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52 Ancestors: Daniel Bobb Sr. (1747-1833)

Kris Hocker on 19 Aug 2014

Daniel Bobb Sr. Daniel Bobb of Hereford Township wrote his last will and testament on Saturday, 26 May 1827 and it was proven on Tuesday, 19 March 1833 in Berks County.¹

It read:

In the name of God, Amen—

I Daniel Bob Senior of Hereford Township in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, Miller, being advanced in years though in perfect health of body, and of sound mind memory and understanding, but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, do make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner & form following, to wit:

First, it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expence by duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease.

Item, it is my will and I do order and direct that my son Daniel his heirs Executors or administrators, shall, in pursuance of Articles of agreement between us now in the hands of Joseph M. Thompson, dated the 12th day of December AD 1826 — and of a special bond, or bond of maintenance given me by my said son Daniel dated in April 1827; give and render unto my beloved wife Catharine, as follows, that is to say — first, the full & absolute possession of the dwelling house wherein I now reside, and the garden thereto belonging, he shall deliver so much manure into said Garden, and at such times as my wife shall order and direct, and shall keep said garden fence in repair, he shall find my said wife so much fuel as she may request, cut small, suitable for the stove, and deliver the same to her door, or into her house, as she my order, and shall keep the fountain pump at said house in repair. He shall deliver my said wife yearly & every year, ten bushels of merchantable wheat, twelve bushels of Rye, ten bushels buckwheat & six bushels of Indian corn, to be ready ground & delivered into her house as such times and in such quantities as my said wife shall order. He shall also deliver to such place as my said wife shall direct, six bushels of good potatoes, six bushels of winter apples, of her choice, on the premises of my said son Daniel; also apples for drying & for her own summer use. Also to barrels of cider, one swine well fattened & to weigh two hundred pounds or upwards, killed & nicely cleaned, seventy five pounds weight of good beef, ten pounds & well hatcheled flax, eight pounds of good [?], six pounds of good clean wool, & two [?] bushels of salt; and shall keep number and provide for my said wife an half dozen hens, and an equal number & year, to kill if she sees proper. He shall feed in winter and pasture in summer for my said wife, one cow, in the same manner as his own are fed & pastured. All and singular the aforesaid provisions for my said wife , shall however, cease I determine so soon as she shall cease to be my widow, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, —

Item I do give & devise unto my said wife Catharine, further, all my household & kitchen furnature; bedding linnen &c. included, one cow of her choice, of my stock of cattle; twenty five pounds of lawfull money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to her by my executors soon after my decease;d and the interest of six hundred pounds (which sum I do hereby order & direct my executors hereinafter named to place, or let remain on interest for that purpose) yearly & every year during her lifetime. And further it is my will and I do order and direct, that in case my said wife should become helpless, or not able to do her own work; that then and in that case my Executors shall find, and, out of my estate, pay, a maid to do the work for & wait, on, my said wife. —

After the decease of my said wife it is my will, that, her movables, if there by any, shall be equally divided among my six children, hereinafter named. —

And as touching all the rest and residue of my estate, not otherwise disposed of, as also (after the decease of my said wife Catharine) the six hundred pounds, which I have ordered to be put on interest for my said wife, I do give and devise to same to my six children, viz. Elizabeth intermarried with Isaac Kummerer, John, Daniel, Mary intermarried with John Beitler, Catharine intermarried with Samuel Reidnower and Sarah intermarried with John Landis, share and share alike — The several sums of money or other things with which I have charged my children, or of which I have kept a memmorandum, shall be taken into account, in making distribution of my estate, among my said children; but no interest shall be charged to my said children, on my book account, or bonds, notes &c. that I may have against any of them. —

And whereas my son in law Samuel Reidnower has become an intemperate drinker, and does not treat my said daughter Catharine as an affectionate husband aught to do, therefore it is my will I do order and direct, that so much of my estate as would in pursuance of this my will fall to my daughter Catharine, shall be placed, or remain in the hands of my son Daniel, his executors or administrators, in trust for my said daughter Catharine, who shall if he or they can put the same to interest, and pay the said interest, yearly to my said daughter Catharine, and I do hereby further authorize my said son Daniel, his executors or administrators, as trustees of my said daughter Catharine to pay here from time to time such sum or sums, of the principle in his or their hands, as he or they shall in their discretion, think, she may stand in need of or her circumstances may require —

In case my said daughter should become a widow, the said trustee or trustees, shall forthwith, pay my said daughter Catharine, the ballance of her portion, in their hands, in full, but is she should no become a widow, the said trustee or trustees shall at her decease pay the ballance in their hands, to the legal heirs or representatives of my said daughter Catharine — The foregoing shall not be so construed as to make my son Daniel pay interest on my said daughters money, unless he can put it out to interest

And lastly I do nominate constitute and appoint my said son Daniel & my son in law Isaac Kummerer, to be executors of this my will, hereby revoking all others wills legacies & bequests by me heretofore made, and declaring this and no other, to be my last Will & Testament — In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26 day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty seven.
Daniel Bob {seal}
Signed Sealed & declared by the said testator as his last will & testament in the presence of us
Henry Eshbach
Elijah Eshbach

Berks County Ss —On the 19th day of March AD 1835 Then appeared Henry Eshbach and Elijah Eshbach and being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say that they were present and saw and heard the Testator sign, seal, publish, pronounce and de- this instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that at the time of the doing thereof he was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge, observation & belief.
Jer. Snyder Dept Reg’r

Letters Testamentary in Common form were granted to Daniel Bob & Isaac Kummerer

Daniel Bobb Sr.’s 1833 last will & testament

Daniel Bobb Sr. was buried in Hill Church Union Cemetery in Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania.² Daniel named his wife Catharine and six children in his will.

Elizabeth Bobb was born 23 Mar 1776 and died 30 Jun 1850.³ She married Isaac Kummerer. He was born 27 October 1769 and died 16 April 1838.⁴
John Bobb was born about 1766-1784.
Daniel Bobb Jr. was born 26 July 1780 and died 27 June 1866.⁵ Daniel married Anna Margaret Herb, daughter of Abraham and Anna Sibilla (Fuchs) Herb, on 7 July 1805 in Oley Hills, Berks County.⁶ She was born 1 Jan 1783 and died 21 December 1865.⁷
Mary Bobb was born before 1790. She married John Beitler.
Catharina Bobb was born 6 Oct 1790 and died 9 July 1867. She married Samuel Reitenauer.
Sarah Bobb was born between 1795 and 1800. She married John Landis.⁸

This post is part of an ongoing, blogging challenge entitled 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Crow of No Story Too Small. Participants must write about one ancestor every week. This is my twentieth 52 Ancestors post and part of week thirty-three.

Will: Daniel Bobb Jr. of Washington Twp, 1866

Kris Hocker on 6 Aug 2014

Will of Daniel Bobb of Washington Township Daniel Bobb Jr., of Washington Township, Berks County, wrote his last will and testament Friday, 16 February 1866.¹ It was proven a month later, on Thursday, 15 March 1866. His wife, Ann Margaret (Herb) Bobb had predeceased him, dieing on 21 December 1865. They are both buried in Hill Church Union cemetery in Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

In the name of God, Amen: I Daniel Bobb of Washington township in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, Miller, being in feeble health, but of sound mind memory and understanding and considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my last will and testament in the following manner to wit:

First: It is my will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral expence by duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

Second: It is my will and I do order that my daughter Elizabeth shall have an advancement in money so as to be equal to the advancements heretofore made by me to all my other children.

Third: It is my will and I do order that the bond due me by Henry M Eshbach late husband of my deceased daughter Lydia if the same is not paid at my decease, shall with all interest due thereon, be deducted from the share or legacy I herein after give and bequeath to the children of said Lydia, and the Bond shall then be transferred to said children by my executors.

Fourth: I give and bequeath all my estate (not herein before otherwise disposed of) in nine equal shares to my nine children, or their heirs or legal representatives, to wit: one ninth to my son Henry, one ninth to my son Daniel, one ninth to my son John, one ninth to my son Abraham, one ninth to the children of my deceased son William, one ninth to the children of my deceased daughter Lydia, one ninth to my daughter Mary the wife of Henry Reitnauer, one ninth to my daughter Sally the wife of Jacob Christman, and one ninth to my daughter Elizabeth.

Fifth: It is my will and I do order that one ninth of my estate herein before given to the children of my deceased son William shall remain in the hands of my son Henry Bobb one of my herein after named Executors during the minority of said children, and shall by him be paid to them with interest as they respectively, arrive at the age of twenty one years.

And, Lastly: I nominate, constitute and appoint my sons Henry Bobb and Abraham Bobb to be the Executors of this my will, hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made & declaring this and no other to be my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have herein set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of February Anno Domini eighteen hundred & sixty six.

Daniel Bob {seal}

Signed sealed & declared by the said testator as his last will & testament in the presence of us.
Richard F Smith Dan. S. Shultz

Registers Office Berks County Ss.
On the 15th day of March A.D. 1866 appeared Richard F. Smith and Daniel S. Schultz the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing will and being duly affirmed did depose and say that they were present and did see and hear Daniel Bob, the testator, sign, seal, publish and declare the aforegoing instrument of writing to be his last will and testament, and that at the time of so doing he was of sound mind, memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief.

