(From a biography, the story of the 1709/1710 German immigrants is a fascinating and tragic tale) In 1710 The benevolent Queen Anne formed the design for the protection of her transatlantic frontier, by establishing new settlements, for displaced Lutheran and Protestant families of the German Palatine who were allies in King William's War 1684-97 ( England, Holland & Germany ) "the Grand Alliance" and Queen Anne's War "the Spanish Succession" 1700-13 against Louis XIV King of France ( Roman Catholic Church ). Schenectady in 1690 was destroyed by a force of French and Iroquois Indians from Canada. She sent 10 ships to New York and promised to settle them in the Schoharie Valley on land offered by the Mohawk Indians.
June 14th: 2,600 Palatines, driven from their homes by the ravages of two wars and religious persecution ( the Palatinate is along the Rhine river ), arrived at Nutten Island ( Governors Island ). Huts were constructed and after a period of quarantine, they moved up the Hudson River valley 100 miles to seven camps where they were treated like indentured servants harvesting and making pine pitch to coat the hulls of English ships. George convinced 33 families to desert the camps and emigrate to the Tuplehocken country in Lancaster Co. PA. (Godfrey Fidler 6 Oct 1726)
http://berks.pa-roots.com/library/MigrationAndHistoryOfTulpehocken.html
Early baptisms and marriages may have been kept In Schoharie records according to one source.
Will: George Hen, 1746: Lower Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster (now Berks) Co PA
(From a biography, the story of the 1709/1710 German immigrants is a fascinating and tragic tale) In 1710 The benevolent Queen Anne formed the design for the protection of her transatlantic frontier, by establishing new settlements, for displaced Lutheran and Protestant families of the German Palatine who were allies in King William's War 1684-97 ( England, Holland & Germany ) "the Grand Alliance" and Queen Anne's War "the Spanish Succession" 1700-13 against Louis XIV King of France ( Roman Catholic Church ). Schenectady in 1690 was destroyed by a force of French and Iroquois Indians from Canada. She sent 10 ships to New York and promised to settle them in the Schoharie Valley on land offered by the Mohawk Indians.
June 14th: 2,600 Palatines, driven from their homes by the ravages of two wars and religious persecution ( the Palatinate is along the Rhine river ), arrived at Nutten Island ( Governors Island ). Huts were constructed and after a period of quarantine, they moved up the Hudson River valley 100 miles to seven camps where they were treated like indentured servants harvesting and making pine pitch to coat the hulls of English ships. George convinced 33 families to desert the camps and emigrate to the Tuplehocken country in Lancaster Co. PA. (Godfrey Fidler 6 Oct 1726)
http://berks.pa-roots.com/library/MigrationAndHistoryOfTulpehocken.html
Early baptisms and marriages may have been kept In Schoharie records according to one source.
Will: George Hen, 1746: Lower Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster (now Berks) Co PA
Gravesite Details
The grave markers of George & Veronica Hain are missing from the cemetery.
Family Members
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