Palatine Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia

German, Swiss, Dutch & French Palatine ships to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Passenger list for the ship Thistle Sept. 19, 1738

Palatines imported in the ship Thistle, John Wilson, Commander, from Rotterdam, last from Plmouth, England - 300 passenger

Daniel Draichler
Wilhelm Bischoff
Isaac Ommell
Valentin Heiss *
Jacob Kener *
Abraham Stetler
Jacob Sligh *
Thomas Reigh *
Johannes Gers *
Daniel Schneider
Lorentz Gutt
Andreas Neumann
Henrich Becholdt *
Johann Keller
Jacob Carle
Christian Lutz *
Caspar Lutz
Jacob Cloder
Johannes Hedrigh *
Johannes Cron
Jacob Meyer
Elias Zoller
Michael Thiel *
Michael Friess
Johannes Friess *
Martin Rimm
Johannes Krismm
Jost Freueller
Johannes Con *
Bernhart Smith *
Melchior Smith *
Conrad Ruhmle
Christian Lotter
Paul Shiffer se.
Berhart Shiffer
Paulus Shiffer, jr.
Philip Kuhn
Valentin Wildt
Jacob Bender
Christian Brechbull
Johannes Schlighter
Christian Stettler
Peter Habacker *
Henrich Brightbill *
Georg Elias Amendt ?
Peter Fonderburgh *
Valentin Fonderburgh *
Johan Ada Schneider
Joseph Keller *
Johan Georf Lotz
Johannes Weinmuller
Jost Birkenstock
Georg Michel Grotz
Johan Leonhart Muller
Hans Georg Mayer
Joh. Jacob Schulmann
Conrad Weymiller
Andreas Mendung ?
Johan Simon Friess
Caspar Kuhner
Hans Martin Biller
Hans Jacob Pfarr *
Jams Adam Leidy *
Michael Underkoffer
Martin Mansperber
Johan Hermann Schaffer
Joh. Hen. Riemenschneider
Herry Bartholom. Shaffer
John Rudolph Auchenbach *
Michael Hubach
Andreas Hannewalt
Johan Ludwig Muller
Johan Conrad Ziegler
Johan Peter Schneider
Nicholaus Freitag
Elias Nicolas Bender
Jacob Nicolas Bender *
Johan Philip Schmeltzer
Dietrich Six *
Johan Frank
Georg Gunther
Peter Gunther
Wendel Lentz
Johannes Wiest
Hans Meyer
Ulrich Segen ?
Johann Rudolph
Jocob Kallady *
Georg Mattheis Weller
Jacob Hubach
Michael Strobel
Hans Schmauss ?
Joh. Mich. Geisselmann


  • From original German signature unless marked with *
  • * From name written by clerk
  • ? Original German signature difficult to decipher



Source: A Collection of upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776; Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Second Revised Edition, 1876, Philadelphia; pp.121-122.