| Sources:
Records Pertaining to Jacob's Immigration
—
1a. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Pennsylvania |
| Year: |
1752 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morhardt, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
1804 |
| Source Name: |
EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor. Names of Foreigners
Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania,
1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania
Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787
p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. |
| Source Annotation: |
Taken from original manuscripts in the state archives.
Names given throughout pages 1-677. Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania
named on pages 521-667. No. 3776, Kelker, supplements this. |
| Source Page #: |
368 |
1b. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Philadelphia |
| Year: |
1752 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morhardt, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
7820 |
| Source Name: |
RUPP, ISRAEL DANIEL. A Collection of Upwards
of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants
in Pennsylvania from 1717 to 1776, with a Statement of the Names of Ships,
Whence They Sailed, and the Date of Their Arrival at Philadelphia, Chronologically
Arranged, Together with the Necessary Historical and Other Notes, also,
an Appendix Containing Lists of More Than One Thousand German and French
Names in New York prior to 1712. Leipzig [Germany]: Degener & Co.,
1931. 478, 89 p. Reprint of the 2nd revised and enlarge ed., 1876, with
index from 3rd ed. by Ernst Wecken, 1931, and added index of ships. Reprinted
by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985. 583 p. |
| Source Annotation: |
An index by Marvin V. Koger, Index to the Names
of 30,000 Immigrants… Supplementing the Rupp, Ship Load Volume, 1935,
232 p. is inferior to Wecken's index in the third edition (above)… Contrary
to some opinions, this work by Rupp does not duplicate nos. 9041-9042 by
Strassburger, although there are thousands of names which are duplicates.
Strassburger's work, however, is more accurate and more reliable than Rupp's.
See also no. 9330, Urlsperger… |
| Source Page #: |
289 |
1c. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Philadelphia |
| Year: |
1752 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morhardt, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
9041 |
| Source Name: |
STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER. Pennsylvania German Pioneers:
A
Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia
from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania
German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing
Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p. |
| Source Annotation: |
Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by
Krebs (see no. 4203). Various references to the names in Strassburger will
be found in other listings, mostly where authors have attempted to line
up their information with that in Strassburger. This work (often
referred to as Strassburger and Hinke) is much superior to no. 7820, Rupp,
and no. 1804, Egle. It forms a revision with additions to Rupp and
Egle, and was prepared and edited with great accuracy. Vol. 1 contains
captains' lists, 1727-1775; vol. 2 has facimilies of all signatures of
signers of oaths of allegiance and oaths of abjuration, and was not included
in the G.P.C. reprint; vol. 3 has captains' lists from 1785-1808, and indexes
to captains, ships, ports of departure, and surnames in all volumes.
The set was originally vols. 42-44 of the Pennsylvania German Society
Proceedings. |
| Source Page #: |
498 |
1d. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Pennsylvania |
| Primary Individual: |
Morhardt, Jacob Friedrich |
| Source Code: |
3570.5 |
| Source Name: |
JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors."
In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 9:1 (Summer 1983), pp. 28-33; vol.
9:2 (Autumn 1983), pp. 90-95; vol. 9:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 137-142; vol.
9:4 (Spring 1984), pp. 169-174. |
| Source Annotation: |
Date of arrival with port or place of settlement,
a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World.
Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from
Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate. |
| Source Page #: |
94 |
1e. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund
CD-310):
| 1752 |
Morhardt, Jacob |
PA |
Philadelphia Co. |
Philadelphia |
Jacob is the only MOREHART (or variation) on the CD, except for a Johannes
MORHART in ME (immigration records show this Johannes arrived in NY in
1751).
Records Pertaining to Jacob's Naturalization
—
2a. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Pennsylvania |
| Year: |
1767 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morehard, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
2564 |
| Source Name: |
GIUSEPPI, MONTAGUE SPENCER, editor. Naturalizations
of Foreign Protestants in the American and East Indian Colonies (Pursuant
to Statute 13 George II, c. 7). (Publications of the Huguenot Society
of London, 1921, vol. 24.) Manchester [England]: The Huguenot Society of
London, 1921. 196p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
1964. Repr. 1979. |
| Source Annotation: |
Data derived from return-forms connected with the
naturalization of foreign Protestants, papers that were sent from the Colonies
to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. Transcribed
from two Entry Books, once the property of the Board of Trade and Plantations,
now with the Colonial Office in the Public Record Office, London.
Much other information. Contains returns from the West Indies, North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania. A
more complete record of New York naturalizations can be found in no. 9860,
Wolfe, and for Pennsylvania in no. 6680. |
| Source Page #: |
151 |
2b. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Pennsylvania |
| Year: |
1767 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morehard, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
6045.14 |
| Source Name: |
"Naturalizations, 1740-1773, Lancaster County [Pennsylvania]."
In Lancaster Legacy (Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogial Services).
Vol. 5:2 (Jun. 1988), pp. 39-40. |
| Source Annotation: |
Date and place of naturalization. Place of residence
is also provided. |
| Source Page #: |
40 |
2c. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1538-1940 (Broderbund
CD-354):
| Place: |
Pennsylvania |
| Year: |
1767 |
| Primary Individual: |
Morehard, Jacob |
| Source Code: |
6680 |
| Source Name: |
PENNSYLVANIA (COLONY). SUPREME COURT. "Persons Naturalized
in the Province of Pennsylvania [1740-1773]." In Pennsylvania Archives,
ser. 2, vol. 2 (1876), pp. 345-486 (and in another ed., pp. 293-415). Excerpted
and reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. 1939p. Index
(pp. 125-139). |
| Source Annotation: |
Lists of foreign Protestants naturalized in Pennsylvania.
