Listed in this table are the qualifying ancestors—those whose residency in Pennsylvania falls within one of the required time periods—from First Families applications approved to date. Inclusion of an ancestral name is acceptable proof of residency for future applications.
Please note that this list is not exclusive. This is merely a list of ancestors who have been approved at the time that this list was posted. If your ancestor is not on the list and you are approved, your ancestor will be added to the list. If your ancestor is on the list, you need only to prove your direct descent from this ancestor to join First Families.
Updated 17 April 2024
First Families Approved Ancestors
| Ancestor | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Addleman, John Michael | Chester | 1760 |
| Albright/Albrect, John | Lancaster | 1740 |
| Alexander, Alexander | Bedford | 1776 |
| Alexander, Ferry | Philadelphia | 1894 |
| Alexander, Hibberd Bennett | Philadelphia | 1820 |
| Arnold, Richard | Chester | 1698 |
| Ashmead, John | Philadelphia | 1682 |
| Babb, Peter Jr. | Allegheny | 1728 |
| Babb, Peter Sr. | Allegheny | 1790 |
| Barnhill, William Sr | Bucks | 1754 |
| Barton, Thomas | Bucks | 1750 |
| Baumeister, Jacob Friedrich | Philadelphia | 1836 |
| Beals, John | Chester | 1717 |
| Beebe, Pvt. Joshua Jr. | Wyoming Valley | 1776 |
| Bell, Alexander | Huntingdon | 1784 |
| Bender, Jacob | Philadelphia | 1747 |
| Bender, John | Philadelphia | 1755 |
| Benedict, Eunice A | Tioga | 1877 |
| Benner, Charles. | Philadelphia | 1790 |
| Bergin/Berrigan, James | Lycoming | 1865 |
| Biles, William | Bucks | 1679 |
| Black, Robert | York | 1749 |
| Boker, Magdelena | Philadelphia | 1685 |
| Borradaile, Arthur | Chester | 1686 |
| Boston, Sarah | Tioga | 1860 |
| Bothell, Alexander | Bucks | 1812 |
| Bower, Andrew | Lancaster | 1741 |
| Bower, Benjamin | Unknown | 1811 |
| Bower, Jacob | Unknown | 1768 |
| Bower, Michael | Lancaster | 1741 |
| Brown, Adam | Cumberland | 1789 |
| Brown, Caleb | Allegheny | 1800 |
| Brown, John | Cumberland | 1789 |
| Brown, Robert | Butler | 1810 |
| Buchanan, David A. | Philadelphia | 1849 |
| Buckman, William | Bucks | 1790 |
| Burkett, Jacob | Bedford | 1790 |
| Bustill, Cyrus | Philadelphia | 1682 |
| Byerly/Bierly, Dietrich | Philadelphia | 1785 |
| Carrier, Lewis Clark | Potter | 1850 |
| Carter, James | Bucks | 1714 |
| Carter, Mary | Philadelphia | 1682 |
| Chamberlin, Sarah Ann | Chester | 1698 |
| Chapman, John | Bucks | 1684 |
| Chapman, Luke | Allegheny | 1790 |
| Cloud, William | Chester | 1682 |
| Cock, Lawrence Petterson | New Castle | 1746 |
| Cock, Peter Larsson | New Sweden Colony | 1641 |
| Cooke, Col. William | Lancaster | 1760 |
| Cornell, Adrian | Bucks | 1739 |
| Cowhey, Patrick | Schuylkill | 1840 |
