The Neptune, 1751 to Philadelphia
Michael Palmer
> I am interested in learning anything I can about the Neptune that
> sailed to Philadelphia from Cowes, England and arrived about 23 or 24
> Sept 1751. I am attempting to find a passenger list for that ship. I
> have been told that Johan Adam, Johan Nicholas, and Peter Gift came from
> Germany and arrived on The Neptune.
Two different vessels named NEPTUNE arrived at Philadelphia in September
1751 carrying German immigrants: (1) the ship NEPTUNE, Capt. James Wier,
from Cowes and Rotterdam, whose male passengers aged 16 years and over
took the oaths of allegiance, fidelity, and abjuration, on Monday, 23
September, and (2) the ship NEPTUNE, John Mason, Commander, from Rotterdam
and last from Cowes, whose passengers qualified on Tuesday, 24 September.
No complete list of passengers survives for either vessel. However, the
signature lists of the male passengers aged 16 years and over who took the
above oaths do survive in the Pennsylvania State Archive in Harrisburg.
They have been published many times, most authoritatively in Ralph Beaver
Strassburger, _Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original
lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808_, edited
by William John Hinke, vol. 1, Pennsylvania German Society, Proceedings
42 (Norristown, Penn., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934), list 171C, pp.
466-467, and list 172C, pp. 467-469, respectively. There is, however, no
reference to anyone with the surname GIFT on either list.
Michael Palmer
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Michael Palmer
Claremont, California
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Jim
