Person:Conrad Zorn (1)

Acquisition of Land

• 1753: Conrad Zorn acquired 20 acres in Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania as shown in the map below:

Burial Records

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Germantown, Philadelphia, Conrad Zorn, 66 yrs; Buried Oct. 15, 1780. [Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985

Records in Pennsylvania

• 12 December 1754 - Conrad Zorn, age 36 arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship "Neptune". The Ship's manifest indicates that passengers were "inhabitants of Hamburg, Hanover and Saxony.

• 1769: Tax List - Bristol [Township], Joseph Spencer, Assessor; 4. Conrad Zorn, 10 Acres and Dwell L6 3, 12; 1 Horse, 1 Cow; £4, 12. [Source: Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985].

• 1774: Tax List - Bristol [Township]: Joseph Spencer, Assessor; Conrad Zern, 10 Acres, 1 Horse, 1 Cow, £3.8.0 Source: USGenWeb Archives.

• 2 January 1777 - Conrad Zorn, Warrington Township, Bucks County, advertises that his cooper apprentice, Henrich Bony, 16 years old, ran away. [Source: "Genealogical Data Relating to the German Settlers of Pennsylvania", by Edward W. Hocker, pg. 155]. [Note: likely a different Conrad Zorn]

• State Tax List; County of Philadelphia - abt. 1779; Conrad Zorn's est'e... £1.10.0. [Source: "Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Edited by William Henry Engle, M.D., Vol. XV, Pg. 13] [Note: appears to be this Conrad Zorn, likely a record from the prior year]

1.   Genealogy.com.

   Conrad ZORN was age 36 when he arrived Philadelphia on 12 Dec 1754, putting his birth in 1718. He may have brought a family with him; only males over 16 were recorded. Ship's manifest indicates that passengers were "inhabitants of Hamburg, Hanover and Saxony."
   
   Elizabeth ZERWIN may have been Conrad's second wife, because he appears to be the father of Magdelena ZORN b. 1745-1750 who m. 26 Feb 1765 at Germantown Reformed Church to Johannes "John" SARVER or SERVER and later moved to VA.Conrad may also be the father of a Conrad ZORN Jr. b. abt. 1757 who m. Anna Franica SURBER or SORBER, dau. of Rudolph.(Rudolph was b. 1742; Anna can't have been b. much bef. 1762 and would have be a young newlywed in 1784.)
   
   http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/zorn/264/

2.   Roberts, Clarence V and Warren S Ely. Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks. Philadelphia: Author, 1925. (Philadelphia: Author, 1925)
   Pg. 588.

   1. Conrad Zorn, the ancestor of the Zorns family of Richland, came from Hamburg, Germany, in the ship Neptune, which arrived in Philadelphia, December 13, 1754. He settled in Bristol Township, Philadelphia near Germantown where he owned and operated a small farm for forty years. During the Revolutionary War his team was impressed by Washington's army to transport arms and supplies, and choosing to accompany it himself he remained with the army as a teamster for almost three months. He died at the age of seventy-six years, leaving six sons.

3.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

   The Particulars of each persons estate as appears by the Township and Ward Assessors Returns, as follows, By Jacob Umstat, Barnaby Barnes, Peter Dehaven, Paul Engle jun., James Jones, Blathwaite Jones, County Assessor, 1769.
   
   Tax List -Bristol [Township]
   Joseph Spencer, Assessor
   4. Conrad Zorn
   10 Acres and Dwell L6 3, 12
   1 Horse, 1 Cow 1
   £4, 12
   
   

4.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

   Name: Conrad Zorn
   Event Type: Burial
   Death Date: 1780
   Burial Date: 15 Oct 1780
   Burial Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   Denomination: Lutheran
   Organization Name: St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown