Johann Caspar Reisner immigrated on the ship Phoenix in 1752 and took the oath of allegiance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NJ/2006-12/1165072020. “At the Court House at Philadelphia, Thursday, the Second of November, 1752. Present: Edward Shippen, Esqr. The Foreigners whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship called PHOENIX, John Spurrier, Commander, from Rotterdam but last from Portsmouth in England, took the usual Qualifications to the Government. … Johann Caspar Reisner
Johann Caspar Reisner and Anna Catharina Steinmann, a widow, were married in Philadelphia on 30 April 1755.
- Pennsylvania Archives, p. 299, Google Books, http://books.google.com. “St. Michael’s and Zion Church [Philadelphia]. 1755. April 30, Johann Caspar Reisner and An. Cath. Steinmann, wid.”
Caspar Reisner was naturalized in New York, 3 July 1759.
- Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775, p. 223, Ancestry.com.
- Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York, p. 52,
Caspar Reisner and wife Anna Catharina were sponsors for a baptism in 1761.
- Anna Catharina Maurer, baptized 23 March 1761, sponsors Jacob Huth and wife Anna Catharina, Caspar Reisner and wife Anna Catharina (Christ Lutheran “Swamp” Churchbook, New York, City. Source: Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century: Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins, by Henry Z Jones, Jr. and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, vol. 1, page 426.
Caspar Reisner was the executor of an estate in New York City in 1764.
- Genealogical Data from Colonial New York Newspapers: A Consolidation, Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., p. 99, Google Books, http://books.google.com. “Genealogical Data from The New-York Mercury 1764. Aspeck, John Christian, late of NYC, dec’d–accounts with estate to be settled with execs, Casper Reisner and John Meyer (1/9).”
Caspar Reisner sponsored a baptism in New York City in 1765.
- Johann Caspar Kieter, born 14 Aug. 1765 – sponsors: Caspar Reisner and Jacob Janny (New York City Lutheran Church book) Source: Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century: Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins, by Henry Z Jones, Jr. and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, vol. 1, page 341.
Caspar Reisner sponsored a baptism in New York City in 1766.
- Immanuel, baptized 17 Feb. 1766, sponsors Caspar Reisener and Jacob Kook, New York City Lutheran Churchbook. Source: Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century: Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins, by Henry Z Jones, Jr. and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, vol. 1, page 663.
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Elizabeth (Reisner) Slip was born 18 Dec. 1756 (according to the Family bible record of George Leonard Slipp, born 1819) or in 1757, according to other sources. Maybe there’s a record of her baptism in Philadelphia church records. She joined the German Reformed Church of New York City in 1774.
- “Records of the German Reformed Church of New York City,” transcribed by Charles Farrell, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, (Apr. 1997), p. 120. “March 4th, 1774. The following persons were admitted as members of our Congregation. Viz: Godtlieb Müller, Christian Bluhm, Jacob Boshart, Elizabeth Reisner, Anna Christina Debusen.”)
Johann Friederich Reisner, son of Johanna Caspar Reisner and wife Anna Catharina, was baptized 12 Aug. 1760, sponsors Friedrich Schafer and wife, Mathaus Heylman, Michael Keyser (New York City Lutheran Churchbook).
- Even More Palatine Families: 18th Century: Immigrants to the American Colonies and their German, Swiss and Austrian Origins, by Henry Z Jones, Jr. and Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, vol. 1, page 531.
