1750 · Philadelphia · Amish
What happened
The orphan Jacob Mast, 12, his siblings and uncle Johannes Mast, with the Holly (Hooley) family, landed at Philadelphia on 3 Nov 1750.
Ancestors alive at the time
Peter Kaufmann (d. 1803), John Hostetler (d. 1807), Anna Hochstetler (killed 1757), Peter Neuenschwander (d. before 1791), Ulrich Mishler (b. 1688), Christian Ramseyer (bapt. 1700), Joseph Ulrich Mishler (c.1700–1756), Anna Dorothea Mueller (c.1700–1789), Johann Fieguth (1707–1780), Jacob Hochstetler (1712–1776), Christian Daniel Miller (c.1734–1777), John Hochstetler (c.1735–1805), Veronica Mishler (c.1736–1785), Jacob Mast (1738–1808), Abraham Busenitz (1739–1787), Magdalena Holly (c.1740–1820), Anna Busenitz (1744–1797), Anna Penner (fl. 1744), Joseph Hochstetler (c.1746–1812), Isaac Ramseyer (c.1747–after 1817), Michael Holly (arr. 1750)
Sources
Also aboard (Claude, 2026-10-31)
Michael Troyer Sr. (d. 1807) and his brother Andreas, listed under their stepfather’s name as “Holly” (Troyer Family History, 1984).
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.