Early PA
Immigrants
The following SHUMAN
names are taken from the book A COLLECTION of upwards of THIRTY THOUSAND
NAMES of GERMAN, SWISS, DUTCH, FRENCH and other IMMIGRANTS in PENNSYLVANIA
from 1727 to 1776... by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, reprint of the second
revised edition with an added index, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
(no date).
In some cases, the book contains both the original German
text along with the translation, but not the actual signatures. The passenger's
names are given as they were spelled in the source's compilation. All of
these immigrants arrived at the Philadelphia port. This information was
collected by Bruce A. Shuman.
| Date of Arrival | Ship's Name | Ship's Captain | Passenger's Name |
| 4 September, 1728 | Albany | Lazarus Oxman | Philip Shöman |
| 25 September, 1732 | Loyal Judith | Robert Turpin | Johan Shuman |
| 19 September, 1738 | The Thistle | John Wilson | Joh. Jacob Schuhmann |
| 27 September, 1740 | Lydia | James Allen | Arnold Schuman |
| 27 September, 1740 | Lydia | James Allen | Johan Peter Schuman |
| 14 September, 1749 | Two Brothers | Thomas Arnot | Johan Peter Schuman* |
| 15 September, 1749 | Edinburgh | James Russel | Stofel (Christofel?) Schuman |
| 15 September, 1749 | Phoenix | John Mason | John Matheas Shöman |
| 19 September, 1749 | Patience | Hugh Steel | Hans Georg Schuhmann |
| 26 September, 1749 | Ranier | Henry Browning | Joh. Peter Scharmann |
| 13 August, 1750 | Edinburgh | James Russel | Johan Henry Shöman |
| 12 September, 1750 | Priscilla | William Wilson | Johannes Schuman |
| 27 September, 1752 | Anderson | Hugh Campbell | Wilhelm Friedrich Schumann |
| 29 September, 1753 | Snow Rowand | Arthur Tran | Philip Schuman |
| 14 September, 1754 | Barclay | John Brown | Johannes Schuman |
| 30 September, 1754 | Neptune | ---- Ware | Johannes Schuman |
| 27 October, 1764 | Hero | Ralph Forster | Johann Schuman |
| 27 October, 1764 | Hero | Ralph Forster | Rudolph Schuman |
| 16 October, 1772 | Crawford | Charles Smith | George Shuman** |
| 21 June, 1774 | Nancy (Brigantine) | Thomas Armstrong | Herman Schuman |
*could the same
Peter Schuman have arrived a second time, or is this a different man?
**could Hans Georg have returned to Europe and arrived a second time?
The following observations are of interest:
Passenger ships, at this time in history, typically arrived in the fall
of the year (perhaps to coincide with harvest time, perhaps due to weather
patterns or political constraints), and with the exception of 1749, not
more than two SHUMANs arrived in any single year. The one apparent exception
to the fall arrivals seems to be the Nancy, but this was found to
be a military ship carrying only the one passenger.
