HENRICH CASPAR RACKE

When Henrich Caspar Racke was born on 9 January 1722, his father, Johann, was 29 and his mother, Anna, was 25. He had seven sons and two daughters with Anna Elizabeth Quickel between 1751 and 1767. He died on 4 January 1790 in Bart, Pennsylvania, USA, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

(Lifestory, ancestry.com)

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Christening 1722:

9. et 11. ejd. January renata

Henrich Caspar, Jacob Racke des Schuetzens

& Anna Margaretha Eheleuthen Soehnlein,

Gevatter waren Henrich Jacob Racke von

Niefernheim und der von .... Hausfrau Anna

Elisabetha und dann Henrich Morgenstern

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record title: Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898

name: Henrich Caspar Racke

gender: Male

baptism/christening date: 11 Jan 1722

baptism/christening place: EVANGELISCHE,ALBISHEIM,PFALZ,BAVARIA

father's name: Jacob Racke

mother's name: Anna Margaretha

indexing project (batch) number: C99864-1

system origin: Germany-ODM

source film number: 193748

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Henrich Caspar Racke

arrived on ship Saint Andrew on September 9, 1749 from Rotterdam.

List 128 C

Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Volume II, 1772-1775, Pages 436-437

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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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[List 128 C] St. Andrew

Captain: James Abercrombie

From: Rotterdam

By Way of: Plymouth

Arrival: Philadelphia, 9 Sep 1749

Persons 400 Palatines.

Henrich Caspar Racke

Johann Engelbert Morgenstern

http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/pa/1749sand.htm?affiliate=joeb&merchant=cottrill&url=http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/pa/1749sand.htm

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[List 128 C] At the Statehouse at Philadelphia, Saturday, the 9th Septr 1749.

Present: The Honourable, the Governor.

The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Saint Andrew, James Abercrombie, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Plymouth in England, did this day take the usual Qualifications to the Government.

By the List 111.

Persons 400 Palatines.

Henrich Casper Racke

Johann Engelbert Morgenstern

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/palship04.shtml

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

about Henr Csp Rack

Name: Henr Csp Rack

Year: 1749

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Source Publication Code: 2856.15

Primary Immigrant: Rack, Henr Csp

Annotation: Emigration from the Rhenish Palatinate and the Saarland in the 18th century. Date of emigration with intended destination or date and port of arrival. Sources of the information on emigration and town of origin also provided.

Source Bibliography: HACKER, WERNER. Auswanderungen aus Rheinpfalz und Saarland im 18. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart, Germany: Konrad Theiss Verlag, Villastrasse 11, W-7000 Stuttgart, 1987. 797p.

Page: 600

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Examples of Oaths of Fidelity

Published in Strassburger and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of

the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808, Norristown,

PA German Society, 1934.

"I, ....., do solemnly & sincerely promise & declare that I will be true & faithful to

King George the Second and do solemnly sincerely and truly Profess Testifie & Declare that

I do from my Heart abhor, detest & renounce as impious & heretical that wicked

Doctrine & Position that Princes Excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or any

Authority of the See of Rome may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any

other whatsoever. And I do declare that no Forreign Prince Person Prelate State or

Potentate hath or ought to have any Power Jurisdiction Superiority Preeminence or

Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within the Realm of Great Britain or the Dominions

thereunto belonging.

"I, ....., do solemnly sincerely and truly acknowledge profess testify & declare that King

George the Second is lawful & rightful King of the Realm of Great Britain & of all others

his Dominions & Countries thereunto belonging, And I do solemnly & sincerely declare

that I do believe the Person pretending to be Prince of Wales during the Life of the

late King James, and since his Decease pretending to be & taking upon himself the Stile

& Title of King of England by the Name of James the third, or of Scotland by the Name

of James the Eighth or the Stile & Title of King of Great Britain hath not any Right or

Title whatsoever to the Crown of the Realm of Great Britain, nor any other the Dominions

thereunto belonging. And I do renounce & refuse any Allegiance or obedience to him &

do solemnly promise that I will be true and faithful, & bear true allegiance to King George

the Second & to him will be faithful against all traitorous Conspiracies & attempts

whatsoever which shall be made against his Person Crown & Dignity & I will do my best

