Appendix II 
The German-speaking Transports to Georgia 1734–1752
During the past decade several people have asked me to provide them with a list of the various transports, or travel-groups, of German-speaking people. So far I have hesitated to do so, because the available documents are incomplete and woefully inaccurate. However, enough new material has come to light by now to supply cross-references confirming or disproving most questionable records. The following lists have been based, whenever possible, on original ship manifests and have been corroborated by other, preferably German, sources. These transports are designated as Salzburger, Swiss, or Palatine, but it is to be remembered that all these groups included some people not belonging to the dominant group.
The First Salzburger Transport
The first, and most celebrated, of these transports was the first Salzburger transport, which crossed the Atlantic on the Purrysburg, Captain Tobias Frye, arriving at Savannah on 12 March 1734. These emigrants had been exiled by the Archbishop of Salzburg for refusing to renounce their Lutheran faith. While the bulk of the exiles had found refuge in Prussia and other Protestant states, some had found shelter in various towns in Swabia, a region northwest of Salzburg. It was from these, and from stragglers who were still crossing the Salzburg border, that the agents of the Lord Trustees recruited the Salzburgers for Georgia. The Salzburger transports were organized by Samuel Urlsperger, the Senior of the Lutheran Ministry in Augsburg.
The first transport, which was organized as a congregation in Augsburg in August of 1733, proceeded on foot to Marksteft on the River Main under the conduct of Baron Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck, a charming but somewhat immature young nobleman. From there they proceeded down the Main and Rhine by boat to Rotterdam, where they met their ministers, Johann Martin Boltzius, a Prussian, and Christian Israel Gronau, likewise a North German. With the transport were several other non-Salzburgers, as is indicated below. The present list is based on a poorly recorded manifest, in French, by von Reck, which appears in Henry Newman’s Letterbooks, ed. George F. Jones, Athens, Ga.: U. of Ga. Press, 1966, pp. 592-593; the inaccuracies were corrected from correct forms in the Detailed Reports, especially Vols. VI p. 325 and IX, pp. 6-11. (b. = born, d. = daughter, dd. = died, s. = son, w. = wife)
The names, with birth and death dates when known, are as follows. Unless otherwise noted, all passengers were Salzburgers.
Beque (Becu), Gilbert, a French baker who settled in Savannah.
Boltzius, Johann Martin, Prussian, b. 1703, dd. 1765.
Braunberger, Matthäus, Bavarian, b. 1703, dd. 1734.
Fleiss, Balthasar, b. 1706, dd. 1734.
Gronau, Israel Christian, from Sachsen-Anhalt, b. 1714, dd. 1745.
Gruber, Hans, b. 1688, dd. 1734.
Gruber, Peter, b. 1697, dd. 1740.
Gschwandl, Thomas, b. 1695, dd. 1761.
Margaretha, w., b. 1710, dd. 1735.
Margaretha, d., b. 1732, dd. 1761.
Hertzog, Martin, b. 1698, still alive 1750.
Hierl, Maria, b. 1711
Hofer, Anna, b. 1708, dd. 1735.
Huber, Lorentz, b. 1679, dd. 1734.
(Maria) Magdalena, w., b. 1681, dd. 1734.
Magdalena, d., b. 1720, dd. 1734.
Johann, s. Lorentz, b. 1723, dd. 1735.
Maria, d., b. 1725, dd. 1735.
Margaretha Huber, d., b. 1728, present 1752.
Kroehr, Catharina, d. Barbara Rohrmoser, b. 1716, married
Gronau 1734, married Lemke 1736, dd. 1776
Kroehr, Gertraut, d Barbara Rohrmoser, b. 1719, married Boltzius 1735, still alive 1765.
Lackner, Tobias, b. 1693, dd. 1734.
Leimberger, Christian, b. 1710, dd. 1763.
Mittersteiner, Matthäus, 1692, dd. 1734.
Mosshamer, Johann, b. 1699, dd. 1735.
Maria, nee Rohrmoser, w., m Peter Gruber 1736.
Ortmann, Christoph, Palatine schoolmaster, ca. 1683, dd. by 1755.
Juliana, w., b. ca. 1693, present 1741.
Piedler, Catharina, 1711, married Stephan Rottenberger, alive 1750.
Rauner, Leonhard, Swabian, b. 1706, dd. 1740.
Rauschgott, Simon, b. 1709, dd. 1735.
Reiter, Maria, b. 1712, dd. 1734.
Reiter, Simon, 1707, present 1757.
Rohrmoser, Barbara, mother of Kroehr girls, b. 1697, dd. 1735.
Roth, Georg Bartholomäus, Bavarian, b. 1688, dd. 1735.
Maria Barbara, nee Oswald, w., b. 1701, departed 1736.
Schweiger, Georg, b. 1714, dd. after 1774.
Schweighoffer, Paul, b. 1692, dd. 1736.
Margaretha, nee Pindlinger, w., b. 1692, present 1752.
Maria, d., b. 1726, marries Christian Riedelsperger II.
Thomas, s., b. 1729, dd. 1772.
Ursula, d., b. 1732.
Schweikert, Christian, von Reck’s batman, b. 1701, dd. 1735.
Steiner, Christian, b. 1705, dd. 1735.
Zwiffler, (Johann) Andreas, Hungarian German, dd. 1749.
The Second Salzburger Transport
Upon reaching Georgia, the first transport settled at a place they named Ebenezer, some forty miles northwest of Savannah. Deceived by appearances, they reported that the area was delightful, fertile, and on a navigable stream; and the enthusiastic young Baron von Reck returned to Europe determined to take out a grant there. Consequently, Urlsperger began recruiting another transport among the Salzburgers residing in Augsburg, Memmingen, Lindau, Leutkirch, Leibheim, and other South German cities; and he continued doing so even after distressing reports began coming in about the poor health, infertile soil, and inaccessibility of the area chosen for settlement.
The second transport departed from Augsburg on 23 September 1734 and followed the same route as the first, except that they stopped off at London instead of at Dover. They were led by a mature Swiss burgher named Jean Vat, who brought them safely to Georgia on the Prince of Wales, Georg Dunbar, Captain. They proceeded directly to Ebenezer, which they found in a deplorable condition. In the party were:
Bach, Gabriel, Swabian, killed by Indians 1740.
Bacher, Thomas, bro Balthasar, dd. 1748.
Maria, nee Schweiger, w.
Maria, d., b. 1727, married Balthasar Rieser 1752.
Apollonia, d., b. 1729, present in 1741.
Bishop, Henry, English lad, called Heinrich Bischoff, married
(Sibilla) Friederica Unselt of Purysburg, present in 1752.
Brandner, Matthias, present 1759.
Maria, nee Herl, w., b. 1703, dd. 1768.
Maria, d., b. 1735, confirmed 1752, married Joseph Schubdrein.
Bruckner, Georg, dd. 1752.
Burgsteiner, Matthias, b. 1695, dd. 1752.
Agatha, w., dd. 1758
Johannes, s., present 1741.
Ruprecht, s., b. 1735, dd. 1740.
Eischperger, Ruprecht, dd. 1762.
Maria, nee Riedelsperger, w., dd. 68.
Felser, Georg, b. 1686, dd. 1736.
Glantz, Sebastian, b. 1694, dd. 1735.
Hessler (Hössler), Christian, dd. 1766.
Kalcher, Ruprecht, b. ca. 1710, dd. 1752.
Kalcher, Margaretha, nèe Gunther, w. Ruprecht, present 1741.
Kögler, Georg, b. 1708, dd. 1766.
Landfelder, Veit, b. 1717, dd. 1768.
Lemmenhofer, Veit, dd. by 1749.
Madreiter, Hans, b. 1703, dd. 1735.
