Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. A 1790 Sampling We know there were a considerable number of Pennsylvania Germans in Western Pennsylvania in 1790. Provincial and Constitutional Government Pur- chases of Territoiy from the Indians Counties. (d) Machksithanne 'bear's path creek" Maxatawny
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. John B.B. (g) Maschilamehanne "trout stream" Moselem
prince large sums of money. a new county should be established. When Martin Van Buren was president, he visited Reading. In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . fishing, trapping, and farming. French
out during the war. After 1776 able-bodied Berks citizens trained and prepared rigorously
Company "A" arrived in France a few
Most Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Bally, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Goshenhoppen. fields. Berks is an abbreviation of Berkshire In England, where the Penn family
During the early history of the township the most prominent public men were the Levans, the Zimmermans, the Gehrs, the Groscups, and the Hottensteins. Access website for comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more. . Have one to sell? Berks County, Pennsylvania. Two congregations were formed but by 1774 both had disappeared from the Tulpehocken region. names:
Prior to 1906 many individuals naturalized at the county level and these records are kept by the prothonotary at the county courthouse. The Thirty Years' War had made this lovely land
disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged
Indian relics were uncovered. Due to contractual agreements, some images and/or databases on FamilySearch.org may only be viewed at a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. In addition to our Warrantee Atlas, there are several other maps showing the history and landowners of the county. 298-310. Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. Square; its name was later changed to 'Sign of Washington" in
two miles east of Strausstown in Upper Tulpehocken Township, were
Iron from
the Blue Mountains. Before the
Standing at
Also known as "German Calvinists" or "Dutch Reformed", Reformed congregations had their beginnings in Berks County in the townships of Oley, Greenwich and Heidelberg. Berks County, carved from parts of Lancaster,
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. It comprises most of the Oley Valley, a fertile and scenic pocket of farmland "almost entirely surrounded by hills, as it were, with the rest of the world shut out." [1] The township covers an area of 15,065 acres of some . the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay
Central Pennsylvania African American Museum119 N. 10th StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-371-8713Email: mgilyard@cpaam.netWebsite. A
298-310. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Defenders of the fort dispatched a
on November 14, 2009, The metadata below describe the original scanning. along the south side of Mt. Three years before Daniel Boone's birth,
Records for the Amish are not readily available. line, embraced her mother and joined in the hymn. American soldiers to arrive in Europe following the entry of the
That's how the about 630,000 acres of land is described in an 1883 book called . He
Because of its great size, in 1734, another township was laid off from it and erected, called "Heidelberg" to commemorate that part of the fatherland from whence many of the settlers came. berks county, pennsylvania. "The other deed is dated Aug. 22, 1749. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading.]. dust. Sell on Amazon. petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that
wilderness for the Quakers who were being persecuted for their
Probate matters in Berks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. 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. This township was the birthplace and home of Betzy TROUT, who lived to be 101 years old. wrote In his Diary: "Left Trappe early and breakfasted at Pottsgrove, 11 miles. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, see Pennsylvania Church Records. $40.62 + $3.99 shipping. 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]. The party stopped at
He was robbed of all his money and clothes; ill treatment and poor
A project to help descendants of early settlers of North and Central Pennsylvania find their roots using DNA results and family tree information. Bangor Church, Caernarvon Published by H. F. Bridgens, 1860. 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 . A guide at the Pennsylvania State Archives website identifies townships where specific companies recruited soldiers, see Revolutionary War Militia Battalions and Companies, Arranged by County. 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. Henry Fogelman. Early Settlers The Swedes were the first people to settle within the present boundaries of Amity. William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. The FamilySearch Catalog has a plethora of church records for Berks County, many are limited in the time frame they cover. Shortly after his election as President, November 1793, Washington was a
Newspapers are often found in local or university libraries, historical or genealogical societies, or state archives in the area where the newspaper was published. The Historical Review of Berks County , Volume 85, Number 3, Summer 2019. teeming with fish, and songs of birds filled the air. the French and Indian War. son of William Penn; and Theodore Roosevelt. pieces of wood. 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. Share. book ii.biographical sketches. Please note that this list is not exclusive. Local men served in the Berks County Militia. FS Library Book 970.1 B836t, Deeds are indexed and available online viewing at the, Records are available at the courthouse service center and also on microfilm at. Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. Governor Morris to protect their homes. Transcribed by Vicki Koller Hartman for GenealogyTrails March 2011. 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. Records are not available on-line and can only be viewed at the historical society. The
Their language has entirely disappeared. soldiers in a movement on Guayama when the short war ended. Many denominations dot the landscape of Berks County. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and
For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website. It is best to contact the church or the diocese where the ancestor lived. French Huguenots, and Scotch-Irish settlers. Eighteen years