| Cowhey, Ann | Schuylkill | 1840 |
| Cremer/Creamer, Casper | Philadelphia | 1772 |
| Critchlow, James | Westmoreland | 1776 |
| Cunningham, John | Adams | 1748 |
| Darby, Edwin Tyler | Philadelphia | 1864 |
| Davidson, Alexander | Venango | 1808 |
| Davis, Elisha | Philadelphia | 1756 |
| Deamer, Christina | Northampton | 1768 |
| DeHaven, Evart | Philadelphia | 1698 |
| Deimer, Andrew | Northampton | 1768 |
| DePuy, Nicholas | Bucks | 1727 |
| Diehm/Teem, Jacob | Berks | 1752 |
| Dierforff, Anthony | York | 1767 |
| Dieterich, Johann Nicholas | Lancaster | 1749 |
| Dissinger, Eberhard | Lancaster | 1761 |
| Drinker, Edward | Philadelphia | 1680 |
| Douty, John | Bucks | 1778 |
| Dufford, Jacob Henry | Butler | 1834 |
| Eckley, Peter | Pennsylvania | 1790 |
| Evan, Phillip | Berks | 1720 |
| Evans, Ensign Daniel | Chester | 1752 |
| Evans, Joshua | Berks | 1777 |
| Evans, Thomas Rees | Chester | 1752 |
| Eyre, Colonel Jehu | Philadelphia | 1761 |
| Fahnestock, Dietrich | Lancaster | 1749 |
| Farquhar, George | Philadelphia | 1801 |
| Faust, Jacob Sr. | Philadelphia | 1733 |
| Ferree, Marie de la Warrenbur | Chester | 1712 |
| Ferree, Philip | Chester | 1716 |
| Fink, Johannes | Pennsylvania | 1770 |
| Finley, Michael | Chester | 1743 |
| Fischl, Maria | Lehigh | 1899 |
| Fiscus, Abraham | Lancaster | 1760 |
| Fiscus, Gerhardt/Garrett | Lancaster | 1759 |
| Fish, Ellen Lillian | Erie | 1846 |
| Flohr, Leonard | York | 1773 |
| Flohr, Valentine | York | 1748 |
| Ford, Elizabeth Carden | Philadelphia | 1856 |
| Ford, James | Philadelphia | 1856 |
| Ford, James (son) | Philadelphia | 1856 |
| Foringer, Dewalt | Unknown | 1772 |
| Frampton, William | Philadelphia | 1683 |
| Frey, Elizabeth | Montgomery | 1719 |
| Frey, Heinrich | Philadelphia | 1680 |
| Frey, Heinrich | Philadelphia | 1685 |
| Frey, Jacob | Berks | 1755 |
| Frey, Jacob | Berks | 1755 |
| Fuller, Balthazar | Philadelphia | 1763 |
| Gable/Gebel, Valentine | Northampton | 1771 |
| Gilbride, James | Wayne | 1850 |
| Gilliland, James | Chester | 1739 |
| Githens, Charles | Philadelphia | 1826 |
| Glassbrenner, Johan Georg | Philadelphia | 1732 |
| Glover, Charles LeRoy | Erie | 1885 |
| Gominger, Agnes Nill | Philadelphia | 1753 |
| Goodwin, Capt. George | Philadelphia | 1760 |
| Gottschall, Lewis | Schuylkill | 1836 |
| Graff, George | Philadelphia | 1844 |
| Gutknecht, Christian I | Philadelphia | 1749 |
| Hamer, Rebecca | Lancaster | 1766 |
| Hamilton, William | Lancaster | 1762 |
| Harding, Samuel Jr. | Tioga | 1817 |
| Harker, Mary | Bucks | 1718 |
| Harlacher, Charles | Lancaster | 1746 |
| Harlan, George | New Castle | 1687 |
| Harmer, William | Philadelphia | 1682 |
| Harris, Peter | Wyoming Valley | 1769 |
| Hart, Mary Catherine | Wayne | 1850 |
