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Governor Hunter of New York was visiting England around that time and suggested that the Palatines be transported to New York where they could be put to work harvesting pine tree pitch, which was needed by the English Navy. Toward the end of 1710, ten ships were loaded with about 3,000 of these people and set sail from Plymouth. It was a difficult voyage, with many storms. The people were overcrowded and lacked food and water. Many died en route, especially children. Many of the passengers ate rats to stay alive. They landed at Governor's Island in NY Harbor where they remained for some time in quarantine.
Conrad Rickert and his family moved to an area called Livingston Manor.
They were shown on the sustenance list of 1711 as having two adults and three children and again in 1712 as having three adults and two children. The reason is that children over the age of 10(a working age, in those days) were considered adults. The English project failed and was given up in the fall of 1712. Some of the Palatines (including Conrad and his family) moved to the Schoharie Valley of New York. He later donated land in Schoharie for a Dutch Reformed Church and cemetery.
Conrad and his wife had a son named "Marcus" who was born in Schoharie in 1713. In 1714 another census list showed Conrad and his wife, Sara Catharine, and four children living in Schmidtsdorff, a village of Schoharie. Conrad was later involved in the Burnettsville Patent of January 17, 1722, granting 100 acres of Indian land to 39 families. Because of trouble with the Indians, the Rickerts returned to Schoharie.
Conrad (1680) Rickert and Sara settled in Schoharie, NY, and they had at least two more children:
V.	Elizabeth Rickert - born 1710 in the state of New York and married Johann "Adam" Sternberger, and she died March 21, 1795 at age 85 (Fort Plain, Montgomery County, NY Reformed Church Book). They had several children in and around Montgomery County, NY.
VI.	Marcus Rickert - born around 1713 in the state of New York based on
one researcher's information. We find him buried in the Fulton, Schoharie Co., NY cemetery "Markus Rickard, son on Joseph, born October 4, 1711 at The Camps, died September 7, 1784". Buried next to him is Elizabeth Lawyer, his wife, died November 9, 1780. We feel certain that this was Conrad and Sara's son, even with Marcus' father incorrectly named as "Joseph". Perhaps the headmarker was erected years after Marcus' death and the family was confused. Also buried next to his grave are a "Markus Rickard" (Jr.) and his wife, no doubt Marcus and Elizabeth's son.
Our Conrad Rickert (1680), died October 9, 1740 in Burdentsfield Patent, Mohawk River, (Schoharie) NY. His father was Johannes Rickert born around 1655 in Meerholz, Hessen, Germany. Johannes married Eva Grauel on January 29, 1679 in Nieder-Mittlau, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. Johannes' father was Clause Rickert, born around 1624 in Isenburg, Rhl, Germany. Clause died in 1674 in Hailer, Germany. Eva Grauel was the daughter of Johann Grauel and Margaretha Kundlandt. Eva was born in May 1661 in Hailer, Germany. Her father, Johann Grauel, was the
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