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Oct 8, 2022 · By the beginning of 1709, the first Palatine settlement in New York had been established near present day Newburgh. As promising as this start was, things quickly turned sour for the German immigrants that were to follow.
Palatine immigrants came to live in big industrial cities such as Germantown, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Land-searching Palatines moved to the Midwestern States and founded new homes in the fertile regions of Illinois , Indiana , and Ohio .
So many German-speaking immigrants were from the Palatinate (Pfalz) region during the 1600-1700s that English-speaking people soon called anyone who spoke German a "Palatine." Our organization is interested in researching all German-speaking ancestors, not just those from the Palatinate region.
In 1735 there were 268 German immigrants who arrived in the port. In 1736 it was 736, and it rose to 1528 in 1737. Expectations were for 1738 to see even larger numbers of emigrants.
Jul 19, 2023 · More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, 1717–1776, and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. Universal City, Calif.: Henry Z. Jones, 1991.
Many of the early German settlers of America (e.g. the Pennsylvania Dutch) were refugees from the Palatinate. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Palatinate's lands on the west bank of the Rhine were incorporated into France, while its eastern lands were divided largely between neighbouring Baden and Hesse.
Aug 24, 2024 · The WikiTree Palatine Migration Project aims to support research and collaboration on profiles of German-speaking migrants, usually called "Palatine Germans" or "Palatines," who settled in North America, Ireland and elsewhere in the 18th century, prior to the American Revolution.
