Most sources list 1718 as the date that Sebastion Mathias Royer emigrated from Bohl/Pfalz, Germany, to PA. However, several of the same sources show his children continuing to be born in Bohl/Pfalz through 1725. Only daughter Catherine, born 1728, appears to have been born in America. What evidence is there that SMR immigrated in 1718? Where does this date come from?

I am doing research into the original settlers of Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co., PA, and believe that the eastern end of Muddy Run where SMR owned land was not settled until the mid-1720's. Any evidence that SMR resided in Leacock prior to 1725 would be much appreciated.

Chris Rutter