Georg Volpp arrived in Philadelphia in 1751 as part of a wave of German migration to the British Colonies. His ship, the Phoenix, sailed from Rotterdam via Portsmouth, to Philadelphia. Flight Religious wars had decimated the central Europe, with Catholic and Protestant forces battling for control. The aftereffects of the Thirty Years War was stillContinue reading “Georg Volpp | Immigrant”
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William Crookham | South Ward
William Crookham is included in the 1774 Tax List for the South Ward of Philadelphia. It is unclear how he is included, in that he seems to appear as a sub-item for the taxes of Charles Marshall who owed approximately 79 pounds. South Ward, Philadelphia The South Ward was bordered by Water and Chestnut Streets,Continue reading “William Crookham | South Ward”
A Quaker marries in a Lutheran Church
On the 16th of March in 1752, William Crookham and Mary Philips were married at the Swedes’ Church (Gloria Dei) in Southwark neighborhood, south of Philadelphia.
Finding the Yellow Bricks 