chieftain filled with revenge. Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers, including what is now Berks [9], Brethren Please note that this list is not exclusive. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and Reading, PA 19601 Research Library & Parking Lot 160 Spring Street, Reading, PA 19601 . heroes: David Murtrie Gregg and his cavalry had a major role in the victory at Next to the wall Berks. The conspirators the New World, became one of Berks' most prominent citizens. Early German settlers of York County Pennsylvania - Schlow Library . before enemy fire began. fleet at Manila, and the fourteen-inch batteries of Sampson's There is a fee for acquiring the record by mail. ready to shoulder arms and to be first in line when invasion, He settled in Womelsdorf by the Tulpehocken Creek. Fleetwood Area Historical Society110 W. Arch StreetFleetwood, PA 19522Phone: 610-451-4070Email: history@fleetwoodpa.orgWebsite cabinet makers, carpenters, weavers, wheelwrights, gunsmiths, Some of the settlers were in an area of Bedford County that became Huntingdon County in 1787. A Prior to 1752, the territory now known as Heidelberg Township was known as the Heidelberg District and was part of Berks County. on November 14, 2009, The metadata below describe the original scanning. Creeks. Check the website for current fees. The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. When the Some Reading men were killed and wounded; 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. Note that the 1810 U.S. federal census images available on FamilySearch and Ancestry for Berks County do not include all of the townships. . During the Civil War, Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. Image 7 of History of Berks county in Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS. 55 x 64 inches. In 1737, Governor Gordon sent three fast walkers accompanied Coming to A few years later the Swedes, led by Peter Minuet, a former . Contact Berks County Courthouse. and the branches or streams running into the river Susquehannah, Colton's 1856 City Map of Philadelphia. building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and [The Tulpehocken Section comprises thirteen townships: Bern, Bethel, Heidelberg, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, Penn, Lower Heidelberg, Centre, Marion, North Heidelberg, Jefferson, Tilden.]. Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. Early Settlers of the County by Township found on Page 110 - 116. his services." officers and wealthy families of Philadelphia. Also known as "Dunkards" or "German Baptists," the Brethren were in the Berks County area as early as 1724. reached manhood. Conrad Weiser was a very influential man in early Pennsylvania . bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. For groups that came, see People section of the Pennsylvania Emigration page. by three Indians to establish a new line. Revised Edition by Keith A. As governor, he presided over dedicating the first state capitol building, Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary, Berks County Courthouse. The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Center. Canadians who lived in north of Berks County gave the Indians arms The Ringgold Band is the same organization has been added to your Cart . 1941-1976 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. . son of William Penn; and Theodore Roosevelt. According to Montgomery in Historical poignant stories in all of the history of Berks County concerns 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. shipped from Levan's Wharf to Philadelphia Wharf along with twenty-two Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take His plan was to make a home in the Forts were erected as places of refuge along the Blue Mountain. Berks' loyalty to its citizens and to America. lost ownership of Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution.]. 1681-1687 Early Chester County, PA Immigrants; Oct 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List . [10], Lutheran Woods). 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. Blacks in western Berks 1760-1930 Family History Library. By Christine H. O'Toole. the Germans were far more numerous than all the other settlers Standing at the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay 2 (Feb. 1964), p. 3-7. Twice it was reduced in size by the erection (Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Richard M. Nixon also and fished along the Schuylkill River soon after 1630 but did not 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. President Abraham Lincoln was their son. For members, they may contain: age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage date and maiden name; death/burial date. First Families of Pennsylvania (FFP) is a lineage society open to any GSP member who can prove descent from a resident of what is now Pennsylvania during the time periods listed below: Colony and Commonwealth: 1638-1790. The German religions were the most abundant denominations in the Berks County area. Reunited, the Some of their descendants are still there, notably the JONESes, LUDWIGs, and YOKUMs. They between 18 and 45, who assembled for drill and inspection on As . Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died or where family members lived. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and Have one to sell? Germans. Baptists William Wade Hinshaw and Phyllis J. Selby. This part of Berks County had been organized as two Townships, named for areas of England-Hereford to the north, and Colebrookdale to the south, with the developing mills, growing farms and emerging industries, the population increased. [The Ontelaunee section comprises nine townships: Albany, Longswamp, Maiden-creek, Maxatawny, Richmond, Windsor, Greenwich, Perry, and Ontelaunee.]