Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Raymon German Rollins
Ancestors of Raymon German Rollins
138.Col. William Waters, Sr, born Abt. 1622 in Elizabeth City, and Northampton County, VA; died Bet. 1685 - 1689 in Accomack, VA.He was the son of 276. Capt Edward* Waters and 277. Lady Grace* O'Neill.He married 139. Margaret Robins 1653.
139.Margaret Robins, born 1630 in of Virginia; died 1717 in of Virginia.She was the daughter of 278. Col Obedience Robins, Sr* and 279. Margaret~.
Notes for Col. William Waters, Sr:
Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families Vol 1
page 198
Waters family of Maryland:
WATERS:--Efforts, so far unsuccessful, have been made to connect this Waters family of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with the Virginia Waterses. A possible link with the Waters family of Somerset County, Maryland, has been suggested; but positive proof is lacking. Our John Waters arrived in Maryland about 1669, surveyed "Waters' Adventure", described as situated "at ye Forks at ye head of West River", and d--before 1704, leaving two sons: John Waters (1660-1704), who m--Elizabeth Giles, a member of the Society of Friends, and Samuel Waters (1663-1749). Samuel Waters was b--at West River and d--in Prince George's County, Md. He m--(1) Sarah Arnold (d--circa 1706), and (2) in 1707, Jane Dunster. The Anne Arundel County Land Records (1706) supply the following data: "Into Court came Samuel Waters . . . in right of his wife Sarah, one of the co-heiresses of Richard Arnold, late of Anne Arundel County, deceased, and claimed title to 50 acres of land, being a moiety of 100 acres which the said Richard Arnold purchased of Thomas Pratt, who was the grantee of John Cumber, the original purchaser of 600 acres called Cumberston". Samuel Waters (1663-1749) owned lands in Prince George's County; namely, "Jericho", "Hogyard", and part of "Charles and Benjamin". By his first wife, Sarah Arnold, he had a dau--Susanna Waters (1700-1787), who m--William Holland (1702-1781) (see Keene Chart).
Sources conflict on which mother had Williams children.---RCM
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GRANTEEWaters, William. grantee.
DATE10 May 1652.
NOTELocation: Northampton County.
NOTEDescription: 700 acres beg.g at Harlowes holes near the head of Old Plantation Creek.
NOTESource: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 102 (Reel 2).
NOTEPart of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMATAvailable on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
SUBJECTLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Northampton County.
SUBJECTNorthampton County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
SUBJECTLand grants -- Virginia -- Northampton County. aat.
GRANTEEWaters, William. grantee.
DATE20 February 1661.
NOTELocation: Northampton County.
NOTEDescription: 1200 acres beg.g at a branch on the northern side of Anancock Creek, thence northerly to Chickanesseeks Creek.
NOTESource: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 536 (Reel 4).
NOTEPart of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMATAvailable on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
SUBJECTLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Northampton County.
SUBJECTNorthampton County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
SUBJECTLand grants -- Virginia -- Northampton County. aat.
GRANTEEWaters, Willm., Lt. Col. grantee.
DATE26 May 1671.
NOTELocation: Northampton County.
NOTEDescription: 700 acres on the eastern shore of Virginia in the old plantation neck.
NOTESource: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 404 (Reel 6).
NOTEPart of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMATAvailable on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
SUBJECTLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Northampton County.
SUBJECTNorthampton County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
SUBJECTLand grants -- Virginia -- Northampton County. aat.
GRANTEEWaters, Wm., Col. grantee.
DATE12 June 1664.
NOTELocation: Accomack County.
NOTEDescription: 1350 acres at the point on the south side of Gintotege Creek.
NOTESource: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 421 (Reel 5).
NOTEPart of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMATAvailable on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
SUBJECTLand titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
SUBJECTAccomack County (Va.) -- History -- 17th century.
SUBJECTLand grants -- Virginia -- Accomack County. aat.
More About Col. William Waters, Sr:
Date born 2: Bet. 1623 - 1626, Blount Point, VA143
More About William Waters and Margaret Robins:
Marriage: 1653
Children of William Waters and Margaret Robins are:
i. | John Waters, Sr, born 1657; died 1708; married Mary Maddox; born 16 Feb 1678/79 in Somerset County, MD; died Unknown. | |||
ii. | Edward Waters, born 1659; died Unknown. | |||
69 | iii. | Martha Susannah Waters, born 1660 in Hanover County, VA; died 1727 in probably Hanover County, VA; married William Terrell, Sr. | ||
iv. | Maj. William Waters, Jr, born 1665; died 1720; married Mary Boynton Or Baynton; born 1665; died 1740. |
More About Maj. William Waters, Jr: Military: Bet. 1713 - 1718, Naval officer |
v. | Richard Waters, born 1665 in Virginia; died 1720 in Somerset County, MD; married Eliza Lyttleton; died Unknown. | |||
vi. | Thomas Waters, born 1669 in Virginia; died 1720. | |||
vii. | Obedience Waters, born 1671 in Virginia; died 1720. |
144.Hans* Huber144, born Abt. 1675 in Switzerland145; died 23 Oct 1750 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA.He was the son of 288. Hans Joseph Huber and 289. Barbara~ Buman.He married 145. Margaretha*~ Koch Abt. 1700.
145.Margaretha*~ Koch, born 1676 in Switzerland; died Aft. 1745 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA.
