SHIPS 1735 CHARLES TOWN SC

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DATE	a. 13 July 1735 b. expected here every day c. 20 July 1735	a. see article SC Gazette 19 July referring last Sunday = 13 July, mentioning Captain's name Hugh Percy (but NOT the ship's name) b. same article, ST ANDREW Captain Peter Robinson, left same time with Capt. Percy, expected here every day c. see article SC Gazette 26 July referring last Sunday = 20 July, mentioning Captain's name Robert Robinson; Custom House, Charlestown, Entred inwards says: Ship Oliver, Robert Robinson from Cowes
SHIP	a. SAMUEL b. ST ANDREW c. OLIVER	all of which seem to have arrived July 1735 Since part of the relevant info comes from the article that is below the ships article of July 26: Custom House, Charlestown; Entred inwards I wonder what else (if any) can be found under that section for the period prior to July 26, it looks like the paper came out once a week so the "Entred inwards" of July 19 might give more detail on the first 2 ships. Also I seem to recall that "taxes on incoming goods" were recorded, so there might be other clues there (maybe not in the paper, but in council reports? or income tax papers kept by the Council?). Hopefully somebody will find some more proof on the arrival of the St Andrew with Peter Robinson, that info is awfully meager, I have not ruled out the possibility of a mistake in the July 19 article, that is sort of rectified on July 26, when the Oliver arrived with Robert Robinson. At least it is remarkable the St Andrew is not mentioned under "Entred inwards" in the article of July 26. Dig, friends, dig.
MASTER	a. Hugh Percy b. Peter Robinson c. in: Robert Robinson out: Samuel Merchant	(Did anyone find the article approx August 1735 = a week before OLIVER's departure from Charlestown, which states that Captain Robert Robinson was killed by sharks?)
JOURNEY	all ships likely Rotterdam, Cowes, Charlestown	where the OLIVER continued to Philadelphia in August with her new Captain Samuel Merchant (see passenger list), most likely taking all those that were not able or willing to sell themselves in Charlestown
NAMES MENTIONED (not necessary correct)	250 Switzers 200 Palatines 200 Palatines	a. 90 fit to bear arms; to settle a Township upon Edisto River (which was later called Orangeburgh) b. about 200 Palatines c. about 200 Palatines, most of them being poor, obliged to sell themselves + children within 14 days or pay 1 Pistol more to be carried to Philadelphia
REF		a. 17 July 1735 newspaper (SC Gazette?) Oath was read to them (76 of them with 14 absent due to sickness) This counts up to 90 fit to bear arms? Council Journal entry: "Council heard chief of the Switzers lately arrived in the "Samuel", very arduous voyage from Europe; smallpox and so on. Does anybody have these articles? SC Gazette: by the time of 26 July 220 of the Switzers that arrived 13 July are now going up to Edisto b. so far no info on this group c. see passenger list for those that traveled to Philadelphia
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DATE	13 July 1735	From page 141: Hans Walter, my immigrant ancestor, came to South Carolina on the ship "Samuel", arriving on the 13th of July 1735, nine weeks after leaving Rotterdam, Holland. I quote from the "South Carolina Gazette" ship arrivals as follows: "Captain Hugh Percy in 9 weeks from Rotterdam and 6 weeks from Cowes, with 250 Switzers on board who are come to settle a Township on the King's Land in the Province upon the Encouragement granted to other foreigners. Amongst them there are 90 fit to bear arms and are expected to plant wheat and corn. Ship called the "Samuel". On 17th July 1735 from the newspaper--- Switzers petition His Honor Lt. Gov. that they might be qualified (take oath) in order to enjoy the same privileges as natural born subjects. and the same was read to them (76 of them with 14 absent due to sickness). They were to settle a town upon the Edisto River which is thought to be the best ground for Wheat, Corn, Hemp and Flax as also the planting of vineyards. Council Journal entry: "Council heard chief of the Switzers lately arrived in the "Samuel" and Commissary was sent for and they all arriving in the Township of Edisto. The ship Samuel has a very arduous voyage from Europe with the shipload of Switzers since several on board contacted smallpox and some of these died. After landing in Charleston, a child who may have been on board became quite ill with the disease and the Council Journals show that it was necessary to quarantine everyone who had had contact with this child. the Council Journal gives a very vivid account of steps taken to prevent the spread of the disease further as follows: "The Hon. Lt. Governor, Thomas Broughton, Esq., being informed that several of the Swiss died of the Small Pox on the ship and there was a child on shore who was then full of it which child died on the same day after noon and that several of the Swiss were gone into the place where the child lay. His Honor directed some of the Justices of the Peace and the Constable Sheriff to immediately go towards the said Place and keeping at a Moderate Distance from the same hinder the peoples within the house where the child lay from coming out and any person without from going in". "And a lone uninhabited house about three miles from Charles Town was immediately put in order to receive the persons who were in the afflicted house or such who might take the small pox to which place they were conducted this Day and a watch set over the House to Prevent any communication with the same".
SHIP	Samuel
MASTER	Hugh Percy
JOURNEY	9 weeks from Rotterdam; 6 weeks from Cowes
PARTY; NAMES MENTIONED (not necessarily correct)	250 Switzers; Hans Walter
REF	This is from the book The Way it Was with our Ancestors, Markham / Marcum - Cobia - Waters - Gilbert by William H. Marcum and Fonda Gilbert Waters Marcum in 1982, copyright 1983, published by Edwards Brothers
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DATE	26 July 1735	Salley's History of Orangeburg County quotes from Rev. George Howe, D.D., in his History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, Vol. I, pp. 216-217: "_ South Carolina Gazette, under date of July 26th: -- On Sunday last arrived two hundred Palatines; most of them being poor, they were obliged to sell themselves and their children for their passage (which is six pistoles in gold per head) within a fortnight of the time of their arrival, or else to pay one pistole more to be carried to Philadelphia. The most of them are farmers, and some tradesmen. About two hundred and twenty of the Switzers that have paid all their passages are now going up the Edisto to settle a township there. The government defrays them on their journey, provides them provisions for one year, and gives them fifty acres a head. The quantity of corn bought for them had made the price rise from fifteen shillings, as it was last week, to twenty shillings.'
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PARTY; NAMES MENTIONED (not necessary correct)	200 (Poor) Palatines arrived 20 July 1735, if not able to sell themselves to be carried to Philadelphia; 220 Switzers going up to Edisto-Santee Township, later called Orangeburgh Mentioned in family records is Peter Moorer and Ludwig Linder Mentioned by Salley: Peter Hugg, Hans Henry Felder, Melchior Ott, John Friday, John Diedrick, Henry Wurtzer, Elias Snell; Henry Salley, Jacob Twyther; Barbara Hatcher, Hans Dietrick Jr, Jacob Miller, Henry Rickenbacker
REF	SC Gazette quoted by Rev. George Howe quoted by Salley
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