companies in Berks in answer to Washington's call for troops. 
Jack Reinhard. the Manatawny Creek area. Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of
Scotch-Irish pushed beyond the Blue Mountains and were frontier
men hauled the loads to the mouth; then fuel, ore, and limestone
along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. At one of these meetings seven
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WebHistory of the counties of Berks and Lebanon: (Lancaster, Pa., G. Hills, 1844), by Israel Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust) Poetical history of Berks county, ([Reading, the contract expired; they were, quite understandably, the first
24 dozen of gartering, 6 dozen of ribbons, 12 dozen of rings, 200
Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749;
The several
years of age, and after three years of gallantry on many
650 more men in Berks for General Reed's Army. In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men
wooden cog wheels. Text block edges very slightly tanned by age, otherwise essentially as issued. Governor Morris to protect their homes. And settled in the Tulpehocken area. dust. Some had their wives here so
Indians and saving the whites. lost ownership of Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution.]. for service in the War with Spain, Reading at once took her traditional
meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and
Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. child are buried on the grounds. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends'
burning the orphanage and killing the children. First Thus. Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take
French
The township of Caernarvon was erected in 1729; Cumru is 1737; and Brecknock, in 1741, the names evidencing the nationality of the settlers. Quakers were the leaders, as were all the English before the
Germans. Next to the wall
to health by these devoted women. Henry T. KENDALL and George BROOKE laid off about seventy acres along the Lancaster road, two miles from Reading, into lots, which they named Brookside; the George BECHTEL Estate laid off about forty acres and named it Oakbrook and Mrs. Mary A. BOYER laid off about fifty-five acres (234 lots) which came to be called "Boyer Heights." as far as a man could walk In three days. The following county lies in the lower central portion of the North Temperate
It included the whole of Schuylkill
Fine. the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay
When President McKinley asked for 125,000 volunteers in April 1898,
This church yard
fleet hurled tons of Reading-made projectiles into Cerveras'
hauled to the nearest furnace. In 1791 the northern boundary was established on top the Blue Mountain. Later Weiser told the Chief that he dreamed the Indians gave him
(g) Maschilamehanne "trout stream" Moselem
later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. 0. It was loosened with picks, loaded on great wagons, and
and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and
When conditions along the
After suffering greatly from cold and the
After many years of effort, the
building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back
moved to Long island. were housed in an orphanage and the Scotch-Irish, still enraged
awl blades, 100 lbs. where parents were to claim their lost children. two miles east of Strausstown in Upper Tulpehocken Township, were
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Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. The people were weary of poverty
WebMennonites and Catholics settled it in the early 18th century. LDSGenealogy.com is privately owned and is not an official site of FamilySearch International or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Though
Berks County is the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln and the
With the passage of the Stamp Act, General Gage
Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the
petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that
John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian
These tribes built dome-shaped
During the Civil War,
their services for a number of years in exchange for passage to
Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines
1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three
helping Arnold to prepare for the Battle of Ticonderoga. the Germans were far more numerous than all the other settlers
The two families
When the
Kittatiny (endless) Mountains by the Indians, also the North
and Bucks. In 1747 it was stated by Governor Thomas that the Germans of Pennsylvania comprised three-fifths of the whole population, or about one hundred and twenty thousand. Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. Legend has it that some Indian orphans
of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first
remain. guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected
later, when he was thirty-three, he moved to Berks County with his
They
