Could a scan of this information, in its original handwriting, perhaps with signature, be obtained? Whether accurate or no, I could temporarily put it on my file site (I will eventually improve my choice of sites for posting downloadable files), so that others interested could download a copy of the document. If not, that is OK, but if so, that would be great. Vince [email protected] wrote: > > Jan: > This is the first I've heard of a ship being attached to the Kuster > emigration. Sounds very exciting, and I will explore further. In the > meantime, I am also posting your data to the Original-13 list. Perhaps > someone on that list has more ship info. > > Kathy > > In a message dated 7/30/2000 11:49:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << In my Grandmother Custer's papers was this information in her > handwriting: > > "In 1682 Paulus Custer came to America from Germany on the S.S. Fox. His > children were Arnold, Johannes, and Hermanus. Paul Custer, son of Hermanus, > settled in Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania." No source was indicated. > > My cursory search for this ship turned up only: > 1) "The Fox", an immigrant ship which sailed from Rotterdam, to Plymouth, > to > Philadelphia, arriving 12 Oct 1738 - no Kusters or similar names listed; > 2) "The Fox" an immigrant ship from the Netherlands from an unspecified > port > to New York and New Jersey arriving 31 Aug 1662 - no Kusters or similar > names > listed. > > Anyone else ever run across anything linking Paulus Kuster's passage to > America with a ship name? > Jan Custer Bryan > >> > > ==== ORIGINAL-13 Mailing List ==== > Visit Our Homepage (Thanks, Liese Ade-Uptegrove for this!) at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~original13/ > Images, a facsimile signature of Thones Kunders, history, etc. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM