Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 17, Series 2

The following is the page from the Pennsylvania Archives that lists the foreign arrivals on the Bannister for 31 Oct 1754. We find a Johan Adam Gebhart, but no Johan Georg, which contradicts the information in Strassburger and Hinke and the Kephart Family History above. Also the date is inconsistent with the other sources which claims the ship arrived on the 21st of October. It is probable that this is a typographical error as the entry on the following page is for 22 Oct 1754.


Wm. H. Egle, M.D., ed. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII (Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1890), p. 443. Image courtesy of Google Books.

The same book does list a Johan Georg Gebhardt who arrived on the Chance 8 Aug 1764. Whether this is the right Johan Georg is not known at this time.

 

Wm. H. Egle, M.D., ed. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII (Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1890), pp. 458-459. Image courtesy of Google Books.