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#1 Johann Henrich Silvius |
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#12 Nicholas |
#14 Jacob |
#15 Anna Maria |
#16 Maria Barbara |
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#50 David |
#60 Henry |
#62 Nicholas Jr. |
#63 Henry |
#66 Anna Maria |
#69 Susannah |
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#2 William |
#4 John |
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1738 Passenger List of the ship Queen
Elizabeth. Shows the names of males 16 and
above and their signatures, including #1 Henry's original
signature [see the blue dot].
Signature from
Pennsylvania German Pioneers, The Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808 by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, L.L.D., President of the Pennsylvania German Society. Edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., in three volumes--Volume II: Facsimile Signatures, 1727-1775, Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934 Edition.
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1755, December An 18 December 1755 account in the Pennsylvania Gazette which recorded the December 10 massacre of the Hoeth family, and others, through the deposition of George Caspar Heiss. A boy who worked in the mill was noted as "the son of one Sylvas." #12 Nicholas was nearly 13 at this time and old enough to be earning money for the family by working (and living?) at the mill. [Image]
1756 The Rose Tavern Stockade The "Sylvases" of Contented Valley were here on January 29,
1756 (we're not sure which ones though). Since Contented Valley was a larger version
of Chesnuthill Township before it was reduced in size and re-named, I believe these
"Sylvases" to be the #1 Henry family or the #2 William family.
[Includes a picture of the
Tavern.]