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Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America . . . Edited by Samuel Urlsperger - Volume Ten, 1743: Appendix II: German-speaking Transports to Georgia

Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America . . . Edited by Samuel Urlsperger - Volume Ten, 1743

Appendix II: German-speaking Transports to Georgia

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

Deigler, Daniel

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

Hart, Michael

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

Kurtz (Curts), Jacob

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

Reiter, Carl (Caul)

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

1716 to Mr. Williamson (or to Hanss Jacob Ham)

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

Maria Catharina, d.

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

Leonhard, Johann, Pal.

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

Josef Michael, s.

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

The Sanftleben Party

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

Kocher, Johann Georg, weaver & husbandman

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

Schrempf, Ruprecht, locksmith.

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

Burgemeister, Christoph, silk worker

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

Maria, w.

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

Heinrich, s.

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

(Anna) Magdalena, w.

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

Caspar, weaver

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.

Hermann (Harman), Jacob

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

Peter, s.

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.

Baumann, Conrad, serv. to Matthias Brandner, dd.

1749

Blessing, Leonhard, serv. to Johann Maurer

Bunz, Johann Georg, serv. to Christian Leimberger

Burckhart, Martin, serv. to Christian Leimberger

Dechtli, Johann Georg, married his master’s daughter and settled here.

Dellinger, Christoph, serv. to Ruprecht Zimmerebner

Heidt, Georg, serv. to Simon Reiter

Kaup, Jacob, serv. to mill

Barbara, w.

Kohler, Barbara, serv. to Leonhard Krause

Kugel, Johann, bought his freedom and settled in Ebenezer.

Kugel, Matthias,” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

Kühn, Balthasar, ran away and settled at Congarees.

Lamprecht, Johann Georg, serv. to Ruprecht Steiner

Anna Maria, w.

Andreas, s.

Michler, Jost, serv. to Josef Leitner

Mohr, Jacob, serv. to Christian

1700

Riedelsperger

Anna Maria, w.

Christina, d., married Andreas Seckinger

small child

small child

Rentz, Johann Georg, serv. to Matthias Burgsteiner

Scheffer, Johann Friedrich, ran away to Congarees

Schneider, (Anna) Barbara (sister to Catharina), serv. to Paul Zittrauer

Schneider, (Maria) Catharina (sister to Barbara), serv. to Martin Lackner

Schubdrein, Daniel, from Weiher in Saarbrücken, bought freedom from Zouberbuhler and settled in Ebenezer

Schubdrein, Josef, ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

Schubdrein, (Johann) Peter, 1714 ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

Seckinger, Andreas (bro Matthias), serv. to Boltzius

Catharina, nee Seckinger, w.

five small children

Seckinger, Lucia (sister of Andreas & Matthias), serv. to Boltzius

1727

Seckinger, Matthias, serv. to Boltzius

Anna Catharina, w.

Johann Georg, s.

1744

Anna, d.

1747

Samuel, s.

Jonathan, s.

Hanna Elisabeth

Seelmann, Johann Christian, physician, moved to Pennsylvania

Weber, (Georg) Michael, serv. to Johann Flerl

Wirtsch (later Wertsch), Johann Caspar, serv. to Thomas

Gschwandl and schoolmaster on plantations

Ziegler, Johann Georg, serv. to Thomas Gschwandl

Zoller, Johann Balthasar, serv. to mill, ran away to Congarees

Rosina, w.

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.

Christian, s., serv. to Ruprecht Schrempf

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

Scheraus, Johann I, b. 1686, from Bermeringen

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

Hackel, Jörg, from Holtzkirch

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.

Zipperer, Christian (Jonathan), from Bernstadt

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

Matthias II, s. b. 1737

(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

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