Johann George Schupp

Original records may be found in the Colonial Records of the Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. III

Loyal Judith, from Rotterdam, last from Deal. Arrived Philadelphia, 3 September 1739. Edward Paynter, Commander

John George (S) Shup

John George SCHUPP Sr was born on 4 Oct 1705 in Mertzweiler, Germany. He married Barbara (--?--). He emigrated in 1739 from Germany on the ship "Loyal Judith." He died after 1744 in Pennsylvania

Barbara (--?--) married John George SCHUPP Sr, son of John Sebastian SCHUPP and Barbara BRAND

Columns represent: Name, Signatures for Declaration of Fidelity and Oath of Allegiance

Many ships are only listed with men, yet many came with their wives,

children, sister, etc, but these names were either not recorded or

not saved. Only males over the age of 16 were allowed to sign the

oaths.

The early ships before 1727 you most likely will only see the oaths

lists. As time went on and the captains were forced to record all

passengers, you will often see the entire list of males, females and

children. The law to record these was passed in 1727, but obviously

not enforced until later. Other places you may find ship lists not

recorded in S & H might be Philadelphia newspapers of the time.

The cost of passage from Rotterdam fluctuated from five to ten pounds Sterling, a great sum in those days. Children were half-price, although few under the age of seven survived the voyages. The trip down the Rhine River from the Palatinate to Rotterdam sometimes lasted for several weeks, much of the time being spent in complying with the regulations of the various German principalities which existed along that great river valley through which they were obliged to pass. They were normally delayed in Rotterdam for several weeks more, and again at one of the English ports (usually Liverpool) where the ships stopped to pick up English immigrant passengers.

The sailing time for crossing the Atlantic from England to Philadelphia was from eight to sixteen weeks! Ships usually left in early summer to take advantage of calmer seas and balmy weather over the North Atlantic.

Conditions on board the ships were usually horrible, with many passengers sick and dying. As many as 150 to 400 passengers were stuffed into the hold spaces of these small ships. Rarely was there sufficient food for the trip. Starvation and death stalked amidst stench, vermin, and filth. "Ship fever" (typhus), dysentery, smallpox, and scurvy ravaged the passengers. Many vessels were lost at sea in storms. The following is an account of the trip of some Palatiners who embarked at Rotterdam in June, 1731:9

"It was a severely harsh trip, taking from six weeks to six months, on fillthy (sic) ships which were hardly seaworthy and with passengers packed like herrings' and exposed to rats, disease, thirst, and starvation. Their provisions fell short, and in the last eight weeks they had no bread; but a pint of grouts [crushed oats] was all the allowance for five persons per day. They all ate rats and mice they could catch. The price of a rat was 18 pence, a mouse was 6 pence, and water 6 pence a quart. Frequently the survivors had to pay not only for themselves but also for those who died during the voyage."

"The pitiful signs of distress on the journey should have given any traveller pause: smells, fumes, horrors, vomiting, various kinds of sea sickness, fever, dysentery, headaches, heat, constipation, boils, scurvy, cancer, mouth-rot ... caused by the age and the highly-salted state of the food, especially the meat, as well as by the very bad and filthy water ... hunger, thirst, frost, heat, dampness, fear, misery, vexation, lamentation .. so many lice, especially on the sick people, that they have to be scraped off the body. Parents must often watch their offspring suffer miserably, die, and be thrown into the ocean.10

"One day, just as we had a heavy gale, a woman on our ship, who was to give birth and could not under the circumstances of the storm, was pushed through the porthole and dropped into the sea, because she was far in the rear of the ship and could not be brought forward." 11

When the ships landed, a doctor came on board to decide who was sick and who was well. Often the diagnosis was made by whether a person had a "furry tongue" (which was considered an indicator of disease) or a "clean tongue". Those who had furry tongues were sent back to Europe!

Between 1708 and 1760, war, hunger, and persecution drove 100,000 German immigrants ("Auswanderungs") to America. Between 1727 and 1776, a total of 324 ships arrived at Philadelphia carrying German passengers. Other ships carried immigrants from many European nations to other American ports. The tens of thousands of German immigrants settled at various places in America, from New England to Pennsylvania and the Virginias, most of them settling in Pennsylvania. Other immigrants from other countries spread throughout the northeastern quarter of the American colonies. And then, after those hardships, the pioneering ancestors had to suffer further extreme hardships in hewing out the wilderness for their new homes in America. Germans (and German Americans) have a reputation (somewhat deserved) of being obstinate, but how else could have those early settlers survived in their terrible struggle against first their homeland rulers and then the wilderness and the Indians?

"The very essence of our nation is founded on the strength, courage, and determination of these immigrants." (Thomas Jefferson)

It was in 1717 that the growing influx of Germans to Philadelphia created concern. Pennsylvania Governor Keith opined that immigration could prove dangerous! Little did he know!!14 By 1727, there were 20,000 Germans living in Pennsylvania. Twenty years later, this has doubled. By 1766, there were 100,000, said Ben Franklin.15

"Pennsylvania German migration and its part in the settlement and development of America form an epic tale of faith and zeal, of sacrifice and achievement. When the pioneers arrived, the government of Pennsylvania was in the hands of British subjects. Penn's agents were Englishmen; the English language was used; English common law was in force. It early became a matter of concern to these Englishmen that so large a body of continentals, speaking another language and accustomed to another form of government, should be admitted to the land, even though they came at the invitation of Penn himself."16

But reaching Philadelphia was not inevitable good fortune. Slavery in the New World was in full bloom, and not just with black Africans! Those who lacked funds or security for the sea freight had to essentially sell themselves for payment. Adults bound themselves into "slavery" from three to six years, while children had to serve until twenty-one. Many parents in order to pay their fares in this way and get off the ship must barter and sell their children as if they were cattle. Indentured servants had to agree to work for their master for 3-7 years in exchange for passage to America. At the end of the term, the servant might be given clothes, tools, a small sum of money, or even a piece of land. Some 50-75% of the white American colonists were indentured, and though most made the trip willingly, others were tricked into service. The Probsts appeared to have escaped this form of immigration; no Probsts were listed among the thousands of indentured servants who came to America in the 1600s and 1700s.

John George Schupp, Senior, born 04 October 1705 in Mertzweiler, Germany; died Aft. 1744 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of 32. John Sebastian Schupp and 33. Barbara Brand. He married 17. Barbara.

17. Barbara

Children of John Schupp and Barbara are:

i. Heinrich Shupp, born Abt. 1722 in Germany; died 1762 in Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania; married Catharina Finger Bef. 1743.

ii. John Schupp, Senior, born Abt. 1724 in Germany; died Aft. 1752; married Barbara Schaffener in Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1735.

8 iii. John George Shupp, junior, born 1728 in Alteckendorf, Germany; died 1773 in Lykens Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; married Catherine R. Matter.

iv. John Peter Shupp, born Abt. 1730 in Germany; died in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; married (1) <Unnamed> Bef. 1755 in Pennsylvani; married (2) Maria Dorothea Frey 17 February 1760.

v. John Nicholas Shupp, born Abt. 1740 in Pennsylvania; married Eva Schneider 22 February 1763.

vi. George Adam Shupp, born 31 August 1744 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died September 1822 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; married Anna Maria Kiefer 17 January 1773 in Pennsylvania; born 1751; died Aft. 21 March 1790.

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Johann George emmigrated to America September, 3, 1739 on a ship named Loyal Judith (the same ship the Nol/Null family sailed on 7 years earlier) to Philidephia. The passenger manifest listed only those over 16 years old. Included his brother, Cristophel.