Abraham Dummermuth Ebersohl

Notes for ABRAHAM EBERSOHL:

Abraham Ebersohl (swiss-german) from Palatine, went from the Rhine River to Rotterdam, Holland and sailed on the English ship "James Goodwill". David Crockett was ship master. The ship stopped in Falmouth, England. The voyage was marked by much suffering and hardship. Abraham set sail with a wife and 3 young children. They docked at Philadelphia on September 27, 1727. His name is on the ship's register, (Col. Rec. III. 284. Pg.51) Abraham repeated and signed Declaration of Alliance to King George II of England. Received Land Grant of 300 Acres in Lancaster Co., Pa. on November 25, 1735. Paid taxes on property - Lebanon Township as late as 1782. Three known children born after he arrived in America.

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"He came down the Rhine River to Rotterdam, Holland, with his wife and three young children. For here he sailed on the English ship "James Goodwill." The ship stopped at the port of Falmouth, England, before sailing to America. After a voyage marked by much suffering and hardship, they landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 1727, where Abraham repeated and signed the Declaration of Allegiance to King George II of England. His land grant of 300 acres in Lancaster County was November 25, 1735.

Abraham appears on the "James Goodwill" roster as Abraham Aberholt.

Referenced in "The Mennonites of America" By C. Henry Smith.

1735 Abraham's land grant of 300 acres in Lancaster/Lebanon County was

warranted Nov 25, 1735.

1750 Abraham was the administrator of his son Benedict's estate in 1750.

1754 An Abraham Ebersoll was a warrantee for 25 acres in Lancaster Co on 1

May.

1782 An Abraham paid taxes on property in Lebanon Township as late as 1782.

Some of his sons, and possibly Abraham moved later to near Hagerstown,

Maryland.