Notes for Hans* Huber:
Excerpts from "The Huber-Hoover Family History"
by Harry M. Hoover
Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA, 1928
[via “Family Tree Maker Online: Genealogy Library”]
Huber
The name Huber originated from an old German word Hube pronounced "Hubay" meaning the possessor of a tract of land or a small farm.In the German dialect the name is invariably pronounced Huver, as if spelled with v instead of b, which accounts for the many variations in the English tongue.From the original name Huber we have Huver, Hover, Hoover, and Hoober.The descendants of Hans Huber with the exception of one branch have changed the name to Hoover: that is No. 28 John Huber branch which retain the original spehing.
There is a tradition among the Hubers and Hoovers that they are descended from three brothers who came to this country with the early settlers: one went to Bucks Co., Pa., one to Lancaster Co., Pa., and one to North Carolina.Tradition holds that a fourth brother remained at home with his parents and took care of them in their declining years; he, consequently, inherited their estate and having never married left at his death a vast estate to his relatives in America.This fortune was supposed to have been held in trust until 1855 and, having run into millions, caused quite a stir among the Huber clan in America.An investigation, however, soon shattered their dreams as the whole thing was only a scheme to extort money from the clan by some clever person who wanted to get money to take a trip to Europe, claiming it would take a certain amount to investigate and prove their claim.The ship records show that instead
of three there were over fifty Hubers arrived at the port of Philadelphia alone prior to 1774, not including women and children.These included Mennonites, Lutherans, German Reformed, and Moravians.
The Mennonite immigrants can be distinguished in the records as affirming allegiance to the king of England instead of taking the oath, which was required of all foreign immigrants, although there were some exceptions to the rule as some others also affirmed who were not Mennonites.There have also a number of Hubers come to the United States since the Revolution.Although the Hubers first settled in Pennsylvania they have spread to every state in the union; in fact, the descendants of Hans Huber
are found in every state except the New England states.The name Huber and Hoover is found in every walk and profession of life from the millionaire oil magnate, Henry Hoover, to the "knight" of the road, and from the minister in the pulpit to the convict behind the bars.The Hubers are of Swiss origin and there are said to be records in Zurich relative to the Huber name that date back eight hundred years.The name is common in many parts of Germany at the present day, as well as in Switzerland.
Hans Huber
Very little is known of the early fife of our common ancestor.His life in Switzerland and Germany is best portrayed in the persecutions and sufferings of the Mennonite Brethren as pictured in Van Bracht's "Martyrs!Mirror:"How they were driven from their homes, their property confiscated, and the unstable government in the Palatinate where many sought refuge only to find their condition little better than their native country.
Isaac Hoover No. 123, from whose letters and records we have gleaned much information, states that Hans Huber was bom in Switzerland and married there, but was forced to flee on account of religious persecution.He with his family went to Strasburg in the Palatinate and, after a few years there, came to Pennsylvania, stopping first at Strasburg, PA., some time before taking up the land on Mill Creek as stated in the patent he received for the same, May 15, 1735.This tract of land was surveyed June
23, 1721, but what year Hans Huber took up the land is not known.In many cases the land was not surveyed for some time after it was taken up by the settlers.According to Isaac Hoover, Hans Huber and his family came to Pennsylvania between 1710 and 1715.Rupp's "History of Lancaster County" mentions a Hans Huber who came over in 1710, which was probably the same person.At any rate some time elapsed between his coming to the Strasburg colony and taking up the land on Mill Creek.Although his land did not extend as far south as Mill Creek because his tract joined Hans Musselman’s land on the west which did run to Mill Creek and both were surveyed at the same time, it is mentioned in the survey as lying on Mill Creek.
In the absence of any biography of Hans Huber or any written record concerning his life, actions, movements, or attainments, we need not draw very largely upon our imagination for a picture of his life and character, as we have several reliable sources from which to draw: First, the fact that he was a native of Switzerland reveals a resolute mind and character, and a strong physical makeup; second, he being a follower of Menno Simons, which led to persecution and exile from his native land, shows a
steadfastness of true faith in the church of his choice which would not waver in the face of persecution and oppression; third, his courage in facing the perils of a voyage across the Atlantic ocean in the frail wooden vessels of his day with his family, and taking up his abode in the wilderness of "Penn’s Woods" among howling wild beasts and prowling Indians where he could worship his Creator according to the dictates of his own conscience, revealed in him an inherent desire for religious freedom for himself
and his offspring which was denied him and his brethren in his native land; fourth, his will which is recorded at Lancaster shows his abiding faith in the principles and doctrines of the church of his choice until his death, and also reveals his interest in his less fortunate brethren both in Pennsylvania and in Germany by bequeathing money for their assistance and relief.
HUBER FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS
Large hands and large feet are said to belong to the Huber physical make-up.The typical Huber is broad-shouldered, thick set, and of medium height, ranging from 5 ft. 8 in. to 5 ft. 10 in., weighing from 175 lbs., to 200 lbs., and upwards.In every generation there was one or more members of the clan that became very fleshy.In the fourth generation No. 22, John Huber was said to have been the largest Huber, weighing over 400 pounds.His son, Sarnuel is said to have been the heaviest in the family, although not as portly as his father.This tendency toward becoming fleshy was very pronounced in the sixth generation when a number of the clan crossed the 300 pound mark.In the family of No. 285, Isaac Hoover, of six sons and four daughters, said they all weighed over 200 pounds.The largest member of the clan was in the seventh generation No. 564 George Hoover who weighed 535 pounds.The first illustration in our History is a portrait of Wm C. Hoover, who is a type of the heavy members of the
Hoover family, weighing over 300 pounds.
