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[TSL] Restauration, October, 1747
Norma Lewis <Norie@localaccess.com> on 12/31/1997


Hi List:
The Ship Restauration arrived in Philadelphia in October, 1747 from
Rotterdam with my ancestor, Michael Keinadt, aboard. Family history says
this ship encountered a storm at sea and Michael was forced to throw his
cargo overboard and his sister, Elizabeth, was drowned. We think this
sister was Katherine and would like to prove she was on this ship.

What happened to the Restauration, I don't see it listed in ships lists
after or before this trip. I've always wondered how to check ship lists
in Rotterdam. I would like to know who else was lost in this storm, if
other family members or neighbors were on board.

Another ship of interest is The Forrest from Rotterdam. Michael's
brother Jacob arrived in Philadelphia in 1752. We know he went back to
Germany, had more children and died in Germany. I would also like to
compare ships lists in Rotterdam for this ship as we know family members
may have accompanied Jacob on this trip.
How would we find a list for a return trip.

I'd like to know from an authority on the subject why these ships appear
in passenger lists as an only trip and you never see them again. Were
they involved in other cargo? Was human cargo considered more trouble,
less profitable?

Why didn't they record names for deaths at sea or is that something
that would be recorded in the ships log and not associated with the
passenger list?

I love reading about these old ships, they are as appealing as the
people they carried. My Michael is the progenitor of the
Koiner-Coiner-Coyner name in America. He had reportedly made 5 trips as
a merchant by 1747, yet he was only 25. His family made jagers (guns) in
Germany and he sold them in America. A German researcher insists this is
true that Michael made 5 trips. It is further said that after this trip
he vowed never to go to sea again as he was devastated over the loss of
his sister and the loss of his cargo so I think he intended to return to
Germany after this trip.

He settled in Lancaster County and married in 1749 and raised a large
family. I wonder if he would have paid for his sea trip or was the trip
dependent on the sale of his cargo and maybe he was indentured in
Philadelphia. There is a report of his father-in-law buying another
indentured German. What do you think, anybody?
Where to look?
Norma Lewis


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