rLH^blL\ BALPH BEAVER STRASSBURGER ^'^^^tMf^f**' Mifata. Sfew Inrk ■R.».\o.V\ .3.ee.v c>c.StYa.s.si3>i.y^E^ Normandy Farm Cor. State and Morris Roads PH Beaver Strassburger GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. Mr, Strassburger takes great pleasure in forwarding TO you a copy of "The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania," compiled under his direction after years of genealogical research. Very sincerely yours, Frederick S. Fox. Secretary. Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029772468 The Strassburger Family AND ALLIED FAMILIES OF PENNSYLVANIA BEING THE ANCESTRY OF Jacob Andrew Strassburger, Esquire OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BY HIS SON RALPH BEAVER STRASSBURGER GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. Printed for Private Circulation 1922 H iXb-SlSi^S I I ■.! i'l U fL "I This Book is dedicated to my son JOHANN ANDREAS PETER STRASSBURGER In Memory of my Father JACOB ANDREW STRASSBURGER The glory of the children is their fathers . . . behold our Heritage from them. — tViltiam Maxivell E-varts. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Foreword 17 The Palatinate . 19 The Palatines 22 The Pennsylvania Germans ^3 The Strassburger Family 47 The Yeager Family 177 The Schneider Family 197 The Stout Family 199 The Hartzell Family 233 The Kern Family 257 The Schwenk Family 281 The Bauer Family 315 The Landis Family 328 The Markley Family 341 The Dotterer Family 353 The Shoemaker Family 375 The Kolb Family 391 The Ziegler Family 414 The Clemens Family 456 The Lederach Family 476 Genealogical Chart 493 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Owing to the large number of illustrations used in this work it has been impossible to place them all opposite the page where they are referred to in the text; but as the illustrations are such an important feature in a reference book of this character, they have been placed as nearly consecutive as possible, so that the subject and the reference might be preserved. PHOTOGRAVURES PAGE Ralph Beaver Strassburger 3 Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger 5 Normandy Farm, Gwynedd Valley, Pa 19 Ober Ingelheim, Germany 33 Ober Ingelheim, 1640 47 Strassburger Homestead, Ober Ingelheim 53 Catharine Strassburger Young Hartzell 70 Haimah Strassburger Berger 79 Homestead of Andrew Strassburger, Lehigh County, Pa.. . . 97 Tohickon Church before it was Remodeled 113 The Parsonage, Sellersville, Pa 119 Residence of Rev. J. A. Strassburger, Perkasie, Pa 125 Reuben Y. Strassburger 150 Elizabeth Z. Schwenk Strassburger 152 Residence of Reuben Y. Strassburger, Hilltown, Pa 157 Residence of Reuben Y. Strassburger, Schwenkville, Pa.. . . 158 Jacob Andrew Strassburger 161 Mary J. Beaver Strassburger 167 Mrs. Ralph Beaver Strassburger 169 Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger 175 Entrance to Driveway, Normandy Farm 177 The Rose Garden, Normandy Farm 197 Elizabeth Kern Stout 257 Graters Ford, Schwenkville, Pa 298 Jacob Schwenk 305 Kriesheim, Germany 375 The Shoemaker Graveyard 385 The Wissahickon Creek and Mill, Normandy Farm 391 Lower Salford Mennonite Meeting House 403 The Skippack Mennonite Meeting House 415 Residence of Michael Ziegler near Skippackville, Pa 429 Site of Gerhart Clemens' Mill 454 Residence of Jacob Clemens 467 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS HALFTONES PAGE Heidelburg Castle 22 Worms Cathedral 22 Rotterdam, Holland 26 Ursinus College, Montgomery County, Pa 37 Treemount Seminary, Norristown, Pa 37 Market Place, Ober Ingelheim 41 Circular Wall, Ober Ingelheim 43 View of Normandy Farm Taken from Airplane 45 Strassburg, Alsace-Lorraine 48 Protestant Evangelical Church, Strassburg 48 Old Tower and Bridge, Strassburg 48 Old Court Yard, Strassburg 48 Ober Ingelheim 51 Ancient Gateway, Ober Ingelheim 51 Signature of Johann Andreas Strassburger, 1749 54 Signatures of Passengers of the Ship Loyal Judith, 1769 ... . 54 Signature of Johann Andreas Strassburger 55 Protestant Evangelical Church, Ober Ingelheim 59 Signature of John Andrew Strassburger 59 Easton, Pa., about 1840 62 Bushkill Street Bridge, Easton, Pa 62 Draft of Land to Andrew Strassburger, 1793 64 Chinaware from Parsonage of Rev. J. A. Strassburger. . . .66, 67 Corner Cupboard from Parsonage 74 Copper Tea Kettle from Parsonage 74 Pewter Plate from the Kern-Stout Homestead 74 Books from Library of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 80 Signature of John Strassburger 84 Signature of John Engleman 84 Title Pages from Favorite Books of Rev. J. A. Strassburger. . 86 Book Plates from Library of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 93 Doorway to Parsonage at Perkasie and some of its Furnishings 103 Tombstone of John Andrew Strassburger 110 Tombstone of Eva Yeager Strassburger Ill Tombstone of Christina Strassburger Wieder Ill Certificate of Licensure issued to Rev. J. A. Strassburger . ... 115 Certificate of Ordination issued to Rev. J. A. Strassburger. . . 117 Draft of Farm, Perkasie, Pa 117 Later Survey of Perkasie Farm 122 Family Record of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 123 Resignation of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 127 Pages from Sermon Books of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 128, 129 Deed, Heirs of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 132 Mss. Music Book, belonging to Rev. J. A. Strassburger 136 Pages from the Music Book 140, 141 Tombstones of Infant Children of Rev. J. A. Strassburger. . 145 Tombstone of Rev. J. A. Strassburger 146 Tombstone of Catharine Stout Strassburger 146 Marriage Certificate of Reuben Y. Strassburger and Elizabeth Z. Schwenk 148 Poem of Appreciation by Reuben Y. Strassburger 155 Heidelburg Reformed Church, Schwenkville, Pa 162 Family Record of Reuben Y. Strassburger 165 St. John's Church, West Wickham, England 171 Diploma avsrarded to Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1899 180 Appointment of Ralph Beaver Strassburger to Naval Acad- emy, 1901 185 Signature of John Yeager 186 Diploma of Graduation to Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1905. 188 Draft of Land to John Yeager 192 Stable Drive, Normandy Farm 199 Commission as Ensign, given Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1907 201 Tombstones of Jacob Stout and Wife, Mary Lacey 205 Carpenter's Hall 207 Germantown Academy 207 Certificate of Graduation to Ralph Beaver Strassburger from Naval Academy, 1907 212 Signature of Abraham Stout 215 Commission as Ensign, given Ralph Beaver Strassburger by President Roosevelt, 1908 218 Tombstone of Abraham Stout 220 Tombstone of Magdalena Hartzell Stout 220 Tohickon Church 227 Survey of Kern-Stout Farm, 1854 231 Indian Creek Reformed Church 233 Exequator granted to Ralph Beaver Strassburger by King Carol I, 1912 236 Survey to Henry Hartzell, 1767 240 Tombstone of Henry Hartzell 241 Signature of Henry Hartzell 243 Certificate issued to Ralph' Beaver Strassburger by Lord Bristol, 1912 244 Commission given Ralph Beaver Strassburger by President Taft, 1912 246 Exequator granted Ralph Beaver Strassburger by King Peter I, 1912 251 Reproduction in Slavic of Exequator granted by King Peter 1 . 253 Interior of Tohickon Church 260 Stone Stable on Kern-Stout Farm 263 Tombstone of Frederick Kern 268 Tombstone of Christian Kern 268 Deed, Christian Kern to John Adam Kern 271 Deed, John Adam Kern to Henry H. Stout . 272 Signature of Christian Kern 274 Organ in Tohickon Church 277 Tombstone of John Adam Kern 279 Tombstone of Maria Kern 279 Bible belonging to Catherine Stout Strassburger 281 Residence of George Schwenk, Zieglerville, Pa 285 Signature of George Schwenk 285 Schwenk Family Burial Ground 287 Residence of George Schwenk near Zieglerville, Pa 290 Comrnission from President Taft to Ralph Beaver Strass- burger, 1913 292 Signature of Abraham Schwenk 294 Signature of Jacob Schwenk 294 Diplomatic Passport issued to Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1913 294 Residence of Abraham Schwenk 296 Signature of Abraham Schwenk 302 Tombstone of Abraham Schwenk 303 Tombstone of Fronica Bauer Schwenk 303 Schwenkville, Pa 309 Signature of Jacob Schwenk 309 Tombstone of Jacob Schwenk 311 Tombstone of Magdalena Ziegler Schwenk 311 Bams at Normandy Farm 315 Certificate issued to Lieut. Ralph Beaver Strassburger, 1919 . . 320 Official Commendation to Ralph Beaver Strassburger for Services in World War, 1919 324 Survey of Land to Heirs of Hans Bower 326 Passport issued to Ralph Beaver Strassburger and Family, 1920 328 Signature of Ralph Beaver Strassburger to Passport 332 Signature of John Landis 334 Official Visas covering Continental Tour, 1920-21 336 Official Visas, 1920-21 338 Residence of Major Jacob Markley 341 Official Visas, 1920-21 344 Old Trappe Church 347 Interior of Old Trappe Church 347 Rev. Peter Muhlenberg 347 Old Mill, Normandy Farm 353 Survey of Land to George Philip Dotterer 361 Stable Court and Training Ring, Normandy Farm 364 Mennonite Meeting House, Germantown, Pa 376 Early Pennsylvania Habitation 381 Germantown Seal 382 Signature of Peter Shoemaker 389 Manheim, Germany 394 Stable and Grounds, Normandy Farm 409 Signature of Dielman Kolb 412 Deed, David Powell to Michael Ziegler, 1717-18 419 Survey of Land to Michael Ziegler, 1734 423 Deed, Andrew Shrager to Michael Ziegler, 1727 424 Signatures of Michael and Catherine Ziegler 428 Signature of Michael Ziegler 431 Residence of Andrew Ziegler, Zieglerville, Pa 433 Doorway to Residence of Andrew Ziegler 433 Chair belonging to Ziegler Family 433 Signature of Andrew Ziegler, Sr 439 Old Farm House, Normandy Farm 442 Ziegler's Mill, Zieglerville, Pa 446 Tombstone of Andrew Ziegler, Jr 448 Tombstone of Catharine Lederach Ziegler 448 Signature of Andrew Ziegler, Jr 451 Zieglerville, Pa 452 The Goshenhoppen Valley 452 Signature of Matthias Van Bebber 456 Signature of Thomas Fairman 456 Signature of Francis Daniel Pastorius 456 Deed, Matthias Van Bebber to Gerhart Clemens, 1711 457 Deed, Gerhart Clemens to Michael Ziegler, 1722 459 Survey of Land to Gerhart Clemens, 1735 462 Patent to Gerhart Clemens, 1735 463 Deed, Gerhart Clemens to Jacob Clemens, 1738 464 Signature of Jacob Clemens 473 Schoolhouse on Normandy Farm, built 1858 474 Residence of Andrew Lederach 477 Survey to Andrew Lederach 477 Lederachville, Pa 480 Signature of Henry Lederach 486 Signature of Joseph Tyson 489 Signature of Henry Lederach, Jr 489 Signature of Jacob Clemens 489 Signature of Andrew Ziegler 489 Signature of Abraham Shott 489 Signature of Henry Price 489 Lederach Family Burial Ground 490 Genealogical Chart 493 FOREWORD THERE is no more attractive line of study than that which aims at revealing the life and surroundings, the struggles and trials, the manners and customs, the thoughts and feel- ings of our forefathers. It is the purpose of this book to lift the veil of the past and to bring to the present descendants an appre- ciation and realization of the splendid character and enduring faith of these worthy pioneers. In the following pages an effort has been made to present to the reader a picture of the individual and a vision of his home and daily life, on the farm, in the church, at school, in his intercourse with his neighbor, and his services to the state and country. In a work of this magnitude, it would be impossible to avoid making some errors, but a particular effort has been made to set forth as correct and exact a history of these early pioneers and their descendants as could be gleaned from historical and genealogical sources available at the present day. Except in a few instances where so designated as tradition, the information and facts as set down have been collected from au- thentic sources. Farms, churches, and burial grounds have been visited; church books and tombstones carefully scanned; original wills and deeds, both recorded and unrecorded, have been copied ; and manuscripts and printed data of all kinds examined. And while a very great deal that is both interesting and valuable has been obtained, very, very much has been lost for all time through the death of the older generations who had been the link between the past and the present. The historical data used in both the introduction and the main part of the book has been compiled from the writings of Julius F. Sachse, Dr. Oswald Seidensticker, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards, Dr. Kuhn, Samuel W. Pennypacker, and other eminent writers and historians. 18 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY I take this opportunity to extend my thanks and sincere ap- preciation to all those who have so cordially given their assistance, by contributing valuable information and permitting treasured documents to be copied. Especial thanks are due Mrs. W. L. Stauffer (Margaret Strassburger), of Norristown; Miss Annie C. Strassburger, of AUentown, and Mrs. Rebecca Strassburger Dot- terer, of Philadelphia, who, through their interest and appreciation of the value of family history, many years ago gleaned and pre- served much of the data which has been used in this volume; also to the late Andrew Strassburger Hartzell and wife, of Perkasie; John Lederach, of Lederachville ; the late Enos Schwenk; Albert Schwenk, of Schwenkville, and others, for the loan of their private papers. I wish to acknowledge the gratitude felt towards my mother, Mary Jane Beaver Strassburger, who early in my youth instilled the fundamental thought of reverence and love for my family, which has furnished a constant incentive for the carrying out of this work, and which I know would have given her great pleasure, as well to my father, Jacob Andrew Strassburger, who, during his life, had taken great interest in historical and genealogical matters. I cannot give too much praise and commendation to Miss Mame E. Wood for her collaboration in the preparation of this book. She has been tireless in her efforts, and her work as a trained genealogist in connection with the research, merits the high- est approbation, and I wish to extend not only my thanks, but full credit for her valuable assistance. Ralph Beaver Strassburger. Normandy Farm, Gwynedd Valley, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. March, 1922. THE PALATINATE THE Palatinate (German Pfalz) is a name given to a dis- trict of Germany, a province of Bavaria, lying west of the Rhine. It is bounded on the north by the Prussian Rhine ( Province and the Hessian Province of Rhen Hessen, on the west *^^^ by Baden, from which it is separated by the Rhine, on the south by Alsace-Lorraine, and on the west by Trier and Coblenz, which belong to the Prussian Rhine Province. The word "paladin," of which palatine is a variant, is derived from the Latin palatium, palace, and was first used in the time of Charlemagne to designate those officials who were concerned with the administration of the finances of imperial lands or who assisted the King in his judicial duties. Some of these officials, instead of remaining near the person of the King, were sent to various parts of the empire to act as judges and governors, the districts over which they ruled being called palatinates. Being in a special sense the representatives of the Sovereign, they were entrusted with more extended power than hereditary counts, and thus later came the more general use of the word "Palatine," as applied to persons entrusted with special powers, and also to dis- tricts over which these powers were exercised. The German counts palatine, with one or two exceptions, soon became insignificant. One exception was the Count Palatine of the Rhine, who became one of the most important lay officials of the empire. The first Count Palatine of the Rhine was Hermann, 945-996, and held hereditary until Count Hermann IH, 1115, in which year the German King, Frederick I, appointed his step-brother, Conrad von Hohenstauffen, as Count Palatine. Conrad, who was one of -the most enlightened rulers of his day, took up his residence at Juttenbuhel, near Heidelberg, which became the capital of the Palatinate. In 1214, this Palatinate was given by Frederick II to 20 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Otto, infant son of Louis I, King of Bavaria, who died in 1253, and his possessions being divided, the elder son, Louis II, received the Palatinate and Upper Bavaria. At a later date Upper Bavaria was called Upper Palatinate to distinguish it from the Rhenish or Lower Palatinate. Elector Frederick III succeeded in 1459. He was a keen, though not very bigoted, Calvinist; was one of the most active Protestant princes, and was followed, 1583, by his son, Louis VI, who was a Lutheran, and he in turn, 1583-92, by Frederick IV (Frederick the Wise), who gave every encourage- ment to the Calvinists. He was founder and head of the Evan- gelical Union establishment to combat the aggressive tendencies of the Roman Catholics. His son. Elector Frederick V, accepted the throne of Bohemia and this brought on the Thirty Years' War. He was quickly driven from the country and his electorate was devastated by Bavarians and Spaniards. At the Peace of West- phalia, 1648, the Palatinate was restored to Frederick's son, Charles Louis, but was shorn of Upper Palatinate, which Bavaria retained as a prize of war. Scarcely had the Palatinate begun to recover from the effect of the war when it was attacked by Louis XIV, King of France, and for six years, from 1673 to 1679, the electorate was devastated by French troops, and, even after the Treaty of Nizmnegen, it suffered from the aggressive policy of Louis. Charles Louis, Count Palatine, died in 1680, and his son and successor, five years after, and Philip William, of another branch, became Elector Palatine, 1685. The French King's brother, Philip, Duke of Orleans, had married Charlotte Elizabeth, sister of the late Elector Charles, whereupon the King, in 1680, had claimed, in right of his brother's marriage, a part of Charles' land. His troops took Heidelberg while Philip William took refuge in Vienna, where he died, 1690. By the Treaty of Rhyswick, King Louis abandoned his claim to the Palatinate for a sum of money. Just before this the Palatinate began to be troubled by re- ligious contentions. The great mass of the inhabitants were THE PALATINATE 21 Protestant, while the family which succeeded in 1685 belonged to the Catholic Church. Philip William, however, gave equal rights to all his subjects, but under his son and successor, the Elector John William, the Protestants were deprived of various civil rights until the intervention of Prussia and Brunswick in 1705, which gave them some redress. The next elector was Charles Philip, who moved the capital from Heidelberg to Manheim, 1720. He died, 1742, and was succeeded by his kinsman, Charles Theo- dore, a prince of refined and educated tastes, and under his long rule his country enjoyed prosperity. He died, 1799, without sons, and his successor was Maximilian Joseph, who later became King of Bavaria as Maximilian I. Since 1818, the Palatinate has formed a part of Bavaria. THE PALATINES THOSE Americans of German ancestry who wish to learn something of the European history of their ancestors who came to this country in the latter part of the seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth century and the cause of their emigration, must go back to the period of the Reformation and the results following that great movement. The German emigrants who came to Pennsylvania between the years 1683 and 1776 were almost entirely from South Ger- many, especially the Palatinate, Wurtemberg, and from Switzer- land. The Palatinate has a history that is not only interesting but most important. Its inhabitants are descendants of the group of German tribes called the Rhein Franken, with an admixture of the Alemanni, the latter of whom had occupied the land until 496 A. D., when Chlodowig, King of the Franks, defeated them in a battle fought somewhere on the Upper Rhine. Situated along the great water highway of Europe, they are said "to combine the best qualities of the North and South, being distinguished for indomitable industry, keen wit, independence and to possess a high degree of intelligence." During the Middle Ages the Palatinate had been among the most powerful and influential of the German states, having benefited and advanced under such progressive rulers as Conrad von Hohenstauffen, Frederick the Wise, who recognized the Reformation, and the tolerant and broad-minded Karl Ludwig, the protector of the Swiss Mennonites. The country along the Rhine and Neckar was known as the garden of Ger- many, and the University of Heidelberg was one of the oldest and most influential seats of learning in Europe. The yeomanry were in a state of great prosperity. "Their houses were comfortable, their barns capacious, their stables well stocked with horses and cattle, their crops were plenteous, and many had considerable sums of money safely stored away against a rainy day, and some even boasted of silver plate." u 3 ID U o THE PALATINES 23 The terrible disorders of religious wars dealt a deadly blow at this prosperity. The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) was one of the most destructive in history. It was the Elector Palatine, Frederick V, himself who, by accepting the crown of Bohemia, precipitated this war and attracted to his country the full fury of combat. Cities, towns, and villages were devastated in turn by the armies of friends as well as of foes, and poverty, hardships, murder and rapine followed in the wake of the strange invaders, till the whole intellectual, moral and religious character of the people received a shock that almost threatened the country with anni- hilation. The sufferings of the country folk, during these long years of warfare, were pitiable indeed. "Not only were horses and cattle carried away by the various armies which shifted back and forth over the length and breadth of the land, not only were houses, barns, and even crops burned, but the master of the house was frequently subjected to fiendish torture in order that he might thus be forced to discover the hiding place of his gold ; or, as often happened, as a punishment for having nothing to give. At the approach of a hostile army the whole village would take to flight, and would live for weeks in the midst of forests and marshes, or in caves. The enemy having departed, the wretched survivors would return to their ruined homes and carry on a painful exist- ence with the few remains of their former property, until they were forced to fly again by new invasions. Many were slain, many of the young were lured away to swell the ranks of the armies, many fled to the cities for safety and never returned to their native villages. The country which had shortly before been so prosperous was now a wilderness of uncultivated land, marked here and there by the blackened ruins which designated the site of former farms and villages." The Thirty Years' War came to an end in 1648, and a period of comparative peace followed, but it was of short duration. It was in 1685, while Philip William was Elector Count Palatine, that Louis XIV made the utterly unjust and unrighteous claim to a portion of the Palatinate in the name of the daughter of the late Elector, Elizabeth, who had married the Duke of Orleans, the dissolute brother of the French King, and this despite the fact that Elizabeth had no legal right to the land and did not herself claim it. This move on the part of the French King was opposed 24 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY by all the princes of Northern Europe, who leagued themselves against him, England, Holland and Germany standing as a solid mass against this intrigue of France. Louis, finding himself un- able to cope single-handed against this mighty combination, de- termined that "if the soil of the Palatinate was not to furnish supplies to the French, it should be so wasted that it would at least furnish no supplies to the Germans," and he therefore ap- proved the famous order of his War Minister Louvois to "briiler le Palatinat." The scenes that followed far surpassed the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. Macaulay, describing the sufferings and trials of these people, writes: "The commander announced to near half a million human beings that he granted them three days of grace, and that within that time they must shift for them- selves. Soon the roads and fields, which then lay deep in snow, were blackened by innumerable multitudes of men, women, and children flying from their homes. . . . Meanwhile the work of destruction went on. The flames went up from every market place, every parish church, every country-seat, within the devoted prov- ince. The fields where the corn had been sowed were ploughed up. The orchards were hewn down. No promise of a harvest was left on the fertile plains near what had been Frankenthal. Not a vine, nor an almond tree was to be seen on the slopes of the sunny hills round what had once been Heidelberg." It was the desire of Louis not only to seize the country, but to crush out heresy there ; and he entered upon a system of oppres- sion and intolerance that almost caused the death of Protestantism in the Palatinate. The war ended, the Treaty of Rhyswick was signed in 1697, and John William, son of Elector Philip William, came back to his dominion, but his coming only brought new trouble to his already crushed and helpless people. Before the invasion of their land by the Catholic King Louis, the Province had enjoyed re- ligious freedom. After the Lutheran, Otto Heinrich, the land had had a succession of Calvinist rulers until the accession of Philip William, 1685, who died two years later; his son, John William, who succeeded, had been educated by the Jesuits, and under his rule Protestantism in the Palatinate almost received its death blow. This Elector, with a show of tolerance, issued a decree that all churches should be open to all three faiths: Reformed, Lutheran, THE PALATINES 25 and Catholic. But while the Protestants were obliged to give up a great number of their church buildings, the Catholics remained in undisturbed possession of their own. The Protestants were re- quired to bend the knee at the passing of the Host and to furnish flowers for the church festivals, while the work of proselyting was carried on publicly by the Jesuits. The Swiss Mennonites, the Walloons, and the Huguenots, who for many years had found a refuge in the Palatinate, were now driven from the land, and many found refuge in Holland and elsewhere. Not only did these intolerable religious conditions prevail, but the corruption and tyranny, extravagance and heartlessness of the rulers of the Palatinate were an additional affront to an already overburdened and sorely tried people. While the country was exhausted and on the verge of ruin, costly palaces were built, enor- mous retinues maintained; and while pastors and teachers were starving, hundreds of Court officers lived in luxury and idleness. The chasm between the upper classes and the peasant became more and more widened, one hardship after another was placed upon the latter, and he was totally without means of redress. This state of affairs existed not only in the Palatinate, but in Wurtemberg and other petty principalities nearby. But the night of oppression and wrong was nearing its zenith, the light of a new and better day was breaking. Columbus, by his fateful voyage, had changed the fate and fortunes of two con- tinents. The era of great maritime adventure followed. Western Europe, from the Iberian to the Scandinavian peninsula, embark- ing upon a career of colonial enterprise, England, Spain, Sweden and France at once entered upon the work of seizure and division. Colonists were needed to found colonies. Every available agency was employed to make the new lands profitable to their new owners. The most attractive inducements were brought into play to set the spirit of emigration in motion, and "wonder tales" were held up before the harassed, war-torn millions of the old world by land companies and schemers, whose interest lay only in the numbers they could induce to cross the Atlantic. Scores of small pamphlets were written, printed and scattered throughout almost every country in Europe. 26 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To William Penn, and especially to his trusted agent, Ben- jamin Furley, must be given the credit of diverting by far the largest part of the German emigration to America to his own Province. To a people ready to sacrifice and suffer all for con- science sake, the persecution by creed was as intolerable as that which despoiled them of their homes and substance. There came to these people in 1671, and again in 1677, a young man of humble yet stately mien, who preached the doctrine of good-will to men. It was William Penn, the Quaker, whose religious tenets, they found, differed so little from those held by the followers of Menno Simon. He cared little to what nationality his people belonged, provided they were otherwise desirable. The news that he had offered them a home in his Province, where they could live without wars and persecutions, and under laws which they should share in making, brought cheer and hope to many a peasant household. As early as March 10, 1682, Penn had sold, through his agent, several 5000-acre tracts to merchants of Crefeld, Germany. In 1683, Francis Daniel Pastorius, as agent for a number of German friends, bought 25,000 acres, and upon these the town of Ger- mantown was soon after located. This was the beginning of that mighty Teutonic wave of immigration which, commencing with Pastorius and his little colony of Crefelders of less than two score members, continued to come in an ever-increasing volume until it outgrew and, in a measure, displaced some of the other nationalities which preceded it. The principal port of embarkation was Rotterdam, hence to Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. There were about seventy different kinds of ships which sailed back and forth from continent to con- tinent. Some of these craft were called vessels, others ranked as ships, while there were still others known as snows, brigantines, pinks, brigs, etc., names, apparently applied to small craft, no longer current among shipbuilders and seafaring men. The late winter and autumn months were generally chosen for the departure from Europe. We accordingly find the ship arrivals were most numerous during the months of April, May, September, October, and November. THE PALATINES 27 While many of the early German emigrants had, at one time, been well-to-do, the devastations of the Thirty Years' War and the wanton destruction ordered by Louis XIV had reduced to poverty thousands who had been prosperous farmers and trades- men. Whatever property they had been able to gather together was used up in their expenses of descending the Rhine and crossing the ocean, or was stolen on the way. The vessels, as a rule, were so overcrowded with passengers and merchant goods that fre- quently the captain made it a point to leave behind the chests and personal goods of the emigrant, or else have them loaded on vessels bound for another port. This was one of the greatest hard- ships these migrating people had to endure, as they depended upon their chests into which they had put such provisions as they were used to and had been able to gather together for the journey, such as "dried apples, pears, plums, mustard, medicines, vinegar, brandy, butter, clothing, shirts and other necessary linens, money, and whatever they brought with them; and when their chests were left behind, or shipped in some other vessel, they had lack of nourishment." Traveling two hundred years ago, whether on land or sea, was no easy matter; it was, in fact, one continual series of dis- comfort, suffering, disease, and death. The food, even in the best of cases, would give out or spoil, especially if the journey was unusually long. Sometimes the trip would be made in a few weeks, while at other times months would pass. From letters, diaries, narratives, etc., which have been preserved, we find many valuable details of the journey from the Old to the New World. In the first place, the prospective emigrant must transport himself, his family and his goods to the nearest river, which, in the majority of cases, was the Rhine, then the great water highway. They were then shipped on boats, floating or sailing down stream until they reached Holland, where the final arrangements for the journey must be made. One-half of the passage money must be paid and additional provisions secured, as, for instance: "24 pounds of dried beef, 15 pounds of cheese, 8^4 pounds of butter, garden-seeds, agricultural implements, linen, bedding, table-goods, powder and lead, furniture, earthenware, stoves, and especially money to buy seeds, salt, horses, swine, and fowls." This represents what might be considered a full outfit for the intending settler at that time. 28 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY However, the majority were far from being so well provided; often they had to depend upon the charity of others. In Holland, the exiles were put upon ocean-going vessels, either with or without their goods, and the long sea trip began. What must have been their thoughts as their familiar homeland faded in the distance! "Sitting on boxes and bundles, which were piled high in the middle of the boat, could be seen gray- haired men and women, old and feeble; yonder stood the young gazing in wonder at the shores as they slipped by. At times they were hopeful, at others sad, and their glances would alternate, now to the north, now to the south toward their abandoned home, which had driven them out so unfeelingly, and yet those green hills and snow-capped mountains they cannot forget. Despite the comforts of religion, their sadness could not be overcome, and from time to time some one would begin to sing." For the first forty-five years no record of the arrival of foreigners was kept, and we cannot, in many instances, tell from whence, nor when, they came into the Province. They came from every portion of the German Empire, many from Switzerland, others of French extraction, who for a generation or more had been settled in the cantons of Switzerland or the Netherlands, where, after acquiring the language of these countries, they finally made their way to the shores of the Delaware. There were three general streams of the German immigration to Pennsylvania between the years 1683 and 1775. The first, in 1683, led to the founding of Germantown and up to the coming of the Swiss Mennonites in 1710; the second from 1710 to 1727, when official statistics began to be published; the third period extended to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, when all im- migration ceased for the time being. The emigration of the real Palatines belongs particularly to the third period. By 1727, the influx of these foreigners into Pennsylvania assumed such pro- portions that the authorities became alarmed and the Provincial Council adopted a resolution requiring that all masters of vessels importing Germans and other foreigners should, before sailing from the European port, make a list of the names of all pas- sengers, particularly the males over sixteen; though often the names and ages of all passengers, including the women and THE PALATINES 29 children, were set down. Then, upon reaching Pennsylvania, the foreigners were obliged to sign a declaration of allegiance and subjection to the King of Great Britain and of fidelity to the Proprietary of Pennsylvania. This oath was first taken in the courthouse at Philadelphia, September 21, 1727, by 109 Palatines. If the emigrant could write, he himself signed his name to the declaration; in the event that he could not write, a clerk signed for him. Of the many thousands who found their way across the broad Atlantic, only a small portion brought written records with them or took measures to prepare and preserve them after their arrival. Some brought with them that most precious