M. S. Thirwechter, Regr.

Daniel and Anna Margaret (Herb) Bobb are my 4x great grandparents.

52 Ancestors: Daniel Bobb Jr. (1781-1866)

Kris Hocker on 5 Aug 2014

52 Ancestors - Daniel Bobb Jr. (1780-1866) This week’s ancestor is Daniel Bobb Jr., father-in-law of #18 Henry Moyer Eshbach.

Daniel Bobb Jr. of Washington Township, Berks County was the son of Daniel Bobb of Hereford Township. He was born Wednesday, 26 July 1781 in Berks County and died Tuesday, 27 February 1866.¹ He was buried in Hill Union Church cemetery in Boyertown. Like his father, Daniel was a miller by trade.

Daniel married on Sunday, 7 July 1805 Anna Margaret Herb in Oley Hills, Berk County.² She was the daughter of Abraham and Anna Sybilla (Fuchs) Herb of Hereford Township.³ She was born on 1 January 1783⁴, died on 21 December 1865, and was buried in Hill Union Church cemetery.⁵

Daniel wrote his last will and testament on Friday, 16 February 1866 and it was proven on Thursday, 15 March that same year.⁶ It names his nine children:

I give and bequeath all my estate…in nine equal shares to my nine children…one ninth to my son Henry, one ninth to my son Daniel, one ninth to my son John, one ninth to my son Abraham, one ninth to the children of my deceased son William, one ninth to the children of my deceased daughter Lydia, one ninth to my daughter Mary the wife of Henry Reitnauer, one ninth to my daughter Sally the wife of Jacob Christman, and one ninth to my daughter Elizabeth.

Daniel and his wife Anna Margaret (Herb) Bobb had children:

Catherine Lydia Bobb Eshbach (1805—1859)
Anna Bobb (1807—1829)
Henry Bobb (1809—1891)
Daniel H. Bobb (1810—1891)
Johannes “John” H. Bobb (1813—1900)
Mary Bobb Reitnauer (ca 1815-1820—?)
Abraham H. Bobb (1816—1906)
William H. Bobb (1819—1865)
Sarah H. Bobb Christman (1821—1910)
Elizabeth Bobb (1826—aft 1870)

This post is part of an ongoing, blogging challenge entitled 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Crow of No Story Too Small. Participants must write about one ancestor every week. This is my nineteenth 52 Ancestors post and part of week thirty-one.

Ahnentafel Roulette—#24 Karl Phillipp Greulich

Kris Hocker on 26 Jul 2014

Randy Seaver at Geneamusings posts a genealogy fun challenge every Saturday. Today is ahnentafel roulette. The rules are:

1) What year was one of your great-grandfathers born? Divide this number by 80 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your “roulette number.”
2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an “ahnentafel” – your software will create this – use the “Ahnentafel List” option, or similar). Who is that person, and what are his/her vital information?
3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the “roulette number.”
4) Write about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook status or a Google Stream post, or as a comment on this blog post.
5) NOTE: If you do not have a person’s name for your “roulette number” then “spin” the wheel again – pick a great-grandmother, a grandfather, a parent, a favorite aunt or cousin, yourself, or even your children! Or pick an ancestor!

So, I chose a great grandfather (in fact, I tried this will all four of them!), got his birth year (1880), and divided by 80. The number, rounded to a whole number, was 24 (all four times!).

Number 24 in my ahnentafel report was Karl “Charles” Phillipp Greulich.

Three facts about my great great grandfather are:

Charles was born 13 September 1838 in Haag, Mosbach, Baden-Wurtemberg (now Germany) to Georg Phillipp Greulich and Anna Margaretha Wurzel.
In 1755, when Charles was 17, his father died and his property went to his eldest (adopted) son Phillipp Peter, son of Georg’s first wife, Maria Katharina Lindenbach. Charles, his sister Eva, and their half-brother Georg Phillipp Jakob emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 28 January 1856.
Charles was a shoemaker in East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who had fourteen children with his two wives—one with his first wife Susanna Krauss Wolf, and thirteen with his second wife, Susanna’s sister, Caroline Krauss Wolf. They were daughters of Joel and Elizabeth (Krauss) Wolf.

featured image photo credit: Håkan Dahlström via photopin cc

52 Ancestors: Henry Moyer Eshbach (1807-1872)

Kris Hocker on 15 Jul 2014

According to her death certificate, Lydia (Eshbach) Waage’s parents were Henry Eshbach and Lydia Bobb.¹ Henry was born 23 April 1807 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and died 18 August 1872,² quite likely in Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania where he had been a bartender 2 years previously.³ He was buried at Pennsburg Reformed Church cemetery, Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Henry was at various times a tailor,⁴ an innkeeper,⁵ and a bartender.⁶

About 1836, Henry married Catherine Lydia Bobb, daughter of Daniel and Anna Margaret (Herb) Bobb Jr., of Hereford Township. She was born 6 November 1805 and died 16 March 1859.⁷ She was buried at Pennsburg Reformed Church cemetery.

After Lydia’s death in 1859, Henry moved his family to Lancaster Borough.⁸ He may have married again as there was a 46 year-old Maria living in the household with the family in 1860.

To the best of my knowledge, Henry and Lydia had children:

Amanda Catharine Eshbach (27 Feb 1838—23 Jan 1904), married Rev. Jacob Kehm
Anna Maria Eshbach (3 Apr 1841—5 Jan 1908), married John Troxel
Reichel Eshbach (1 Feb 1843—bet 25 Jun & 1 Jul 1862), Reichel died during the Seven Days Battles at Richmond during the Civil War.
Lydia S. Eshbach (3 Oct 1845—7 May 1910), married Dr. Charles T. Waage
Rufus Thomas Eshbach (17 Mar 1847–17 Dec 1912), married Jane Wylam
Elizabeth Eshbach (ca 1848—?)
Elias Eshbach (ca 1852—?)

The first five children are all included in Rev. Fretz’s A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers. Elizabeth and Elias are not. It’s possible that they are Henry’s step-children, if he did, in fact, marry again after Lydia’s death, but before the 1860 census.

Henry and Lydia (Bobb) Eshbach were my 3x great grandparents.

This post is part of an ongoing, blogging challenge entitled 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Crow of No Story Too Small. Participants must write about one ancestor every week. This is my eighteenth 52 Ancestors post and part of week twenty-eight.

Surname Saturday: My Ahnentafel List

Kris Hocker on 3 May 2014

I don’t believe I actually have a full list of my direct ancestors anywhere on my site. So, for Surname Saturday, I thought I’d do an ahnentafel report of my ancestral lines as I have them in my family database.

What’s an ahnentafel report? Here’s a definition from the Encyclopedia of Genealogy:

Ahnentafel: “Ahnentafel is a German word that literally translates as ‘ancestor table’. It is a list of all known ancestors of an individual and includes the full name of each ancestor as well as dates and places of birth, marriage, and death whenever possible.”¹

My Ahnentafel

Please consider this unproven information, unless otherwise documented on this site. There are sections where I’m still working on connections between generations. And since it’s unproven, I will be making revisions to this page, adding, deleting, etc.

I’ve added a line break between paternal and maternal lines to help distinguish between the two.

1. Me

Generation Two

2. Dad
3. Mom

Generation Three (Grandparents)

4. William H. Hocker Jr. (1918-2008)
5. Ruth Olive (Hoover) Hocker (1920-2016)

6. Russell R. Gruelich (1910-1999)
7. Mildred E. Wieder (1912-2002)

Generation Four (GG)

8. William H. Hocker Sr. (1890-1967)
9. Isabella Aitken Smith (1893-1962)
10. Clyde Leroy Hoover (1886-1972)
11. Nora Malinda Houdeshell (1891-1965)

12. Elmer Calvin Greulich (1880-1947)
13. Lillian Witmer Snyder (1879-1949)
14. Edwin J. Wieder (1880-1960)
15. Mary Catharine Waage (1877-1970)

Generation Five (2nd GG)

16. Albert Curtin Hocker (1860-1940)
17. Lillian Ainsley Leedy (1861-1942)
18. William Smith (1851-1905)
19. Eliza Craig Bonnington (1866-1946)
20. Samuel Thomas Hoover (1857-1930)
21. Victoria Walker (1859-1938)
22. George W. Houdeshell (1868-1941)
23. Lovina Caroline Force (1872-1964)

24. Karl “Charles” Phillip Greulich (1838-1904)
25. Caroline Krauss Wolf (1945-1915)
26. Henry Deischer Snyder (1859-1931)
27. Saraphine Kline Witmer (1861-1938)
28. Emanuel John Wieder (1855-1929)
29. Alavesta Esther Dillinger (1857-1923)
30. Dr. Charles Theodore Waage (1827-1921)
31. Lydia S. Eshbach (1845-1910)

Generation Six (3rd GG)

