. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . ity in a letterto his brother Edward Claypoole nextwrites from Philadelphia on December10, 1683,- and gives us all that is knownin detail of the voyage. He says: The last of the passengers, includingthe tardy Crefelders, went aboard theConcord at Gravesend on July 24,and after we lost sight of England,which was in about three weeks time,we were 49 days before we saw land inAmerica. On October 1, 1683, some of us wentashore in Pennsylvania. * * Theblessing of the Lord did attend us sothat we had a very comfortable passageand had our health
. The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . ity in a letterto his brother Edward Claypoole nextwrites from Philadelphia on December10, 1683,- and gives us all that is knownin detail of the voyage. He says: The last of the passengers, includingthe tardy Crefelders, went aboard theConcord at Gravesend on July 24,and after we lost sight of England,which was in about three weeks time,we were 49 days before we saw land inAmerica. On October 1, 1683, some of us wentashore in Pennsylvania. * * Theblessing of the Lord did attend us sothat we had a very comfortable passageand had our health all the way. * *We came to this city (Philadelphia)October 8 or 10.* The only event recorded outside ofthe usual routine of a ships voyage atsea under sail was the birth of a son toJohannes Bleickers, one of the Crefeld-ers, who was named Peter, f • Lis. Claypooles Letter Book Hist. & Bjogr., Vol. Meeting Records. $List of Crefelders Germantown Grundand Lager Buch, Recorders Office, Phila. THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. 71. Henry May Keim. Son of Hon. George M. Keim ; son of George deB. Keim ; son of John Keim, second of the name ; son of Nicholas Keim ; son of Johann-es Keim, of Oley, Pa., (The Founder). Bor n in Reading, Pa , August 16,1842 ; died there February 18, i8gg. HENRY MAY KEIM ♦IfN the pioneer log home of |j Johannes Keim, Yeoman, thefounder of the name in America,in the savage forests of Oley 180 yearsago, was born Nicholas Keim. In the succession of generations afterhim through John Keim the younger,George De B. Keim, and GeorgeMay Keim, we arrive at the subject ofthis sketch. He fittingly exemplifiedin his own career the public spirit, dis-tinction and usefulness of his race andfamily. Henry May Keim, whose demise tookplace at his residence, 245 North Fifthstreet, Eeading, Pa., at Saturdaynight, February 18, 1899, was born inthe same city on August 16, 1842. Hewas the youngest son of Hon. GeorgeMay and Julia Mayer Keim. He attended
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