She came to the New World with her parents on the Mary & John in l630 at age l2.
Sources:
SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY AND JOHN, VOL. 4
He is named in the will of a Thomas Forde, merchant of Dorchester, County Dorset, England as the son of his brother John. Other than this, his parentage is unknown. He had children baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Dorchester from l623 to l629. Before that he lived in Bridport, Dorset. He married his first wife in Powerstock in l6l0, 4 miles Northeast of Bridport, County, Dorset, England.
He came from Dorchester, County Dorset, England in l630 on the Mary &John to Dorchester, Mass. He brought his second wife, Elizabeth Charde, & daughters Mary, age l7, Joan age l2, Abigail age l0, and Hepzibah age 4, along with his step-son Aaron Cooke age l7, with him. Thomas Ford is named as an "olderman of good estate" added to the company coming to Mass. to provide balance to the settlement. May l3, l63l he was admitted Freeman. In Oct. l633 the Court in Mass. selected l2 men called Selectmen to vote on local issues, naming him as one of the Selectmen. In l633 he was among those having to erect a fence to keep the cows in, being the owner of l cow. He was in l634 named as having 2 cows & l breeding bull. In l635 he was among those chosen to order the affairs of the Plantation (Dorchester, Mass.). He helped in construction of their first church in l639. In l633/4 he was appointed as one of 4 to set the boundary between Boston & Roxbury. He was an active & useful man in Dorchester& Windsor as his name appears frequently on the town records.
He was among the group who with Rev. Warham migrated from Dorchester,Mass. & founded Windsor, Ct. in l636. He was elected Deputy in l637, 8, 9, & l640, to the General Court, grand juror in l643 & juror in l644. In l637 he was among the men who purchased land from the Indians for the inhabitants of Windsor which was called Windsor Locks. This happened about the time of the Pequot Wars. A description of his land is on pg. 493 & 494, along with 496 in "THE HISTORIES AND GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT". There is also a listing of his land holdings which were quite large along the Connecticut River on pg. 549 of the same book. He gave one of his large holdings through his will to Zerrubabel Fyler on the condition he marry his granddaughter, Experience Strong. He was also chosen as Constable for Windsor for l655. In l654 he was fined in Court 20 pounds for bringing charges against the Elders with Zerubbabel Fyler.
Soon after he married his 3rd wife, he moved to Hartford, Ct. & established in the home of Thomas Scott (his wife's former husband) the first Tavern there. In l652 he sold the tavern. He continued to hold his large properties in Windsor. In l654 he was among those who founded Northampton, Mass. Judge Henry N. Blake says, "Six Presidents of the United States were descended from Thomas Ford ("THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY"). There is a copy of his signature on pg. 270 of "THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT."
Sources:
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND
A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND
GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF AMERICA
SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY & JOHN
CONNECTICUT COLONISTS, WINDSOR l635-l703
THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, l635-l89l
SOME OF THE NAMES OF THE FIRST PURITAN SETTLERS OF CONNECTICUT
RECORDS OF A PARTICULAR COURT OF CONNECTICUT l639-l663
THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
FOUNDERS OF EARLY AMERICAN FAMILIES
NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO l700
THE ENGLISH ORIGINS OF THE "MARY AND JOHN" PASSENGERS
GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND, VOL. l
THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY
THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, VOL. l6, "Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England,and
Dorchester, Mass."
Her first husband was a joiner. She had a son, Aaron Cooke, by him. She came on the "Mary and John" with her husband, her son, astep-daughter, & 4 of her daughters in l630.
Sources:
SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY AND JOHN, VOL. 11
CONNECTICUT COLONISTS, WINDSOR l635-l703
NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO l700
THE ENGLISH ORIGINS OF THE "MARY AND JOHN" PASSENGERS
THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY
THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, VOL. l6, "Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England,and
Dorchester, Mass."
Sources:
SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY AND JOHN, VOL. 4
She came to the New World with her parents on the Mary and John in l630 as a baby.
Sources:
SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE MARY AND JOHN, VOL. 4
Sources:
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD
WILLIAM BEARDSLEY OF STRATFORD
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD
WILLIAM BEARDSLEY OF STRATFORD
Came to America Sept. 5, 1738 on the ship THE WINTER GALLEY. Their first home was in the Shenandoah Valley. He with some other settlers organized St. Peter's Lutheran Church in l750, the first Church west of the Blue Ridge. He lived on Cow Pasture River near Lexington and 4 miles from Natural Bridge. It is now in Rockbridge Co. He & his wife married in Offenbach but were residents of Germersheim, Bavaria, Germany.
