Johan Philip was born to Hans Valentine Ranck and Margaretha Philippes in Neckarau, Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He is listed in the Register of "Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of the National Huguenot." His Huguenot grandfather, Rev. Jean Ranc, fled from Paris, France, to Mannheim, Baden, Germany, in 1685; the family may have originated in Spain. On August 19, 1729, John Phillip Rank is listed among the "75 Palatines and their families, making in all about 180 persons . . . imported here in the ship Mortonhouse, James Coultas Mr., from Rotterdam, but last from Deal, as by Clearance thence dated of 21st June last." The record was made at the Courthouse of Philadelphia. A membership list of "Immigrant Ancestors" appears in "The Palatine Immigrant." Included is: Ranck, Johann Philipp; wife Anna Barbara Schumacher. Arr. 1729, lived Lancaster Co. PA. Religion, Reformed. In America, some members of the Ranck family held membership in the Moravian Church in colonial days. Stated within the "Transactions" was a list of members of the Economy at Bethlehem Feb.1748; among the single brethren absent from the service at Bethlehem on this date were "John and Michael Rancke, farmers in Earl Township, Lancaster Co." His death is recorded as 1784 in the Index to the Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BRERETON-WILLIAMS family tree.

Anthony Dierdorff, the immigrant father of the tribe, was a native of Schisheim, in the Chapfaltz, Bavaria, Germany. This area lies between Mannheim and Heidleburg. Anthony was probably born on a farm near Heidleburg, ca 1683. Some researchers suggest that he came with his wife and family in the year 1719 with a group of "Tunkers" (presently termed Dunkards or Old German Baptists) under the leadership of Peter Becker. Others contend that Anthony and family came over with a group under the leadership of Alexander Mack on the ship "Allen" in 1729.
Upon arrival in America, Anthony and his family lived in the vicinity of Germantown, PA for several years, where there were already many German-speaking immigrants, but left that area around 1730. Anthony and his sons Peter, John, Anthony Jr., and Christian were naturalized by an Act of the New Jersey Assembly on June 8, 1740. Anthony's will, written in German script, on February 1, 1745 and recorded in Trenton, NJ, has been translated and shows the members of Anthony's family.BRERETON-WILLIAMS family tree.

Edward was a son of Robert THORNBOROUGH and Sarah Jackson. Although born in Ireland, his forebears were English. Edward's surname is spelled various ways. From Irish Quaker Arrivals to Pennsylvania by Myers, an entry for Edward, p. 69: Edward Thornbury, received 9 Mo. 6, 1725, from Lurgan Meeting, County Armagh, Ireland. His will, signed on the Thirteenth of the Second month in the year 1734 [Quaker dating] and probated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1734, names his wife Jean, and children: George, John, William, Joseph, Margaret, Thomas, Robert, and Walters.It is signed Edward Thornbrugh.
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