| Hart, William Bertram | Bucks | 1747 |
| Hartsfelder, Julian | Philadelphia | 1675/1676 |
| Hatcher, William Sr. | Bucks | 1703 |
| Hauer, Michael | Philadelphia | 1737 |
| Hayhurst, Cuthbert | Bucks | 1682 |
| Hayhurst, Cuthbert II | Bucks | 1682 |
| Hayhurst, David | Bucks | 1761-1765 |
| Hayhurst, James | Bucks | 1732 |
| Hazzard, Perry | Fayette | 1823 |
| Hehn, Rosina | Lancaster | 1775 |
| Heidenthal, Joseph | Blair | 1850 |
| Heijt, Hans Yost | Philadelphia | 1718 |
| Heiney, Philip | Northampton | 1784 |
| Hennessey, Mary | Allegheny | 1886 |
| Henninger, George | Berks | 1771 |
| Henninger, George | Berks | 1771 |
| Henninger, Jacob Freiderich | Berks | 1771 |
| Hepler, Jacob | Philadelphia | 1748 |
| Hepler, Johann Casper | Philadelphia | 1748 |
| Herr, Abraham | Chester | 1717 |
| Herr, Barbara | Chester | 1717 |
| Herr, Hans | Chester | 1710 |
| Hertzel, Anna Christina | Bucks | 1732 |
| Hicklin, Thomas | Chester | 1734 |
| Hickman, Elizabeth Straud Chamberlin | Chester | 1698 |
| Higgins, John Daniel | Philadelphia | 1884 |
| Higgins, Sarah McIntyre | Philadelphia | 1884 |
| Hodge, Henry | Philadelphia | about 1715 |
| Hoge, John | Cumberland | 1760 |
| Hollands, Henry | Tioga | 1860 |
| Hollands, Stephen | Tioga | 1877 |
| Hollingsworth, Valentine | New Castle | 1682 |
| Hoke, Jacob Johann | Lancaster | 1730 |
| Hood, John | Chester | 1864 |
| Hoopes, Joshua | Bucks | 1683 |
| Hower, George Frederick | Philadelphia | 1750 |
| Hower, John Nicolas | Berks | 1751 |
| Huddleston, Henry Sr. | Bucks | 1693 |
| Hughes, John | Philadelphia | 1683 |
| Humphries, David Carlisle | Bucks | 1734-35 |
| Hunsicker, Valentine | Philadelphia | 1717 |
| Hunsperger,Peter | Philadelphia | 1772 |
| Hussey, Elizabeth “Betty” | Philadelphia | 1759 |
| Hutchenson, Thomas | Chester | 1810 |
| Hutcheson, Thomas | Chester | 1810 |
| Jenkins, Eleazer | Washington | 1786 |
| Jenks, Thomas | Bucks | 1738 |
| Jones, Edward | Philadelphia | 1682 |
| Jones, John | Philadelphia | 1703 |
| Jones, Thomas | Philadelphia | 1686 |
| Joyce, George | York | 1789 |
| Kaczmarek, Marianna | Allegheny | 1892 |
| Kauck, Christian | Philadelphia | 1781 |
| Keim, Johannes (John) | Philadelphia | 1697/1698 |
| Kern, Nicolas | Philadelphia | 1727 |
| Kinner, Mary | Tioga | 1854 |
| Kirk, John | Chester | 1687 |
| Kirkpatrick, Alexander | Lancaster | 1746 |
| Kitchen, John C. | Philadelphia | 1796 |
| Klein/Kline, Jacob | Montgomery | 1746 |
| Kleiss, Anna Elizabeth | Philadelphia | 1723 |
| Klingaman, John George | York | 1778 |
| Klotz, Jacob | Philadelphia | 1738 |
| Klotz, Johann Jacob | Philadelphia | 1749 |
| Knecht, Charles | Northampton | 1805 |
| Knecht, Georg Peter | Bucks | 1732 |
| Knecht, Hans Leonard | Bucks | 1760 |
| Knecht, Leonard | Northampton | 1796 |
