Ship plans for the Phoenix 1743

Here's something very cool from British archives, ship plans for what I think is the VERY ship that Hans Gorg Schlotterbeck rode over in 1751.  Check out the records of his arrival here: USGWarchives.org.

The Phoenix was a 6th rate 24 gun war ship that was built in 1743.  She was built at the Deptford Dockyard which is in London on the River Thames.

(The Deptford Dockyard in 1747. by John Cleveley the Elder)

The plans below are original dating back to 1743 and they're found at the National Maritime Museum located in London.  I'm not sure if you're understanding just how cool this is.  269 year-old ship plans for the very vessel that issued our family name to the New World. 

As more and more archives are becoming digitalized and published it's making tracing back history easier.  But with new information comes new questions.  I wonder what life was like on board the Phoenix.  How long did they spend in their journey from Europe to Philadelphia? 

What made Hans Gorg pledge his allegiance and take the big trip?

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Hopefully in time we'll learn more.  If YOU have anything to add, please contacts us at 2schlotterback@gmail.com or comment on this post.

To learn more about the Phoenix go here: www.collections.rmg.co.uk/phoenix.

Who are Johann and Katherina Schlotterback???

According to this site, Genealogyplace.com/Schlotterback, Johann Schlotterback was born in Pennsylvania in 1734 and died in 1782 at the young age of 48.  In the picture below is Johann and Katherina Schlotterback and family provided by a S. Evilsizer.

A simple click on Johann Schlotterback here, Johann Schlotterback, has got me more confused than when I first started.  Is she directly related to Hans Gorg Schlotterback???   And who's who in the photo above?

If her Hans was her Father then how was she born in the new land in 1734?   And when was this pic taken?

We'll get this all solved folks, if we comment on these posts I can update this blog as the mystery begins to solve itself. 

Was Hans Gorg Schlotterback from Mittelstadt, Germany?

Behold the map below, is this the city of birth of OUR Hans Gorg Schlotterback?  We know that Hans was born in German in 1735 then departed for "The New World" in 1751 at the age of 16.  But where was he born?   I've heard several reports out there that it was in the city of Mittelstadt. 

Here's a Google Map of Mittelstadt!

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Now I don't know if this 100% true but I'm trying!   Help me, am I on the right track?