French Family Association

The Official Website of the Surname French

Chart #195, Jacob French 1st, ca. 1704
Antrim twp, Cumberland Co., (now Franklin Co.), PA
Berkeley Co., VA (now WV)

Immigration

This webpage was updated by Mara French on 1/6/16. Although Jacob French is not in my line, I will continue to do research on this line as time permits. My line is FFA Chart #6. Contact. Revisions: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016.

Immigration 1727-1740

The major immigrants from a list of more than tens of thousands of Germans connected with the French family of FFA Chart #195 for reasons of owning land nearby, being naturalized at the same time George French was naturalized in Annapolis, MD, in 1747, or for marrying into the French family, are stated below.

á      Peter Rule, ship Adventure Galley, Rotterdam, Oct 1727 (Rule family connected with Peter French of FFA Chart #129)

á      Jacob Miller, ship Alexander and Anne, 5 Sep 1730 (Miller married French)

á      Jacob Snevely, ship Snow Lowther, Rotterdam, 14 Oct 1731 (Snevely married French)

á      Henrick Ebby, ship Samuel, 11 Aug 1732 (Henrick Ebby or Henry Avey was naturalized with George French in 1747)

á      Lisbetha, Kathrina, John, and Mergretha Evy, ship Samuel, 11 Aug 1732 (children of Henry Avey; Lisbetha Avey ÒmayÓ have married George French)

á      Jacob Miller, ship Johnson Galley, 18 Sep 1732 (Miller married French)

á      Henrick Miller, ship Johnson Galley, 18 Sep 1732 (Miller married French)

á      Johan Jacob Felker, age 17, ship Pink Plaisance, 21 Sep 1732 (Felker married French)

á      Hans, age 37, and Elisbat Snebliey, age 44, Barbra Snebliey, age 24, Hanes Snebliey, age 11, Kasper Snebliey, age 9, Katrina Snebliey, age 6, Anna Katrina Snebliey, age 12, Anna Barbra Shebliey, age 10, ship Hope, 28 Aug 1733 (French married Snebliey)

á      Christian Sheybly, age 53, and Christian Sheibly, age 17, ship Harle, 1 Sep 1736

á      Joseph Wohlgemuth, ship Harle, 1 Sep 1736

á      *Jacob Frantz, ship Robert and Alice, 11 Sep 1738, did take and subscribe the Oaths of the Govt.

á      *Jacob Frank, age 30, ship Nancy, 20 Sep 1738

á      *Jacob Frans, age 34, ship Elizabeth, 30 Oct 1738

á      *Jacob Frantz, ship Elizabeth, 30 Oct 1738

á      Peter Rule or Ruhl, ship Samuel and Snow Betsie, 27 Aug 1739 (French married Rule)

á      *Jacob Frank, age 25, ship Friendship, 3 Sep 1739

á      *Johann Jacob Franck, ship Friendship, 3 Sep 1739

á      Jacob Wagner, age 20, ship Samuel & Elizabeth, 30 Sep 1740

á      Henry and Johannes Wagner, ship Loyal Judith, 25 Nov 1740

*Discounted as being French as these names are viable names in the new colonies and were not altered to French, plus their DNA does not match with French.

Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists

Palatine German Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia 1727-1739

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pagermanpioneers/pennsylvania-ships.html

Date                               Ship

á      18 September 1727  William & Sarah

á      27 September 1727  James Goodwill

á      30 September 1727  Molly

á      2 October 1727  Adventure

á      16 October 1727  Friendship of Bristol

á      23 August 1728  Mortonhouse

á      4 September 1728  Albany

á      11 September 1728  James Goodwill

á      19 August 1729  Mortonhouse

á      15 September 1729  Allen

á      29 August 1730  Thistle of Glasgow

á      5 September 1730  Alexander & Anne

á      30 November 1730  Joyce

á      16 August 1731  Samuel

á      10 September 1731  Pennsylvania Merchant

á      21 September 1731  Britannia

á      14 October 1731  Lowther

á      15 May 1732  Norris

á      11 August 1732  Samuel

á      11 September 1732  Pennsylvania Merchant

á      19 September 1732  Johnson

á      21 September 1732  Pink Plaisance

á      23 September 1732  Adventure

á      25 September 1732  Loyal Judith

á      26 September 1732  Mary

á      30 September 1732  Dragon

á      11 October 1732  Pleasant

á      17 October 1732  John & William

á      17 August 1733  Samuel

á      27 August 1733  Elizabeth

á      28 August 1733  Hope

á      18 September 1733  Pennsylvania Merchant

á      28 September 1733 Richard & Elizabeth

á      29 September 1733 (Pink) Mary

á      11 October 1733 Charming Betty

á      12 September 1734 St. Andrew (Galley) - Another Transcription

á      23 September 1734  Hope

á      29 May 1735  Mercury

á      28 June 1735  Mary

á      26 August 1735  Oliver

á      1 September 1736  Harle

á      16 September 1736  Princess Augusta

á      19 October 1736  John

á      30 August 1737  Samuel

á      10 September 1737 Snow Molly

á      24 September 1737  Virtuous Grace

á      26 September 1737  St. Andrew Galley

á      5 October 1737  Townsend

á      8 October 1737  Charming Nancy

á      31 October 1737  William

á      27 July 1738  Catharine

á      5 September 1738  Winter Galley

á      9 September 1738  Glasgow

á      9 September 1738  Two Sisters

á      11 September 1738  Robert & Alice

á      16 September 1738  Queen Elizabeth

á      19 September 1738  Thistle

á      20 September 1738  Friendship

á      20 September 1738  Nancy

á      12 October 1738  Fox

á      25 October 1738  Davy

á      27 October 1738  St. Andrew

á      28 October 1738  Bilander Thistle (Billender Thistle of Philadelphia)

á      30 October 1738  Elizabeth

á      9 November 1738  Charming Nancy

á      6 December 1738  Enterprise

á      8 January 1739  London

á      7 February 1739  Jamaica

á      27 August 1739  Samuel

á      27 August 1739 Snow Betsey (Betsie)

á      3 September 1739  Robert & Alice

á      3 September 1739  Friendship

á      3 September 1739  Loyal Judith

á      11 December 1739  Lydia