Palatine Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia

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


Passenger List for Vernon Aug. 1, 1747

Foreigners imported in the bilander (A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries) Vernon Thomas Ricks, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Leit, Scotland.

Male passengers above the age of 16:

  • 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. 176-177.