Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Ce Ntury to the American Colonies
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Lists o f Swiss Em igrants i n th e Eighte enth C e nt ury t o the Am e ri can C o l o nie s VOLUME I ZURICH 1 — 1 , 734 744 F ROM T HE ARCHIVE S OF S W IT ZERLAN D T R H DT F T B ALBER BE N AR AU A . PH S , D . P UBLISHED BY T HE N AT ION AL G EN EALOG ICAL S OCIET Y M BA H M n n G A IUS M . B RU U G a a o , gi g Edit r HI T N D C W AS N G O , . d on 0 0 o s n d f ro E iti 5 c pie , pri te C o r h 1 2 0 py ig ted , 9 M R MB AU G H E d B y G . B U , P RES S OF T HE N EW ERA P RIN T IN G COMPANY LAN CAS T EP . PA. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Ce ntury to the American Colonies A AN D PE N N S YLVAN IA 1 — 1 ZU RICH T O CAROLIN , 734 744 PR EFACE T HE m anuscript here presented is co n tai ned i n the State Archive c and as d c d d n a a c Was of Zuri h , w is overe uri g se r h it my privilege to make after materi als for American history i n the archives o f 1 an i n an c Switzerland . The m uscript is m y respe ts the most valuable si n gle doc ument rel ati ng to America c o ntai ned i n th e a c n as an ca as f or Swiss r hives , bei g quite import t for its histori l n ri its genealogi ca l a d statisti cal m ate als. The Whole history of Swiss emigration i n the eighteen th cen tury is epitomized i n this 2 an nd i n n valuable document . The statistic i fi s it the o ly reli able n a n an a d and a e umer tio of Swiss emigr ts of the e rly perio , is ble t o - n base f ar reachi n g estimates thereupo n . The ge ealogist is furnished a a a a c d nc d n a with l rge m ss of f mily re or s , i lu i g bout two thousand n acc a da a as n d n an n ames with ur te t to origi , istributio d desti atio n . d n a n I. a D . R This l rge bo y of mes suppleme ts the lists of upp , i n c c n T hi rt T housand N ame s o Ge rman wi his olle tio of y , f , S ss , Dutch Fre nch and othe r Immi rants i n P e nns lvani a 1 , , g y , from 737 d a n i n 1 6 c ad a . an 77 , ompile m i ly from the ship lists Phil elphi M y ’ of the names i n the manuscript will be fou nd also i n Rupp s col ‘ c n and a a n a an n a le tio , it is ple sure to k ow th t so m y perso s re ched. a a n are n their desti nation . But still l rger umber o t contai ned i n ’ a ca ad a - d n Rupp s lists , p rtly be use the Phil elphi ship lists o o t give a c d all a a n i n a and complete re or of rriv ls eve th t port , partly because a great many of those n amed i n the m anuscript were shipped t o and d i n a n na . an a C aroli M y of those who l e C roli , however , sub 1 See Gui de to the Mate ri als f or Ame ri can Hi story i n the S wi ss and Austri an B n n D 1 1 A chi ve s A . a a . C . 6 . a r , by lbert F ust , W shi gto , , 9 The se rch was made ' a t he Carne ie n n a n n u nder the uspices of g I stitutio of W shi gto , Department o£ a i n a 1 1 . Historical Rese rch , the ye r 9 3 2 A fuller u n derstanding of this import ant epoch i n American history m ay be secured through the reprinted S wi ss E mi grati on to the Ame ri can Col oni e s i n the — Ei hte e nth Ce ntur n . 1 2 ) g y, herei reproduced (see below , pp 5 through the courtesy an . an n a n , a n T he Ame ri can Hi stori cal Re vi e w of Dr J Fr kli J meso M gi g Editor of . 111 A iv PREF CE . An n sequently settled i n Pennsylvani a . i teresti ng example of this ca a Kollike r is the se of the f mily (Kelker) , who very soon settled an n nn an a an four miles from Leb o , Pe sylv i . Our m uscript tells us H n K llike r n n that ei ri ch o , with three so s a d t wo daughters left i n 1 d n a n Herrliberg 743 , esti ed for C roli a . This corresponds to the family tradition whi ch Rupp received from the great - grandson ’ R d . anc na not i n ad a u olph F Kelker , whose estor s me is the Phil elphi 3 - n ship lists . Our ma uscript moreover supplies not only the names a n a all c d n and of the p re ts , but lso of the hil re their ages . In d nd and an c n or er to u erst the m us ript before us , it is ecessary to bri ng before our mi nds the attitude of the European governmen ts ' n i n n n r a toward emigratio the eightee th ce tu y . The liber lity of a d d i n n n n c n i . e . a n view th t evelope the i etee th e tury , , of toler tio if no n a n an a d n i n t e cour geme t , d ispositio to a d the emigra t to a n c n n an n a n betterme t of his o ditio , by me s of tra sport tio facilities and an n n a as an n i tellige t view of wh t w before him , this hum itari a l c d n . o d ad n w as a a n w as a poli y is mo er The tr itio , th t . emigr tio c and n a as such n d n d a rime , pu ish ble , equivale t to esertio , a eliber te ’ n n shirki g of o e s obvious duty to the fatherland . n n d There were eco omic reaso s for this policy . The loss of stur y c as n d n c a an an people su h belo ge to the emigrati g l ss , me t so m y and a and ad an d h s less for the f rms tr es , so m y sol iers less for the protection of the coun try i n a possible struggle for existence . The n - n da ger of over population was not present i n the eighteenth ce tury , a ca e n nc a th t be me the problem of a later ag . The e ormous i re se i n popul ation i n Europe duri ng the ni n eteenth century is one of the a a ac i n n nd most rem rk ble f ts history , a d brought to the foregrou e n n n o n entirely n w eco omi c questions . Certai ly the poi t of view n i n an the questio of emigration c h anged en tirely . B ut the m u r a e n ac script before us we a e deali ng with an earlier g , whe e h n n c a i n n a E n nc gover me t , espe i lly Ce tr l urope , with the i sti t of self 3 T hi t T housand N ame ly an 2 and . See M uscript (MS) , No . 4 , I D Rupp , r y , n 1 8 8 . 1 6 n a a a n a n New editio , 9 , p 7 , ote . Rupp reports f mily tr ditio th t Hei rich llik r nd - n an a Ko e a his family were twenty eight weeks crossi g the oce , th t two n and one a on wa a an in ar na a so s d ughter died the y, th t they l ded C oli , but th t “ ” n Kolli ke r was an elder of Berg Kirch near Lebanon as early as 1 745 .