The marriage of three of the Hubers in the fourth generation into the Vincent Myer family produced two distinct types of Hubers or Hoovers in the succeeding generations.The Myers were tall muscular, and rather lean; and their features developed in a number of Hubers.The prevailing color of the hair is light with a ruddy complexion in childhood.The hair becomes darker in youth, and in many instances becomes quite dark in middle age; but in some instances it remains light brown.Grey eyes predominated with a sprinkling of blue and brown; few have real black eyes.The typical Huber or Hoover is of a rather quiet disposition, rather slow of speech, preferring to keep out of the limelight, intelligent, observing, persevering, fond of a good joke, especially so if they can get one off on another of their kin, and as a rule an asset to the community in which he resides.
LAST WIll AND TESTAMENT OF HANS HOOBER
Will of Hans Hoober of Erle Township in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania yeoman do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and testament.That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God
and as touching such wordly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form lmprimis It is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied Item I give and bequeath unto my children the sum of twenty pounds to be divided into six equal shares namly to my son Jacob a share and to the daughters Catherina, Magdalena, Margarethe, Christiana and Anna late deceased to her children an equal share Item it is my will that my wifes her cloathes shall not be appraised to my
estate and if she dies before me they are left to the discretion of her to dispose them off as she pleaseth before her decease Item I give and bequeath unto Margareth my beloved wife the third part of my real and personal estate and if my said wife should die before me then I give and bequeath unto my wifes sister children which are yet in Germania named Valentin Borg and Margareth Borg and their heirs the sum of ninety pounds current money of Pensilvania and five pound to the poor of people called
Menonists in Pensilvania and five pound to the poor of the Menonists at the place in Germania called in high Dutch (the Ubersheimer Hoff) to be paid out of my estate Item it is my will and I do order that the remainder of my estate be equally divided amongst all my children and grandchildren above named into six equal shares as above said Item I do likewise constitute make and ordain my well beloved and trusty friends Christian Sensenny and Charles Christopher my only and sole executors of this my last
will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of February A. D. 1745/6
Hans Hoober (Seal)
Will duly Proven and filed
1750 Oct. 23rd Will Book A. vol. Pages 193 & 194
HOOVER FAMILY NEWS
Dwight Needins, editor
(excerpts)
Vol 1-1
Hans and Margaret (Koch, pronounced Cook) Huber were the first of our ancestors to come to America.I haven't yet heard of or found a ships passenger list which would pinpoint the date of their arrival but have seen more than one publication dating the year as 1710; another indicated their arrival was between 1710 and 1715.
Hans and Margaret were both born in Switzerland and were believed to be Of Swiss descent.They were of the Mennonite faith, a religion whose people suffered much persecution in some parts (if not all) of Europe at that time, which is the reason for their migration to America, where they settled inthe state of Pennsylvania.When they first left Switzerland they fled to Strasburg, an area in the Palatinate...
...After spending a few years in the Palatinate, upon arriving in the new world, the Hubers first stopped at another Strasburg--in Pennsylvania.The reference I have does not state how long they were there.They eventually made their home in the Earl Township section of Lancaster County.If my infomiation is correct, the name was later changed to Martic Township.The tract of land that would one day be "swimming with Hoovers," was surveyed on June 23rd, 1721.Hans received a patent for his property on Mill Creek on May 11th, 1735.Historians firmly state that both the date of survey and the date of patent often followed after the time that an individual actually took up residence.It is thought that Hans may have actually settled on Mill Creek even before 1721, the year it was surveyed.
Vol 1-2
HANS & MARGARET (KOCH) HUBER
Okay, we'll head back to the beginning now, of our earliest ancestors to come to America.I reviewed the majority of what's known of them on page 10 of the first issue of our newsletter.Briefly flashing back, they were Swiss Mennonites who fled Switzerland due to religious persecution, first migrating to the Palatinate region of Germany then on to the New World where they settled in the state of Pennsylvania in
the early 1700's.
On September 21st, 1745, Hans transferred the ownership of his land to his son, Jacob Huber.Jacob, and his second wife Anna, were the ancestors of all current subscribers to the newsletter.The land transfer took place in the Earl Township section of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Jacob's mother, Margaret, was still living at that time as her name was on the transfer.Documents indicate that Hans died in Earl Township in October of 1750.There are.no records of when Margaret passed away.Family
tradition states they are buried at Graffdale, Pennsylvania, but the location of their graves isn't known as there were no formal markers placed at the sites.
Hans and Margaret's family, as known, consisted of one son, our ancestor Jacob, and five daughters, Catherine, Magdalene, Christiana and Anna...
...On page 7 of the June, '94 issue of The Hoover-Family News, I shared the information we have on our earliest known ancestor to come to the U. S., Hans Huber.Some have asked if I had a picture of his gravemarker.I didn't before, but now, thanks to John T. Mitchell--who descends from two brothers, Christopher and Martin Hoover, both great-grandsons of Hans Huber- we now have one!
The inscription reads: "HANS HUBER, 1670-1750.An early settler in Earl Township, west of New Holland, where he and his wife, Margaret, Swiss Mennonites, took up 200 acres of land in A. D. 1717.Also in memory of his grandsons John Huber, 1723-1791, his wife Margaret, and Martin Huber,
1725-1785, his wife Magdalene.”This marker was erected in 1928.
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More About Hans* Huber:
Date born 2: 1670
Burial: 1750, Groffdale Cemetery, Lancaster County, PA
Deed: 21 Sep 1745, Transfer of 150 acres from Hans Huber to his son Jacob Huber.
Immigrant Ancestor: Bet. 1675 - 1710, Switzerland to Germany to PA
Migration 1: Abt. 1710, Strasburg, Palatinate, Germany, to Pennsylvania
Migration 2: Bet. 1675 - 1710, Zurich, Switzerland to Strasburg, Palatinate, Germany
Patent: 15 May 1735, For land on Mill Creek
Probate: 23 Oct 1750, Will filed.146
Religion: Mennonite
Residence: Abt. 1710, Strassburg, PA
Settled: 1721, one of two original settlers on Mill Creek or Pequea area, Lancaster County, PA.