32. Levi Hocker (1824-1876)
33. Anna Frantz (1828-1918)
34. Samuel Krehl Leedy (1829-1912)
35. Sarah Parsons (1833-c1920)
36. James Smith (1812-1856)
37. Isabella Aitken (1816-1856)
38. Peter Purvis Bonnington (c1844-1891)
39. Elizabeth Buchanan (c1844-1928)
40. Christian Hoover (c1825-1887)
41. Caroline Kinnard (c1830-1877)
42. Jacob C. Walker (1833-1915)
43. Mary M. Eckley (1836-1911)
44. James Benjamin Houdeshell (1842-1926)
45. Phoebe Mayes (1846-1921)
46. Jefferson Force (1833-1910)
47. Susan Mulhollan (1841-1917)

48. George Philip Greulich (1784-1855)
49. Anna Margaretha Wurzel (1797-1854)
50. Joel Wolf (1810-1895)
51. Elizabeth Krauss (1814-1900)
52. Joseph Snyder (1826-1895)
53. Judith Deysher (1830-1906)
54. Edward Jones Witmer (1833-1912)
55. Lydia Amanda Kline (1836-1926)
56. Saulus Wieder (1813-1888)
57. Anna Mechling (1815-1907)
58. William Dillinger (1825-1896)
59. Helena Person (1829-1894)
60. Rev. Caius Frederic “Guy Frederick” Sophus Waage (1797-1884)
61. Angelina Garber (1806-1897)
62. Henry Moyer Eshbach (1807-1872)
63. Catherine Lydia Bobb (1808-1859)

Generation Seven (4th GG)

64. George Hocker (1794-1873)
65. Mary Magdalena “Molly” Landis (1800-1825)
66. Michael Frantz Jr. (1789-1865)
67. Elizabeth Walters (1800-1882)
68. John Harbaugh Leedy (1797-1888)
69. Catharine Krehl (1798-1870)
70. Anthony Parsons (1793-1834)
71. Catharine Bowerman (ca 1808-bef 1842)
72. Thomas Smith (?-bef. 1856)
73. Agnes Nimmo (?-bef 1856)
74. William Aitken (c1781/2-1854)
75. Marian Brown (c1782-bef 1856)
76. William Bonnington (c1816-1885)
77. Margaret Purves (c1821-bet 1844-1847)
78. James Buchanan (c1812/22-1888)
79. Sarah Craig (c1809-bet 1851-1861)
80. Philip Hoover (1802-1882)
81. Hannah Thomas (1802-1880)
82. Thomas Kinnard (1798-c1857)
83. Maria Fisher (c1808-c1865)
84. George M. Walker (1805-1891)
85. Catharine Walker (1808-c1846)
86. John D. Eckley (c1807-1890)
87. Catharine Walker (c1818-1846)
88. Adam Howdyshell (c1787/91-aft 1880)
89. Mary Sine (c1800/02-bef 1880)
90. John Mayes Jr. (c1814-1895)
91. Mary Ann Walker (1811-1888)
92. Unknown Force (?-bef. 1850)
93. Unknown (?-bef 1850)
94. John Mulhollan (1800-1860)
95. Emily Boileau (1805-1842)

96. Johan Adam Greulich (1751-1808)
97. Maria Katharine Wilhelm (1758-1832)
98. Johann Georg Wurzel
99. Anna Elizabeth Zimmerman
100. Jacob Wolf (1787-1868)
101. Magdalena Brey (1788-1852)
102. George Krauss (1783-1844)
103. Christina Schultz (1787-1877)
104. Henry Schneider (1792-1860)
105. Sarah Wissler (1799-1852)
106. Peter Deischer (1793-1861)
107. Anna Maria Trump (1791-1874)
108. John Witmer (1811-1885)
109. Rachel Jones (1809-1897)
110. Philip Kline (1799-1877)
111. Lydia Markley (1806-1890)
112. Johan Adam Wieder (1782-1858)
113. Anna Christina Strassburger (11 Dec 1785-26 Jan 1823)
114. John Jarret Mechling (1778-1856)
115. Anna Margaret Oberley (1776-1866)
116. William Dillinger (1793-1854)
117. Elizabeth Diess (1805-1883)
118. Abraham Person (1797-1876)
119. Esther Schneider (1801-1867)
120. Claus Heinrich Waage (?-ca 1811)
121. Catharina Dorothea Hoffmeister
122. Benjamin Garber (1769-1818)
123. Hannah Reiner (1774-aft 1860)
124. Christian Eshbach (1766-1838)
125. Veronica Francis Moyer (1777-1838)
126. Daniel Bobb (1780-1866)
127. Anna Margaret Herb (1783-1865)

Generation Eight (5th GG)

128. Johan Adam Hacker (1764-c1821)
129. Sophia Maria [Hershey?] (1769-c1739)
130. Henry Landis Jr. (1764-1824)
131. Catharine Baum (?-bef 1823)
132. Michael Frantz (c1742-c1797)
133. Feronica “Fannie” Nissley (1759-1813
134. Jacob Walters (bef 1775-1840)
135. Anna [Stauffer?] (1775-1845)
136. Samuel Leedy (c1773-c1833)
137. Catharine (___) (c1774-bef 1820)
138. Johan Michael Krehl (1763-1818)
139. Wilhelmina Stehley (c1780-1853)
140. James Parsons
141. Elizabeth [Steele?]
152. Robert Bonnington (c1780-1821)
153. Agnes Inglis (c1794-bet 1851-1857)
156. John Buchanan (?-bef 1851)
157. Mary Irvine/Erwin (c1795-bet 1851-1861)
160. Christian Hoover (1776-1850)
161. Maria Barbara Harmon (1773-1870)
162. John Thomas (c1766-c1839)
163. Margaretta Mackin (?_bef 1839)
164. Thomas Kinnard (c1770-aft 1830)
165. Ann “Nancy” Lee (c1775-?)
~~166. William Fisher~~
~~167. Elizabeth Rambach~~
168. Jacob Walker (c1770-1833)
169. Margaret McElwain (c1770-aft 1833)
170. Andrew Walker (1769-1857) [also #182, #348]
171. Catharine Margaret Fetzer (1775-1850) [also #183, #349]
172. Unknown Eckley
173. Unknown
174. John Walker (ca 1769-1864)
175. Mary Lucas (1799-ca 1802)
176. Laurence Howdershell (c1759-aft 1850)
177. Susanna Rader (c1761-?)
178. Adam Sine
179. Catharina Howdershell (c1783-?)
180. John Mayes (c1786-1851)
181. Elizabeth (___) (c1784-aft 1850)
182. Andrew Walker [also #170]
183. Catherine Margaret Fetzer [see #171]
188. Rudolph Mulhollan (c1776/80-1855)
189. Mary Werham (c1770-1844)
190. Daniel Boileau (1772-1840)
191. Mary [Robertson?] (1775-1863)

192. Hans Adam Greulich (1721-1797)
193. Anna Elisabeth Gerich (1728-1758)
200. Conrad Wolf (c1760-?)
201. Catharina Yeakel (1761-?)
202. Conrad Brey (1740-1827)
203. Maria Magdalena Klein (1749-1834)
204. Balthasar Krauss (1743-1805)
205. Susanna Yeakel (1744-1820)
206. Andrew Schultz (1753-1802)
207. Charlotte Yeakel (1750-1825)
208. Jacob Schneider (c1756/65-c1829)
209. Catharina Nuss (c1776/84-aft 1829)
210. Godfried Wißler (c1757-c1829)
211. Eva Catharina Weiss (1759-aft fall 1815)
212. Daniel Deischer (c1758-bet 1810-1820)
213. Catharine Rein (c1756/65-aft 1810)
214. Johann Adam Trump (1758-1828)
215. Barbara (___) (1759-1816)
216. Jacob Witmer (1786-1861)
217. Susanna Baum (1789-1867)
218. Henry Jones (1776-1854)
219. Martha Bartleson (?-bef 1830)
220. Johan Jacob Kline (1754-1847)
221. Eva Elisabetha Heilig (1762-1846)
222. Daniel Markley (ca 1775-1823)
223. Hannah Hertzel (1777-1852)
224. Johan Adam Wieder Jr. (1750-1825)
225. Christina Dut (1757-1836)
226. Johan Andreas Strassburger (1754-1825)
227. Eva Yeager (1754-1835)
228. Thomas Mechling (1751-1785)
229. Katharine Welsh/Walsh (1754-1830)
230. John Oberley (1746-1805)
231. Elizabetha Uhler (1751-1831)
232. Johan Henry Dillinger (1767-1939)
233. Anna Maria Ochs (c1776-aft 1850)
234. Jacob Diess (1779-1862)
235. Maria Eva Ortt (1784-1864)
236. Unknown Person
237. Unknown
238. Jacob Schneider (1778-1860)
239. Anna Maria Shaffer (1780-1863)
244. Benedict Garber (1732-1817)
245. Dorothea Loreht (1733-1807)
246. Unknown Reiner
247. Unknown
248. Christian Eshbach (1737-1809)
249. Catharine Stauffer (1743-1789)
250. Christian Moyer/Meyer (1755-1826)
251. Anna Frances Bauer (1757-1809)
252. Daniel Bobb (1747-1833)
253. Maria Catharine Gilbert (1755-1840)
254. Abraham Herb (?-c1813)
255. Anna Sibilla Fuchs (1757-1848)

