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Between 1708 and 1710, Queen Anne from England supported the emigration of more than 3000 Germans from the Rhineland or Palatinate region. They traveled down the Rhine to Holland where they were transported to holding camps in London. A preliminary party led by Rev. Kocherthal arrived in 1708. In 1710 six more ships arrived at New Amsterdam (New York). The surviving Palatines were transported up the Hudson River to Livingston Manor where they were settled in two camps on the east and west sides of the Hudson. They were ill-equipped and received poor supplies and training for their bonded task - making pine tar for ship building. In 1711, led by Conrad Weiser, about 250 families decided their contract with England was broken and set off to find desirable farm land they felt had been promised to them by Queen Anne in the land of the Mohawk Indians. This site is dedicated to those pioneers of the Mohawk Valley. My ancestor, Ludwig Rickert, is one of them.  The families are organized by the seven dorfs decribed in Simmendingers pamphlet, as well as other Mohawk Valley Palatines and collaterals. Each family is has an individual file with a 3-generation descendent chart, migration information, reference links and researcher contacts. A web-friendly listing of research sources for our Palatine ancestors. A comprehensive, printer-friendly document detailing my sources uncovered in more than 10 years of Palatine research.
This site is dedicated to my grandmother, Bernice Van Norman Rickard, with whom I shared the love of genealogy. |
