Johann Philip Ranck

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62276927/johan-michael-ranck

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John Phillip Ranck was Baptized on 3 Feb, 1704, at Evangelische Kirche; witnessed by Philipp Weingrau.

He emigrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA on 19 Aug 1729

Source: The Ranks of the Rancks (on-line edition, February 8, 2013 ), Ranck Family Heritage Society, Inc. (http://Ranck.org).

• ID: I270411
• Name: John Philip Ranck
• Given Name: John Philip
• Surname: Ranck
• Sex: M
• Birth: 3 Feb 1704 in Mennheim Neckerau, Baden, Germany
• Death: Abt 1785 in Fetterville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Burial: Ranck Cemetery, Near Fetterville, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Emigration: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 Aug 1729

_UID: A2833DA2DE6B402C98732498616BDF406BE2

Change Date: 22 Sep 2007 at 10:57

Note:

Taken from "The Rank of the Rancks"

John Philip is number 1.1 in that book. The elder brother, John Michael, came to America in 1728. Strangely enough, brother John Philip was not on that passenger list. He waited in Rotterdam another year, sailing on June 20, 1729, on the very same vessel, the Mortonhouse, making its next round to America. He arrived in Philadelphia on August 19, 1729, after a voyage of fifty-five days. No one knows for sure why both young men did not come at the same time.

Romance may have been at stake, since this year later John Phillip brought with him a young bride, Anna Barbara Schumacher. Perhaps there was a rule that only married couples would be given passage. Or was the ship list over-crowded because of the unexpected passengers picked up at Mannheim and was John Philip the one for whom there was no room? Or did he not have the necessary fare? (It was estimated that it took a minimum of $176 for the passage).

A year later, John Philip and his bride were given about 243 acres adjacent to the east: Titles were granted to them in 1734 and 1751. These 2 farms, having been divided by 1978 in about 12 smaller farms, lie just SE of New Holland, extending eastward past Blue Ball and East Earl to a tiny community called Fetterville, between Pa. State Route 23 and the Welsh Mountains.

John is buried at the Ranck Cem., near Fetterville, Lancaster Co., PA.

From "The Ranks of the Rancks" by J. Allen Ranck, Sowers Printing Co., Lebanon, PA, as described in "Places Near the Mountains" (1985) by Helen R. Prillaman, reprinted for Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1995.

John Philip was one of two sons of Valentine Ranck who immigrated to America. John Philip came to America a year after his older brother, John Michael. "He and his wife, Anna Barbara Schumacher, set sail June 20, 1729 on the same ship that had brought John Michael and his wife [the English ship, Mortonhouse, sailing out of Amsterdam]. They arrived in Philadelphia August 19, 1729....John Philip and his wife settled in the same area [as his brother, namely Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania] and were given 243 acres adjoining John Michael's tract on the east....John Philip and his wife had eleven children. John Philip's and Anna Barbara Schumacher's son, George ...moved with his family to Botetourt County, Virginia" as did his sister, Anna, who married Joseph (Durst) Ammen.

His granddaughter, Anna Barbara Maria Ranck, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married John Moomaw and the couple also moved to Botetourt County.

Father: Hans Valentine Ranck b: Abt 1668 in Mannheim, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany

• Mother: Margaretha Philippes b: 19 Oct 1670 in Mannheim, Mannheim Baden, Germany
• Marriage 1 Anna Barbara Schumacher b: Abt 1706 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany
• Married: 21 Aug 1725 in Neckerau, Mannheim, Baden, Germany
• Change Date: 25 Sep 2005

Children

• Philip Ranck b: Abt 1731 in East Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Michael Ranck b: Abt 1733 in Fetterville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Valentine Ranck b: 13 Oct 1737 in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Anna Eva Ranck b: 20 Apr 1738 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• George Ranck b: Abt 1740 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Phillip Adam Ranck b: 24 Jun 1743 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Jacob Ranck b: 1 Sep 1745 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Ludwig Ranck b: Abt 1748 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• John Ranck b: Abt 1750 in Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Dorothea Ranck b: Abt 1752 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Barbara Ranck b: Abt 1754 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Son of Hans Valentine RANCK, b. 1668, Switzerland , d. 10 May 1710, Neckarau, Mannheim, Baden, GERMANY and Margaretha PHILIPPES, b. 1668, Switzerland ,

Married Anna Barbara SCHUMACHER, b. 1706, on 21 Aug 1725 in Neckarau, Mannheim, Baden, GERMANY

Parents of:

