Hi, A few have asked. Taken from pages 3-10 of the February 1997 issue of the North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. SWISS-PALATINES TO NEW BERN: A LIST OF KNOWN PERSONS WHO LEFT SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY TO SETTLE NEW BERN, N. C., IN 1710 compiled by Victor T. Jones, Jr. Local History and Genealogy Librarian, New Bern-Craven County Public Library As Local History and Genealogy Librarian of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, I am frequently asked, "Do you have a copy of the list of settlers who came with Baron de GRAFFENRIED?" Unfortunately, the answer is, "No ~" No such list of passengers who sailed from England to Virginia/North Carolina in 1709/10 has survived; or if it has survived, it has not been located. A 1749 "list of Palatines and their descendants who arrived in North Carolina around 1709" is mentioned in the Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 4, page 967. This list, too, has not been found. This article attempts to list some of those immigrants (or their descendants) who came with Christoph de GRAFFENRIED in 1710. In all, about one hundred Swiss and six hundred Palatines left Europe for New Bern. Nearly all of the Swiss arrived; however, only about half of the Palatines survived the journey to New Bern. Still others were killed during the Tuscarora Wars, 1712-1715. The names below are taken from several contemporaneous documents, which are listed in the bibliography. The names of the possible Swiss-Palatines at the end of the article are chosen due to their Germanic-sounding names or due to "guilt by association" with known Swiss-Palatines. John AMON. also OMEND; listed on the 1714 Tithables and 1714 Claims List. Vinct. AMEAT. also possibly AMYETT; listed on a 1740 petition to establish a church for the use of the high Germans and the Church of England. Peter ANDREWS. also ANDRAS; 1740 petitioner. William BARN. 1740 petitioner. Abraham BAVER. listed on a 1747 petition to claim lands due to the Palatines. Christian BAVER. named on a 1715 Land List and the 1747 petition of the Palatines. [NFN] BELSTILER [spelling?]. on de GRAFFENRIED's map of 1710; possibly Jacob BLILELOR who is listed in a 1733 petition of people from Craven Precinct. Heine BERGER [spelling?]. on de GRAFFENRIED's map of 1710. Johan Jacob BO~TSCRI. Clerk of Court; also possibly GOTSCHI; on map of 1710 and mentioned in letters to Switzerland. BRANEN family. household consisted of Mr. and Mrs. BRANEN, two children, and "my old father." two other BRANEN children died in Holland; named in letter to Switzerland. Abraham BUSIT. also BUSSETT; 1747 petitioner. George COONS. see also KUNTZLI; orphaned in 1712, bound to Jacob MILLER; 1740 petitioner. [NFN] DICHTLI. possibly TETCHEY below; mentioned in letter to Switzerland. Jacob EIBACH. also IBACK, IPOCK; listed on a 1716 Land Tax; 1740 petitioner; February 1997 3 1747 petitioner. Peter ENDER. 1747 petitioner; possibly Peter ENGEL, who was orphaned in 1713 at age fourteen and was apprenticed to Adam MOOR. Anni ENGEL. died on journey to America, related to Christen ENGEL, and mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Dietrich [ENGEL?]. mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Christen ENGEL. Faust states ENGEL is from Eggiwil; is listed on the map of 1710, and is mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Philip FENEYER. 1747 petitioner. John Martin FRANCK. also known as Martin FRANCK in various early records, but none name him as Swiss-Palatine; near neighbors were and children married Swiss-Palatines. He died circa March 1744/45. His widow, Anna Civil FRANCK, married Jacob SHEETS between June 1745 and September 1746. Children of Martin FRANCK: John, Barbary [also Barbara], and Catrine. William FRANK. 