Maurer, (Hans) Gabriel, b. 1708, dd. 66
Muggitzer, Hans Michael, departed ca. 1735
Ott, (Carl) Sigismund, present 1774
Pichler (Bichler), Thomas, dd. 51
Margaretha, w., dd. 1738
Resch, Andreas, marries Sibilla Schwab, lost in woods 1735
Riedelsperger, Adam, b. 1698, dd. 1736
Barbara, w., married Georg Kogler 1737
Riedelsperger, Christian I, s. Adam, dd. 1750
Christian II, dd. 1760
Riedelsperger, Nikolaus, b. 1688, dd. 1736
Riedelsperger, Ruprecht, still alive 1739
Anna, w.
Riedelsperger, Stephan
Rieser, Bartholomäus, b. 1682, still alive 1775
(Anna) Maria, nèe Zugeisen, w., b. 1712, dd. 1737
Michael, s., b. 1721, departed 1748
Balthasar, s., b. 1724, wrote will 1775
Georg, s., d. 1726, dd. 1760
Rottenberger, Stephan, b. 1711, present 1739
Catharina, nee Piedler, w., alive 1750
Sanftleben, Georg, Silesian, dd. 1749
Schartner, Jacob, still alive 1741
Schoppacher, Ruprecht, b. 1686, dd. 1735
Maria, w., married Veit Landfelder 1735
Agatha, d., still alive 1741
Schwab, Sybille, married Andreas Resch 1734
Steiner, Ruprecht, b. 1707, dd. 1752
Maria, nèe Winter, w., dd. 49
Steiner, Simon, 1698, d. 1740
Gertraut, nee Schoppacher, w., married Peter Reiter
Zant, Bartholomäus, Swiss, dd. 1745
Zimmerebner, Ruprecht, still alive 1772
Zittrauer, Paulus, dd. 1758
The First Moravian Transport
Ever since the martyrdom of Jan Hus in 1415, dissident Christians had existed underground in Bohemia despite constant persecution. One of these groups, the Unitas Fratrum, or Unity of Brothers, was being severely persecuted at the very time that the Archbishop of Salzburg was expelling all Protestants. Since the Habsburgs then owned Bohemia, the Protestants there were oppressed like the Upper Austrians and Carinthians who emigrated to Georgia in 1736. To win religious freedom, some of the Unitas Fratrum slipped across the border into Saxony, where Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf gave them refuge at an estate named Herrnhut, or “Protection of the Lord.” As a result, this small denomination assumed the name Herrnhuters, whereas in America they were known as Moravians, the first refugees having come from the province of Moravia (Mähren) adjoining Bohemia.
Wishing more Germans for their colony, the Trustees resolved on 1 January 35 to give five hundred acres of land to Count Zinzendorf and twenty acres to each of his ten servants upon the expiration of their service. Gottlieb Spangenberg, a leader of the Moravians, sailed on 6 April 1735 with nine co-religionists on the Two Brothers, Capt. William Thomson. These were:
Demuth, Gotthard
Haberland, Georg
Haberecht, Gottfried
Haberland, Michael
Riedel, Friedrich
Rose, Peter
Seifert, Anton
Spangenberg, August Gottlieb
Töltschig, Johann
Waschke, Georg
These were joined on 11 October by Jean Regnier, a Swiss of Huguenot parentage.
The Second Moravian Transport
Nearly a year later, on 17 February 1736, the second Moravian transport arrived on the Simonds, Capt. Joseph Cornish. These were:
Böhner, Johann
Böhnisch, Matthias
Demuth, Gottlieb
Regina, w.
Dober, Andreas
Maria Catharina, w.
Frank, Jacob
Haberecht, Rosina w.
Gottfried
Jäscke, Juliana
Jag, David
Mack, Johann Martin
Meyer, Johann Michael
Neisser, Augustin
Neisser, Georg
Nitschmann, David
Riedel, Catharina, w. Friedrich
Roscher, Heinrich
Seybold, Matthias
Tannenberger, David
Johann, s.
Töltschig, Judith, w. Johann
Wascke, Anna, mother
Georg
Zeisberger, David
Rosina, w.
Sailing with this party was Capt. Adolf von Hermsdorf, who, as a career officer, could not have been a Moravian. A year later the Moravians were joined by Peter Rose’s daughters Anna Cath-arina and Maria Magdalena; and the following year they were joined by Zeisberger’s son David and the latter’s companion, Johann Michel Schober and also by Peter Böhler, and Georg Schulius. Refusing to bear arms in the War of Jenkins’ Ear, the Moravians left Georgia by 1740.
The First Palatine Transport
Impressed by the good reports about the laborious and docile Salzburgers, the Trustees resolved to send indentured German workers to Georgia, having been disappointed by the urban English emigrants, who were quite unfitted for the hard task of clearing forests. Ever since the great Palatine emigration of 1709-1710, when a disastrous winter and French incursions forced thousands of Palatine peasants to flee their homes, London had been filled with these unhappy people, many of them reduced to begging on the streets after being exploited by recruiters and shippers in Germany and Holland.
On 10 May 1735 the Trustees indentured a number of Palatines to go to Georgia. That is, in return for their passage the Palatines contracted to work a certain number of years for the Trustees, the number of years being given below in parentheses. By this time the word “Palatine” had become a generic word for German workers, even if they were known to be from provinces other than the Rhenish Palatinate. Most of the people on the following list were brought to Georgia on the James, Capt. John Yoakley, who made his landfall at Savannah on 1 August 1735. Others traveled on the Two Brothers along with the first Moravians, who called them Swiss, and reached Georgia on 6 April, while the remainder traveled on the Georgia Pink, Capt. Daubaz, arriving on 27 November.
Bentli (Bandley), Agatha (5)
Christer, Hans Friedrich (5)
Maria Magdalena , w. (5)
Meyer, Thomas, Swiss, (5), served at Frederica, d. 1740
Ursula, Swiss, w. (5), moved from Frederica to Ebenezer
Heinrich, s. (10)
Magdalena, d., moved from Frederica to Ebenezer, married
Swiss at mill 1749
Michel, Andreas (5)
Margaretha, w. (5)
Pfitzel ? (Phizzel), Margaretha Maddis, wid Peter (5). The Earl of Egmont gives the mother’s name as Maria and adds the names Christian and Dorothy, which do not appear on the 10 May list.
Christian, s.
Barbara, d. (6)
Catharina, d. (11)
Dorothea, d.
