My Hudson and Murphy Family:Information about Hans George Reimel, Jr.
Hans George Reimel, Jr. (b. February 12, 1682/83, d. date unknown)
Notes for Hans George Reimel, Jr.:
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He and his family arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 24, 1737 a board the ship 'Virtuous Grace'.They sailed from Rotterdam, Netherlands - to Cowes, England - to Philadelphia.Those named on the passenger lists are:Han s Georg (age 53), Bartel (age 54) Jacob (age 18/19).Women and children were u sually not listed, so Johann Georg and Philip would have been too young to be o n the list.It is not known why Johann Conrad was not listed; perhaps he remained in Alsace
http://www.palproject.org/pa/1737virt.htm
The usual route for such emigration was via the Rhine River on scows - some 500 miles, to the Netherlands and then to sail from Rotterdam as in this case. Virtuous Grace sailed from Rotterdam and stopped at Cowes, England, on the Isle of Wight, before embarking on the 7 to 12 week voyage to America.The ship landed at Philadelphia in 1737.
http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shplst37.htm
Christian Bauer arrived at the Courthouse in Philadelphia September 24, 1737, from Rotterdam, on the Ship Virtuous Grace, Mastered by John Bull to take his "Oaths to the Government." He arrived supposedly alone, at the age of 17, along with 72 other Palatines. The names of women passengers were not enumerated on the Ship's list
http://www.bowercommunity.com/homestead/ChristianBauer.html
Only males over 16 were generally listed.
http://www.gerhart.org/friedric.htm
The Thirty Years'War, from 1618 to 1848, began as a civil war between German Protestants and Catholics who disagreed over the interpretation of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.This was supposed to be a settlement to end disagreement between, and officially recognize, both Catholics and Lutherans.Then in 1618 another religious group demanded recognition in southern and central Germany - the Calvinists.But, by the end of the war, most of the European nations were involved and it had become a struggle for territory and political power.
The beginning of the Swedish-French Period of this ongoing war, in 1635, was the point where it became more political than religious, and became a war between the French Bourbons and the Austrian Hapsburgs.The French Vicomte de Turenne and Louis II, Prince of Conde won a long series of victories which was positive for the Protestants living in Germany.Finally in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia was signed, which settled political boundaries in France and Sweden, and added Calvinism as an equal religious group with Catholicism and Lutheranism.Through all this, Germany took the brunt and was in terrible condition with many people killed and much property, including whole cities, destroyed.It took almost two hundred years for them to recover.Thousands left Europe, especially Germany, and came to America seeking a better life.
During these struggles, many of the French Conde families had moved from France to the Palatine area of Germany.They had changed the spelling of their names from the French Conde to the German Kante, Konte, Konder, Gonter, Conder or a variation of those spellings.Some of these families were included in this move to America.
Hans Georg Konder was born in 1706 in Trier, Rheinland, Prussia - now Trier, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany.His brother, Peter Konder, was born in 1711.They left for America on the ship Virtuous Grace, under the command of John Bull, Master.The ship's register shows the ship first sailed from Rotterdam and then from Cowes, landing at the Port of Philadelphia on September 24, 1737.According to the ship's records, there were 225 Palatines aboard the Virtuous Grace.The record of names of those aboard only list males over 16, so it is unclear exactly how many family members were with them.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shudspeth/conder.htm
Antoni Rueger arrived in Philadelphia on the Virtuous Grace on September 24, 1737. The ship stopped at Crowles, England. Captain John Bull, Master from Rotterdam, carried 225 passengers on this voyage.
http://www.oasistubers.com/WVA.html
Johan Welhelm Andrew Zumwald who came to America at age 39 arriving the 24th of September 1737 aboard the good ship "Virtuous Grace", John Bull, Master. The ship's manifest shows a total of 225 passengers but only males over 16 years of age are identified. It is assumed that his wife and three daughters accompanied him. The family settled in Pennsylvania in 1737, only one year after the William Penn family and the Indians had signed a treaty.
My ancestor was born in 1698 in Switzerland and died at Toms Brook, Fredricks County, Maryland in 1764 or 1765. He is sometimes known as "Andrew the Immigrant". He married for the first time in Niederauerbach on 2 November 1728 to Anna Catherine Margaretha Jacob of Jacobs. She apparently died in 1743 or 1744. He married a second time to Anna Regina Fite. My descendent from this marriage was:
http://www.mountaincharlie1850.org/zumwalt_story2.html
More About Hans George Reimel, Jr.:
Date born 2: Abt. 1684, Germany.889, 890
Died 2: WFT Est. 1725-1775891, 892
Sailed to America: September 24, 1737, The ship landed at Philadelphia from Rotterdam..
More About Hans George Reimel, Jr. and Anna Maria Veit:
Marriage: January 15, 1714/15, Lutheran Church, Pfaffenhofen, Alsace.893, 894
Children of Hans George Reimel, Jr. and Anna Maria Veit are:
- +Jacob Reimel, b. June 07, 1718, Pfaffenhofen, Alsace, Germany895, 896, d. June 03, 1794, Upper Mt. Bethel, Northampton Co., PA897, 898.
- +George Reimel, b. February 03, 1726/27, Pfaffenhofen, Alsace899, 900, d. July 16, 1810, Northampton Co., PA901, 902.
- +Philip Reimel, b. April 10, 1729, Pfaffenhofen, Alsace, d. 1807, Rockingham Co., Virginia.
- Johann Conrad Reimel, b. February 16, 1716/17, d. date unknown.
- Anna Magdalena Reimel, b. January 25, 1720/21, d. date unknown.
- Anna Maria Reimel, d. date unknown.
- Anna Margaretha Reimel, b. March 13, 1722/23, d. date unknown.
- Anna Eva Reimel, b. December 22, 1724, d. date unknown.