Johan Adam, and his wife Anna Christina, landed in Philadelphia on 24 Sep. 1753. They had sailed with other Palatine Germans on board the ship "Neptune." With them were two sons, Jacob Bolch had been born in Germany in 1751.

Notes: Catawba Co. Heritage, Article 72, written by Peggy Marie Brooks, states: "According to the Archives in Washington, D.C., the name Bolick is spelled many ways: Bolick, Balch, Boliek, Boling, and Bolich. The reason for so many different ways of spelling the name is that it was a German name and the ship masters did not know how to pronounce the name, so therefore the spelling was so different" I believe that this is also a logical explanation as to why the Traffanstedt name is also spelled so many different ways.

The Shoemaker According to Alexander Co. Heritage (NC) article 82, "J. Adam, was a shoemaker in Germany. The story goes that he melted down his gold into thin plates, hid them in the soles of the shoes of the family that came to America with him (since Germany would only allow immigrants to take a small amount of their property with them when they left the country, Catawba Co., Heritage Article 68). Christina (their daughter) married first Fredrick Trefflested,