• 1. (Johannes) Philip RANCK, Jr., b. 5 Dec 1729, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. Abt 15 Nov 1784
• 2. Michael RANCK, b. Abt 1733,
• 3. Dorothea RANCK, b. 1735,
• 4. Valentine RANCK, b. 13 Oct 1737, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 19 Feb 1813
• 5. Anna Eva RANCK, b. 2 May 1738, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 2 Aug 1812, Botetourt Co., VA
• 6. George RANCK [RONK], Sr., b. 1738, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. Bef 12 Mar 1812
• 7. Barbara RANCK, b. 1741
• 8. John RANCK, b. 1742, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 1820
• 9. Philip Adam RANK, b. 24 Jun 1743, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 12 Oct 1809
• 10. Jacob RANCK, b. 1 Sep 1745, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 13 Sep 1827, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
• 11. Ludwig RANCK, b. 1 Sep 1748, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA , d. 18 Apr 1842

burial per "Some Ranck Relatives"

From "The Ranks of the Rancks" by J. Allen Ranck, Sowers Printing Co., Lebanon, PA, as described in "Places Near the Mountains" (1985) by Helen R. Prillaman, reprinted for Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1995. Inscription:

"Erected by the descendents of John Philip Ranck who settled here in 1729" Dated 1932

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 2 2016, 23:10:10 UTC

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Immigration: Aug 17, 1729 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Naturalization: 1760, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Rank of Rancks - A Huguenot Heritage A Ranck/Rank Family History and Genealogy - By J. Allen RanckIn 1641 in the middle of this period of relative calm created by the Edict of Nantes Jean Ranc, the Huguenot pastor from Paris was born. We

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!Source: Ammen Family. Name given as J

!Source: Ammen Family. Name given as Johann Michael Rank, a German who came over on the ship "Jos. Goodwill", David Crockett, Master, which sailed from Rotterdam, touched at Deal 15 Jun 1728, and arrived at Philadelphia 24 Aug 1728. Michael Rank was a Presbyterian from the Palatinate and so not a Swiss. General Jacob Ammen says there were Ranks n Ephrata and some came to Virginia with Durst. There is reason to believe that his residence at the time of Eva's marriage was in Berks Co. about 10 miles from Durst's farm in E. Cocalico, though it is possible he resided 10 miles west of the farm in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., where the Ranks were tax payers in 1754.

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Ranck family cemetery may also be near F

Ranck family cemetery may also be near Fetterville, Lancaster,Pennsylvania.

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John Philip Ranck was born in Germany i

John Philip Ranck was born in Germany in 1704. Some of the following was taken from the book "The Rank of the Rancks". The elder brother, John Michael, came to America in 1728. Reading old records with dates and names is many times very hard to do. The words and numbers are often faded and sometimes it can become a guessing game. To continue

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Strangely enough, brother John Philip, our line, was not on that passenger list. He waited in Rotterdam, Holland, another year sailing on June 20, 1729. He sailed on the same vessel, the "Mortonhouse" or "Whortonhouse", making its next round to America. He arrived in Philadelphia on August 19, 1729. It was a voyage of fifty-five days. No one knows for sure why both young men did not come at the same time. Romance may have been at stake, since one year later, John Philip brought with him a young bride, Anna Barbara Schumacher. Perhaps there was a rule that only married couples mxwould be given passage. Or was the ship list over-crowded because of the unexpected passengers picked up at Mannheim? Or was John Philip the one for whom there was no room? Or did he not have the necessary fare? It was estimated that it took a minimum of $176 for the passage. A year later, John Philip and his bride were given about 243 acres of land, evidently in Pennsylvania. Titles were granted to them on two separate occasions

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in 1734 and 1751. These two farms, having been divided by 1978 in to 12 smaller farms, lie just southeast of New Holland, extending eastward past Blue Ball and East Earl, to a tiny community called Fetterville between Pennsylvania State Route 23 and the Welsh Mountains. John Philip earned his living as a farmer and was naturalized as a U.S. Citizen on September 24, 1760. He is buried in the family farm cemetery at Fetterville, Pennsylvania. Sources: "The Rank of the Rancks" and "The Williams--Deardorff Family," compiled by Edna Britton DeLong, New London, Iowa 1968. The children of John Philip Ranck an d Anna Barbara Schumacher: 1. Michael: Married Margaret Breitenstein. 2. Dorthea: Married George Staley. 3. Barbara: Married Adam Garman. 4. Philip Jr.: Born 1731. 5. Valentine: Born October 13, 1737, married Anna Maria ??, and died February 19, 1813. 6. Anna Eva: Born May 20, 1738, married Durst Ammen on June 17, 1758, and died August 2, 1812, in Virginia. 7. Philip Adam: Born in 1744, married Catherine Altz, and died October 20, 1809. 8. Jacob: Born September 1, 1745, married Margaret Worst, and died September 13, 1827. 9. Ludwig: Born 1748, married Elizabeth ??, and died April 18, 1842. 10. John: Born 1750, married Catherine Springer, and died in 1820.