| Kniep/Knipe, Johannes | Philadelphia | 1763 |
| Knight, Frances | Philadelphia | about 1715 |
| Kreamer, Elizabeth Jane | Lycoming | 1920 |
| Krewson, John | Bucks | 1786 |
| Krimm, Frederick | Lycoming | 1886 |
| Kunzulmann, Bartolomai | Philadelphia | 1741 |
| Lane, Corbin | Bedford | 1773 |
| Lane, Samuel | Bedford | 1775 |
| Latshaw, Abraham | Berks | 1769 |
| Laughlin, Robert | Washington | 1786 |
| Laverty, James | Philadelphia | 1855 |
| Leighty, Jacob | Fayette | 1790 |
| Leinbach, Elizabeth Frey | Montgomery | 1719 |
| Leinbach, Johann Frederick Sr. | Philadelphia | 1723 |
| Leinbach,, Sr. Johannes | Philadelphia | 1723 |
| Leitzel, Matilda | Dauphin | 1821 |
| Levering, Anna Catherine | Philadelphia | 1685 |
| Levering, Wigard | Philadelphia | 1685 |
| Levering, Wigard | Philadelphia | 1685 |
| Levis, Samuel | Philadelphia | 1709 |
| Lewis, Mary | Allegheny | 1728 |
| Liming, Henry | Westmoreland | 1778 |
| Liming, Joseph | Westmoreland | 1778 |
| Linderman, Conrad | Philadelphia | 1779 |
| Linebaugh, Daniel | Montgomery | 1760 |
| Linn, Levi | Bedford | 1775 |
| Litzenberg, Simon | Delaware | 1763 |
| Litzinger, Leonard | Berks | 1765 |
| Lloyd, Henry | Huntingdon | 1794 |
| Margareno | Philadelphia | 1840 |
| Marker, Henry | Bedford | 1774 |
| Märtensson, Märten | New Sweden | 1654 |
| May, John | York | 1789 |
| May,Jacob | York | 1777 |
| Mayer, Mary Magdalene | Philadelphia | 1772 |
| McCulley, Joseph Hegarty | Philadelphia | 1816 |
| McDonald, John | Cumberland | 1827 |
| McGoogan, Robert | Westmoreland | 1783 |
| Mellott, George Washington | Fulton | 1840 |
| Mellott, George Washington | Bedford | 1840 |
| Merryman, Joshua | Huntingdon | 1815 |
| Miller, Garrett | Tioga | 1800 |
| Miller, George K | Tioga | 1854 |
| Miller, Sarah Jane | Dauphin | 1864 |
| Milligan, Samuel | Cumberland | 1775 |
| Monaghan, Bridget | Schuylkill | 1860 |
| Monington, Emalinda | Wayne | 1828 |
| Moore, Henry L | Pennsylvania | 1824 |
| Morgan, Isaiah | Bucks | 1764 |
| Morrey, Humphrey | Philadelphia | 1683 |
| Mulroy, Michael | Schuylkill | 1860 |
| Nagle, Richard | Cambria | 1787 |
| Nolf, George | Northampton | 1775 |
| Norbeck, Henry | Philadelphia | 1766 |
| Norbeck, Mary Ann | Philadelphia | 1766 |
| O’Brien, James | Philadelphia | 1864 |
| O’Brien, James Joseph | Allegheny | 1886 |
| O’Brien, Mary Hennessy | Allegheny | 1886 |
| Ogle, Thomas | New Castle | 1739 |
| Overmyer, Phillip | Crawford | 1801 |
| Pannabecker, John | Lancaster | 1775 |
| Parkinson, Joseph | Monongahela City | 1770 |
| Peeky, Rudolph | Philadelphia | 1743 |
| Pennington, Robert | Centre | 1805/1806 |
| Peters, Aloysious John | Cambria | 1892 |
| Plummer, William Nelson | Luzerne | 1877 |
| Poage, Robert | Bucks | 1724 |
| Powell, William | Philadelphia | 1684 |