Sources:
HARLESS GENEALOGY
GERMAN NEW RIVER SETTLEMENT
ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERSPassenger List
of the
Winter Galley
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NOTE Emigrated 5 Sep 1738 on "Winter Galley" to Philadelphia, PABIOGRAPHY: Philip Harless came to Philadelphia, Pa, from Palatines (Germany) on board the ship Winter Gallery, Edward Paynter master, 9-5-1738. It is believed that all Harless in the U.S. are descendents of this Philip Harless, who was one of the first settlers in the New River Settlement Montgomery Co., Va. Philip Harless had patents (grants of land) over 1000 acres of land on Thomas Creek, Montgomery Co., Va.
All Harlesses in the USA are descended from this Philip Harless who arrived 5 Sep 1738 in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, Germany in the Winter Galley. See Heavener, p. 61, German New River Settlement (Baltimore: GPC, 1981). Philip Harless I was one of the very first settlers in the New River Settlement. Name given as John Philip Harless in Harless Family Bulletin, Vol. 9 no. 1 (1971), p. 4. Yates & Price, Increase in Prices, p. 2. will dated 21 Mar 1772, probated 19 May 1772, recorded in Will Book 4, p. 493, Augusta Co., VA. Augustine, Henry, Daniel Price and Charles Rush were named administrators to his will.
Notes for John Philip Harless, Sr.:
According to Patricia Givens Johnson in her book _The New River Early Settlement_, Philip Harless was a German immigrant "who had arrived Sept. 5, 1738 in Pennsylvania on the Winter Galley out of Rotterdam" (80) ; they lived in Lancaser County, Pennsylvania before moving to the New River Valley in 1748. Philip and Anna Harless' first child "was christened in a Moravian church in Lancaster town though the Harlesses had been Lutherans at Muhlhofen, Rheinland Phalz" (80).According to P. G. Johnson's book _James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists_, Philip Harless (the anglicized version of the German "Horlash") was aboard the ship "Winter Galley" when it docked at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1738. "Michael and Augustine Price, Adam Wall, and Philip Harless came [to New River] in 1748 and settled near Israel Lorton who had bought from Patton in 1745. They settled on Stroubles (Strupel's) Creek and Tom's (Thom's) Creek, branches of New River.
PGJ: New River, Early Settlement: Many New River settlers fled the area around 1755, after brutal Indian attacks. "Near the Peaked Mountain Augustine Price, brothers Henry and Daniel, the Harlesses, Lingles, and others from New River found safety" (120) ("The Germans called this "Pinquit Mountdan" on "Chanithor" in "Agoste". Philip Harless was still living on Cub Run in 1760. (Cub Run was near Elkton, Rockingham County.)
More About John Philip Harless, Sr.:
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I originally got this story from the Harless homepage on the web, but when I went into it 4/12/03, I couldn't find the link. ebt
From the Rhine to America, Palatines to Philadelphia
[List 52 A] A List of all the mens names and ages from sixteen years and upwards Passengers on bd. ye Winter Gally, Edward Paynter, Commander. [Qualified September 5, 1738]
Philip Harlash, 22--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our Harless story began in the upper section of Rheinland Pfalz (Rheinland Palatinate) of Germany, in the Landau City District of Muhlfofen, at the village of (unknown) Offenbach, Landau, Rheinland Germersheim.The Palentine area of Germany had been devastated by religious wars between Lutherans and Catholics and overrun by invading armies in wars considered to be some of the most fierce and cruel fighting Western Civilization had ever seen. The area was not so much involved in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) as were other areas, but it became the battleground for the French, Swedish, Spanish and the German Imperialists wars. Because of this there was widespread destruction of both people and property in this area between 1622-1707. During those years there were shiploads of German emigrants coming from Germany to America to avoid religious persecution.