Survey: 23 Jun 1721, Survey by Isaac Taylor included 200 acres of Hans Huber's tract near Mill Creek.147
Will: 17 Feb 1745/46, Written.
More About Margaretha*~ Koch:
Burial: Unknown, Groffdale Cemetery, Lancaster County, PA
Immigrant Ancestor: Abt. 1710, Switzerland to Germany to PA
Migration: Abt. 1710, Switzerland to Strasburg to Pennsylvania
Marriage Notes for Hans* Huber and Margaretha*~ Koch:
The following is a description of the immigration experience from 18th century Switzerland down the Rhine to Holland and then across the Atlantic to Philadelphia.This is possibly a fair example of what the Hubers faced on their jouney.---RCM
FROM REED'S GENEALOGY PAGE
http://pages.prodigy.net/reed_wurts/genehp.htm
and http://pages.prodigy.net/reed_wurts/ships/gvcustom.htm
Excerpted from a publication of the PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY
PENNSYLVANIA:THE GERMAN INFLUENCE IN ITS SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
A HISTORY OF THE GOSHENHOPPEN REFORMED CHARGE
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1818)
Part XXIX of a Narrative and Critical History Prepared at the Request of The Pennsylvania-German Society By Rev. William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Semitic Languages and Religions
in Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, NY
LANCASTER 1920
...The journey of the colonists from Zurich to Basle down the Rhine is told at length in a pamphlet which Ludwig Weber, one of the emigrants, who returned to Zurich from Holland, wrote and published at Zurich in 1735 as a warning to later venturesome spirits.109 We shall follow his story in tracing the movements of the party.
The emigrant's turned from Zurich northward till they reached the Rhine at Laufenburg. Then taking a boat on the Rhine they came, on October 5, to Rheinfelden, where they had to show their passports. Towards evening of the same day they reached Basle. There they had to wait until a passport could be secured from Comte du Jour, the commanding general of the French army at Strassburg. It cost 44 guilders, which some gentlemen at Basle paid for them. After securing this passport they waited two days longer for the ships that were to carry them down the Rhine. Meanwhile several became impatient at the delay. A tailor from Lichtensteg advised them to take the road through France, claiming that he knew the way and was able to speak French. Thirty-one persons followed him, but nothing more was heard of them. From forty to fifty others resolved to travel through Lorraine by way of Namur to Rotterdam. They were fortunate enough to secure alms at several places along the route and, although they had many quarrels and difficulties, they finally reached Rotterdam eight days after the main party.
At Basle eighty refugees from Piedmont joined them in a separate ship. The main party, consisting of 194 persons, embarked in two ships. They suffered intensely on the ships through rain and cold, against which they were but poorly protected with scanty clothes and provisions.
109 The title page of this pamphlet reads: Der Hinckende Bott von Carolina oder Ludwig Webers von Walliselen Beschreibung seiner Reise von Zürich gen Rotterdam, mit derjenigen Gesellschaft welch neulich aus dem Schweizerland nach Carolinam zu ziehen gedachte, Zürich, MDCCXXXV, pp. 32. Only known copy in the city library at Zürich.
After leaving Basle their first encampment was upon an island, covered with trees and shrubs, in the middle of the Rhine. Such continued to be their night quarters, although the nights were wet and cold. Moreover the ships were crowded so badly that there was hardly enough room to sit, much less to lie down. There was no opportunity for cooking on the ships; and as they were sometimes compelled to stay days and nights on the ships, the cries of the children were pitiful and heart-rending. Whenever they could get ashore they cooked, warmed themselves and dried their clothes. Many would have liked to return home, but as the armies of the French and the Austrians lay on both sides of the river, they did not dare to risk it. Quarrels among men and women were frequent. Mrs. Goetschy, the chronicler tells us, often quarreled with her husband, called him all kinds of names and one morning tore a cane from his hand and belabored his back soundly.
At night they saw the camp fires of the imperial troops on one side and of the French on the other, which terrified them by their ghostly appearance. As they were afraid of an attack from one or both armies almost at any time, they refrained carefully from making the least noise, so as to pass by unnoticed. Nevertheless, they were stopped repeatedly. At Old Breysach, in the Breisgau, all their chests were opened and examined. Goetschy, who called on the commandant of the fort, was advised to leave immediately, as the French on the other side of the river were aiming three field pieces at the boats. Of course they made off with all possible speed. At Ketsch, near Schwetzingen, west of Heidelberg, the dragoons of the imperial army stopped the boats and compelled Mr. Wirtz of Zurich, who acted as self-appointed commissary, to go to Heidelberg and secure a passport for 30 guilders, from the Duke of Wurtemberg, the commanding general of the imperial army. They were also forced to make an extra payment of two ducats for each vessel.
Nine miles below Mayence the dragoons again rode after them and would not have allowed them to pass on, if their leader had not been of the Reformed religion. They took the meat away from Goetschy's plate with their sabers, which they swung about his head, so that he quite lost his appetite. Shortly before reaching Mayence from forty to fifty men had exhausted all their money, so that they did not even have enough to pay their boat fare. They were compelled to continue the journey on foot.
At Mayence they were delayed four days because they could not agree with the captain of the boats about the passage money to be paid to Rotterdam. Finally they agreed on three guilders for adults and half fare for children.
After leaving Mayence their journey was a little more comfortable, for they had at least a chance to cook on the ships. Their spiritual needs, however, were sadly neglected, for, if we can believe the chronicler of the journey, the pastor, Mr. Goetschy, always had the pipe or the wineglass near his mouth. Mornings and evenings, one of the men, Heinrich Scheuchzer from Zurich, read a prayer. When Goetschy actually did preach a sermon, in which he compared some of the leaders of the company to the followers of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, he almost caused a riot.
