Johann Adam emigrated on the ship NEPTUNE as a passenger from Ilbesheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Sept. 24, 1751 to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania. Johannn Adam and his wife, Anna Maria, are referenced in Pennslyvania German Pioneers Vol.1 p.468, The Palatine Immigrant Vol.4, and Palatine to America (members immigrant Ancestors).
Occupation: Stocking Weaver.
He married Anna Strohecker in 1756 in Reading, Berks County, Pennslyvania and they had five children:
John Jacob 1757-1829
John Adam 1760-1825
John George 1762-1843
Anna Maria 1764
Mary Rosina 1766
Each of these children and some of their children changed the name to a variation of different spellings.
Family Origin and Early History in America.
The period from 1740-1763 was one of conflict and privation in what is now southern West Germany. The War of Austrian Succession and The Seven Year's War resulted in great hardship and oppressive military servitude. For this reason many persons living in the area known as the Palatinate wished to leave their homeland. Pennsylvania offered one of the brightest prospects for resettlement because of the declared policy of freedom from religious persecution and the abundant resources for agricultural development. Permission to leave the homeland was very difficult to obtain but many escaped by way of the Rhine River Valley and the port at Rotterdam. Here they secured passage, usually on a British ship, that took them to America. Family tradition infers that our ancestor fled the country to avoid military service or for some other reason that could have caused his persecution or death.
Occupation: Stocking Weaver.
He married Anna Strohecker in 1756 in Reading, Berks County, Pennslyvania and they had five children:
John Jacob 1757-1829
John Adam 1760-1825
John George 1762-1843
Anna Maria 1764
Mary Rosina 1766
Each of these children and some of their children changed the name to a variation of different spellings.
Family Origin and Early History in America.
The period from 1740-1763 was one of conflict and privation in what is now southern West Germany. The War of Austrian Succession and The Seven Year's War resulted in great hardship and oppressive military servitude. For this reason many persons living in the area known as the Palatinate wished to leave their homeland. Pennsylvania offered one of the brightest prospects for resettlement because of the declared policy of freedom from religious persecution and the abundant resources for agricultural development. Permission to leave the homeland was very difficult to obtain but many escaped by way of the Rhine River Valley and the port at Rotterdam. Here they secured passage, usually on a British ship, that took them to America. Family tradition infers that our ancestor fled the country to avoid military service or for some other reason that could have caused his persecution or death.
Johann Adam emigrated on the ship NEPTUNE as a passenger from Ilbesheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Sept. 24, 1751 to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania. Johannn Adam and his wife, Anna Maria, are referenced in Pennslyvania German Pioneers Vol.1 p.468, The Palatine Immigrant Vol.4, and Palatine to America (members immigrant Ancestors).
Occupation: Stocking Weaver.
He married Anna Strohecker in 1756 in Reading, Berks County, Pennslyvania and they had five children:
John Jacob 1757-1829
John Adam 1760-1825
John George 1762-1843
Anna Maria 1764
Mary Rosina 1766
Each of these children and some of their children changed the name to a variation of different spellings.
Family Origin and Early History in America.
The period from 1740-1763 was one of conflict and privation in what is now southern West Germany. The War of Austrian Succession and The Seven Year's War resulted in great hardship and oppressive military servitude. For this reason many persons living in the area known as the Palatinate wished to leave their homeland. Pennsylvania offered one of the brightest prospects for resettlement because of the declared policy of freedom from religious persecution and the abundant resources for agricultural development. Permission to leave the homeland was very difficult to obtain but many escaped by way of the Rhine River Valley and the port at Rotterdam. Here they secured passage, usually on a British ship, that took them to America. Family tradition infers that our ancestor fled the country to avoid military service or for some other reason that could have caused his persecution or death.
Occupation: Stocking Weaver.
He married Anna Strohecker in 1756 in Reading, Berks County, Pennslyvania and they had five children:
John Jacob 1757-1829
John Adam 1760-1825
John George 1762-1843
Anna Maria 1764
Mary Rosina 1766
Each of these children and some of their children changed the name to a variation of different spellings.
Family Origin and Early History in America.
The period from 1740-1763 was one of conflict and privation in what is now southern West Germany. The War of Austrian Succession and The Seven Year's War resulted in great hardship and oppressive military servitude. For this reason many persons living in the area known as the Palatinate wished to leave their homeland. Pennsylvania offered one of the brightest prospects for resettlement because of the declared policy of freedom from religious persecution and the abundant resources for agricultural development. Permission to leave the homeland was very difficult to obtain but many escaped by way of the Rhine River Valley and the port at Rotterdam. Here they secured passage, usually on a British ship, that took them to America. Family tradition infers that our ancestor fled the country to avoid military service or for some other reason that could have caused his persecution or death.
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