Generation Nine (6th GG)

256. Johan Adam Hacker (1727-1782)
257. Maria Elisabetha Weidman (1733-aft 1790)
260. Henry Landis (1736-1785)
261. Anna Poorman (1745-1818)
262. Johann Philip Baum (ca 1718-ca 1793)
263. Anna Barbara Klem (?-ca 1821)
264. Johannes “Hans” Frantz (bef 1721-1787)
265. Catharine (___)
266. John Nissley (c1722-1789)
267. Maria Seegrist/Sechrist (c1720-c1784)
268. Jacob Walter (ca 1718-ca 1798)
272. Jacob Leedy (1738-1806)
273. Elizabeth Hauff
276. Michael Krehl (c1737-1788)
277. Margaret (___)
278. Jacob Stehley (?-1793)
279. Elizabeth (Kettering?) (?-aft 1800) [maybe 2nd wife?]
282. ?? Anthony Steel
283. ?? Mary (___) Steel
284. Johannes Bowerman (1761-1835)
285. Anna Elizabeth (___) Bowerman
286. Peter Schott (1762-1833)
287. Catharina Magdalena Fritz (1769-1855)
320. George Hoover (c1730/40-1813)
321. Eva Elizabetha (___) (?-aft 1790)
322. Christian Harmon
323. Christina Magdalena Lenhart
324. Garret Thomas (1732-ca 1797)
325. Maria Magdalena (___) (?-aft Jun 1803)
328. Jacob Kinnard (ca 1740-?)
330. Capt. James Lee (1747-1790)
331. Susanna Winemore (?-1790)
~~332. Adam Fisher~~
~~333. Margaret Meckler Hankey/Hanke~~
342. Andrew Fetzer (?-1804) [also #366]
343. Magdalena Dotterer (1748-1804) [also #367]
348. Andrew Walker [also #170]
349. Catherine Margaret Fetzer [also #171]
350. Charles Lucas (1768-1854)
351. Nancy McCalmont
352. Johann Michael Howdershell (1729-1813) [also #716]
353. Maria Dorothea Seitel [also #717]
354. Adam Rader (1725-1783)
355. Mary Margaret Zimmerman (1727-1795)
356. Unknown Sine
357. Unknown
358. Michael Houdeshell (1760-1832)
359. Barbara Rader (1766-?)
360. Thomas Mayes (1753-1827)
366. Andrew Fetzer [also #342]
367. Magdalena Dotterer [also #343]

384. Georg Greulich
386. Hans Philipp Gerich (1692-1737)
387. Maria Catharina Jacob (1699-1754)
400. Johan Conrad Wolf
401. [Maria Elisabetha?]
402. Jeremias Yeakel (1713-1763) [also #414]
403. Unknown Wolf [also #415]
404. Johann Georg Brey (1712-ca 1793)
405. Maria Catharina (___) (?-ca 1791)
406. Johan Michael Klein (1716-1798) [also #440]
407. Anna Maria Catharina Kuntz (1730-1786) [also #441]
408. Balthasar Krauss (1706-1774)
409. Susanna Hoffman (1708-1791)
410. Johannes Heinrich Yeakel (1708-1781)
411. Susanna Heydrick (1710-1793)
412. Rev. Christopher Schultz (1718-1789)
413. Rosina Yeakel (1721-1800)
414. Jeremias Yeakel [see #402]
415. Unknown Wolf [see #403]
416. Elias Schneider (1733-1779)
417. Anna Maria Nuss (1740-aft 1782)
418. Conrad Nuss (1743-1808)
419. Anna Margaretha Roeder (1745-?)
420. Jacob Wisler (ca 1725-ca 1806)
421. Esther (___)
422. Hans Erhardt Weiss (c1722-1777)
423. Susanna Huth (c1727-aft 1782)
424. Jacob Deischer (c1730-1804)
425. Anna Siegfried (ca 1735-c1803)
426. ?? Rein
427. ?? (___) Rein
428. Johann Adam Trump (1722-ca 1802)
429. Anna Maria Weitzel (ca 1733-ca 1794)
432. Jacob Witmer
434. Michael Baum
435. Catharine (___)
436. Edward Jones (1737-1823)
437. Rachel Lewis (1748-1826)
440. Johan Michael Klein [also #406]
441. Anna Maria Catharina Kuntz [see #407]
442. George Heilig (1732-1796)
443. Elisabetha Barbara [Mueller?]
446. Jacob Hertzel (ca 1734-1807)
447. Catharine Hartzell (aft 1732-?)
448. Johan Adam Wieder (1721-1798)
449. Anna Margaretha (___) (c1723-?) or Maria Wayet?
450. Johann George Dut (1723-1790)
451. Barbara (___)
452. Johan Andreas Strassburger (1716-?)
453. Catherina Rosina Kolb (?-1771)
454. John Jäger (1721-1796)
455. Eva Elizabeth Schneider (1728-1804)
456. Theobald Mechling (bef 1728-1765)
457. Anna Elisabeth Lauer
458. Johannes Wilhelm Welsh (1719-1805)
459. Maria Elizabetha Neighbor [Nachbar]
460. Johan Rudolph Oberley (1712-c1780)
461. Margaretha (___) Oberley
462. Valentine Uhler (1714-1768)
463. Maria Magdalena (___) Uhler
464. John Georg Dillinger (bef 1740-aft 1787)
465. Eva Christina (___) Dillinger
466. Mathias Ochs Jr. (c1743-aft 1790)
467. Anna Rosina Schwenk (1751-1778)
468. Peter Deiss (1753-1786)
469. Elizabeth Stahlnecker (1757-1835)
470. Johannes Ortt (1749-1798)
471. Maria Rosina Fischer (1750-1839)
476. David Schneider (bef 1757-1785)
477. Esther (___) Schneider
478. ? William Shaeffer (?-1807)
479. ? Magdalena (___) Shaeffer
488. Henry Garber (c1700-1740/1)
489. Anna Catharine (___) Garber
498. Daniel Stauffer (1697-aft 1763) [see #1010]
499. Maria Catherine Merckel [see #1011]
500. Rev. Peter Moyer (1723-1793)
501. ? Magdalena Clemmer
502. Michael Bauer (1718-1784)
503. Veronica Landis (1733-1823)
504. Johan Conrad Bobb (c1715-1760)
505. Elizabeth Stauffer (c1715-1774)
506. Johan Bernhard Gilbert (c1730-1798)
507. Maria Elizabeth Meyer
508. Abraham Herb (1719-1779)
509. Gertraut (___) Herb
510. Johan Adam Fuchs (1716-1797)
511. Anna Margaretha [Roemelt?]

Generation Ten (7th GG)

512. Christoph Hacker (1697-c1775)
513. Anna Margaretha Jock (1696-c1773)
514. Martin Weidman (1712-c1768)
515. Anna Margaretha Still (1703-aft 1766)
520. Felix Landis Jr. (1708-1770)
521. Catharine Loban (1708-c1747)
522. Stephen Poorman (1714-ca 1782)
523. Anna (___) Poorman
532. Hans Nissley (bef 1676-bef 1747)
533. ? Feronica Good
534. Michael Sechrist (1695-1750)
535. Anna (___) Sechrist
544. Johannes Marte Lidi (c1715-1761)
545. Maria Elizabeth (___) Lidi
556. Ulrich Stehley (1700-1766)
557. Anna (___) Stehley (ca 1705-1771)
572. Ludwig Schott (1712-1788)
573. Anna Barbara Laur[in?] (1734-1795)
574. George Henry Fritz
575. Elizabeth (___) Fritz
640. Michael Huber (bef 1714-1789)
644. ??Johann Georg Harmon
645. ?? Catharina Schuler
646. ?? Johann Peter Lenhart (1708-1774)
647. ?? Maria Margaretha (___)
660. John Lees (1721-1776)
662. Philip Winemore (1714-1783)
663. Anna Barbara Jantzen (1718-1810)
~~664. Adam Fisher~~
686. Matthias Dotterer (1717-?) [also #1398]
687. Anna Catharine Roth (1710-?) [also #1399]
698. Andrew Fetzer [also #342]
699. Magdalena Dotterer [also #343]
700. Benedict Lucas (1733-1826)
701. Mary McKibben
704. Hans Michael Haudenschild [also #1432]
705. Anna Margaretha Ruch [also #1433]
706. John Seitel [also #1434]
707. Barbara Dreher [also #1435]
708. Johann Adam Rader (1706-1773) [also #2872]
709. Anna Barbara Bender (1708-1773) [also #2873]
716. Johan Michael Howdershell [see #352]
717. Maria Dorothea Seitel [see #353]
718. Adam Rader
719. Clara Riddle
734. Mathias Dotterer [also #686]
735. Anna Catharina Roth [also #687]