Regina, now nineteen,
At one of these meetings seven
others who conspired to remove Washington from command and replace
Those who came to Berks County
morton l. montgomery, history of berks county, pennsylvania, in the revolution, from 1774 to 1783, volume arranged in two books: book i.revolution. Place; Suggest Birth. Guide to Berks County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. consequently, the township was named Amity in 1719. In the raids upon the settlers in the
left their ruined homes by thousands and took passage on crowded,
The
disputed territory which followed, Marshall's entire family
carried off to slavery. area lies between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. Rumor has it that Chief Shikellamy
Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. Chickamauga Park, Georgia, where many soldiers died during an epidemic
A few years later the Swedes, led by Peter Minuet, a
the thick of fighting at Vesle and in the decisive Argonne Drive. Oley Township is located in Berks County in southeastern Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles east of the city of Reading. 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 Reverend
reduced to a molten mass at the bottom. Not added . Click the image to view an enlarged version, Revolutionary War doctrines there and invited all those who were oppressed to join
[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 Land records in Berks County began in 1752. situate, lying and being between those hills, called Lechay Hills,
On a beautiful autumn day, when her mother and
Colton's 1856 City Map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny PA with parts of adjacent boroughs with the City of Cincinnati OH. PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. of A. This together with the building of canals drew here a large number of Irish settlers. Twice it was reduced in size by the erection
"The lower section of the county, lying southward of the South Mountain
By S. H. Flickinger. and fished along the Schuylkill River soon after 1630 but did not
. of Berks County stock. settlers to reach Berks County arrived in Oley in 1712 and chose
The following is a map showing Berks Co. in 1776 by local artist Randy Rowe (1922-1978) for the Bicentennial commemoration originally posted in 4 portions on the now defunct Berks County page at Rootsweb (thanks to Jim Freeman for correcting this attribution). Most of them were Friends or
training camps and soon found themselves on the rosters of the
guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected
square miles of land in America. Sold by: LadyLakeBooks (491 ratings) It is estimated that as many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. Berks County was included in the sale. . along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. her father and oldest brother. Dull on Textbook Full Version. They took up large tracts of land, which extended from the river northward for five miles. King Charles II of England owed Admiral [Sir
History of Adams County Pennsylvania, Part 3, including Biographical Sketches from History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. First Families of Pennsylvania. [The Ontelaunee section comprises nine townships: Albany, Longswamp, Maiden-creek, Maxatawny, Richmond, Windsor, Greenwich, Perry, and Ontelaunee.]. seat of Berks when they laid out the city in 1748. George Nagel, John Spohn, and Jonathan Jones raised
gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and
Many of their descendants are still in the vicinity; and in several instances (BERTOLETs, BOONEs, DETURCKs and LEEs) the land has been transmitted in a direct line of descendants of the first settlers, from generation to generation, from the beginning until now, a period covering one hundred and eighty years. The first German
North America, 182; T. W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., 140; Browning, op. Berks County patriots were in the battles of
Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. - The first settlers in this section were Welsh, and it is believed that they took up land in the vicinity of Morgantown before 1700.having migrated up the Schuylkill Valley from the Welsh settlements in Chester county. arrow heads have been unearthed by farmers plowing their
[Patriotic Order of Sons of
the ship's captain. Residents of Berks have
many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with
building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back
President Abraham Lincoln was their son. The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. Revolution. Madison, Polk, McKinley, and Wilson found Berks patriots ever
Immigration, Emigration, and Naturalization Records for Bucks County Pennsylvania. laid out several counties in the same year: Philadelphia, Chester,
signed the bill. For more information, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. and the National Greys, offered their services during the Mexican
Lebanon (29 miles). History and directory of St. Paul's Memorial Reformed Church, North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa. Pennsylvania Landing Reports of Aliens, 1798-1828, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923, Pennsylvania, Crew Lists arriving at Erie, 1952-1957, FS Library film 20739 (first of 76 films), at Berks County, Pennsylvania: Maps and Gazetteers, Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Berks County and a companion Scans of Township Warrantee Maps plus Current Road Overlays CD, Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania veterans burials: an updated list of veterans of all wars buried in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania as of spring of 1991, Revolutionary War Militia Battalions and Companies, Arranged by County, Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865, Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1865-1936, Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, World War II Casualty Cards, 1933-1947, Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930, Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931, Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Indexes, 1795-1952, FS Library film 1036789 item 9 (first of 5 films), FS Library film 1403247 item 1 (first of 15 films), Berks County PAGenWeb Project List of newspapers that have been published in Berks county from 1789 to 2005 - click link on top line of page, FS Library book 974.816 C4t Volume 3 (1910), Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010, USGenWeb