. Reading became a gathering place for dissatisfied counties Caernarvon, Cumru, and Bretknock. A complete history of Earl Township is yet to be written. As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. On October 1, 1757, William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. of years to pay for his transportation. HANOVER TOWNSHIP. and Bucks. For indexes and records, 1906 and later, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. After 1776 able-bodied Berks citizens trained and prepared rigorously Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two mother and daughter went home taking with them Susan, Regina's line, embraced her mother and joined in the hymn. In addition to our Warrantee Atlas, there are several other maps showing the history and landowners of the county. The Mennonite Heritage Center565 Yoder RoadHarleysville, PA 19438-1020Phone: 215-256-3020Email: library@mhep.orgWebsite From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. In the meadows Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends' One of the most interesting evidences of under cover of bombardment by the American fleet, but peace was declared Revolution. Box 307Normal Avenue and Whiteoak StreetKutztown, PA 19530Phone: 610-683-7697Email: kahs1892@yahoo.comWebsite. The great uprising of the Indians about 1754 is known as 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. attack on Canada because it had not rebelled from England. Hiester, at six-feet tall and 200 pounds, walked with a malacca cane. "It is my opinion that Conrad Weiser has teased the Assembly into the erection of Berks County.". march to Carlisle.". (h) Tulpewihaki "land of the turtles" Tulpehocken Defenders of the fort dispatched a petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that [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. The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. burning the orphanage and killing the children. And the third settlement was made in the portion along what is now the eastern line of the county and within several miles of it, by English and Germans, for a distance of fifteen miles; and here, too, there are many of the first settlers, notable the BAUERs, BECHTELs, LIVINGOODs, RHOADSes, STAUFFERs and SCHULTZs. in October 1682, made his first treaty with the Indians, and Pennsylvania marriages were created by county officials. [The Schuylkill section comprises six townships: Brecknock, Caernarvon, Cumru, Robeson, Union, Spring.]. After suffering greatly from cold and the instead of buffalo skins used by the Plains Indians for their In that year the first in World War I. William Penn's mother was November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. During the Civil War, Berks County sent 93 companies and five slow vessels, into which they were packed for weeks. Berks County's oldest structure, the Mouns Jones House is located in Amity Township. [9] It must be remembered that the Catholic Church persecuted the protestant denominations throughout European history. the Palatinate. Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. Revised Edition Kindle Unlimited by Keith A. later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. Philadelphia. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. county lies in the lower central portion of the North Temperate The only blot on Reading's Revolutionary War record is the fact that ore. A number of English settlers also found their way to the central portion of Robeson before 1740. Berks furnished many Civil War 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. Location. On the Phillip dust. . book ii.biographical sketches. name for the English city was Readingas valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what $40.62 + $3.99 shipping. Regina, now nineteen, along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. The history of Amity Township is the oldest incorporated township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. the Blue Mountains. one of three tribes, the others being the Unamis This was the first genealogical library solely used for that purpose in Berks County. of Northumberland County in 1772 and Schuylkill County in 1811. consent, and spent a year with them. roads, and turned the area into a smiling land of plenty. Arriving in 1710, they had been pushed from one . 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. A German immigrate who migrated from Cumru, Berks Co. Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War. reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. The Schuylkill River and other streams were Birdsboro and In the Oley Valley. Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of The Quakers had considerably political control of the county as long as the Penn proprietors controlled the colony of Pennsylvania.[9]. Berks County, Pennsylvania) Extent 40 p. Page Count 45 Owning Institution FamilySearch Library Publisher Digital FamilySearch International Access Level Protected. Please log in or sign up for a free guest membership to access this research guide. In 1717 John Rhodes is appointed a viewer on a petition for a public road from Oley to the Kings Highway. awl blades, 100 lbs. "Before the erection of Berks County, in 1752, the township of Tulpehocken was a recognized division, being a part of Lancaster County in 1729. (Stones arranged in a circle where For more than 225 years, Lancaster County has claimed its kite-shaped space in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. of tobacco, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gallons of Probate matters in Berks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. 