[At a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, before William Allen and William Coleman, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, the eleventh Day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty-three, Between the Hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same Day, the following Persons being Foreigners:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Nagel | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Ulrick Nodle | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Michael Shecktell | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Nicholas Tik | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Andreas Fickthorn | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| John Mahrigen | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Cathrina Kendel | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Peter Smidt | Heidelberg | 3 April 1763 |
| Leonard Spear | Worcester | 3 April 1763 |
| Nicholas Slickting | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Johannes Kurtz | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Henry Haeffner | Richmond | 3 April 1763 |
| David Kamp | Richmond | 3 April 1763 |
| Melchoir Fritz | Richmond | 3 April 1763 |
| Jeremiah Zimmer | Breacknock | 3 April 1763 |
| Michael Frankhauser | Breacknock | 3 April 1763 |
| Daniel Hoffman | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Thomas Deem | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| John Christopher Lehman | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Jacob Rossell | Tolpohocken | 3 April 1763 |
| Jacob Miller | Tolpohocken | 3 April 1763 |
| Peter Liess | Tolpohocken | 3 April 1763 |
| Johan Hess | Tolpohocken | 3 April 1763 |
| Henry Kremler | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Johannes Sassamanhause | Greenwich | 3 April 1763 |
| Peter Grienwald | Richmond | 3 April 1763 |
| Henry Ardelle | Richmond | 3 April 1763 |
| George Kreemer | Greenwich | 3 March 1763 |
| Jacob Lewegood | Tolpohocken | 3 April 1763 |
| Godfried Kirker | Heidelberg | 3 April 1763 |
| Henrick Eckhard | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Jacob Fischer | Reading | 3 April 1763 |
| Peter Flick | Heidelberg | 13 February 1763 |
| Johann Nicholas Strasser | Albany | 11 April 1763 |
| Peter Kruger | Tulpehocken | 3 April 1763 |
Myer Josephson, Reading
Lyon Nathan, Reading
The four [only two were from Berks county] Persons last aforenamed, being Jews, were qualified & subscribed the Declarations &ca, according to the Directions of the Act of the thirteenth of King George the second before mentioned. And the Persons hereafter named, being Foreigners, & of the People called Quakers & other Protestants, who conscientiously scruple the taking of an Oath, severally took the Affirmations, & made & subscribed the Declarations, according to the Directions of the same Act, entitled "an Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants, & others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of his Majesty's Colonies in America," and of an Act of General Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, made in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-two.
Edw. Shippen, Jr., prot.
Frederick Sholeberger, Greenwich
William Busler, Windsor
[At a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, before Lawrence Growdon and William Coleman, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, the twenty-fourth Day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty-three, between the Hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the forenoon of the same day, the following subscribing persons being foreigners:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Looss | Windsor | 11 September 1763 |
| Balthazar Kleber | Reading | 18 September 1763 |
| Jacob Fry | Brecknock | 11 September 1763 |
| Jacob Crowl | Reading | 18 September 1763 |
| John George Wunder | Reading | 18 September 1763 |
| John George Huesung | Brecknock | 22 September 1763 |
| John Shrict | Cumru | 11 September 1763 |
| Philip Jacob Foesig | Reading | 11 September 1763 |
| Jacob Walter | Tulpehockin | 17 July 1763 |
| Nicholas Godschall | Greenwich | 4 September 1763 |
[The Persons hereafter named, being Foreigners, and of the People called Quakers, and other Protestants, who conscientiously scruple to take an Oath, severally took the Affirmations & made the Declaration according to the Directions of an Act of the thirteenth Year of King George the second, entitled "an Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned as are settled or shall settle in any of his majesty's Colonies in America," and of an Act of General Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, made in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-two:]
George Pearshler, Oley
Valentine Fry, Heidleberg; Moravian, Sacrament taken 11 September 1763
Jacob Cumerah, Maxatawny
John Roadarmill, Richmond
Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 2, "Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania." Edited by John B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle. Harrisburg: B.F. Meyers, State Printer, 1876, pp. 442-450.
Submitted by: Nancy.
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