772. Hans Jacob Gerich (1652-1724)
773. Magdalena Zimmerman (1646-1724)
774. Hans Jorg Jacob (1660-1739)
775. Maria Eva Seyfridt (1669-1737)
804. David Yeakel (c1659-?) [also #820, #828]
805. Susanna Heydrick [also #821, #829]
812. Johann Jacob Klein (c1690-?) [also #880]
813. Anna Catharine (___) (c1692-?) [also #881]
814. Johan Jacob Kuntz (1692-1754) [also #882]
815. Anna Margaret Pfalsgraff [also #883]
816. Melchoir Krauss (?-1733)
817. Anna Heidrig (c1675-1755)
818. George Hoffman
819. Barbara Seipt
820. David Yeakel [also #804, 828]
821. Susanna Heydrick [see #805, 829]
822. Melchoir Heydrick
823. Barbara (___)
824. Melchoir Schultz (?-1734)
825. Susanna Kriebel (?-1732)
826. Balthasar Yeakel (?-1738)
827. Regina John (?-1747)
828. David Yeakel [also #804, 820]
829. Susanna Heydrick [also #805, 821]
832. Johann Conrad Schneider (1699-1759)
833. Eva Catharina Betz (1701-1779)
834. Jacob Nuss (1716-1757) [see #836]
835. Anna Maria Reiher (1712-?) [see #836]
836. Jacob Nuss (1716-1757) [see #834]
837. Anna Maria Reiher (1712-?) [see #835]
838. Johann Michael Roeder (1714-1789)
839. Maria Susanna Zimmerman (1712-1749)
840. Jacob Wißler (1695-1752)
841. Magdalena (___) (ca 1698-1784)
844. Johann Georg Weiß (ca 1701-1743)
845. Maria Anna Catharina Klein
846. Johannes Huth (c1680-1759)
847. Maria Anna Sähm
848. Johannes Deischer (c1684-c1761)
849. Anna Barbara (___) (c1684-ca 1761)
850. Johannes Siegfried (1690-1747)
851. Anna Elisabetha Seves (1697-1767)
856. Johannes Adam Trump (1695-1732)
857. Ursula Ossell (1692-1760)
858. Johann Jacob Wetzel (1695-1774)
872. John Jones (1716-1758)
873. Mary West (1715-1815)
874. Henry Lewis (?-1797)
875. Margaret James (?-1798)
880. Johann Jacob Klein [also #812]
881. Anna Catharine (___) [also #813]
882. Johan Jacob Kuntz [also #814]
883. Anna Margaret Pfalsgraff [also #815]
884. Johann Heinrich Heilig (c1700-1775)
885. Susanna Rittenhouse (1698-1769)
886. Georg Müller
892. Ulrich Hertzel (1705-1771)
893. Anna Margaret (___) Hertzel
894. Jorg Henrich Hertzel (1715-1784)
895. Margaretha (___) Hertzel
900. David Dut (c1700-?)
901. Catharine Muller (c1697-?)
904. Johan Ulrich Strassburger
905. Maria Elisabeth Flicken
910. Johann Adam Schneider (ca 1696-ca 1746)
911. Anna Elisabetha Klein
914. Johann Peter Lauer (ca 1680-1754)
915. Anna Margaretha (___) (ca 1680-aft 1754)
918. Leonard Neighbor [Nachbar]
928. Henrich William Dillinger (c1680-bef 1728) [also #1870]
932. Matthias Ochs (bef 1700-?)
933. Anna Maria (___)
934. Johann Martin Schwenk
935. Anna Maria Dillinger
938. George Stahlnecker (c1718-1786)
939. Anna Maria Elisabetha Ohlwein (c1726-?)
940. [Johannes Ortt? (?-1785)]
941. [Sabina (___)?]
942. Christian Fischer (?-1779)
943. Maria Magdalena Gebbhardt
952. Jacob Schneider (?–bef 18 May 1785)
953. Maria (___) Schneider
976. [Jacob Gerber?]
996. Johannes “Hans” Stauffer (1655-1740) [also #2020]
997. Kinget Kungold Hiestand (1658-?) [also #2021]
~~998. Johann Christian Merckel (ca 1678-1766)~~
998. Balthsara Merckle (1660-?) [see #2022]
999. Anna Catharina [Bender?] (?-bef 1749)
999. Veronica (___) ??
999. Elisabetha (___) Merckle ?? [see #2023]
1004. Hans Bauer (1670-bef. 1749)
1005. Anna Willener (1677-?)
1006. Johannes Landis (1690-1747)
1007. Ann Musselman (1695-1748)
1010. Daniel Stauffer [also #498]
1011. Catherine [Merckel?] [also #499]
1012. Johann Jurg Gilbert (1698-ca 1753)
1013. Anna Elisabetha Gruber
1014. Frederick Meyer
1015. Julianna Catharine (___)
1016. Jacob Fuchs
1017. Maria Catharina (___)

Generation Eleven (8th GG)

1024. Johan Stephen Hacker (c1646-1702)
1025. Anna Maria (___)
1026. Hans Theobald Jock (1659-1708)
1027. Margaretha Hausser/Häusler (1669-1715)
1028. Matthias Martin Weidman (1677-1743)
1029. Anna Catharina Scholl (1678-1723)
1030. Heinrich Still
1031. Anna Barbara Munck (1664-1706)
1040. Felix Landis (c1677-1739)
1041. Rosina Weltner (?-aft 1739)
1044. Johann Georg Böhrman (ca 1665-ca 1746)
1064. Hans Nüssli
1065. Anna Bär (1639-?)
1068. Bartholomew Sechrist
1069. Barbara (___)
1372. Johann Michael Dotterer (1682-1756) [also #1468, #2796]
1373. Margaretha (___) [also #1469, #2786]
1398. Matthias Dotterer [also #686]
1399. Anna Catharina Roth [also #687]
1416. Johann Adam Roeder (1669-1721) [also, #1676, 5744]
1417. Anna Katharine Tauber (1670-1751) [also #1677, #5745]
1418. Mathias Bender (ca 1678-1744) [also #5746]
1419. Anna Catharina [Voltz?] (ca 1690-1764) [also #5747]
1432. Hans Michael Haudenschild [also #704]
1433. Anna Margaretha Ruch [also #705]
1434. John Seitel [also #706]
1435. Barbara Dreiher [also #707]
1436. Mathias Rader (1726-1789)
1437. Jessie Bender (ca 1728-1815)
1438. [Cornelius Riddle?]
1439. [Ingabo Allen?]
1468. Johannes Michael Dotterer [also #1372, #2796]
1469. Margaretha (___) [also #1373, #2787

1544. Hans Gerich
1546. Hans Zimmerman
1550. Hans Philipp Seyfridt
1551. Maria Zimmerman
1628. Johann Georg Kuntz (1658-1710) [also #1764]
1629. Anna Catharine Müller (1658-?) [also #1765]
1630. Johann Jacob Pfalsgraff [also #1766]
1631. Margaretha (___) [also #1767]
1634. Melchior Heidrig
1649. Anna (___) Schultz
1650. Casper Kriebel
1664. Johann Conrad Schneider (1679-?)
1665. Catharina (___) Schneider
1666. Johann Sebastian Betz (1663-1733)
1667. Maria Margaretha Barbara Langer [Loinger] (1666-1716)
1670. Johann Michael Reiher (1686-1772) [see #1674]
1671. Anna Maria Seeland (?-1742) [see #1675]
1674. Johann Michael Reiher (1686-1772) [see #1670]
1675. Anna Maria Seeland (?-1742) [see #1671]
1676. Johann Adam Roeder [also #1416, #5744]
1677. Anna Katharine Tauber [also #1417, #5745]
1678. Andreas Zimmerman (1680-1733)
1679. Anna Elisabetha Müller (1672-1740)
1692. Johannes Huth
1693. Hans Jacob Sähm
1716. Conrad Weitzel
1717. Margaretha (___) Weitzel
1744. [?] Jones (?-bef 1727)
1745. Margaret Clayton (?-ca 1727)
1746. Nathaniel West (ca 1683-1749)
1747. Elizabeth (___) West
1748. Morris Lewis
1749. Dorothy (___) Lewis
1750. William James (ca 1692-bef 1778)
1751. Mary Evans (?-1765)
1764. Johann Georg Kuntz [also #1628]
1765. Anna Catharine Müller [also #1629]
1766. Johann Jacob Pfalsgraff [also #1630]
1767. Margaretha (___) Pfalsgraff [also #1631]
1770. Nicholas Rittenhouse (1666-1734)
1771. Wilhelmina Pietre Dewees (1673-1737)
1784. Clemens Hirtzel (1659-1707)
1785. Anna Sinter (1664-1738)
1788. Paulus Hirtzel (1677-1745)
1789. Anna Catharina Wagner
1868. Peter Schwenk (1690-1753)
1869. Anna Barbara (___) Schwenk
1870. Heinrich William Dillinger (ca 1680-bef 1770) [also #928]
1886. Justina (___) Gebbhart
1904. Heinrich Schneider (aka Taylor)
1905. Elizabeth (___) Schneider
1992. Hans Stauffer [see #4040]
1993. Madlena Neuenschwander [see #4041]
1994. Hans Hiestand [see #4042]
1995. Regula Aeshmann [see #4043]
1996. Jürg Merckle [see #4044]
1997. Eva Moser [see #4045]
~~1998. Johannes [Bender?]~~
2012. Jacob Landis (1667-1730)
2013. Anna Witmer
2014. Michael Musselman (1674-1726)
2020. Johannes “Hans” Stauffer [also #996]
2021. Kinget Kungold Hiestand [also #997]
2022. Balthasar Merckle (1660-?) [see #998]
2023. Elisabetha (___) Merckle [see #999]
2024. Johann Jacob Gilbert (?-1744)

