Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania 1727-1775. with the Foreign Arrivals 1786-1808

In 1727 the Pennsylvania Provincial Council passed a law requiring all foreign immigrants (i.e. those of non-British origin) to swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown. Lists of these immigrants were originally assembled for publication in the Pennsylvania Archives (Ser. 2 Vol. XVII) and they are reprinted here without change. This work then is an exhaustive list of foreigners-mostly Germans-who immigrated into the Province and later the State of Pennsylvania between the years 1727 and 1775 and again during the years 1786-1808. More to the point it is a collection of ships' passenger lists in many cases the lists being transcribed in entirety with Captains' lists of passengers running up to the relatively late year of 1808. Along with the full name of the immigrant including the names of all males over the age of sixteen since that was the age they were obliged to take the oath such information is given as name of ship date of arrival port of origin and in some instances ages names of wives and names of children. An exhaustive index of surnames running to more than 100 pages contains about 35000 references.