Concord (1683) Explained
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Concord was the ship that in 1683 took the first group of German emigrants to America.
[1] On board of the
galleon were 13 Mennonite families from
Krefeld with a total of 33 people. The ship is also known as the "German
Mayflower".
Concord set sail on July 6, 1683, in
Rotterdam under Captain William Jeffries with 57 passengers. The journey took 74 days to reach Philadelphia (
Germantown) on October 6, 1683 (which was declared German-American Day in 1983).
[2] See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 1683 Concord . The Palatine Project . 2013-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130521183202/http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/pa/1683conc.htm . 2013-05-21 . dead .
- Web site: Reagan . Ronald . Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America (proclamation of) . 1983-01-20 . 2007-07-29 .
