Dedicated to the memory of those ancestors who had the courage and perseverance to gather their families and cross the sea to a better life in America.

We, the many descendants, owe our everlasting gratitude to those brave souls who journeyed into the unknown in search of freedom and property, both of which they were denied in their native lands. 

 

James Barnaby

Circa 1635

From the British Isles to the Province of Virginia,

thence to Maryland

 

 

George A. and Hannah Bischler

Circa 1830

From Hesse-Darmstadt to the State of Maryland,

thence to Virginia

 

 

John and Margaret Caldwell

Circa 1727

From the North of Ireland to the Province of Delaware,

thence to Pennsylvania and Virginia

 

 

Moses Chaille

Circa 1710

From France to the Eastern Shore of Maryland,

thence to the Provinces of Massachusetts and Maryland in commerce

 

 

Jacobus Eckes

Circa 1826

From Hesse-Darmstadt to the State of Maryland,

thence to Virginia

 

 

James Henderson

Circa 1660

From Scotland to the Province of Virginia,

thence to Maryland

 

 

William Henderson

Circa 1730

From Scotland to the Province of Virginia

 

 

Robert R. Houston

Circa 1660

From Scotland to the Province of Maryland

 

 

Andrew and Martha Taylor Kidd

Circa 1750

From the North of Ireland to the Province of Delaware,

thence to Maryland

 

 

Robert McCarter and Wife

Circa 1803

From the North of Ireland to the State of Pennsylvania

 

 

Samuel and Sarah Skillen McNeil

Circa 1740

From the North of Ireland to the Province of Pennsylvania

 

 

Johann Frantz Noll

7 September 1748

From The Palatinate to the Province of Pennsylvania

Aboard the Hampshire, Captain Thomas Cheesman,

from Rotterdam, last of Falmouth, at Philadelphia

 

 

Hans Georg and Anna Maria Quickel

11 August 1732

From The Palatinate to the Province of Pennsylvania

Aboard the Samuel, Captain Hugh Percy,

from Rotterdam, last of Cowes, at Philadelphia

 

 

Frederick and Sarah Gilliam Robison

Circa 1825

From England to the State of Pennsylvania

 

 

Richard Touchstone

Circa 1678

From the British Isles to the Province of Maryland

 

 

The other Original Immigrants in my family tree are as yet unknown, but discovery of the details of their crossing will remain one of the highest priorities in my research.

 

 

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