of all their household treasures, the heavy old oak lidded German Bible, wherein had been recorded the brief life and death record of the family. But an infinitely greater number brought no record whatever by which their descendants of today can bind them to their unknown kindred in the Fatherland. It was not long after the arrival of these emigrants in their new home before their poverty and distress was changed into prosperity and plenty. This was especially true of the Mennonites who came when land was cheap and they were thus enabled to buy in large quantities. Later, property in the immediate neigh- borhood of Philadelphia and adjacent counties became more and more difficult to acquire and finally could not be obtained at all. Those who came later were thus compelled to move further out upon the frontiers, beyond the Blue Mountain to the north, or across the Susquehanna to the west, many finding their way south into the valley of Virginia. While many of them were handicraftsmen, by far the greater ntunber were "bauern" (farmers). In fact, there was nothing else to do for many years. Even most of those who had mechanical trades were compelled to take to tilling the fields because there was not much demand for bakers, printers, engravers, etc. When Roman civilization first came into contact with the Ger- man tribes, the latter were more given to war and the chase than to agriculture; but they even then grew corn and lived largely upon the products of the field. In time they became agriculturists, and for hundreds of years parts of Germany had been among the best cultivated portions of the Old World. In the seventeenth century 30 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY the Palatine and Rhine Provinces, generally, were the gardens of Europe. The first thing these people did upon their arrival was to find out the nearest route to the unsettled lands of the Proprietary, and thither they betook themselves at the earliest possible moment. Plunging into an unbroken wilderness, often fifty or sixty miles from the nearest habitation, with a skill inherited from thirty generations of land cultivators, these German settlers with the indomitable industry, the earnestness, and the frugality which characterized them, soon changed the unbroken forest into beauti- ful, thriving, well-kept farms. The back woods had no terrors for them. As a race of tillers of the soil, they were well aware that the character of the timber was an indication of the value of the ground on which it stood. They were not afraid to work. The felling of the trees and the clearing of the land neither in- timidated nor deterred them. The mightiest forests fell at the resounding blows of the woodman's axe. In the fertile valleys, on the green hillsides, and in the depths of the forest, wherever a cool spring burst from the earth, their modest homes appeared. Sometimes their first shelter was a dugout in a hollow tree, or a hastily constructed hut, or a rude tent beneath great trees. The first house was usually constructed out of logs and it was often a matter of years before a permanent dwelling was built, and frequently the second, and even the third generation, assisted in erecting the family homestead. "These houses were generally built of stone (some of them with dressed corners), two stories high, with pitched roof and with cornices run across the gables and around the first story. A large chimney in the middle, if modeled after the German pattern, or with a chimney at either gable-end, if built after the English or Scotch idea. Many of these imposing structures had arched cellars underneath, spacious hallways with easy stairs, open fireplaces in most of the rooms, oak- panelled partitions, and windows hung in weights." Many of these old stone houses have inscriptions set high up on the gable wall. Sometimes this inscription may be the initials of the man and wife, or perhaps only the date of the building. The farmer's first care, after getting his field well cleared, was to build an immense barn. This was invariably done before any steps were taken to erect a permanent home for himself. These THE PALATINES 31 great "Swisser barns" were "two stories high, with pitched roof, sufficiently large and strong to enable heavy farm teams to drive into the upper story, to load or unload grain. During the first period they were built mostly of stone, frame, or brick, from 80 to 120 feet long, and from 50 to 60 feet wide, the lower story, containing the stables, with feeding-passages opening on the front. The upper story was made to project 8 or 10 feet over the lower in front, or with a forebay attached, to shelter the entries to the stables and passageways. It contained the threshing-floors, mows, and lofts for the storing of hay and grain." Farming was a profession. The whole life of the farmer, his labor, his thoughts, his hopes and fears, revolved about this one thing. Industry was the highest virtue; idleness and sin went hand in hand. "When a young man," says Benjamin Rush, in writing of these early Germans, "asks the consent of his father to marry a girl of his choice, the latter does not so much inquire whether she be rich or poor, but whether she is industrious and acquainted with the duties of a good housewife." In general, their life was uneventful: "one common round of daily task." The three great events — birth, marriage, and death — were the occasion of more or less celebration, wedding and funeral being attended by friends and neighbors from far and near. These German emigrants did not confine themselves to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. They moved to the west and the south in all directions, until they are to be found in every state in the Union; and wherever they settled the story of the Pennsylvania German piety, honesty, industry, and success in life has been repeated. It is interesting to follow these people after reaching Penn- sylvania. The little colony of thirty-three persons, who settled in Germantown under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius, in 1683, was slowly augmented during the succeeding years, and they began to penetrate into the regions beyond. The acquisition of land seems to have been their most prominent characteristic, and it may be said to continue so to be to the present day. From the beginning the spirit of speculation was rife among them. The earlier cleared farms became valuable, and there were always those who, having money, preferred to buy farms from which heavy timber had been cleared and on which good buildings were erected. 32 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The price for wild lands was so reasonable that men would sell their early holdings and, with the aid of their sturdy sons and daughters, enter upon and conquer new lands in the interior. Then, too, the inflowing tide of newcomers became so strong that there were no longer lands near the older settlements to be taken up, and they were thus compelled to move far into the back woods of what are now the counties of Lancaster, Berks, Lebanon, York, Dauphin, Northampton, Lehigh, and Schuylkill. Turning to the south, they followed the Indian trails into western Maryland, and down the Shenandoah Valley into Virginia and the Carolinas, into Kentucky and Tennessee. Thus "they went to the north, to the south and to the west. Soon they reached the Appalachian chain of mountains, climbed its wooded sides and debouched into the wild regions beyond until the Ohio was in sight. But on, still on, went the resistless army of commonwealth builders. Today they are spread over the most fertile lands of the great West — Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and other states — the entire continent, in fact, count among the best of their citizens the men who went out of Pennsylvania with Luther's Bible in their hands and the language of Schiller and Goethe on their lips. Wherever they went their fervent but unobtrusive piety went with them and in their quiet way brought credit on their country and on their lineage wherever they located themselves." The PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IT IS only just to say that to all that has gone to build up Pennsylvania, to enlarge her wealth, to increase her prop- erty, to educate her people, to give her good government from the first, the German element of the people has contributed its full share. It is the religious spirit, the love of industry, the peaceful disposition of its people, which has placed our great State of Pennsylvania in the foremost ranks of the great American nation. The story of the privations, the fortitude, and the patriotism of these early German emigrants is blended with that of the other elements of the composite people which formed the base of the grand structure of American nationality. They did not leave the Fatherland to seek power and glory in the wilderness to which they emigrated. They forsook their native country and braved the perils of the deep in search of a land where they might enjoy liberty of conscience. Nor did they come empty-handed, being for the most part the well-to-do, not the paupers, of the Old World. They came with the fear of God in their hearts; with energy and industry in their make-up; with high hopes and expectations that here was freedom to worship as their conscience dictated. They left us a real inheritance. In 1738, Governor George Thomas, when urging the establish- ment of a hospital for sick arrivals, wrote: "This Province has been for some years the Asylum of the! distressed Protestants of the Palatinate and other parts of Germany, and I believe it may with truth be said that the present flourishing condition of it is in a great measure owing to the industry of these People ; and should any discouragement divert them from coming hither, it may well be apprehended that the value of their Lands will fall, and your advances to wealth be much slower, for it is not always the good- ness of the soil but the number and industry of the people that make a flourishing colony." 34 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The name America is of German origin. Little credit has been given to the German people for the part they took in making possible the voyage to the unknown lands which resulted in the discovery of America. Columbus had a teacher, Martin Behaim, the great geographer, then living on an island west of Spain, from whom the great discoverer learned the science which led to the discovery of the New World. There were many features about the settlement of German- town which made it an event of truly national importance. It is believed that no other settlement on this side of the Atlantic had so large a proportion of men who had won distinction abroad in literature and polemics. The intellectual thought of that age, it must be remembered, was mainly absorbed in religious controversy. Francis Daniel Pastorius was one of the founders of Germantown and its first schoolmaster. His learning was probably not equalled in any colony at any time. He read and wrote in the German, Spanish, English, French, Italian, Greek and Latin languages; was deeply versed in science and philosophy; and devoted much of his life to the pursuit of literature. He produced a number of books, many of which were at the time printed. And the great Muhlenberg stands out before us as one of the grandest characters that ever landed upon the shores of the New World. The Germans who came to this country, from the first, stood for the spirit of universal toleration. Holding opinions banned in Europe, which only the fullness of time could justify, standing on what was then the outer picket of civilization, they were in the front ranks of those who best represented the meaning of the colony of Pennsylvania and the principles lying at the foundation of her institutions and of those of the great nation of which she formed a part. On April 18, 1688, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Gerhard Hen- dricks, and the three Op den Graeff brothers sent to the Friends' Quarterly Meeting at Philadelphia the first public protest ever made on this continent against the holding of slaves; a little rill here started which in time became a mighty torrent and led to Gettysburg and Appomattox. The doctrine of the Anabaptists (followers of Menno Simon) carried through Holland into England, resulted in the forming of the sect called Quakers; and it was the Anabaptists, as Men- THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 35 nonites, who came to Germantown. The early emigrants were intensely religious and their descendants, as a people, have ever remained so. In a literal sense, the Pennsylvania Germans are in the Church. They came here with their German Bibles, Liturgy, Prayer Books, Hymn Books, and Catechisms and used them well Their sole dependence was prayer and supplication to the Deity and an unbounded faith and trust in Providence. They had been members of the Christian Church in the Fatherland ; all identified with the Reformed, Lutheran, the Moravian, the Mennonites or some of the Reformation branches. Simultaneously with their log houses there arose the log church and the log schoolhouse. The plain log church, with its pulpit erected on the stump of a tree, with a stone floor, rude pews, and often no stove, was dear to them. The erection of a church building of stone, or brick, was a great event; and today, the many beautiful church buildings, not only in towns and cities, but also in rural districts, and the large con- gregations at public services, testify to their interest in the Christian religion. The great majority of these Germans who came to Pennsyl- vania in the early days belonged to the Reformed or Lutheran faith, the former being chiefly from Switzerland and the Palatinate, the latter from Wurtemberg and other parts of Germany. While jealousies and petty quarrels had existed and divided them in the Fatherland, the common suffering and persecutions had tended to smooth over their difficulties and bring them close together. The members of both congregations being poor and dwelling in thinly settled communities, were unable to build separate churches; so, in a majority of cases, they erected a building in common in which they held their services on alternate Sundays, and thus they founded the Union Churches, so many of which exist today throughout the state. The old Trappe Church in Montgomery County was erected in 1745. In the graveyard attached lies buried the Patriarch Muhlenberg, who labored most faithfully for the spiritual welfare of his flock. And here, too, is the last resting place of his equally great son, General Peter Muhlenberg, the soldier preacher, friend of Washington, and successful commander in the Revolutionary War. As early as 1750, there were already forty well-established German Reformed and thirty Lutheran congregations in Penn- 36 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY sylvania. While, in some cases, economy led to the union of Reformed and Lutheran, after all, it testifies to the determination of these pioneers to have churchly privileges, no matter what unique and peculiar arrangements had to be made in order to get them. This characteristic, — determination and tenacity in things churchly, religious, and spiritual, — made the Pennsylvania Ger- mans a most valuable factor in the upbuilding of the body politic. The Lutheran and Reformed clergy labored and itinerated throughout the Province ministering to the sick, baptizing chil- dren, comforting the dying, catechizing the youth, correcting the erring, and establishing congregations and building churches wher- ever encouragement was given. These clergymen were not subsi- dized by a wealthy corporation; no tithes, government aid, or perquisites fell to their lot. Often having to work during the week to support their families, yet Sunday found them preaching to congregations at far distant points. The history of a few of these humble heroes has been written; the greater number, however, like their flock, rest in unmarked graves, while their labors and teach- ings still live in the influence engendered by their ministrations. In the shadow of the church stood the schoolhouse. The Lutheran and Reformed pastors often served as teachers during the week, and, when relieved of this duty, nevertheless in connec- tion with the church council, exercised supervision over the schools. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the founder of the Lutheran, and Michael Schlatter, the founder of the Reformed, churches in Penn- sylvania, were both teachers. The latter came from Switzerland, in 1746, and organized a public school for the promotion of edu- cation among the German settlers. Among the various classes of self-sacrificing heroes of the early Province, none deserve more credit than the German school- master, the pastor's helper. Upon these men devolved not alone the education of the youth, but in the absence of a regular clergyman, or, in outlying districts, the spiritual care of the settlers as well. His was clearly a labor of love, as no salary was attached to his mission, his only stipend being his board, obtained from the par- ents of his scholars. There were frequent cases where a school- •ftwrssi' """ *~i< Original Building" of Ursinus College. This building previous to 1869 was known as the Pennsylvania Female College, but upon the organization of Ursinus College became the nucleus of the present group of buildings. Treemount Seminary, Norristown, Pa. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 37 master taught in two different places at the same time, serving three days a week in each. Francis Daniel Pastorius taught for a while in a Quaker school in Philadelphia, and then opened a school in Germantown, which developed into the famous German- town Academy. Christopher Dock, the good "Schulmeister of the Skibach," taught school in the vicinity of Skippack and German- town for half a century. During this time this quiet, unassuming man not only taught his scholars the elementary branches, but moulded their morals and character as well. He never forgot to look after the spiritual welfare of any scholar who had once been under his charge and was wont to remain for a short time after he had dismissed the school, to kneel in prayer and ask a blessing upon his departing pupils. Although the Germans had not established colleges before the Revolutionary War, they had founded splendid academies and schools. Of all the Palatine colonists in Pennsylvania, the Moravians of Bethlehem distinguished themselves most for edu- cation in its best sense. Their institutions of learning at Lititz, Nazareth, and especially at Bethlehem, were so renowned as to attract students from all parts of the country, and their educational efforts among the Indians have never been excelled. Their labors extended to the distant wilds of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. In this self-denying work were engaged such missionaries as Rauch, Beuttnerr, Senseman, Martin Mack, Christian Frederick Post, Hackenwelder, David Zeisberger, Bishops Martin Nitschman, Cammerhof, and Joseph Spangenberg. In 1749, a distinct boarding school for girls was opened at Bethlehem, probably the first of its kind on the continent; and, in 1809, a normal department was established in Nazareth Hall. It was the first institution of this kind exclusively devoted to the preparation of teachers, the oldest existing normal school in Amer- ica. The influence of these seminaries and schools is written large in the history of education in the country. No other American educational institution, excepting a college, can boast of such a long and honorable career as does that of the Seminary at Naz- areth, founded in 1749, and still flourishing. At the close of the Revolutionary War colleges were established: Franklin, in 1786, and later on Marshall, Muhlenberg, and others. 38 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY It has been charged that the opposition to the public school system came from the German element in the State. The system of parochial, or congregational, education was in vogue, and those opposed to the new scheme held that, over and above all, Chris- tianity ought to enter into all plans for educating the young. But this antagonism was of short duration, and these opponents came to be the heartiest supporters of the free schools. The earliest advocates and promoters of that system which has shed so much lustre upon the State, were Governors George Wolf and Joseph Ritner; while another man, who more than any one else was the originator, was William Audenried, all three of Pennsylvania German descent. After all, the most conclusive evidence of their love of learn- ing, the early settlers gave when they sent their children to Europe in order that they might enjoy the superior advantages offered by the universities in the Fatherland. The eminent Muhlenberg edu- cated three of his sons in this way, of whom one became the famous Major General in the Revolutionary War, one the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one the eminent botanist and author of the first catalogue of plants in North America. A grandson of the last named, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, was the first President of Muhlenberg College, at AUentown, and afterwards Professor of Greek at the University of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Germans have the honor of having the first printing press and of the printing of the first Bible in Penn- sylvania, as well as many other literary and educational honors. Heinrich Funk and Dielman Kolb, in what is now Montgomery County, undertook to supervise the translation of "The Bloedigh Tooniel" of Jan Van Braght, the great historical and biographical work of the Mennonites, which had been written in Dutch. It was published at Ephrata, Lancaster County, in 1749, a folio of 1500 pages. It took thirteen men three years to do the printing. The paper was made at Ephrata, the binding done there, and there was nothing anywhere else in the colonies to compare with it as an illustration of literary and theological zeal. It was the most ex- tensive outcome of the literature of the American colonists. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 39 The literature of the Schwenkf elders, who came in 1734, was both extensive and interesting. It is reproduced for the most part in manuscript, in huge folios written on paper made at the Ritten- house paper mill on the Wissahickon, the earliest in America. They prepared a written description of all writings of the Schwenk- felders and their authors, and is perhaps the first attempt at a bibliography in this country. With the establishment of the Print- ing Press by Christopher Sauer, in Germantown, in 1738, there began an immense flood of German literature. Peter Cornelius Plockhoy, Pastorius, Telner, Koster, Kelpius, Daniel Falckner, and Justus Falckner all wrote books, some of them of magnitude and importance. In fifty years there must have been produced, from that press alone, two hundred and fifty books. In Indian lore and language, none equalled Zeisberger and Hackenwelder ; or, in diplomacy with the wily red men of the forest, none could compare with the first Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post. These men all came with the vanguard of civiliza- tion. John Conrad Weiser stood for ten years between the Ger- man and English settlers in all matters of dispute. He was officially recognized as Interpreter of Pennsylvania and head of its Indian Bureau, and so remained until his death. Many important treaties were arranged and ratified by him and, through his wise and phil- anthropic policy, many bloody outbreaks were prevented. His en- tire record was ever above taint and suspicion. Had he, or the splendid others who followed, failed in their duty and allowed the savages to pass their boundary, the progress of civilization and development in Pennsylvania would have been delayed half a century. Conrad Weiser was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Lancaster County in 1741, and upon the erection of Berks County, 1752, was made its first Judge of the Court, and later. President Judge, which office he held until his death, 1760. In 1753, he held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and was placed in command of the frontier between the Susquehanna and the Delaware Rivers, his troops being known as the First Battalion, Pennsylvania Regi- ment. Among the officers of this regiment were Captains John 40 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Morgan, Peter Trexler, John Nicholas Wetterhold, John Jacob Wetterhold, Jacob Arndt (later Major), Conrad Weiser (Jr.), Samuel Weiser, Wendle Ury, Martin Everhardt, Andrew Engle, Nicholas Kern. The Pennsylvania German, in early Colonial days, was not a great political factor in the life of the Commonwealth. Coming from where there was no chance for political activity, from a gov- ernment that was despotic, and where the country folk had no voice in the affairs of state, it is not surprising that they did not seek public office, but, on the other hand, preferred the quiet and peace of these early days in their new homes. Living in com- munities of their own, they clung to their native tongue, some of the older ones never acquiring a knowledge of English, which in a way rendered them ineligible for holding a high public office in an English colony. Hence, up to the Revolutionary War, the political activity of these people was confined largely to local affairs. They loved freedom more than they hated war, these scions of that sturdy race who, as Germans, overthrew the Roman Empire, and as Dutch, broke the power of Spain. But the loyalty of these people to the American cause was unquestioned. The Mennonites, while opposed to war from religious principles, in numerous cases furnished supplies and money to the Continental Army, though they, like the Quakers, refrained steadfastly from taking up arms. However, the sturdy Protestant of the Reformed and Lutheran faiths were not slow nor reluctant to take up arms against a foe when their homes and new-found liberties were endangered. As the dark days of the war approached and the various con- ventions met in Philadelphia, 1775-1776, a large proportion of the delegates sent from Berks, Lancaster, Northampton, and other counties were of German blood. They entered heartily into the conflict, though, owing to their lack of knowledge of the English language, few rose to high office, either civil or military; still no braver body of men went forth from hillside and valley to defend their homes in the name of God and freedom. From Boston to Quebec, in the Canada Campaign, and in the o CM THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 41 battles of that long struggle for independence, the Pennsylvania Germans took such a part as makes for them an indisputable place in history. Their blood stained the soil of every battlefield during the conflict. The gallant and patriotic services of the Hutleys, the Heisters, the Muhlenbergs, Weitzels, Hausegger, Klotz, Nagel, Wiedman, Ziegler, Kechlein, Wolper, and others upon the well- fought battlefields at Trenton, Princeton, Long Island, Brandy- wine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Yorktown is well established. And since the days of Independence, their descendants, generation after generation, have been distinguished upon every well-fought battlefield of the Republic. From Lundy's Lane, in the swamps of Florida, through the cactus-crowned plains of Mexico, and from Manassas to Appomattox, on the poppy-strewn fields of France, they were there, officers and men, reflecting honor and renown upon their state and their nation. When the nation was being formed, it was Barons Steuben and De Kalb and others who did so much to organize the army and aid Washington in disciplining his troops. It was Michael Hillegas, John Steinmetz, Abraham Bickley, Joseph Bliever, Heinrich Keppel, Frederick Hassenklever, Isaac Melchior, John Schaeffer, and Andrew Doz, nine Pennsylvania Germans, who gave their personal bond to buy provisions for Washington's half- starved army; and when the subject was under debate, it was an- other, Christopher Ludwig, a poor gingerbread baker, who settled the controversy by having his name put down for £200. The influence of the Pennsylvania German has been felt in every constitutional convention from July, 1775, to the last body which gave us our present fundamental law. The Provincial Con- vention of 1775, held at Philadelphia, which approved the con- duct and proceedings of the Continental Congress, appeared as delegates from Pennsylvania such representatives of the German settlers as Hassenklever, Melcher, Ludwig, Schlosser, Kuhn, Graaf , Hay, Schultz, Levan, Gehr, Kechlein, Arndt, and Weitzel. After the constitution had been framed there was a great doubt whether it would be accepted by the states. It is generally conceded that the adoption of the work of the convention was due to the early 42 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY action taken by Pennsylvania. She was the first of the colonies to declare in favor of it. A heated debate followed, and, at that eventful crisis, the very earliest effort in behalf of the new gov- ernment came from the Pennsylvania Germans. The Constitution was finally signed on September 17, 1787. On September 24th, there was presented to the Pennsylvania Assembly, this petition from two hundred and fifty inhabitants of the town of German- town: To the Honorable the Representatives of the freemen of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, the petition and declaration of the inhabitants of Germantown respectfully showeth, that your petitioners have seen with great pleasure the proposed Constitution of the United States, and as they conceive it to be wisely calculated to form a perfect union of the States, as well as to secure to themselves and to posterity the blessings of peace, liberty and safety, they have taken this method of expressing their earnest desires that the said Constitution may be adopted as speedily as possible by the State of Pennsylvania in the man- ner recommended by the resolution of the late honorable convention. The Assembly at that time was composed of sixty-two mem- bers. When the adoption of the Constitution came to be determined, there were forty-three votes in favor of it and nineteen against it. Among the sixty-two members there were twelve Pennsylvania Germans. To their everlasting honor be it said every man voted in favor of the resolution. They were Jacob Hiltzheimer, Gerardus Wynkoop, Michael Schmyser, Gabriel Heister, Philip Kraemer, Joseph Heister, Peter Trexler, Jr., Peter Burkhalter, Frederick Antes, Jacob Pfeiff, Valentine Opp, and Emanuel Carpenter. By far the greater majority of the German emigrants who came to these shores were of a peaceful disposition. They came to escape from feudal oppression and a state of religious intoler- ation then existing in parts of Germany. The charge is often made that during the Revolutionary struggle the majority of the Pennsylvania Germans were non-combatant. Many of them were non-combatant from religious conviction and refused to bear arms ; but this fact did not make them antagonistic to the patriot cause. O o H c u U THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 43 The commissary stores, during the most critical period of the struggle, were almost all supplied by the Pennsylvania Germans. The men and farms supplied the substance, while the women fur- nished the clothing, quilts, and stockings for the soldiers, and even some of them, too old to sew or knit, picked lint and made bandages for the wounded. And further, when after disastrous battles, the buildings and institutes of these people were seized by the military authorities and turned into hospitals and the peaceful occupants forced to seek shelter where best they could, as was the case at Ephrata, Bethlehem, Lititz, and elsewhere, both men and women nursed the sick and dying, no matter how loathsome or pestilential the disease; in many cases sacrificing their own health and lives for humanity's sake. And yet it was not in the times of war — "those times that tried men's souls" — so much as in the peaceful times, when the real work of upbuilding the national character had to be done, that the influence of these people was strongest in the country. In their steadfastness of purpose, it was the plodding patience, the characteristic that they possess of settling down on a farm some- where and staying there instead of roaming about indefinitely, cultivating it and making it give up its wealth — it is this char- acteristic which has done so much in times of peace for the pros- perity of the country and for the establishment of the nation. Pennsylvania is a great agricultural state, and the German settlers have been the leaders in that great industry in the Com- monwealth. It is their industry and thrift that has made the Pennsylvania farms the pride of the nation, and in no section of the country can be found better cultivated farms, better fences, better houses, better barns, a larger variety of crops. It was this people who brought with them to this country their inborn love for the masterpieces of musical creation, and they have been largely instrumental in introducing to the American churches the uplifting anthems of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn, Bach, and others. They also brought with them that lofty style of congregational music called chorales. The Pennsylvania German has been the leader in the "art 44 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY preservation of all arts." In Germantown began the weaving of linen and of cloth and the manufacture of paper. Christopher Sauer, the Germantown printer, manufactured the first type, printed the first Bible in a European language, and issued the first work on the philosophy of teaching, in America. The Ephrata press was a remarkable one, and more books were issued by that com- munity and by Sauer, prior to the Revolution, than from all New England and New York printing presses together. They were the first piano makers in America, the first chemists, tanners, glass blowers, and makers of furniture. The father of the liberty of the press, in this country, was a German. The first genealogical work published in America was issued by the Ephrata Society. To Gustavus Peters, we are indebted for stereotyping and as the in- ventor of printing in oil. In a century of Governors of the Commonwealth, one-half were of Pennsylvania German ancestry, wholly or in part, men equal in ability and statesmanship to any who have filled the executive chair: Simon Snyder, Heister, Shultz, Ritner, Wolf, Shunk, Hartranft, all of whom contributed toward the founding and fostering of the Common Free School; James Addams Beaver, the gifted, talented statesman, the brave and valorous soldier, and Christian gentleman; Samuel W. Pennypacker, the scholar and historian. The annals of Pennsylvania are made luminous with the splendor of the services of those heroes of the Gospel of Christ: Muhlenberg, the saintly, beloved, and grandest patriarch of the early church ; Schlatter, the disciple of the Swiss Reformation, God- fearing and faithful; Cammerhoff, the zealous and devoted mis- sionary; Spangenberg, the devout enthusiast; and the host that followed them. In theological literature, we find the names of Rauch, Schumaker, and Krauth, and the religious leaders: Otter- bein, who established the United Brethren; Winebrenner, the Church of God; Albright, the Evangelical Church. David Ritten- house, the patriot astronomer, whose name is a common heritage of America. In scientific literature, there is Haldeman in arch- aeology, Muhlenberg and Shaeffer in botany, and Rathorn in ento- c "a o c E O o > > THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS 45 mology, and Leidy, the scientist; Ibach and Engelman, the noted almanac makers. And it was a Pennsylvania German who gave to the world the greatest astronomical gift, the Lick Observatory, in California. In law, as jurist, few equalled Pennypacker, Hey- drick, Albright, Bittenger, Bucher, and a score of others, brilliant in the legal profession. The field of medicine in Pennsylvania is largely occupied by that class, many of whom have risen to high positions in medical and surgical practice : Goss, and the brothers Leidy, Wistar, Kuhn, and Seidensticker, of the University of Penn- sylvania, De Schweinitz, and scores of others. Among the his- torians: Rupp and Hutley, Harbaugh and Reichel, Egle, Penny- packer, Biedelman and Sachse, represent Pennsylvania Germans creditably. To Governor Alter belongs the honor of first putting in actual practice the electric telegraph. And so we could enumer- ate indefinitely. But back of all that has been achieved by these worthy scions of a worthy race stands the German mother, ever patient, self-denying, devout, industrious, thrifty, her sole aim to raise her family in the fear of the Lord. "Their monuments are their farms and farmhouses, schools and schoolhouses, and their great Swiss barns which adorn the hills and fertile vales which make the land of Pennsylvania an earthly paradise. Colleges and Churches, Temples of Justice, Almshouse and Orphans' Homes, Farmers' Institute, Agricultural and Horticultural Societies and their annual agricultural and in- dustrial exhibitions; manufacturing enterprises; their princely mercantile and banking houses, palatial markets, hotels and resi- dences and battlefields near and far and the valor of Pennsyl- vania regiments there recorded. These are the most fitting and ever-enduring monuments to the industry, virtue, munificence, patriotism, and intelligence of this great brave and free people." When Germantown was laid out, Francis Daniel Pastorius opened what was called the Germantown Grund und Lager Buch, containing the records of the conveyance of land, and he wrote the following prefatory invocation in Latin, which was happily rendered into English verse by John Greenleaf Whittier: 46 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Emigration of German Quakers and Mennonites to Pennsylvania Hail to posterity! Hail, future men of Germanopolis ! Let the young generations yet to be Look kindly upon thee. Think how your fathers left their native land, Dear German land, O ! sacred hearths and homes 1 And where the wild beast roams In patience planned New forest homes beyond the mighty sea, There undisturbed and free To live as brothers of one family. What pains and cares befell. What trials and what fears, Remember, and wherein we have done well Follow our footsteps, men of coming years ; Where we have failed to do Aright, or wisely live, Be warned by us, the better way pursue. And knowing we are human, even as you. Pity us and forgive. Farewell, Posterity; Farewell, dear Germany; Forever more farewell! The STRASSBURGER FAMILY JOHANN ULRICH STRASSBURGER, a native of Ger- many and the earliest known ancestor of the family of that name, was born about 1690, probably in the province of Alsace-Lorraine. The first information concerning him is the record of his marriage, which took place February 26, 1715, at Ober Ingelheim, a village in the German Palatinate. The pastor of the Protestant Evangelical Church, who performed the ceremony, set down upon the church register that Johann Ulrich Strassburger, of Ober Diebach, was united in marriage on the 26th of February, 1715, with Maria Elizabetha, widow of Peter Flucken. Ober Die- bach is a village lying on the west bank of the Rhine, a little over nine miles northeast of Bingen. However, it is not believed that this was the original home of this family, as there is evidence to show that in all probability the earlier ancestors came from, or near, the city of Strassburg, the capital of Alsace-Lorraine. The name Strassburger is of purely Teutonic origin and is one of that group of family names which derived their appellation from their place of residence. There are three general groups of family names — first, those derived from personal names; second, those derived from a trade or profession; and, third, those derived from places where individuals lived, whence they came, and from personal peculiarities, physical or mental.