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!Ranck of the Rancks by J. Allen Ranck !

!Ranck of the Rancks by J. Allen Ranck !Eva Barbara - Buriel Bk of Morovian Ch. Lancaster Pa.

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This is the date the ship left Rotterdam

This is the date the ship left Rotterdam.

1.) John Michael and John Philip Ranc/Ranck were descendants of Reverend John Ranck (1641-1712) who was born in Paris, fled to Strasbourg, Germany and died in Mannheim, Germany. They immigrated to Philadelphia, via Rotterdam about 1728, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived also in Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah. They include Mormons. 2.) Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Ranck (Rank) families whose ancestors were mainly Huguenots and immigrants from Palastinate Germany who came to America for religious freedom ca 1728. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of John Michael Ranck (1701-1784) and John Phillip Ranck (1704-1785) who sailed aboard the ship "Mortenhouse" from Rotterdam, and landed at Philadelphia. Some Ranck families were Mennonites; others helped establish Ranck's United Methodists Church two miles south of New Holland Pennsylvania. One later descendant, Peter Ranck, Jr., joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and joined the Mormon migration in the mid-1800's for Utah. Later descendants of these and other Ranck progenitors also lived in California, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, North and South Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and elsewhere in the United States. 3.) In the Abstract of Lancaster County Wills, the following abstract was found. John Michael is often referred to as Michael. His wife was often Barbara. Rank Michael (D) - 1774 (P) This will was vacated. (Exec. Valentine Rank and Philip Krugh. Lancaster (borough) W. Barbara Rank. Children- George, Barbara @ Jacob Steigleman, Philip, Christiana @ Wendll Fankler, Samuel, Mary @ Christopher Krush, Valentine, Margaret and John. Son-in-law-Philip Krugh (wifes name not stated).

4.) OUR ANCESTORS By E. William Ranck Papa told us that Rev. John, his son and others heard of a group of Protestants that were coming down the Rhine from Switzerland on their way to America. They decided to join them because a change in government again put their lives in danger. The river boat was anchored on the far and friendly shore. They reached it at night just ahead of the gendarmes and out of their jurisdiction. He said that after a long wait in Holland they sailed on the Morton House and landed in Philadelphia, August 28, 1728. They soon settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There my Grandfather William was born May 14, 1833. The Ranck Family Historical Committee says that John Michael and wife arrived from Rotterdam, August 28, 1728, on the Morton House. John Coultas, Captain, and that John Philip arrived the following year, August 17, 1729 along with a group of Moravians. The Moravians separated from the Catholic Church a half century before Martin Luther. "The Rancks living in the heart of this area must have witnessed all this destruction and indeed Hans, the son being of military age must have engaged in the struggle to drive out the French army. Hans had married at Mannheim Marguerita Phillips (spelled various ways. Her ancestry has been traced back to 1564) of French-Dutch descent. It must have seemed to these religious people that misfortune was ever to be their lot. Twice by flight they had escaped from the grasp of the French king only to be caught within clutches again. It is not surprising that William Penn found eager listeners when he visited this desolate region and told the people of his plans for a new colony in far away America where everyone could worship as he desired and peace would reign always. It was from this region that the Great Migration to Pennsylvania came in the following years." "Rev. John Ranck died in 1712 but his son Hans had preceded him in 1710, leaving four children: John Michael age nine, John Philip age six, Susanna Marguerita three and Johann Valentine, age one year. The life for the widow must have been difficult indeed in the years that followed. The youngest son died in 1712, but John and Philip grew to manhood in Mannheim. John married Anna Barbara Schwab (Swab) also a resident of Mannheim. News came to them that a colony of Moravians from Saxony were coming down the Rhine past their city on their way to a new home in Pennsylvania. After privatations of their early days the thoughts that they too might find a new home more to their desires in a new country thrilled them and they decided to contact the Moravians and ask them to smuggle them aboard their ship as it stopped at Mannheim. This was done. John and wife Anna Barbara and Philip were soon on their way to Rotterdam, Holland where the Moravians had secured passage on the English ship Morton House for Pennsylvania. Thenceforth their fortunes were interwoven with that of the gentle Moravians. They landed in Philadelphia August 28, 1728." "Soon after their arrival in Philadelphia, the brothers John Michael and John Philip, purchased a large tract of land in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The first town plotted and settled by them and the Moravians they called New Holland after the country that had befriended them. John Michael Ranck and his wife Anna Barbara, had the following children: Five sons - John, George, Philip, Valentine, and Samuel; four daughters - Margarite, Barbara, Christina and Mary. His brother John Philip married Barbara Degue, now spelled Dague. They had eight sons - Philip Jr., Michael, Valentine, George, Philip Adam, Jacob, Ludwig, and John; three daughters - two were named Dorthea and one, Barbara."