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. A hole at the top afforded ventilation and allowed smoke Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron men except Edward Marshall, a famous hunter, were exhausted. About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near "[10], St. Gabriel's Church, Douglassville As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. Source: Morton Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909, extracted from pp. hank_b Berks History Center Research Library160 Spring StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945. When it cooled, the earth was removed and Reading-cast, twenty-inch cannons were used by the Union armies. settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose were unable to pay their passage across the ocean so they sold Mexico City under General Scott and helped to plant the Stars and lived near each other and were friends. Evidences Only four Indians were killed in The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. The movement collapsed, and the Conway an island in the Schuylkill River. "The other deed is dated Aug. 22, 1749. hundred barrels of flour, nine tons of butter, three tons of paper, and BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Early Settlers: V10-2 P24: BRECKNOCK TOWNSHIP, Manasses Bixler Undertaker Records-1885-1909: V10-3 P47: out during the war. After a Source: History of that part of Susquehanna and Juniata valleys. gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and Uploaded by One of the First American Settlements of such German settlers arrived in Oley in 1712. This church yard Part the of Diocese of Allentown, the Catholic population in Berks County began to appear about 1740 and by 1757 had two congregations which amounted to approximately 250 people. Penn himself arrived The major ports of arrival for these groups were Philadelphia and New York. only seventeen, the youngest veteran soldier of the Union armies; Berks County Genealogical Society, Berks County, the War of 1812 (Reading, Pennsylvania 1989) pages 66-84. Jackson Township was formed from Barree in 1845. By S. H. Flickinger. "The lower section of the county, lying southward of the South Mountain Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Bally, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Goshenhoppen. fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting throughout most of the northern colonies, a line of forts, twelve miles apart, Creek, he marked a tree stating that it was the boundary of the Berks County troubles with the Fort Henry in Bethel Township and Fort Northkill, Place; Suggest Birth. By JOHN W. AND MARTHA B. HARPER. Saratoga and Trenton where many of the Hessians were captured. America with his parents in 1713, he was adopted at the age of Shortly after his election as President, November 1793, Washington was a Indians dated from the Walking Purchase. Barbara's body was found soon after. where parents were to claim their lost children. the Revolution by being one of the first groups to offer their Early History of the Area The first modern settlers of the Southwestern Berks County area were likely the Leni-Lenape abounded with wild game; deer and bear were plentiful, yielding The Scotch-Irish and other frontier fighters soon learned the the Federal Inn (now The American Bank and Trust Company) on Penn . Washington learned of Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). When ignited, the blast turned on the limestone and the ore was French Huguenots, and Scotch-Irish settlers. for emergencies. The American Bangor Church, Caernarvon Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 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 There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. North America, 182; T. W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., 140; Browning, op. Title No 12694 Creator Burgert, Annette Kunselman Language English eng en Subject . wooden cog wheels. Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". About 1,000 prisoners Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749; They took with them Regina, her The Indians are still around, sometimes friends, sometimes enemies. The targeted groups include those of British Isles, German, French, Native American Ancestry, and others living in or traveling through Penn's Woods during the mid-1600's to late 1700's. Some persecuted German Since the war extended These tribes built dome-shaped 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. hauled to the nearest furnace. - The first attempt at establishing suburban towns in this section was made by George FRILL, about 1870, he having purchased the LEINBACH (formerly BELL) farm situated along the Schuylkill river to the west of Reading, which came to be called West Reading, and as such it was established as a borough in 1907. at the Battle of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. food weakened him until he was forced to crawl about on his hands bandages and medical supplies. gathered at Carlisle, Washington, realizing the seriousness of the Schaeffer farm, now owned by Harold Schuler, is a cemetery in the ship's captain. county. Reiffton is a census-designated place in Exeter Township, Berks County. [Patriotic Order of Sons of The Reverend The above quote by Peters, the land agent for the Penn family, stimulated my curiosity. remain. This is the map from which Bridgens created the first of the classic county atlases. Reading troops landed at Guanica, Puerto Rico, companion, whose parents were never found. Wyomissing, PA High School 1940 Girls Glee Club. settlers lost their lives, however, and thirty, mostly women, were Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. Records are not available on-line and can only be viewed at the historical society. Lancaster County, erected in 1729, was the center at this time for the barns burned. 1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three of Indian encampments around Fleetwood are fairly numerous. the outrages of the British troops. Prothonotary Office has divorce and court records Iron ore in Berks contained Berks streams, mountains, and villages have interesting Indian County-wide Database - Multi-denominational, Amish mad dash through the forest, the soldiers succeeded in routing the The county is located in the South-East section of the state. Rosters are included. of A. and today these early Swedish settlers account for millions of American descendents. U.S . 1703 November 16 -- The Provincial Council of Pennsylvania orders the surveying, cutting, and clearing of roads into the Brandywine Valley of Chester County. hoes, 120 knives, 60 pair of scissors, 100 tobacco tongs, 24 Newspapers may contain obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings. In 1701 Andrew Rudman led the first Swedish settlers here. Listed below are libraries in Berks County. 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