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Back to Elrod Report Order Info The Palatine Emigration (pg 3) Records show that Johan Dider Elrod sailed from Holland to London, England on 15 Jul 1709.10 He was accompanied by a wife, Maria Magdalena, nee Lerchenseiler, and one child. Maria Magdalena was the daughter of Johan Wilhelm Lerchenziler who appears in the same embarkation list.11 Both these families are included in the so-called "fifth Party" which embarked from Holland July 3 to July 10 and sailed to London, England July 15, 1709. The author has in his possession a copy of the actual list of fifty party emigrants compiled as they embarked for the journey. Unlike most published lists, which are in alphabetical order, this original provides insight into the order in which the various members of the party boarded the ship, a valuable clue to possible relatives and friends. The first name on the list is that of Johan Willem Lergersiler (as written in Dutch) and his wife and children, followed by Johan Dider Elroot and wife and children. The next several names, in the order in which they boarded the ship, are: Johan Brown, Anna Mary (?Brown), John Peter Kneckern, Peter Patturf, Eliza Steen, Johan Adam Leitner, Johan Krist, Johan Felten Hoost, Johan Jurg Soelst, Niklass Roel, Hans Jacob Roever, Kasper Berg, Bernhardt Kreider, Johan Peter May, Johan Peter Brown, Mattys Berner, Herman Man, Johan Hes, Kristoffel Octer, Godfried ?Bracdvis, Johan Jurg Mangel, Johan Hendrik Wagenaar, Willem Wagenaar, Willen Timmerman, and Hans Philip Brouner or Brounet.12 The Palatine emigrants came to England during the late spring and summer of 1709 largely at the encouragement of the British Government whose intent it was to resettle them in the colony of New York for the purpose of producing naval stores. While some of the Palatines settled in England, most were subsequently transported to New York in ten ships that finally left England in April of 1710. The voyages lasted several months and many of those transported died aboard ship as a result of poor food and sanitary conditions. This was particularly true with respect to the small children, a large number of whom died on the voyage. The first ship to arrive in New York was the Lyon which landed 13 Jun 1710. The last ship did not arrive until 2 Aug 1710.13 Most of those who arrived in New York were put into camps on what is now called Governor's Island, where they remained until the government could find suitable land on which they could settle for the intended purpose of making naval stores. Finally, in October 1710, a tract of land some 90 miles north of New York City was selected and the Germans were moved to that tract which was called Livingston Manor. However, a large number, some 350, remained in New York City.14 As it turned out, the project to settle the Germans for the purpose of manufacturing naval stores failed for a number of reasons so that in September 1712 those remaining on the Livingston Manor were left to fend for themselves. Some remained in upstate New York but others moved to other parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and elsewhere. 10: Walter Allen Knittle, The Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration (Philadelphia, PA 1936), page 265 11: Ibid. page 267 12: British Public Records Office, London, England MS T1 119 13: Knittle, page 147 14: Ibid, page 159 |
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