1710 Mary Hope
Ship: Mary Hope
Captain: John Annis
From: Gravesend (Rotterdam) 29 Jun 1710
By Way of:
Arrival: Philadelphia 23 Sep 1710
This was a group of 10 Swiss Mennonite families who settled on 10,000 acres
near the head of Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Guldin
wrote a letter to his friends in Switzerland concerning his journey across the
ocean and conditions he found in Pennsylvania at the time of his arrival
(Published in the Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Vol.
XIV, 1930, pp.28-41; 46-73).