5.) THE RANKS OF THE RANCKS A Ranck/Rank Family History and Genealogy By J. Allan Ranck A fascinating piece of research exists in the Genealogical Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, which purports to associate John Michael and John Philip Ranck with a German background in the area of Lubeck and Mannheim, Germany. The family cited spelled its name Runck. A certain Johann Runck, born in 1633, was married to Louise Casperson and the couple had three sons: Samuel, Johann, Phillip and Michael. The researcher, who appears to have been an otherwise unidentified person by the name of Gustave Anjou, proceeds to claim that the sons Michael and Johann Phillip were the same as the two young men whose names appear on the passenger lists of the Mortonhouse in 1728 and 1729. The manuscript itself is typed, but unpublished and unsigned. Its author's name only appears in the library's card catalouge. Since it contains no documentation, it is safe to assume that the assumptions are not valid and that the descent of John Michael and John Philip from Rev. John Ranc of Paris is correct. In order to reassure myself of this, my brother Ezra H. Ranck and I have had Mr. Herman Oskar Pertsch of Heidelberg, Germany verify our information. Mr. Pertsch has again searched the old Reformed Church records in Neckarau, Mannheim, Germany. He has confirmed the records regarding Hans Valentine Ranck's marriage, family and death, as well as the death of his father, Rev. Jean Ranc who at one place is referred to as Valentin Ranck "der Alte" suggesting that his full name might have been Jean Valentin Ranc.

CHAPTER THREE

HAVEN IN GERMANY When the persecution of the Huguenots resumed with bitter vengeance, La Rochelle not longer existed as a haven and there was little political or military power to restrain the vengeful king. Rev Jean Ranc, with his wife and son Hans Valentine, fled first to the Alsatian city of Strasburg on the Rhine. It was not long until the armies of Louis recaptured that city, which throughout its history was sometimes German and sometimes French territory. The refugees had to flee even farther down the Rhine to Mannheim. Mannheim is in that are of Germany called the Palatinate, or in German the Pfalz. From this province many of the German pietists came as immigrants to America in the eighteenth century. The Palatinate took its name from the fact that it was governed by the count palatine of the Rhine, one of the four lay electors of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. A Palatine was in Roman times an official serving as an administrative or military aide to the emperor. The Elector Frederick of the Palatinate successfully withstood the grequent efforts of the French to penetrate his province and established it as a refuge for the Protestant exiles. Mannheim, not yet a large city, became a Huguenot center and Jean Ranc no doubt continued his preaching there. Son Hans Valentine met in Mannheim and married Margaretha Philippes (Margarith Philipp) of French-Dutch descent. They had six children: Ann Barbara, John Michael, John Philip, Rosine Katharine, Susanna Margaretha and Johann Valentine, born in 1699, 1701, 1704, 1705, 1707 and 1710 respectively. Hans Valentine died in 1710, leaving his young family in the care of their grandfather. Only two years later Rev. Jean Ranc also died. Rosine Katharine and Johann Valentine died in childhood. The remaining four children, left with their mother, grew to young adulthood in Mannheim. Our family story continues with the lives of the two brother, John Michael and John Philip. Of their mother and the other children we have no further knowlege, except that on 26 February 1725, Susanna Margaretha married Johann Valentin Weinkraus. At this time the colonizing of North America was already one hundred years under way. The thirteen colonies had been established and were gradually building for themselves a firm foothold on the American coast, despite the rivalries of the English, French and Spanish for dominion over the New World. Much earlier under the Duke of Coligny, their ambitious champion, Huguenots had attempted to create an Eden of their own in the Americas. One settlement had been planted in South America at what is now the location of Rio de Janeiro, another on the shore of North Carolina, and a third in Florida. However

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!Source: Ammen Family. Name given as J