1740 petitioner; in 1748 Craven County Count records, he made oath that he was upwards of sixty years of age. Daniel FULCH. 1740 petitioner. Jacob FULCH. 1740 petitioner. Samuel Jacob GABLEY. on map of 1710 (as GOBELI); possibly the same as Jacob GOBLEY below. Christian GANTER. 1747 petitioner. Michael GESIBEL. 1747 petitioner. Jacob GOBLEY. possibly on map of 1710 (as GOBELI); on a 1714 Claims List. John GRANADE. 1747 petitioner. Joseph GRANADE. listed in 1732 Craven County Court records; died circa June 1747. Henry GRIST. 1747 petitioner. Herman GRUM. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1716 Land Tax; 1747 petitioner. ~FN] HABENTISH. possibly HABERSTICH; on map of 1710. [NFN] HANF. possibly HOPF; on map of 1710. [NFN] HEIMBERGER. possibly on map of 1710. Woolruk HESS. possible Swiss or Palatine, listed on 1714 Claims List; was guardian to John KINSEY in 1713. Jacob HIMLER of Madiswyl. named in a letter to Switzerland. Johannes STERN HIMLER. son of Joseph STERN and Madalena SIMON STERN; named in a letter to Switzerland. Madlena SIMON [STERN] HIMLER. daughter of Benedicht SIMON, named in a letter to Switzerland. Jacob HUBER. 1747 petitioner. [John] Jacob HUBER (HOVER, HOOVER). 1714 Claims List (as HOVER); 1733 petition (as HOWEVER); died circa 1744. Rudy HUNTZIGER. possibly HUNZIKER; on map of 1710. Samuel HLNTZIGER. possibly HUNZIKER; on map of 1710. Vallentine IBACK. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List. Christian ISLER. also ESLER; 1733 petitioner; 1747 petitioner; died circa December 4 North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal 1747. His children were: John, William, and Frederick (also a petitioner, 1733). Nicholas ISLER. 1714 Claims List. Christen JANTZ. named in a letter to Switzerland; also on map of 1710. Christina CHRISTLER JANTZ, from Sannen. named in a letter to Switzerland. Dichtli Benedicta JANTZ. one of two daughters of Christen JANTZ; named in a letter to Switzerland. Zioria (?) JANTZ. named in a letter to Switzerland. Michaell KEESABLE. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1716 Land Tax. He died by December 1738. His daughter, named Frona, is listed in Craven County Court records for December 1738. Simon KEHLER. 1714 Claims List (as KEYLER); 1747 petitioner. George KENEGE. 1733 petitioner (as CARNEPY); 1740 petitioner (as CONNEGUE); 1747 petitioner. Present spelling, KORNEGAY. John KENSEY. 1747 petitioner, second time named. Peter KINSE. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List. John KINSEY. orphaned in 1713 at age fourteen, bound to Woolrick HESS; 1740 petitioner; 1747 petitioner. John KINSEY proved his headrights in March 1745/46, listing eight whites. Possible children are: John KIN SEY, Jr., Christian KIN SEY, and Esther KINSEY. These three had their stock marks recorded in June 1731. Christen KONTZLI. with wife and six children, issued passport March 1710 (see Faust); possibly on map of 1710. Benedicht KUPFERSCHMEID.' named in a letter to Switzerland; also on map of 1710. Infant son KUPFERSCHMEID. named in a letter to Switzerland; born at sea, July 1710. Mrs. Benedicht KUPFERSCHMEID. named in a letter to Switzerland; daughter of Hans RL~EGSEGGER.2 Peter LOTS. 1714 Claims List (as LUTTS); 1747 petitioner. Caspar Ltintly von COSMORGEN [spelling?]. on map of 1710. [NFN] MARITZ. mentioned in a letter to Switzerland as "the shoemaker"; died in Carolina, 1711? Frederick MARKET. 1747 petitioner. Christopher MILLER. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List. Jacob MILLER. 1714 Tithables; (as Captain) 1714 Claims List; will was proven December 1732. He married a Katherine. She evidently was the widow of Jacob ZIORIEN (also ZEORGE and LEORGE). Jacob ZIORJEN's children were Jacob (died 1737), Christian, and Mary (married Hugh STANNALAND by 1737). (See Craven County Court records for 1732, 1733, and 1737.) John Lecher MILLER. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1733 petitioner; 1740 petitioner; 1747 petitioner. John Lecher MILLER had a son named Jacob MILLER. It is evidently this Jacob MILLER who is listed in the 1747 petition. Adam MOOR. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1716 Land Tax; 'The author's manuscript has KupferSchmeid at each occurrence of the name. 2The author's manuscript has RtiegsEgger at each occurrence of the name. February 1997 5 1733 petitioner; 1747 petitioner. Dennis MOOR. 1747 petitioner. Henry MORRIS. possibly also MORRISETT; 1747 petitioner. Salome von M()HLENEN. from Bottigen of the Flu~hli, Upper Sinamenthal, Bern Canton; married a Mr. ZIORJEN; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. ~FN] MGLLER. on map of 1710. Christen NOBLE. the tanner; on map of 1710. [NFN] NUSSBAUM. on map of 1710. Philip OMEND. also AMON, OMAN; 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1747 petitioner. Henry PERLIPAH. also PARLEBAR; 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1716 Land Tax. Margaret PFUND of Zweysimmen. wife of Samuel Jacob GOB LEY above; named in a letter to Switzerland. Michael PICKEL. 1714 Tithables (as PEEKEE); 1714 Claims List (as PEACKLE); 1733 petitioner; 1740 petitioner. Peter PILLMAN. on map of 1710 as BUHLMANN; 1714 Tithables; 1747 petitioner. Joseph PUGAR. 1747 petitioner. Mathias REASONOVER. see also REZENOVER; 1714 Tithables; 1747 petitioner; died circa December 1747 ~FN] REMBLEY. possibly RAUBLY; on map of 1710. Richard REMER. see also RIMER; 1740 petitioner. Jon. Peter REMM. 1740 petitioner; named as one of the four to build the Church for High Germans. Michael REMM. 1740 petitioner. Peter REUTIGER. married a daughter of Christian JANTZ, named in a letter to Switzerland; also on map of 1710. Peter REYET. 1747 petitioner. Jacob REZENOVER. 1740 petitioner; executor of Mathias REASONOVER in 1747. Matthew REZENOVER. 1733 petitioner; 1740 petitioner; possibly Mathias REASONOVER above. John RIMER. 1740 petitioner (as REMER); 1747 petitioner. Nicholas RIMER. 1747 petitioner. Michael RISER. possibly KISER, also RASHER (deed circa 1744); 1747 petitioner. Casper RISHEED. 1740 petitioner (as REASHEAT); 1747 petitioner. Rudy RISTLER. possibly KISTLER; on map of 1710. Hans RUEGSEGGER. named in a letter to Switzerland; also on map of 1710. Hans RUEGSEGGER, Jr. named in a letter to Switzerland; died 26 February 1710/11. John Bernard SCHONEWOLF. 1714 Tithables (as CHANEYWOOLFE); 1714 Claims List (as CHAINEYWOOLFE); 1715 Land List (as CHANEY WOLFE); 1716 Land Tax; 1747 petitioner. Jacob SHEETS. 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1740 petitioner; 1749 Court Records listed as a Palatine. His daughters were Mary and Catherine (stock marks recorded in 1738). Jacob married second between June 1745 and September 1746, Civil FRANCK, the widow of Martin FRANCK (q.v.). 6 North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal Lawd. SHELFER. [Laudowick] possible Swiss-Palatine; 1714 Claims List; died before October 1715 (Craven Precinct Court Minutes). Michael SHELFER. possibly the same as Martin SHAVER in 1714 Claims List and 1715 Land List; 1747 petitioner. Tobias SHELFER. possible Swiss-Palatine; 1714 Claims List. Andrew SHIDING. possible Swiss-Palatine; 1714 Claims List. Anna Margaretha SIMON. daughter of Benedicht SIMON; married Andreas BEINMANN or WEINMANN from Mentzingen; named in a letter to Switzerland. Benedict SIMON. named in a letter to Switzerland. Mrs. Benedict [nee SCHADELI] SIMON. named in a letter to Switzerland. Johannes SIMON. named in a letter to Switzerland. Katherine SIMON [died at sea]. named in a letter to Switzerland. [Maria Magdelina SIMON]. daughter of Benedicht SIMON; stayed in London with husband Johann Heinrich HANS; named in a letter to Switzerland. Daniel SIMONS. 