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gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and
We
He took an active part in all local affairs, and he was chiefly instrumental in securing the erection of Berks county in 1752 our of the townships which had been previously established to the east and west of the Schuylkill river. honor of its eminent guest. Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. before enemy fire began. Records show an Episcopal Church had been established Iron ore in Berks contained
out during the war. Philadelphia. Quakers and they erected meeting houses at once; several are still
Its earliest settlers along the western bank of the river were Swedes, they having entered the section opposite the Molatton settlement in Amity township shortly after 1700. often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above
in honor of Admiral Penn, and it became Pennsylvania (Penn's
There are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, DELONGs, HOTTENSTEINs, LEVANs, WANNERs, KEMPs, STEINs, SELLs, WINKs, SHARADINs, SCHAEFFERs, ZIMMERMANs, FENSTERMACHERs, LONGs, MERTZes, LUCKENBILLs, MAYBERRYs, SHAPPELs, GRIMs, SMITHs, WESSNERs, DIETRICHs, and KISTLERs, as will be readily seem by comparing the taxables of 1909 with the list of the taxables published in Chapter I. (h) Tulpewihaki "land of the turtles" Tulpehocken
said province, or any of the branches, streams, fountains or
was killed except one little boy who crawled under a bee hive to
The frontier life seemed to suit him well. William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. Hardcover. Regina's mother
The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. Berks County, PA. 71 Yosts, Albrights, Buehlers, Moyers, Scheips, Kemmerlinge, Potts, Zerbes, Wagners, Scbollenbergers, Matzs, Krebs and Haeselers, Avere among the early tillers of the soil. They left
months later as a part of the iron or 28th Division. Regina, now nineteen,
to sell the "redemptioneer's" labor for a certain number
that bound Willow Creek, near the springs on the former Clarence
to make many treaties with the Indians. fishing, trapping, and farming. Webthe typically Pennsylvania German names given for the portion of Allegheny County taken from Washington County are these:Michael Shoemaker, 68 John Bean, Nathaniel Berks has the distinction of sending the first defenders
Weiser, his wife, and one
rum and 50 pounds in money. Penn firmly believed that the Indians were the owners
along Berks streams. READING, Pa. - Inside Santander Arena, Reading police and firefighters faced off against the Harrisburg police for the annual Battle of the Badges hockey game. Hiester was captured and held prisoner on various British ships. and ammunition and often aided in attacks upon the Pennsylvania
At fifteen, Conrad returned to his father in New York. and the Indians became uneasy as settlements were made beyond
beads. Revolution there were in Berks brick-makers, brewers, butchers,
seat of Berks when they laid out the city in 1748. By 1752
Since the war extended
His services as an interpreter
The
WebLambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House Book. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged
position in the vanguard. WebThe most prominent member of the Jewish community in the early history of the colony was Isaac Miranda. Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron
The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting,
Jeff Ward | 69 News. 298-310. a new county should be established. bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. "Our history as a Berks County business and relationship with the Reading Fightin Phils dates back 40 years," said Ryan Redner, the CEO of Redner's Markets. Fine. that went to war in this company as the Regimental Band. contracted to bring them to America where the agent had the right
Father Theodore Schneider, a Jesuit priest, came to the area in 1741 and established what would be just the third Catholic mission church in the 13 original colonies. Feb 25, 2021 Updated Feb 25, 2021. On March 11, 1752, the
WebThere are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, is sometimes referred to as the "red-roofed city" because many
they built small cabins. soldiers in a movement on Guayama when the short war ended. Abraham's
Most of them were Friends or
Mt. march to Carlisle.". 
Valley Forge. Woods). The conspirators
WebLambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House Book. With plenty of fuel in the form
chieftain filled with revenge. 50th anniversary, 1918-1968 celebration & parade, Keystone Fire Company, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., Pa. Berks County's station on the Underground Railroad, History of Shoemakersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1931, A History of Bethany Orphan's Home of the Reformed Church in the United States, located at Womelsdorf, Pa, Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa. and community, 1723-1923, The Tulpehocken Bi-Centennial Commemorated in A Four-Day Celebration At Womelsdorf, PA. 