Generation Twelve (9th GG)

2052. Hans Andreas Jock (1627-1693)
2054. Andrew Häuszler (c1630-?)
2056. Hans Peter Weidman (c1648-1692)
2057. Elisabetha Cammerer (1653-1704)
2058. Johann Matthaeus Scholl (1636-1682)
2059. Eva Meinzer (c1640-1692)
2062. Christoph Munck
2063. Anna Christina Weidman (c1642-aft 1686)
2080. Hans Jakob Landis [?] [also #4024]
2130. Oswald Bär (bef 1614-aft 1679)
2131. Elisabeth Lamprecht (ca 1617-ca 1662)
2744. Hans Dotterer (1649-1686) [also #2936]
2745. Anna Simoes [also #2937]
2786. Johannes Michael Dotterer [also #1372, #1468]
2787. Margaretha (___) [also #1373, #1469]
2832. Johann Adam Rader (1645-1722) [also 3352]
2833. Anna Maria Bender (1644-1723) [also #3353]
2872. Johann Adam Rader (1706-1773) [also #708, 3351]
2873. Anna Barbara Bender (1708-1773) [also #709, 3352]
2936. Hans Dotterer (1649-1686) [also #2744]
2937. Anna Simoes [also #2745]

3332. Hans Wolfgang Betz (1636-1694)
3333. Anna Ursula Heittelin (1640-?)
3334. Johann Leonhardt Langer [Loinger]
3340. Johann Michel Reyer [see #3348]
3341. Anna Catharine (___) Reyer [see #3349]
3342. Deitrich Seeland [see #3350]
3343. Amalia Maria (___) Seeland [see #3351]
3348. Johann Michael Reyer [see #3340]
3349. Anna Catharine (___) Reyer [see #3341]
3350. Dietrich Seeland [see #3342]
3351. Amalia Maria (___) Seeland [see #3343]
3352. Johann Adam Rader [also #2832]
3353. Anna Maria Bender [also #2833]
3356. Georg Zimmerman
3358. Hans Wolff Müller
3359. Catharine (___)
3490. Richard Clayton [Cleaton] (1645-1705)
3491. Elizabetha Bennett (1647-?)
3492. Nathaniel West Jr. (1648-1697)
3493. Elizabeth Dungan (1666-1699)
3500. John James
3501. Elizabeth (__) James
3540. Willem Rittenhouse (1644-1708)
3541. Gertruid Kersten Pieters (1646-1708)
3568. Heinrich Hirzel (1619-1663) [see also #7152]
3569. Maria Steiner (1625-?) [see also #7153]
3570. Hans Sinter
3571. Margaretha Nayer
3576. Johann Heinrich Hirtzel (1652-1716)
3577. Margaretha Rudi (1649-1694)
3578. Georg Wagner
3984. Christian Stauffer [see #8080]
3985. Adelheid Opliger [see #8081]
3986. Michel Neuenschwander [see #8082]
3987. Verena Haslibach [see #8083]
4024. Hans Jakob Landis [also #2080]
4040. Hans Stauffer [see #1992]
4041. Madlena Neuenschwander [see #1993]
4042. Hans Hiestand [see #1994]
4043. Regula Aeshmann [see #1995]
4044. Jürg Merckle [see #1996]
4045. Eva Moser [see #1997]

Generation Thirteen (10th GG)

4112. Hans Weidman (c1618—1664-1674) [also #4127]
4113. Anna Margaretha (___) (1617-aft 1675) [also #4128]
4114. Antoni Cammerer (c1626-1689)
4115. Anna Sidonia (___) (?-1703)
4116. Jost Scholl (c1610-1662)
4117. Barbara Dieterich (c1614-1684)
4118. Johann Andreas Meinzer (c1595-1674)
4119. Margaretha (___) (c1603-1663)
4126. Hans Weidman [also #4112]
4127. Anna Margaretha (___) [also #4113]
4260. Hans Bär (ca 1570-1617)
4261. Anna Biedermann (ca 1575-1618)
4262. Felix Lamprecht
4263. Barbara Meili
5592. Hans Dotterer [also #2744]
5593. Anna Simoes [also #2745]
5744. Johann Adam Roeder [also #1676]
5745. Anna Katharine Tauber [also #1677]
5746. Mathias Bender [also #1418]
5747. Anna Catharina [Voltz?] [also #1419]

6664. George Betz (1595-1674)
6665. Eva Ottilia Schweicker (1590-1666)
6666. George Heittelin
6982. Edward Bennett (1616-1667)
6983. Anna Tillsley (1624-1674)
6984. Nathaniel West (?-1658)
6986. Rev. Thomas Dungan (1634/35-1687)
6987. Elizabeth Weaver (1647-1697)
7144. Jacob Hirzel (1580-1634)[see also #14304]
7145. Madalen Keller (1581-?) [see also #14305]
7152. Heinrich Hirzel (1619-1663) [see also #3568]
7153. Maria Steiner (1625-?) [see also #3569]
8080. Christian Stauffer
8081. Adelheid Opliger
8082. Michel Neuenschwander
8083. Verena Haslibach

Generation Fourteen (11th GG)

8520. Hans Bär (ca 1545-bef 1614)
8521. Kathrina Huber (ca 1549-1622)
11488. Johann Adam Roeder [also #2832]
11489. Anna Maria Bender [also #2833]

13328. Hans Betz
13330. Casper Schweicker
13966. John Tilsley (1590-1640)
13967. Elinor (___) Tilsley (1592-1663)
13968. Matthew West (ca 1598-ca 1676)
13972. William Dungan (ca 1600-1636)
13973. Francis Latham (1608/9-1677)
13974. Clement Weaver (1625-1683)
13975. Mary Freeborn (1626-?)
14304. Jacob Hirzel (1580-1634)[see also #7144]
14305. Madalen Keller (1581-?) [see also #7145]

Generation Fifteen (12th GG)

[none]

27932. Ralph Tillsley (?-1602)
27944. ? Thomas Dungan (?-1604)
27945. ? Mary (___)
27946. Lewis Latham (?-1655)
27947. Elizabeth (___) Latham
27948. Clement Weaver (1591-1683)
27949. Rebecca Holbrook (1597-1635)
27950. William Freeborn (1594-1670)
27951. Mary Wilson (ca 1601-1670)

Generation Sixteen (13th GG)

[none]

55864. Richard Tillsley (1524-1601)
55896. ? Thomas Weaver (1560-65-?)
55897. ? Margaret Adams
55988. Sr. William Holbrook (ca 1568-1625)
55989. Edith Saunders/Coles (ca 1562-1612)

Phew! That’s a lot of names. And as I entered them, I realized that there are a whole lot of people that I know very little about. With as much fun as I’m having on my projects, maybe it’s time to start focusing on the people from whom I’m [allegedly] descended.

52 Ancestors: Joel Wolf (1810-1895)

Kris Hocker on 3 Mar 2014

My 3x great-grandfather Joel Wolf died 18 November 1895 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He was 85 years, 5 months and 24 days old.¹ He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown on Thursday, 21 November 1895.

Obituary
Joel Wolf died at his home, No 130 South Penn Street, at 2 o’clock yesterday morning of enlargement of the heart and dropsy, from which he suffered a long time. He was born 85 years ago in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery County. Sixty years ago was married to Elizabeth Krauss. They were parents of sixteen children, five of whom died. The mother and the following children survive: Henry, of Philadelphia; Edwin, Joel and Horace of this city; Daniel of Salisbury, Jonathan of Newberry, Lycoming County, Carolyn, wife of Charles Gierlich, of East Greenville, Emeline, wife of Joseph Miller of Bucks County; Sarah, wife of Albert Lentz of Allentown and Leanne and Elmira, single who reside at home. Besides these there are twenty-two grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The deceased was a laborer by occupation and was thirty-five years a resident of Allentown. His wife is 81 years of age. The funeral will take place on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Services in Zion’s Reformed Church.²

Joel Wolf was born 25 May 1810 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania³, possibly the son of Jacob Wolf of Milford Township, Bucks County. He married Elizabeth Krauss, daughter of George and Christina (Schultz) Krauss, about 1831. Elizabeth was born 13 June 1814⁴ and died in 1900.⁵

According to the Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Joel and Elizabeth (Krauss) Wolf had children:

