Adam and his wife Appolonia arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Hope" from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, Daniel Ried, master, arriving Aug. 28, 1733. He was a prominent personality in Northampton and built Deshler Fort in Whitehall township in 1756. Source: "The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys" genealogical history and LDS familysearch.org AFN: 19DN-2PB.