Margaretha, d. (2)
Schumacher, Caspar, Swiss from Grisons (5)
Christina, w. (5)
The Third Salzburger Transport
After returning from Georgia, the “Most Delightful Country in the Universe,” Baron von Reck traversed Germany in search for colonists for Georgia, no doubt hoping to find workers for the five hundred acres of land he had been granted. He almost persuaded a congregation of Czech exiles to go, but he could not provide them with a Czech-speaking pastor. In Regensburg he was more fortunate, for many Protestant exiles from Upper Austria and Carinthia were residing there in hope of recovering their children, who had been detained in their Catholic homeland. Thus, the third “Salzburger transport” was actually predominantly Austrian, even if von Reck did succeed in recruiting some more Salzburgers in and around Augsburg, to say nothing of other immigrants he picked up in Germany, London, and even Savannah. His party crossed the Atlantic on the London Merchant, John Thomas, Captain, and reached Georgia on 17 February 1736. Finding everything in disarray at Ebenezer, they went only as far as the Red Bluff on the Savannah River, where they were joined by the survivors of the first two transports. The name Ebenezer was transferred to the Red Bluff, and the first site was soon known as Old Ebenezer. The list von Reck kept on this voyage was much more reliable than on the first. The passengers were:
Arnsdorff, Andreas Lorentz, Palatine, b.1677, dd. 1737
(Catharina) Dorothea, w., married Josef Leitner 1741
Peter, s., b. 1723, received grant 1757
Sophia, d., b. 1725, present 1741
Magdalena, d., married Sanftleben 1740
(Maria) Margaretha, d., b. 1727, present 1741
(Catharina) Dorothea, d., b. 1730, present 1741
Bauer, Andreas, Austrian, v. 1715, dd. 1736
Christ, Gottfried, Jewish convert, dd. by 1747
Cornberger, Johann, Salz, dd. 1770
Einecker (Einegger), Barbara, Salz, b. 1704, married Leonhard Krause 1736
Einecker (Einegger), Gertraud, Salz, b. 1708, married Johann Cornberger 1736
Ernst, Josef, Bavarian, b. 1708, dd. 1741
(Anna) Maria, Bavarian, w., b. 1705, married J. Scheffler 1742
Sabina, d., b. 1733
Susanna (Catharina), Bavarian, b. 1735, present 1760
Flerl (Flörl), Carl, Salz, b. 1705, dd. 1764
Flerl, Johann, Salz, b. 1712, dd. 1770
Grimmiger, Andreas, Austrian, b. 1708, departed for Pa. by 1752
Sabina, Austrian, w., dd. 1736
Haberfehner, Frantz, Austrian, b. 1686, dd. 1736
Maria, w., Austrian, b. 1694, dd. 1736
Maria, d., Austrian, dd. 1736
Susanna, d., Austrian, b. 1722, present 1741
Magdalena, d., Austrian, b. 1724, dd. 1740
Helfenstein, (Johann) Jacob, Swiss, 1679, dd. 1736
(Anna) Dorothea, w., Swiss
(Maria) Friederica, d., Swiss, 1721, married Ernst Thilo 1739
(Johann) Friedrich, s., Swiss, b. 1723
Maria Christina, d., Swiss, b. 1725
Jeremias, s., Swiss, b. 1725, present 1753
(Johann) Jacob, s., Swiss, 1727, present 1766
Johannes, s., Swiss, 1733, present 1763
Herrnberger, Frantz Sigmund, Hungarian German, b. 1698, departed for Pa. 1740
Holtzer, Susanna, Austrian, b. 1689, dd. 1737
Catharina, Austrian, d., b. 1724, dd. 1751
Höpflinger, (Anna) Maria, Salz, b. 1715, married Hans Flerl 1736
Krause, Leonhard, Salz, b. 1715, dd. 1762
Lackner, Martin, Salz, 1707, present 1752
Leitner, Josef, Austrian, b. 1712, dd. 1767
Maurer, Barbara, Salz, b. 1712
Müller, Friedrich Wilhelm, Franconian, dd. by 1751
Anna Christina, w., Franconian, present 1751
(Johann) Simon, s., Franconian, b. 1719, dd. 1737
(Johann) Paul, s., Franconian, b. 1721, dd. 1775
(Johanna) Margaretha, d., Franconian, b. 1724, dd. by 1773
(Agatha) Elisabetha, d., Franconian, b. 1726, present 1739
(Anna) Maria Magdalena, d., Franconian, b. 1733
Ossenecker (Ossenegger), Thomas, Salz, b. 1711, dd. 1736
Pletter, Johann, Austrian, b. 1705, present 1755
Reiter (Reuter), Peter, Austrian, b. 1715, dd. by 1755
Rieser, (Johann) Michael, Salz, b. 1704, departed 1748
Anna Maria, Salz, w., b. 1700, dd. 1737
Gottlieb, Salz, s., b. 1735
Schmidt, Johann, Austrian, b. 1708, dd. 1767
Catharina, nèe Zehetner, w., Austrian, b. 1705, still alive 1750
(Johann) Jacob, s., Austrian, b. 1733, dd. 1736
Spielbiegler, Rosina, Salz, b. 1685, dd. 1740
Johann, s., Salz, departed for Charleston 1740
The Second Palatine Transport
This, the largest of the German transports, was recruited in the summer of 1737, a time when many Germans were clamoring for passage to the Island of Pennsylvania, or willing to go to Georgia in the West Indies. Since the ship’s manifest still exists, the number of passengers is quite reliable, even if some names have been distorted beyond recognition. Unlike the Salzburgers, many of these Palatines do not appear in German documents, and therefore the correct forms of their names cannot be ascertained. The party had been badly treated by the Hopes of Rotterdam, notorious dealers in human cargoes, who had broken all promises and packed them in the Three Sisters like sardines. As a result, when they went ashore at Cowes in southern England, they refused to go back aboard until certain conditions were rectified. The Trustees, to whom they were indentured, sent an agent to Cowes to look into their plight; and, after certain reforms were made or promised, they went back aboard, sullen and mutinous. Their captain, Hewitt (first name not recorded), brought them on 21 December to Tybee Island at the mouth of the Savannah River, where they had to remain ten more days for want of a pilot.
Although lumped together as “Palatines,” it appears that a good percentage of these passengers were Wurttembergers. The birthdates on the following list are deduced from the ages given by the passengers, who may sometimes have suppressed a few years in the belief that only young people had a good chance to be indentured. This list is based on one by the Earl of Egmont, the foremost Trustee, which is found in the Phillips Collection, Egmont Papers, Vol. 14203, P. II, pp. 156-164.
