"STREVEY FAMILY HISTORY" by Maxine Strevey Scott, p. 4,5 and 6
"Jacob Strieby ...crossed the Atlantic on board the St. Andrew
skippered by Capt. Robert Brown, arrived Port of Philadelphia on the
afternoon of Oct. 7, 1743. Nothing is know of Jacob before his
arrival in America. It is assumed that he is widowed, since the only
family that he brought with him was his son Hans Michael." "Of all
twelve children, most retained the spelling of Strieby, but if one
looks at the passenger list the name was spelled both ways. Jacob and
Hans Michael signed it Strieby, but when it was printed under "those
who took the oath of allegiance" it was spelled Strevey.
"Pennsylvania German Pioneers": the foreigners whose names are
underwritten imported in ship St. Andrew, Capt. Robert Brown from
Rotterdam, last from Cowes, England did this day take the Oathe of
Qualification, vis dated Oct. 7, 1743." "Jacob Strieby and his son
Hans Michael were the first Striebys to come to the new land. Jacob
was born in the Lower Rhine Valley in the Palitinate area of Germany
in 1699. He was 44 years old on that Oct. day in 1743 when he and his
son Hans Michael said goodbye to Capt. Robert Brown on the ship St.
Andrew and set foot on American soil for the first time. Young
Michael (he followed the German custom of using his middle name) was
one of the "young foreigners who came from Rotterdam by way of Cowes,
England". At the time of his arrival he was 17 years old. After they
left the ship they walked a short distance to the courthouse in
Philadelphia where they were the 13th and 14th men, respectively, to
sign the "Oathe of Allegiance" to the crown of England. (Pennsylvania
German Pioneers, Strassburger Vol.11, p. 366)." "Jacob and Michael
stayed in the Philadelphia area for the next 10 years, and while there
Michael met and married Barbara ______, and their son Jacob was born."
"Not much is learnedof Jacob after this. It is assumed that he
lived a quiet life as a clockmaker. He lived to a ripe old age, and
was laid to rest in Westmoreland County Pa."
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1699 - Abt 1770 (71 years)
