Sailed from Rotterdam on ship "Sally" and landed in Philadelphia on October 5, 1767, accompanied by brothers Valentine and Simon.

Is found on tax list single freeman Brothersvalley, PA.

Grandfather of Associate Judge Samuel Snyder, Somerset, PA, and great uncle of John Hay, who was Assistant Secretary to President Lincoln, Ambassador to England, and Secretary of State in cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

Served on first and succeeding official boards of Berlin Reformed Church; laid out western portion of Berlin, PA.