Endeavours to disclose & make known to King George the Second & his Successors all

Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which I shall Know to be made against him or any

of them. And I will be true & faithful to the Succession of the Crown against him the said

James & all other Persons whatsoever as the same is & stands settled by An Act Entituled

An Act declaring the Rights & Liberties of the Subject & settling the Succession of the

Crown to the late Queen Anne & the Heirs of her Body being Protestants, and as the

same by one other Act Entituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown & better

securing the Rights & Liberties of the subject is & stands settled & entailed after the

Decease of the said late Queen, & for Default of Issue of the said late Queen, to the late

Princess Sophia Electoress & Dutchess Dowager of Hannover & the Heirs of her Body being Protestants; and all these things I do plainly & sincerely acknowledge promise & declare

according to these express Words by me spoken & according to the plain & common

Sense and understanding of the same Words, without any Equivocation mental Evasion

or secret Reservation whatsoever. And I do make this Recognition Acknowledgement

Renunciation & Promise heartily willingly & truly."

http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/

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Settlers in Bart - The following were inhabitants of Bart

from 1751 to 1758 inclusive:

Henry Rockey

(History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, page 670)

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26 Nov 1756

Henry Rockey on tax roll asessed for 5 pounds and 6 shillings

in Bart, Borough of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Orphans Court held at Lancaster 7th June 1757

Catharine Werfel and Henry Rockey, Administrators of Melchior Werfel,

produced an account ...

(americanancestors.org)

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Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881

Name: Henry Rackey & Anna Elizabeth

Date: 16 Aug 1761

Event: Baptism [of Anna Elizabeth Rommel, b. 9 July 1761, daughter of

Peter Rommel & Catharine]

Relation: Sponsor

Location: Lancaster Co., PA

Church: First Reformed Congregation at Lancaster, PA

Record_ID: 295838

[also viewed on microfilm of church register]

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... George [George Egbert Trout 1913-1995] stated on multiple occasions that he believed Maria Elizabeth TRAUT had married close-by-neighbor Henry ROCKE in 1762. This seems to be directly reinforced by the following passage:

1762 - Jacob Brua, executor of Wendel’s will [Johann Wendel Georg Traut 1689-1760],

petitions the Court to appoint the orphaned children’s uncle, Henry Rockey,

as guardian for Mary Barbara 4, and sisters Catherine and Mary, both under 14.

Also, Wendel, II, 19, chooses Henry Rockey as his guardian.

Henrick Casper Racke (Rockey) had married Maria Elisabetha Traut

(from Wendel’s first marriage) in 1762. The Rockeys lived in nearby Bart Township.

Source: Geo. E. Trout, 250 Year History of My Trout Family

(Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1991), pg. 9.

While some of the ages are not correct (perhaps they were hard to read), these were the correct children orphaned by Wendel and 2nd wife Magdalena's deaths, and Maria Elizabetha having married Henry Rocke would make Henry their uncle as stated, and also a logical choice as a potential guardian.

(Craigh H Trout email, 20 Jul 2012)

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Name: Henry Rocky

Court Date: 24 Sep 1762

Residence Place: Philadelphia, USA

Title: Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies. The following certificales for this Colony have not been entered into the Entry Book.] C. O. 5 . 1276.

(ancestry.com)

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1767 - Henry Rockey of Lancaster County and 7 others are

appointed managers of the lottery [to raise funds for German

Lutheran Church built in Earl Township]

http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-90100/historic-background-annals-of-the-swiss-german-pioneer-settlers-of?itemId=2189351&action=showRecord

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Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 about Henry Rockey

Name: Henry Rockey

Year: 1772

Town or Ward: Bart

County: Lancaster

Archive Rollname: 327

Rockey Henry, 50 acres cleared & 250 acres of woodland,

4 cows, 4 horses & 20 sheep, £1-2-6d

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Henry Rockey, a native of Switzerland [sic], came to America in

an early day, making his permanent home in Bart township.