When they reached Neuweid, four couples were married by a Reformed minister:
1.Hans Conrad Wirtz and Anna Goetschy.
2.Conrad Naff, of Walliselen and Anna N.--
3.Jacob Rathgab and Barbara Mailer, both of Walliselen
4.Conrad Geweiller, a gardener.
The Count of Wied desired them to remain in his territory, offering to give them houses and land, but as he did not promise as much as they expected to receive in Carolina, they did not accept his offer, but left.
From Neuwied they continued their journey down the Rhine until they reached Collenburg (now Culenborg) in Holland. There they were compelled to stop four days because of a strong contrary wind. Goetschy was invited to preach in the principal church at Culenborg, which he did with much acceptance. As a result a collection was taken up by the congregation for the party, so that each received one guilder. From Culenborg Goetschy sent, a party of three men to Rotterdam, where he said two English ships were waiting for them. The party consisted of Abraham Bunninger, a carpenter of Bachenbulach, Jacob Issler, a tailor, and Abraham Weidman, a blacksmith of Luffingen. At Culenborg they also sold their ships, which they must have bought at Basle, for 45 Dutch guilders, apparently a very small sum. Then, contrary to their agreement, they were compelled to take another ship to convey them to Rotterdam. In their hurry to get off several children fell overboard into the water, from which they were rescued with difficulty. Early the following morning they reached Rotterdam.
Having reached Rotterdam they heard to their dismay that no ships were waiting for them. Moreover the captain of the ship with which they had come wished to return at once, so they had to unload their goods quickly and, having no other place, they dumped them on the bank of the river on one heap.
Mr. Goetschy received a letter from a certain Mr. Schobinger, a native of St. Gall, who was living at the Hague, asking him to come to the Hague. So he left the emigrants to their own devices and with his son-in-law hurried off to comply with the request.
In a few days Mr. Wirtz returned and comforted them with the news that several oxen would be sent to them from the Hague, that the States General would send them to England at their own expense and that a large sum of money had been collected for them in England. Unfortunately none of these statements proved to be true. A few days later Goetschy also returned and reported that the State's General had offered him a position as a minister of great importance, that he and his family had thus received unexpected help and he advised them to secure similar help for themselves.
In this extremity some indeed tried to help themselves by begging, but in that they were soon stopped by the magistrate with a threat of a fine of 25 guilders. Meantime some became sick from want and hunger, and two of them died. A tailor from Buchs, Sebastian Neracher by name, who was married in Rotterdam, came to see them. Most of them were in an inn outside of the city. He took care of those from Buchs. He brought with him a Mr. Schapenhaudt, who interceded for them so successfully that many people took pity on them and distributed food and clothes among them. They also paid for their lodgings at the inn.
Mr. Schapenhaudt presented their sad condition to Rev. Mr. Wilhelmi of Rotterdam, who advised them to go to the Hague and apply there to Mr. von Felss, at the English embassy, to present their needy condition to him. Three men were sent to the Hague. When they reached .the Hague, they first hunted up Mr. Goetschy and told him of their intention. He was greatly displeased with their plan and told them he had already spoken with Mr. Felss, who was sufficiently well informed about their plans and condition. Goetschy entertained the three men at dinner and then offered to send a letter with them to Mr. Wilhelmi at Rotterdam. After waiting an hour for the letter, he sent them word that he had already dispatched it with his boy. Hence they had to return to Rotterdam without having accomplished their purpose.
Meanwhile Goetschy had been very successful in his interview with Mr. Felss, whom he calls an antistes,110 but who was a prominent statesman, probably the Grand Pensionary himself.
In a letter, dated November 26, 1734, Goetschy gives a glowing account of this interview to Mr. Friess of Zurich,111 the city treasurer and a near relative of his. After having related their experiences to Mr. Felss, he answered him (according to Goetschy's letter) as follows:
My dear brother, for six years we have been searching for a man through whom the churches of God in Pennsylvania, which consist of more than 60,000 souls, of whom 20,000 have not yet been baptized, could be organized. Divine Providence has sent you to us. Now I shall promote your call as general superintendent of the whole of Pennsylvania, which has more than eight cities and more than 600 boroughs and villages. You shall receive a yearly salary of more than 2000 thalers, until all has been accomplished. I shall see to it that the people get support from the Dutch government. But first you must write to your government for the requisite testimonials and then you will be examined before the General Synod.
Consequently Goetschy implored Mr. Friess to help him in securing the necessary testimonials. His son, John Henry, supported his father's request in a separate letter, saying that, if the testimonial from Zurich would be favorable to his father, Mr. Felss had promised him to send him to the University of Leiden to study there for the ministry, so that he might become the successor to his father.
Meanwhile Rev. John Wilhelmi [Wilhelmius] of Rotterdam wrote also to Switzerland, to the Rev. John Baptista Ott of Zurich, to learn more of Goetschy's past. On February 5, 1735, Mr. Ott replied to him. He sketched Goetschy's life as student in the Zurich Gymnasium, as deacon at Bernegg and as pastor at Salez. He praised him for his scholarly attainments, as an evidence of which he states that it was popularly reported that lie conducted family worship with the Bible in the original language before him. He acknowledged that he had been guilty of immorality, but expressed the hope that as the authorities in Zurich had dealt leniently with Goetschy, simply dismissing him as a minister, so the Dutch people would find him worthy to send him out as their missionary.