^ We can quickly elimi- nate the first and second, and the latter part of the third group, as the source of origin, which leaves us the place names, or those de- rived from localities, as the sub-division in which this patronymic belongs. That the place gave the name to the family and not the family to the place, as frequently was the case, is evidenced by the 1 Robert Fergueson, Teutonic Name System, Applied to Family Names in France, England, and Germany. 48 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY fact that the foundation of Strassburg dates back prior to the fourth century, whereas the family names in Germany did not come into existence much before the twelfth century. Strassburg, a fortified city of first rank, is situated at the junc- tion of the Rivers 111 and Breusch, about a mile west of the Rhine, in one of the most fertile districts in the Upper-Rhenish plain. It has always held a conspicuous place in history, having been origi- nally built and fortified by the Romans, and alternately held by Germany or France since the fifth century. The French form of the name is Strasbourg, the German, Strassburg. The original site seems to have been occupied by a Celtic settlement, which the Ro- mans conquered about 357 and fortified as a barrier against the German incursion, giving it the name of Argentoratum, and it after- wards became the headquarters of the eighth legion. About half a century later, the whole of the district now called Alsace fell into the hands of the Teutonic people, who retained it until the time of Clovis (496), who again drove them back across the Rhine. The town then passed to the Franks, who named it Strataburgum, or Strassburg, which signifies a fortified town upon the highway, the term applied to the old Roman highways, or streets, being derived from the Latin Stratum, or Stratura, whose equivalent in old Saxon is Strata; Lower German, Strate; old High German, Stratza; North High German, Strasze; while in the Latin burgos or burgus, sig- nifies a castle, fort, or redoubt, from which comes the German word, burg or burgen; Anglo-Saxon, beorgem; the modern English, bor- ough, Webster's definition of which is to hide, save, defend. The bishopric of Strassburg was founded during the reign of Clovis, and soon attained great wealth and importance. The early history of Strassburg, as is the case of most Episcopal cities, con- sists mainly of a record of the struggle between the bishops and the citizens, the latter, as they grew in wealth and power, endeavoring to throw off the fetters of ecclesiastical rule, which they felt inter- fered with their full development. The conflict was finally decided in favor of the citizens by the battle of Oberhausenbergen, in 1262 ; and the position of a free imperial city, which had been conferred upon Strassburg by Philip, of Swabia (1200), was not again dis- puted. Freedom from the domination of Catholic bishops was fol- lowed by an internal revolution (1332), which admitted the guilds to a share in the government of the city and impressed upon it the ^ _aj J=i 'u If) a < "^ if} ^ C/3 m ^ CAJ o ;z! (U JH bo U rs 'C 'rt pq a ™ 13 OJ bJD rt n] Ol I-. W o rt H CO 'T3 ij O o :^ Ph THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 49 democratic character that it bore down to the French Revolution. It was here in 841 the famous Strassburg Oath was taken. This was an agreement entered into by the three sons, and successors, of Charlemagne to refrain from making further war upon each other. As both the Franks and Germans were signatories to this document, Louis, in order to be understood by the army of Charles, took the oath in a language found to be the beginning of modern French, while his brother Charles subscribed to the same in a German dialect. Strassburg early became one of the most flourishing of im- perial towns. The Reformation found ready acceptance among its people, foremost of whom was Martin Bucer, and it was skillfully piloted by its great leaders through the many devastating religious wars following the rise of Protestantism. In the Thirty Years War the town escaped molestation by observing a prudent neu- trality.' Louis XIV came to the throne of France and shortly after- ward began his wars of conquest and entered Alsace with the in- tention of taking that territory and forcibly annexing it to his do- minion. He captured a large part of the province, but, not content, he determined to conquer the remaining free cities which belonged to Germany. The Catholic Bishop of Strassburg was his secret agent and three of the magistrates of the city were bribed to assist. In the fall of 1681, when nearly all the merchants were absent attending the fair at Frankfort, a powerful French army suddenly appeared before Strassburg. Between force outside and treachery within, the city surrendered; on October 23, King Louis made his triumphant entry, being welcomed by the traitorous bishop. The great Cathedral, which had long been in the possession of the Prot- estants, was given up to this bishop; all Protestant functionaries were deprived of their offices, and the clergymen driven from the city. French names were given to the streets, and the inhabitants were commanded, under heavy penalties, to lay aside their German costume and adopt the fashions of France. No official claim or declaration of war preceded this move on the part of Louis XIV. The people of Germany had been so long accustomed to violence 1 Encyclopedia Britannica. Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World. 50 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and outrage, and the despotic independence of each state had sup- pressed anything like national sentiment, that this treachery pro- duced slight protest throughout Germany. The Treaty of Ryswick was concluded on September 20, 1697, which brought comparative peace for the time being. By its provisions France retained Strass- burg and the greater part of Alsace and it was also decreed that the districts which had been made Catholic by force, during the in- vasion, should remain so.^ This naturally brought about a partial reaction in favor of Roman Catholicism, but the city remained essentially German until the French Revolution, when it was de- prived of its privileges as a free town and sank to the level of a French Provincial Capital. It was here Rouget de I'lsle wrote the famous French national air "La Marseillaise." In the war of 1870, Strassburg, after a siege of seven weeks, surrendered to the Ger- mans, but in 1920, by the treaty of Versailles, it has again been annexed to France. Strassburg is divided by the arms of the 111, which, on its way to join the Rhine at a distance of about a mile, intersects the town in all directions by canals, dividing it into three parts, of which the central is the most important. A majority of the streets are narrow and irregular, and the quaint aspect of a free mediaeval town has, to a certain extent, been maintained.^ It was near this historic old town that the ancient family of Strassburger no doubt originated; at one time, perhaps, taking part in aggressive campaigns of conquest, or again fighting desperately to defend their homes and loved ones from a ruthless invader ; now enjoying a short period of peace and prosperity, only to later suffer untold agonies from religious persecutions, unfortunately carried on by the Catholic Church against those who had the courage to embrace the Protestant faith at the time of Martin Luther and the Reformation. It may be that during the last quarter of the seven- teenth century, when the Alsatian Capital and province were seized by King Louis, some member or members of the family turned their backs upon their old home, of which they no longer felt a part, and sought a new abiding place in the Protestant Palatinate. 1 Bayard Taylor, History of Germany, pp. 324-328. 2 Murray's Handbook of Northern Germany. I Ober Ingelheim, Germany. Ancient Gateway, Ober Ingelheim. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 51 The next, and by far most interesting point, is Ober Ingelheim, a small village in the Province of Rhine Hesse, District of Bingen, on the river Salz, near its confluence with the Rhine, about half way between Mayence (Mainz) and Bingen, in the southern part of the old German Palatinate. Nieder Ingelheim lies about three- quarters of a mile distant, and the name Ingelheim is given the sta- tion, which serves the two villages, on the railroad leading from Coblenz to Mayence. Situated about a mile and a half from the Rhine in the midst of a rich wine-producing district, the red wine bearing the brand Ober Ingelheimer, is known the world over. Ober Ingelheim was originally an imperial village, while Nieder Ingelheim was once the site of a celebrated palace of Charlemagne, described by ancient writers as an edifice of great magnificence. Some writers suppose it was the birth-place of the great king. From Bingen to Mayence is about seventeen miles. Leaving Bingen by the less traveled road on the left bank of the Rhine, one ascends a long but gradual eminence, near the top of which stands a small obelisk erected by the French bearing the inscription: "Route de Charlemagne, termine en Van I du regne de Napoleon" (The Charlemagne Road, completed in the first year of the reign of Napoleon). From the heights a little further on the view is most beautiful, extending out over the Rhine, throughout the whole of the Rheingau, as far as the distant range of the Taunus. It was in this situation Charlemagne, in 768-776, built his favorite residence of Ingelheim, or "angel home." This magnificent palace he decorated with a hundred columns of marble and porphyry, rich mosaics, sculptures and other works of art, sent to him for this purpose from Ravenna, by Pope Hadrian I. It was burned down in 1270, but was restored by Charles IV in 1354. A large part of the palace is standing today. The four columns of S)Tiete which adorn the covered well or fountain at the castle at Heidelberg, were carried from the palace at Ingelheim to Heidelberg by Count Palatine Ludwig. Charles the Great (Karl Magnus), or Charlemagne, as he is known in history, reigned for about half a century and stands out as the greatest man of Europe for a thousand years. Although he could not write, he was a man of true culture. He secured learned men for the clergy, monastic and Catholic schools were opened throughout the empire, and he established for the young nobles of 52 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY the court the famous school of the Palace. By his magnificent basilica in Aachen (Aix la Chapelle), his favorite capital, and by the palaces he built at Ingelheim and Nimeguen, he fostered a love of art among the more advanced of his German subjects. He was taken sick and died, in 814, on a small island on the Rhine opposite Ingelheim. In the church at Nieder Ingelheim is a monument of one of Charlemagne's four queens, a rudely carved stone on which a female figure, crowned and in regal attire, is discernible. It was at Ingelheim, on December 31, 1105, that the convocation of the Bishops of Mayence, Cologne, and Worms dethroned Emperor Henry IV.' The Protestant St. Remigiuskirche was once the chapel of the palace, but as it has been repeatedly restored, nothing of the orig- inal is now left except some parts of the north transept. The old Evangelical Church at^Ober Ingelheim dates from the thirteenth century. It is a handsome building, adorned with painted windows representing scenes in the life of Charlemagne. It was restored about 1875. It is upon the church book of this old Protestant Evangelical Church, at Ober Ingelheim, that are found recorded the first and second marriages of Johann Ulrich Strassburger, and the births of all of his children, ten in number, the eldest of whom was Johaim Andreas, born January 19, 1716, who came to Pennsylvania in 1742. He went back to Germany, but returned in 1769, settling in Bucks County, where he died a few years later. The following is a copy of the records concerning the Strass- burger family, which appear in this old Kirchenbuch, now in the public office (Standesamt) at Ober Ingelheim, as communicated to Mr. Henry S. Dotterer, of Philadelphia, by Burgermeister Jacob Strassburger of Ober Ingelheim, in 1896^ 1 EncyclopcFdia Britannica. Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World. K. Baedeker : The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, p. 126. John Murray: Handbook of Northern Germany, 4th Ed., London. 2 In 1896, Mr. Henry S. Dotterer, of Philadelphia, and his wife, who is a great- granddaughter of Johann Andreas Strassburger, were in Germany. A letter written by Mr. Dotterer to Jacob Strassburger, Biirgermeister of Ober Ingelheim, requesting information as to his ancestry, brought forth this record. Biirgermeister Strassburger was the great-grandson of Johann Adam, brother to Johann Andreas Strass- burger. In a subsequent letter, the Biirgermeister in reply to a question asking if it THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 53 Johann Ulrich Strassburger, of Ober Dieback, was united in mar- riage on the 26th of February, 1715, with Maria Elizabetha, widow of a certain Peter Flijcken, of this place, and on the 11th of February, 1738, with Anna Maria Hebel, also of this place. Children of Johann Ulrich Strassburger and Maria Elizabetha Flilcken: 1. JOHANN ANDREAS STRASSBURGER, born January 19, 1716, married CATHERINA ROSINA KOLB. 2. Charlotte Pauhne Strassburger, born April 24, 1718. 3. Johann Strassburger, born November 13, 1719. 4. Maria Barbara Strassburger, born June 8, 1721. 5. Maria PhilHpina Strassburger, born June 12, 1723. 6. Johann Valentin Strassburger, born May 26, 1724. 7. Maria Rosina Strassburger, born June 4, 1727. 8. Pauhne Strassburger, born June 22, 1737. Children of Johann Ulrich Strassburger and Anna Maria Hebel: 9. Charlotte Margaretha Strassburger, born January 30, 1739. 10. Anna Maria Elizabetha Strassburger, born April 7, 1740. JOHANN ANDREAS STRASSBURGER, eldest son of Johann Ulrich Strassburger, and his first wife, Maria Elizabetha (Fliicken), was born in Ober Ingelheim in the Province of Hesse, in the Bavarian Pfalz, or Palatinate, Germany, January 19, 1716. The house in which he was born, a substantial stone building two and a half stories high, is still standing, and the other branch of the family is still residing in that town. The greatest exodus of Palatines to Pennsylvania occurred about the year 1740. Numerous pamphlets, letters and the like were distributed freely throughout South Germany, setting forth the advantages to be derived from the civil and religious liberty, and was known in his family that Johann Andreas Strassburger had emigrated to Penn- sylvania replied: "I often heard my father tell us children that a certain Carl Wolf from here (whom I knew personally) travelled to North America and after some years returned, that he had met in Philadelphia a man named Strassburger who was a native here and a kinsman of his. The same had two children, of whom one son was a minister. The father owned a large farm." Henry S. Dotterer : Manuscripts in possession of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. 54 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY privileges for Protestants, to be enjoyed in Penn's Colony over the sea. Being young, unmarried and no doubt of an adventurous spirit, Johann Andreas Strassburger, in the late summer of 1742, set sail from Rotterdam, in the ship Loyal Judith, James Cowie, Captain. The vessel reached Philadelphia about September 1, for on the third of the month he with the other passengers subscribed to the oath of qualification, signing his own name ^/-2/- Upon the list made out by the Captain of the vessel, the entry reads Andrews Strasburger, aged 25.^ As a matter of fact he was over twenty-six and a half years old, but the ages of passengers, as given by the masters, were more or less approximate. It does not appear that he came to America with the view of settling permanently, as we find no further record of him in this country until twenty-five years later. His name is not found among those who took the oath of naturalization as passed by Parliament in 1740, which required all those foreigners who had resided in the colony or colonies upwards of seven years to appear before the Pro- vincial Court at Philadelphia, and upon producing a certificate of having taken the Sacrament or Lord's Supper in some Protestant or Reformed Church in the Province, took the oath and repeated the declaration which entitled them to the benefits of natural born sub- jects of Great Britain. This practice was continued from 1740 to 1773.' There is every evidence to show that Johann Andreas Strass- burger made but a short stay in the colony, returning to Ober Ingel- heim, where he continued to reside and where, in 1751, at the age of thirty-five years, he was married to Catherina Rosina Kolb. Two children were born to them : Christine Strassburger, born October 2, 1751, and Johann Andreas Strassburger, born January 24, 1754.' 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume XVII, pp. 228, 229. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, pp. 344-347. 3 Kirchenbuch, Ober Ingelheim, Germany. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 55 This marriage does not seem to have been a very congenial one, or else having decided to return to America, he failed to win consent of his wife to accompany him, as we find him in the fall of 1769 again setting sail from Rotterdam in the good ship Min- erva,^ Captain Thomas Arnott in command, bringing with him his two children, Christine, now a young woman of eighteen, and Johann Andreas, a lad of fifteen years. The Minerva landed at Philadelphia in October, where on the 13th, he, with the other male passengers, subscribed to the Declaration and again he signed his name to the document in a ^a^^ i^L.^^/3-^<: p^^ — ^ handwriting that did not vary from that he had put to a like instru- ment twenty-five years before.^ Very little is on record concerning Johann Andreas Strass- burger after he arrived in Pennsylvania the second time. For a year or two he seems to have resided in or near Philadelphia, though the tradition is he settled permanently in Hilltown Township, Bucks County. In 1770, we find him as a communicant of the First Re- formed Church in Philadelphia. On the original record his name appears abbreviated thus: "Joh: Andr: Strasburger.'" On January 1, 1777, his daughter, Christine, was married by the Reverend Caspar Weyberg, pastor of this church, to Alexander Smith, an Englishman, who resided in Philadelphia. And on November 29, 1803, Elizabeth, the daughter of Andrew and grand- daughter of Johann Andreas Strassburger, was married, by Rev- erend Samuel Helffenstein, to Christian Berger. Altho we find "Andreas Strasburger," Jr., listed among the married communicants of the church, at this date he was living near AUentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume XVII, p. 490. 2 From Original Papers in possession of Department of Public Records, Harris- burg, Pennsylvania. 3 Records First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 56 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The entries thus referred to read : 1770. Joh. Andr. Strasburger (Communicant). 1817. Andreas Strasburger (Married). 1777. Jan. 1, Alex. Smith and Christin: Strasburger, by- Rev. Caspar Weyberg. 1803. Nov. 29, Christian Berger and Elisab. Strasburger, by Rev. Samuel Helffenstein. Very little is known of Christine Strassburger and her hus- band, Alexander Smith. He owned during the Revolutionary War, and probably lived in, a house on Third Street, but having espoused the cause of Great Britain, Alexander Smith, on October 13, 1778, was attainted of high treason,^ and being convicted, in pursuance of the treason laws then in force, his house was confiscated. After the death of Alexander and Christine Smith, in 1794, an unsuc- cessful effort was made to recover this property. In September, 1791, Christine and her children went to live with her brother, Andrew Strassburger, who was then residing on his farm in Upper Milford Township, then Northampton, but now Lehigh County, forty-eight miles from Philadelphia. Here they remained until June, 1792, when they returned to Philadelphia, having made the trip both ways in a wagon. Alexander Smith died about November, 1793, as shovra by the following: Letters of Administration dated 7th Dec. 1793 on the estate of Alex- ander Smith late of Philadelphia deceased, were granted to "Andrew Strasburg," of Northampton County, Pa., Farmer. Godfrey Haga, of Philadelphia, Merchant, and John Jordan, Philadelphia, Merchant, Sureties.^ The estate was valued at £500 and an inventory and account was to be rendered to the Court before January 17 following. Before anything was done towards the settling of the estate, the widow, Christine, died, so that when the inventory was finally returned to the Court, September 10, 1794, it included the personal 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Fourth Series, Volume III, pp. 699, 944. 2 Administration Book H, p. 151. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 57 effects of both Alexander Smith and his wife. The final account was not rendered until May 24, 1803. As most of the foregoing information concerning this family was found in the original papers bearing on this estate, which are on file in the office of the Register of Wills, Philadelphia, a copy of the inventory and account is here given in fuU.^ Inventory of Alex"" Smith's Estate, 1794 Inventory taken this 10*'' Day of September 1794 of the Personal Estate of Alexander Smith and Christina wife of said Alexander both Dece"^ Viz — £ s. d. to Cash 50— 0—0 to 9 J^ yrds of Calico at 2/6 pr yard 1 — 3 — 9 to an old Suet of Cortens — 7 — 6 to a bead spread 1 — 10 — to 6 old Shifts 0—5—0 to 5 shortcounds 1 — 10 — to 12 hanekichfrs 0—15-0 to 2 aprans & three Caps — 12 — to Black Cloak 0— 7—0 to 6 old Counds one pare of Steas 1 — 10 — to a nombrella 4 — 10 — to a Banbocks & 2 Boneds — old — 5 — to a Moff & Bocks 0— 7—6 to a Coat — 7 — 6 to a half Doz tea spoons & old barkels 1 — 10 — to 3 puter spoons — 1 — 6 to 2 tea Canesters & Coffe pot Candestick &c — 5 — to a lot of Cookery wher — 5 — to a lukenglass — 3 — 9 to 2 iron pots & 2 flat iron 0-10-0 to a tranch 0—10—0 £68— 5—6 Appraised by us the Subscribers the day and year aforesaid. Henry Hooken Peter Linn Original Papers No. 268, Register of Wills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 58 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Northampton County ss On the 10th Day of September Ann D'' 1794, Before me the Sub- scriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for sd Co. Northampton came the above named Henry Hooken and upon his solemn Affirmation, Doth Depose & say that he together with the said Peter Linn did Estimate & appraize the Articles Contained in the above Inventory to the best of their Knowledge & ability. Witness my Hand & Seal on the Day & year aforesaid. t ^ James Gile D'' The account of Andrew Strassburger Adm'^ &c of Alexander Smith dec'^. Cr. The said accomptant charges himself with all and singular the Goods & Chatties of the s"^ dec"^ as per Inventory & appraisement thereof filed in the Registers Office at Philad^" Amounting to £68. 5. 6. Balance due the Adm'' 4.12. £72.17. 6 The said Accomptant craves Allowance as follows to wit — 1793 For this sum due the Accomptant for Board- ing and Lodging the decedents Wife & Chil- dren in the hfe time of the intestate say from 9"^ September 1792 to June W^ 1793 is 39 weeks @ 4 Dolls per week £58. 10 For this Sum p<^ for Waggon Hire to take the decedents Wife & Children to the Accomptants House at the distance of 48 miles & back again, all which in the lifetime of the intestate 4. 10 Oct. 10 P"^ Godfrey Haga for money lent the intestate in his life time 1. 2. 6 Dec"- 17 P<^ for Letters of Adm" P"^ for Advice & drawing Petition to the said Legislature praying for restoration of House and Lot in 3''<* S' which had been confiscated but the prayer of which was not granted. . . , 18. 9 2. 5. 1803 P<^ for fihng Inventory. 2. 6 Protestant Evangelical Church, Ober Ingelheim. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 59 May 24 P'^ Register for examining & passing this Account with Copy Seal & Certificate Allow- ance to the Adm"" for his Care & Trouble in the Adm'' : 4. 10 £72. 17. 6 The above named Adm'' on his Solemn Affirmation doth declare & say that the above Account as it stands stated & settled both as to the charge & discharge thereof is Just and true to the best of his knowledge & belief. Affd the 24* day of May 1803 Before I Wampole Dep Reg. ^^^nMi/-/^'p^^^^^^ So far we have record of but two children of Alexander and Christine Strassburger Smith. The eldest was Emma, who mar- ried Samuel Krause, a merchant of Philadelphia, who had business interests in South America. In 1877 they were living on Sixth Street, above Poplar, and both are buried in Union Cemetery, at 532 Washington Avenue; and Addie Smith, of whom nothing is known.^ Johann Andreas Strassburger was a school teacher, and shortly after his arrival in this country some of the leading people of Central Hilltovra, Bucks County, secured his services as a teacher, and immediately set to work to build a schoolhouse for his own especial use.^ He died, however, suddenly and imexpectedly. The building was completed and took the name of Seiples Schoolhouse. It was built of logs and had, in addition to the schoolroom, apart- ments for the residence of the teacher. The location was a little to the north of what was Yost's Mill on the old Bethlehem Road 1 (The Dotterer Papers. Volume XIV, pp. 361, 363, 364. Mss. Collection in possession of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.) 2 This account concerning Johann Andreas Strassburger and the building of the schoolhouse was handed down to her great-grandchildren by Mrs. Kern, the mother of Elizabeth Kern Stout, who was the grandmother of Jacob Andrew Strassburger. Mrs. Kern died in 1841 at an advanced age. "The Central News," Perkasie, Bucks County, Pa., Thursday, May 27, 1886. 60 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY not far from the present village of Blooming Glen. Among the many who taught here was Gideon S. Strassburger, a great-grand- son of the man for whose especial benefit it was originally designed. The building was torn down about the close of the Civil War, after having stood nearly one hundred years. It is not known when nor where Johann Andreas Strass- burger died. He left no will nor were any letters of administration issued upon any estate he may have acquired; no deeds are on record, nor does his name appear upon the tax lists of the Province between 1769 and 1785, nor do we find him listed as a householder in the census of 1790, all of which would seem to prove that his death occurred shortly after his coming to this country. While it is said that he was buried in the graveyard of old Tohickon Church in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, there is no record of his death appearing upon the church books, nor is there any gravestone marking his last resting place. Catherina Rosina Kolb, his wife, died at Ober Ingelheim, Germany, March 15, 1771.^ Children of Johann Andreas Strassburger and Catherina Rosina Kolb: 1. Christine Strassburger, born October 2, 1751, at Ober Ingelheim, Germany; died Philadelphia, Pa., 1793-94; married Janu- ary 1, 1777, Alexander Smith, of Philadelphia, who died in 1793. 2. JOHANN ANDREAS STRASSBURGER, born January 24, 1754, at Ober Ingelheim, Germany; died April 25, 1825, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa. ; married EVA YEAGER, of Easton, Pa. JOHANN ANDREAS STRASSBURGER, only son of Johann Andreas Strassburger and his wife, Catherina Rosina Kolb, was born in Ober Ingelheim, Germany, January 24, 1754. In 1769, when fifteen years of age, he accompanied his father and only sister, Christine, to Pennsylvania. It is not known where they resided during the lifetime of the father, but it was either in Philadelphia or Hilltown Township, Bucks County. Kirchenbuch, Ober Ingelheim, Germany. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 61 After the death of his father, young Strassburger was appren- ticed to a tanner, but where and under whom he learned this trade is unknown. Owing to the many and peculiar forms under which this name appears upon the public records, it has been very diffi- cult to locate data concerning either the father or the son for some years after the arrival of the family in the Colony. So far we have been unable to find any references to Johann Andreas Strass- burger, Junior, upon any records to which we have had access, prior to 1781. In the last-named year we find "And'w Stros- berger" listed as a "single" man, in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pa.^ Springfield is in the extreme northwest part of the county, adjoining both Northampton and Lehigh. In the same year he was married^ at Easton, Northampton County, by Rev. Frederick Ernst, pastor of the Lutheran Church of that place, to Eva Jager, or Yeager, daughter of John Yeager and his wife, Eva Elizabeth Schneider, who were early settlers of "the Forks," as Easton was called in the early days. The entry in the church book reads: "1781, Oct. 9, Andreas Strasburger and Eva Jagerin."' She was born in what is now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1754, and died in AUentown, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1835. Johann Andreas Strassburger, or Andrew Strassburger, as he was thereafter known, and his wife, Eva, resided in Springfield Township, Bucks County, where he acquired several tracts of land, one of which he still held at the time of his death. He also owned at one time a farm in Haycock Township, same county. The Bucks County tax transcripts for 1782 record: "And'w Stras- berry, Springfield Township, tan yard, eight acres of land, one horse, and one cow;"* in 1783, as "And'w Strosberger" he paid a state tax of ten shillings;^ the following year we find "And'w Shas- berger," tanner, paying taxes on eight acres, one horse and two cows;" in 1787 we still find "And'w Strasberry " in Springfield 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIII, p. 171. 2 Records of Williams Township and Easton Reformed and Lutheran Churches, Pennsylvania German Magazine, Volumes 18-20. 3 The German termination in, added to a proper name, denotes the feminine. * Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIII, p. 271. 5 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIII, p. 398. ° Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIII, pp. 603, 700. 