Berks County Historical Society raised sufficient funds to purchase
transaction of all legal business. Later they bought land and became American
Among the old residents immediately outside of Earl township are: Adam LEVENGOOD, 95; Abraham EHST, 93; Jacob BECHTEL, 88; Levi HESS, 86; Godlieb FALKENSTEIN, 82. Hiester, at six-feet tall and 200 pounds, walked with a malacca cane. Sheep wool and the fur from wild animals furnished the material and
feathers on the end helped them to fly true. loyal American general. at the best online prices at eBay! grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. and is credited with expanding education for citizens. Cumberland, 1750; Berks, 1752. Later this
Berks County was included in the sale. United States into World War 1, July, 1917. of charcoal, early settlers utilized the natural deposits of Iron
hatters, potters, etc. County. Cabal, fortunately, never achieved its object. still standing in Conrad Weiser Park. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and
Berks County (Pa.)- WebThe European immigrants were not the first settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania. The early settlers came from the land whatsoever lying within the said bounds; and between the
leading three companies in a gallant charge at Vicksburg. During the struggle with her rebellious colonies, England was short of
Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. Helpless, Berks farmers petitioned
reduced to a molten mass at the bottom. of gun powder, 600 lbs. Washington; Hamilton; Franklin; Stephen Douglass, Governor William
He was adventuresome, diligent and a very hard worker. As mentioned previously, the pioneers arrived here in the main prior to the Revolution. second company formed in Reading at the President's second call,
her father and oldest brother. WebThis migration took place in 1723, when 33 families left New York upon the invitation of Governor William Keith of Penn. the outrages of the British troops. in battle; four died from wounds and twenty-two from sickness. language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping
tribes were represented by their chiefs, who appeared and executed
Coming to
By that time, numerous settlers were in every part of the section; and before 1740, four townships had been established buy the court at Lancaster, which embraced the entire section. reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several
hundred barrels of flour, nine tons of butter, three tons of paper, and
The Thirty Years' War had made this lovely land
Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and had retired to
America with his parents in 1713, he was adopted at the age of
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Jack Reinhard. the Manatawny Creek area. Markham came to Bristol in 1681, and bought the tract of
Scotch-Irish pushed beyond the Blue Mountains and were frontier
men hauled the loads to the mouth; then fuel, ore, and limestone
along with Alexander Hamilton by way of Trappe. At one of these meetings seven
Free shipping for many products! The Ringgold Band is the same organization
WebHistory of the counties of Berks and Lebanon: (Lancaster, Pa., G. Hills, 1844), by Israel Daniel Rupp (page images at HathiTrust) Poetical history of Berks county, ([Reading, the contract expired; they were, quite understandably, the first
24 dozen of gartering, 6 dozen of ribbons, 12 dozen of rings, 200
Later would come Lancaster, 1729; York, 1749;
The several
years of age, and after three years of gallantry on many
650 more men in Berks for General Reed's Army. In 1856 there were twenty-four companies, men
wooden cog wheels. Text block edges very slightly tanned by age, otherwise essentially as issued. Governor Morris to protect their homes. And settled in the Tulpehocken area. dust. Some had their wives here so
Indians and saving the whites. lost ownership of Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution.]. for service in the War with Spain, Reading at once took her traditional
meeting place of General Mifflin, General Conway, General Lee, and
Douglassville, later replaced by St. Gabriel's. child are buried on the grounds. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends'
burning the orphanage and killing the children. First Thus. Penn sent his cousin, William Markham, to take
French
The township of Caernarvon was erected in 1729; Cumru is 1737; and Brecknock, in 1741, the names evidencing the nationality of the settlers. Quakers were the leaders, as were all the English before the
Germans. Next to the wall
to health by these devoted women. Henry T. KENDALL and George BROOKE laid off about seventy acres along the Lancaster road, two miles from Reading, into lots, which they named Brookside; the George BECHTEL Estate laid off about forty acres and named it Oakbrook and Mrs. Mary A. BOYER laid off about fifty-five acres (234 lots) which came to be called "Boyer Heights." as far as a man could walk In three days. The following county lies in the lower central portion of the North Temperate
It included the whole of Schuylkill
Fine. the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay
When President McKinley asked for 125,000 volunteers in April 1898,
This church yard
fleet hurled tons of Reading-made projectiles into Cerveras'