Whether this letter reached Holland before the time of the departure of the emigrants is doubtful, as Ludwig Weber states in his report that after his return to Switzerland he heard that the party had left Holland on February 24, 1735.
When Goetschy had received from Mr. Felss the assurance of his appointment as minister to Pennsylvania, he returned to Rotterdam and acquainted his party of emigrants with his changed plans. Most of them readily accepted his proposal to change their destination from Carolina to Pennsylvania. There were, however, some who refused to have anything to do with him. Weber reports 88 as taking ship to England, but what became of them is unknown. The rest, 143 persons, signed their names for passage to Philadelphia. They agreed with the owner of a ship [Schiffpatron] to pay six doubloons for an adult and three for a child. . If any of them should die, the survivors pledged themselves to pay their passage money.
The names of those who registered to sail for Pennsylvania were, according to Weber's report, as follows:
EMIGRANTS IN GOETSCHY'S COLONY
Home in Switzerland.Name of Head of Family.Number.
Appenzell Jacob Mettler 1
Bachss Jacob Bucher, shoemaker 4
Basserstorff Heinrich Brunner 1
Basserstorff Heinrich Dübendorffer 5
Basserstorff Jacob Dübendorffer 2
Basserstorff Kilian Dübendorffer 5
Basserstorff Heinrich Hug, wheelwright 1
Bertschicken Rudolph Walder 3
Buchss Jacob Schmid 6
Buchss Jacob Murer (Maurer) 5
Buchss Heinrich Huber 4
Buchss Conrad Meyer 3
Diebendorff Jacob Dentzler 6
Esch Rudolf Egg 1
Flunteren Balthasar Bossart 5
Flunteren Jacob Schellenberg and servant 2
Greiffensee Johannes Heid 2
Hirsslanden Caspar Nötzli and his children
Illau Rudolf Hotz 1
Iloten Verena Kern 3
Langenhuet Hans Ott 1
Luffingen Abraham Weidemann, blacksmith 2
Hennidorff Hans Ulrich Ammann 1
Mulliberg Jacob Possart 6
Opffikon Barbara Eberhardt 1
Riesspach Heinrich Schreiber,"blatmacher" 4
Rumlang Rudolf Weidman, tailor 3
Steinmeer, Upper Hans Meyer 4
Stein Conrad Geweiler, and 2nd wife. 2
Sultzbach Jacob Frey 5
Wallisellen Heinrich Merck 6
Wallisellen Martin Schellenberg 3
Wallisellen Ludwig Lienhardt 1
Wallisellen Jacob Wüst 1
Wallisellen Hans Rudolf Aberli 1
Wallisellen Conrad Keller 3
Wallisellen Jacob Näff 5
Wallisellen Conrad Näff 5
Wallisellen Jacob Näff 2
Wangen Caspar Guntz 1
Windli Hans Ulrich Arner 6
Winckel Jacob Meyer 5
Zummikon Jacob Bertschinger 1
Zurich Heinrich Scheuchzer 1
N.-- Hans Müller 4
N.-- Jacob Müller and brother 2
N.-- Abraham Wäckerli 4
N.-- Hans Kübler 4
This company with some others who evidently joined them after Ludwig Weber had started on his return journey to Switzerland, and whose names he could not therefore record, reached Philadelphia on May 29, 1735, in the ship Mercury, William Wilson, master. It carried in all 186 passengers, 61 men, 51 women, 37 boys and 34 girls. The above list forms an important supplement to the list in the Pennsylvania Archives, as it gives in each case the place in Switzerland from which the several persons came.
The journey itself and some of the later experiences of the Goetschy family are given in a letter which John Henry Goetschy, then a boy of 17 years, wrote on July 21, 1735, to Mr. Werdmüller, deacon at St. Peter's church in Zurich. As this letter has never been published and is quite interesting, we present it in full:
LETTER OF JOHN HENRY GOETSCHY TO ZURICH, JULY 21, 1735.
Very Reverend, Very Learned Mr. Deacon!
I, the most submissive servant of my very reverend, highly and very learned Mr. Deacon, cannot forbear to report to your Reverence, how we are getting along. After we had left Holland and surrendered ourselves to the wild, tempestuous ocean, its waves and its changeable winds, we reached, through God's great goodness toward us, with good wind, England within 24 hours. After a lapse of two days we came to the island of Wicht [Wight] and there to a little town, called Caus [Cowes], where our captain supplied himself with provisions for the great ocean [trip] and we secured medicines for this wild sea. Then we sailed, under God's goodness, with a good east wind away from there. When we had left the harbour and saw this dreaded ocean, we had a favorable wind only for the following day and the following night. Then we had to hear a terrible storm and the awful roaring and raging of the waves when we came into the Spanish and Portuguese ocean. For twelve weeks we were subjected to this misery and had to suffer all kinds of bad and dangerous storms and terrors of death, which seemed to be even more bitter than death. With these we were subject to all kinds of bad diseases. The food was bad, for we had to eat what they call "galley bread." We had to drink stinking, muddy water, full of worms. We had an evil tyrant and rascal for our captain and first mate, who regarded the sick as nothing else than dogs. If one said: "I have to cook something for a sick man," he replied: "Get away from here or I'll throw you overboard, what do I care for your sick devil." In short, misfortune is everywhere upon the sea. We alone fared better. This has been the experience of all who have come to this land and even if a king traveled across the sea, it would not change. After having been in this misery sufficiently long, God, the Lord, brought us out and showed us the land, which caused great joy among us. But three days passed, the wind being contrary, before we could enter into the right river. Finally a good south wind came and brought us in one day through the glorious and beautiful Telewa [Delaware], which is a little larger than the Rhine, but not by far as wild as the latter, because this country has no mountains, to the long expected and wished for city of Philadelphia.