62 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Township paying taxes amounting to three shillings and eight pence/ The following year, 1788, he appears on the assessment lists of Moore Township, Northampton County, as owner of a sawmill and fifty-two acres of land, upon which he paid a tax of seven shillings and six pence. ^ This last is evidently the year in which he removed to Upper Milford Township, Northampton County, for we find a deed on record at Easton, dated May 23, 1789, which recites that Andreas Strassburger, "late of Springfield Township, Bucks County, tan- ner," purchased two tracts of land in Upper Milford Township, then a part of Northampton County, containing in all two hundred and twenty-eight acres.' Deed: Peter Shuler to Andrew Strassburger, 1789 Cf)i0 SnDCntUtf made the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine Between Peter Shuler of Upper Milford Township, Northampton County and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Mary Catherine his wife of the one part and Andreas Strassburger late of Springfield Township, County of Bucks and state aforesaid, Tanner, of the other part. WHEREAS the Honor- able the Proprietaries of the then Province of Pennsylvania in and by their patent or grant dated October 1, 1760, did grant and confirm unto Adam Shuler (alias Shouler) two tracts of land situate in the Township of Upper Milford before mentioned adjoining each other the one con- taining two hundred and ten acres and the other seventeen acres and thirty four perches (Patent Book AA, Vol. 2, p. 76), AND WHEREAS the said Adam Shuler being thus lawfully seized of and in the said two tracts of land in his lifetime, and at the time of his death died Intestate leaving a Widow and thirteen children and agreeable to the prayer of the above named Peter Shuler eldest son and heir at law of the said Adam Shuler deceased A Writ of Partition or Valuation was issued by an Orphans' Court held at Easton March 24, 1785, WHEREAS a valua- tion of the above tract of land the real estate of the said Adam Shouler deceased was made according at law. * * * And the above Peter Shuler being then and there present declared himself ready and willing to accept the said land and premises * * * at said valuation * * * and the said 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIII, p. 809, 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIX, p. 353. 3 Deed Book F, No. 1, p. S9S. Easton, Pennsylvania. Bushkill Street Bridge, Easton, Pa., about 1840, Easton, Pa., about 1840. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 63 land and premises with appurtenances was confirmed unto the said Peter Shuler * * * NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Peter Schuler and Mary Catherine his wife for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred pounds in gold and silver to them in hand paid by the said Andreas Strassburger * * * DO grant, bargain, sell, enfoeff, release and confirm unto the said Andreas Strassburger All that above recited tract of land lying and being in the township of Upper Milford aforesaid adjoining lands of John Johnson, Michael Smith and George Ohldwine * * * Together with all and singular the Buildings, Edifices, Ways, Woods, Water, Water-courses, Meadows, fields, Improve- ments, Rights, Liberties, Priviledges, Hereditaments, Members and Appurtenances whatsoever, unto the two described tracts of land * * * and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and demand of them the said Peter Shouler and Mary Catherine his wife of in and to the same (a burying place only excepted of five poles square in the place now Occupied for the same which the said Peter Shuler reserves for himself and his Heirs forever) * * * jj^j WITNESS whereof the parties to these pres- ents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Jacob Shuler her Mary Catherine X Shuler mark On August 10 of the same year, 1789, he purchased of Jo- hannes Dubler, for the sum of thirty pounds, a house and lot in the town of Easton, described in the town plot as No. 154, situated on a street "going from the Tavern of Jacob Opp to the Bushkill Creek," and by the additional payment of four pounds eighteen shillings and nine pence he acquired two cows, one mare and a colt, which were on the premises.^ Deed: Johannes Dubler to Andrew Strassburger, 1789 TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these Presents shall Come Johannes Dubler of Moor Township in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania SENDETH GREETING KNOW YE that the said Johannes Dubler for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty pounds Specie Now Lawful money of Pennsylvania unto him in hand well and 1 Deed Book F, No. 1, pp. 568, 570. Easton, Pennsylvania. 64 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY truly paid by Andrew Strassburger of Upper Milford Township in the county aforesaid tanner * * * Hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened and confirmed unto the said Andrew Strassburger his heirs and assigns A certain Lot of ground and Tenement thereon erected situate and being in the Town of Easton in Northhampton County marked in the plot of said town No. 154 adjoining lot of ground now occupied by Jacob Wey- gand on the north and on the south by the lot of ground now occupied by John Tiegman on the west by a street going from the Tavern of Jacob Opp to the Bushkill Creek. IN WITNESS whereof the said Johannes Dubler Hath hereunto set his hand and seal this tenth day of August Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and eighty nine. Johannes Dubler. Agreement: Johannes Dubler and Andreas Strassburger, 1789 Johannes Dubler, in consideration of four pounds eighteen shilling and nine pence paid by Andreas Strassburger of Upper Milford Town- ship, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, for all the goods and chattels hereafter particularly mentioned that is to say two cows, one mare and colt, all and singular which said Premises are now remaining standing and being now on the Premises at Present in the occupation of the said Johannes Dubler of Moor Township. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Subscribed my name and seal this tenth day of August, 1789. Johannes Dubler. It would seem from an examination of these early deeds that Andrew Strassburger lived part of the time on his farm in Upper Milford and part in his house at Easton, as on October 19 of the same year John Penn, Junior, and John Penn, Senior, late Pro- prietaries of the Province, granted or confirmed to Andrew Strass- burger, "of the Tovra of Easton," all former Proprietary right to this lot of gound, which is, in this later deed, described as No. 154 and situated on the east side of Hamilton Street about sixty feet from Bushkill Street.^ Deed: John Penn, Sr., & John Penn, Jr., to Andrew Strassburger, 1789 C|)f0 Kn Denture Made the nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, Between the iDeed Book G, No. 1, p. 21. Easton, Pennsylvania. .-MSI^'Pea '!B«?!W!*!>*^»«-«3r^ .(^' k1- ^3 «*.., %'-^^ < ^'> >.l ^, ^ -v;:. V 4 \ >J ^.1 -1 \ '^^ 4 ■ i ■1 1 :^ M \i ,^ i^^ SSjifi.P^V ., l.*.'.:-''; -L- '^ C o o -a . - — be o ^ 4-" 'J-j THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 65 Honorable John Penn the younger, Esquire, one of the late Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania * * * by Anthony Butler of the North- ern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, Gentleman, his Attorney * * * and the Honorable John Penn, the Elder, Esquire, late the other Proprietor of said Province of Pennsyl- vania * * * by John F. Mifflin o.f the City of Philadelphia, Attorney at lawr, his Attorney * * * of the one part and Andrew Strassburger of the Town of Easton in the County of Northampton in Pennsylvania, tan- ner, of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said John Penn the Younger by his attorney Anthony Butler and the said John Penn, the Elder, by his attorney John F. Mifflin for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Five Pounds Current Money of Pennsylvania in specie unto them in hand paid by the said Andrew Strassburger ****** DO grant, sell, release, and confirm unto the said Andrew Strassburger and to his heirs and assigns a Certain piece of land Situate in the said town of Easton in the County of Northampton aforesaid on the East side of Hamilton Street at a distance of sixty five feet .from Bushkill Street, Containing in breadth on Hamilton Street sixty feet and in depth two hundred and forty feet bounded on the southward by lot number 155, westward by Hamilton Street Northward by lot Number 153, and east- ward by an Alley, (It being the same lot of ground which is marked in the General Plan of said Town of Easton number 154. IN WITNESS whereof the said Parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year first above written. Andrew Strassburger John Penn, Jr By his Attorney Anthony Butler. John Penn, Sen' By his attorney John F. Mifflin. He retained possession of this house and lot until September 29, 1804, when he and his wife, Eva, sold it to Jacob Mixell, of Easton, for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.^ As before stated, we find him on the assessment lists of Moore Township, as the owner of a sawmill and fifty-two acres of land. This mill with a house and three small tracts of land he purchased at sheriff's sale, it being the estate of Daniel Junt, deceased. On September 9, 1789, Andrew Strassburger sold the premises to 1 Deed Book A, No. 3, p. 4. Easton, Pennsylvania. 66 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Frederick Alderholt, of New Britain Township, Bucks County, who died intestate; so, in order to secure to Daniel Alderholt, son of Frederick, full and complete title to this property, Andrew Strassburger and his wife, Eva, on May 25, 1792, signed the fol- lowing deed:^ Deed: Andrew Strassburger to Daniel Alderholt, 1792 C[)iS 3n0CntUr0 Made the twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two Between Andrew Strassburger of Upper Milford Township in the County of Northampton, Tanner, and Eva his wife of the one part and Daniel Aderholt of New Brittain Township in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid of the other part. WHEREAS Frederick Beck then of Moore township, county of Northampton, miller and Margareth his wife by a certain Indenture dated 31st day of March, 1784, did grant and convey unto one Daniel Junt, a certain Messuage, Tenement, Grist Mill and tract of land adjoining lands late of Casper Erb and others, containing fifteen acres and one hundred and thirty perches. And also by a Deed Poll of the same date he the said Frederick Beck did grant and assign unto the said Daniel Junt two certain other tracts or pieces of Warranted or Located land situated in Moore township aforesaid one of them adjoining land now or late of Frederick Shonberger and others, containing twenty four acres and thirty perches and the other containing twelve acres and thirty four perches. AND WHEREAS George Grafif, Esquire, late Sheriff of the County of Northampton by virtue of a writ of Vendition Exponar, did * * * expose the same for sale at public auction and sold the said above recited Messuage, Grist Mill and three recited tracts of land situated in Moore township aforesaid to the said Andrew Strassburger * * * AND WHEREAS by certain articles of agreement in writing duly executed and dated the 9th day of September, 1789, the said Andrew Strassburger for certain considerations therein mentioned did grant and sell unto Frederick Alderholt aforesaid, all the aforesaid Messuage, Tenement and Grist Mill and Tract of Land * * * And the said Andrew Strassburger in the said writing further agreed to give the Rights to all the said Lands to the said Frederick Aderholt in fee simple, he having patented such parts thereof as were yet unpatented. AND WHEREAS the said Andrew Strassburger after executing the said agreement did actually become vested in the said two ^ Deed Book No. 2, p. 402. Easton, Pennsylvania. 1 Saucer belonging to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. Lafayette Dish, 1824, belong- ing to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. Cream Jug belonging Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. to Cup belonging to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. Strawberry Bowl used by Rev. John Andrew Strass- burger for baptismal purposes. Cup (Rose Colonial) belong- ing to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 67 then unpatented Tracts of Land as of fee simple, vizt: by Indenture of Michael Swarz and Veronica his wife dated August 2, 1790, for the aforesaid twenty four acres and thirty perches * * * and by Indenture of George Palmer, dated October 1, 1790, for the aforesaid twelve acres and thirty four perches. AND WHEREAS the said Frederick Alder- holt since and before the actual accomplishment of the said agreement died Intestate and the Honorable the Judge of the Orphans' Court in and .for the County of Northampton did order and award all the said premises as described (as estate of Frederick Alderholt, deceased) unto the said Daniel Alderholt * * * NOW THIS INDENTURE WIT- NESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty pounds lawful money unto them the said Andrew Strassburger and Eva his wife to them in hand well and truly paid by the said Daniel Alderhold and for other valuable considerations thereunto moveing them, they the said Andrew Strassburger and Eva his wife have given, bargained, sold, re- leased and confirmed unto the said Daniel Alderholt all the above de- scribed Messuage, Tenement and Grist Mill and tract of land situate, lying and being in Moore township aforesaid. IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Andreas Strassburger her Eve X Strassburger mark The first census of the United States vi^as taken in 1790, and among those residing in Upper Milford, Northampton County, Pa., we find the name of Andrew Strassburger, whose household con- sisted of himself, a son over sixteen and five females.' In 1812, Lehigh County was erected out of the western part of Northampton County, and the township of Upper Milford fell into the new subdivision, and thereafter Andrew Strassburger is designated as of Upper Milford, Lehigh County. The tax returns for Upper Milford, for 1812, show the following living within its precincts: "Andrew Straszberger," and John Strassburger, his son, who was then unmarried ; Henry, John and Peter Engleman, Adam Wieder, Sr., Adam Wieder, Jr., and Casper Wieder.^ 1 Heads of Families in Pennsylvania, 1790, p. 179. 2 Charles R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume I, p. 775. 68 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY In February, 1817, Andrew Strassburger purchased six con- tiguous tracts of land in East Penn Township, Northampton County, containing in all nearly three hundred acres, for which he paid seven thousand dollars/ His last purchase was made in January, 1825, when he bought of Jacob Reeser and wife, of Upper Milford, a house and farm in Lower Mt. Bethel Township, also in Northampton County.^ Andrew Strassburger continued to buy large tracts of land, a great deal of which lay in Bucks County. He retained most of this land until his death. Besides acquiring this large amount of real estate, as shown by the above records, Andrew Strassburger was interested in several public ventures in Allentown, the capital city of Lehigh County, and he soon became a man of affairs and prominence, and was rated one of the wealthiest men in the com- munity. He was a member of the first Grand Jury called to serve after the organization of the county. The jury consisted of twenty- four members representing the different townships, and Andrew Strassburger, tanner, was one of four chosen from Upper Milford, one of the others being John Engleman, farmer." He was also a director and large stockholder in the North- ampton Bank, the oldest financial institution in Lehigh County. The borough of Northampton was incorporated into a city March 18, 1811, the name being later changed to Allentown, and the Northampton Bank was chartered by Act of Legislature, July 1 1 , 1814. Directors were elected on August 12, and the following gentlemen were chosen: Peter Dorney, Esq., John Wagner, Jacob Blumer, William Eckert, Jacob Stein, George Schaeffer, Andreas Strassburger, John Krauss, Peter Rhoads, Jr., Peter Ruch, Stephen Balliet, Jr., Joseph Frey, Jr., and George Keck. Peter Rhoads was elected president and James A. Sinton cashier. The bank began business almost immediately after its organization with a capital of $123,375.00. The building in which it opened and, for that matter, occupied during its entire existence, was a small two- story stone structure which stood upon the site of the present Allen- town Bank. The affairs of the Northampton Bank were prosperous 1 Deed Book C-4, pp. 428-29. Easton, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book B-5, p. 128. Easton, Pennsylvania. 3 Charles R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume I, p. 214. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 69 and uneventful until about 1843, when the then president, through his bad management, brought about his failure/ At the time of his death, Andrew Strassburger had stock in the Bank of North America, Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Bank, Easton Bank and Reading Bank. Andrew Strassburger died April 27, 1825, on his farm in Upper Milford and was buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at Zionsville, in the same township, of which congregation he and his wife were no doubt communicants, although she was born and reared a Lutheran. Despite the fact that he was possessed of so much real estate, bank stock, mortgages, bonds, etc., he neglected to make a will, and so upon his death his estate, valued at over $60,000, was carried into the Orphans' Court and settled by the intestate laws of the state. On May 3, 1825, six days after his death, letters of adminis- tration were issued to John Strassburger, eldest son, and John Engleman, son-in-law, the widow, Eva Strassburger, renouncing, as shown by the following i'' Know all men by these presents that I Eva Strassburger of Upper Milford Township, widow and Relict of Andrew Strassburger, yeoman, deceased, have renounced released and quit claimed and by these Pres- ents do release and quitclaim all my right and Title to the said adminis- tration of the goods and chattels rights and credits whatsoever which were o.f the said deceased and desire that the same may be committed to my son John Strassburger and John Engleman. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of May, 1825. her Eva X Strassburger mark On May 16, 1825, Andrew Engleman and Henry Seibert made an appraisement of the estate, a copy of which follows : The following Bank Stock apreast 2 shares Bank of Pennsylvania $800.00 " " North America 800.00 50 " " " Easton 1500.00 1 Charles R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume I, p. 425. 2 Original Papers No. 1056, Orphans' Court, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 70 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 50 shares Bank of Reting 403 " " " Northampton . Dividends in same Banks Deposits in Bank of Northampton . Book Debts. Against Caspar Wieder . . . Against David Dishler " Adam Wieder, Jr. $23447.86 $36.34 Bonds & Notes against the heirs. Int Bond against Andrew Strassburger $344.13 John Engleman 880.00 Christian Young 800.00 246.80 215.51 135.51 1.65 1.2 Ditto he charges him f of rent of farm John Engleman, charges himself for 4091.97 J^ Note, remains a balance against Adam Wieder, Sr 629.87 165.00 Credit said note for ballance 410.95 Bond Against Adam Wieder 773.50 Christian Berger 169.64 " " " " 800.00 " " " " 337.39 4491.48 Note against Richard Weitzel . Abraham Sibert . . Henry Hunsberger Abraham Dieht . . . 1500.00 18135.00 544.05 168.81 20.91 12.00 3.43 $800.00 1600.00 800.00 266.67 266.67 266.67 24.33>4 18.44 20.00 29.19 629.87 464.87 1066.67 169.64 800.00 368.67 2869.85 200.00 200.00 18.00 1320.00 73.33 73.33 73.33 THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 71 Lehigh County SS Came before me the Subscriber one of the Jus- tices of the Peace in and for the said County of Lehigh, the above said Andrew Engleman and Henry Seibert and took their oath as the law directs fare the foregoing apreasment. In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of May, 1825. LoHRENs Stahler, Esq. Personal and moveable estate 149.38 117.03 14.25 60.25 $340.91 Bonds and Notes. Judgment against Peter Mussleman $388.94 Peter Beisel 1600.00 2 Bonds with judgment against Hecht & Ehret 597.06 Judgment against John Hause 474.00 " Jacob Schill 300.00 John Hause, et al 800.00 3562.94 John Hause 45.00 Jacob Bintner 133.33 Jacob Shankenbank 10.00 Bond against Mathias Stein 1000.00 Peter Young 3950.00 Christian Young Miller 3050.00 Henry Martz 950.00 Jacob Strettel 500.00 398.53 John Spinner 300.00 Jacob Krihlein 407.43 John Reisse 1200.00 " " John Eruz and others 101.33 12145.62 John Eruz and others 101.33 Philip Zeishall 50.00 Leonard N. Nazel & Peter Franz 250.00 " " " " 250.00 72 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY TinnH ncrairiQt T ponarrl ISJ NFaypl anrl Peter Fran?^- 250.00 u a a a a a <( 250.00 1151.33 Int. Bond and judgment against Daniel Schwartz . . 1114.00 93.95 Peter Train . . . 1066.67 76.44 Geang Train . . 466.67 29.00 George Garr . . 150.00 13.29 Caspar Reuter . 172.00 .43 (I 11 172.00 Jacob Ruhlein . 25.00 .83 John Zehring . 200.00 11.80 WilHam Bass . 200.00 .63 Joseph Rue . . . 200.00 35.40 Cornehus Reinhall 50.00 3.30 John M. Raulay . 25.00 .35 PhiHp Deiy 61.67 .44 Simon Shaffer 15.71 1.10 3923.86 266.97 A year later, during the negotiations pending the settlement, John Strassburger signed a bond insuring to his mother, Eva, her widow's dower rights.^ Bond : John Strassburger to Eve Strassburger, 1827 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents That I John Strassburger son of Andrew Strassburger, late of Upper Milford Township in the County of Lehigh, deceased, am held and firmly bound unto Eve Strassburger, widow and relict of said deceased, in the sum of $205.20 to be paid unto the said Eve or to her certain attorney executors, administrators or assigns, To which payment well and truly to be made I do bind myself my heirs, executors, administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with my seal dated the second day of February in the year of our Lord 1827. WHEREAS such proceedings were had on the eighth day of Decem- ber last past and the second day of February instant in the Orphans' 1 Original Papers No. 1056, Orphans' Court, Allentown, Pennsylvania. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 73 Court of the said County of Lehigh respecting the real estate whereof the said Andrew Strassburger died seized intestate that the inquisition awarded by the said Court did value and appraise Portion number two and the said John accepted the same at the sum of three hundred and forty one dollars and fifty six cents lawful money aforesaid and the above bounden John Strassburger was ordered to enter into bonds, and recognize for the payment of the widow's dower and of the shares and dividends of the other children of the said intestate of and in the valua- tion money aforesaid; That sealing and delivery of which bonds he, the said John Strassburger, shall hold and enjoy the real estate, viz. Por- tion number two thereof as aforesaid, to him, his heirs and assigns for- ever according to law. NOW THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT if the above bounden John Strassburger his heirs, executors and administrators do and shall well and duly pay, or cause to be paid unto the above Eve Strassburger or to her certain attorney, executors or administrators or assigns the just and full sum of six dollars and fifteen cents and a half lawful money aforesaid on the second day of February which shall be in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and the like sum of six dollars and fifteen cents and one half yearly and every year during her natural life, she being the widow of the said deceased, (the said sum of six dollars and fifteen cents and one half being the Dower of her the said Eve Strassburger of and in the valuation money aforesaid) without fraud or further delay, then the above obligation to be void and of none effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue. At the same time he entered into a bond with his brother, John Andrew Strassburger, and with each of the other heirs individually. Bond John Strassburger to John Andrew Strassburger. . . . 34.20 17.10 " Catherine Young 34.20 17.10 " Mary Wieder (full sum 10.00) 6.84 3.42 " Eliza Wieder 10.00 " Hannah Berger 34.20 17.10 " " Hannah Egner 6.84 3.42 " " Caroline Wieder " Mary Engleman 34.20 17.10 " Paul Wieder " " Caroline Wieder 74 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Two years later John Strassburger presented to the Judges of the Orphans' Court of Lehigh County a petition that the Court would partition the real estate, lying in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, among the heirs. This document names all the children and grandchildren of Andrew and Eva Strassburger. To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans' Court of the County of Lehigh : The Petition of John Strassburger one of the sons and heirs of Andrew Strassburger late of Upper Milford Township in said County, yeoman, Most respectively showeth That in the Month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five the said Andrew Strassburger died intes- tate leaving a Widow and five children, to wit : John, Andrew, Catherine intermarried with Christian Young, Mary intermarried with John Engle- man, Hannah intermarried with Christian Berger and your said Peti- tioner and also five Grand Children (the Children of Christina a Daughter of the said deceased, which said Christina is also now deceased, but was in her lifetime intermarried with John Adam Wieder and died leaving issue, to wit: Catherine, Saul, Eliza and Hannah intermarried with Thomas Egner, all of which said Grand Children are still in their minor- ity. And that the said Andrew Strassburger died seized in his demesne as of fee of and in three tracts of Land with the Buildings and appur- tenances situate in the said County of Lehigh, to wit: One Tract situate in the aforesaid Township of Upper Milford in said County bounded by lands now or late of William Brunner, Abraham Smith, John Weikel, Abraham Shuler, the Heirs of John Reisson, Philip Zeisluff and others containing one hundred and fifty-three acres and one hundred perches. * * * One tract situate in Macungie Township in said County bounded by lands of Peter Haas, John Mare, John Shares and others containing thirty-two acres * * * and one other Tract being a Lot of ground Sit- uate on the north side of Lehigh Street in the Borough of Northampton in said County adjoining lot No. 772 and other Lands and numbered on the plan of said Borough No. 771, extending in length one hundred feet in width one hundred feet. Your Petitioner therefore prays the Court to award an inquest to make partition of the aforesaid Lands * * * to and among the children and Representatives of the said Andrew Strassburger, deceased, in such manner and in such proportions as by the laws of this Commonwealth is directed, if such partition can be made without prejudice to or spoiling Copper Tea Kettle from Parsonage. Corner Cupboard which stood in the Parsonage at Perkasie, Pa. Pewter Plate from the Kern- Stout Homestead. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 75 the whole, but if such partition cannot be made a aforesaid then to value and appraise the same. And further to inquire and ascertain if whether the said Real Estate will conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children or Representatives and if so how many of them it will con- veniently accommodate and make report of their proceedings to the next general Orphans' Court. At the same time John Andrew Strassburger, the second son, made a similar petition to the Orphans' Court at Doylestown, asking that partition be made of such lands as lay within the bounds of Bucks County, as he had been appointed administrator of such estate as lay within the jurisdiction of that Court. To the Honorable John Ross, Esquire, President, and his Associate Judges now composing an Orphans' Court in and for the County of Bucks. The Petition of John Andrew Strassburger, the second son of Andrew Strassburger late of Lehigh County, deceased. HUMBLY SHEWETH that the said Andrew Strassburger lately died intestate leaving a widow named Eve and issue five children and the representatives of a sixth who is deceased, namely, John Strassberger, the eldest son; John Andrew (your petitioner) ; Catherine intermarried with Christian Young ; the representatives of Christiana Wieder, deceased, for- merly Christiana Strassberger the second daughter of said deceased, namely, Hannah intermarried with Thomas Egner, Caroline Wieder, Eliza Wieder and Jane Wieder, all of whom are in their minority ; Mary a daughter of the intestate intermarried with John Engelman, and Hannah a daughter of the intestate intermarried with Christian Berger, being all the heirs of the deceased. And that the said deceased seized in his demesne as of fee of and in certain real estate in the County of Bucks, to wit : two certain tracts of land one of them situated in Haycock Town- ship, containing 24 acres and 30 perches of land. The other situated in Springfield Township containing 23 acres and 62 perches. Therefore praying the Court to award an inquest to make partition of the said premises to and among the widow and heirs above named in such manner and in such proportion as by the laws of this Commonwealth is directed, but if partition cannot be made thereof without prejudice to or spoiling the whole, then to inquire into how many parts it can be so divided and value and appraise each and every part into which it may be 76 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY so divided specially and distinctly and make report of their proceedings to the next Orphans' Court. November 6, 1827.^ In pursuance of the petition, the Court of Lehigh County named twelve neighbors and friends, "free, honest and lawful men," who, on the 2nd of January, 1827, visited the lands and tenements in question and made a valuation and partition of the various tracts.^ Inquisition intended and taken at the dwelling house of Andrew Strassburger late of Upper Milford Township in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, on the second day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, before Daniel Mertz, Esquire, High Sheriff of said County of Lehigh by virtue of a certain writ of partition and valuation to him directed and to this inquisi- tion annexed by the oath of Lorenz Stackler, Daniel Stackler, Christian Brobst, John Nerfer, Martin Ritter, John Ritter, Henry Ritter, Jacob Krauss, Henry Leibert, Daniel Mohr, Daniel Klein and Peter Schwartz, twelve free honest and lawful men of his bailiwick who upon their oaths same lands and tenements with their appurtenances could not be parted and divided to and among all the children of the said deceased, without prejudice to or spoiling the whole and the Inquest aforesaid on their aforesaid respectively do say that on the day and year aforesaid they went to and upon the lands and tenements of which Andrew Strassburger in the said writ mentioned died seized and then and there did find that the oaths, * * * did then and there further find that the said lands and tenements will accommodate five of the children of the said deceased that is to say that that part of the said lands and tenements included in and bounded by the following courses and distances to wit: adjoining lands of Daniel Wickert, William Brunner, John Riesser, Abraham Shuler, containing two hundred and thirty-four acres and three perches and situate in Upper Milford Township will accommodate one of the children of the said deceased, which the Inquest aforesaid have numbered No. I. And that that other part of the said lands and tenements sit- uate and being in said township adjoining above described lands, lands of Abraham Shuler, Philip Zeisluff and those lands marked No. 3, contain- ing sixteen acres and forty-seven perches will accommodate one other 1 Orphans' Court Papers, No. 3634, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 2 Original Papers No. 1056, Allentown, Pennsylvania. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 77 o.f the children of said deceased, which the Inquest aforesaid have num- bered Portion No. 2. And that other tract of land situate in said Town- ship of Upper Milford adjoining lands No. 1 and 2, lands late of John Vaght, lands late o.f Lawrence Kern, containing seventeen acres and sixty-five perches will accommodate one other of the children of said deceased, which the Inquest aforesaid have numbered portion No. 3. And that that other tract of land with appurtenances situate in Macungie Township, said County of Lehigh, bounded by lands of Peter Haas, John Moore, John Sharer and others containing thirty-two acres of land will accommodate one other of the children and heirs of the said deceased which the said Inquest have numbered portion Number Four. And that that certain messuage and lot of land situate in the Borough of Northamp- ton in said County of Lehigh, situate on Lehigh Street, adjoining lot of William Tilgman, extending one hundred feet in length on Lehigh Street numbered on the plan of said Borough 771 will accommodate one other of the children and heirs of said deceased, which said messuage and lot the Inquest aforesaid have numbered portion No. 5. And the Inquest aforesaid upon their oaths do value and appraise that part of the said property contained in portion No. 1 at and for the sum of nineteen dol- lars and seventy-five cents per acre for each and every acre the said portion No. 1, contains, and * * * they do value that part of said prop- erty contained in Portion No. 2 at and for the sum of twenty-one dollars per acre for each and every acre the said portion No. 2 contains. No. 3 valued at and for the sum of six dollars and fifty cents for each and every acre said portion No. 3 contains, No. 4 eleven dollars and fifty cents per acre, and the Inquest aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid do value and appraise that part of the said property contained in partition No. 5, for the sum of two dollars and fifty-six cents IN WITNESS whereof the said Sheriff as the Inquest aforesaid to this Inquisition in the presence of the parties interested have set their hands and seals the day and year aforesaid. Daniel Mertz, Sheriff. John Ritter Daniel Stabler Henry Ritter Lehrens Stahler Jacob Krauss Christian Brobst Henry Leibert Johannes Daniel Mohr Martin Ritter, Jr. Peter Schwartz This partition, however, did not meet with the approval of the heirs, who all refused to accept it, whereupon the Court, on February 2, 1827, ordered the estate sold. 78 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY On December 4, 1826, John Strassburger and John Engleman had rendered the first account of their administration. The account of John Strassburger and John Engleman, Administra- tors of all and singular the goods, Chattels, Rights, Credits, which were of Andrew Strassburger, late of Upper Milford Township, in the County of Lehigh, deceased. The said Accountants charge themselves with all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits which were of the said deceased agreeably to an Inventory thereof filed in the Register's office in and for the County of Lehigh, amounting to $58990.62 Inventory calculated thus : Articles of husbandry and household goods. . 383.91 Book Debts 36.34 Bonds & Notes with interest 23364.59 Bank stock two shares in the bank of North America 800.00 " stock two shares in the bank of Pennsylvania 800.00 stock fifty do in Reading Bank. . . 1500.00 " " Easton " ... 1500.00 " " four hundred and three in the Northampton Bank 18135.00 " stock dividend of Northampton Bank 344.05 deposit in said " " 168.81 47223.07 Bonds and Notes due by the heirs, John Andrew Strassburger, principal and interest 1124.13 John Engleman, principal and interest & $29.19 rent 2209.19 Adam Wieder's do do do 1840.17 Ditto Note do do 875.82 Christian Berger do two Bonds 2645.34 Christian Young 4 Bonds 2 Notes 3063.27^ To total amount of Inv 38990.62>4 To the Increase of the sale of Bank Stock, On the shares of the Phila Bank 277.00 " " " " " Easton " .... 287.50 564.50 THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 79 To Dividends received on Bank Stock of the two Philadelphia Banks 48.00 Easton Bank 60.00 Reading Bank 30.00 138.00 To Cash received of the following persons not Inventories, 0.f Jacob Schanzebach for sundries 52.00 " Philip Zeisslofif, Book Debt 5.32 " Andrew Martin " " 3.90 " Henry Romig 3.10 " Benj. Ludwig for a bark mill stone. . . . 