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The SAINT ANDREW galley was a three-masted ship with square sails and a square-sterned galley- type hull design of about 150 tons. Built 1733 in Philadelphia. Fitted with accommodation for passengers including compartments. 8 or 9 pairs of oars, if fitted. 8 deck-mounted guns, later increased to 20. Around 15 crew. Transported emigrants mostly from Rotterdam to Philadelphia from 1734 to 1752. Masters: John Stedman, Robert Robinson, James Proud, Charles Stedman, John Evans, Robert Brown, James Abercrombie, John Brown, Andrew Breading. Owned by 3 London merchants, managed by Charles & Alexander Stedman, Second Street, Philadelphia.
“The Ship St. Andrew, Galley, A Hypothesis” by Alfred T. Meschter. Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center www.schwenkfelder.com
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Immigration
Added by LindseyWolfgang Michael immigrated aboard the Ship Saint Andrew to Northampton Co. PA (now Lehigh) before October 7, 1743.(1) He was listed on a passenger list October 7, 1743 in Port of Philadelphia.(2) His age is given as 23 years. He could not sign his name but made a "W" for his mark. Some people have mistaken this for his middle initial. His full name was probably Johann Michael Wolfgang like his son. He arrived on the ship St. Andrew at the port of Philadelphia in 1743.
He bought property November 16, 1750 in Upper Milford Twp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., PA.(3) On November 16, 1750, Michael Wolfgang was granted a warrant to an "improvement" of 144 acres plus sixty-seven perches in Upper Milford Twp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., which was surveyed on Aug. 15, 1751. The Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike now runs along this land.
Michael's will was probated February 15, 1762 in Upper Milford Twp., Bucks (now Lehigh) Co., PA.(4) An inventory of the estate was filed by Sebastian Knauss and Daniel Dorney on March 28, 1760. Michael Wolfgang's farm had to be sold to pay off all his debts. Settlement of the estate was made Feb. 15, 1762 by Rudolph Kidweiler, minister and Dr. Huff for the children. The Michael Wolfgang accepted as the "original immigrant ancestor" first shows up on the passenger list of the ship "Saint Andrew" out of Rotterdam and Cowes under Capt. Robert Brown, arriving at the port of Philadelphia October 7, 1743. There was another Michael who arrived on the same ship 9 years earlier but his connection is not clear. Michael Wolfgang's age was listed as 23. From this we assume he was born in 1720. He signed the list with a distinctive "W" (his mark). Some reports say he was a potter by trade. He apparently settled in Macungie Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) County, PA. Sometime around 1747 he married Charlet Margretta Kopp. She was born December 30, 1732 in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Wurttemburg, Germany* and had immigrated with her parents.
[ * correction : her place of birth was Pirmasens, Germany ]
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For a full list of WOLFGANG descendants please go to www.wolfgangs.org
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