The names Hier, Hiero, Hierick, and Yorick are taken to be phonetic renderings of Jörg (George). Hier could also be taken as an abbreviation of Hieronymus (Jerome), but the latter rendition is not entirely satisfying, since this name is usually quite infrequent. It will be noted that the only Hieronymus, Hieronymus Staud, appears on the original list as Hieroni Mustout.
“Indentured Servants who Arrived in Georgia on the Three Sisters, Capt. Hewitt, on 21 December 1737”
born | |
Belli (?) (Bellie), Johannes | 1707 |
Anna, w. | 1714 |
Barbara, d. (dead) | 1737 |
Berrier (Beryer), Johannes | 1698 |
Maria Magdalena, w. | 1709 |
Jörg (Hier), s. | 1725 |
Johann Devolt (Theobald), s. | 1727 |
Margaretha, d. | |
Johann Peter, s. | 1733 |
Anna Christina, d. | 1735 |
Blume, Valentin. Serv. to Henry Parker | 1710 |
1692 | |
Maria, w. | 1689 |
Catharina, d. | 1724 |
Maria, d. | 1726 |
Densler, Conrad | 1703 |
Hanna Dorothea, w. | 1702 |
Anna, d. | 1726 |
Heinrich, s. | 1728 |
Regula, d. | 1730 |
Caspar, s. | 1734 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1736 |
Diehle ? (Dowle), Hans Adam (dead) | 1684 |
Anna, w. | 1687 |
Anna Margaretha, d. | 1711 |
Maria Catharina, d. | 1713 |
Paulser (Paulzer), s. | 1715 |
Peter, s. | 1717 |
Theobald (Teevoult), s. | 1733 |
Erinxmann, Barinkhurf ? | 1707 (to Henry |
Rebecca, w. | 1715 Henriquez) |
Fierier ?, Conrad | 1711 |
Christina, w. | 1709 |
Hans Jörg, s. (Yierick) | 1735 |
Jörg Deval, s. (Yierick Levald) | 1737 |
Fitz, Margaretha son | Nurse to Trustees’ servants |
Fritz, Heinrich | 1687 (transferred to |
Susanna Catharina, d. | 1719 Williamson) |
Johann, Jörg, s. | 1722 |
Johann Michael, s. | 1724 |
Annabell, d. | 1731 |
Johann Ut ?, s. | 1734 |
Häfner (Havener), Paul | 1707 |
Pieta Clara, w. | 1711 |
Maria Dorothea, d. | 1734 |
Johann Jörg, (Yorick) s. | 1735 |
Hanauer ? (Hanoun, Hanovren), Maria Luvis ?, single woman | |
1692 | |
Susanna, w. | 1683 |
Herbach, Jacob | 1707 to Abraham |
Maria Eva, w. | 1709 de Leon |
Jung (Young), Jörg (Hier) | 1697 |
Maria Barbel, w. | 1703 |
Jörg Peter, s. (Jerick) | 1724 |
Magdalena, d. | 1728 |
Margaretha, d. | 1729 |
Käsemeyer, Martin | 1693 |
Catharina, w. | 1702 |
Clemens, s. | 1736 |
Kemp, Johann wife, child | To be surrendered to Trustees by Henry Parker |
Kieffer (Keifer), Theobald | 1692 at cowpen |
Maria Cathaina, w. | 1692 (Not to be |
Margaretha, d. | 1717 confused |
Jörg David (Hierick Tavid), s. | 1719 with Theobald |
Mariabell, d. | 1724 Kieffer |
Jörg Friedrich, s. | 1730 of Purysburg |
Catharina Lies, d. | 1732 and Ebenezer) |
Jörg Heinrich | 1734 |
Klause, Leopold | 1702 |
Anna Catharina, w. | 1704 |
Johann Michael Simon, s. | 1734 |
Kraft (Croft, Crost), Peter | 1697 to Dr. Graham |
Maria Utcroft (?), w. | 1697 |
Catharina, d. | 1724 |
Johannes Seldon (?), s. | 1729 |
Kühler (Kuler, Keeler), Johann Jörg | 1692 (Hierick) |
Anna Elisabetha, w. | 1699 |
Maricket (?), d. | 1721 |
Maria Barbara, d. | 1723 |
Anna Elisabetha, d. | 1725 |
Maria Sophia, d. | 1728 |
Maria Catharina, d. | 1730 |
Maria Dorothea, d. | 1733 |
Jörg (Hier) Jacob, s. | 1735 |
1713 | |
Marold, Peter | 1707 to Patrick Houston |
Maria Barbell, w. | 1713 |
Jacob, s. | 1731 |
Susanna, d. | 1735 |
Morgan, Maria, single woman | 1715 |
Meyer (Myers), Heinrich | Not to be confused with Heinrich Meyer of German Village on St. Simons |
Nungasser (Nongazer), Philip | 1682 |
Annabell, w. | 1694 |
Johann Jacob, s. | 1711 |
Johann Heinrich, s. | 1716 |
Annalies, d. | 1720 |
Anna Catharina, d. | 1723 |
Johann Philip, s. | 1732 |
Johann Martin, s. | 1734 |
Ordner, Jörg (Jerick) Adam | 1708 |
Maria Christina, w. | 1709 |
Maria Elisabetha, d. | 1733 (dead) |
Johann Jörg Friedrich, s. | 1736 |
Pellihew ?, Johann | 1709 to Henry Parker |
Elisabetha Barbara, w. | 1701 |
Hans Adam (wife’s son) | 1719 |
Anna Dorothea, d. | 1721 (Ages do not |
Matthis, s. | 1723 concur. Perhaps |
Susanna, d. | 1732 also children of |
Conrad, s. | 1733 wife) |
Plessi, Jacob | 1687 (probably Blessi |
Anna, w. | 1686 from Blasius) |
Maria Elisabetha, d. | 1716 |
Anna Ulrich (Urdrick), d. | 1727 |
Radner (Rhodener), Lorentz | 1679 To Capt. James |
Barbara, w. | 1680 Gascoyne |
Nikolaus, s. | 1716 |
Maria Barbara, d. | 1721 |
Woolrea (?), d. | 1724 |
1707 | |
Maria Elisabetha, w. | 1708 |
Johann Philip, s. | 1732 |
Margaretha, d. | 1733 |
Johann Michael, s. | 1733 |
Rhode (?), Hans Jacob (dead) | 1707 |
Susanna, w. (married Plessi) | 1695 |
Runsmursha ?, Elisabetha | Single woman, serv. to Nunez Henriquez |
Salice, Anton, Swiss from Grisons | Trustees’ gardener |
Catharina, w. | |
Anton, s. | 1731 |
Schäffer, Johann Christoph | 1711 to Wm. Ewen |
Schneider (Sneyden), Caspar | to Wm. Ewen |
Catharina, w. | |
Schwartzwälder, Johann | 1693 at mill |
Anna Maria, w. | 1695 |
Margaretha, d. | 1726 |
Mariaket (?), d. | 1732 |
Hans Michael, s. | 1735 |
Staude, Hieronymus (Hieroni Mustout) | 1682 (dead) |
Susanna Margaretha, w. | 1687 (dead) |
Johannes, s. | 1715 |
Maria Margaretha, d. | 1718 |
Steinhübel, Christian | 1692 |
Apollonia, w. | 1692 |
Johann Heinrich, s. | 1719 |
Anna Marabell, d. | 1725 |
Anna Dorothea, d. | 1730 |
Anna Elisabetha, d. | 1734 |
Theiss (Dice), Jacob | 1709 at mill |
Maria Margaretha, w. | 1711 |
Tressler, Hans Jörg | 1704 to Abraham |
Catharina, w. | 1710 de Leon |
Vipren (?), Maria Barbara | Single woman, to Mr. Williamson |
Wannemacher (Vanomaker), Johann Jacob |
The Third Palatine Transport
The Palatines who arrived in Georgia on 1 October 1738 differed from previous emigrants in being redemptioners rather than indentured servants. That means that, instead of being contracted to their future employers before leaving Europe, they sold their service for a number of years directly to the ship’s captain, who re-sold it in America to settlers in need of labor. This type of contract, first begun by Zachary Hope in 1728, was more efficient and became very popular. Capt. William Thomson carried many Germans to Georgia “at his own risque,” as the Trustees expressed it.