!Source: Ammen Family. Name given as Johann Michael Rank, a German who cameover on the ship "Jos. Goodwill", David Crockett, Master, which sailed fromRotterdam, touched at Deal 15 Jun 1728, and arrived at Philadelphia 24 Aug1728. Michael Rank was a Presbyterian from the Palatinate and so not a Swiss.General Jacob Ammen says there were Ranks n Ephrata and some came to Virginiawith Durst. There is reason to believe that his residence at the time of Eva'smarriage was in Berks Co. about 10 miles from Durst's farm in E. Cocalico,though it is possible he resided 10 miles west of the farm in Earl Twp.,Lancaster Co., where the Ranks were tax payers in 1754.

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Thought to arrived in America, Philadel

Thought to arrived in America, Philadelphia, PA, on 24 August 1728 on the ship Mortonhouse. His Brother Johan Philip came a year later with his sons.

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Integrated into America on 19 August 17

Integrated into America on 19 August 1729 Came over on the ship Mortonhouse.He sailed from Rotterdam, but was from Germany. Settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is thought that he had two sons that imigrated with him, George & Ludwig.

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Life Sketch

John Michael Ranck emigrated to the New World in 1728 and settled in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His brother John Philip arrived and settled on adjacent land in 1729. The area, was originally known as Saue Schwamm or Hog Swamp, later as Earltown, later still as New Design, and today as New Holland.

Also in 1729, John Philip and John Philip's sister, Susanna Margaretha Ranck, arrived in the New World with her husband Johann Christian Schnaeder and settled nearby in the Ephrata area.

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In Memorials of the Huguenots in America, Rev. A. Stapleton writes of the Ranc family:

"This family was prominent in the French Protestant Church, and one of this name sealed his faith with his life. This was the Rev. Louis Ranc, pastor of the church at Die, who suffered death in 1745. The ancestors of the American branch were the brothers John Michael Ranc, who arrived in 1728, and John Philip Ranc, who arrived a year later. They came from Alsace, and both located in Lancaster County (Pennsylvania). During the War of Independence the Ranc family was especially noted for its patriotism and nearly all its members capable of bearing arms were in the war."1

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When the persecution of the Huguenots resumed with bitter vengeance, La Rochelle no longer existed as a haven and there was little political or military power to restrain the vengeful King. Rev. Jean Ranc, with his wife and son Hans Valentine, fled first to the Alsatian city of Strasburg on the Rhine. It was not lo g until the armies of Louis recaptured that city, which throughout its history was sometimes German and sometimes French territory. The refugees had to flee even farther down the Rhine to Mannheim. Mannheim is in that area of Germany called the Palatinate, or in German the Pfalz.

The Elector Frederick of the Palatinate successfully withstood the frequent efforts of the French to penetrate his province and established it as a refuge for the Protestant exiles. Mannheim, not yet a large city, became a Huguenot center and Jean Ranc no doubt continued his preaching there. Son Hans Valentine met in Mannheim and married Margaretha Philippes (Margarith Philipp) of French-Dutch descent. They had six children: Ann Barbara, John Michael, John Philip, Rosine Katharine, Susanna Margaretha and Johann Valentine, born in 1699, 1701, 1704, 1705, 1707 and 1710 respectively. Hans Valentine died in 1710, leaving his young family in the care of their grandfather. Only two years later Rev. Jean Ranc also died. Rosine Katharine and Johann Valentine died in childhood. The remaining four children, left with their mother, grew to young adulthood in Mannheim. Our family story continues with the lives of the two brothers, John Michael and John Philip. Of their mother and the other children we have no further knowledge except that on 26 February 1725 Susanna Margaretha married Johann Valentin Weinkraus.

In 1680 william Penn requested from the British crown, in repayment of a debt of L16,000 loaned by his father to Charles II, "a tract of land in America north of Maryland, bounded on the east by Delaware, on the west limited as Maryland (i.e. by New Jersey) northward as far as plantable." The request was granted in 1681 and the land was named Pennsylvania. Penn became its supreme governor. To this New World paradise he began to invite Moravian and Huguenot exiles from the Palatinate.

In the spring of 1728 in Mannheim John Michael and John Philip Ranck learned that a band of Moravians was sailing down the Rhine past Mannheim for the purpose of embarking from Rotterdam for America. The young men sent a message ahead, begging the travellers to stop and take them on as additional passengers. Soon John Michael with his young wife, Anna Barbara Schwab, and John Philip were journeying down the Rhine to Holland.

