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- Philipp Drescher in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Philipp Drescher
Arrival Year: 1743
Arrival Place: Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 1035.1
Primary Immigrant: Drescher, Philipp
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of first mention. Date and place of birth and marriage, names of parents, occupation, and other information may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: BURKETT, BRIGITTE. Emigrants from Baden and Wurttemberg in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1: Baden-Durlach and Vicinity. Camden, ME: Picton, Press, 1996.
Page: 59
Philip Drascher in the Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
Name: Philip Drascher
Year: 1768
Town or Ward: Longswamp
County: Berks
Archive Rollname: 316
Philip Dresher in the Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783
Name: Philip Dresher
Volume: 2
Page: 320
"Phillip Drescher of Ellmendingen, unmarried son of a citizen, poor, manumitted to Pennsylvania." Werner Hacker reference #1699, "Auswanderungen aus Baden und dem Breisgau," Konrad Theiss Verlag, 1980
"Manumission" was a release from vassalage and feudal obligations (serfdom) to the local prince, and had to be applied for, in addition to permission to emigrate. Such permission was usually granted, and a tax and fee was assessed. This fee, called the "10 Pfennig tax," amounted to 10% of the immigrant's real property. "Emigrants from Baden and Wu'rttemberg in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1, Baden-Durlach and Vicinity," by Brigitte Burkett, 1996, pp iv-v.
....1743 - Newly married couple almost immediately go by boat down the Rhine to Rotterdam, then sailing via Deal , England, for Pennsylvania....19 Nov 1744 - In Lehigh or Berks County by this time. First child, Jacob Lorenz Drescher born.. ..The actual location of the births of Philip's various children is not entirely clear. While it is known that he owned land in Longswamp Twp, Berks, PA, he and his family clearly worshiped at Zion's Lutheran Church, Lower Macungie Twp, Lehigh, PA., several miles northeast of adjoining Longswamp Twp, Berks. It is not clear if he continually lived on his Longswamp lands, or if he also had holdings in Lower Macungie....29 Dec 1753 - Philip Drescher listed as having lands adjacent to those of Philip and brother Samuel Borger in Longswamp. Berks patents C-11:284....1767 - Philip Dresher of Longswamp listed as having 200 acres, 4 horses, 3 cattle, 3 sheep, and paying 10 (shillings?) in taxes.... .1768 - Philip Drescher of Longswamp now listed as having 300 acres, 5 horses, 3 cattle, 3 sheep and paying 10 (shillings?) in taxes....1780 - Philip Dresher of Longswamp listed as having 301. 5 acres, no Negroes, 2 horses, 2 cattle, and paying 51 pounds , 5 shillings, 0 pence in taxes. Sons Conrad and Lawrence are also listed in same schedule....13 Aug 1781 - Philip Drescher appointed as Sergeant, Captain Charles Krause's Company, 1st Battalion Berks County Militia, assigned to guard Hessian prisoners of war in Reading, Berks, PA. Guard detail lasted 60 days from 16 Aug 1781 until 16 Oct 1781. ("History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783," Morton L. Montgomery , 1894, pp. 164-165)....Lawrence Dresher and a brother Philip resided on adjoining farms, where they worked and lived. These farms were originally over 300 acres in area, and situated in Longswamp township, near Mertztown. Lawrence Dresher married a Miss Fegley, and they had two sons, Samuel and John....[Much of the Drescher research and detailed analysis was provided by Dorothy J . Clark, Lansdale, PA.]
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1721 - Abt 1793 (71 years)
