[At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia, for the Province of Pennsylvania, Before William Coleman and Alexander Stedman, Esquires, two of the Judges of the said Court, the tenth and twenty-third Days of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Herhold | Heidelberg | 6 April 1764 |
| Jacob Erb | Heidelberg | 6 April 1764 |
| Mary Erb | Heidelberg | 6 April 1764 |
| Benedict Kebner | Bern | 26 February 1764 |
| Henry Bollinger | Long Swamp | 8 April 1764 |
| Christian Rickstine | Maiden Creek | 29 March 1764 |
| Valentine Reintzel | Tulpehocken | 1 April 1764 |
| Charles Hei | Tulpehocken | 1 April 1764 |
| George Boltz | Tulpehocken | 1 April 1764 |
| Jacob Meenich | Bethel | 1 April 1764 |
| John Rauchsauner | Rockland | 8 April 1764 |
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 & repeated the Declaration according to the Directions of the Act of the thirteenth of King George the Second, 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.
George Meintzer, Robeson
Henry Seitenbender, Cumru
Daniel Bussart, Cumru
Casper Strabb, Alsace
Jacob Pliler, Alsace
Philip Peter Scholl, Maxatawny
[At a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, before William Allen, William Coleman and Alexander Stedman, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of September, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, between the Hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same days, the following persons being Foreigners:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Sinsel | Oley | 23 August 1764 |
| Daniel Schneyder | Bethel | 12 August 1764 |
| Adam Krierchbaum | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Sebastian Brossius | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Abraham Scheider | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Peter Kreitzer | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Nicholas Gebhard | Bethel | 12 August 1764 |
| Frederick Hoffman | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Henry Holtzman | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| George Weikart | Tulpehocken | 12 August 1764 |
| Philip Wirth | Union | 23 September 1764 |
| Jacob Wiest | Oley | 23 September 1764 |
| Jacob Nagle | Oley | 29 August 1764 |
| John Jordan | Oley | 29 August 1764 |
| George Merkell | Richmond | 20 September 1764 |
| Christopher Wiegel | Douglass | 24 September 1764 |
| John Ritenauer | Tulpehocken | 12 September 1764 |
| John Henry Smith | Tulpehocken | 24 September 1764 |
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 Affirmation and made and repeated the Declaration according to the Directions of the Act of the thirteenth 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 & Forty-two.
Philip Kouse, Oley
Henry Kraaff, Tulpehocken
Adam Weaver, Bensalem
Christian Fry, Springfield
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. 451-460.
Submitted by: Nancy.
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