Spelling and phonetics can be confusing. Consider the following; "Pennsylvania German Pioneers; a Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808" Strassburger, Ralph Beaver; Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.; 1980; 325.243 in the Dallas library. This book was originally published in 1934 as three volumes, with Volume II being photostats of the lists. These photostats were not included in the reprints of 1966, 1975 or 1980. However, the Dallas Library does have the photostat volume in a reference location; ask a librarian. The lists for the ship Brothers, arriving at Philadelphia on 30 Sep 1754 from Rotterdam via Cowes, England, under the command of Capt. William Muir, are found on pages starting with 609 ( Volume 1, Part 3 ). There are three lists, one prepared by someone on the ship (the Captain's list, A), the second, B, prepared from the signers of the 'Oath of Allegiance' and the third, C, prepared from the signers of the 'Oath of Abjuration'. Lists B and C were prepared from the actual signatures of the immigrants as shown in Volume II of the original issue. The front matter of the book says that a clerk recorded the names of those who could not write and who signed with a 'mark'. A parenthetical indicator is used for those who used a mark. Further, the book says that the handwriting of the clerk from list B was different from the clerk who recorded list C. The Captain’s list shows someone named Ab’m Browbacker with the notation that the name had been crossed out and a note added “ N. Lander” which the author explains means “Newlander”. A newlander was the rough equivalent of the 20th century immigrant smuggler, usually someone who returned to Europe from America and shepherded a new boatload of immigrants to the new world. See the explanation in Diffenderffer’s book, “The German Immigration into Pennsylvania Through the Port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775 and The Redemptioners”. Comparison of the name “Browbacker” on List A of Strassburger with the names on Lists B and C … where the immigrants signed their names … suggests that Ab’m’s name really was Prubacher but it had been misunderstood by the Englishman who made the list. List A names three ‘Browbacker’ men; Ab’m, age 21; Jacob, age 21 and Jacob age 29. Lists B and C, made when the immigrants signed the Oaths, both include two ‘Prubacher’ men; Johann Jacob and Jacob. The Newlander Ab’m Prubacher does not appear on these lists, presumably because he had accepted the oaths at some earlier time. I know nothing about the Brubaker or Prubacher family, but my ancestor also was on this ship and his name was similarly transformed when it was anglicized. DICK FOLKERTH Dallas --- On Sat, 3/14/09, James Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: > From: James Stokes <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] George Burkhholder > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2:53 PM > Hi Margie, >      I would check the 1790 census for Lancaster County > to see if there is a Christian Brubaker listed for > Lancaster County.  On the Lancaster County Gen web page > there are three, >  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palanca2/ > They were located in Earl Twp., Manheim Twp. and Cocalico > Twp.  I would narrow my focus and see if I can find > marriages for Christian and Ann Groff Brubaker and also for > George and his wife since he was probably married in > Lancaster County.  Seldom do young men move to a new area > without being married.  Usually if they did this it was > because they were too young to be married and they moved > with their father.  You might check the 1790 census for > Lycoming Co. to see if there were other Brubakers there. >      Do you know where George went to church in > Lycoming Co ?  Where is he buried ?  This might give you a > clue as to where to look for baptism records, unless he was > Mennonite. >      The U.S. genweb page for Lancaster County includes > an index to wills, I thought they had the actual wills, but > apparently not.  It doesn't show a will for a Christian > Brubaker.  It does include a Brubaker genealogy but its a > scanned image file and so isn't searchable but it might > be worth looking through. >      Its tough to find the earliest ancestors of many > early families, so my suggestion would be to focus down on > tax lists, land records, etc. to see if you can find > something.  Look at the three townships, to see if you can > find a George who pops up about 1808, when he might likely > marry, and show up in that townships tax list before > disappearing.  Do you know when he shows up in Lycoming Co. > ? >                                                                                                                            > Jim > > Conestoga Area Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacahs/index.htm > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:17:40 AM > Subject: [PALANCAS] George Burkhholder > > Hi-I am trying to locate the parents of George Burkholder. > He was born abt.1783-in PA. I have seen undocumented > writings that it was in Lancaster Co. and that he was a son > of Christian and Anna(Groff) Burkholder. He died 1864 in > Lycoming Co. Does anyone know of this man and if in fact he > was a son of C & A Burkholder? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks, Margie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message