1747 petitioner. John SIMONS. 1740 petitioner; 1747 petitioner, possibly same as Johannes SIMON. Christopher SLOBBOCK, Jr. 1740 petitioner; possibly the 1747 petitioner, as Christian SLUBBACH had died by that time. John SLUBAK. 1714 Claims List; 1733 petitioner (as SABBARK). Christian SLUBBACH. also HUBBACH, SLAPAK, SLOBOCH, SLOBBOCK, SLOPAH, SLUBAK; 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1733 petitioner; 1740 petitioner; died circa March 1743. His possible children are: Christian, Jacob (died 1746), and Nicholas (died 1744, married Eliza). Also a Sarah SLOBOCH was listed as the orphan of Christian. George SNEIDOR. 1740 petitioner (as SNYDER); 1747 petitioner. Alexander STEEL. 1740 petitioner. Joseph STERN. of Riggisberg; died circa 1711; named in a letter to Switzerland. Daniel TETCHEY. could be DICHTLI above; 1714 Claims List (as DITEIIY); 1747 petitioner. [John] Gaspar TIMMERMAN. 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1715 Land List; 1716 Land Tax (as TEMBERMAN); 1722 will names wife Sevilla and daughter Mary Magdalena TIMMERMAN; also possibly ZIMMERMAN. Jacob VISEMER. also WISMER, WISEMOORE; 1714 Tithables; 1714 Claims List; 1716 Land Tax. Jackob WAHREN. of Zweysimmen; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. ~FN] WAHREN. brother of Jackob [q.v.]. Christen WALKER. with wife and eight children; Christen and wife died circa 1711, on map of 1710. Christian WALKER. son of Christen?; 1747 petitioner. Andrew WALLIS. 1747 petitioner. Anna Margreta [SIMON] WEINMANN. mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Andreas WEINMANN. of Mentzingen, mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. [NFN] WEIZER. possibly WERGER; on map of 1710. Johnes WISMER. see also VISEMER; on map of 1710; Jacob WISIMORE, 1715 Land List. Anna WULL. of Rtimligen; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. February 1997 7 Johannes ZANT. also ZAUTIN, ZAUGG; died 1711; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Katherine ZANT. died at sea; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Anna Eva ZANT. from Eriswil in the Vogtei of Trachselwald (Faust, 2:10); mentioned in a letter to Switzerland. Benedicht ZIONIEN. also ZIORJEN; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland and possibly also on map of 1710. Michael ZIORIEN [ZIONIEN?]. and mother [not named]; mentioned in a letter to Switzerland and possibly also on map of 1710. Jakob ZIORJEN. also ZEORGE, LEORGE; possibly on map of 1710. See information under Jacob MILLER. Caspar ZOLBEISS. possibly ZOBRIST or ZOBRIST; on map of 1710. Peter ZUSSEMAN [spelling?]. on map of 1710. Monzua ~LN]. a woman named in a letter to Switzerland; surname not provided. Other possible Swiss-Palatines most of these are listed in Craven County Court Minutes: Jos. CALLIO. Peter CALVERT. with wife Saloma. His estate probate in 1739 with Jacob SHEETS and Peter REMM, securities. John DEPT. also DEPP, DEIPT, DEEP; named by Berriheim as German; on 1723 Jury List. Andreas DORMAN. executor of Katherine WINN's will, October 1714. John and Mary DURIAN. Onesimus and Jacob FUTCH. brands recorded in 1739. John Jacob GRINDER. 1733 petitioner; Craven County Court Minutes, 1737. Woolrick HESS. guardian to John KINSEY, 1713. Jacob JOVEN. 1733 petitioner. Abraham and Mary MINNETT. orphans, 1713. Anne RASHET. possibly related to Caspar RISHEED; her son Lewis HANCOCK was apprenticed to William WHITEHEAD, June 1747. Christian Fred. SHARFIELD. gift deed to Peter ANDRAS, 1739. John Jacob SHEIBE. possibly also Jacob SCHEIVE; petitioned for water mill on Mill Creek, 1738. Jason SONISBORG. 