[At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia, before William Allen, John Lawrence and Thomas Willing, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, the tenth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Philip Haselbecher | Douglas | 7 April 1769 |
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading for the County of Berks, before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the thirtyeth Day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Schneider | Heidelberg | 23 April 1769 |
| George Geret | Tulpehocken | 26 March 1769 |
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 and forty-two:
John Koke, Maiden Creek
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading for the County of Berks, before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the eighteenth Day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine:]
Ludwick Nichola, Bern
[At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia, for the Province of Pennsylvania, the tenth day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy, before William Allen, John Lawrence and Thomas Willing, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Dihm | Cumry | 10 April 1770 |
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading, for the County of Berks, Before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the nineteenth Day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy.]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas Kachel | Cumru | 30 September 1770 |
[At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia, for the Province of Pennsylvania, the eleventh day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, before John Lawrence and Thomas Willing, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Lober | Colebrookdale | 7 April 1771 |
[At a Nisi Prius Court, held at Reading for the County of Berks, before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the seventeenth Day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-one:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| John Hopff | Tulpehocken | 7 May 1771 |
[At a Nisi Prius Court, held at Reading for the County of Berks, before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the twentyeth Day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-one:]
Andrew Yost, Brecknock
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading, for the County of Berks, Before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the sixteenth Day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-one:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Behm | Brecknock | 13 October 1771 |
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading, for the County of Berks, before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the sixteenth Day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-one:]
Peter Breyfogel, Maiden Creek[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Reading, for the County of Berks, Before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the eighteenth & twentieth Days of May, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-two:]
| Name | Township | Sacrament Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Schreffler1 | Reading | 19 April 1772 |
| Nicholas Keller | Coventry | 19 April 1772 |
| Adam Calbach2 | Tulpehocken | 19 April 1772 |
1 The date of 12 May 1772 appears above this name.
2 The date of 20 May 1772 appears above this name.
[At a Nisi Prius Court held at Lancaster, for the County of Lancaster, Before John Lawrence & Thomas Willing, Esquires, two of the Judges of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth Days of November, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-three.]
John French, Colebrookdale
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. 473-486.
Submitted by: Nancy.
Last Modified