David K. Wolf, d. Aug 1832
Emeline K. Wolf, b. 30 Mar 1837, d. 18 Apr 1910, married Joseph S. Miller
Henry Washington K. Wolf, b. 1 Apr 1839 married, but no children
Christina M. K. Wolf, b. 23 Sep 1840, d. 10 May 1864
Susanna K. Wolf, b. 9 Nov 1841, d. 3 Jun 1863, married Charles P. Greulich
George K. Wolf, b. 1843, d. 7 Aug 1844
Caroline K. Wolf, b. 17 Feb 1845, d. 24 Apr 1915, married Charles P. Greulich
Mary Elizabeth K. Wolf, b. 15 Sep 1846, d. 12 Jan 1868
Leanna K. Wolf, b. 12 Mar 1848
Edwin K. Wolf, b. 5 Jul 1849, d. 31 Jan 1914, married Emma Bealer
Sarah J. K. Wolf, b. 26 Dec 1850, married Albertus J. Lentz
Oswin K. Wolf, b. 8 Apr 1852, d. 2 Oct 1852
Joel K. Wolf, b. 30 Oct 1853 [, d. 12 Feb 1937]
Jonathan K. Wolf, b. 4 Mar 1855
Daniel K. Wolf, b. 21 Mar 1857, married Lizzie B. Smith
Horace K. Wolf, b. 16 Jan 1860, married Alice Trumbower
Elmira K. Wolf, b. 14 May 1861

Joel’s daughters Susanna Krauss Wolf and Caroline Krauss Wolf were each married to my 2x great-grandfather Karl Philipp “Charles” Greulich, a German-immigrant and shoemaker, who settled in East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Charles and Susanna were married on 30 November 1861. Susanna (Wolf) Greulich died 3 Jun 1863⁶ and Charles married her sister Caroline on 17 August 1864.⁷

The Krauss family can be traced back to immigrant Anna (Heidrig) Krauss, who came to Pennsylvania in 1733 as the widow of Melchoir Krauss, arriving with the second group of Schwenkfelder families.

Will: Jacob Teysher (1804)

Kris Hocker on 20 Feb 2014

In trying to trace my Deisher ancestors, I followed a path to Jacob Teysher (aka Deischer) of Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He wrote his last will and testament on 17 December 1803 and it was proven on 6 January 1804. Here is a transcript.¹

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In the name of God Amen I Jacob Teysher
of Maxatawny Township in the County of Berks & State of Pennsylvania Yeoman being
very sick and weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding Blessed be God for
the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form follow
ing, to wit, _ Principally and first of all I command my immortal Soul into the hands of
God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like man
ner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and as to such worldly estate where
with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give and dispose of the same in the following
manner, to wit, I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Magdalena who is intermarried
with Michael Weaver as her & their full share & dividend of my real and personal estate in
addition to what they have already received & had four Spanish mill’d Dollars. Igive
devis and bequeath unto my son Daniel in addition to what he has already had and
received four Spanish mill’d Dollars I give devise and bequeath unto my said son Daniels
children, to wit, Jacob, Maria, John, Esther, Peter, Catharine, Deborah & Elizabeth and to
their Heirs and assigns forever as Tenants in Common and not as joint tenants a certain
messuage or tenement & Plantation situate & being in Hereford Township in the County of Berks
aforesaid adjoining lands of Casper Yeakel Leonard Grisemer and others containing two hun
dred and fifteen acres more or less, and the said Daniels eight children before named are to
pay unto my Executors seven hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania in manner
following, twenty five pounds in one year from the day of my death and twenty five pounds
annually thereafter untill the whole is paid, and further they are to provid sufficient meat drink
apparel lodging and washing for the said Danial their father and their Mother during
their or either natural lives. I give devise & bequeath unto my daughter Esther who is
intermarried with Henry Romich as her & their full share & dividend of my real & personal
estate six hundred and fifty pounds gold or silver money in manner following one
hundred and twenty five pounds in one year from the day of my decease and the like
sum every succeeding year untill the whole is paid. I give devise and bequeath unto
my Daughter Deborah intermarried with Philip Miller as her & their full share and
dividend of my real and personal estate seven hundred pounds gold or silver money in
manner following one hundred and twenty five pounds in one year from the day of my

[page 210]

deceased and the like sum every succeeding year untill the whole is paid. I give devise
and bequeath unto my son Jacob two Spanish mill’d Dollars. I give devised & bequeath unto my
son John and to his Heirs and Assigns forever A certain Messuage and Plantation situate
and being Maxatawny Township aforesaid adjoining lands of Jacob Sweyer, Jacob Kutz
Kutztown lots & others containing one hundred eighty acres more or less my son John is to pay
unto my Executors seven hundred pounds lawful money in manner following, one hundred
pounds in one year from the day of my decease and the like sum yearly untill the whole is
paid. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Maria intermarried with Daniel
Bitting as her & their full share and dividend of my real and personal estate seven hundred
pounds lawful money in manner following one hundred and twenty five pounds in one
year from the day of my decease & the like sum every succeeding year untill the whole is paid, and
as touching all the rest residue and remainder of my estate real and personal of who him or
nature soever the same may be in the County of Berks aforesaid or elsewhere, I give devise &
bequeath the same unto Peter (except therefrom one acre of Ground lying on the road leaving
from Reading to Kutztown adjoining lands of Jacob Baldy Adam Kutz and said Road, as
also a certain tenement & piece of land situate in Greenwich Township & County of Berks
aforesaid adjoining lands of John Hildenbrant John Witrant and other containing three
acres Together also one hundred pounds lawful money) they sever sums to be paid by my sons Daniels
children, Joahn, and are to be in full as consideration money for the several Plantations or
pieces of land that I have bequeathed unto them & the said several sums are to be paid
unto my Daughters as Legacies I bequeathed unto them or as much therefrom as is
necessary to be paid by my Executors, the Grain in the Ground on the several plantations
are to be and remain with the plantation. And lastly I nominate and appoint my
son John & my son Peter to be the Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby
revoking all other Wills Legacies & bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this to
be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the
seventeenth day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and three.—
Jacob [his mark] Teysher (seal) ~ Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Testator as
his last will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed
as Witnesses. Jacob Humbert, Jno M. Hyneman ———

Registers Office Reading in Berks County January 6th, 1804.
Then appeared Jacob Humbert & John M Hyneman the subscribing Witnesses of the foregoing
Wil who being duly swor did Depose and say that they were present together and did
see and hear Jacob Teysher the Testator sign (by making his mark) seal publish pronounce
and declare the same writing as and for his last Will and Testament and that at the
time of the doing thereof he the Testator was of sound mind memory and understanding to the
best of their knowledge & as they verily believe and further that the names Jacob Humbert &
John M Hyneman are of the Witnesses own hand writing thereto subscribed in the presence of
each other and in the presence and at the request of the Testator.
loram Me PFrailey Register

Registers Office in Berks County January 6th AD 1804
Letters Testamentary in common form under the seal of said Office on the afore written Will were
granted to John Teysher and Peter Teysher, the Executors therein named, they being first duly
affirmed thereto Inventory to be exhibited on or before the 6th day of February next, and
an amount of their Administration when thereto legally requested.
Registered & examined by

PFrailey Register

Jacob specifically named the children of his son Daniel—Jacob, Maria, John, Esther, Peter, Catharine, Deborah & Elizabeth—and places them in Hereford Township by 1803. So, his son Daniel is most likely the Daniel Teysher/Deisher/Tisher in Hereford Township in 1790², 1800³ and 1810.⁴ Thus, the Jacob Tisher/Deisher in Hereford in 1810⁵ and 1820⁶ is most likely Daniel’s eldest son. And the John and Peter also listed in Hereford in 1820, Daniel’s other two sons.

So, in all probability my 4x great grandfather Peter Deischer was the son of Daniel Deisher, grandson of Jacob Teysher, and, I believe, quite likely the great grandson of Johannes Teisher of Richmond Township.

The fact that Jacob left the land in Hereford Township to his grandchildren and instructed them to care for their mother and father for their natural lives makes me believe that there’s a story there. Why didn’t Jacob leave the land to his son Daniel as he did with the property he bequeathed to sons John and Peter? Was Daniel not capable of providing for his family? Was he a wastrel, a spendthrift? Disabled? I wonder what I can find out.

52 Ancestors: Peter Deischer (1793-1861)

Kris Hocker on 18 Feb 2014

Last week I wrote about Joseph Snyder and my search for his father. This week I’m turning my attention to his father-in-law, Peter Deischer of Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Peter Deischer was born 12 August 1793 and died 23 April 1861.¹ He married Maria Trump² by summer 1815.³ Maria (Trump) Deischer was born 22 August 1791 and died on 10 September 1874 (or 1875).⁴

The family resided in Hereford Township from 1820 through 1870, where Peter was a farmer. In 1820, the family was enumerated with “Peter Deisher” as the head of household:⁵

2 males, <10
1 male, 26-45
1 female, <10
1 female, 26-25

Adjoining households in the census list included Jacob Deisher, John Deisher and Henry Trump.

Ten years later, “Peter Deshard” was listed as the head of household and the family included:⁶

1 male, 10-15
1 male, 30-40
4 females, <5
1 female, 5-10
1 female, 10-15
1 female, 30-40

Nearby households of interest included: Jacob Deshar.

In 1840, “Peter Deisher” was the head of household. It included:⁷

1 male, 40-50
1 female, <5
2 females, 5-10
2 females, 10-15
2 females, 15-20
1 female, 40-50

Other households of interest on the page include: Jacob Deisher, George Deisher, Charles Deisher, and Michael Trump.