3.00 " Adam Wieder, stones .75 68.07 770.57 $59761. 19J4 To the increase of the sale of goods 7.85 To Rents received of the following persons, viz. John Remhardt 25.00 Deitrich Gaumer 40.30 GottHeb Beck 15.00 PhiHp Hahn 15.00 George Neice 26.00 Funk 10.00 131.30 To Interests received of sundry persons 368.03 Dec. 4. 1826 $60268.371^ Exceptions to the account were filed by Christian Berger, one of the sons-in-law, who had married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter. She died leaving no children. He then married her sister, Hannah, and thus there was some question as to Christian's exact share of the estate. The following paper is of unusual interest, as it was through the affidavit of Philip Oden welder, Jr., taken at this time, that we were able to positively identify the parentage of Eva Yeager, as she was a sister to young Philip's mother, Maria Yeager Odenwelder. 80 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY In the Orphans' Court County of Lehigh of April Term, 1827 In the matter of the settlement of the second act of John Strassburger and John Engleman, administrators of Andrew Strassburger, deceased. Exceptions filed May 4, 1827. On motion of A. Runk Rule to show cause why the sum of sixteen hundred dollars charged against Christian Berger as part of said $2645.34 in the report shall not be struck out according to the tenor of said exceptions and the said $475 charged for thereon in settling said Estate be reduced to- a reasonable allowance. July 23, 1827. Rule on the part of Christian Berger the Exceptor to take the deposition of witnesses before any Judge Justice appointed by the Court in the County of Lehigh to be read in Evidence and the Argu- ment of the above rule. A true copy of the Original is filed. July 23, 1827. Frederick Hyneman, Clk. July 23, 1827. To John Strassburger, John Engleman, John Andrew Strassburger, Christian Young and Catherine his wife, John Dillinger, guardian of Caroline Weider, John J. Krauss, guardian for Hannah Egner late Weider, Henry Meyer, Guardian for Mary Ann Weider, Jacob Diess, guardian for Eliza Weider, Adam Weider guardian for Silas Weider and the Widow of Andrew Strassburger, deceased. You will Please to take notice that the above rule of Court the de- position of witnesses to be read in evidence on the part of Christian Berger, the exceptor on the argument of the above rule will be taken at the house of George Rhoads in the Borough of Northampton, County of Lehigh before George Rhoads examiner, appointed by the Court for Lehigh County. In the Orphans' Court of the County of Lehigh May 4, 1827. Rule to take the depositions of Witnesses in the matter of the administrators' account of the Estate of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, relating to the settlement and distribution of the personal estate of said deceased. And now to wit, September 1, 1827, in pursuance of the said will the following depositions were taken, viz : Philip Odenwelder, Jr., sworn deposeth and saith at and during the time (but I do not recollect the time when Christian Berger had Mr. Andrew Strassburger's first daughter for his wife) Mr. Strassburger in going to and passing from Easton, frequently stopped at my father's house, with whom I live, Mr. Strassburger told my father in my pres- ence and to me too, that he had given to Mr. Berger or his wife about $800 Books from the Library of Rev. John Andrew Strassljurger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 81 towards on account of her Erbshaft and that he had taken of him one or two bonds for the money I think it was one, but I am not sure, that he had given about the Hke sum to Wieder's wife and to Young's wife and that he had taken bonds from every of them, if in case they would not keep good house that he could get it back again and that after his death it might be sure what each one had. Mr. Strassburger frequently praised Mr. Berger as a good housekeeper. After the decease of Mr. Berger's first wife I heard old Strassburger say if he had thought Mrs. Berger was to die without issue he would not have given her so much money. After the marriage of Mr. Berger with Mr. Strassburger's second daughter I heard him (Mr. Strassburger) say, that he was now satisfied, and that he might keep the money and that now he had his other daughter and that he thought he would keep house as well with this one as with the other. Philip Odenwelder^ Jr. Sworn and subscribed September 1, 1827, before me, George Rhodes, Examiner. Lorentz Stabler, sworn saith, Andrew Strassburger had been often with me. Mr. Strassburger frequently told me that he had given money to Berger and they got no children together and had no heirs ; at one time Strassburger came to me complained of Mr. Berger and said only think what a bad man Mr. Berger was. I have been up with him, Mr. Berger, and demanded of him another writing as they had no children when Berger ordered or put him out of doors, this was in the time Berger's first wife was living. One other time Mr. Strassburger came to me and told me that he had now given his son Andrew I think not less than $800 and that they were all even. After Berger's second marriage Mr. Strassburger came to my house and I heard him say that he was satisfied with him, that they had now children and very fine children too. Sworn and subscribed September 1, 1827, Lohrens Stahler George Rhodes, Examiner. Rev. John Conrad Yeager sworn deposeth and saith, In the year 1812 in harvest time Christian Berger's first wife was buried and I preached the funeral sermon. Sometime in the fall following of the same year, I married Christian Berger to Hannah, a daughter of Andrew Strassburger. The Christian name of Berger's first wife was Elizabeth. She had been sent to me after her marriage to be confirmed. She also had been a daughter of said Strassburger. Sworn and subscribed September 1, 1827, John Conrad Yeager. George Rhodes, Examiner. 82 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Frederick Hyneman, Esquire, sworn deposeth and saith, it was shortly before the death of old Mr. Strassburger, he was in town, I be- lieve it was the last time I have seen him in town. He came to my office to the stove to warm himself. Christian Young, his son-in-law, was with him in town and had been transacting his ordinary business, while Young was doing the business in the Prothonataries Office, I mentioned to Mr. Strassburger that Young was a great help to him, he then replied they can well assist me. I have given to each of my Children three hundred pounds as Erbshaft and some wanted more, but said that they may wait he would not give them any more. Sworn and subscribed September 1, 1827, Fred'^ Hyneman. George Rhodes, Examiner. Deposition of witnesses taken January 8, 1827, at the house of George Rhodes in the Borough of Northampton, Lehigh County. John Conrad Yeager. In the month of July, 1812, Christian Berger's wife Elizabeth, who was a daughter of Andrew Strassburger, was buried and I preached the funeral sermon. In the fall of the same year I mar- ried Christian Berger to another daughter of Mr. Strassburger by the name of Hannah, who is still alive and has children living. Elizabeth the first wife had been married to Christian Berger. He sent her to me to be christened and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. Sworn and subscribed January 27, 1827, John Conrad Yeager. George Rhodes, Examiner. William Horsfield. Mr. Strassburger mentioned to me that he had given to his son-in-law Christian Berger three hundred pounds that he had taken his bond and had given it to him as part of his wife's inherit- ance That he had made it a rule to take bonds from each of his children, that he had advanced toward their inheritance happening to be in conver- sation with Mr. Strassburger after the death of Berger's first wife Eliza- beth, Mr. Strassburger told me the three hundred pounds which he had given Berger, was now gone and Mr. Strassburger told me that Berger after that wanted more money but as Berger had been in a good way of making money he thought it not necessary and did not give him any more. This conversation all happened before the second marriage of Christian Berger. Will. Horsfield. Frederick Hyneman, Esq. Mr. Andrew Strassburger shortly before his death came to me into my office and among other conversation we then had told me that he advanced each of his children three hundred pounds as THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 83 "Erbshaft" and that some of them wanted more but that he gave them no more. Fred. Hyneman. Philip Odenoulder, Jr. Mr. Andrew Strassburger and my father were brothers-in-law and Mr. Strassburger generally on his way to Easton called at our home near Easton and I heard Mr. Strassburger tell my father that he had given Christian Berger about $800 towards his wife Elizabeth's portion and that he would also give to his other sons-in-law the like towards their portions. That he had taken a Bond of Berger for the money payable with interest and that he was determined to do so with every one of his children that he gave in advance if in case they would not make good use with that money he had it in his power to get it back again. After the decease of Berger's first wife, Mr. Strassburger told me that if Berger would marry again to his satisfaction that he would not have the money back again that he gave him towards his said de- ceased wife Elizabeth's portion. I also know that Christian Berger had been married to said Elizabeth Strassburger, the daughter of Andrew Strassburger. Philip Oldenweloer^ Jr. In the meantime the lands, including a house and lot in Allen- town, were advertised for sale and disposed of as purchasers presented themselves.^ To the Honorable the Judges within named: We the within named John Strassburger and John Engleman, Admin- istrators of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, DO humbly report that in pursuance of the within order of Court (after having given due public and timely notice of the time and place of sale) we did on the said several days as within directed, expose the lands and premises within mentioned to sale by public vendue or outcry, and did sell on Saturday the tenth day oi March last past purport No. 3 being a certain lot or piece of land sit- uate in Upper Milford Township, containing sixteen acres and sixty-five perches and allowance with a log house and stable, thereon erected unto Joseph Mill for the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty- three cents * * * and on the third Thursday of the same Month being the twentieth day, did sell purport No. 5, being a Certain Tenement and lot of ground situate on North side of Lehigh Street in the Borough of 1 Original Papers No. 1056, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 84 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Northampton unto John Nunemacher, of the said Borough for the sum of two hundred and one dollars to be paid respectively as follows, to wit: one third on confirmation of sale, one third in one year thereafter, with lawful interest, and the remaining third thereof at and immediately after the decease of Eve Strassburger, the widow of the said deceased with interest payable annually to the said widow. May 4, 1827. December Term Orphans' Court, 1827. December 13. We the withinnamed administrators do Humbly Report that after giving due public and timely notice of the time and place of sale we ex- posed the within mentioned premises to sale by public vendue or outcry and sold one lot thereof to wit: No. 4 situate in Macungie Township, to Jacob Fry for the sum of three hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents on the conditions in the said order set forth. XA ^/-^ czy^?^ Fifth day September, 1828, Orphans' Court of Lehigh County. We the subscribers do humbly report that after having given due public and seemly notice of the time and place of sale we did on the day and at the place in the said order set forth expose the premises in the said order mentioned to public vendue or outcry and sold the same to Christian Young for the sum of sixteen dollars and seventy-seven cents per acre for each and every acre that the same contains (two- hundred and thirty-four acres and three perches) on the conditions in the said order set forth he being the highest and best bidder that bid for the same and that being the highest and best price bidder for the same which sale so made thereof as aforesaid We pray may be confirmed. December 5, 1828. John Strassburger and John Engleman, Administrators of Andrew Strassburger, Deceased, to John Nunnemacker, 1827 CI)i0 UnDentUte Made the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. Between John Strass- burger and John Engleman, administrators all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of Andrew Strassburger late of Upper Milford Township in the County of Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, deceased, who died intestate, o.f the one part, and THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 85 John Nunnemacker of the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, of the other part. WIT- NESSETH that the said John Strassburger and John Engleman for and in consideration of the sum of sixty-seven dollars as hereinafter men- tioned and reserved and for the further sum of one hundred and thirty- four dollars to them in hand paid by the said John Nunnemacker Have granted bargained sold released and confirmed and by these presents by virtue of the Power and authority to them given by an order of the Orphans' Court hereinafter recited and pursuant to the directing thereof Do grant bargain sell release and confirm unto the said John Nunne- macker and to his heirs and assigns ALL that tenement and tract of ground situate on the northwest side of Lehigh Street in the Borough of Northampton aforesaid bounded and described as follows, to wit: ad- joining lot No. 772 fronting southwest one hundred feet running back northeast one hundred feet on the southeast side one hundred feet in breadth one hundred feet in depth being numbered on the plan of said Borough 771, Being the same lot and premises which Jacob Mertin and others assigned to John Wagner by Indenture under their hands and seals bearing date December 18, 1823, duly acknowledged and intended to be recorded did grant and convey unto said Andrew Strassburger who being so seized thereof died intestate and after his death on due applica- tion to the Orphans' Court of the County of Lehigh the said lot of ground and premises was duly valued and appraised and at an Orphans Court held at the Borough of Northampton in and for the County of Lehigh the ninth day of February past all the heirs and legal representatives of said intestate appeared in open court and severally and respectively refused to take the same at the valuation thereof and desired that the same among other real estate might be sold * * * and it was therefore ordered by the said Court that the administrators aforesaid should proceed to make sale of the said before mentioned and described lot of ground and prem- ises by public vendue or outcry on the twentieth day of March then next. IN PURSUANCE of which said order the said administrators did on the day and in the manner prescribed sell the said lot of ground and prem- ises to the said John Nunnemacker for the sum of two hundred and one dollars being the highest bidder and best price bidder. * * * TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tenement and lot of ground hereditaments and premises hereby granted unto the said John Nunnemacker his heirs and assigns forever. Subject nevertheless to the payment of the sum of sixty- seven dollars the part of the consideration Money above mentioned pay- able immediately after the decease of Eve Strassburger, widow of the said Intestate, and the yearly interest thereof unto the said widow or her 86 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY order during the time of her natural life and under the payment of the yearly ground rent of two dollars lawful money of the United States now due and which will hereafter come due and payable thereunto to the heirs of James Allen deceased on the first day of June yearly forever. In Wit- ness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year just above written/ John Strassburger John Engleman As noted above, Christian Young purchased lot No. 1 as designated in the partition proceedings, which was the homestead farm. Deed : John Strassburger et al to Christian Young^ 1827 2Di)iS JInDSntUtS Made the twenty-fourth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight Between John Strassburger and John Engleman, administrators of the Estate of Andrew Strassburger, late of Upper Milford Township in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, deceased, and who died intestate of the one part and Christian Young of Lower Milford Town- ship in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid oi the other part, WITNESSETH that the said John Strassburger and John Engleman as well for and in consideration of the sum of thirteen hundred and eight dollars and sixteen cents with its annual interest to be paid as hereinafter mentioned and reserved as also for the sum of twenty- six hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-three cents lawful money of the United States HAVE granted bargained sold released and confirmed and by these presents by virtue of the Power and authority to them given by an Order of the Orphans' Court hereinafter recited and pursuant to the directions thereof Do grant bargain sell release and confirm unto the said Christian Young his heirs and assigns all that certain Messuage Tenement Plantation and tract of land situate lying and being in Upper Milford Township in the County of Lehigh aforesaid bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the corner of the said John Strassburger's land thence by land of David Wickert, William Brunner, land late of John Rieser, and Abraham Shuller. Containing two hun- dred and thirty-four acres and three perches (Being the same Messuage Plantation and greater part of the lands thereto belonging which Peter iDeed Book No, 10, p. 211. AUentown, Pennsylvania. irftammt0/^ ' . am« wriM'di/ HI* Mil ^tKii wrowy tf tm^-i;? jkfiniai I^iKf 'St^mt gr^utwt 4 iitiefti)fm©c!-UHrt/BiK t'tlBtrk}(rti«(r©(Wjft/^iWnaiaiiti»'9I(ittfliitart<^. *J_ lli...^ The Bible being the entire Holy Scriptures Old and New Testaments in German Martin Luther Anno 1700. Jp)Mll^crt unt> 5<&m 6(1) Scicb > btgaitflttufFm / «nt> aniam ■ 6Ht(lax <^fatt4 Disbursements, debts, charges, etc 2663.47 Balance brought forward 44390.09^4 To the following Sums due by the following named Heirs, Christian Berger amount of his Bond 169.64 Int. from May 27, 1805, to Sept. 5, 1828, 23 yrs. 3 mo. 8 d 236.86 Amount of his Note 368,67 Int. from Feb. 15, 1810, to Sept. 5 1828, 18 yrs. 6 mo. 20 d 410.45 538.31 647.31 538.31 1185.62 Christian Young, Amount of his Bond, No. 1 266.67 Int. from Dec. 13, 1809, to Sept. 5, 1828, 18 yr. 8 mo. 2 d 299.64 Bond No. 2 266.67 Int. from Nov. 27, 1815, to Sept. 5, 1828, 16 yr. mo. 7 d 268.40 Bond No. 3 266.67 Int. from Nov. 27, 1816, to Sept. 5, 1828, 11 yr. 9 188.40 Note No. 1 24.331^ Int. from March 27, 1824, to Sept. 5, 1828, 4 yrs. 5 mo. 8 d 6.48 Note No. 2 18.44 Int. from June 11, 1824, to Sept. 5, 1828, 4 yr. 2 mo. 24 d 4.67 Rent as of Inventory 20.00 Int. from May 16, 1825, to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yr. 3 mo. 19 d 3.96 862.78>4 862.78 1634.33 John Engleman, amount of part of his Bond 800.00 Int. from May 1, 1819, to Sept. 5, 1828, 9 yr. 4 mo. 4 d 448.53 Amount charged on the Inventory 29.19 THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 89 Int. from May 16, 1825, to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yr. 3 mo. 19 d 5.77 829.19 454.30 829.19 1283.49 To interest accrued on the several payments made to the Widow of said Intestate on account of her share of said estate 1930.55 To the Interest accrued on the several pay- ments made to the children of said Intestate on account of their respective shares of said Estate, viz: John Andrew Strassburger account annexed. 888.93 John Strassburger, do 822.33 Christian Berger and Hannah his wife do 659.78 Christian Young & Catherine " " do 707.38 John Engleman & Maria " " do 483.22 The children of Christina, the late wife of Adam Wieder 396.25 3957.89 Amount carried forward 54381.98 Amount brought forward 54381.98 Deduct widow's third 18127.32 Balance to be divided among the six children of the said Intestate and their legal repre- sentatives, viz. : John Andrew Strassburger, John Strassburger, Catherine, the wife of Christian Young, Hannah the wife of Chris- tian Berger, Maria the wife of John Engle- man, and the children of Christina, the late wife of Adam Wieder 36254.66 The following advancements made by the said Intestate in his life time to the following named of his children, viz : John Engleman 800.00 John Andrew Strassburger 800.00 Christian Young 800.00 90 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Christian Wieder 1066.67 3466.67 39721.33 John Andrew Strassburger's share 6620.22 1/6 Advancement 800.00 Cash received of the Adm''^ in sundry paiyments 5177.00 Interest accrued thereon 888.93 6865.93 Amount of his share 6620.22 Amount over paid him 245.71 John Strassburger's share 6620.22 1/6 Cash received of Adm in Bank stock as acct annexed 4339.50 Interest accrued thereon 822.33 Balance due him 1458.39 6620.22 Christian Young and Catherine his wife's share 6620.22 1/6 Advancement 800.00 Sundry payments made them by the Intestate as foregoing account 862.78j^ Interest accrued thereon 771.55 Sundry payments made to them by Adm" as acct annexed 3719.35 Interest accrued thereon 707.38 6861.06 Their share 6620.22 Overpaid them 240.84 Christian Berger & Hannah his wife share.... 6620.22 1/6 Sundry payments made to them by Intestate as foregoing account 538.31 Interest accrued thereon 647.31 THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 91 Sundry payments made to them by Adm as account annexed 500.00 Interest accrued thereon 659.78 Balance due them 274.82 6620.22 John Engleman & Maria his wife's share 6620.22 1/6 Advancement 800.00 Sundry payments made to them by the Intes- tate as foregoing account 829.19 Interest accrued thereon 454.40 Cash received of the Adm' 2550.00 Interest accrued thereon 483.22 Balance due them 1503.41 6620.22 The children of Christiana the late wife of Adam Wieder share 6620.22 1/6 Advancement 1066.67 Cash received by their guardian of the administrators in sundry payments as of the account annexed 4440.00 Interest accrued thereon 396.25 Balance due them 757.30 6620.22 39721.33 Widow Eve Strassberger's portion as above stated 18127.32 18127.32 Cash received of the administrators as account annexed 13609.89 Interest thereon of ditto 1930.55 Balance due her 2586.88 18127.32 Dr. Eve Strassburger to the Administrators of the Estate of Andrew Strassburger, deceased. July 8, To 178 shares in the Northampton Bank 8010.00 92 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 1825 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yrs. 1 mo. 27 d 1517.90 May 25, Cash 58.89 1826 Interest 2 yr. 3 mo. 10 d 8.18 June 25, Cash in two payments $3000 & $2000. , . 5000.00 1827 Interest 1 yr. 3 mo 375.00 Sept. 13, Cash 89.00 Interest 11 mo. 22 d 5.22 Sept. 25, Cash 30.00 Interest 11 mo. 10 d 1.70 Oct. 3, Cash 50.00 Interest 11 mo. 2 d 2.77 Oct. 15, Cash 371.00 Interest 10 mo. 20 d 19.78 13609.09 1930.55 Dr. John Strassburger to said adm''^ 1825 July 8, To 50 shares of Easton Bank stock 1787.50 To 15 shares Northampton Bank 675. To 2 shares North America Bank 934. To 2 Pennsylvania Bank .... 943. 4339.50 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yr. 1 mo. 27 d 822.33 Dr. John Andrew Strassburger to said Admrs. July 8, To 50 shares Northampton Bank stock 2250.00 1825 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yr. 1 mo. 27 d. 426.37 Sept. 13, Cash in two payments $827 & $100 927.00 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 2 yrs. 11 mo. 22 d 165.63 Nov. 15, Cash 1000.00 1826 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 2 yrs. 9 mo. 20 d 168.33 March 23, Cash two payments $500 & $200 700.00 1826 Interest " 2 yrs. 5 mo. 12 d. 102.90 Dec. 1, Cash 100.00 1827 Interest, 1 yr. 9 mo. 5 d 10.57 ^ l©'I^MrMi-■•^':^■^'Plllvl.(ru■> \ii('r:' ■■" _^ Book Plates from Library of Rev. J. A. Strassburger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 93 June 1, Cash 200.00 Interest, 1 yr. 3 mo. 4 d 15.13 5177.00 888.93 Dr. Christian Berger to said Admrs. July 8, 50 shares Northampton Bank 1825 stock 2250. 20 shares of Reading 600. 2850.00 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 3 yr. 1 mo. 27 d 540.07 May 23, Cash 650.00 1826 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 2 yrs. 3 mo. 12 d 89.05 March 1, Cash 1000.00 1827 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 6 mo. 4 d. . . . 30.66 4500.00 659.78 Dr. John Engleman to said Admrs. July 8, 50 shares Northampton Bank 1825 stock 2250. 10 shares Reading 300. 2550.00 Interest thereon to Sept. 5, 3 yrs. 10 mo. 27 da 483.22 Dr. The children of Christian Wieder, deceased, to the said Admrs. Dec. 21, To Cash paid John Dillinger, guardian 1826 of Caroline Wieder 600.00 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 1 yr. 1 mo. 14 d 61.40 Cash paid Henry Meyer, guardian of Marianna Wieder 600.00 Interest to Sept. 1 yr. 8 mo. 14 d 61.40 Cash paid Jacob Deiss, guardian of Eliza Wieder 600.00 Interest 61.40 May 8, Cash paid John J. Krauss, guardian Hannah Egner 600.00 Interest 61.40 May 8, Cash paid Silas Wieder 850.00 1827 Interest, 1 yr. 3 mo. 27 d 67.50 94 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY May 8, Cash paid John J. Krauss, guardian 1827 Hannah Egner 250.00 Interest, 1 yr. 3 mo. 27 d 19.87 To Cash paid Henry Meyer, guardian of Marianna Wieder 250.00 Interest, 1 yr. 3 mo. 27 d 19.87 May 9, To Cash paid John Dilhnger, guardian 1827 of CaroHne Wieder 250.00 Interest to Sept. 5, 1828, 1 yr. 3 mo. 26 d. 19.83 May 19, To Cash paid Jacob Diess, guardian of 1827 EHza Wieder 250.00 Interest 1 yr. 3 mo. 16 d 19.41 March 21, Cash paid John J. Krauss, guardian of Hannah Egner 150.00 Interest, 5 mo. 14 d 4.10 4400.00 396.25 Dr. Christian Young to said Admr. July 8, 60 shares Northampton Bank. . 2700 1825 20 shares Reading " . . 600 3300.00 Interest Sept. 5, 3 yr. 27 d 625.25 May 24, Cash 400.00 1825 Interest 3 yr. 3 mo. 11 d 78.73 Nov. 22, Cash 10.00 Interest, 2 yr. 9 mo. 13 d 1.67 Sundries bought at Vendue yr. 1 mo. interest thereon 1.63 3719.35 787.38 To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Lehigh. Approved by auditors Charles Beitel Peter Rhodes John Rice The final account was filed with the Court July 29, 1830. The Account of John Strassburger one of the Administrators of Andrew Strassburger late of Upper Milford Township in the County of THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 95 Lehigh, yeoman, deceased, Accounting for the Real Estate sold by order of the Orphans' Court. The Accountant charges himself with the monies received of the sale of the several tracts of land in the County of Lehigh sold by order of the Orphans' Court in the said respective counties, to wit: For the lands sold in Northampton County. To Joseph Kock, Bushkill Township 245.74 One year's Interest on half of said money. . . . 7.37 253.11 To Daniel Stapp, Lower Mt. Bethel 178.74 One year's interest on ^ of said money 5.36 184.10 To Daniel Heimback & Son East Penn 997.34 One year's Interest on J^ of said money .... 29.92 1027.26 To John Hagenbach, East Penn Wood land. . . 83.34 For lands sold in Bucks County, to wit: To Joseph Arnold for land in Springfield Township 214.16 To Isaac Schwartz, do do Haycock Tp. 80.62 294.78 For land &c. in Lehigh County, viz: To John Nunemaker for lot in Northampton Borough 134.00 To Joseph Mill, do in Upper Milford 197.6 331.6 To Jacob Frye, do in Macungie Twp 238.32 One Year's interest on yi of said money 7.14 245.06 To Christian Young for farm in Upper Milford 2616.32 2616.32 5035.33 Balance 4668.74^ Cr. By the following payments made to the heirs : By Cash paid at different times to John Andrew Strassburger 668.00 By Cash paid Christian Young in right of his wife Mary 668.00 " " paid Christian Berger in right of his wife Hanna 668.00 2672.00 96 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY By Cash to the guardians of the children of Christian Wieder's deceased wife, " " to Guardian of Hannah Wieder.... 133.60 " " " " " Mary " .... 133.60 " " " " " EHza " .... 133.60 " " " " " Silas & Corlina Wieder 267.20 668.00 t( it retained as a like share p' to the other heirs 668.00 The Account further states that after the death of Eve Strass- burger the widow of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, the following monies will be payable out of the Real Estate sold and be dis- tributed among said heirs, to wit: of Christian Young for the farm sold him in Upper Milford 1308.16 " Joseph Mill " " land " " " " " 98.53 " Joseph Fry " " " " " " Macungie.... 119.16 " John Nunemaker " " " " " " Northampton Borough 67.00 " Joseph Arnold, Bucks County 107.10 " Isaac Schwartz " " 40.31 147.39 " David Humback, Northampton Co 498.97 " John Hagenbach " " 41.67 " Joseph Hock 122.87 " Daniel Stapp 89.37 752.37 2493.12 July 29, 1830. On August 7, 1833, Eva Strassburger signed an acknowledg- ment that she had received of her son John, as administrator, her full share of her husband's estate. Release: Eve Strassburger to John Strassburger, 1833 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Eve Strassburger of the Borough of Northampton, County of Lehigh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Widow and Relict of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, who died Intestate, Do hereby acknowledge that I have this day received of and from John Strassburger, one of the administrators of the said Andrew fe- THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 97 Strassbtirger, deceased, the sum o.f Two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty cents being made up of the balance of the accounts in part due me and to be paid by the said John Strassburger, one of the administrators as follows, in the first distribution deducting from the balance due me of two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars and eighty-eight cents the sum of two hundred and eight dollars and eighty- four cents and the further sum of thirty-one dollars and twenty seven and three quarters cents due me in the hands of John Engleman, one of the administrators and still unpaid which leaves of that aforesaid two thou- sand three hundred and forty-six dollars seventy-six and three quarters cents which added to that part of the balance in their last account, which is due me and in the hands of the said John Strassburger, amounting to the sum of one hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-four cents, mak- ing together the aforesaid sum of two thousand four hundred and eighty- eight dollars and sixty cents in full satisfaction and payment of all such sum or sums of money, share or shares purports and dividends, which were due and owing to me out of the estate of my deceased husband Andrew Strassburger aforesaid, so far only as had come into the hands of one of the administrators to wit, the hands of John Strassburger, one of the administrators of the aforesaid Andrew Strassburger, deceased, leaving still the sums in the hands of John Engleman, and due me to be paid hereafter. AND I therefore the said Eve Strassburger do by these presents release acquit and forever discharge the said John Strassburger one of the administrators and him only his heirs, executors, administrators of and from the said sum, being the balance of my one thirds out of the estate of my deceased husband, so far as had come into his hands only and from all share and dividend and from all action suits payments accounts recovering claims and demands whatsoever for or by reason thereof or of any other matter cause or thing whatsoever from the begin- ning of the world to the day of the date of these presents. IN WIT- NESS whereof the said Eve Strassburger has hereunto set her hand and seal dated the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One thou- sand eight hundred and thirty-three, 1833.^ her Signed Sealed and Delivered Eve X Strassburger in the presence of us mark Charles Seip Samuel Runk Acknowledged 26 March, 1834. 1 Miscellaneous Book No. 3, p. IS. Allen town, Pennsylvania. 98 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Christian Young, who had purchased the homestead farm in Upper Milford Township of the administrators, removed to Berks County, Pennsylvania. Before leaving Lehigh County he sold the property in two different tracts, one to Jacob Shuler and the other to John William Brunner. Christian Young died in Berks County. In order to secure the full right and title of these purchasers to the homestead farm, all the heirs of Andrew Strass- burger, in 1835, signed a deed of release quit-claiming to the said Peter Shuler and John William Brunner all their right to this land. Release: John Strassburger et al to Jacob Shuler et al, 1835 TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME John Strasburger and John Andrew Strasburger, the sons of Andrew Strasburger late of Lehigh County, deceased, John Engleman intermarried with Mary Strasburger, Christian Berger intermarried with Hannah Strasburger and Jacob Hartzel intermarried with Catharina the said Maria, Hannah and Catharina being daughters of said deceased and Silas Wieder, Adam Wieder, guardian of Mary Wieder, Willoby Gobel intermarried with Eliza Wieder, John Stabler intermarried with Caro- line Wieder and Thomas Egner intermarried with Hannah Wieder, the said Silas, Mary, Eliza, Catharina and Hannah are the children of Chris- tiana one of the daughters of Andrew Gangwer (Strasburger? deceased, SEND GREETING WHEREAS John Strasburger and John Engleman, administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Andrew Strasburger, deceased, at the time of his death who died intestate did by virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Lehigh County, sell to Christian Young a certain part of the Real Estate of Andrew Strasburger, deceased, the proceedings in said court and the deed of John Strasburger and John Engleman, administrators aforesaid, will more fully appear subject nevertheless to a certain dower therein mentioned AND WHEREAS the said Christian Young has since died having made his last Will and Testament which has since been duly approved before the Register of Berks County in which said last Will and Testament he did constitute and appoint Jacob Clymer and Jacob Heistand his Executors who by virtue of the power invested in them did by their Indenture made the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty-five, convey unto Jacob Shuler of Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County one hundred and three acres and one hundred sixteen perches being part of the real estate of the said deceased situate in Upper Milford Township adjoining lands of William Brunner, Daniel Stabler, Abraham Shuler and others, subject nevertheless to the THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 99 payment of an annual interest of thirty five dollars and forty two cents payable unto Eve Strasburger the wridovvr of Andrew Strasburger, deceased, during her natural life and immediately after her death the sum of five hundred and ninety dollars and forty six cents unto the heirs and legal representatives of Andrew Strassburger, deceased. NOW THESE PRESENTS WITNESSETH that in consideration of the sum of ninety eight dollars and forty one cents to each of us who take per capita and the same sum to us collectively who take stirpes being the heirs and legal representatives of Andrew Strasburger, deceased, the receipt whereof each one who has hereunto affixed his hand and seal acknowledges to have received for himself and not for the rest. And therefore each for himself and not for the rest of them DOTH hereby release and forever quitclaim unto said Christian Young and his heirs, all the estate right title interest trust and claim and demand whatsoever both at law and in equity of each of us who has signed this release only for himself and none other of into or out of all and singular the said one hundred and seven acres and one hundred and forty six perches aforesaid so that neither of us whose names are hereunto subscribed their heirs or assigns or any other person or persons in trust for him or them or in his or their name or names, or in the names rights or stead of any of them shall or will, can or may by any way or means whatsoever hereafter have claim challenge or demand any right title or interest in to or out of the same land, but that the said heirs and legal representatives aforesaid whose names are hereunto subscribed their heirs and assigns and every of them from all estate right title interest property claim or demand of in to or out of the same lands and premises or any part of them as in and shall be by these presents forever excluded and debarred. In witness whereof we the said heirs and legal representatives of Andrew Strassburger deceased here each for himself only and not for the rest hereunto set his hand and seal, dated the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.