The earliest record of the Ziengenfus family in America appears in Rupp's Names of Thirty Thousand Immigrants, Page 128. A similar though more complete record may also be found in the Penna. Arch., Series 2, Vol. 17. From these records we learn that on the 28th day of October. 1738, the ship "Thistle," Under Captain George Houston, arrived at Philadelphia, among whose passengers were the following: Hans Jacob Ziegenfus, age 44, and his wife Anna Elizaage, 38, and the following children: Andrew, age 15; Kattarina, age 12; Hans Christopher, age 10; Hans Jacob, age 6; Anna Maria, age 5; Paul, age 4; and Henry age 3.