The Bretz Register

BRETZ IMMIGRANTS WHO LANDED AT PHILADELPHIA AND TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE BETWEEN THE YEARS 1727 AND 1789 From Rupp's "Thirty Thousand Names . . . Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. 17

By J Harlen Bretz

Sept 25, 1732

Palatines imported in the ship Loyal Judith of London, Robert Turpin Master, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes.

Jacob Pretz, 114 men named. No women or children mentioned.

In the original list (Penn. Archives) the name is spelled Rats, and nowhere is it spelled Bretz. That this is a misspelling is possible for the names of Pretz or Rats does not appear elsewhere in Rupp's book nor all the colonial or revolutionary records in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Harold W. Pretz, of Allentown, Pa. indicates that his family is descended from a post-Revolutionary immigrant.

Sept. 5, 1743

Foreigners imported on the Snow Charlotte, John Mason Master, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes.

Wilhelm Bretz, Jacob Bretz, 48 men named, no mention of women or children.

Oct. 20, 1744

Foreigners imported in the ship Phoenix, Wm. Wilson Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes.

Philip Bretz, 120 men named, no women or children mentioned.

Aug. 15, 1750

Ship Royal Union, Clement Nicholson Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes.

Henry Bretz, Ludwig Bretz-Both sick at time of landing, 238 men named, no mention of women or children.

Aug. 21, 1750

Ship Anderson, Hugh Campbell Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes.

Johannes Bretz, Johan Cristobal Bretz, 84 men listed, no women or children mentioned.

Oct. 14, 1787

Ship Dorothea, from Rotterdam, Serverus Dalsted Master.

Henrich Bretz

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