Person:Joseph Brunner (2)

Information on Joseph Brunner

List of foreigners imported in the ship Allen, James Craigie, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified Sept. 16, 1729:

Joseph Brunner (apparently, Joseph Brunner arrived a year after his son Jacob, who arrived on August 23, 1728 on the ship "Mortonhouse").

From "Pioneers of Old Monocacy", the Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743, pg. 269:

Four lots located at the southwest corner of "Tasker's Chance" just beyond Henrich Sinn's parcel were the homes of Joseph Brunner and his sons, Henry, John and Jacob Brunner. The Brunner family originated in Rothenstein, Switzerland, but before 1679, had migrated to the Palatinate village of Klein Schifferstadt, six miles north of the city of Speyer.

Johann Jacob Brunner was the first to arrive. Baptized at Klein Schifferstadt on February 25, 1703, he had married in 1725 Maria Barbara Sturm, the daughter of Christian Sturm. One son, Johann Peter Brunner, had been born to this couple in 1726. Early in 1728, perhaps as advance agents for the larger emigration which was to follow the next year, Jacob Brunner and his small family, together with his wife's brother Jacob Sturm, set forth for America. From Rotterdam aboard the ship Mortonhouse, they sailed to Deal in England and from that place on June 15th left for Philadelphia. Together with several other families, they arrived at Philadelphia on August 23, 1728. Jacob Brunner's land on "Tasker's Chance" was called "Rich Level".

1. ↑ Tracey, Grace L. and Dern, John P. Pioneers of Old Monocacy, The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987)
   pg. 272.