Four Early Pennsylvania Counties
Palm | Rohrbach | Migrations

Below are four early counties of Pennsylvania colored in their original configurations. The area of each county was subdivided as their population increased. Bucks had two subdivisions. Philadelphia had two. Chester had one. Lancaster had seven.

Blue star shows where George Rohrbach settled in 1732. Black star shows where Dr. Palm settled in 1760 after living in New Jersey for 10 years.
Click on Dr. Palm to read a Ben Franklin letter about German immigrants in 1753.
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