In a message dated 8/17/99 7:27:45 AM, Doris Snyder wrote: >My Christian Z came over on the Patience in 1749. Also arriving in Philadelphia on the Patience 19 Sep 1749 were Johan Jost Z and Johann Peter Z, according to 'Pennsylvania German Pioneers' by Strassburger and Hinke. A relative stated that our mutual ancestor, John Peter Z, and his brother William arrived at Philadelphia on the Friendship 17 Sep 1748. There was a ship named Friendship bringing immigrants during that time period, but I don't find this ship in 1748 in this book or listings on the web. Does anyone have any information on the Johann Peter Z that arrived on the Patience in 1749? Or anything on a 1748 arrival of the ship Friendship? Don Zimmerman Seattle, Washington