^ John Strassburger Signed Sealed and J. A. Strassburger Delivered in the presence John Engleman of us Christian Berger Samuel Runk Jacob Hartzel Jacob Stein Samuel T. Wieder Adam Wieder WiLLABLE GoBLE John Stahler Thomas Egner 1 Miscellaneous Book 1, p. 79. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 100 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Release: Heirs of Andrew Strassburgek, Deceased, TO John William Brunner, 1835 TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come John Strass- burger, Andrew Strassburger, the sons of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, late of Lehigh County, John Engleman, intermarried with Mary Strassburger, Christian Berger, intermarried with Hannah Strass- burger, Jacob Hartzel intermarried with Catharina, the said Mary, Hannah and Catharina being daughters of the said deceased, and Silas Wieder, Adam Wieder, guardian of Mary Wieder, Willoby Gobel inter- married with Eliza Wieder, John Stabler intermarried with Caroline Wieder and Thomas Egner intermarried with Hannah Wieder, the said Silas, Mary, Eliza, Caroline and Hannah are the children of Christina one of the daughters of the said Andrew Strassburger, deceased, send Greeting: WHEREAS John Strassburger and John Engleman adminis- trators of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits which were of Andrew Strassburger deceased, at the time of his death, who died intestate, did by virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Lehigh County, sell to Christian Young a certain part of the real estate of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, as by the proceedings of the said court and the deed of the said John Strassburger and John Engleman, the administrators aforesaid, dated December 24, A. D. 1828, will more fully appear, Subject nevertheless to a certain dower therein mentioned. AND WHEREAS the said Christian Young and Catherine his wife by their Indenture bearing date the first day of April A. D. 1831, for the consid- eration therein mentioned did convey unto said John William Brunner of Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, One hundred and seven acres one hundred and forty-six perches, being part of the real estate of the said deceased situate in Upper Milford, Lehigh County, adjoining lands of John William Brunner, Christian Young, Andrew Engleman and others, subject to the payment of the annual interest of thirty-six dollars and fourteen cents being a proportionable part $78 and 48c payable unto Eve Strassburger, the widow of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, during her natural life and at and immediately after her decease, the sum of six hundred and two dollars and thirty-six cents unto the heirs and legal representatives of the said Andrew Strassburger, deceased, and to each of them their respective part of the same. NOW THESE PRESENTS WITNESSETH that in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars and thirty-nine cents and one sixth of a cent, to each of us who take per capita and the same sum to us collectively, who take by the stirpes being the heirs of the said Andrew Strassburger, deceased, the receipt whereof each one who has hereunto affixed his hand and seal acknowledges to THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 101 have received for himself and not for the rest AND THEREFORE each for himself and not for the rest of any of them DOTH hereby release and forever quitclaim unto said John William Brunner and his heirs all the estate, right, title, interest, trust claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity of each of us who has signed this release only for himself and none other of into or out of all and singular the said one hun- dred and seven acres and one hundred and forty-six perches aforesaid so that neither of us whose names are hereunto subscribed their heirs or assigns or any other person or persons in trust for him or them or in his or their name or names, or in the names right and stead of any of them shall or will or can or may by any way or means whatsoever, hereafter have claim challenge or demand any right title or interest in to or out of the same land, but that the said heirs and legal representatives aforesaid whose names are hereunto subscribed their heirs and assigns and every of them from all estate right title interest property claim or demand of in to or out of the same lands and premises or any part of them as is and shall be by these presents forever excluded and debarred. IN WIT- NESS whereof we the said heirs and legal representatives of Andrew Strassburger, deceased, have each for himself only and not for the rest hereunto set his hand and seal, dated the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.^ Signed, Sealed and Delivered John Strassburger in the presence of us J. A. Strassburger Samuel Runk John Engleman Jacob Stein. Christian Berger Jacob Hartzel Saul T. Wieder Adam Wieder Willable Gobel John Stahler Thomas Egner After the death of her husband and the sale of the home- stead and farm in Upper Milford, Eva Strassburger removed to the Borough of Northampton, or AUentown, as it was later called, where she purchased a house and lot on the north side of Union Street.^ On the southeast comer of Union and Lehigh Streets stood a large frame building owned and occupied by her eldest ^ Miscellaneous Book No. 1, p. 76. AUentown, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book 9, p. 830. AUentown, Pennsylvania. 102 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY son, John Strassburger. This building was later remodeled and used as a hotel until very recently. Union Street lies along the side of the hill upon which Allentown stands, and Lehigh Street takes a sharp decline at this point, running down to the Little Lehigh River, which it crosses by means of a low wooden bridge. In the angle formed by the river and street lay a tract of land which Andrew Strassburger had purchased in 1823, and which his administrators, in 1827, sold to John Nunnemacker.^ It is quite likely that the house owned and occupied by Eva Strass- burger, and in which she died, was situated somewhere in this immediate neighborhood. Eva Strassburger died of dropsy, July 16, 1835, aged over eighty years. On December 9, 1831, she signed a will in which she names her "trusty friend John Rice, Esq., sole executor," and bequeaths to her children and grandchildren all her stocks, bonds, etc. On March 11, 1835, a codicil was added in which she re- quests that her executor sell the house and lot on Union Street and divide the proceeds equally among her heirs. Will of Eva Strassburger, 1835 In the Name of God Amen I Eve Strassburger, now in the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania, Widow, being in good health of body and o.f sound mind and Memory and understanding (blessed be God for the same) but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life Do Make and publish this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following to wit, first it is my wish that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied. Item unto my daughter Hannah Bieger I give and bequeath twenty five shares in Capital or joint stock of the Northampton Bank. Unto each of my Children of my deceased daughter Christina Weider I give and bequeath five shares in the aforesaid Capital or joint stock of the Northampton Bank to be transferred to them respectively by the execu- tors hereinafter named as soon after my decease as conveniently be done. An all the rest of my Estate goods Chattels Bank Stock monies and effects Whatsoever I may die Possessed of or may be entitled at the time of my decease after my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied * * * I give and bequeath unto my five Children John Strass- 1 Deed Book 10, p. 211. Allentown, Pennsylvania. jm^-r^ - -^ ~ ^ 1 ■; T Wm^w^ ^mmimmmmmesBsss^agKgjmmmmk., ('-" ^bU%^ "*■ wk i^^fipi^fijjl Doorway to Parsonage at Perkasie, and some of its furnishings. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 103 burger, John Andrew Strassburger, Catherine Young, Maria Engle- man, and Hannah Berger and my before named five Grandchildren Silas Weider, Hannah Egner, CaroHne Stabler, Eliza Weider and Mary Weider in sixe equal parts and shares so that each of my said five children draw one share and my said five grandchildren jointly the sixth share equally to be divided among them. And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my trusty friend John Rice esq. of the Borough of Northampton aforesaid to be the sole Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills Legacies and Bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I the said Eve Strassburger have hereunto set my hand and seal the ninth day o.f December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. her Signed Sealed Published and declared Eve X Strassburger by the said Testator as her last Will mark and Testament in the presence of us Edward Rhodes Peter Rhodes I Eve Strassburger of the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, widow. Do this eleventh day of March Anno Dom one thousand eight hundred and thirty five make and Publish this Codicil to my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say it is my will that the Messuage and lot of ground which I have lately purchased situate on the South side of Union Street in the Borough of Northampton aforesaid bounded on the East Side by a lot of Joseph Hartman on the South by a public alley west by a lot occupied by Francis Gross on the north by Union Street shall be sold at Public vendue outcry for the best price that can be obtained for the same by my Executors named in the will to which this Codicil is annexed and I do hereby empower and authorize my Executors to sign seal Execute and deliver good and sufficient deeds of conveyance in fee simple to the purchaser or purchasers of the same and the proceeds of the said house and lot It is my will shall be divided to and among my Children and Grand Children in the same manner and in the same proportion as I have willed and directed my residuary Estate to be divided in my said will. And whereas in and by the said last Will and Testament I have given and bequeathed unto my daughter Catherine Young one sixth part of my residuary Estate whatsoever I might die possessed of. Now I do hereby order and declare that my will is that only the dividend of the Bank stock and the interest of the monies and effects which shall come be her share as 104 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY well as the interest only of her share of the house and lot above directed shall be paid to her the dividend of the Bank stock semi annually and the interest annually during the term of her natural life and from and after her decease the Principal monies aforesaid and Bank Stock shall go to and be equally divided to and among her young children by her late hus- band Christian Young and their legal representatives in equal parts and shares. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.^ her Witnesses: Eve X Steassbueger Jacob Stein mark Andrew Klotz Proved July 29, 1835. Several mistakes have occurred both as to the date of birth of Eva (Yeager) Strassburger and her age at the time of death. According to the record of baptisms appearing upon the register of the New Hanover Lutheran Church, in Montgomery County, she was born November 24, 1754, and baptized December 25, following; while the tombstone inscription states she was born in September, 1752, and died July 16, 1835, aged 82 years, 10 months and 15 days. Assuming that the baptismal register is correct, as we have no authentic family record to confirm the tombstone in- scription, Eva Strassburger died at the age of 80 years, 7 months and 22 days. The following notice of her death appeared in the "Republikaner," a German newspaper published in Allentown, under date of July 23, 1835: "Died last Thursday afternoon, in this town, of dropsy, Mrs. Eva Strassburger, widow of the late Andreas Strassburger, aged 81 years 10 months and 15 days. On last Sunday occurred her burial when Rev. Jaeger preached a powerful sermon." Rev. John Conrad Yeager, pastor of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Allentown, of whose congregation she was a member, but who was in no way related, entered upon his private docket the following: "Buried July 16, 1835, Eva Strassburger, aged 87. 10. 15.'"' 1 Will Book No. 2, p. 17S. Allentown, Pa. 2 Memoirs of lohn Conrad Yeager, p. 34. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 105 Besides holding a number of the shares in the Northampton Bank, which had come to her as part of her husband's estate, Eva Strassburger had purchased considerable stock in the Water Works, when that project was brought before the people. Prior to 1829 all the drinking water of the borough was obtained from three or four deep wells, as the majority of the people could not afford the cost of digging to the necessary depth of one hundred feet or more. Most of the water was hauled by teams from the Jordon, or Little Lehigh, and peddled about the town. Some of the residents of the borough, seeing the importance of obtaining a good water supply, took measures to bring about the desired result. An act of Legislature authorizing the organization of a water company was approved February 13, 1816, but it was not until 1825 that anything definite was accomplished. On March 25 of that year commissioners were appointed to effect the raising of stock, and subscriptions were placed at $10.00 per share, and among the first subscribers was John Strassburger, her son, who took ten shares. Later lists have not been preserved, but by 1829 there were 1029 subscribers, making the stock of the company $10,400.00. The organization was known as the Northampton Water Company, and they used the water from a spring near the Little Lehigh, since called Silver or Crystal Spring.^ Some time prior to her death she had acquired a number of shares in this company. An inventory and appraisement of her goods and chattels made in July 23, 1835, shows that her entire estate was valued at $8246.15. Among the personal articles mentioned was a German Family Bible. Unfortunately, it is not known what became of this book, nor what was the final disposition of the large chest and eight-day clock named among her personal be- longings.^ Inventory A true and perfect Inventory and Just Appraisement oi the goods Chattels rights and Credits which were of Eve Strassburger late of the Borough of Northampton in the County of Lehigh, widow, deceased, at the time of her death, to wit: 1 Charles R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume I, p. 432. 2 Original Papers No. 1289, Office of the Register of Wills. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 106 THE STRASSBUR'GER GENEALOGY Cash in Silver Notes 12.75 Bonds, Christian Seif for 100.00 Jacob Miller, John Newhard, J. Rice 150.00 Note on Demand, John Strassburger, Note 305.00 Catherine Young 200.00 Bank Stock, 96 Shares of Northampton Bank at $60 per Share 5760.00 Northampton Water Stock, 14 shares at 10 per share 140.00 Wearing Apparel 8.00 Bed and Bed Stead 14.00 do do 6.00 7 Chairs at 25 1.75 1 Rocking Chair .50 1 Stove pipe 8.00 1 Large Chest 1.00 1 Small do 50 8 day Clock Case 20.00 1 small looking glass .12J^ 1 German Family Bible 2.00 1 Prayer and Hymn Book .25 1 small Breakfast Table 1.50 1 Kitchen Dresser 2.00 2 sad Irons .25 1 small Brass Kettle 2.00 1 lot of tin Ware 6 p 62>^ 2 Skillets 50 1 Sand box Earthen Ware .50 1 pr. Tongs Cabbage Cutter & Umbrella 1.25 Queens Ware .60 Spinning Wheel and Washing Machine .25 Scrubbing Brush and White Wash Brush .50 3 sheets, 50 1.50 4 Table Cloths 1.50 lot of Towels 2.00 3 Empty Bags .75 1 Blanket and two Coverlids 1.50 Bottles and glasses .25 lot of Carpeting 3.00 Box and Walking Stick .12i^ 1 Water Bucket Cabbage and Wash Tub 1.50 1 pot Hook and Dripping pan .01 $6752.981^ THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 107 Taken and appraised by us the subscribers, this twenty-eighth day of July, A. D. 1835. J. F. RUHE Jacob Stein. As the will, or codicil, directed that the house and lot on Union Street should be sold, John Rice, as executor, disposed of the premises to one Joseph Seider for $950.00 and as executor signed in his name, the following deed: Deed: John Rice, Executor of Eve Strassburger, Deceased, to Joseph Seider, 1836 C|)iS SnDCntUte Made the second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six Between John Rice, executor of the last Will and Testament of Eve Strassburger, late of the Borough of Northampton, in the County of Lehigh and State of Penn- sylvania, widow, of the one part, and Joseph Seider of Upper Saucon Township in the County and State aforesaid, yeoman, of the other part. WHEREAS the said Eve Strassburger on the ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one made her last Will and Testa- ment in writing and appointed the said John Rice executor thereof, AND whereas afterwards by force and virtue of divers good conveyances the said Eve Strassburger became lawfully seized in her demesne as of fee of and in a certain messuage and tract of land situate in the Borough of Northampton and being so seized thereof did on the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five make an publish a codicil to the said last Will and Testament wherein and whereby amongst other things she ordered that the said messuage and lot of ground should be sold by her executor named in the will to which the codicil is attached. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said John Rice aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars hath granted bargained sold released and confirmed unto the said Joseph Seider all the above mentioned and described messuage and lot of ground situate on the north side of Union Street TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said mes- suage and lot of ground unto the said Joseph Seider his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Joseph Seider. In trust howsoever for the sole and separate use and benefit and behoof of Eliza- beth Cooper late Elizabeth Seider sister of said Joseph Seider and her heirs * * * In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have here- 108 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY unto interchangeably set their hands and seals dated the day and year first above written.^ John Rice A final account of the stewardship was rendered to the Register of Wills by the executor, April 17, 1837, and the settle- ment of the estate of Eva Strassburger was closed. The account of John Rice Executor of the Estate of Eve Strass- burger widovkf of Andrew Strassburger late of the County of Lehigh. The said accountant charges himself with all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said deceased as per Inventory filed in the Register's Ofiice in the County of Lehigh, amounting to 6752.98 To advance on the goods at public sale 15.71 Cash from different persons 36.03 interest on Dowery 3.03 39.16 Cash received from Jacob Miller, Interest on his Bond 6.40 Advance on 4 shares of Northampton Bank Stock beyond appraisement 23.50 deduct therefrom loss in 2 shares of Northampton Water Company Stock 2.00 21.50 Cash received Dividend on 96 share of Northampton Bank Stock declared May 1835 192. November, 1835 192. do do on 14 shares. May, 1836 28. " " " " November, 1836 28. 440.00 Cash received from House and Lot sold agreeably to will of the deceased 950.00 Cash received on dividend Northampton Water Com- pany stock 8.40 Interest due on C. Leeper's Bond 2 years up to April, 1837 12.00 $8246.15 The said Accountant craves allowance for disbursements made out of the Estate aforesaid as follows : 1 Deed Book No. 9, p. 830. Allentown, Pennsylvania. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 109 Cash paid John Wilson, Register John Strassburger, funeral expenses. . . . Joseph Young, " " .... Dr. John Romig, ac John Strassburger for William Geisinger George Schmidt Caspar Newhard, taxes C. H. Snyder, Corporation Taxes George Schmidt John Strassburger, House rent, fuel, attendance 13 months up to Nov. 1, 1835 John Dunlap Andrew Klotz George Henry J. D. Cesentraun for tombstone Jacob Stein C. W. Hutter D. Stetter A. & W. Blumer John I. Ruhe Charles Davis fee 345.35 Catherine Hartzel Amount of Dividend on 7 Bank Shares in May and November, 1836 Amount of Dividend on 7 share do to pay Maria Engleman By 25 shares of Northampton Bank stock appraised and inventories at $60 a share transferred to Hannah Berger, a special legacy 1500. By 25 shares of do do transferred to the heirs of Christina Wieder, deceased, a special legacy 1500. By 42 shares of do do transferred to the different heirs agreeably to the last will of the deceased as follows : J. A. Strassburger, 7 shares 420. 420. retained for her John Strassburger " Catherine Hartzel " uses 420. Hannah Berger, 7 shares 420. Maria Engleman, 7 shares 420. Christina Wieder, deceased, her heirs, 7 shares 420. 5.60 53.55 24.93 7.50 1.95 .31 7.55 1.50 .50 150.00 11.06 4.65 10.00 45.00 2.00 4.00 1.25 3.00 1.00 10.00 28.00 28.00 110 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY By 12 shares of Northampton Water Company stock to be transferred 2 shares to each 120. 5640.00 On account compensation settHng estate 150.00 By Register fees 8.00 Balance 2046.80 $8246.15 April 17, 1837. John Rice. Eva Strassburger was buried beside her husband, Andrew, and their daughter, Anna Christina, wife of Adam Wieder, who had died two years before the father. The tombstone inscriptions are in German; the English translations are here given. ^ Here lies in the hope of a blessed resurrection Johann Andreas Strassburger He was born in Europe the 24 January 1754 came to America in year 1769 lived in wedlock 45 years with Eva, who was born Jagerin begat 7 children, 2 sons and 5 daughters and died the 27 April 1825 at the age of 71 years 3 months and 4 days. In remembrance of Eva Strassburger born Jager, wife of Andreas Strassburger. She was born in September 1752, and died the 16 July, 1835. Her age was 82 years 10 months and 15 days 1 Tombstone Inscriptions. Reformed Church, Zionsville, Upper Milford Town- ship, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Translation] Here lies in the hope of a blessed resurrection Johann Andreas Strassburger He was born in Europe the 24th January 1754, and came to America in the year 1769. He lived in wedlock 45 years with Eva, who was born Jager begat 7 children 2 sons and 5 daughters and died the 27th April 1825, having reached the of 71 years, 3 months and 4 days. age oefcotTrtc i^da;ct> QjttWmtcn. ««.. -^itt*)! Tombstone of Eva Yeacer Steassburcer. £.t'i?frait wn 'ill r^rni ^ic^cv fr!p (irf'Chvi'r 'Sf;''"''''"^'''' C5'-f nr-r-,ST-'-,-r(-,-'2If(,-,; ,:.-■•!■.. rV:,nif|| (=ir U*!'''"''' -^r^^Tir" (7/^'-*^ 2,-^XrTTfT tmA(f _c. li.'6 Tombstone of Christine Strassburger Wieder. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 111 Here lies the body of Anna Christina Wieder The wife of Adam Wieder maiden name Strassburger She was born the 11 December 1785 and died the 26 December 1823, after she had come to the age of 37 years 1 month and 15 days She lived in wedlock 15 years 2 months and 11 days and begat 6 children Children of John Andrew Strassburger and Eva Yeager: 1. Catherine Strassburger, born July 23, 1784, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa.; died January 28, 1864; married first, Christian Young who died in Berks County, Pa., before December, 1835 ; married second, Jacob Hartzell. Children :^ Joseph Young, born December 31, 1812; died January 2, 1889; married Hannah Blumer. Children: E. B. Young, born September 6, 1836; died December 30, 1879; married Mary . Resided in Allen- town. Issue: Annie E. Young, born July 1, 1861; died September 21, 1880. Harry J. Young, born September 6, 1862; died June 16, 1882. E. B. Young was a soldier in the Civil War and a Grand Army Post in Allentown was named for him. William S. Young, born April 15, 1820; died December 12, 1880; married Sarah ., born May 20, 1821 ; died March 18, 1890. They had : Charles Young ; Jennie Young; Dora Young; Hannah E. Young, who married Weinsheimer ; Mary M. Young, married Monger; John Young, married Amanda . Mark S. Young, of Allentown, Pa. James S. Young, of Philadelphia, Pa. Andrew S. Young, born March 31, 1811, at Hanover, Lehigh County, Pa.; died February 15, 1848, 1 Miscellaneous Book, No. 1, p. 76. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 112 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Allentown, Pa.; married May 18, 1842, Abbie Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Laommi Moore, of Morristown, N. J. They had two sons: Frederick Rauch Young and John Edgar Young. Andrew S. Young was a minister of the Reformed Church. Samuel S. Young. Hannah Young, married Dr. Joel Shelly, of Hereford, Berks County, Pa. Their son, Percy Y. Shelly, was a minister of the Reformed Church. Mary Young, married Seiger, of Allentown, Pa. Rebecca Young, married Hon. Edwin Albright, Presi- dent, Judge of the Lehigh County Court. Ebenezer Young, died at Belvidere, N. J. 2. Elizabeth Strassburger, married November 29, 1803, by Rev. Samuel Helffenstein, D.D., of the First Reformed Church, Philadelphia, to Christian Berger. She died in July, 1812, leaving no children. In the fall of the same year he married her sister, Hannah Strassburger. 3. Anna Christina Strassburger, born December 11, 1785, Upper Mil ford Township, Lehigh County, Pa. ; died January 26, 1823 ; married Adam Wieder, Jr. They were members of the Great Swamp Reformed Church of Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa., of which her brother, Rev. John Andrew, was at one time pastor. ^ She was buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at Zionsville, Upper Milford Township. Children: Hannah Wieder, married Thomas Egner. Caroline Wieder, married John Stabler. Eliza Wieder, married Willoby Gobel. Silas Wieder. Mary Wieder. 4. John Strassburger, born February 14, 1787, in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County; died February 19, 1863, Allen- town, Pa. ; married Maria Gangewer, born September 22, 1793; died March 20, 1878. Resided in Allentown, Pa. Issue :^ 1 Records Great Swamp Reformed Church, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 2 Henry S. Dotterer, Manuscripts, Volume XIV, pp. 369 and 371. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 113 Eron Strassburger, born August 5, 1814; died Sep- tember 6, 1819, aged 5 years 1 month. Buried in Frieden Hill Union church yard, near Allentown, Pa. Joseph Strassburger. Maria Strassburger. Sarah Ann Strassburger, born May 22, 1821 ; died June 10, 1871, aged 50 years and 18 days; married John McLean, born Hartford, Conn., August 5, 1810; died Allentown, Pa., March 7, 1883. Samuel Strassburger, born May 16, 1823 ; died July 14, 1884, Allentown, Pa. Catherine Strassburger, born April, 1827; died June 22, 1841, aged 14 years, 3 months; buried 10th & Linden Streets, Allentown, Pa. Edwin Strassburger, born 1829; died October 6, 1832; buried same. Emmeline Strassburger. 5. Mary Strassburger; married February 21, 1809, Tohickon Re- formed Church, Bucks County, Pa., John Engleman,^ of Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa. John Engleman was one of the executors of his father-in-law's will. 6. JOHN ANDREW STRASSBURGER, born October 3, 1796, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa. ; died May 2, 1860, Perkasie, Bucks County, Pa. ; married first, CATH- ERINE STOUT, born November 5, 1792; died October 7, 1838. Married second, Anna Stover (Worman). 7. Hannah Strassburger, probably the youngest child of John Andrew and Eva Strassburger. After the death of her sis- ter Elizabeth she married her brother-in-law. Christian Berger, by whom she had several children. JOHN ANDREW STRASSBURGER, second son of John Andrew and Eva Yeager Strassburger, was the third of the name in this country. He was born in Upper Milford Tovmship, which was then a part of Northampton County, October 3, 1796. As a ^ Records Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 114 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY youth he received the ordinary German education and assisted his father in his trade of tanner until he reached his nineteenth year. At an early age he felt the call to preach the Gospel, and as he advanced in years he determined to prepare himself for the ministry. Upon making known his wishes to his parents, he found that his father not only opposed his taking this step, but he refused to furnish the necessary means to prosecute his studies. Trusting, however, that God, who had called him to labor in His vineyard, would not forsake him and having the prayers and encouragement of his mother, he left home in the year 1815, firm in belief that he would succeed. The German Reformed Church, having at this time neither a college nor a seminary, he was compelled to study privately, and, going to Philadelphia, put himself under the direction of the Reverend Samuel Helffenstein, D.D., pastor of the First Reformed Church, the oldest church of that denomination in America. The money which was re- quired to pay his expenses during the first few years he borrowed on his own credit from friends, except the small amounts a sym- pathizing and beloved mother sent him privately. The father, however, appears to have relented after a time, for when his estate came to be settled in 1825 it was found that the old gentle- man had advanced to each of his children, including Andrew, the sum of $800.00, and an old account book showed that he held bonds and notes against his son Andrew to the amount of $1124.00 for moneys advanced to him. The Reformed Churches, Tohickon, Indian Creek, Ridge Road and Charlestown, in Bucks County, were all under one charge, which became vacant in 1818, and John Andrew Strass- burger was elected to the pastorate of the four churches. He was still a student and only twenty-two years of age. He applied for a license to the Synod of the German Reformed Church, which met that year in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a certificate of licen- sure, dated September 10, 1818, was granted to him. It is sub- scribed to by Henry Hoffmeier, President, and Lewis Mayer, Secretary. The original is in German, of which the following is a translation: Certificate of Licensure "By order of the Synod of the High German Reformed Church in North America Mr. Andreas Strasburger as candidate is given for one 00 CO be p ^ CO -V C < e o Pi h-1 0) THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 115 year full power to perform all Ministerial acts — This is certified by the signature of the Praesidis and Scriba together with the accompanying printed seal of the Synod. Given in Carlisle in the State of Penn — the IS* of September 1818 Heinreich Hoffmeier Praeses p. t. Lewis Mayer Scriba p. t." On September 9, 1819, fully a year after he had received this appointment, he was ordained at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Certificate of Ordination "This Theological candidate, John A. Strasburger, having been by his examination found capable and living as becomes a servant of Christ, is by us ordained to the holy ministry and received as a member of our Reformed Synod. "To certify this, we have attached our Synodal Seal. Given in Lan- caster, in Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania the 9* of September 1819. Lewis Mayer^ Pres. p. t. Samuel Helffenstein, Scriba p. t." He entered upon his duties as pastor of the four churches on Easter of 1818, and here he lived and labored from the be- ginning to the end of his ministry, a period of thirty-six years. On September 15, 1818, six months after assmning his ministerial charge, he was married to Catherine Stout, daughter of Henry Hartzell and Elizabeth Kern Stout, of Hilltown Town- ship, Bucks County. The following notice appeared in the Doyles- town Correspondent and Farmers' Advocate under date of Sep- tember 22, 1818: "Married on the 15th Inst, by the Rev. Mr. Reller, the Rev. Mr. J. A. Strassburger, of Rockhill township, to Miss Catherine Stout of Hilltown township." The story is told that on his journey from Philadelphia to Bucks County to assume his duties, upon arriving in the district where he was destined to remain the rest of his days, he met three beautiful girls, the daughters of Henry Hartzell Stout, a prosper- ous landholder of the neighborhood. He was so fascinated by one of these young ladies that within the time from Easter to September he had courted and married her. 116 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Rev. John Andrew Strassburger and his wife settled in Rock- hill Township, Bucks County, on a farm now part of the town of Sellersville, but after a few years he acquired a more extensive tract of land in what is now South Perkasie, and built a large two-story stone house in the angle formed by the intersection of the Newtown Road with that leading from Philadelphia to Allen- town, Pennsylvania. The house stands upon an eminence in the midst of fine shade and fruit trees, the whole surrounded by a stone wall. By the addition of a gable roof and a wide porch, which extends across the entire front and side, and by the intro- duction of other improvements, the aspect of the original building has been entirely changed. The first record of any purchase of land by Rev. John Andrew Strassburger is a deed dated September 13, 1825, wherein is recited that Jacob Kintner, High Sheriff of Bucks County, on June 25, 1825, in consideration of $2575.00, sold to John A. Strassburger a certain tract of land, containing a messuage and eighty-two acres and twenty-five perches. This had been the property Benjamin Rosenberger had purchased on April 2, 1810, of Henry Price and wife, Magdalena, and it included a "Certain Water Grist Mill and tract of land and all the utensils of said Water Grist Mill," and bounded on the lands of Henry Kramer, Adam Nunamacker, Leonard Detweiler, Jacob Bergy and land late of John Benner, deceased. Benjamin Rosenberger on April 29, 1820, borrowed of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia $2120.00, giving as security his farm and grist mill in Bucks County. In order to liquidate this debt to the bank, on February 20, 1821, he sold the property to his sons, John and Jacob, for the consideration of the debt of $2120.00 and the further sum of $6146.67. Benjamin Rosenberger had purchased the water rights for the mill of Henry Nunamacker and John Benner as early as November 15, 1796, subject to the payment of the yearly rent of one shilling and six pence to each. At a later date he purchased the same right from Joseph Leatherman.