In 1683, a group of German emigrants from the Palatinate founded the first permanent German settlement in North America at Germantown, Pennsylvania. This started a mass emigration into Pennsylvania. There were three major reasons for the emigration out of Germany in the late 1600's and early 1700's. The first was that religious persecutions were
carried out by both the churches and the government. After the Treaty of Westfalia (1648), which ended the Thirty Years War, the Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed Lutheran or Calvinist churches were the only churches officially recognized by the existing kingdoms. All others were still persecuted.The second reason was economic and environmental conditions. In Germany there were always economic problems due to the constant wars and overcrowded conditions that existed. But, the worst by far was seen during the Thirty Years War. During this time, towns were continually being ravaged and plundered by German, as well as foreign armies. In 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession, the Pfalz was destroyed for the fourth time.
The third reason for the mass emigration was the political conditions that existed in Germany during that period. Often the people were heavily taxed and oppressed in order to support the nobility and to provide a military force. When enticing stories of the new world were spread around, of being able to worship freely, being free from the threats of war and oppression, and being able to own as much land as they wanted, the people began leaving by the thousands.
In 1738, our ancestor, Johann Phillip Harless, age 22, and his brother-in-law, Johann Phillip Preisch/Price, age ?? , took their families to Rottersdam, the Netherland, where they boarded the ship "Winter Galley", with Edward Paynter as commander. They set sail, first for Deal England, and then for the New World. They would no doubt miss their homeland, but were excited and eager to begin a new and better way of life in America.
On September 5, 1738, the ship, the "Winter Galley" was the first of 5 Ships, carrying Palatines from Germany, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All ships had sailed from Rottersdam, via Deal England, to Philadelphia and carried the first of our Harless ancestors to set foot on American soil.
On the same day, Philip(Johan) Harless and Johan Michel Preisch, along with the other male members of the ship, were at the court house of Philadelphia, did take and subscribe the oaths to the government, which at that time was British. After immigration the Prices and the Harlesses stayed for a time in Lancaster County, PA. The first child of Philip(Johan) Harless and Anna Margaretha Preisch was christened in a Moravian church in Lancaster town though the Harless's had been Lutherans at Muhlhofen in Germany.
They then settled down in Orange County, Virginia, on the Shenandoah River. They were there for some eight or ten years, and then they moved near Lexington (on Cow Pasture River about 4 miles from Natural Bridge). Then we find them in the German New River Settlement, southwest of the present city of Roanoke. There Phillip(Johan) Harless acquired considerable land, raising a family of 5 son's and 2 daughters, and was among those who in 1750 built the first Luthern Church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Ferdinand Horless, our earliest recorded Harless ancestor, was born in 1690, in the Offenbach, in the district of Muhlhofen, County of Landau, in the Western Palantinate of Germany, near the International border with France. He died April 6, 1740 in Muehlhofen, Palatinate, Germany. He married Anna Catherine Volger, daughter of ??, on January 6, 1691.
At this time it has not been determined that Johann Philip Harless, who sailed to America on the Ship "Winter Galley" in the year of 1738, was the son of Ferdinand and Anna Catherine (Volger)Harless.
Johan Phillip Harless born 1716 in West Germany, and died 1772 in Montgomery Co., Va. married Anna Margaretta Preisch(Price) Feb 1738 in West Germany. She was the daughter of Hendrick Preisch and Agnus Hoffman, born 1718 in West Germany and died 1784 in Montgomery Co., Va. It is believed the voyage from Germany to America was spent as their
HoneyMoon.(It was a common practice in those days to baptize a child within one week of it's birth. Also, it is worthwhile to note that the name Johann is the German equivalent of the English name of John. And there was a German custom of the middle name being used as the calling name.)
From Emma Mae fgs: buried in Harless Cemetery within sight of old Harless Homestead near Blacksburg, VA
SOURCE: SLC FHL film #1035660, item #3, "A Open Letter" dated January1979; SLC FHL film #1036816, item #4, "The HARLESS Family Association Bulletin", pgs. 3 & 4; SLC FHL film #1421655, item #4, "The HARLESS Family Genealogy" by J.L. PRITCHARD, M.D.; Lutheran Marriage Register in Germersheim, Germany showing her marriage date to be 21 Feb.
1738.NOTE: THE PALATINATE, under the dominion of Bavaria (or Bayern, the German name for Bavaria), a former kingdom and state, runs along the Rhine river. The Pfalz area, then listed as the Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, later became known as the Rheinland-Pfalz since 1945, which is now in the western part of West Germany. Americanized surname spelling, PRICE; Anglicized surname spelling, PREISS; and the German surname spelling, PREISCH. The city of Offenbach is near the city of Landau in West Germany. Anna is buried in the HARLESS Cemetery at Long Shop, Virginia.