1733 petition. Caspar SOWBRIDGE. will probated, "28 XB 1713" naming son, Peter; possible daughters Susan[nah] and Jan[ten?]. Named James CALLIO, executor; and also gave Andr. ROBERTS some items. Jacob TREAVER. John TROAT. George TROUTSETTER. also TRANTSETTER; orphan bound to Andreas DORMAN, complained of cruelty, and bound instead to John SCHONEWOOLF, as a Taylor. John VENDRICK. 1733 petition (as WENDRICK); received Henry PERLIPAH1s stock mark, 1738. 8 North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal Benadictus WENDRICK. 1733 petition. Johann WEXEL. also WAXDELL, WIXEDELL; with Henry PERLIPAH received land in April 1715 from Martin and Susannah FRANCK. Katherine WINN. will, 1714, names John SCHONEWOOLF, executor. Bibliography Bernheim, G. D. History ofthe German Settlements and ofthe Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina, from the Earliest Period ofthe Colonization of the Dutch, German, and Swiss Settlers to the Close of the First Half of the Present Century. Philadelphia, 1872: Reprint. Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Co., 1975. Cain, Robert J., ed. Records of the Executive Council, 1664-1734. Vol.7 of The Colonial Records ofNorth Carolina [Second Series]. Raleigh, NC: Division of Archives and History, 1984. "Petition of Craven Precinct for Altering the Seat of Government" (circa April 1733) is found on pages 301-303. Cited as 1733 Petition above. Cobb, Sanford H. The Story of the Palatines: An Episode in Colonial History. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Faust, Albert Bernhardt and Gajus Marcus Brumbaugh. Lists ofSwiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies. 2 vo Is. in 1. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972. Volume 2, pages 6-14, gives an account, using contemporaneous sources, of about 151 persons believed to have left Switzerland for North Carolina. Haun, Weynette Parks. Craven Precinct-County Court Minutes. 6 vols. to date. Durham, NC: Haun, 1978-. Volumes 1 and 2 contain Count Minutes from 1712 to 1741, with the years i71 6-1729 missing. These early volumes were consulted for names and are cited as Craven County Court records or minutes above. "The High German Chapel." Carolina and the Southern Cross (May 1914):8. Contains the 1740 petition for the building of a church for the use of the High Germans and the Church of England. Cited above as 1740 petition. Holloman, Charles R. "Craven County, North Carolina - It's Origin and Beginning." Seminar notes prepared for Local History Students, Craven Technical Institute, 1973. Holloman contains transcriptions of the 1714 claims list, 1714 tithables list, 1715 land tax list, and 1716 land tax list. Knittle, Walter Allen. Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. February 1997 9 "The Palatines and their Descendants." Carolina and the Southern Cross (March 1914):l5-19. Saunders, William L., ed. The Colonial Records ofNorth Carolina. 10 Vols. Raleigh, NC: State of North Carolina, 1886-90. Volume 4, pages 954-956, contains the 1747 petition of the Paletines to King George II, and gives a brief history of their settlement. Cited above as 1747 petition. Schelbert, Leo, ed. America Expenenced. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Accounts ofSwiss Immigrants to the United States. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1996. Includes some of the same letters in Todd's volume, as well as accounts of Swiss immigrants to other states. Todd, Vincent H., ed. Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern: Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1973. Includes letters written around 1711 by Swiss from New Bern to their relatives. 10 North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal