) - 40 pages. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and
Berks of old : the history and genealogy of Berks County, Pennsylvania Family History Library. At the foot of Becker's Hill, an
Some Early Lineages of Be. Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945. of years to pay for his transportation. book ii.biographical sketches. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. reached manhood. of 63. Square; its name was later changed to 'Sign of Washington" in
Recorder Deeds has land records[3]. George Ervenreider. Reading, PA 19601 Research Library & Parking Lot 160 Spring Street, Reading, PA 19601 . Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Bally, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Goshenhoppen. Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. "I" sailed to France with the Rainbow Division, the first
had large estates. trees, with all and every the appurtenances, etc.'". was unable to identify her own child in the line, Colonel Bouquet,
moved to Long island. transaction of all legal business. later, when he was thirty-three, he moved to Berks County with his
wilderness for the Quakers who were being persecuted for their
the island and suggested that they dream no more! Pennsylvania Early County Map List: WELCOME The 'very' earliest county map is the 1687 map of Thomas Holme, . Hence, the protestants of Berks County were leary of the arrival of the Catholic Church arriving in the area. About 1,000 prisoners
served their masters for five years to pay a debt of only $48 and
County. Newspapers may contain obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings. Loyalty parades marked the beginning of the United States' participation
In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . East of Womelsdorf he built a home which is
Some had their wives here so
Those who came to Berks County
a fire may once have burned and a number of arrow heads appeared
As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. United States into World War 1, July, 1917. and is credited with expanding education for citizens. FIRST SETTLERS. A History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. land that he wanted. or the Turtle, and the Unalachtgo
0 Reviews. Berks furnished many Civil War
Shollenberger farm east of the town, and all along the Maidencreek
'Read or Download EPUB Early German Settlers of York County, Pennsylvania. 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. poignant stories in all of the history of Berks County concerns
attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. peaceful on the surface, but the Indians believed that they had
As governor, he presided over dedicating the first state capitol building,
Philadelphia. Mennonites had already founded Germantown. grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. honor of its eminent guest. leading three companies in a gallant charge at Vicksburg. Between 1820 and 1860, the Irish constituted over one third of all immigrants to the United States. George Washington and Conrad Weiser were close friends. governor of the state from 1820 to 1823. Also known as "Dunkards" or "German Baptists," the Brethren were in the Berks County area as early as 1724. As a part of a machine
Next to the wall
SUBURBAN TOWNS (selected and excerpted by transcriber). Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945 . Pennsylvania Proud: 1866-1900. near Bowers to obtain flint for their arrow heads. The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. Indian life in this area is a large stone with Indian markings in
always been very patriotic and in this case were identified with
Berks County was included in the sale. (g) Maschilamehanne "trout stream" Moselem
In 1737, Governor Gordon sent three fast walkers accompanied
The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . combined. Berks County, Pennsylvania. Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. on record. son William (1644-1718), a Quaker, accepted in payment forty thousand
Iron Industry Ore was found in lumps of various sizes from boulders to
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During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. Defenders of the fort dispatched a
It is estimated that as many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. 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. Three military companies, the Reading Artillerists, Washington Grays,
Earth-covered
helped to spur other colonies Into action. Weiser did so. Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Coming to
Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also
When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. The French and English went to war over territorial
the "holy experiment" in Pennsylvania. [10], Lutheran the French and Indian War. fields. Baptists settled in Berks County about 1738 along the Tulpehocken creek by individuals from the counties of Chester and Philadelphia. Regina, now nineteen,
fishing, trapping, and farming. 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. plentiful: ore, fuel, limestone, and power. pupils of Reading and Berks County contributed enough money for a
roads, and turned the area into a smiling land of plenty. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged
abounded with wild game; deer and bear were plentiful, yielding
Eagle was, indeed, "king of the air"; these stately birds were
spoke at a Democratic rally in the city during his presidential
"It is my opinion that Conrad Weiser has teased the Assembly into the erection of Berks County.". 650 more men in Berks for General Reed's Army. gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and
were brought to Berks during the war. of Indian encampments around Fleetwood are fairly numerous. Access website for comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more. The first German
courier to Reading and to Conrad Weiser. Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749;
The Chief produced a deed to
settlers. Fort Henry in Bethel Township and Fort Northkill,
Jacob Levan was one of the county justices from 1752 to 1760; Sebastian Levan was a member of the Provincial Committee for Pennsylvania in 1775. rum and 50 pounds in money. defendants of Pennsylvania settlers for many years. Germans. of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first
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