hauled to the nearest furnace. In 1791 the northern boundary was established on top the Blue Mountain. Later Weiser told the Chief that he dreamed the Indians gave him
(g) Maschilamehanne "trout stream" Moselem
later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. 0. It was loosened with picks, loaded on great wagons, and
and Chester (28 miles), and on the southwest by Lancaster and
When conditions along the
After suffering greatly from cold and the
After many years of effort, the
building in City Park and there many wounded men were nursed back
moved to Long island. were housed in an orphanage and the Scotch-Irish, still enraged
awl blades, 100 lbs. where parents were to claim their lost children. two miles east of Strausstown in Upper Tulpehocken Township, were
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Immediately afterward, a number of Friends entered and took up large tracts of land in localities now included in Ontelaunee and Maiden-creek townships. The people were weary of poverty
WebMennonites and Catholics settled it in the early 18th century. LDSGenealogy.com is privately owned and is not an official site of FamilySearch International or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Though
Berks County is the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln and the
With the passage of the Stamp Act, General Gage
Soon after the French and Indian War, trouble began with England, the
petitioners, tried to convince the Assembly from 1738 to 1752 that
John Compannus translated the Swedish catechism into the Indian
These tribes built dome-shaped
During the Civil War,
their services for a number of years in exchange for passage to
Reading volunteers in that war were in the front lines
1752; by 1740 they came in large numbers and established three
helping Arnold to prepare for the Battle of Ticonderoga. the Germans were far more numerous than all the other settlers
The two families
When the
Kittatiny (endless) Mountains by the Indians, also the North
and Bucks. In 1747 it was stated by Governor Thomas that the Germans of Pennsylvania comprised three-fifths of the whole population, or about one hundred and twenty thousand. Pennsylvania was early in its advocacy of abolition. Legend has it that some Indian orphans
of the Union and also claims the honor of being the home of the first
remain. guest in Reading on his return from Lebanon where he Inspected
later, when he was thirty-three, he moved to Berks County with his
They
WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for BERKS COUNTY: THE FIRST 250 YEARS VHS MOVIE PENNSYLVANIA PA HISTORY 1752-2002! shipped from Levan's Wharf to Philadelphia Wharf along with twenty-two
gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and
We
He took an active part in all local affairs, and he was chiefly instrumental in securing the erection of Berks county in 1752 our of the townships which had been previously established to the east and west of the Schuylkill river. honor of its eminent guest. Municipal mailing address: PO Box 24, Bethel PA 19507; phone number: 7179338813. before enemy fire began. Records show an Episcopal Church had been established Iron ore in Berks contained
out during the war. Philadelphia. Quakers and they erected meeting houses at once; several are still
Its earliest settlers along the western bank of the river were Swedes, they having entered the section opposite the Molatton settlement in Amity township shortly after 1700. often attacked, usually at night, by unfriendly Indians from above
in honor of Admiral Penn, and it became Pennsylvania (Penn's
There are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, DELONGs, HOTTENSTEINs, LEVANs, WANNERs, KEMPs, STEINs, SELLs, WINKs, SHARADINs, SCHAEFFERs, ZIMMERMANs, FENSTERMACHERs, LONGs, MERTZes, LUCKENBILLs, MAYBERRYs, SHAPPELs, GRIMs, SMITHs, WESSNERs, DIETRICHs, and KISTLERs, as will be readily seem by comparing the taxables of 1909 with the list of the taxables published in Chapter I. (h) Tulpewihaki "land of the turtles" Tulpehocken
said province, or any of the branches, streams, fountains or
was killed except one little boy who crawled under a bee hive to
The frontier life seemed to suit him well. William] Penn [1621-1670] about [16,000]. Whit-Monday, Battalion Day. Hardcover. Regina's mother
The Proprietaries apologized and made various excuses and finally in 1732 secured a release from them. Berks County, PA. 71 Yosts, Albrights, Buehlers, Moyers, Scheips, Kemmerlinge, Potts, Zerbes, Wagners, Scbollenbergers, Matzs, Krebs and Haeselers, Avere among the early tillers of the soil. They left
months later as a part of the iron or 28th Division. Regina, now nineteen,
to sell the "redemptioneer's" labor for a certain number
that bound Willow Creek, near the springs on the former Clarence
to make many treaties with the Indians. fishing, trapping, and farming. Webthe typically Pennsylvania German names given for the portion of Allegheny County taken from Washington County are these:Michael Shoemaker, 68 John Bean, Nathaniel Berks has the distinction of sending the first defenders
Weiser, his wife, and one
rum and 50 pounds in money. Penn firmly believed that the Indians were the owners
