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From: "Bill & Lynn Sewell" <>
Subject: Concering the Oath of Allegience
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:58:45 -0600
References: <20050306155409.12951.qmail@web80603.mail.yahoo.com>


All males over sixteen years of age were obliged to take this oath and
declaration, as soon after their arrival as possible. Taking an oath of
allegiance was a process undergone during early colonial emigration. In this
oath, immigrants declared they would be faithful to King George . Lynn
Hilty Sewell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brubaker" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [BRE] List of immigrants; Ship Brothers, 30 Sept 1754


> Hi Richard,
>
> There was a John Brubaker who married Anna Myers in Cocalico Twp. in 1774,
> later migrating to Roanoke County, Virginia. Some have speculated that he
> was the son of Jacob Prubacher (29) who was on the ship Brothers passenger
> list. I have heard it said that he was the earliest of all Brethren
> Brubakers, but my Jacob Brubaker was a Brethren of the same vintage. I am
> wondering if they were brothers (with a small b).
>
> A while back I did an Internet search and came up with some postings about
> John Brubaker and Anna Myers that appeared to have come from this list --
> now I can't find them. Are there archives of the posts that are
> available?
>
>
> Richard Folkerth <> wrote:
>
> List C: Ship Brothers to Philadelphia, 30 Sept 1754
> Signatures to the Oath of Abjuration
>
>
>
> Richard A. Brubaker
> Los Angeles, California
>
>
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