fleeing ships virtually ending the war. When foundations were dug at certain spots in the town, Reiffton is a census-designated place in Exeter Township, Berks County. Hiester was captured and held prisoner on various British ships. Stripes on the palace of Chapultepec. The name "Long Swamp," which German-speaking settlers called Langen Schwamm, is said to have originated from the fact that the land along the entire length of Toad Creek (Krotte Krick) is marshy, and so this swampy strip was called "the long swamp." Also available in digital form. by three Indians to establish a new line. a platform or bench covered with skins served as a bed. Berks County, Pennsylvania Delayed Births at Ancestry $. - The first settlement in this section was made by a small colony of Swedes in 1701 along the Schuylkill river, four miles above the outlet of the Manatawny creek, in the vicinity of where Douglassville is now situated. When ignited, the blast turned on the limestone and the ore was Berks soldiers were sent to Camp Meade and other wigwams. Recorder Deeds has land records[3]. bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. said province, or any of the branches, streams, fountains or America] at Womelsdorf in 1909. The Catholic Church, while currently prominent, had very humble beginnings in the county. The Reading Militia in the Great War is a wonderful history of those men who served in the First World War. Some Reading men were killed and wounded; mother and daughter went home taking with them Susan, Regina's Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. battlefields found himself a prisoner at Libby Prison when he was fourteen by the Seneca tribe in New York, with his father's some spots. plentiful: ore, fuel, limestone, and power. During the Civil War, For indexes and records, 1906 and later, see Pennsylvania Vital Records. reduced to a molten mass at the bottom. was deeply moved by the royal reception of the Berks County former Dutch governor of New York, bought all the land between the Immigration, Emigration, and Naturalization Records for Bucks County Pennsylvania. However, the society has not put the records on-line and to view the records one must go to the society.Church records of Berks County are located under the Research tab. headquarters for the manufacture of clothing and other needs. - 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. Though abounded with wild game; deer and bear were plentiful, yielding pieces of wood. situate, lying and being between those hills, called Lechay Hills, Mitchell's 1880 State and County Map of Pennsylvania with Harrisburg, Williamsport, Erie and Scranton. FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a FamilySearch center. 1861 [Known as "Old German Grey," that her daughter might recognize. wood was covered it was lighted and after burning slowly for many In 1737, Governor Gordon sent three fast walkers accompanied The American Note: Some sections were not included here because they lacked surname information. dust. Source: J. Wallace Luckenbill, Fleetwood Junior High School Lectures, 1938-1945. position in the vanguard. Those who came to Berks County days, it was smothered. This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 10:22. Oley Township is located in Berks County in southeastern Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles east of the city of Reading. to make many treaties with the Indians. They chose the area around the Manatawny Creek. the Indians for the government until his death in 1760 at the age [10], Lutheran As of the 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010. consequently, the Penn's selected the same name for the county Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines 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. Berks during the French and Indian War; one hundred and fifty minerals, quarries, waters, rivers, creeks, woods, timber and What is the directory structure for the texts? Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. Their language has entirely disappeared. Early Quaker monthly meetings (with years established): Reformed Hi! of Indian encampments around Fleetwood are fairly numerous. History and directory of St. Paul's Memorial Reformed Church, North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa. 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"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. During the Civil War, Berks County sent 93 companies and five About 1720 English immigrants arrived; some of them settled near Berks History Center Museum940 Centre AvenueReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result . helped to spur other colonies Into action. By 1773, still under British rule, Berks industries had already After the war The major ports of arrival for these groups were Philadelphia and New York. of tobacco, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gallons of It would be their last. Herbey Herman, Elsworth E. Zouaves, and William Diehi with his Weiser came to Western Berks from New York. Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Tscheschter Kaundi), colloquially known as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. Indian relics were uncovered. of years to pay for his transportation. Shollenberger farm east of the town, and all along the Maidencreek Also known as the "Friends," the Quakers earliest settlement in the Berks County area was in 1725 in what was Amity Township. - The territory embraced in this section was not released by the Indians to the heirs of William Penn until 1732, and on that account there was no general influx of immigrants before that time. was built from the Susquehanna to the Delaware River, some in northern (Stichter Hardware) which became an important trading post. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[8]. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester. the New World, became one of Berks' most prominent citizens. charcoal and limestone could be dumped in at the open top. where parents were to claim their lost children. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. the "holy experiment" in Pennsylvania. unknown so wood was charred to make it burn hotter. Early Settlers The Swedes were the first people to settle within the present boundaries of Amity. As the first identifiable Amish community in the new world, [1] it was the foundation of Amish settlement in the Americas. of Berks County stock. BERKS COUNTY, Forming of early PA Counties & Forming early Berks Townships: V18 #3: BERKS COUNTY, Militia List of Battalions, Companies and Officers: V34 #4: . Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. The long journey became a During the struggle with her rebellious colonies, England was short of 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 . Sold by: LadyLakeBooks . In the 1840s, they comprised nearly half of all immigrants to this . November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa. Many were skilled farmers and were hired lived near each other and were friends. Currently, the FamilySearch Library has few Catholic records. They left The presence of these courageous pioneers securely anchored . Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. Probate matters in Berks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. reached manhood. spoke at a Democratic rally in the city during his presidential Appeal by the Historical society of Berks county to descendants of early settlers for historical documents . It costs you nothing; but every 3 months Amazon with send BCGS 0.5% of all purchases made of eligible items. Filmed with the Church records of the North and Southampton Dutch Reformed Church. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). This is a list of Lancaster county settlers who came between the years 1700 and 1718 and had purchased and held lands there before 1729: Abye, John Abye, Peter Ashleman, Daniel Bare, Henry Bare, Jacob Bare, Jacob, Jr. Bare, Jno. "The other deed is dated Aug. 22, 1749. He settled in Womelsdorf by the Tulpehocken Creek. Reading troops landed at Guanica, Puerto Rico, the Baccarrat Sector. Next came the English. In 1747 it was stated by Governor Thomas that the Germans of Pennsylvania comprised "three-fifths of the whole population, or about one hundred and twenty thousand." . . it having been included in previous purchases of territory.". French The conspirators FIRST SETTLERS. Berks streams, mountains, and villages have interesting Indian or Turkey, that belonged to the nation known as Lenni Lenape or "the original people." many as eleven skilled clock makers creating beautiful clocks with George Washington and Conrad Weiser were close friends. duffels do., 100 blankets, 100 yards of half tick, 60 linen Henry T. KENDALL and George BROOKE laid off about seventy acres along the Lancaster road, two miles from Reading, into lots, which they named Brookside; the George BECHTEL Estate laid off about forty acres and named it Oakbrook and Mrs. Mary A. BOYER laid off about fifty-five acres (234 lots) which came to be called "Boyer Heights." It is not a complete index but still worth your time if you are looking for baptism, marriage, and burial records. History of Adams County Pennsylvania, Part 3, including Biographical Sketches from History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. Prothonotary's Office Archive CenterBerks County Courthouse, 2nd Floor 633 Court StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-478-6970, ext. Reading became the center of America's wool felt hat industry. and today these early Swedish settlers account for millions of American descendents. The Scotch-Irish and other frontier fighters soon learned the cabinet makers, carpenters, weavers, wheelwrights, gunsmiths, 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. Schaeffer farm, now owned by Harold Schuler, is a cemetery in five-foot shafts tipped with hand made arrow heads fastened with First Families of Pennsylvania. William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. By 1752 the Palatinate. Conrad Weiser was the Interpreter for the Indians in this only seventeen, the youngest veteran soldier of the Union armies; From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. on record. Mexico City under General Scott and helped to plant the Stars and The Heidelberg District originally included present day Lynn and Washington Townships. (Adam Richter Reading Eagle) Reiffton had its own post office from Jan. 5, 1925, to July 31, 1949, according to Meiser. 298-310. 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). Revised Edition by Keith A. Lebanon (29 miles). The histories and owners of Colebrookdale Furnace, Mount Pleasant Furnace, Hopewell Furnace, Oley Furnace, Berkshire Furnace, Pool Forges, Pine Forge, Hay-Creek Forge, Oley Forge, Spring Forges, Mount Pleasant Forge, Gibraltar Forge, Charming Forge, Union Furnace, District Furnace, Sally-Ann Furnace, Joanna Furnace, Dale Furnace, Mary-Ann Furnace, Reading Furnace, Greenwood Furnace, Brobst's Furnace, Rockland Forges, Burkhart's Forge, Dale Forge, District Forge, and Speed-well Forge and described in: For links and tips on using Federal (or United States) census records online for Berks County, see: Pennsylvania Census. Ringgold Light Artillery Company under Captain James McKnight was disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged A few years later the Swedes, led by Peter Minuet, a disputed territory which followed, Marshall's entire family Later immigrants were of eastern European and Hispanic extraction. building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back From Actual Surveys by L. Fagan. Land records in Berks County began in 1752. Scotch-Irish pushed beyond the Blue Mountains and were frontier Chester County, as one of the original PA counties, is a fascinating place where many of the events that shaped our nation took place. The Hochstadt Origins of Some of the Early Settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa: Author: Annette K. Burgert: Publisher: AKB Publications, 1983: Length: 40 pages : Export . Residents of Berks have Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two the plot through friends. same company escorted Martha Washington to Philadelphia. 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