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Notes for Samuel Oberholtzer

1728 Samuel Aberholtzer, perhaps this one, signed the oath of allegiance to King George of England to be naturalized in Pennsylvania, which allowed him to hold land as a citizen. He was on the list of Mennonites. [1] [2]


Footnotes:

[1] Barbara L. Weir and Laurie A. Roffini, "German Qualification for Naturalization in Pennsylvania, 1728," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 37 (1991), 367-373, at 370, [AmericanAncestors].

[2] Marion F. Egge, Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean (2000), 35, [GoogleBooks].