Research Notes:
1741 Jacob Greenwalt came to America on the ship Lydia, James Allen, Master, at the age of 18 years qualifying on 29 Sep 1741. He may have come from Switzerland. They settled in Weisenberg County, then Bucks County, then Berks County. [1] [2]
1742 Jacob Greenwalt and Elizabeth settled in Weisenberg Twp, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pennsylvania. [3]
"Jacob Greenawalt, a Palatinate, born in Switzerland, emigrated to America, locating in Philadelphia and upon his arrival there he was sold as a "redemptioner" to a man named Shuler. About the time of his coming to America he was married to Maria Catharina Elizabeth Filhour a native of Germany, then of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. In 1742 he and his wife located in Weisenberg township, Lehigh county, where he took up a large tract of land by warrant from the province of Pennsylvania. Upon this land he erected a grist mill, oil mill and barn yard. Here he lived and prospered, and at this place his four sons and two daughters were born, namely: Jacob, Johannes, Abraham, George, Mrs. Grim, and Mrs. Barbara Weiss. Both daughters were married to members of old families, whose descendants at the present time are numerous in this section of the state. Jacob Greenawalt and his wife died on this farm, after a life full of usefulness, and their remains were interred in the graveyard of Ziegel church, they were members of the German Reformed congregation. [4]
Jacob Greenawalt is shown here as a brother of Abraham Greenawalt. There is no basis for this, other than the fact that they are both reported to have immigrated to America about the same time.
[1] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 212, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] History of the Grim Family of Pennsylvania and Its Associated Families (1934), 56, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Morton Luther Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Chicago: Beers, 1909), 1588, [HathiTrust].
[4] Charles Rhoads Roberts, John Baer Stoudt, Thomas Krick, and William Dietrich, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of its Families, Volume 2 (Allentown, PA: 1914), 774, left column, bottom, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].