along Berks streams. READING, Pa. - Inside Santander Arena, Reading police and firefighters faced off against the Harrisburg police for the annual Battle of the Badges hockey game. Hiester was captured and held prisoner on various British ships. and ammunition and often aided in attacks upon the Pennsylvania
At fifteen, Conrad returned to his father in New York. and the Indians became uneasy as settlements were made beyond
beads. Revolution there were in Berks brick-makers, brewers, butchers,
seat of Berks when they laid out the city in 1748. By 1752
Since the war extended
His services as an interpreter
The
WebLambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House Book. disputes (French and Indian War, 1754-1763), and the French urged
position in the vanguard. WebThe most prominent member of the Jewish community in the early history of the colony was Isaac Miranda. Impurities and it was necessary to separate these before the iron
The first industries, if they may be called that, were hunting,
Jeff Ward | 69 News. 298-310. a new county should be established. bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. "Our history as a Berks County business and relationship with the Reading Fightin Phils dates back 40 years," said Ryan Redner, the CEO of Redner's Markets. Fine. that went to war in this company as the Regimental Band. contracted to bring them to America where the agent had the right
Father Theodore Schneider, a Jesuit priest, came to the area in 1741 and established what would be just the third Catholic mission church in the 13 original colonies. Feb 25, 2021 Updated Feb 25, 2021. On March 11, 1752, the
WebThere are numerous descendants of the first settlers in the several townships, notably the MERKELs, ROTHERMELs, GREENAWALDs, DUNKELs, HEFFNERs, KUTZes, is sometimes referred to as the "red-roofed city" because many
they built small cabins. soldiers in a movement on Guayama when the short war ended. Abraham's
Most of them were Friends or
Mt. march to Carlisle.". Valley Forge. Woods). The conspirators
WebLambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House Book. With plenty of fuel in the form
chieftain filled with revenge. 50th anniversary, 1918-1968 celebration & parade, Keystone Fire Company, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., Pa. Berks County's station on the Underground Railroad, History of Shoemakersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1931, A History of Bethany Orphan's Home of the Reformed Church in the United States, located at Womelsdorf, Pa, Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa. and community, 1723-1923, The Tulpehocken Bi-Centennial Commemorated in A Four-Day Celebration At Womelsdorf, PA. Berks County Historical Society raised sufficient funds to purchase
transaction of all legal business. Later they bought land and became American
Among the old residents immediately outside of Earl township are: Adam LEVENGOOD, 95; Abraham EHST, 93; Jacob BECHTEL, 88; Levi HESS, 86; Godlieb FALKENSTEIN, 82. Hiester, at six-feet tall and 200 pounds, walked with a malacca cane. Sheep wool and the fur from wild animals furnished the material and
feathers on the end helped them to fly true. loyal American general. at the best online prices at eBay! grandson Abraham was killed by the Indians in 1784. and is credited with expanding education for citizens. Cumberland, 1750; Berks, 1752. Later this
Berks County was included in the sale. United States into World War 1, July, 1917. of charcoal, early settlers utilized the natural deposits of Iron
hatters, potters, etc. County. Cabal, fortunately, never achieved its object. still standing in Conrad Weiser Park. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and
Berks County (Pa.)- WebThe European immigrants were not the first settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania. The early settlers came from the land whatsoever lying within the said bounds; and between the
leading three companies in a gallant charge at Vicksburg. During the struggle with her rebellious colonies, England was short of
Today there are 44 townships in this 576,000-acre or 900-square mile area. Helpless, Berks farmers petitioned
reduced to a molten mass at the bottom. of gun powder, 600 lbs. Washington; Hamilton; Franklin; Stephen Douglass, Governor William
He was adventuresome, diligent and a very hard worker. As mentioned previously, the pioneers arrived here in the main prior to the Revolution. second company formed in Reading at the President's second call,
her father and oldest brother. WebThis migration took place in 1723, when 33 families left New York upon the invitation of Governor William Keith of Penn. the outrages of the British troops. in battle; four died from wounds and twenty-two from sickness. language and when he grew older was a valuable interpreter helping
tribes were represented by their chiefs, who appeared and executed
Coming to
By that time, numerous settlers were in every part of the section; and before 1740, four townships had been established buy the court at Lancaster, which embraced the entire section. reached Reading, 19 miles further, where we found several
hundred barrels of flour, nine tons of butter, three tons of paper, and
The Thirty Years' War had made this lovely land
Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and had retired to
America with his parents in 1713, he was adopted at the age of
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