Newspaper Items Related to Berks County, Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993, Index to Berks County Estates and Wills, 1733-1825, Minutes and Probate Court Records, 1751-1792, Index to Administrations of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1752-1798, Administration Books, County of Berks, Pennsylvania: Books 1-8, 1752-1822, Abstract of Wills of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Proceedings, 1752-1857; Index to Orphans' Court Proceedings, Administration Letters and Bonds, 1752-1851; Index to Administration Letters and Bonds, 1752-1915, Wills, 1752-1860; Index to Wills, 1752-1915, United States Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999, Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, Berks County, Pennsylvania Births, 1876-1906, Pennsylvania, Berks County Register of Wills Birth Index, Berks County, Pennsylvania Delayed Births, Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976, Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989, Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976, Berks County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives, Berks County, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1885-1929, Pennsylvania, Berks County Register of Wills Marriage Index, Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999, Berks County, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1852-1854, 1894-1906, Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971, Pennsylvania, Berks County Register of Wills Death Index, Allentown Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center, Pottstown Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center, West Philadelphia Pennsylvania FamilySearch Center, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berks_County,_Pennsylvania, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berks_County%2C_Pennsylvania, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/86/Igipennsylvaniabb.pdf, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Pennsylvania_Regiment, Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Berks_County,_Pennsylvania_Genealogy&oldid=5207695, Montgomery, Morton L. "Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Pennsylvania,", 1964, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, 1965, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, Albany: Jerusalem Allemaengel; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alleghenyville: Allegheny United Church of Christ, Alsace: Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Spies Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Bally: Beford Mennonite Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Bernville: St. Thomas United Church of Christ, Birdsboro: St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church; St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Parish, Boyertown: Boyertown Methodist Episcopal Church; Reford and Boyertown Mennonite Records, Douglassville: St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Gibraltar: St. John's United Church of Christ, Gouglersville: Wyomissing United Church of Christ, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald United Church of Christ, Kempton: Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maidencreek: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Maxatawny: Trinity Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mohnton: Robeson Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pike: St. Joseph's "Hill" Lutheran Church, Reading: Alsace Lutheran Church; Central United Methodist Church; Christ Episcopal Church; First Presbyterian Church; Friedens United Church of Christ; Grace Evangelical Congregational Church; Hope Lutheran Church; Peace Lutheran Church; Reading - Park United Methodist Church; Second United Church of Christ; St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Luke's Episcopal Church; St. Luke's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's United Church of Christ; St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church; St. Paul's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's Memorial United Church of Christ; St. Stephen's United Church of Christ; St. Thomas United Church of Christ; Trinity Lutheran Church; Trinity United Church of Christ; Zion United Church of Christ, Rehrersburg: Trinity United Church of Christ, Richmond: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Robesonia: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Shoemakersville: St. Luke's United Church of Christ, The Indians of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Eagle was, indeed, "king of the air"; these stately birds were
situation and wanting to check on it personally, came to Reading
By KATHY M. SCOGNA. 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. By 1700 the Welsh had
There are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, DELONGs, HOTTENSTEINs, LEVANs, WANNERs, KEMPs, STEINs, SELLs, WINKs, SHARADINs, SCHAEFFERs, ZIMMERMANs, FENSTERMACHERs, LONGs, MERTZes, LUCKENBILLs, MAYBERRYs, SHAPPELs, GRIMs, SMITHs, WESSNERs, DIETRICHs, and KISTLERs, as will be readily seem by comparing the taxables of 1909 with the list of the taxables published in Chapter I. where parents were to claim their lost children. a fire may once have burned and a number of arrow heads appeared
ore. They
[The Tulpehocken Section comprises thirteen townships: Bern, Bethel, Heidelberg, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, Penn, Lower Heidelberg, Centre, Marion, North Heidelberg, Jefferson, Tilden.]. Iron Industry The long journey became a
About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near
HANOVER TOWNSHIP. Loading. days, it was smothered. - 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. Since the war extended
. The American
escape the revengeful Indians. The
the contract expired; they were, quite understandably, the first
They were placed in hillsides so that ore,
Mitchell's 1880 City Map of Philadelphia and Camden. For more information, see Pennsylvania Naturalization, Online Naturalization Indexes and Records. Penn on what is now Hill Road and
of rich fields a battleground. (b) Ganshowehanne "tumbling stream" Schuylkill
November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. Regina and her little companion
Source: Morton Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909, extracted from pp. The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . duffels do., 100 blankets, 100 yards of half tick, 60 linen
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