He served in the Revolution.

http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028852998/cu31924028852998_djvu.txt

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19 Aug 1776

Pennsylvania Archives Series 2 Volume XIII

Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia

of the County of Lancaster

Page 332

Private Henry Rockey

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Name: Henery Rockey

Military Date: 12 Dec [1776]

Military Place: Pennsylvania, USA

Military Unit: Third Battalion (Lancaster County Militia)

Notes: State

(ancestry.com)

Note: above records may be for his son Henry Rockey.

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assessed three pounds ten shillings each in 1777:

Henry Rocky, Jr.

Henry Rockey.

George Rockey.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paslchs/barthistory.html

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Taxables in 1782, Bart Twp:

Henry Rocky Jr.

Henry Rockey

George Rockey

(History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)

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Ancestry.com. State of the accounts of William Hay, Esq.,

collector of excise for Lancaster County from August 10, 1782,

to August 10 1783

List of excise received:

Henry Rockey paid £6-0-0

Excise to August 10, 1782, outstanding:

George Rockey £3-0-0

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STATE OF THE ACCOUNTS

OF

GEORGE GRAFF, Esquire

COLLECTOR OF EXCISE,

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.

From the 2d of August 1784, to the 6th of August 1785.

After which he received no more money as Collector.

List of money received of sundry retailers per annum, from August 1784

to August 1785

Rockey, Henry £4 -2 - 8.

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Persons mentioned in will of 19 Nov 1789:

Hendry Rockey (signs Henrich Racke), testator

Elizabeth Rockey, my wife

George Rockey, my son

Barbara Lotman, my daughter

Henry Rockey, my son

William Rockey, my son

Frederick Rockey, my son

Elisabeth Rockey, my daughter

Jacob Rockey, my son

John Rockey, my son

Philipp Rockey, executor [his brother]

Henry Rockey, executor

John Johnston, witness

John Ramsey, witness

George Bachman, witness

James Jacks, registrar

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Will of 19 Nov 1789:

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN

I Hendry Rockey of the Township of Bart in the County of Lancaster and State of

Pennsylvania being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God

for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is

appointed for all men once to die First recommend my Soul to God who gave it me

nothing doubting but I shall receive the same again by the power of Almighty God

at the General Resurrection. and as touching my worldly estate wherewith to hath

pleased God to bless me with in this life I do order and ordain in the following manner

first I Recommend my body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian and decent like

burial and all my just debts and funeral charges to be paid at the discression of my

Executors here after named.

Secondly I do order and allow that my well beloved Wife Elizabeth Rockey shall have

one feather bed and suitable furniture there unto And her choice house or mare

saddle and bridle and her choice room in the dwelling house and one chest and one

pot and the Interest arising from two hundred pounds to be paid to her yearly during

her natural life or as long as she continues a widow and one cow and one swine and

the above mentioned horse or mare properly kept summer and winter and to have

one half acre of good land put in with flax seed yearly one washing tub and pail or

bucket and one pewter dish and six pewter plates and one half dozen of knifes and

forks Thirdly I do order and allow that my well beloved son George Rockey and Barbara

Lotman my daughter and Henry Rockey my Son and William Rockey my son is to have

one hundred pounds equally divided among them four at the time of my wife Elisabeths

marriage or at her death.

Fourthly I do order and allow that my well beloved Son Frederick Rockey is to have the

one half of a Plantation which lies in Virginia which I empowered my Son Henry to take

out a deed for in his own name which we conditioned for that I should pay the one

half of the costs deeding said land and my Son Henry Rockey is to convey the one full

half to me according to our contract, the said Frederick Rockey is to pay to Babarah

Lotman the sum of twenty pounds in one year after my demise said Frederick Rockey

is to have one feather bed and furniture. Fifthly I do order and allow that Elisabeth

