Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 21 Berks, Northampton, Bucks, and Chester counties, 172 men and 148 women, a total of 320, "all Germans." He had in all this extent of country but 26 men and 18 women, or 44, who were Irish. He had also the 228 Germans in Philadelphia, thus making a total of 547 in his charge. Catholics - German And Irish. Father Ferdinand Farmer, the priest at Lancaster, by the same report had, in Lancaster, Berks, Bucks, Chester, and Cumberland counties, 152 men and 133 women, Germans, and 56 men and 53 women, Irish. Father Matthias Manners had in York county 54 men and 62 women, Germans, and 35 men and 38 women, Irish. Thus it appears that in 1756 the four priests had the care of 485 men and 463 women, or 948, "all Germans, " and 207 men and 204 women, or 411, "all Irish or English." Thus there were over twice as many Germans as "Irish or English." During all the period from 1718 up to this date, 1757, and up to the Revolutionary War, there was a very large Irish immigration, but, as the figures show, besides many other sources of information, the comers were almost wholly Irish Presbyterians. The Irish Catholics did not come to America, they emigrated to the Continent of Europe, though in fact there was but little of the spirit of leaving their native land manifested among the Irish Catholics at that time. So the official record shows that in Pennsylvania the number of German Catholics was more than double the number of the Irish or English. Even in Philadelphia City and County the Germans had a majority of more than one hundred. They had three priests, Fathers Schneider, Farmer, and Manners, the Irish (or English) but one, Father Harding, and he was "an Englishman with an English heart, " as he declared at that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.