born | |
Adde, Salomo, Swabian shoemaker. | 1705. Ebenezer |
Margaretha, w. | 1706 |
Johann, s. | 1735 |
Bender, Christoph, Pal. | 1692 to James |
Elisabetha, niece | 1714 Habersham |
Bineker, Johann Friedrich, Pal. | 1703 to Andreas Walser |
Christina, d. | 1728 at Frederica |
Johann Ulrich, s. | 1731 |
Bischoff, Anna Maria, Pal. wid, | 1699 Ebenezer |
Clemens, Widow, Pal. | 1703 Frederica |
Cluer, Elisabetha, Pal. | 1705 |
Custabader, Catharina, Pal. | 1688 Ebenezer |
Derick, Widow, Pal. | 1712 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1730 |
Melchior, s. | 1731 |
Jacob, s. | 1733 |
Margaretha, d. | 1737 |
Gebhart, Magdalena, Pal. | 1712 Ebenezer |
Elisabetha, sister. | 1724 |
Eva, sister | 1728 |
Gebhart, Philip, Pal. | 1693 Frederica |
Martha, w. | 1695 |
1721 | |
Philip, s. | 1732 |
Hans Georg, s. | 1736 |
Guring, Simon, Pal. | 1706 to Fallowfield |
Anna Maria, w. | 1708 |
Heldt, Conrad, Pal. | 1686 public |
Elisabetha, w. | 1685 garden, |
Hans Michael, s. | 1715 later to |
Elisabetha, d. | 1721 Ebenezer |
Heinrich, Peter, Swab. | 1690 Ebenezer |
Juliana, w. | 1684 |
Eva (Barbara), d. | 1716 |
(Anna) Catharina, d. | 1718 |
(Anna) Magdalena, d. | 1719 |
(Hanna) Margaretha, d. | 1723 |
Johann Georg, s. | 1727 |
Holland, Johann Georg, Pal. | 1716 |
Huber, Blasius, Pal. | 1710 |
Ichinger, Jacob, Pal. | 1689 Frederica |
Catharina, w. | 1685 |
Sophia, d. | 1720 |
Hans Michael, s. | 1724 |
Annalies, d. | 1729 |
Jacob, s. | 1733 |
Kensler ?, Christoph, Pal. | 1695 Frederica |
Agnes Christina, w. | 1699 |
Anna Margaretha, d. | 1726 |
Bastian (Sebastian), s. | 1735 |
Knowart, Kunegunda, Pal. widow | 1684 |
Krämer, (Johann) Christoph, Pal. | 1689 to James |
Clara, w. | 1695 Habersham |
Anna Maria, d. | 1724 |
Christoph, s. | 1726 |
Kremp, Johann, Pal. | 1703 |
Sophia, w. | 1698 |
Catharina, d. | 1728 |
Maria Magdalena, d. | 1731 |
Johann Ulrich, s. | 1734 |
Anna Margaretha, d. | 1736 |
1719 to Rev. Norris | |
Löwenberger, Christian, Pal. | 1706 Ebenezer, then |
Margaretha, w. | 1703 Savannah |
Müller, Johann Adam, Pal. | 1690 to James |
Christina, w. | 1708 Habersham |
Veronica, d. | 1722 |
Philip, s. | 1724 |
Johann Nikolaus, s. | 1726 |
Maria Catharina, d. | 1728 |
Müller, Leonhart, Pal. | 1697 to Noble Jones |
Eva, w. | 1698 |
Hans Michael, s. | 1725 |
Hans Bernhard, s. | 1732 |
Nett, Friedrich, Pal. | 1707 Ebenezer |
Elisabetha, w. | 1702 |
Pickli, Hans Georg, Pal. | 1695 Frederica |
Agnes, w. | 1699 |
Johann, s. | 1721 |
Thomas, s. | 1725 |
Jacob, s. | 1732 |
Ragnous, Johann, Pal. | 1704 Frederica |
Margaretha, w. | 1702 |
Johann, s. | 1726 |
Anna Maria, d. | 1730 |
Ruf (Roof), Jacob, Pal. | 1690 Frederica |
Jacob, s. | 1717 |
Margaretha, d. | 1731 |
Schantz, Christoph, Pal. | 1717 to Henry Parker |
Wilhelm, brother | 1722 |
Schantz, Johann Peter, Pal. | 1696 Frederica |
Anna Maria, w. | 1697 |
Anna Magdalena, d. | 1720 |
Hans Adam, s. | 1726 |
Carl, s. | 1731 |
Andreas, s. | 1734 |
Philip, s. | 1736 |
Schlechtermann, Johann, Pal. | 1688 Ft. Argyle |
Anna Barbara, w. | 1698 |
Margaretha Barbara, d. | 1719 |
1720 | |
Johann Peter, s. | 1722 |
Juliana, d. | 1727 |
Georg Bartholomäus, s. | 1728 |
Johann Lorentz, s. | 1730 |
Georg Moritz, s. | 1731 |
Margaretha, d. | 1738 |
Schmidt, Johann, Pal. | 1694 to Mr. Mouse |
Schneider? (Taylor), Abraham, Pal. | 1718 Ebenezer |
Schneider, Michael, Pal. | 1698 Ebenezer |
Anna, w. | 1708 |
Hans Georg, s. | 1726 |
Johann, s. | 1732 |
Schönbacher (Shanebaker), Pal. wid. | 1702 Frederica |
Hans Michael, s. | 1730 |
Hans Georg, s. | 1731 |
Magdalena, d. | 1735 |
Straube, Adam, Pal. | 1701 Vernonburg, then Ebenezer |
Upshaw(?), Josef, Pal? | 1722 to Mackintosh Moore |
Victor, Widow, Pal. | 1702 Frederica |
Anna, d. | 1718 |
Peter, s. | 1721 |
Annalies, d. | 1722 |
Jacob, s. | 1728 |
Sule, s. | 1731 |
Waldhauer (Volthoward), | |
Andreas, Pal. | 1689 Frederica |
Anna, w. | 1697 |
Tobias, s. | 1726 |
Hans Georg, s. | 1729 |
Waldhauer (Volthoward), | |
Barbara, Pal. | 1724 Ebenezer |
Waldhauer (Volthoward), Margaretha | 1717 Ebenezer |
Wagonerak (?), Johann Clemens, Pal. | 1690 |
Catharina, w. | 1715 |
Wüller, Hans Michael, Pal. | 1702 to Fallowfield |
Maria, w. | 1702 |
In 1739 a small contingent joined the Salzburgers at Ebenezer, these being tradesmen and marriageable women recruited by Georg Sanftleben, a Silesian carpenter who had returned home to fetch his sister Elisabetha. This small party occasioned voluminous correspondence to and from the Trustees. In the group were:
Berenberger, Margaretha, married Ruprecht Zimmerebner 1740
Egger, Margaretha, married Ulich and then Martin Lackner, both in 1739
Lackner, Elisabetha, sister of Martin, dd. 1739
Sanftleben, (Anna) Elisabetha, b. 1698, married Michael Schneider 1740
Sanftleben, Georg
Ulich, Johann Caspar, d. 1739
Wassermann, Elisabetha, married Johann Pletter 1739
The Fourth Salzburger Transport
Realizing that their settlement needed more inhabitants, and being greatly in need of hired hands, the Salzburgers of Ebenezer sent a petition to the Lord Trustees in 1939 to send them another transport. This the Trustees agreed to do; but this time, instead of supplying provisions, the Trustees promised a monetary support for the first sixth months. This stipulation was most agreeable to the inhabitants of Ebenezer, who by now had sufficient food for the newcomers but very little cash with which to buy necessities. The new emigrants, recruited from the Salzburger exiles residing in Swabian cities, left from the port of Canstadt on the Neckar, proceeded to Rotterdam, and then on to Georgia, where they arrived on 2 December 1741. The voyage was healthy, but many of these unseasoned immigrants died of fever the following summer. This list is based on the original specification as it appears in the unpublished Vol. XXX (pp. 374-376) of the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, which is housed in the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah. The many mistakes of the English scribe have been corrected from Boltzius’ list of recipients of gifts in the Detailed Reports, Vol. IX, pp. 13-15. All but Vigera and the Scheraus family were Salzburgers.
