Possibly emigrated from the Palatinate by ship "Mortenhouse" from Rotterdam and Clowes in 1729. Listed as Johannes Orde. [List 9 A,B] Mortonhouse?Captain: John Coultas?From: Rotterdam?By Way of: Deal?Arrival: Philadelphia, 19 Aug 1729
Seventy-five Palatines, who with their families, make about one hundred and eighty persons. List dated 21 Jun 1728, apparently the date the ship was at Deal.

Arrived in Philadelphia, PA on Aug. 19, 1729 (Emmaus Public Library).
They settled in Upper Milford Twp. on a tract of land containing two hundred acres and one hundred and thirteen perches. It was surveyed by a warrant dated Sept.11, 1738, and he obtained a patent upon it April 11, 1761 for L69 14s 5d.