When we reached here our dear father, because of the great and tedious journey and the hardships so unbearable to old people, was very sick and weak. On the last day, when we were before Philadelphia, the elders of the Reformed congregation came to him and showed their great joy over him. They spoke with him as their pastor, who had been appointed to that position by the ruling persons in Holland, as was shown by his testimonials which be had with him. They discussed one or other church affair with him and showed their great joy. He spoke heartily with them, as if he were well. The following day they came and took him to the land. When he reached the land he was so exhausted by his sickness that he could not walk alone, but was carried in a chair to the house assigned to him. When they were there, they wished to talk with him about one or other subject. Of his own people none were with him but mother, the children were yet on the ship on the water. Then he said: "It is so dark before my eyes, let me lie down and sleep." As they did not want him to sleep in that room, since people were coming in continually and he would have been unable to sleep, they carried him upstairs to the bed room. In the middle of the stairway he sat down, lifted his hands to his heart and his eyes to heaven, heaved a sigh and died. On the third day a very distinguished funeral took place in the principal English Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, with a large attendance of people. All the members of the consistory of the Reformed church and very many of the congregation were present.
Now we, his wife and eight poor, forsaken orphans, are in a strange land among strange people, who do not know us, poor and without comfort. We, therefore, commend ourselves most submissively to all those in Zurich to whom our misfortune will become known and whose hearts will be touched, in order that they may graciously grant us their assistance. It can easily be sent into this country, if they will only send it through Mr. Wilhelmius at Rotterdam, for which I ask most humbly, for the sake of the merciful Jesus.
Very Reverend Mr. Deacon, when I showed my testimonials, and the people saw that I had been engaged in study, they almost compelled me to preside over the congregations as well as I could.
Hence, through the goodness of God, I preach twice every Sunday and teach two catechetical lessons. For this I make use of the books which I have brought with me and through good diligence I am enabled, thank God, to perform this in such a way, that each and every person is well satisfied with me. Now the first Sunday I preach in Philadelphia both in the forenoon and the afternoon and always give with it catechetical instruction. On the second Sunday in Schippach, which is a very large congregation, a sermon and catechetical instruction in the forenoon. In the afternoon at Old Goshenhoppen, two hours [six miles] from Schippach, a sermon and catechetical instruction. It is also a pretty large congregation, as large as any in the canton of Zurich. On the third Sunday I preach in New Goshenhoppen and have catechetical instruction there in the forenoon. In the afternoon at Great Swamp [Grossen Schwam], which is also one of the large congregations. All this I can do through the strength given me by God's spirit, to the great satisfaction of the people. I expect to be consecrated next Christmas by the English Presbyterians, in order that I may be able to administer the communion, unite people in marriage and baptize children. With the help of God I intend to do this. I would be able to do this all the better and put forth greater efforts for the souls of abandoned and confused sheep, if I had my library, which is in charge of Mr. Gorchen [George] Kromer. I therefore ask your Reverence most humbly, if at all possible, to send it to me very kindly, not only for my sake and the large number of poor orphans left by my sainted father, but also for the sake of the many thousand strayed and shepherdless sheep, who go about in error and in a destitute condition, yea for the sake of the many heathen, who thereby might be led to the Lord Jesus, as has already been done.
Given on the 21st of July 1735.
HENRY GOETSCHIUS,
Philadelphia in Pennsylvania...
...***There is a list here of Germans that also sailed from Cowes***\
[List 38 A] Liste Van de Schwitzers Soo op Schiep genant de Mercurius, Van d'Heer Capitain William Wilson, in Philadelphia arriveert.* [Qualified May 29, 1735.]
MEN AGES MEN AGES
Henrdryk Götschy, absent17 Jacob Bossart 40
Conrad Wuertz 26 Jacob Schenkel 27
Abraham Weidman 25 Hendryk Huber 30
Rodolph Weidman 26 Jacob Naf 39
Jacob Rathgep 24 Jacob Dentzler 40
* This Dutch heading of the list read, in English: "List of Switzers who arrived in Philadelphia on the ship called Mercury, Captain William Wilson."
