Hans George RUCH
Rugh Family of Alsace & Pennsylvania
New.familysearch.com, October 2013
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1. The old church Zutzendorf records indicate that Hans George was a shepherd living in 1712 in Pfaffenhoffen and in 1715 in Eckendorf.
2. George brought his wife and family to America by way of Rotterdam Holland on the British merchant ship "Samuel", arriving in Philadelphia at a recorded age of 48 on 17 August 1733.
3. On arrival in the colonies all "foreigners" (they were Germans in an English colony) were required to report immediately to the local courthouse at the port of entry to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. This courthouse is thought to have been the very Philadelphia courthouse where the liberty bell once hung and where the declaration of independence and the constitution were drafted. It is now known as Independence Hall.
Internet IGI, Feb 2009
NOTES:
1. Hans George came to America with his father's family on the ship "Samuel" arriving in Philadelphia on 17 August, 1733.
2. He settled with his father's family in Whitehall Township of old Bucks (later Northampton, Now Lehigh County) Pennsylvania.
3. He became a Naturalized British subject at the courthouse in Philadelphia on February 2, 1745. He was listed in this record of naturalization as a resident of the Bucks County of that time.
NOTES:
1. Jacob came to Pennsylvania with his parents arriving in Philadelphia on the ship "Samuel" from Rotterdam Holland via Deal England on August 17, 1733.
2. There is an item found in the 27 July 1749 issue of Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette as follows: "A Mill near Germantown where Christian Kinsing formerly lived to be sold by Jacob Ruch". So Jacob may have lived for a time in Germantown, which today is part of Philadelphia.
3. He was naturalized as a British subject at the courthouse in Philadelphia in 1745 and was listed in the record at that time as being a resident of Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania).
4. This naturalization event most likely happened on February 2nd, which was the same day recorded (at the same place) for the naturalization of his two brothers (George & Michael Ruch).
NAME:
Ruch aka Rugh
NOTES:
1. Immigrated in 1733.
NOTES:
1. Immigrated in 1733.
He married Catharina Reiss 9 Aug 1707 at Niedermodern, Alsace, France . Catharina Reiss was born at Engwiller, Alsace, France 30 Nov 1683 .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Hans George Ruch
born 1709.
Hans Jacob Ruch
born 28 Feb 1716.
Johann Michael Ruch
christened 26 Jul 1723.
Maria Eve Ruch
born 1725.
Hans George Ruch died 1769 at South Whithall, Northampton, Pennsylvania .
Catharina Reiss died Abt 1733/34 at South Whithall, Northampton, Pennsylvania .