| Birth | 1622 | Kriegsheim, Pfalz, Germany |
| Death | 1707 | Germantown, Philadelphia co., PA |
| Spouse | ||
| m.1st Dorothea Scharf and had Frances. | ||
| Petition | 8 May 1685 | Horcheim, Germany |
| Filed, with Hans Peter UMSTADT and Gerhard HENDRICKS, a petition for passport. 8 May 1685 at Horcheim, GERMANY | ||
| Oral History | <1685> | Germantown, Philadelphia co., PA |
| �He settled in Germantown when that section of the city of Philadelphia was all woodland and occupied only by the Indians. � �His is said to have been Germantown's first Sheriff� �when an old man, Peter was one of the founders of the Germantown Friend's School.� | ||
| Property | 16 Aug 1685 | Krefeld, Rhenish Prussia, Germany |
| �By an agreement with Dirk Shipman of Crefeld, dated August 16, 1685, [Peter] was to proceed with the first good wind to Pennsylvania, and there receive 200 acres from Herman Op den Graeff, on which he should erect a dwelling, and for which he should pay a rent of two rix dollars a year.� | ||
| Immigration | 16 Oct 1685 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Peter Schumacher, widower, arrived in Philadelphia on 16 Oct 1685 on the Francis & Dorothy, from London, Richard Bridgeman, Commander. Among the passengers were Peter Schumacher, and Peter his son, Mary his daughter, and Sarah his Cousin and Frances and Gertrude his daughters. Another daughter, wife of Dielman Kolb, remained and died in Germany. | ||
| Court | 1693 | Philadelphia, PA |
| �In 1693, [Peter] was one of four person who signed the certificate of Samuel Jennings, as a delegate from the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting to the Yearly Meeting at London.� | ||
| Property | ||
| �Peter Schumacher, on 6 Oct 1685, purchased of Herman Isaacs Op de Graeff, Dirck Isaacs Op de Graeff, and Abraham Isaacs Op de Graeff, another 25 acres (a half lot) in Germantown.� | ||
| Hans Culp ancestry found: 7 May 2000 dated: 6 May 2000 http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thera&id=I3209 Thera S. Hammond <tsh@harborside.com> |
| Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter, Vol 2, No 10 Bruce E. Logan Jr., editor <blogan@zoomnet.net> |
| Lauren's Ancestors Lauren and Brad Atherton <athertonb@eudoramail.com> |
| Dielman (Rev) (Imm) [Schumacher] KOLB Gary Anderson <gary.anderson@usm.edu> |
| Descendants of Arndts SCHUMACHER John Quinn <rsajaq@erols.com> |
| The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania Ralph Beaver Strassburger |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for Peter SCHUMACHER |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I2010.html |
| updated: | 2 Jun 2002 |