| Powley, Agnes | Chester | 1705 |
| Phillips, Theophilus | Westmoreland | 1780 |
| Pücky, Rudolph | Philadelphia | 1743 |
| Pyle, Robert | Chester | 1683 |
| Rainey, Isaac | Clearfield | 1840 |
| Rainey, Robert H. | Clearfield | 1814 |
| Rambo, Peter Gunnarson | New Sweden | 1639-1640 |
| Ruthbun, Jackson D. | Erie | 1854 |
| Rathbun, Mira Gray | Erie | 1854 |
| Rathbun, Valentine | Erie | 1854 |
| Ream, Abraham | Philadelphia | 1718 |
| Ream, Abraham | Lancaster | 1775 |
| Ream, Johann Eberhard | Lancaster | 1718 |
| Reed/Read, Colonel Seth | Erie | 1795 |
| Reeves, Newton H. | Westmoreland | 1853 |
| Regli, Joseph | Philadelphia | 1818 |
| Reichard, Mathias | Lancaster | 1760 |
| Reiter, Georg | Philadelphia | 1727 |
| Remeter, Peter | Philadelphia | 1772 |
| Renick, Elizabeth | Bucks | 1724 |
| Renick, George | Bucks | 1714 |
| Rex, George | Philadelphia | 1720 |
| Rickey, John | Northumberland | 1782 |
| Ridgway, Richard | Near Crewcorne, in PA, on the Banks of the Delaware River | 1679 |
| Riegel, Andreas | Berks | 1750 |
| Riegel, George E. Sr. | Dauphin | 1863 |
| Riegel, George E. Jr. | Lycoming | 1892 |
| Riegel, George E. III | Lycoming | 1919 |
| Riegel, Johan Daniel | Berks | 1733 |
| Riegel, Johannes | Berks | 1733 |
| Riegel, Josiah R. | Dauphin | 1828 |
| Rightmyer, Henry | Berks | 1743 |
| Riter, Dr. George W. | Philadelphia | 1795 |
| Robinett, Mary Taylor | Chester | 1694 |
| Roddy, James | Chester | 1722 |
| Rogers, Thomas | Bucks | 1690 |
| Rogers, Thomas | Bucks | 1690 |
| Roosa, Wyntje | Bucks | 1727 |
| Rorabaugh, Hannah | Centre | 1808-1810 |
| Rosenbaum, Antonius Conradus | Lancaster | 1737 |
| Rosenbaum, Barbara Baumann | Lancaster | 1737 |
| Rosenberger, Benjamin Jr. | Montgomery | 1781 |
| Rosenberger, Benjamin Sr. | Montgomery | 1774 |
| Rosenberger, Elias (Yellis) | Montgomery | 1778 |
| Rosenberger, Heinrich | Montgomery | 1729 |
| Rowen/Rohn, Christopher/Johann Christoph | Philadelphia | 1776 |
| Ruckstuhl, Solomon Sr. | Philadelphia | 1737 |
| Rudd, Mary | Bucks | 1682 |
| Ruger, Hans Jurg/ Rex, George | Philadelphia | 1720 |
| Rummel, George | York | 1758 |
| Rummel May, Sophia | York | 1779 |
| Rummel, Sophia | York | 1790 |
| Rutty, Ezra | Northumberland | 1779 |
| Saddler, Simon Schirmann | Philadelphia | 1733 |
| Salkeld, John | Chester | 1705 |
| Schank, Joseph | York | 1762 |
| Schantz, Johan Philip | Northampton | 1765 |
| Schantz, John | Northampton | 1790 |
| Schlauch, Maria Margaret | Bucks | 1760 |
| Schneider, Martin | York | 1781 |
| Schneider, Martin | York | 1781 |
| Schoch, Catherine | Berks | 1755 |
| Schott, Christina | Northampton | 1796 |
| Schurmann/Sherman, Simon | Lancaster | 1733 |
| Schwab, Elizabeth | Philadelphia | 1718 |
| Scott, John | Philadelphia | 1865 |
