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This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Ships built in Ambridge, Pennsylvania (46 P) Ships built in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania (5 P) Ships built in Brownsville, Pennsylvania (10 P) Ships built in California, Pennsylvania (3 P) Ships built in Chester, Pennsylvania (3 C, 23 P)
Concord. (1683) Concord was the ship that in 1683 took the first group of German emigrants to America. [1] On board of the galleon were 13 Mennonite families from Krefeld with a total of 33 people. The ship is also known as the "German Mayflower ". Concord set sail on July 6, 1683, in Rotterdam under Captain William Jeffries with 57 passengers.
The Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and parts of West Virginia is home to a long-established German-American community dating to the 17th century. The earliest German settlers to Shenandoah, sometimes known as the Shenandoah Deitsch or the Valley Dutch, were Pennsylvania Dutch migrants who traveled from southeastern Pennsylvania.
Conrad Weiser. Conrad Weiser (November 2, 1696 – July 13, 1760), born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr., was a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) pioneer who served as an interpreter and diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American nations. Primarily a farmer, he also worked as a tanner, and later served as a soldier and judge.
Maritime history. Magic and Gracie off Castle Garden, painted by James E. Buttersworth, c. 1871. Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant.
Johann Conrad Weiser Sr. Johann Conrad Weiser Sr. (1662–1746) was a German soldier, baker, and farmer who fled his homeland with thousands of other Germans from the Palatinate region due to constant invasions by French armies and destruction of crops. As a result, Weiser, along with his countrymen, became known as the German Palatines.
Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651— c. 1720 [1]: xii, 286 ) was a German-born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official.He was the founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia, the first permanent German-American settlement and the gateway for subsequent emigrants from Germany.
Canterbury. (ship) The Canterbury, or Canterbury Merchant, is the ship that transported Quaker Leader William Penn and his pregnant wife Hannah Callowhill. Also, Penn’s twenty-one-year-old daughter, Letitia from a previous marriage. This was Penn’s second visit to his Pennsylvania Colony. Penn’s secretary, James Logan was also ...