born | |
Bacher, Balthasar, carpenter | 1710 |
Anna Maria, w. | 1709 |
Bacher, Matthäus, farmer | 1686 |
Christina, w. | 1693 |
Brückl (Brickelin), single | 1719 |
Crell, Walburga, single. Stepdaughter of Bernhard Glocker | 1723 |
Eigel, Georg, farmer | 1701 |
Ursula, w. | 1700 |
Anna Theresa, d. | 1718 |
Lorentz Ludwig, s. | 1730 |
Anna Maria, d. | 1733 |
Johann Lorentz, s. | 1735 |
Johann Frantz, s. | 1737 |
Samuel, s. (died en route) | 1740 |
Eischberger, David, miller | 1717 |
Anna Maria, w. | 1711 |
Glaner (Klamer), Georg, farmer | 1704 |
Gertraut, w. | 1703 |
Glocker, Bernhard, farmer | 1703 |
Elisabetha, w. | 1698 |
Gertraut, d. | 1732 |
Eva, d. | 1734 |
Sebastian, s. | 1737 |
Paul, s. | 1741 |
Graniwetter, Caspar, brewer | 1705 |
Anna Catharina, w. | 1718 |
Haberer, Michael, bricklayer & farmer | 1714 |
Anna Barbara, w. | 1701 |
Johann Christoph, s., born en route | 1741 |
Häussler, Christina, single | 1721 |
1701 | |
Maria Helena, w. (Boltzius calls her Apollonia) | 1697 |
Georg, s. | 1732 |
Kohleisen, Peter, shoemaker | 1701 |
Maria, w. | 1692 |
Kreder (Koeder), Apollonia, single | 1709 |
Künlin, Conrad (called Kunej by Vigera), died upon arrival | 1699 |
Maria, w. | 1707 |
Johannes, s. | 1739 |
Lackner (Lechner), Martin, farmer | 1712 |
Catharina Barbara, w. | 1719 |
Lechner, Veit, locksmith | 1713 |
Magdalena, w. | 1693 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1731 |
Maurer, Johannes, carpenter | 1715 |
Maria, w. | 1715 |
Meyer (Mayer), Johann Georg, glover | 1720 |
Meyer (Mayer) Johann Ludwig, surgeon, brother | 1715 |
Elisabetha, nee Müller, w. | 1715 |
Meyer (Mayer), Maria, widow, d. of Matthäus Bacher | 1718 |
Piltz, Andreas, carpenter | 1705 |
Sybilla, w. | 1714 |
Rieser, Simon, farmer | 1685 |
Magdalena, w. | 1705 |
Roner, Magdalena, single, married Georg Meyer 1742 | 1712 |
Scheffler, Johannes, | |
weaver & husbandman | 1714 |
Catharina, w. | 1715 |
Johannes, s. | 1735 |
Scheraus, Johann, Swab. | 1706 |
Maria Helena, nee Gott, w. | 1697 |
Johann, s. | 1735 |
Stepson of Veit Lechner | 1722 |
Steinbacher, Barbara, single | 1719 |
Vigera, Johann Friedrich, Alsatian | 1706 |
The First Swiss Transport
Whereas the fourth Salzburger transport crossed the Atlantic safely and with no deaths, the first Swiss transport fared less well, in fact about a third the passengers on the Europa, Capt. John Wadham, died of “Palatine Fever,” and there were hardly enough able-bodied passengers and crewmen to throw the corpses overboard. Even after the Europa reached Tybee Island on 4 December 1741, the wretched survivors had to remain some days on the ship in quarantine. As a result, nearly a third more died on shipboard or in Georgia. Most of the passengers had been destined for South Carolina, but the survivors were treated so well by the Trustees that many of them could be persuaded to remain in Georgia. The list is found in the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 30, pp. 393-399.
born | |
am Stein (Arnstein), Caspar, tailor | 1713 |
(Anna) Maria, w. | 1713 |
Beltz, Hans Ulrich, weaver | 1711 Vernonburg |
Margaretha, w. | 1718 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1739 |
Boltschauser ?, Jacob, carpenter | 1696 |
Ursula, w. | 1696 |
Elias, s. | 1735 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1736 |
Heinrich, s. | 1737 |
Burckhart, Adrian, farmer | 1698 |
Catharina, w. | 1703 |
Adrian, s. | 1729 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1730 |
Susanna, d. | 1734 |
Burckhart, Hans Georg, farmer | 1723 |
Anna Maria, sister | 1724 |
Johannes, brother | 1730 |
1709 Vernonburg | |
Elisabetha, w. | 1707 |
Martin, s. | 1741 d. 1741 |
Christoph, s. | 1737 |
Hans Ulrich, s. | 1740 |
Burgi, Rudolf, woodman | 1691 Vernonburg |
Esther, w. | 1691 d. 1741 |
Rudolf, s. | 1722 |
Anna, d. | 1728 |
Anna Margaretha, d. | 1730 d. 1741 |
Hans Kunrath, s. | 1731 d. 1741 |
Esther, d. | 1735 |
Calliser (Collifer), Anna Maria, single | 1719 |
Calliser, Hans Caspar, ropemaker | 1717 |
Danner, Jacob, tinker | 1706 Vernonburg |
Barbara, w. | 1716 |
Engeli, Hans Jacob, farmer | 1709 |
Anna, w. | 1707 |
Jacob, s. | 1734 |
Gebhart, Hans Heinrich, cooper | 1696 |
Catharina, w. | 1711 |
Samuel, s. | 1719 |
Susanna, d. | 1721 |
Magdalena, d. | 1731 |
Anna, d. | 1735 d. 1741 |
Anna Maria, d. | 1740 d. 1741 |
Hag, Johannes Ulrich, smith | 1695 |
Anna Maria, w. | 1695 |
Johannes, s. | 1721 |
Barbara, d. | 1723 |
Maria, d. | 1725 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1728 |
Hans Ulrich, s. | 1730 |
Hans Michael, s. | 1732 |
Verena, d. | 1735 |
Hag, Hans Ulrich, carpenter | 1708 |
1708 | |
Catharina, d. | 1732 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1736 |
Halter, Hans Kunrath, bricklayer | 1797 |
Barbara, w. | 1710 |
Barbara, d. | 1737 |
Anna, d. | 1739 |
Halter, Hans Kunrath, locksmith | 1703 |
Elisabetha, w. | 1699 |
Martha, d. | 1730 |
Ulrich, s. | 1731 |
David, s. | 1733 |
Barbara, d. | 1735 |
Catharina, d. | 1738 |
Häner, Nikolaus, shoemaker | 1705 Vernonburg |
Elisabetha, w. | 1703 |
Nikolaus, s. | 1726 |
Johannes, s. | 1730 |
Margaretha, d. | 1732 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1734 |
Josef, s. | 1737 d. 1741 |
Verena, d. | 1740 d. 1741 |
Juker, Hans Adam, farmer | 1696 |
Barbara, w. | 1708 d. 1741 |
Kress, Hans Kurath, laborer | 1696 d. 1741 |
Elisabetha, w. | 1699 d. 1741 |
Verena, d. | 1719 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1721 d. 1741 |
Heinrich, s. | 1729 d. 1741 |
Friedrich, s. | 1734 d. 1741 |
Kuntz, Hans Jacob, schoolmaster | 1701 d. 1741 |
Maria, w. | 1701 d. 1741 |
Margaretha, d. | 1729 d. 1741 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1730 d. 1741 |
Erhart, s. | 1733 d. 1741 |
Hans Heinrich, s. | 1738 d. 1741 |
Kuradi, Hans Kunrath, farmer | 1699 d. 1741 |
Anna Barbara, w. | 1701 Vernonburg |
1721 | |
Adam, s. | 1727 |
Hans Kurath, s. | 1738 |
Lang, Abraham, smith | 1695 |
Barbara, w. | 1704 |
Anna Maria, d. | 1730 |
Hans Kunrath, s. | 1734 |
Lauchenauer (Egmont has Landenauer), millwright | 1717 |
Lichliege (Lichliebe), Hans | |
Heinrich, farmer | 1707 |
Anna, w. | 1707 |
Anna, d. | 1730 |
Barbara, d. | 1739 |
Riemensperger, Hans Jacob (conductor of party) | 1699 |
Riegler, Leonhard, butcher | 1716 |
Catharina, w. | 1722 |
Schad, Hans Joachim, smith | 1691 Vernonburg |
Eva, w. | 1694 |
