Magdalena was born in about 1687 in Langnau, Switzerland. Her parents are unknown, she married Peter Eschelman (1683-1754) sometime before 1707, and immigrated with family in 1733 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [1]. Source Bibliography: ROBERTS, CHARLES R. "Germanic Immigrants Named in Early Pennsylvania Ship Lists." In The Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses, vol. 39 (1928), 20p.
Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 [2]. PA Early Census Index, 1733.
Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 [3]. PA Early Census Index, 1754.
Pennsylvania Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers GenRef-Annals-Swiss-German-Pioneer-PA [4].
Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [5].
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [6]
Everything below this comment was on this profile before I adopted it and I have chosen to leave it the way it is at least for now. JD Wagner.
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