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AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS—1743. 167
^ot), 10, 1743. gremt>e famen mit bent ©eefc^iffe Snbeatior,
Sapitain Jl^omaö Slnterfon, oon Sonbon.
Matheis Braunefelder, Matheis Braunefelder jr.,
Adam Schaub,* Hans Ulrich Schaub.
Jacob Frounwalder,*
Note.—Sometime in the summer of 1743, the ancestor of the Kel-
KEES (Swiss) left his native country for America. His great-grandson,
Rudolph F. Kelker, son of Frederick, has in his possession interesting
family papers, from which the Editor has made some extracts. Among
others is a certificate of church-membership, viz : L. B. S.
It is shown by these presents, that Heinrich Köllicker, born in 1705
at Herrliberg, on Lake Zurich, is the son of estimable parents, and
has, by holy Baptism, been united with the Reformed Christian Church.
Likewise, it is also the intention of Barbara Brätscheri, his wedded
wife, together with their three sons and two daughters, all of good
repute, as far as is known, to leave their fatherland of their own accord
and emigrate to Pennsylvania or Carolina, in order there permanently
to settle and herewith take with them their churchright for themselves
and for their descendants.
To this journey we wish them success, the divine blessing, health
and the attainment of their object. For the sake of greater security
I have written the above with my own hand and certified it with
my seal.
HANS CONRAD ZIEGLER,
Herrliberg, \
Minister at Herrliberg
the 8th day of June, 1743. J and Wezwyl. [l. s.]
Family tradition says, they were 28 weeks in crossing the ocean.
The date of their actual departure from Switzerland, and of their arrival
in this country, and place of landing, are all (up to the present)
unknown. As the name does not appear on the lists of immigrants to
Pennsylvania, it has been surmised that they landed in Carolina.
Henry Köllicker settled about four miles from Lebanon, now Lebanon,
then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and we learn from the Records
of the Church that he was an Elder in the "Berg Kirch," near Lebanon,
in 1745. His son Anthony, and daughter Susanna are his only
children supposed to have reached America with him. The others, it
is believed, died before his arrival.
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