Rockey my well beloved daughter is to have one hundred and twenty five pounds to

be paid out of the said of my personal Estate and that to be paid one year after my

decease likewise she is to have one cow and a heifer one feather bed and furniture

and her choice of horses and mares Saddle and bridle to wit one horse or one mare

likewise two pewter dishes and half dozen of pewter pates one spinning shell and two

chairs and case of drawers. Sixthly I order and allow that my Son Jacob Rockey is to

have the plantation I now live upon and one horse and geese and one feather bed

and furniture the said Jacob Rockey is to pay the Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds

to my Son John Rockey twenty five pounds to be paid to him yearly till the above Sum

of one hundred and fifty pounds be paid I do order that my Son John Rockey is have a

hors colt a feather bed and furniture I do order and allow that Frederick Rockey and

Elisabeth Rockey and Jacob Rockey and John Rockey is to have one hundred pounds

equally divided among them at the time of the marriage of Elisabeth my wife or after

her death. Seventhly I also ordain constitute and appoint Philipp Rockey and Henry

Rockey to be the whole and Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and to

see that the same be carried into Execution according to the true intent and warning

thereof. In Witness where of I the said Henry Rockey have to this my last will and

Testament set my hand and Seal this nineteenth day of November in the year of our

Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

Henrich Racke

Signed sealed and delivered

By the Sd Hendry Rockey

As for his last will and

Testament in the presences

John Johnston

John Ramsey

George Bachman

John Johnston and John Ramsey two of

the witnesses sworn by uplifted hand of George

Bachman the other witness affd. And Philip Rockey the two Exors Sworn by uplifted hand

the first day of February 1790 Cor me

James Jacks Reg.

Lancaster County on the first day of February Anno Domini 1790 before me the Subscriber

personally appeared John Johnston and John Ramsey upon their Solemn Oath by uplifted

hand did depose and say and George Bachman upon his Solemn affirmation the three

Subscribing Witnesses to the above and foregoing writing did declare and say that they

were present & saw & heard Henry Rockey the testator above named Sign Seal publish

pronounce & declare the said above & foregoing writing as & for his last Will of Testament

& that at the time of the doing thereof he was of Sound and well disposing mind memory

and understanding to the best of their knowledge observation & belief.

James Jacks Reg.

Be it Remembered that on the first day of February Anno Domini 1790 the last Will and

Testament of Henry Rockey late of Bart Township in the County of Lancaster yeoman

Deceased was proved in due form of a Law of Letters Testamentary thereon were

granted to Philip Rockey and Henry Rockey the Executors therein named they having

first been duly qualified well of truly to Administer the Estate of the said deceased and

especially to an Exhibit a true and perfect Inventory there of into the Registers office

at Lancaster within one month from this Date of to render a just of true account of their Administration on said Estate within one year or when there to lawfully required given

under the Seal of the said office of

James Jacks Reg.

(transcribed by Judith J. Forbis, www.datahere.net)

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AN INDEX TO THE WILL BOOKS AND INTESTATE RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729-1850

INDEX to the WILL BOOKS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1729 - 1850

Rockey, Henry 1790 F 1 page 197

Rockey, Jacob 1832 Q 1 page 266

Rockey, Jacob 1846 U 1 page 142

Rockey, Peter 1824 O 1 page 219

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Abstracts of Lancaster Co., PA, Wills, 1729 ­ 1819

ROCKEY, HENRY. Bart Twp. February 1, 1790.

ROCKEY, PHILIP. Sadsbury Twp. March 28, 1809.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/wills/willabstn-r.txt

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HIR RUHEN IN - Here rest in

GOT DEM HERRN - God the Lord

DIE GEBEIN VON - the bones of

JOHAN HENRICH - Johann Henrich

RACKE GEBOHREN - Racke born

ANO 1721 DEN 9 - Anno 1721 the 9th of

JANUARIUS UND - January and

ER STARB IM JAHR - he died in the year

ANO 1790 DEN 4 - Anno 1790 the 4th of

JANUARIUS SEIN - January. His

ALDER WAR 69 JAHR - age was 69 years

(Rockey Burial Ground, Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania)

http://datahere.net/StaticPages/RockeyVirtualGraveyard/Grave%2018.htm

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