On June 5, 1728, John Michael and Anna Barbara, with two hundred and three other emigrants, set sail from Rotterdam for America on the English vessel, The Mortonhouse. John Coultas was its ship master. After eighty-one days of rough ocean voyage, crowded in the dismal holds of the ship, they arrived in Philadelphia on August 24, 1728.

No record tells us of the sufferings they must have endured on the way or how many may not have survived the rigorous passage. Gottlieb Mittelberger in his Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahre 1750 und Ruckreise nach Teutscland im Jahre 1754 describes a typical emigrant‘s journey to America:

"This journey from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania lasts from the beginning of May until the end of October, fully half a year, amid such hardships as no one is able to describe adequately. The cause is because the Rhine boats from Heilbronn to Holland have to pass by thirty-six customs houses, at all of which the ships are examined. The trip down the Rhine alone lasts four, five and even six weeks. When the ship and the people reach Holland, they are detained there for five or six weeks. Both in Rotterdam and Amsterdam the people are packed densely, like herrings so to say, in the large sea vessels. A person over ten years pays for the passage from Rotterdam to Pennsylvania ten pou ds. I may safely assert that with the greatest economy, many passengers spent $176 from home to Philadelphia."1•

Strangely enough, brother John Philip was not on that passenger list. He waited in Rotterdam another year, sailing on June 20, 1729, on the very same vessel, The Mortonhouse, making its next round trip to America. He arrived in Philadelphia on August 19, 1729, after a voyage of fifty-five days. No one knows for sure why both young men did not come at the same time. Romance may have been at stake, since this year later John Philip brought with him a you g bride, Anna Barbara Sch macher. Perhaps there was a rule that only married couples would be given passage. Or was the ship list over-crowded because of the unexpected passengers picked up at Mannheim and was John Philip the one for whom there was no room? Or did he not have the necessary fare?

In any case, by the summer of 1729 these two young couples had arrived in a new homeland. Their ancestral homeland, France had known little peace for the past two hundred years. They themselves had been born and had grown to adulthood as refugees in Germany. Now they may at last have found a haven in which they would be secure fr m all such fears. But what of the contending colonial powers? What of the native Indian Americans whose lands were being wrested from them by foreign intruders? What of the rising tension between the colonists and their British sovereign? Many of those colonists were not of British descent and their allegiance to the Crown rested chiefly on an oath of loyalty they were required to sign. Uninterrupted tranquility was not quite yet to be their lot.

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A year later, John Philip and his bride were given about two hundred and forty-three acres adjacent to the east; titles were granted to them in 1734 and 1751. These two farms, having been divided by 1978 into about twelve smaller farms, lie just southeast of New Holland, extending eastward past Blue Hall and East Earl to a tiny community called Fetterville, between Pennsylvania State Route #23 and the Welsh Mountains.

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!info from "Durst and His Descendants" b

!info from "Durst and His Descendants" by Samuel Z. Ammen; copy in possession of Susan Knight. !NAME: I have used the middle name "Philip" instead of "Michael" as is stated in "Durst and His Descendants." Durst had a child named Philip who died in infancy. Also Samuel Z. Ammen states clearly that his middle name is Philip.

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The Rank of Rancks Book is a partial gen

The Rank of Rancks Book is a partial genealogy on the Ranck family. It lists John Philip on the Mortonhouse from Germany in 1729. His father was Hans Valentine Ranck married to Margaretha Philippes. And his father was Rev. Jean Ranc from France.

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This person's information was combined w

This person's information was combined while in Ancestral File. The following submitters of the information may or may not agree with the combining of the information: WALTER LEROY/RANK/ (2074692) BRUCE JEFFREY/LAYMAN/ (2124387) JEANETTE SWENSON/WEBB/ (2124937) PHILLIP DEAN/BYRER/ (2162083) TENA L./COOK/ (2162748) ALBERT KIM/SWENSON/ (2177886) THOMAS/KRYSSBEK/ (2198484) RICHARD DALE/HIRTZEL/ (2369857) EARL/MONICAL/ (2444088) W K MD/GROSH/ (2498041) CLARENCE WALTON/FEAR/ (2640896)

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!info from "Durst and His Descendants" b

!info from "Durst and His Descendants" by Samuel Z. Ammen; copy in possession of Susan Knight. !NAME: I have used the middle name "Philip" instead of "Michael" as is stated in "Durst and His Descendants." Durst had a child named Philip who died ininfancy. Also Samuel Z. Ammen states clearly that his middle name is Philip.

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aka Ronk