Anna, d. | 1717 |
Salomo, s. | 1723 |
Hans Joachim, s. | 1725 |
Margaretha, d. | 1729 |
Schneider (Schreyder), Adam, drummer | 1719 |
Schneider (Snyder), Heinrich, laborer | 1711 |
Elisabetha, w. | 1711 d. 1741 |
Anna Barbara, his sister | 1712 |
Sigerist, Hans Martin, farmer | 1706 |
Anna, w. | 1703 |
Johannes, s. | 1729 |
Hans Martin, s. | 1734 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1736 d. 1741 |
Hans Kunrath, s. | 1737 d. 1741 |
Stelli, Hans Georg (Schad’s son-in-law) | 1719 |
Stoll, Ezechiel, smith | 1711 Vernonburg |
1713 | |
Jacob, s. | 1741 |
Strubler, Hans Jacob, ropemaker | 1719 |
Elisabetha, w. | 1715 d. 1741 |
Stutz, Hans, farmer | 1701 Vernonburg |
Barbara, w. | 1701 |
Michael, s. | 1732 |
Hans Caspar, s. | 1734 d. 1741 |
Hans Heinrich, s. | 1735 d. 1741 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1738 d. 1741 |
Hans Ulrich, s. | 1740 d. 1741 |
Torgler (Turkler, etc.), | |
Johannes, farmer | 1714 Vernonburg |
Catharina, w. | 1708 |
Anna, d. | 1740 |
Vetterli, Heinrich, farmer | 1701 d. 1741 |
Catharina, w. | 1701 d. 1741 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1730 d. 1741 |
Anna Magdalena, d. | 1731 |
Regula, d. | 1735 |
Vogler, Hans Ulrich, glazier | 1703 |
Anna Maria, w. | 1702 |
Anna Magdalena | 1730 |
Heinrich, s. | 1732 |
Hans Caspar, s. | 1738 |
Hans Ulrich, s. | 1739 |
Wachter, Josephus, shoemaker | 1705 Vernonburg |
Susanna, w. | 1709 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1735 |
Susanna, d. | 1738 |
Willer, Maria Eurich (Eirtsch), cousin of Würli | 1720 |
Wögli (Wrogeley), Hans Jacob, cooper | 1701 |
Rachel, w. | 1701 |
Anna Barbara, d. | 1723 |
Johannes, s. | 1730 |
Anna Maria, d. | 1731 |
Würli (Wierley, Wurly), Hans | |
1696 | |
Margaretha, w. | 1701 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1721 |
Hans Jacob, s. | 1726 |
Margaretha, d. | 1735 |
Wirth (Würth), Hans Jacob, tailor | 1693 |
Catharina, w. | 1708 |
Salamena, d. | 1729 |
Anna, d. | 1730 |
Catharina, d. | 1732 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1735 |
Susanna, d. | 1739 |
The Fourth Palatine Transport
The fourth Palatine transport was recruited from a party of Germans who had departed for Pennsylvania a year earlier at their own expense. Unfortunately for them, war was being waged between England and Spain, and two Spanish corsairs intercepted them just off the coast of England and took them to Bilbao. When the British finally ransomed them, those who were able to do so chose to return to Germany, but a hundred or more who could not afford to do so agreed to go to Georgia and to earn their passage by working for the Trustees. As in the case of the Europa, fever also broke out on their ship, the Judith, and took the captain and mate, many sailors, and several prominent Englishmen. Strangely, it did not take many of the German passengers; and the Swiss pastor Bartholomäus Zouberbühler was able to guide the ship safely to Frederica, where it landed on 22 January 1746. Most of the passengers continued on to Savannah, where some were employed by the Trustees and by certain individuals, while the remainder were assigned to Boltzius and Michael Burckhalter, the most prominent Swiss settler. A very anglicized ship list is found in the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 31 (unpublished), pp. 45-48. On the Judith were:
Bormann (Boorman), Johann Michael | |
Maria Eva, w. | |
Brachfeld ? (Brakefield), Johann Wendel | |
Elisabetha, w. | |
Dorothea, w. | |
Ihle ? (Illy), Jacob | |
Agnes, w. | |
Andreas, s. | 1732 |
Wilhelm, s. | 1735 |
Michael, s. | |
Jacob, s. | |
Jäckli ? (Yakeley), Jacob, apprentice to Bormann | 1739 |
Knippling, Anna Catharina | |
Martin, s. | 1732 |
Anna Margaretha, d. | 1736 |
Jacob, s. | 1739 |
Anna Catharina, d. 1743 | 1743 |
Kusmaul (Kusmoul), Jacob | |
Sevila, w. | |
Leinebacher (Linebaker), Georg | |
Adam | 1735 |
Salma, sister (Ebenezer) | 1734 |
Litola, Nicolas, Grisons?, Piedmont? | |
Mück (Mick), Jonas | |
Anna Maria, w. | |
Müller (Miller), Malachi | |
Margaretha, w. | |
Pett, Hans Georg | |
Catharina, w. | |
Rosina, d. b. 1737 | |
Michael, s. b. 1733 | |
Caspar, s | |
Ports, Jacob (Ebenezer) | |
Magdalena, w. (Ebenezer) | |
Ports, Johann Philip | |
Raag ? (Raagin), Barbara | |
Ratien, Maria (sister-in-law of Wüst) | |
Anna Dorothea, d. | 1738 |
Ritschart ? (Richard), Thomas | |
Elisabetha, w. | |
Michael, s. | 1729 |
1732 | |
Lorentz, s. | 1736 |
Iscariot, s. (ran away from Ebenezer) | |
Wilhelm, s. (ran away from Ebenezer) | |
Schaaf, Ulrich | |
Steheli ? (Staley), Johann | |
Maria, w. | |
Gottlieb, s. | 1729 |
Philip Jacob, s. | 1733 |
Friedrich, s. | 1735 |
Johann, s. | |
Magdalena, d. | |
Treutlen (Frideling), Maria Clara | |
Johann Adam, s. (Ebenezer) | 1733 |
Friedrich, s. | |
Ulmann, Conrad Philip, apprentice to Brachfeld | 1738 |
Voltz (Follz), Johann Martin | |
Walthauer (Walthour), Johann Caspar | |
Johann Caspar, s. | 1731 |
Georg Michael, s. | 1732 |
Walthauer (Walthour), Christoph Conrad | |
Walthauer (Walthour), Georg Jacob | |
Walthauer (Walthour), Margaretha Barbara | |
Weissenbacher (Wyssenbakher), Jacob | |
Margaretha, w. | |
Weissengert ? (Wyssengert), Anna Maria Wüst (West), Matthias | |
Magdalena, d. | |
Catharina, mother of Matthias | |
Zorn (Zoning), Margaretha | |
Barbara, sister |
The Fifth Palatine Transport
Because the Salzburgers had lost most of their children and were therefore in desperate need of hired hands to help them in their farming, the Trustees agreed to send them some indentured servants, and also some free men who would pay their own passage. The party arrived on the Charles Town Galley, Peter Bogg captain, on 2 October 1749. Some were indentured to individual settlers and some to the mill, one married his master’s daughter, and three ran away to Congarees in South Carolina. The following list is based on a report by Boltzius, which appears in the Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 26 (unpublished), pp. 49-51.
The First Swabian Transport
The Salzburgers’ constant request for servants encouraged the Trustees to send them another transport, and Urlsperger began recruiting throughout Wurttemberg, especially in the area of Leibheim in the Territory of Ulm. On 29 October 1750 Capt. Charles Leslie of the Charming Martha arrived in Georgia with the following passengers.
