Site Page Remer/Shackamaxon 1 Explore Remer/Shackamaxon 1: Site History Summary This domestic site is named for the family that occupied this property in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The first member of the family to reside on the site was Matthew Remer (circa 1758–1804). Matthew’s father, Godfrey, immigrated to Philadelphia from Germany in the