Mercury 1735147
MEN AGES MEN AGES
Hs. Ulric Aner 42 Jacob Schmid 32
Johannes, Weys 43 Jacob Schmid, absent 15
Balthasar Bossart 30 Conrad Meyer 51
Hendryk Merck 19 Melchior Meyer, absent 15
Killian Merck, sick 16 Jacob Naf 24
Johannes Meyer 39 Caspar Gut 19
Caspar Notzly 45 Caspar Bleiler 47
Caspar Schweitzer 20 Jacob Matzinger 37
Hendryk Oswald 20 Abraham Wackerly 30
Jacob Frey 50 Conrad Rutschy 27
Jacob Homberger, sick 16 Christian Erhard Neumeister
Jacob Meyer 39 Johannes Moelig 40
Jacob Bertschinger 19 Phillipp Willem Kleyn 23
Hendryk Brunner 17 Hendryk Forst 19
Hans Kubler 43
Jacob Weidman 40 WOMEN
Conrad Keller 36 Esther Götschy 44
Conrad Naf 22 Barbara Götschy 18
Jacob Bucher, sick 39 Esther Götschy 16
Jacob Metler 17 Anna Götschy 24
Hs. Muller 23 Magdalena Steininger 30
Hendryk Muller, sick 21 Marie Weber 30
Johannes Ott 19 Barbara Haller 23
Johannes Heid 24 Cleovea Schenckel 30
Hendryk Schreyber 22 Elizabeth Possart 17
Martin Schellenberg 20 Ursula Grendelmeyer 27
Conrad Zuppinger, sick 36 Anna Naf 19
Jacob Maurer 40 Magdalena Phister 37
Johan Hend. Maurer 19 Verena Krebser 30
Hendryk Scheuchzer, ab. 43 Verena Kern 30
Jacob Schellenberg 45 Verena Eberhard 27
Hendryk Muschque 23 Elizabeth Winckler 31
Hendryk Surber 50 Barbara Weys 18
Hendryk Surber, absent 15 Elisabeth Weys 16
Ulric Amman 24 Susanna Bindschedler 30
Rodolph Aberly 22 Elisabeth Wettstein 39
Jacob Wiest 24 Elisabeth Peter 21
Rodolph Egg 19 Regula Appell 39
Rodolph Walder 39 Barbara Weidman 36
Conrad Naf 52 Anna Isler 43
WOMEN AGES AGES
Barbara Meyer 39 Jacob Dentzler 9
Barbara Eberhard 30 Rodoph Dentzler 5
Regula Stoltz 37 Abraham Dentzler 3
Barbara Glaur 31 Margareth Dentzler 4
Catherine Isler 34 Abraham Dubendorffer 9
Barbara Albrecht 40 Anna Brunner 11
Regula Maurer 23 Hs. Ulrich Brunner 6
Catherine Ruegg 20 Verena Aner 9
Verena Bentz 19 Felix Aner 7
Ursula Schelleberg 17 Hs. Ulrich Aner 5
Regula Eberhard 19 Margareth Aner 4
Marguerit Zupinger 19 Catherine Weys 9
Margueret Maurer 42 Susanna Weys 3
Elisabeth Maurer 19 Anna Weys 6
Anna Stuz 30 Caspar Possart 10
Barbara Dappeller 52 Hendryk Possart 3
Magdelen Krebser 49 Rodolph Possart 2
Barbara Schmid 15 Hans Merck 6
Magdelene Weidmenn 49 Hs. Conrad Merck 5
Elisabeth Haller 20 Leonard Meyer 14
Anna Naff 19 Jacob Meyer 9
Magdel. Mantz 29 Barbara Meyer 4
Catherine Meyly 29 Anna Barbara Frey 10
Barbara Lips 30 Elisabeth Frey 8
Juliane Catherine Bartin.. Hendryk Frey 6
Marie Cather. Kirberger 39 Hs. Jacob Meyer 8
Marguerit Kentzing 29 Magdalena Meyer 6
Jacob Kubler 5
CHILDREN Elisabeth Kubler 5
Rodolph Götschy 12 Rodolph Dubendorffer 8
Mauritz Götschy 10 Anna Dubendorffer 6
Beat Gotschy 8 Jacob Weidmann 5
Magdalena Gotschy 6 Mathias Keller 1
Juduth Weidmann 2 Jacob Bucher 10
Barbara Weidmann 3m. Hendryk Bucher 8
Rodolph Possart 10 Marie Muller 5
Anna Possart 6 Anna Cleophe Schreik 2
Rodoplh Hueber 6 Hs. Ulrich Zupinger 12
Lisabeth Hueber 3m. Hendryk Zuppinger 6
Elisabeth Naf 4 Anna Marg. Maurer 7
Mercury 1735149
CHILDREN AGES CHILDREN AGES
Verena Surber 5 Jacob Rutschy 10
Jacob Walder 4 Hendryk Rutschy 7
Hans Jacob Naf 9 Hs. Jacob Rutschy 2w.
Jacob Naf 7 Ennreich Moelig 7
Felix Schmid 12 Veronica Gertrut Moelig 15
Barb. Schmid 5 Andreas Moelig 4
Hs. Hend. Bleuler 13 Marie Cath. Moelig 1½
Catherine Bleuler 9 Gottfried Moelig 10
Hs. Jacob Blueler 8
Felix Matzinger 8 A true List.
Verena Wackerly 2 Wm. Wilson.
"At the Courthouse of Philadia, May 29th, 1735.
Fifty four Palatines, and Switzers, who with their Families, making in all one hundred seventy six Persons, were imported her in the Ship Mercury, of London, William Wilson, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, as by Clearance from thence, were this day qualified as usual." From the Minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in Colonial Records, Vol. III, p. 593.
[List 38 B] Palatines and Switzers, Imported in the Ship Mercury, of London, William Wilson, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, by clearance thence. Qualified May 29th, 1735.
Conrad Wuertz * Jacob (X) Tanzler
Abraham Weidman Johan Ulrick (X) Ahaner
Rutolff Weidman H. Hansen Weyss
Hans Jacob Radtgäb Balsahar (X) Bosserd
Jacob Boshaar Henry (X) Merck
Jacob (JS) Schenker Hans Weimer
Heinrich Huber Caspar (X) Netzlji
Jacob (X) Naff Caspar (X) Schweitzer
>>>>>CONTINUED AT NOTES FOR ANNA WIFE OF JACOB HUBER>>>>>
More About Hans* Huber and Margaretha*~ Koch:
Marriage 1: Abt. 1700
Marriage 2: 1697
Children of Hans* Huber and Margaretha*~ Koch are:
i. | Catherine Huber, died Unknown. | |||
ii. | Magdalena Huber, died Unknown. | |||
iii. | Margaret Huber, died Unknown. | |||
iv. | Christina Huber, died Unknown. | |||
v. | Anna Huber, died Unknown. | |||
72 | vi. | Jacob Huber, Sr*, born Abt. 1698 in Switzerland or Pfalz, Bayern, Palatinate, Germany; died 09 Jul 1759 in Martic (now Providence) Township, Lancaster County, PA; married (1) Margaret 1723; married (2) Anna~ 1739 in Lancaster County, PA. |