Johannes Schwardle (1753 - 1817)

Born 14 May 1753 in Eppingen, Necker, Grand Duchy of Baden, DEU

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Died 1817 at about age 63 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery Co, PA

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Biography

Johannes Schwardle was born in 1753 in Eppingen, Grand Duchy of Baden, now in Germany^[1]. He emigrated to America, arriving on 30 September, 1772 in Philadelphia from Rotterdam on the ship "Minerva"^[2]. He was a Mennonite.

"He was a 'Redemptioner', and his passage to America was paid by Rev. Henry Rosenberger, in whose service he continued for three years. John Schwardle's passage to America was paid upon his arrival at Philadelphia, by Rev. Henry Rosenberger, who thus acquired the right of his services for the term of three years, as provided by the laws of that period. He came to Franconia and worked faithfully upon the Indian Creek farm, and found favor in his master's eyes as a worthy young man, moreover, he found favor with the daughter Magdalena, and after obtaining his freedom, they were married. He was well rewarded for he obtained a good wife, and inherited a fine farm, which he transmitted to his descendants, who had a large portion of it to the present time [1906]' ^[2].

In the will of John Schwardle, mention is made that Abraham got eighteen acres; Joseph, eighty acres (the Jacob Alderfer farm in 1906); and Philip the homestead with one hundred and nine acres^[2].

He passed away in 1817, in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ageed 62-63^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD6-6PR6 : 3 April 2020), John, 15 May 1753; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Richen, Eppingen, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Abraham James Fretz. Rosenberger and Swartley Family History; 1906; Descendants of Jacob Swartley p. 24

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