Bader, Matthias, returns to Germany | |
Bollinger, Georg, serv. to Ruprecht Steiner, gr. 48 | |
Botzenhardt, Barthel, from Langenau, returns to Germany | |
Botzenhardt, Martin, from Langenau, returns to Germany | |
Fetzer, . . . . , Widow of Abraham Fetzer, who died in passage. | |
She bought her freedom and worked on mulberry trees. | |
1740 | |
daughter, with mother | 1743 |
Fetzer, Sebastian | |
Ursula, w. | 1719 |
Anna, d. | |
Fetzer, Ulrich | |
Barbara, w. | 1720 |
Heinle, Johann, from Gaersteten, serv. at sawmill, dd. | 1751 |
wife (Barbara, b. 1709, dd. 1756 ?) | |
Johann, s., serv. to Georg Glaner | |
Jacob, s., serv. to Johann Schmidt | |
Helmle, Nikolaus, from Albeck, serv. to Martin Lackner, Sr. | |
Maria Magdalena, w. | |
Herzog, Georg (died in passage) | |
Huber, Anna, a girl of ten years, serv. to Georg Meyer | 1740 |
Huber, Helena, serv. to Leonhard Krause | |
Huber, Jacob, from Langenau, settles on own land | |
wife | |
small daughter | |
small daughter | |
small daughter | |
Huber, Sara, serv. to Johann Cornberger | |
Jünginger, Abraham, single, serv. in Sav. | |
Meyer, Johann (died in passage) | |
Michel, Catharina, from Nerenstetten, accompanies Jacob Huber | |
Neidlinger, Johann, sets up tannery | |
Johann II, s. | |
Neidlinger, Ulrich, s. Johann | |
Ulrich II, s. | |
Oechsele, Barbara, from Langenau, accompanies Jacob Huber | |
Paultisch, (Johann) Philip | |
Anna Magdalena, w. | |
Rahn, Caspar, grant Briar Creek 1752 | |
Rahn, Conrad, from Ulm | |
(Anna) Barbara, w. nee Paulitsch | |
Jacob, s. b. 1722 | |
Scheraus, (Johann) Georg, from Bermeringen by Ulm, returned to Germany | |
Maria Helena, nee Gott, b. 1697, w. | |
Scheraus, Johann II, s. 1706, s. Johann I, from Bermeringen | |
Johann III, s. b. 1735 | |
Scheraus, Magdalena (w. Johann II ?), grant 1752 | |
Schleicher, Georg, serv. to Ruprecht Eischberger | |
Schlumberger, Abraham, from Setzingen, died 1750 in Savannah | |
Slumberger, Jacob, from Setzingen, died in passage | |
Maria, nee Gröner, wid., marries widower at Vernonburg | |
small child | |
small child | |
Söldner, Martin, widower, buys freedom, marries Barbara Oechsle | |
The Second Swabian Transport
Unfortunately there is no ship manifest for the second or third Swabian transports, the names below are largely based on references in the Ackerwerck Gottes, correspondence in the Colonial Records, and contemporary land grants. The names bearing asterisks are those of spokesmen presented to the Trustees on 12 August 1751. It is assumed that their families, recorded elsewhere, were on the same ship, although it is possible that one or more came with the next transport, as seems to have been the case of Barbara Oechsele, who may have been sent as a scout on the previous transport. The second Swabian transport was conducted by a talented surveyor named de Brahm, who settled his charges at Bethany, a few miles upstream from Ebenezer.
Brahm, (Johann) Wilhelm (Gerhard) de, from Koblenz, conductor Wilhelmina de, w. | |
Gerber, Paul, from Albeck | |
Gnann, Jacob, from Langenau, bro Georg | 1708 |
Gnann*, (Johann) Georg, from Langenau | 1704 |
Anna, nee Gress, w. | |
Andreas, s. | 1745 |
Michael, s. | 1747 |
Jacob, s. | 1749 |
Haisler, David (54 late from Germany) | |
Hammer, Peter, from Chemnitz in Saxony | |
Anna Rosina, w. | 1717 |
Elisabetha, d. | 1743 |
Hasenlauer, Sebastian, from Langenau | |
Kraft, David, merchant from Ravensburg | |
Anna Barbara, nee Brant, w., married Rabenhorst 1753 | |
Mack, Wolfgang, from Langenau | |
Neibling, Alexander, grant Briar Creek 1752 | |
Neibling, Bartholomäus, from Langenau | |
Oechsele, Christian, s. Melchior | |
Angelika, w. | |
Oechsle*, Johann, from Langenau, s. Michael | |
Oechsele, (Johann) Melchior, grant 1752, dd. 1753 | |
(Johann) Michael, s. | |
Maria Christina, d. | |
Oechsele, Michael | |
Maria, d. married J. G. Niess 1755 | |
Remshard*, Daniel, from Langenau | |
Margaretha, w. | |
Schröder, Anna, from Langenau | |
Schubdrein, Daniel, b. 1682 | |
Margaretha, w. b. 1685 | |
Johann Peter, s. (returning to Ebenezer after a visit home to | |
Nassau-Saarbrücken, now Weiher or Weyer in Lorraine) | |
Slesing, (Johann) Leonhard | |
Tussing (Duseign), Jacob | |
Unselt, David, from Bernstadt | |
Walliser*, Michael | |
Elisabetha, w. | |
Weinkauf*, Michael | |
Maria, w. | |
Weinkauf, Matthias | |
Maria, w. | |
Winckler, (Hans) Georg, from Niederstotzingen | |
Ziegler, Agnesia, nee Hermann | |
Eva Maria, d, married Johann Caspar Bothe 1754 | |
Johann Michel, s. | |
Anna Maria, w. | |
Jonathan, s. | |
Peter, s. | |
The Third Swabian Transport
Pleased with the results of the first two Swabian transports, the Trustees asked Urlsperger to form a third; and this party reached Georgia late in November of 1752 with a Capt. Brown, the name of whose ship has not been recorded. They must have hurried to take out grants, since many of them received grants before the year was out. They were supposed to settle at Halifax, some fifty miles upstream from Ebenezer, and their grants were mostly made out accordingly. However, settlement so far away proved unfeasible, and a majority removed to Bethany or Savannah. The most important man in the party was Capt. (Stückhauptmann) Thomas Krause, who denied that he was in charge yet was obliging enough to help Boltzius look out for them. The year of a first grant is given when there would otherwise be some doubt as to identity.
Daumer, Michel, from Langensee
Eberhard, Johann, grant 1752
Eckhart, Martin, from Nerenstetten, serv. to Dauner
Eckhart, Ursula
Ehrhard, Johann, from Altheim
Fischer, Georg, from Langenau
Anna Catharina, w., b. 1728
Fischer, Michael, grant 1752
Fischer, Nikolaus, grant 1752
Frey, Abraham, from Bermeringen
Greiner, Johann Caspar I (probably of 3rd transport)
Caspar II, s. grant 1752
Greiner, (Johann) Martin I, grant 1752
(Johann) Martin II
Greiner, Maria Magdalena, married Michael Weber 1754
Gröner, Barbara, from Altheim
Gross, Michael, from Leutzhausen, grant 1752
Hagemeyer, Juliana, from Blaubeyern, grant 1752
Euphrosyna, d., d. 1753
Hasenlauer, Sebastian, from Langenau
Hirschmann, (Johann) Caspar II, grant Halifax 1752
(Johann) Caspar II, s., grant Halifax 1752
Barbara, d.
Lange, Georg, grant 1752
Lange, Gottlieb, grant 1752
Lange, Johann I, grant Briar Creek 1752
Johann II, s., grant 1752
Lohrmann, Johann, from Ulm
Mack, Bartholomäus, b. 1730
Maria, w.
Mack, Thomas, grant Bethany 1759
Mack, Wolfgang, from Langenau
Mayer, Johann I, from Riedheim, grant 1752
Johann II, s., married Christina Remshard
Hanna (Anna) married David Unselt
Mayer, Paul, from Bermeringen, grant 1752
Neibling (Niebling, Nübling), Alexander, grant Briar Creek 1752
Neibling (Niebling, Nübling), Bartholomäus, from Langenau
Niess, (Johann) Georg, serv. to Boltzius, grant Bethany 1753
Niess, (Johann) Leonhard, grant 1752
Niess, Margaretha, b. 1707
Niess, Martin, grant 1752
Pflüger, Johann I, from Langenau, grant 1752
Piltz, Sigismund, grant 1754
Anna, w.
Rabenhorst, Christian, from Poggenköp in Hinterpommern, b. 1728
Rau, Anna Catharina, b. 1697, mother of Georg, grant 1752
Barbara, d., m. Hans Pflüger
(Johann) Georg, from Leipheim, s. Anna Catharina, grant 1752
Salfner, Matthias I, from Moergelstetten, grant 1752
Agatha, w. b. 1712
(Georg) Leonhard, s. b. 1739, grant 1752
Anna Margaretha, d. b. 1740
Jacob, s. b. 1745
Salfner, (Johann) Adam (s. Matthias I ?), grant 1752
Salfner, Michael (s. Matthias I ?), grant 1759
Schneider, Andreas, from Freudenberg, grant Black Creek 1752