In 1751 Johann Peter came to Pennsylvania, landing in Philadelphia Sept. 24, having been a passenger on the ship "Neptune," Captain John Mason, from Rotterdaim. He settled in what is now Lebanon, then part of Dauphin county. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and died at Lebanon, May 29, 1784. He had been married to Anna Margaretta Gebhart and had two sons and six daughters. The one son Johann Adam, died in infancy, and the other being Johann Peter.