| Second, Mary | Wyoming Valley | 1776 |
| Serfass, Johan Philip | Philadelphia | 1739 |
| Seybert/Seibert, Sebastian | Northampton | 1766 |
| Shallcross, Leonard Jr. | Philadelphia | 1757 |
| Shanks/Shanks, Alexander | Philadelphia | 1816 |
| Shanks, William | Philadelphia | 1816 |
| Sharp, Andrew | Westmoreland | 1786 |
| Sharp, Catherine T | Cambria | 1897 |
| Sheaff, Philip | Montgomery | 1788 |
| Sheaff, William | Montgomery | 1788 |
| Shillingsford, James | Philadelphia | 1732 |
| Shoemaker, Jacob | Columbia | 1820 |
| Shoemaker, Sarah | Montgomery | 1686 |
| Shook, Helen Louise | Lycoming | 1895 |
| Sigmann, Johannes | Bucks | 1738 |
| Silbert, John George | Philadelphia | 1800 |
| Singley, Martin | Philadelphia | 1738 |
| Skene, James | Philadelphia | 1754-1761 |
| Smith, Mary | Tioga | 1800 |
| Smith, Samuel | Lancaster | 1728 |
| Smothers, Oliver | Fayette | 1823 |
| Spencer, Ann | Philadelphia | 1737 |
| Stahr, Lydia | Northampton | 1810 |
| Stiteler, Johann Peter | Philadelphia | 1764 |
| Stoebener, Johan Jacob | Luzerne | 1855 |
| Strawn, Benjamin | Greene | 1780 |
| Suter, George | York | 1771 |
| Tawney, Catharine | York | 1758 |
| Taylor, Mary Robinett | Chester | 1694 |
| Teamer, Andrew | Philadelphia | 1817 |
| Thomas, Seth C. | Philadelphia | 1748 |
| Thorn, John | Westmoreland | 1790 |
| Thorn, Joseph | Westmoreland | 1776 |
| Thorschutz, Johann | Lehigh | 1899 |
| Treiber, Barbara | Beaver | 1834 |
| Treude, Justus | Philadelphia | 1845 |
| VanGorder, Jacob Sr | Beaver | in or before 1783 |
| Vogel, John | Lycoming | 1854 |
| vonLohr, Dr. Johann Georg | Chester | 1698 |
| Wagenseller, John | Philadelphia | 1762 |
| Wagonsailor, John | Philadelphia | 1739 |
| Wagonseil, Christopher | Philadelphia | 1729 |
| Warfield, Nicholas | Franklin | 1830 |
| Warner, Sarah | Bucks | 1766 |
| Weber, Jacob | Lancaster | 1723 |
| Weber, Johan Jost | Philadelphia | 1789 |
| Weise, Adam | Philadelphia | 1766 |
| Wells, Richard | Philadelphia | 1760 |
| Wertman, George Philip | Bucks | 1749 |
| Wharton, Stanislaus | Cambria | 1810 |
| Whitehill, James | Cumberland | 1762 |
| Widmaier, Heinrich | Beaver | 1834 |
| Widmaier, Heinfrich Jr. | Beaver | 1834 |
| Williams, Dunk | Bucks | 1676 |
| Williams, Joseph | Philadelphia | 1790 |
| Williams, Samuel | York | 1810 |
| Williams, Joseph | Philadelphia | 1790 |
| Williams, Margareno | Philadelphia | 1840 |
| Wing, Adella | Tioga | 1877 |
| Wing, Luther | Tioga | 1877 |
| Wisner, Benoni | Northumberland | 1785 |
| Wolf, Jacob | Cumberland | 1779 |
| Woodson, Lewis | Alleghen | 1831 |
| Ziegler, Philip | Berks | 1746 |
| Zimmerman Flohr, Elizabeth | York | 1748 |
| Zollinger, Jakob | Lebanon | 1749 |
| Zyks, Jan “John” | Allegheny | 1890 |
| Zyks, Katarzyna “Catherine” | Allegheny | 1898 |