About 3,000 persons, most of whom were Quakers, with places of residence
and dates of naturalization. More complete than no. 2564, Giuseppi. |
| Source Page #: |
466 |
2d. Anon. 1967/1997. Persons Naturalized in the
Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773, Excerpted and Reprinted form Pennsylvania
Archives, Series 2. Volume II. Indexed Edition. Genealogical
Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-512).
| p. 106 |
[At a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, Before William Coleman
& Alexander Stedman, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, in the tenth
Day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven,
between the Hours of nine and twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon of the
same Day, the following Person being Foreigners:]
Lancaster County.
| Jurors' names.* |
Township. |
Sacrament, when taken… |
| Jacob Morehard, |
Earl, |
10th April, 1767… |
|
| p. 107 |
The Persons hereafter named, being Foreigners, and of the People
called Quakers, and other Protestants who conscientiously scruple to take
an Oath, severally took the Affirmation and made and repeated the Declaration
according to the Directions of the act of the thirteenth of King George
the second, entituled "an Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants
and others therin mentioned as are settled or shall settle in any of his
Majesty's Colonies in America," and of an Act of General Assembly of the
Province of Pennsylvania, made in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and forty-two:
EDW. SHIPPEN, JR., prot.
Affirmers' names. Township. County.
[list of 17 men taking citizenship oath]
|
Other Records —
3. John T. Humphrey. 1991-1998. Pennsylvania Births.
14 vols. Self-published, Washington, DC (Broderbund CD-196):
Child: J. Michel Morheadt
Birth/Baptism Date: 12 Mar 1758
Date Comment: Baptism
Location: New Goshenhoppen Reformed, Upper Hanover Township
County: Montgomery
State: Pennsylvania
Father: Jacob Morheadt
Mother: Mrs. Anna Morheadt |
This record is presumed to be that of the John MOREHART who married Mary
ALSPACH, but typically (for Germans), an individual baptized Johan Michel
would have gone by Michael. However, in America, the English naming
practice of going by one's first name played havoc with how German names
were recorded. There is a Johannes MOREHART, who married Anna Maria
SIGLIN, and while "John" as a saint's name is spelled Johann, I see no
way, so far, to be certain he isn't this son of Jacob.
4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund
CD-311): Jacob not found. Son, John, is in Northampton Co.,
PA.
5. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 2,
Pedigree #601. Has John MOREHART's father as Jacob Friedrick MORHARDT/MOREHART,
wife Anna, born in "Wurttemberg" and died in 1780, Philadelphia Co., PA.
Supplies these notes:
| Arr: 20 Oct 1752 "Duke of Wirttemburg" Phila. with Daniel
Montpelier, Comander. Wurttemberg was spelled Wirtemberg until 1806.
It as several years before Jacob was naturalized, which might indicate
that he was an indentured passenger. He was an educated person because
he signed his name on the ship's list, while many only made a mark.
Jacob was naturalized in Philadelphia on 10 April 1767. Jacob lived
in Earl Township of Lancaster County, during the 1760s the Pennsylvania
Archives list an estate tax in 1780, which might be for Jacob Morhardt's
estate. Series 3, Volume 15, page 398 lists an Effective Supplly
Tax: Morhord's Est'e, County of Philadelphia, Fredrick Township, 1780,
Valuation in the hunrededs 300 tax 9.0.0. On 12 March 1758, Jacob Morheadt
and his wife Anna baptized their son J. Michel at the new Goshenhoppen
Reformed Congregation in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa.
Pastor George Michael Weiss performed the baptism. This record is
in the Pennsylvania German Church Records, page 20, Vol. III, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc. 1983. This is very likely the record of John
Morehart's babtism. John Morehart was born in 1758, but the exact
day is not known. The J. could stand for Johann, which is German
for John. Morheadt is quite likely a misspelling for Morhhardt.
Johnn Morehart's name is sometimes spelled Morhart in the Pennsylvania
Archives and German name books list Morhardt as a variation of Morhart.
John's first born son was named Jacob and he could have been named after
his grandfather. Lastly only one male Morhardt immigrated to America
From Germany in the eighteenth century and that was Jacob. The main
German spelling variations are: Morhart, Morhard, Morhardt, Moorhart, Moorhard;
and Mohrhart, Mohrhard, Mohrhardt. Listed on page 286 in Prof. Josef
K. Brechenmacher's German name book ETYMOLOGISCHES WORTERBACH der DEUTSCHEN
FAMILIENNAMEN,K-Z, C. a. Starke Verlag, Limburg a.d. Lahn, 1963. |
The fact that Jacob came on the ship Duke of Württemburg does
not mean Jacob, himself, came from Württemberg. It always takes
"several years" (five or more) to become a naturalized citizen, so the
delay is no indication that Jacob was indentured. Jacob's naturalization
may have been recorded in the Philadelphia courts, but he was living in
Lancaster Co. at the time he was naturalized. Jacob may have been
the only male MORHARDT (or variation) to immigrate to Pennsylvania
in the 18th Century for whom a record has survived, but he was not
the only MORHARDT (or variation) to come to America in the 18th Century. |
