Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Norris

 1  Michael Anderrass                  Michael Anderras
 2  Johannes (O) Behn                  Johannes (O) Behn
 3  Marthin Gassner                    Marthin Gasner
 4  Johannes (H) Herman                Johannes (H) Herman
 5  Johann Ditrich Jungmann            Johann Ditrich Jungmann
 6  Johann Georg Liebenstein
 7  Johann Jacob Manncher [?]
 8  Christian (X) Reninger             Christian (X) Reninger
 9  Kasper Schirch                     Casper Schirch
10  Johann Michael Sigmund             Johann Michael Sigmund
11  Johann Philip Weber                Johann Philib Weber
12  Mathias (X) Weber                  Mathias (X) Weber
13  Valentine (X) Westheber            Valentine (X) Westheber

*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, so these would be the names on Strasburger & Hinke's lists.
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.

Correspondence: 2/00 Liebenstein (Loebenstein)
The following information was submitted by Don Hammer.
I am excited and thankful to find an ancestor’s name on the ship
Norris as listed by The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. This
helps confirm and expand my family history as passed from
generation to generation. My ancestor, Johann Georg Liebenstein, is
from my Grandmother’s family tree. The following quotations are from
a document I call the 'Schaeffer, Royer, Kintzi family history'
author and date unknown. "John Royer was married Nov. 15, 1789 to
Catherine Loebenstein. She was the daughter of David Loebenstein,
born Aug. 21, 1736 died Sept. 28, 1789, and Catherine Hoke, born
March 29, 1741 died April 4, 1810. His father John George

Loebenstein arrived on the ship Norris at Philadelphia May 15, 1732.
John Royer and Catherine probably lived first on the homestead farm
of his father, Daniel who died 5 years prior to their marriage.
However in 1796 he bought another farm one mile from Mill Creek
Center, Lebanon Co. Pa., where he built his home over a beautiful
spring and where it is still standing. His will (contents unknown)
was made Dec. 6, 1838 and recorded Aug. 1, 1839." The following
sentence describes Daniel Royer’s homestead (father of John Royer
who married Catherine Liebenstein, 3rd generation descendant of
Johann). "Assessment records of Cocalico Township in 1780 listed
Daniel (Royer) as owning 100 acres of land, 2 horses, 4 cows and his
valuation shown as 432 pounds." John and Catherine Liebenstein
Royer's children are: "Elizabeth born Feb. 20, 1791 died Aug. 15,
1876; Catherine born Nov. 17, 1794 died in infancy; Marie born May
14, 1797 died March 1, 1862; John Jr. born August 7, 1800 died Dec.
28, 1884; David born Feb. 1, 1804 died Dec. 11, 1877; Daniel L. born
June 10, 1807 died Aug. 11, 1862; Seth born Nov. 23, 1814 died May
5, 1875."
Don Hammer may be contacted for further information on the
Loebenstein family. [Don is temporarily unavailable by email.  We hope
he will be able to return soon.  ISTG Staff 7/6/01]

Look at this list carefully. Spellings are as found in the record
and spellings for the same surnames vary! These have been alphabetized,
so they are not as found in the record. The signatures have attempted to
be matched with the appropriate person in the ship list, but please
use your own judgement on these "matches"!!


Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
Generously donated by Linnea Miller

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

Reformatted by Sheila Tate for The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 November 1998

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