Folks: While doing all of these look ups I stumbled on Jacob Snively who as some of you may know is considered among the first 8 settlers in Franklin county. Below is his official entry: At the Court House of Philadelphia, October 14, 1731.Present The Honble Patrick Gordon, Esqr.Lt. Govr. Clement Plumsted ) Ralph Asheton ) Esqrs., Member of Council Thomas Griffins, Esqr., one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of Philadelphia. A list was presented of the names of thirty three Palatines, who with their families, making in all seventy eight persons, were imported in the snow Louther, Joseph Fisher, Master from Rotterdam, but last from Dover, as by clearance from that port. The Master being examined, said he had no particular license for their transportation. They were then called in & having declared that their intentions were to settle & live peaceably in the Province, the several persons whose namesake subjoyed did repeat & sign the declaration inserted in the minute of the b21st of September, 1727 and likewise took & subscribed the declaration of Fidelity & Abjuration Among the 78 names is JACOB SNIVELY For those who might not be familiar with the requirements of both the Crown and the Province of Pennsylvania, it was necessary for all foreign born settlers to go thru this process and thus there is a record of their arrival here. Unfortunately in the case of English citizens ie: Irish, Scots, Welsh, and British, this procedure was not necessary and the records of their arrivals is very scant. Gordon Crooks