George Hain
BIRTH 1684
Alpenrod, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
DEATH 1746 (aged 61–62)
Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Saint John's Hains Cemetery
Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Georg is the son of Henrich Hëhn and his wife Anna Maria ____ in Alpenrod, Germany born probably in 1684 (no date is given). Other sources are incorrect, this info and his entire family are direct records from the church register. Their marriage date is approximate, there is no record surviving.
(From a biography, the story of the 1709/1710 German immigrants is a fascinating and tragic tale) In 1710 The benevolent Queen Anne formed the design for the protection of her transatlantic frontier, by establishing new settlements, for displaced Lutheran and Protestant families of the German Palatine who were allies in King William's War 1684-97 ( England, Holland & Germany ) "the Grand Alliance" and Queen Anne's War "the Spanish Succession" 1700-13 against Louis XIV King of France ( Roman Catholic Church ). Schenectady in 1690 was destroyed by a force of French and Iroquois Indians from Canada. She sent 10 ships to New York and promised to settle them in the Schoharie Valley on land offered by the Mohawk Indians.
June 14th: 2,600 Palatines, driven from their homes by the ravages of two wars and religious persecution ( the Palatinate is along the Rhine river ), arrived at Nutten Island ( Governors Island ). Huts were constructed and after a period of quarantine, they moved up the Hudson River valley 100 miles to seven camps where they were treated like indentured servants harvesting and making pine pitch to coat the hulls of English ships. George convinced 33 families to desert the camps and emigrate to the Tuplehocken country in Lancaster Co. PA. (Godfrey Fidler 6 Oct 1726)
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