1727 On 16 October, Peter Picksler/Pinkslear [Bixler] arrived in America on the ship Friendship from Bristol, from Rotterdam, commanded by John Davies. [1]
1727 On 16 October, Peter Pixseler was listed in the Philadelphia Council minutes, among Palatines who came on the ship Friendship. [2]
Peter Bixler emigrated from Switzerland and took up land in Pennsylvania on which four succeeding generations lived [Bethel Twp, Berks County]. [3]
[1] John B. Linn and William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17. (Oath of Allegiance 1727-1775) (1890), 11, upper left, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 (1852), 290, [HathiTrust].
[3] Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Chapman Publishing, 1894), 202, "Rev D Wesley Bicksler", [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].