Peter’s household in 1850 had thinned out somewhat. It included:⁸

Peter Deischer, 55, M, Farmer, $1700 in real estate, b. in Pennsylvania
Maria Deischer, 56, F, b. in Pennsylvania
Amanda Deischer, 17, F, b. in Pennsylvania
Elmira M. Schulz, 3, F, b. in Pennsylvania
Charles Deischer, 31, M, Farmer, b. in Pennsylvania
Barbara Deischer, 25, F, b. in Pennsylvania
William Deischer, 10, M, b. in Pennsylvania

In 1860, “Peter Dysher’s” household included:⁹

Peter Dysher, 67, M, Gentleman, $2000 in real estate, $1000 in personal estate, b. in Pennsylvania
Mariah [ditto], 68, F, b. in Pennsylvania
Elmira [ditto], 12, F, b. in Pennsylvania, attended school within the year

Peter died in 1861. In 1870, Maria (Trump) Deischer was included in Charles Deysher’s dwelling:¹⁰

Deysher Charles, 53, M, W, Farmer, -, $2266, b. Pennsylvania
[Ditto] Barbara, 49, F, W, Keeping house, b. Pennsylvania
[Ditto] Charles, 7, M, W, Home, b. Pennsylvania, attended school within the year
[Ditto] Sarah, 4, F, W, Home, b. Pennsylvania
Deysher Mary, 77, F, W, Keeping house, -, $100, b. Pennsylvania, cannot write

Charles Deischer served as administrator for his parents’ estates. He did not file paperwork until 1875, after his mother’s death.¹¹ There was some dissension in the family about Charles’ handling of the estate—in particular payment for the building of a barn on the farm. Charles expected the estate to pay for it as the farm was not rentable without a barn. His sisters did not recall discussing and approving it and the court was required to step in. As a result, the paperwork includes the names of several of his sisters and their spouses.

Based on the probate and census records, Peter and Maria (Trump) Deischer had children, as follows:

Charles Deisher
Clara Deisher, married Joseph Hallman
Elizabeth Deisher, married David Gery
Mary Deisher, married Everard Roberts
Catharina Deisher, married Solomon Schiffert
Judith Deisher, married Joseph Snyder
Amanda Deisher
Sarah Deisher, married Copeland G. Stichter

It’s possible there were more children born to the couple who did not survive. Church records would be a next step to find out. I’m also wondering if Peter was related to Daniel Deisher/Teysher who can be found in the 1790 and 1800 census records for Hereford Township and if Maria (Trump) Deischer is related to the Henry Trump who was listed just after Peter in the 1820 census. Two tantalizing prospects for additional research. Wonder what I’ll be able to find about them.

Peter and Maria (Trump) Deischer are my 4x great grandparents.

52 Ancestors: Joseph Snyder (1826-1895)—Who’s Your Daddy?

Kris Hocker on 9 Feb 2014

For the longest time my Snyder family research has been stuck at my 3x great grandfather Joseph Snyder. According to his gravestone, he was born 2 January 1826 and died 4 November 1895 at the age of 68 years, 10 months and 2 days.¹ I’ve found him in census records from 1850 through 1880, the last surviving enumeration before his death. But I still had no idea who his parents were.

Joseph Snyder and Judith Deisher tombstone

Joseph Snyder tombstone

I decided to see if I could remedy that.

The earliest record I had was the 1850 census. A Joseph Snyder, aged 23, is listed with the Amos Jacoby family in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.² This Joseph was unmarried—my 3x great grandfather’s first child was born in 1856—and the correct age. A good match. Unfortunately, however, since Joseph wasn’t living at home in 1850, this record did not tell me who his parents were.

In 1860, Joseph was living with his wife and children in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County.³ His household included: Joseph, his wife Judith (Deisher), children Irwin, Mary Jane and Henry, and an older woman, Elizabeth Schneider, aged 58. Was this his mother? If so, it seemed to indicate that Joseph’s father was most likely dead by 1860 and possibly by 1850.

Who Is Henry Snyder?

Meanwhile, I possess the original document for a 1830 mortgage between Henry Snyder and George Hillegas for 62 acres in Upper Hanover Township. Who was this Henry Snyder? Could he be Joseph’s father? Why would the family have this document after more than 100 years if he’s not related to us?

Looking through census records, I found Henry Snyder in Upper Hanover Township in 1840⁴ and 1830.⁵ In both records, Henry’s household has a male of the correct age bracket to be Joseph—10-15 in 1840 and under 5 in 1830—and a female of the same approximate age group as Elizabeth Schneider from the 1860 census.

Could it be that simple? Were Henry and Elizabeth Joseph’s parents?

Where was Elizabeth in 1850? I found an Elizabeth Schneider in Upper Hanover Township in 1850, living in the Joseph Gery household.⁶ The age was off—56 years, instead of the 48, I would have anticipated. But it’s a possibility. If it’s the same woman and she was Joseph’s mother, then Henry was probably deceased prior to 1850.

So, I went looking in Montgomery County estate records for an estate for Henry Snyder who died before 1850. I found nothing that matched date and location.

Bummer.

Taking a break from that seemingly fruitless search, I was reviewing Snyders buried in New Goshenhoppen UCC Cemetery on Findagrave.com and came across Joel Snyder, a contemporary of my Joseph Snyder. Joel is buried in the same section as Joseph, a couple of rows away. Maybe a cousin, I thought.

Then I saw who his father was—Heinrich Schneider, who was also buried in New Goshenhoppen Cemetery. Could this be Joseph’s father? He was a match in age and location to the Henry Snyder from the 1830 and 1840 census records. Joel matched the older male child from those records, too.

The only problem was that Heinrich died in 1860 and his wife’s name was Sarah. However, Sarah died in 1852, so maybe Henry remarried.

As clue, it was worth a little research. Maybe I’d learn something useful—even if he wasn’t Joseph’s father.

A search for Henry in the 1850 census records turned up no match. I found no estate records for a Henry or Heinrich who died in 1860 in Montgomery County. I began to wonder if this was a dead end.

I did, however, find Henry in the 1860 census for Upper Hanover Township.⁷ His household included Sophia Schneider and Lucy A. Mock and her family—both women matching the age ranges of the young females in Henry’s household in 1840. Joel Schneider, too, was living in Upper Hanover Township in 1860.⁸

Okay. So, now I was more than a little frustrated. Without an estate record naming Henry’s children, I had no direct information linking Henry to Joseph. Who was the second male in Henry’s household in 1830 and 1840—the one who matched Joseph age-wise? Where was Henry in 1850? Why couldn’t I find him? The 1850 census record might tell me who that second male was. I needed to find it.

I decided to do what I always do when someone isn’t where I expect them to be in the census indices. I go back to the records. I scrolled page-by-page through the Upper Hanover Township 1850 census records. After torturing my eyes for 20+ pages, I finally found him—right where I expected him to be.

And I couldn’t believe my eyes!

Right there on page page 417B, I found, not only Henry Schneider, but also Joseph Schneider.⁹ The 1850 census record for Joseph Snyder in Rockhill Township was not my Joseph Snyder. This was most likely my 3x great grandfather, living in the same location in which I’d found him from 1860 on. He probably lived there all his life!

Although the 1850 census does not include the relationship between the head and the other members of the household, Henry’s household in 1850 matches the 1840 and 1830 census enumerations, making it quite likely that Joseph is Henry and Sarah’s son. Additionally, Henry’s 1860 occupation—shoemaker—corresponds with the occupation included on the 1830 mortgage—cordweiner.¹⁰ He likely earned a living from multiple occupations–as many did back then—as both a shoemaker and farmer, and was recorded as a shoemaker after he retired from farming.

Furthermore, a little deed research may provide some additional information regarding proof that Henry Schneider is Joseph’s father. Some of Henry’s 1850 neighbors—William Keck, Jacob Styer, Solomon Steltz, and John F. Gerhard—were Joseph’s neighbors in 1860.

Given that I found no estate records for Henry, it’s possible that he sold or gave his estate to his children prior to his death. Henry was a farmer in 1850; Joseph was a farmer in 1860. Joel was consistently a mason or bricklayer in census records. Both Joel and Joseph went from no real or personal estate in 1850 to having both in 1860.

Conclusions

After several wrong turns and false starts, I’m pretty convinced that Henry Schneider (aka Heinrich Schneider) is Joseph’s father. Turns out—as is usually the case—I was the brick wall in finding Joseph’s father.

So, what did I learn from this exercise?

Check for alternate spellings. There may be a better match to your family member under an alternate version of their surname, ie. Schneider.
Don’t stop at the index. I got frustrated because I couldn’t find Henry in the 1850 census. FamilySearch is really good about matching alternate spellings on surnames in their index search. However, that won’t help you if the name is way off in the index. In this case, the family was indexed as “Sohneider” which doesn’t resemble Snyder at all.
Keep it simple. My maternal lines all seem to have a long history—well into the 20th century—in the Upper Hanover Township/East Greenville/Pennsburg area. I need to first rule out clues and possibilities in that general location before branching out to other areas.

I already knew all of this. Really, I did. But when your research is flowing along nicely with clues falling smoothly and easily into place, it’s easy to forget the techniques required for when it’s not. This search was a timely reminder.

Tag: Maternal Line