The Concord was a British-captained ship that sailed from Rotterdam on 6 July 1683 (calling at Gravesend and London) to Philadelphia, arriving on 6 October 1683 with thirteen families, mostly from Krefeld, who formed the main organised group of earliest migrants from Germany to the United States.
Settlement and commemoration[]
The immigrants settled in Germantown, which was founded on 24 October 1683. Their arrival is now the reason for a United States public holiday, and the Concord was the ship chosen to celebrate the tercentenary with the issue of stamps in Germany and the United States. There were no actual pictures of the Concord; the stamps carried an artist's impression based on descriptions.
Passengers[]
- Leonard Arets (Van Aaken)
- Johannes Bleickers and wife and son (born at sea) Peter
- Tönes Coenen-Heggers and wife and four children
- Abraham Isaaks op den Graeff (1651-1731) and his wife Trintje Catharina Jansen (1656-1710)
- Dirck Isaacs op den Graeff (c1642-1697) and his wife Nolcken (Vyten)
- Herman Isacks op den Graeff (c1650-1708) and his wife Liesbet Isacks (Van Bebber), sister Margrit op den Graeff (c1652-1748), and mother Margriet Peters (1620-1683)
- Abraham Tunes Klinken and wife Beatrix (Lucken), sister of Johann
- Peter Kürlis and wife Elisabeth (Doors) and four children
- Johann Lenssen and wife
- Johann Lucken and wife Merken (Gastes)
- Wilhelm Strepers and his wife and five children
- Reiner Theissen-Doors, whose brother and two sisters came shortly after
- Johann Simons and wife and child
See also[]
- Mayflower - the British equivalent
External links[]
- "1683 Concord" on the Palatine Project (passengers and their relationships, religious denominations, etc)
- "1683 America" - the ship that came two months earlier with a smaller preparatory group led by Francis Daniel Pastorius