^ Upon the death of Benjamin Rosenberger, claims for debts were brought against his estate, and, in order to satisfy the claim- 1 Deed Book No. 49, p. 928. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. o -a o 'j'l 3 ^■ CO IJ aj on -3 < r^ JS U o OJ 1 -(-* Oi o a5 h-l .„ rt c -d o i) -M -(-> nJ rt -d f^ 'O 4= u, u o u. 3 *+-- r-; o u 4-> •o rt CU CJ s '^ '411 o ■-w CU OJ U p^ THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 117 ants and to pay the judgments awarded by the Court, the property was ordered to be sold by the Sheriff. Accordingly, Jacob Kintner, High Sheriff of the County, held a public sale, and John Andrew Strassburger, being the highest bidder, the entire eighty-two acres and twenty-five perches were sold to him, the Sheriff signing the deed on September 13, 1825/ This farm lay partly in Rockhill and partly in Hilltown Townships. The following is a copy of an old draft of this land. The figure "26" marks the spot where the present house stands. It also shows the course of Pleasant Spring Run, which propelled the mill.^ Joseph Leatherman owned an adjoining farm, through which Pleasant Spring Creek ran. On May 10, 1833, he sold to his friend, the minister, two acres of his land, and on this same day Rev. Strassburger purchased of his neighbor the right to use the run for his mill. The two deeds follow:' 1 Deed Book, No. 52, p. 349. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ^ Original Draft in the possession of Mrs. Andrew S. Hartzell. 5 Deed Book No. 57, p. 572, 573. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 118 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed: Joseph Leatherman to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger^ 1833 2rj)iS Sn Denture made the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three Between Joseph Leath- erman of Rockhill Township, in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania, yeoman and Hester his wife of the one part, and the Rev. John Andrew Strassburger of the same county and township and state aforesaid, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Joseph Leatherman and Hester his wife for and in consideration of one dollar lawful Money of the United States * * have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfoeffed, released and confirmed unto the said Rev. John Andrew Strass- burger all that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the township of Rockhill in the County aforesaid adjoining other lands of the said Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, land of Henry Groff, containing two acres and twenty-three perches. * * In witness whereof the said Joseph Leatherman and Hester his wife to these presents have set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year first above written. Joseph Leatherman Hester Leatherman ^lii$ SnDCntUte Made the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, between Joseph Leatherman of Rockhill Township, in the County of Bucks in State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Hester his wife, and John Andrew Strass- burger of the same township, county and state aforesaid, D.D. Whereas the said Joseph Leatherman and John Andrew Strassburger D.D. at the time of the seal and delivery of these presents are respectively seized in fee of and in two contiguous tracts of land with the appurtenances in the township of Rockhill aforesaid and whereas there is a race or water course or stream of water passing through the land of said Joseph Leath- erman for the purpose of propelling the mill of the said John Andrew Strassburger. Now this indenture witnesseth that the said Joseph Leath- erman and Hester his wife for divers good causes and considerations and the further sum of one dollar * * have granted, bargained, sold and confirmed to the said John Andrew Strassburger all the water of said race to be led and conveyed along said race through the lands of the said Joseph Leatherman to the mill of the said John Andrew Strassburger agreeably to the original rights of Benjamin Rosenberger and Elias Rosenberger his son. Joseph Leatherman Hester Leatherman THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 119 We also find that Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, on the 6th day of April, 1826, purchased of Philip Shire, of Bedminster Township, Bucks County, for the sum of $2030.00, a certain five acres of land which was situated in Haycock Township,^ Bucks County. In the year 1823 Thomas D. Birall, of Ontario County, New York, had received Letters Patent from the United States for a certain improvement which he had invented to be used on the agricultural implement for hulling and cleaning clover seed, and about 1825 sold to John G. Griffith and William Griffith, of Bucks County, and to Daniel K. Jones, of Wayne County, New York, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, con- structing, using and lending to others to be used a certain im- provement in the machine for hulling and cleaning clover seed invented by the said Thomas." On May 12, 1826, John G. Griffith and William Griffith, in consideration of the sum of $90.00, transferred and assigned to John Andrew Strassburger "the exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and lending to others to be used" the said invention and improvement within the Township of Rockhill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for the term of fourteen years. And on the same date he pur- chased of Daniel K. Jones, for the sum of $40.00, all his rights in the use of this improvement in Rockhill Township.^ On April 21, 1830, Rev. John Andrew Strassburger pur- chased a house or tenement, oil mill and tract of land in Hilltown Township, which became part of the homestead farm. Deed: Andrew Heller and Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, 1830 CftiS Sn Denture made the twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Between Andrew Heller Esquire of Richland township County of Bucks State of Penn- sylvania, Executor of Last Will and Testament of Mary Magdalena Ben- ner late of Haycock township, county and state aforesaid Widow, de- ceased and John Andrew Strawsberger of Rockhill township county and state aforesaid minister of the Gospel. Whereas Elias Rosenberger Executor last Will and Testament of Benjamin Rosenberger late of Hill- 1 Deed Book No. 51, p. 579. Doylestovvn, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. SI, p. 680. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 120 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY town township and county aforesaid deceased by Indenture dated July sixteenth one thousand eight hundred and twenty five did grant and con- firm unto the said Mary Magdalena Benner * * * * ^ certain messuage tenement oil mill and tract of land situated in Hilltown township afore- said Bounded by lands late Benjamin Rosenberger, Henry Graff, Elias Rosenberger and the Old Philadelphia Road, containing thirty three acres of land (deed Bk 51, p. 219) and the said Mary Magdalena Benner being so seized thereof made her last Will and Testament dated the twenty-fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight wherein and whereby she did empower and authorize her executors the within named Andrew Heller to make sale of all her lands and execute deeds for the same * * * and the said Andrew Heller after due public and timely notice by him given of the time and place of the said sale on the thirty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine sold the same to the above named John Andrew Strawsberger for the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty three dollars he being the highest and best bidder for the said tract of land. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Andrew Heller for and in consideration of the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty three dollars * * * * hath granted bargained sold released and confirmed unto the said John Andrew Strawsberger * * * * all the above described messuage tene- ment oil mill and tract of thirty three acres of land as above set forth. ^ Still later he enlarged his farm by additional purchases, as shown by the following deed: Deed: Isaac Stout to Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, 1844 ^biS SnDCntUtC made the eighth day of April in the year of year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four Between Isaac Stout of Rockhill township in the county of Bucks in the state of Pennsylvania yeoman and Hannah his Wife of the one part and the Rev. John Andrew Strasburger of Rockhill township county and state afore- said of the other part WITNESSETH that the said Isaac Stout and Hannah his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of Sixteen hundred and thirty six [dollars] Lawful money unto them in hand well and truly paid, by the said Rev. John A. Strasburger at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and thereof doth acquit and for ever discharge the said John A. Strasburger his heirs and assigns by these presents have, granted, bargained, sold, 1 Deed Book No. 56, p. 452. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 121 released, and confirmed and by these presents do, grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said John A. Strasburger his heirs and assigns, two certain lots or pieces of Land, situate in the township afore- said No. 1 limitted and bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at a stone a corner, thence extending along other land of said, J. A. Strasburger north fifty degrees and three quarters west twenty one perches to a stone a cor- ner thence along land now of Isaac Stout north fifty five degrees east, forty four perches to a corner, thence extending along other land of said Adam Fluck south forty nine degrees ten minutes east twenty three perches to a corner, thence along other land of J. A. Strasburger south forty nine degrees west, forty three perches and eight tenths to the place of beginning, containing six acres and two perches of Land more or less * * * Lot No. 2 Beginning at a stone a corner in a public road and thence extending along lands of Leonard Detweiler south forty eight degrees twenty five minutes east, fifty five perches and six tenths to a corner thence extending along lands of John Cramer, south thirty eight degrees and three quarters west, fifty one perches and one tenth to a stone a corner, thence along land of J. A. Strasburger north forty eight degrees forty minutes west ninety seven perches and eight tenths to a stone a cor- ner, thence extending along a public road and lands of said J. A. Stras- burger north sixty five degrees east fifty five perches and three tenths to the place of Beginning containing twenty one acres and ninety nine perches of Land more or less in Hilltown Township, it being part of the premises of which Adam Nunnemaker died intestate upon which due application to the orphans court of Bucks county, an order was granted for the sale of the real estate of said, decease, the same was sold to Isaac Stout and was confirmed by the court to be and remain firm and stable for ever — relation being had to the proceedings in the said orphans court A D 1843, will in .full and at large appear. * * * * IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hand and seals the day and year above written-'' Isaac Stout Hannah Stout The copy of the old draft as shown on following page, describes the extent and boundaries of all of this land. During this time Rev. Strassburger was serving the four Reformed churches under his care. Though several times pressed to take charge of larger and wealthier congregations, he always 1 Deed Book No. 71, p. 322, etc. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 122 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY refused to leave his own people, to whom he became more and more attached. In the course of time he came to look upon every member of his congregation as his disciple, whom he had either baptized in infancy, confirmed in youth, married in manhood, visited in sickness, or comforted at the grave of a relative. A great sorrow had come to him in the death of his dearly beloved wife, Catherine. During the summer of 1838 she had been taken seriously ill and had first become blind, then deaf, then lost the sense of touch and taste. After lingering several months in this sad condition, death finally claimed her, and she passed away on Sunday, October 7, 1838, not yet having reached her fortieth year, and was buried in the graveyard of Tohickon ^^^\ ^A 4^.^ f 9 ., -r, ■X--^ r 7 --7:^.\::,.....- //-^^ ■■'T^-'r-':, ,r- tu-.^.i; ^^ ^-' r Ai, ,._.-/^^.U.-v- .4^.^^^.^ /■■'/"'^" w|- ./- vf,..- 'Ooi'^Act/'/-^'^ - - ~ ■ ■ -y > C i^ <)--X' Copy of Family Record in handwriting of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. The last record was added by Rev. N. A. Strassburger after the death of his father. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 123 Church. The following obituary appeared in a local German paper :^ "Died, on Sunday Oct. 7*, 1838, Catharine, wife of the Rev. J. A. Strassburger of Rockhill Township, Bucks Co. in the 40"" year of her age. She left a sorrowful husband and several children to mourn her early departure and was laid to rest in Tohickon Church yard. In the past summer the deceased had the misfortune to lose the use of her eyes her hearing sense of touch and taste. She had had for several months a sorrowful existence till at last she is released from her misery." Eight children were left to mourn a beloved mother, the eldest, Nero, a youth of nineteen, while the youngest, the father's namesake, was only five. There had been thirteen children in all, five of whom had died in infancy. On the baptismal register of Tohickon Reformed Church we find the following entries of baptisms:^ 1819, Nero, son of J. A. Strassburger and Catharine, born August 7th, 1819. 1820, Louisianna, daughter of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born November 24th, 1820. 1822, Gideon, son of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born February 26, 1822. 1823, Rubin, son of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born October 1, 1823. 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born February 25, 1826. Witnesses, Henry Stout and Elizabeth. 1827, Henry Stout, son of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born November 2nd, 1827. Witnesses Henry Stout and Elizabeth. 1832, Catharine, daughter of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born November 16th, 1832. 1836, Noah, son of J. A. Strassburger and Catherine, born February 23rd, 1836. The family record in the handwriting of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, a photograph of which appears elsewhere, names two other children who died in infancy, also a daughter, Mary, 1 Sumneytown Bauern Freund, October 17, 1838. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 2 Records Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 124 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY who was born December 20, 1830, whose godmother was Mary Kern, and a son Andrew, born December 31, 1833, whose twin sister, Sarah, lived to be only six months old. On May 8, 1839, Rev. Strassburger married Anna Stover, or Stouffer, daughter of Jacob Stouffer and widow of David Worman, of Coventry Township, Chester County, Pa. A pre-nuptial agree- ment was entered into between the contracting parties, the under- standing being that should the Rev. Strassburger die first, the intended wife, as the widow, should receive only one-ninth of his estate, and that he, on his part, released all claim to any property which might come to her through her father. Marriage Agreement Between Rev. John A. Strassburger AND Ann Worman, 1839 CJ)fS Kn Denture Made the fifteenth day of April An" D"^ One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Between John A. Strassburger of Rockhill Township in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania of the one part And Ann Worman of Coventry Township in the County of Chester in the state aforesaid Widow of the other part Whereas as marriage is intended by divine permission to be shortly had and solem- nized Between the aforesaid parties NOW THIS INDENTURE WIT- NESSETH that in consideration of the said marriage to be had and for settling a competent provision for the said Ann Worman out of the said John A. Strassburger in case she shall survive him in Bar of her Dower and thirds at Common law, and for other goods and valuable purposes and consideration, the said John A. Strassburger has granted covenanted and given by these presents for himself his heirs Executors, Administra- tors and Assigns doth grant covenant and give unto the aforesaid Ann Worman the one ninth part of all his estate real and personal to be paid to her within one year after the decease of the aforesaid John A. Strass- burger to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Ann Wor- man her heirs and assigns for and during all the term of her natural life for and in the name of a jointure and in full recompense lien and satis- faction of all the dower which she may or otherwise might have claim or challenge in all or in part of the estate real and personal or mixed of the said John A. Strassburger her intended husband after his decease. And the said John A. Strassburger for himself his heirs executors admin- istrators and assigns rehnquish all right title claim and demand to all or any part of the estate that may hereafter be given willed or granted jj.^,2- - THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 125 to her the said Ann Worman his intended wife by her father Jacob Stoufifer. In Witness Whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above w^ritten.^ J. A. Strassburger Witnesses present Ann Worman at signing Fred'k K. Setzler David Y. Custer Supplementary to the foregoing Marriage Settlement and further the said John A. Strassburger doth for himself his heirs, executors admin- istrators and assigns Relinquish immediately after his death all claim interest title or demand whatsoever to the Dower of the said Ann Wor- man to which she is entitled out of the estate of her husband David Wor- man deceased late of Coventry Township Chester County. In Witness Whereof both parties have hereunto set their hands & seals A. D. 1839 April 15th. John A. Strassburger Ann Worman Witnesses present at signing Fred'k K. Setzler David Y. Custer Affirmed in Chester County May 23, 1860. Recorded June 18, 1860. In the Pottstown Journal, under date of May 8, 1839, the following notice of the marriage appeared: "By Rev. H. S. Miller, at the Trap, on the 16th ult.. Rev. J. A. Strassburger, of Bucks County, to Mrs. Ann Worman, of Lawrenceville, Chester County." As shown by a deed previously quoted, Rev. Strassburger had purchased of Andrew Heller, executor of the estate of Mary Magdalena Benner, a certain house and oil mill and tract of land which had also been part of the Rosenberger estate.^ On April 3, 1850, Mr. Strassburger and his wife, Anna, sold the greater part of this property to Elias Herr, of Hilltown Township, who was a miller, for $3000.00. 1 Miscellaneous Book No. 13, p. 524. Doylestown, Pennsylvania.. 2 Deed Book No. 56, p. 452. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 126 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed: Reverend John Andrew Strassburger to Elias Heller, 1850 C|)ilS 3n Denture Made the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty Between Reverend John Andrew Strassburger of Rock- hill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, D.D. and Anna his wife of the one part and Elias Herr of Hilltown Township County and State aforesaid. Miller, WITNESSETH that the said John Andrew Strass- burger and Anna his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand dollars * * * * have granted and confirmed unto the said Elias Herr his heirs and assigns all that certain messuage mill property and two separate lots or pieces of ground lying and being in the Township of Rockhill and Hilltown aforesaid one being bounded by lands of said John Andrew Strassburger and Abraham Groff 's land, Isaac Fellman the pubHc road and John Kramer's land Containing twenty nine acres and twenty eight perches — No. two adjoining lands John Shellenberger Containing two acres and fifteen perches. These two lots containing together thirty one acres and ninety five perches ***** it being the larger part of the same messuage and lot or piece of ground which Andrew Heller Esquire, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Mary Magdalena Benner, late of Haycock Township, County of Bucks, deceased, by deed April 1, 1830 granted and confirmed unto the said John Andrew Strassburger (Deed Book 56, p. 452) and also of a piece and parcel of land which Joseph Leatherman and Hester his wife by Indenture dated May 10, 1832 granted and confirmed unto the said John Andrew Strassburger (Deed Book 57, p. 572), And also all the water rights courses, members and appurtenances whatsoever unto the above mentioned premises belonging * * * * IN Witness Whereof the said parties unto these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. '^ J. A. Strassburger Anna Strassburger About this time his health began to fail to such an extent that he was constrained reluctantly to resign his pastorate, and on July 15, 1854, he presented his resignation, after having served the same congregation for thirty-six years during which period he had baptized about 3000 children, confirmed 1595 catechumens, married 1235 couples and buried 1044 persons. The notice of his resignation, having been brought before his sorrowing people, the Consistories of the four united con- 1 Deed Book 79, p. 26. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. RESIC^NATION. After due notice, thn Conriiritori^ps of the four united Congrctrationf', to wit : Intlinn- Field, ClmrlRstown, T^Iiickoii, nnd Ridjic Road — apuemblcd in Kidsc Road CIiutcIi, on Saturday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, on wliicli occasion tlio Pastor of said cliarge handed in bis resignation, viz: On account of bodily and mental dt-hility, I, J. A. STaAosDURGER, resign my minis- tcrial charge amoiig:?t yon, after a scrviHidt; of lliirfy-six years and three month-J ; dur- ing which time about three thousand children T\'ero received by infant holy Baptism ; fifteen hundred nnd ninety-five members by Confirmation, after CitccUuficai instruction >) ; twelve hundred nnd thirtj-fivo couj)le wcro'instilutcd in tho holy bonds of wedlock, by matrimonial ecrcraqny ; one thousand ai»d forty-four committed to their long and Bolitary home, op which ciccaaions funerpl addresses were delivered. Tliat liie great Shepherd of his flock may soon bless you agaip with a pious and faithJul Pastor, is the solemn wish and hurnblc prayer of yours aftccfionaleiy in the Lord.' ■ J. A.STRASSBUKGER, '- Ridge Road Church, Rockhdl fsp., Bucks Co., July M, I85J. After they had nominated a Committee of the Cidor.< of the four congrngafione, nnd Aoy, were iYiformed of ihd declination of the Rev. N. S. SxRAssBCRaEK to serve a^ a cen- didatd, liie Rgv. Avccst Dechant was nominated to he the nc\t Pastor"; and .Mr. Paul , I/.,HiLpt/.ell and Mr. Henry Schlicliter were appointed a coinniitteo to inform him of his nony'natii^n, nod to make such arrangements as will he ncceatary to hold an election. 1^ Mtxctiin^. Vlad) s\ti)6uQtt idatfeti^)! uerFammfftfn fid) bi* ^irdjfnrathe Wr uicv pereini^ten Qimdntrn, aIft3tition' fiflb, e[jaiIf6ton>n, itql) cton dnb Safl StraQf, am ^amftjij 91.irf>niilt>i(J urn pin Uljr in t'er iBfrfl-Sttaffm ^'ixiit, bri iTilcbft ®(ti'3fnf)«it ^er'^,^ODr K-farttfi ^.-m.-inCt^n Mnc SKefijnjtiUH finreidjtc roie folgt ; 3n Solgc !orp;ilidDev iin& g,'i|^lid),T 3 unt> OrfiSig 3jf)t(n tmD brfi SRonatrn j rratufrft I ftcldjcr Sflt ungrfjfjr brfi taLlff^^ JtinbiT turd) bie finliAi" 2.infi' dufijjnoilimdi reur?fn ■> tin tanffn&, funf ] bunbttt unb fiinf unb rii'Stnij buid) A"atfd)iBmu5>Ufl(crrid)t. Gin t.iufvrib, j;iH'i tjunbcrt unb funf unbbrcipig j Spaaw TOurtxn burd) baS S.mb ber Ijfil'gtu (S!k feibunbi'n -, I'in Muft'nb uiib vut unb pivcjig flinafn btn 2S(3 ,j' jum fTOlflcn imrt, (vi iroliiKn ©clrovnbfilsn 2dd;eurfbcn fl;f),"ilffn rciutcn. ■I' ' ©as bfr groSe &Uic cu.i) t'.ilD roii-bi'c niit timm fi-ommi-n niib tteiifn '^jflor 'tcc^ntn vaoQf, ifi brr fticrli' ( iit SBnnfd) unb fcaS bfmutbrsic '^cM rui(8 in tcni Sywn iT;\ti'tMn .Sero£froii^ird)f, 9?o4biU aaunfdjip, aJDtietyniihti), 3i;lt't5, b5l. i; 3l3(^b(m Don b.'n Tfflt.fdn b.'C uiov Qlemflnb.'n efni: (Sojiinild'e ornannf, unb biffilb; von bor Sntfacuffl ItbcS Qljrrt). UI. @. StM&burijL'c alfiSanbibal unt.'tridjtct luac, tpurbi; ber 61^^, ?tuflli(t23cd)ant ftuonut, I bic Stcllf tiinflij ju fuUi'Ti, unb bic .£)i'[U'n i^aut ^. it>'ir(ji-ll iin> .ftenni S>l;[id)tfi a(5 Gemmittff be(iiiiinit, ■-^?-;.k^j (j iljn'ooif bft Scn^nnunfl in S.-nnlniD },\i fc^cn uib bie notljignt 2.?cc7i'i)vuni) /^ /C- cyi^'T^.-t^-^y^'^^ 'V y>w* V/^.;- ^.^<5^-^,,^^. ^,,^,^. •a^.,^^., ^^ ^ " "J '^■^^^?^—- '^'^■■-'^'¥^:^jr^^- ^^^/^^y' w^P^ --^^ -'^'^— ^-•'-^^.^^p.,^^:^^ lis, K ' . ^~ « »^*_,A_J.. ilkkV J '^ S-U'.. f i. *■ Page from sermon book of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, written in own handwriting in English for dehvery Tohickon Church — These sermons were prepared in both EngHsh and German. ^c 'CJ6A'J. J<^^ ^^^/•J I'y" -*t./,<.. v'.'-; /l^i//-^y / .-^r Page from same sermon book, written in his own handwriting, in the German language. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 129 Another temporal characteristic of Pastor Strassburger was his fondness for his "schnapps." On his ride from Tohickon to In- dian Creek, which he took every Sunday, he would stop at Jacoby's Hotel, which he passed on the way, take his schnapps and then go on to preach his afternoon sermon in the latter church. In the Necrological Record in Rev. William Dubbs' Manual of Reformed Church History we find the following brief and in- accurate biography: "John Andrew Strassburger, born in Upper Milford, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1796; died Sellersville, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1860. Preceptor, Dr. S. Helffenstein. Licensed by the Synod of the United States, 1818; ordained 1819. Pastor of Tohickon, Indianfield and Charlestown Churches, 1818 to 1854." He left no will. Letters of administration upon his estate were issued shortly after his death to his son, Reuben Strass- burger, and his son-in-law, Elias Hartzell. On May 24 an in- ventory of his estate was taken by J. W Leidy and Amos Jacoby, and the whole appraised at $9071.89. However, as during his lifetime he had advanced certain moneys to his wife and children, these amounts added to the appraised value brought the estate up to a total valuation of $20,052.11. In the final settlement, each heir was charged with the sum credited to him or her, as found upon the father's books, and that sum was deducted from one equal ninth part, or share, as the whole estate was divided thus equally between his wife and each of the children, the second wife, Anna, receiving just so much as was agreed upon at the time of their marriage. Among his personal effects was a musical clock, a piano, a galvanic battery, and two lancets (the last named articles sug- gesting that at times he ministered to the bodily as well as the spiritual being of his flock), a family horse and carriage, and sleigh. He held stock in the Bank of Pottstown, the Doylestown Bank, the Doylestown Insurance Company, Northampton Water Company of Allentown, Pa., Hilltovra and Sellersville Turnpike Company, and the Quakertown Turnpike Company, and the North Penn Rail Road. 130 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Inventory^ A true and perfect inventory, and just appraisement of all and singu- ler the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of John A. Strassburger late of the township of Rockhill County of Bucks and Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania deceased, at the time of his death to wit $ cts Cash 19.94 Wearing apparel of the deceased 40.00 Musical Clock $25 ; Common Clock $6 31.00 Sofa $20 Piano $15, Rocking chair $5 40.00 Corner Cubboard & Contents $12, Desk $4.50 16.50 Two Tables $4.50 Three Window Blinds $5 9.50 1 Doz. Chairs $5. >4 Doz do 2.50 7.50 One Bed $10. do $4, do $9, two do $12, 1 do $3 38.00 Two Oil Cloths $1. Fluid Lamp $1. Looking Glass $1 3.00 Lot of Books $1. Fly Driver $1. Picture .50'='^ 2.50 Lot of Carpet $13, do $4, do $25 42.00 Four Maps $8. Looking Glass $1. do & Pictures $1.25 10.25 Galvanic Battery $5, Waites & Window Shades $1.50 6.50 Cradle $2. Stand .SO'^'^ Window Curtains &c. $4 6.50 Stand & Chamber Set $2.50 Looking Glass $3.25 5.75 Case of Drawers $3. Dressing Cubboard $4 7.00 Stand $1. Pitcher & Basin .50'^'= Pillow Cases $1 2.50 Lot of Sheets $10, Four window Shades $1.50 11.50 Lot of Blankets & Coverlids $16, Sundries $5 21.00 Copper Kettle $11, Soap & Bag $2.00 13.00 Books in the Library $25, Two Lancets $2 27.00 Table Cloths $4. Basket & Brush &c. $1.50 5.50 Three Stoves $17. Basket & Cubboard $1.50 18.50 Sundries $2. Buffaloe Robe $6, Fly net 3 11.00 Sleigh Bells, whip & Bridle $3, Lot of Bags 5 8.00 Amount Carried Over 403.94 $ cts. Amount Brought Over 403.94 Lot of Wheat $25. Rye $55, Indian Corn $19 99.00 Grain Box $5, Lot of Demijohns 75^^^ Tubs &c $2 7.75 Lot of Sundries $1.50 Lot of Boards $1.75 3.25 Chests & Benches $3. Steelyard &c. $1.50 4.50 Three Copper Kettles $8, Frying pans .50'='^ 8.50 1 Original paper in possession of the family. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 131 Pot Racks &c $2. Lot of Sundries $1.50 3.50 Wheel Barrow $3. Grind Stone 75'='= Sundries $1 4.75 Lot of Carpet $6. Sundries 75<='= Five Chairs $2 8.75 Two Tables $3, Kitchen Dresser & Contents $9 12.00 Shovel & Tongues $1.25 Lantern &c 50"^= 1.75 Sink Kettles & pans $2.50. Stone Sledge &c $2.00 4.50 Blanket & Table Cloth $1.50 Post Digger $1.50 3.00 Family Horse $100. Carriage $40. Sleigh $5.00 145.00 Single Harness $10, Olde Roof $10. Log Chain .50='= 20.50 Crops Growing at the time of decedants death Viz Rye & Wheat, $100, Oats $50 150.00 Indian Corn $75, Grass for Hay $25 100.00 Lot of Poultry 10.00 20 Shares N. P. R. R. Stock $9 180.00 2 do Bank of Pottstown $52 104.00 5 " Northampton Water Company $5 25.00 4 " Hilltown & Sellersville Turnpike Co. $4 16.00 4 " Quakertown & do do $8 32.00 88 " Doylestown Bank of Bucks Co. $47 4136.00 500 " N. P. R. R. Six per cent Bond $70 250.00 18 Coupons N. P. R. R. Company 15 270.00 Mortgage Bond due of S. M. Hager 1750.00 Amount Due of Doylestown Insurance Co 750.00 Dividend due do do 45.00 do " Doylestown Bank 123.00 300 Shares Doylestown Insurance Co. Stock $1 300.00 Amount Carried forward 9071.89 $ cts Amount brought forward 9071.89 Advancements Made by the decedent to his heirs, in his life time as follows to wit To his Son Nero 1311.92 " " Daughter Louisiana 1000.18 " " Son Gideon 1000.00 " " " Reuben 1000.00 " " Daughter Elizabeth 1000.02 " " " Mary 1000.30 " " Son Henry 2625.00 " " " Andrew 1000. " Ann Strassburger 1000. 132 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Book Accounts Geo. Detweiler 4.50 David Bean 8.00 Adam Wetzell 6.80 One Shed at the Indian Creek Church 23.00 20052.11 Taken and appraised by us the 24* day of May A. D. 1860 one thou- sand eight hundred and Sixty J. W. Leidy Amos Jacoby On September 10, 1860, a petition signed by Anna Strass- burger, the widow, and all the sons and daughters, was presented to the Orphans' Court at Doylestown, asking that the Court ap- point Josiah W. Leidy, Amos Jacoby and Isaac Hunsberger, previously chosen by the heirs, to act as Commissioners to divide and value the real estate in place of a Sheriff's Inquisition, as was the usual proceeding. The Court was pleased to grant this request, and so on September 17, 1860, the three Commissioners made a return of their valuation and partition, which was refused by the heirs, who then asked that the estate be sold. Bucks County S. S. At an Orphans Court held at Doylestown in and for the County of Bucks the Tenth Day of September A. D. 1860 Before the Honorable Daniel M. Smyser President and his associate Judges of the Same Court — The Petition of Ann Strassburger Widow of John A. Strassburger late of Rockhill Township Bucks County dec"* and of Nero S. Strass- burger Gideon S. Strassburger by his attorney in fact Henry Troxel, Reuben Y. Strassburger, Henry S. Strassburger, Andrew S. Strass- burger, sons of the said Decedent above the age of twenty One years, and Louisiana Strassburger Intermarried with Elias Hartzel, Elizabeth Strassburger intermarried with Aaron F. Shelly, Mary Strassburger Intermarried with Jesse D. Hartzel, Daughters of the said Decedent above the Age of twenty One years respectfully Represents That The Said John A. Strassburger died Intestate on the Second day of May A. D. 1860 Leaving a Widow the above named petitioner and issue Eight Children viz Nero S. Gideon S. Reuben Y. Henry S. Andrew S. Louisiana intermarried with Elias Hartzel, Elizabeth intermarried with Aaron F. Shelly and Mary Strassburger Intermarried with Jesse D. Hart- THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 133 zel, and seized in his demesne as of fee of and in the Following Described Real Estate Situate in the Township of Rockhill and Hilltown in the County of Bucks Containing One hundred and Six Acres more or Less, and Bounded by lands of John H. Moyer, Isaac S. Hendricks, Abraham GrofiE, John & Noah Groff, The old Bethlehem road, and also by lands of Abraham Nunemaker John Detweiler, Adam Fluck, Abraham Hend- ricks David Moyer and others. The said tract of Land having been oc- cupied for several years past as one farm or plantation allthough pur- chased at two different periods — No Petition or Valuation of the said Real Estate having been Made Your Petitioners pray the Court to order and appoint Josiah W. Leidy, Amos Jacoby, and Isaac Hunsberger three Com- missioners who have been Nominated and agreed upon by the parties, to divide or value the said Real Estate, with the same legal Effect, as if done by a Sheriff's Inquisition for the same purpose, according to the Acts of Assembly in such case Made; and to make report of their proceedings at the next Orphans Court : Whereupon September 17, A. D. 1860 The Said three Men Made report that : That in pursuance of the said order, we went upon the premises therein discribed due and timely Notice to the parties Men- tioned in said order having been given and as Many of them as chose being present ; and finding that equal partition in value could not be made of the said real Estate to and among all the parties in the said order Men- tioned without prejudice to or spoiling the whole thereof we have divided the same into three several parts or divisions by Metes and bounds, and have Valued and appraised the Said respective parts or divisions as fol- lows to wit Purpart No. 1. On which the Mansion house Stands and other buildings, Beginning at a Iron pin set for a comer in the public road run- ning through the said premises thence along land of Isaac S. Hendricks S 38^/2° W 28.59 perches to a wild cherry tree a corner thence along land of Abraham Groff S. 40}i° E. 16.27 perches to a Stake a corner thence along land of the Same and John & Noah Groflf S. 35%° E 24.72 perches to a Stone a corner thence along land of John & Noah Grofif the three following courses viz. N. 42° E 19.84 perches to a stone for a cor- ner S. 34° E 26 perches to a Stake a corner and S. 2ly2° E 8.56 perches to a Stake a corner thence along lot No. 2, the two following courses viz N 72%° E 68.36 perches to a Stake a corner and S. 45>4° E 48.96 perches to a Stake a corner in a line of Abraham Nunemaker Land thence along the same N 41^° E 37.38 perches to a Stone a corner thence along Land of John Detweiler N 45j4° W 56.15 perches to a Stone a corner, thence along the same and land of Adam Fluck's N 46^ W 77.60 perches to a Stake a corner thence along Land of Said Adam Fluck N 46° W 23.10 134 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY perches to a post a corner thence along lands of Abraham A. Hendricks and Abraham H. Moyer S 55%° W 44.08 perches to a Stone Set for a corner thence along Lot No. 3, the two following courses Viz : S 47 J^ ° E 5.22 perches to a Stake a corner and S 44 W 29.44 perches to a Stake in the aforesaid Public road a corner thence along land of Isaac S. Hend- ricks S 48^2° E 4.60 perches to the place of Beginning Containing 73 Acres and 79 perches of Land be the Same More or less. Situate in the townships of Rockhill and Hilltown; We have valued and Appraised at the Sum of Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Nine Dollars and Fifty cents $5879.50 Purpart No. 2. On which there are no Buildings Beginning at a Stake a corner in the Philadelphia road thence along tract No. 1, the two following courses and distances Viz, N 72%. E 68.36 perches to a Stake a corner and S. 45j^° E 48.96 perches to a Stake a corner in a line of Abr" Nuneraaker's Land thence along the Same S 41j4 W 98.34 perches to a Stake a corner in the aforesaid public road thence along said road N 211/2 W 93.93 perches to the place of Beginning Containing 35 Acres and 3 perches of Land be the same more or less. Situate in Hilltown Township ; We have valued and appraised at the Sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars $1750.00 Purpart No. 3. On which a Brick Dwelling House Stands and other Buildings, Beginning at a Stone in the aforesaid public road a corner, thence along Land of Isaac S. Hendricks S 48j^° E 16.28 perches to a Stake a corner thence along tract No. 1 N 44° E 29.44 perches to a Stake a corner thence along the same and Land of Abraham H. Moyer N. 47j4 W 18 52 perches to a post a corner thence along land of Said A H. Moyer and John H. Moyer S 41° W 29.74 perches to the place of Beginning Containing 3 Acres and 34 perches of Land be the same more or less. Situate in Rockhill Township; We have Valued and Appraised at the Sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars $1500.00 according to law. Which said Report was duly Confirmed by the Court: Whereupon September 17"* 1860 all the heirs appeared in open Court and refused to accept of any of the said Real Estate at the Valuation Returned thereof and desired the Same Might be sold. Whereupon the Same time the Court awarded an order of Sale to R. Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzel, Administrators of the said dec'd to Sell Said Real Estate. * * * Whereupon December 3'^'' A. D. 1860 The Said Administrators Made Report That pursuant to the within order of Court they did at the time and place therein mentioned Expose the within described premises to sale by public Vendue or outcry : But the Same remains unsold for want of Buyers and they therefore pray that an alias Order of Sale of the said property May be granted to them returnable at the next adjourned Court; THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 135 And now to Wit Same day The Court Granted an Alias Order * * * 1860 September 17* The Order issued in the Case to be for the Sale of the Premises in 3. annual payments free and discharged of the Widows dower it being shown to the Court here that by an ante-nuptial Marriage Settlement Between the decedent and his wife the present Widow all right and claim to the Same was renounced released and discharged for the Consideration therein Expressed and Set forth * * * Whereupon. January 23*'' A. D. 1861 The Said Administrators Made report: That in pursuance of the said Alias Order of Court : they did at the time and place therein mentioned having given due public and timely Notice of the time and place of the Sale Expose the premises therein described to Sale by Pub- lic Vandue or outcry and Sold Lot No. 1, Containing Seventy three Acres and Seventy Nine perches to Aaron Hendricks for the Sum of Four Thousand Four Hundred and Nine Dollars and Sixty two cents, he being the highest and best bidder and that the highest and best price bidden for the Same Lot No. 2, Containing thirty five Acres and three perches to Aaron Hendricks for the Sum of One Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and Seventy five cents he being the highest and best bidder and that the highest and best price bidden for the Same. And Lot No. 3, Containing three Acres and thirty four perches to Aaron Hendricks for the Sum of One Thousand two hundred and Sixty Dollars, he being the highest and best bidder and that the highest and best price bidden for the Same, and they respectfully pray that the Sales So Made of the three Several lots ■ respectively May be Confirmed by the Court — Whereupon January 23 1861 The Court Confirmed nisi the Report of Sale so as aforesaid Made. Abstract of the Real Estate of John Andrew Strassburger Deceased Bucks County S. S. Certified from the Record a true Copy or Abstract &c. Witness My hand and Seal of Court at Doylestown this sixth day of March A. D. 1861. A. B. ROSENBERGER On April 1, 1861, the Administrators executed a deed trans- ferring all the property to Aaron Hendricks, the purchaser. This deed, the original of which was in the possession of the late Andrew S. Strassburger, who until a few months ago owned the farm and resided in the old homestead. 136 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed : Reuben Strassburger et al to Aaron Hendricks, 1861 C[)i0 3n Denture made the First day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, Between Reuben Strass- burger and Elias Hartzell Administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of John A. Strassburger late of Rockhill Township, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, of the one part, and Aaron Hendricks of Hilltown Township, County and state aforesaid, (Auctioneer) of the other part, Whereas Jacob Kintner, High Sheriff of the said County of Bucks, by his Deed Poll duly executed, under his hand and seal, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, for the consideration therein mentioned and by virtue of a certain writ of Venditioni Exponas therein recited, did grant and confirm unto the said John A. Strassburger and to his heirs and assigns, A Certain Messuage and tract o.f about eighty two acres and twenty perches of land situate in Rockhill and Hill- town Townships, County of Bucks aforesaid. And Whereas Isaac Stout and Hannah, his wife, by their deed of Indenture, duly executed, bearing date the Eighth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fourty four, and recorded in the Office for Recording of Deeds, at Doyles- town, in said County of Bucks, in Deed Book No. 71 Page 322 &c; for the consideration therein mentioned, did grant and confirm unto the said John A. Strassberger, two certain lots of pieces of land, No. 1, situate in Rockhill Township aforesaid. Containing Six Acres and two perches of land, No. 2, situate in Hilltown Township aforesaid, Containing twenty one acres and ninety nine perches of land (more or less) To Have and To Hold the same unto him, his heirs and assigns forever, by force and virtue of which said two above recited deeds of Indenture, the said John A. Strassburger became in his hfetime lawfully seized in his demense as of fee, of, in and to the above mentioned messuages and three tracts of land, with the appurtenances, and being so thereof seized as aforesaid, died intestate, And Whereas at an Orphans Court held at Doylestown in and for the County of Bucks aforesaid, the Tenth day of September A. D. 1860, upon the petition of Ann Strassburger, widow, of John A. Strass- burger, deceased, and of Nero S. Strassburger, Gideon A. Strassburger, by his Attorney in fact, Henry Troxel, Reuben Y. Strassburger, Henry S. Strassburger and Andrew S. Strassburger, sons of said decedent, and Louisianna Strassburger, intermarried with Elias Hartzell, Elizabeth Strassburger, intermarried with Aaron F. Shelly and Mary Strassburger, intermarried with Jesse D. Hartzell, daughters of said decedent, praying the said Court to order and appoint Josiah W. Leidy, Amos Jacoby and Isaac Hunsberger three Commissioners, who have been nominated and Manuscript JNIusic Book belonging to the Rev. John Andrew Strassburger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 137 agree upon by the parties, to divide or value the said real estate with the same legal effect as if done by a Sheriff Inquisition for the same pur- pose, according to the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided, the said Inquest was awarded by the Court according to the prayer of the said petitioners. Whereupon September 17th, A. D. 1860, the said three Commissioners made return thereof to the Judges of the said Orphans Court, that equal partition in value could not be made of the said real estate to and among all the parties, without prejudice to or spoiling the whole thereof, and therefor the said Commissioners aforesaid, valued and appraised the same, which return and valuation were confirmed by the said Court, at the same time all the heirs and legal representatives of said deceased, appeared in open Court and refursed to accept of said real, estate at the valuation thereof, and desired that the same might be sold, Whereupon the same time the said Court awarded an order of sale to Rebun Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzell Administrators of the said deceased, to sell the said real estate. Whereupon December 3rd A. D. 1860, the said Administrators made report that they were unable to sell the same for want of buyers, and prayed the said Court to grant an alias order of sale, the same time the Court granted an alias order, in pursu- ance whereof the said Commissioners did in accordance with the direc- tions of the said order, expose the premises therein mentioned to sale by public vendue, and sold the same to the said Aaron Hendricks at and for the sum of Seven thousand and seventy Dollars and thirty seven cents, he being the highest and beat bidder and that the highest and best price bid- den for the same, which sale on return thereof made to the Judges of the same Court, was on the 23rd day of January A. D. 1861, confirmed, and it was considered and adjudged by the said Court, that the same should be and remain firm and stable forever, as by the records and proceedings of the said Court, reference being thereunto had will more fully and at large appear. Now This Indenture Witnesseth, That the said Reuben Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzell Administrators as aforesaid, for and in consideration of the said sum of Seven thousand and seventy Dollars and thirty seven cents, to them in hand paid by the said Aaron Hendricks at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold, released and con- firmed, and by these presents and by virtue of the said order of Court, do grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said Aaron Hendricks and to his heirs and assigns All that the said Messuage, Plantation or tract of land situate in the townships of Hilltown and Rockhill aforesaid, ******** Containing one hundred and eleven acres and one hundred and sixteen perches of land, be the same more or less, with the appur- tenances, ******** In Witness Whereof, the said Reuben Y. Strass- 138 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY burger and Elias Hartzell have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.^ Reuben Y. Strassburger (seal) Elias Hartzell (seal) Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Samuel Leister E. Shellenberger The value of the personal and movable property was placed at $9318.10, which added to that received from the sale of the farm, gave a sum of $16388.47, out of which had been paid a number of small debts, amounting to $1243.18, which left a bal- ance of $15145.29 to be divided among the heirs. The Accounts of Reuben Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzel Administrators of all and singular the goods and chatties rights and credits which were of John A. Strassburger late of the Town- ship of Rockhill in the County of Bucks deceased^ 1860 Dr. The Said Accountants charge themselves with all and singular the goods and chatties rights and credits which were of the said deceased agreeably to an Inventory and Appraisement thereof filed in the Registers Office of said County Amounting to $9114.19 They further charge themselves with the following Sums received in cash Since the Inventory and Appraisement — Interest on the Mortgage Bond of Samuel M. Hager. . 105.00 Dividend 3 per cent on Doylestown Insurance Company Stock 45.00 Amount received of David Bean not charged in the Inventory 53.91 Amount of Real Estate Sold by order of Orphans Court 7070.37 $16388.47 The said Accountants claim credit and allowance for dis- bursements amounting to 1243.18 Balance in hand of Administrators 15145.29 $16388.47 1 Deed Book No. 119, p. 101, etc. Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2 Original paper in possession of the family. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 139 Bucks County S. S. Elias Hartzel and Reuben Y. Strassburger the foregoing Accountants being duly affirmed Say that the foregoing accounts is a just and true Exhibit of the Management of their trust as Administrators of J. A. Strassburger late of Rockhill Township Bucks County dec'd, as they verily believe Affirmed and Subscribed before ) Me this 16'i> day of Mar. A. D. 1861) Jonathan Davis Register ) Elias Hartzel The two following papers, copied from originals in possession of the family, show how this amount was finally distributed : Statement of Distribution to the heirs of the Estate of John A. Strass- burger deceased^ Nero S. Strassburger Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 1/3 Amount advanced $1311.92 Vandue Bills June 14 & 15"> 883.44>4 do do Oct. 25"' 1.41 do do Dec-- 27* 35.77i^ Widows Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henry'^ Portion 112.22-5/9 2457.00-1/9 Nero has to pay into the Estate 317.54-7/9 Gideon S. Strassburger Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 1/3 Advancement $1000. 1/8 of the 300 Doyls. Ins. Shares 9.37>4 Widow= Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henrys Portion do 112.22-5/9 1233.83-11/18 Gideon has to get out of Estate $905.61-13/18 1 Original paper in possession of the family. 140 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Reuben Y. Strassburger Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 1/3 Advancement $1000. Vandue Bills June 14 & IS"' 827.45 do do Octr 25''' 40.36 do do Dec-- 27"' 46.43J4 Widow^ Share in the Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henrys Portion do 112.22-5/9 2138.69-31/36 Reuben has to get out of the Estate .75-17/36 Andrew S. Strassburger Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 J4 Amount advanced $1000. Promissory Note 700. Vandue Bill June 14 & 15"' 347.59>^ do do Octr 25 2.20^ Ys of the 300 Doyls. Ins. Shares 9.37>^ Widovvrs Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henrys Portion do 112.22-5/9 2283.62-11/18 Andrevvr has to pay into the Estate $144.17-1/9 Louisiana Hartzell Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 J^ Amount advanced $1000.18 Vandue Bill June 14 & 15"' 97.49>^ do do Octr 25"' 10.59 do do Deer 27 114.98>4 Widows Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henrys Portion do 112.22-5/9 1447.69-31/36 Louisiana has to get out of Estate $691.75-23/36 Elizabeth Shelly Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45 J4 /Ik 'i'cUt c'f-i4im4f-Ui '^aMu/ YitnjOi'^iu^^fc -/ile^i -/ifutn Jnn-ijfLtC , h'h/m^il //lU fn Jutjff'ttjetiaii^ii^jj^^rk Jm MitJv ^■^n,.'u, '■■^/^'^': V r\ .., i ., .., * 1'^ V '^''? .0 l.tA ^ ^-fAir hcci/tm CJuw. I ^ ^inY/li. Sti^ t-i ' *r' ' "f" ' * . . I > - — — » ii—* t'if V&i *t 7 1^ " ' » ' T I T TTTi ■ .,11 1 «; ' ' r I " ' ■ '■« ■! — *— » 1 1 r-*^ ! *-i »-V-^ ' i C *y- « . t—tr 'It I iimltf.m^ttm)nu,Jll-lj.i^ - tU a- i^^id t-f 4lU'i^*u firiiuL. kuM iunlt Jm.iinj »i,jiiM4'JiJ,\ Hail Columbia, Happy Land. - . 'JAifi'^ }oH.». aJ^r^^i % £'£/iy I'i^'a ,fi-oc-f<^"-^ Of the different keys (major and minor) and their signs. X OS?:^^if a»f' I'liffuHS Ht Mi in me Awake ! calls the voice to us. ^^m^m > j ; . . ' J - — ' • r^ — r — % fc f A , ^ ^ •/ -"tV-*.'.*. " A^^t.^ V««-//»y»^Aii>». ii^i^Mth-u^arTiLl //i^li^-lftfh^tl '.g^ui' * THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 141 Amount advanced $1000.02 Vandue Bill June 14 & IS* 46.37 do do Octr 25 2.99 % of the 300 Doyls. Ins. Stock 9.37>4 Widows Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henry' Portion do 112.22-5/9 1283.20-11/18 Eliz* has to get out of the Estate $856.24-8/9 Mary Hartzell Share of the advancement & personal property $2139.45^4 Amount advanced $1000.30 Vandue Bill June 14 & 15"' 106.75 do do Octr 25* 2.96 do do Deer. 27"' 46.32>^ Ys of the 300 Doyls. Ins. Shares 9.37>^ Widowfs Share in Real Estate 112.22-5/9 Henrys Portion do 112.22-5/9 Promissory Note 500.00 1890.19J4 Mary has to get out of the Estate $249.26-5/18 Henry S. Strassburger Share in the Real Estate $785.59-6/9 do do do Personal 897.21-3/9 do do Pro Ratio advancement 1242.24 A Whole Share $2925.05 Amount advanced $2625.50 Vandue Bill June 14 & 15* 92.68 do " Oct. 25 3.30 Ys of the 300 Doyls. Ins. Stock 9.37>^ 2730.8514 Balance of Henry' full share in the personal & Real Estate $194.19>^ 142 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Nero has to pay into the Estate $317.54-7/9 Andrew do do 144.17-2/9 Amount to receive $461.72 Administrators to pay out to Heirs Gideon S. Strassburger $905.61-13/18 Reuben Y. Strassburger .75-17/36 Louisiana Strassburger 691.75-23/36 Elizabeth Shelly 856.24-8/9 Mary Hartzell 249.26-5/18 Henry S. Strassburger 194.19)4 Whole Amount to pay out to Heirs. $2897.83-18/36 Widow= Portion out of Real Estate $785.59-6/9 Personal do 897.21-3/9 (f il Widows Whole Share $1682.81 Auditor's Report of the Estate of John A. Strassburger Dec'^'- Amount in Administrators hands for distribution Amount of Estate $15145.29 Costs Auditor $20.00 Advertising 2.00 Clerk 3.00 25.00 Balance .for distribution $15120.29 Share of Widow l/9th $ 1680.03 Balance remaining $13440.26 Amount of advancement 9937.42 Amount for distribution among heirs $23377.68 Each heir ygth $ 2922.21 Share of Nero S. Strassburger $ 2922.21 Advancement " " " $ 1311.92 Balance due " " " $ 1610.29 1 Original paper in possession of the family. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 143 Share of Louisiana Hartzel $ 2922.21 Advancement " " 1000.18 Balance due " " $ 1922.03 Share of Elizabeth Shelly $ 2922.21 Advancement " " 1000.02 Balance due " " $ 1922.19 Share of Gideon S. Strassburger $ 2922.21 Advancement " " " 1000.00 Balance due " " " $ 1922.21 Share of Reuben Y. Strassburger $ 2922.21 Advancement " " " 1000.00 Balance due " " " $ 1922.21 Share of Henry Strassburger $ 2922.21 Advancement " " 2625.00 Balance due " " $ 297.21 Share of Mary Hartzel $ 2922.21 Advancement " " 1000.30 Balance due " " $1921.91 Share of Andrew Strassburger $ 2922.21 Advancement " " 1000.00 Balance due " " $ 1922.21 Amount distribution $15120.29 M. Yardley Auditor Exceptions Filed Sept. 26th 1861. Reed Dec" 3* of Elias Hartzel one of the Adm" of the Estate of John A. Strassburger dec*^ the sum of three Dollars & Tvi^enty five cents as fees of Orphans Court $3.25 A. B. ROSENBERGER, Clk Samuel M. Hager desiring to be relieved of the mortgage debt, held by the estate against him, incurred when he purchased the Strassburger mill and another tract of land, entered into an agreement M^ith the Administrators by which he was released of the mortgage on the second property.^ 1 Deed Book 109, p. 599. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 144 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY By the spring of 1864, Reuben Strassburger and his brother- in-law, Elias Hartzell, had rendered their final account, having administered the estate to the full satisfaction of all parties concerned. On April 6, of the last named year, the sons and daughters signed the accompanying release, thus acknowledging that they had each received from the Administrators their full and just pro- portion of their father's estate. Release: Heirs of John Andrew Strassburger to Administrators OF John Andrew Strassburger, 1864 "KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we Gideon S. Strassburger of the city of Janesville in the State of Wisconsin by Henry Troxel his Attorney in fact, Nero S. Strassburger of the Borough of Allentown in the County of Lehigh, Henry Strassburger of the city of Philadelphia, Andrew S. Strassburger of Amity Township in the County of Berks, sons, Louisiana Strassburger intermarried with Elias Hart- zell of Hilltown Township in the County of Bucks, Elizabeth Strass- burger intermarried with Aaron F. Shelly of the City of Philadelphia and Mary Strassburger intermarried with Jesse D. Hartzell of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks all of the State of Pennsylvania, daughters of the said John A. Strassburger, late of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, who died intestate, Do Hereby Acknowledge that we and each of us have this day had and received of and from Reuben Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzell, Administrators of the estate of the said John A. Strassburger, deceased, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and twenty two dollars and twenty one cents in full satisfaction and payment of all such sum or sums of money share or shares purports or dividends which were owing payable or belonging to us by any means Whatsoever for or on account of our full shares parts or dividends of the Real and Personal Estate of our said Father deceased. AND THEREFORE we the said Nero S. Strass- burger, Gideon S. Strassburger by Henry Troxel his Attorney in fact Henry S. Strassburger, Andrew S. Strassburger, Louisiana Hartzell, Elizabeth Shelly, and Mary Hartzell Do By These Presents Remise, Release quit claim and forever discharge the said Reuben Y. Strassburger and Elias Hartzell their Executors and Administrators of and from the said shares and dividends of the estate aforesaid * * * * IN WITNESS Noah Strassburcer, Born March, 1836. Died July, 1836. Catharine Strassburcer, Born Nov. 14, 1832. Died Aug. IS, 1833. ^^ MM Sarah Strassburcer, Born Dec. 31, 1833. Died July 15, 1834. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 145 WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals the sixth day of April A. D. One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty four/ Gideon Strassburger Louisiana Hartzell F. L. Strassburger by Elizabeth Shelly their Attorney Henry Mary S. Hartzell Troxel A. S. Strassburger N. S. Strassburger Henry S. Strassburger A tombstone with the following inscription was placed over the grave of Catherine Stout Strassburger in the graveyard of Tohickon Church: Catherine S. Strassburger Ehe Gattin J. A. Strassburger Tochter von Heinrich und Elisabeth Stout Sie ist geboren den 4ten November A. D. 1798 und Starbe den 7ten October A. D. 1838. Sie brachte ihr Alter auf 39 Jahre, llmonath. und 3 Tage. Ruh saust, des Lebens miide In deiner stillen Grust, Bis des Allmachtgen Giite Sum neuen Segn dich rust. Dein Bild bleibt hier im Leben Im Segen vor uns stehen, Bis wir im bessern Leben Binander wiedersehn. [Translation] Rest softly, weary of life In the quiet grave Till the favor of Almighty God Calls thee up higher Thine image remains here below To stand before us in blessing, Till we in the better life Shall meet one another again. 1 Miscellaneous Docket No. 14, p. 257. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 146 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY This stone became worn with the years and finally broken, and some of the family had it removed and a new stone put in its place with an inscription in English. Our Mother Catherine Strassburger Born Nov. 5, 1799 Died Oct'r 7th 1838 Aged 39 Yrs. 11 Mo and 2 Days. In the church yard at Indian Creek Reformed Church stands a stone which records: Our Father Rev'' J. A. Strassburger Born Oct. 3, 1796 Died May 2, 1860 As a minister of German Reformed Church he served the Indian Creek, Tohickon Charlestown and Ridge Road Congregations from April 1818 to July 1854. It was at the request and earnest solicitation of the widow Anna, that Reverend Strassburger was buried at Indian Creek rather than at Tohickon, where lay his first wife. She had planned to be buried beside him, but circumstances willed other- wise, as after his death she went to live in Chester County, where she died and was buried beside her first husband in the old Union Meeting Cemetery at Parkerford, Chester County. The stone over her grave records that "Ann Strassburger, born July 18, 1791, died June 5, 1873, aged 81 years, 10 mos. 16 d." Children of John Andrew Strassburger and Catherine Stout: 1. Rev. Nero S. Strassburger, born August 7, 1819, in the Reformed Parsonage near Sellersville, and died in Allentown, June 27, 1888. He was one of the most widely known clergy- men of the Reformed church. Graduating from Marshall Rev. John Andrew Steassburger Bom Oct. 3, 1786. Died May 2, 1860. As a minister of the German Reformed Church he served the Indian Creek, Tohickon, Charlestown and Ridge Road Congregations from April, 1818, to July, 1854. Catharine Stout Strassburger, Born Nov. 5, 1798. Died Oct. 7, 1838. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 147 College and the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, he was in 1847, ordained into the ministry at the Goshen- hoppen Church, Montgomery County, by the Rev. Daniel Weiser, D.D. He was called to the pastorate of the Frie- densburg Reformed Church of Berks County, and while attending to his duties of this charge he labored zealously as a home missionary, building up broken down congrega- tions at Pricetown, Boyertown, and at Hubers, all in Berks County. About 1854, he organized an English congrega- tion at Pottstown, supplying at same time, congregations at Amity and Limerick. In 1863, he became pastor of Zion's Reformed Church at Allentown, Lehigh County, with which charge he remained until 1881, when he resigned. He took an active part in church government, serving on a number of important committees of the Gen- eral Synod, and was a man of more than ordinary literary attainments. About 1851, he wrote a "Child's Catechism," a simplified edition of the Heidelberg Catechism, and trans- lated the book into German. At various times he wrote criticisms on theological subjects which were extensively published in church papers, being at one time known as the critic of the Reformed Church. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Marshall College in 1887. He was Stated Clerk of Goshenhoppen Classis, 1848- 1863 ; of East Pennsylvania Classis, 1864-1880, and of Lehigh Classis from 1880 until his death. He helped to organize the Allentown College for Women, 1867, and taught there for four years, and for a time conducted classes in Muhlenberg College. He married November 9, 1818, Diana E. Dickenshied, daughter of Charles F. and Anna Catherine (Eberhard) Dickenshied, of Lower Milford, Lehigh County, Pa. She died August 15, 1890. Reverend Strassburger died in Allentown, Pa., June 27, 1888. Only one child survives, Annie Elizabeth, who resides in Allentown, an only son, Charles Edgar, dying in infancy.^ Miss Annie Strass- burger resides in the old homestead, No. 2)7 S. 7th Street, AUentovra, Pa. She takes an active part in the church 1 Charles R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, p. 1303. 148 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and Sunday School of Zion's Reformed congregation, ever ready to lend her aid where most needed. She also takes a keen interest in the welfare and betterment of the city and during the World War rendered most splendid service in the Red Cross and other war activities. 2. Louisianna Strassburger, born November 24, 1820, Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pa. ; died January 4, 1899 ; mar- ried November 10, 1839, Elias Hartzell, son of Andrew and Margaret (Fosbenner) Hartzell, born June 5, 1814; died January 26, 1875. He was a son of Heinrich and grand- son of Heinrich Hartzell, the pioneer settler in Rockhill, Bucks County. Buried in Indian Creek Reformed church- yard. Issue : Cornelius, born August 14, 1840, died March, 1917, married 1860, Elizabeth Delp and had: Elmer, Imelda, Samuel, Kate, Frank, and Elizabeth; Andrew S., born October 20, 1841, died December 2, 1911, married Kate Derstine, died March, 1897; Francis S., born July 28, 1843, died April 4, 1908, unmarried; Emeline, born November 1, 1845, died March 31, 1914, married Decem- ber 3, 1870, Jonas G. Hangey ; Reuben S., born 1848, died May 3, 1903, unmarried; Lewis S., born April, 1851, died September, 1860. 3. Gideon Strassburger, born February 26, 1822, Rockhill Town- ship, Bucks County, Pa. ; died, 1872, La Crosse, Wisconsin ; married Fanny Wood. He emigrated West when a young man, locating first in Janesville, Wisconsin, later removing to La Crosse, where he died in the latter part of 1872. He married in the West, Miss Fanny Wood, who survived him. Their only daughter Eleanor, born 1850, died August 27, 1868, aged 18 years. 4. REUBEN Y. STRASSBURGER, born at Bridgeton, Bucks County, Pa., October 1, 1823; died August 14, 1872, Schwenkville, Pa. ; married January 21, 1847, ELIZA- BETH Z. SCHWENK, born September 24, 1821; died October 15, 1907. 5. A son born April 8, 1825, lived only three hours. Buried Stout's graveyard, Perkasie, Pa. 6. Elizabeth Strassburger, born February 25, 1826, at either Sellers- ville or Perkasie, Bucks County ; died November 9, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa. ; married March 12, 1846, Dr. Aaron F. N JZ tu 00 J^ r— t rt „ N CLI '^ be, ,'ri 'J-i •o . o XI ri j_ o o; .~ > ;^ b/1 tu O dJ b/} rt THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 149 Shelly, son of Francis and Catherine (Funk) Shelly, born Great Swamp, Bucks County, February 10, 1823; died October 13, 1883, Philadelphia, Pa. Issue: Mary Catherine, born February 1, 1847, died April 26, 1906, married Alexander S. Heister; Rebecca K., born July 3, 1854, married June 20, 1876, Henry S. Dotterer, born February 16, 1841, died January 10, 1903; John Andrew- Francis, died in infancy; Oliver, born May 25, 1860, died March 25, 1813, married Minerva Catherine (Hartzell) Shober. Henry S. Dotterer was a local historian and author and in 1895-6, accompanied by Mrs. Dotterer, made a trip to Europe to carry out a long cherished plan to make researches in the Archives and libraries, particularly in Hol- land, Germany and Switzerland, relative to early immigra- tion from these countries to America and to collect mate- rial on the history of the German Reformed in Pennsylva- nia. It was while on this trip that he collected the data relating to the Strassburger and Dotterer families in Europe and to whose notes, both printed and manuscript, we are indebted for much of the information used in com- piling this history. He also collected material concerning the early history of the German Reformed Church in Penn- sylvania. For three years was Assistant Treasurer of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, which place he resigned December 31, 1902, to accept the position of Private Secre- tary to Governor-elect Samuel W. Pennypacker. He was taken suddenly ill and died January 10, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Dotterer had but one child, a son, Ralph Shelly Dot- terer, born May 26, 1878, who died Aug. 17, 1878. 7. Henry Stout Strassburger, born November 2, 1827, Perkasie, Pa. ; died November 28, 1900, Philadelphia, Pa. ; married September 22, 1860, by his brother Rev. Nero S. Strass- burger, to Margaret Rae Graeff, born October 2, 1836. Resided in Philadelphia and for many years connected with the Oriental Spice Mills. Issue: Harry Stout, born April 29, 1861 ; Frank Graeff, born April 27, 1864 ; Carrie Jane, born January 1, 1866, married September 4, 1888, Harry Ellwood Paisley, of Philadelphia, Pa. 8. A daughter, born November 21, 1829, lived 11 hours. Buried Stout's graveyard, Perkasie, Pa. 150 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 9. Mary Strassburger, born December 20, 1830; died December 26, 1907 ; married September 29, 1849, Jesse D. Hartzell, born January 5, 1827; died February 7, 1894. Issue: Milton Henry, died in Michigan, married Priscilla Newton of Waverly; John Andrew, born September 20, 1851, died October 12, 1919, married October 16, 1879, Mary M. Reiff, resided in Perkasie, Pa. ; Francis A., died about 1891, mar- ried Hattie Sheetz, o.f Philadelphia; Minerva C. (deceased), married Eugene Schober ; Alice E., married John F. Stover, of Perkasie, Pa. ; Jordan H., married Etta Palmer, reside in Perkasie, Pa. 10. Catherine Strassburger, born November 16, 1832; died August 17, 1834. Buried Tohickon churchyard. 11. Andrew Strassburger, born December 31, 1833; died May 23, 1895 ; married September 25, 1858, by his brother Rev. Nero S. Strassburger, to Margaret Amelia Lorah, daughter of William and Harriet Lorah of Weavertown, Berks County, Pa. Issue: Elmer Lorah, born April 21, 1861, died April 8, 1862 ; William Henry, born April 3, 1863, died April 19, 1895 ; Harriet Catherine, born September 13, 1865, married Walter Roberts, of Allentown; Ada Estella, born January 30, 1868, died October 21, 1872; Lorah, born March 30, 1871, married March 30, 1895, Emma Bailey Halloway, of Weavertown, and had issue : Catherine AmeHa, born September 27, 1897, and Grace Halloway, born February 13, 1904, reside near Douglassville, Pa.; Mahlon Ludwig, born September 16, 1873, married Cather- ine Levan ; Preston Elwood, born March 30, 1877, died January 13, 1880. 12. Sarah Strassburger, a twin to Andrew, born December 31, 1833; died July 15, 1834. 13. Noah Strassburger, born February 23, 1836; died July 11, 1836, aged 4 months and 18 days. Buried in Tohickon church- yard. REUBEN Y. STRASSBURGER, third son of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger and his wife, Catherine Stout, was born at Bridgetown, Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsyl- vania, on October 1, 1823, and baptized the same year, as shown by the baptismal records of Tohickon Reformed Church, where the name appears as "Rubin." None of the children of THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 151 Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, except the fourth son, Henry, were given more than the one Christian name at baptism, though the other sons assumed middle initials later in life. The story is told in one branch of the family that Reuben originally intended that his middle name should be Yeager, after his grandmother, but that a strong regard for a relative and prominent pastor named Young, who resided in AUentown, led him to adopt that name instead. Another tradition is that at one time the two brothers, Nero and Reuben, were discussing the fact that neither had been given a middle name at baptism, and both wishing to use two initials, as was the custom, each decided to take a family name, the elder son, Nero, assumed that of his mother. Stout, and was ever thereafter known as Nero S., or N. S., while Reuben took the name of his grandmother, Yeager, using only the initial "Y." While it would seem more natural that he should choose a family name rather than that of a relative, at present writing it is not known for a certainty which he selected, and since it is so doubtful, we have in these pages referred to him as Reuben Y., for it was in this manner, or as R. Y., he wrote his own signature. When he was eight years old Reuben was sent to school to the old Fluck's Schoolhouse, where he generally arrived full of mischief; and later, to more advanced institutions of learning, where he acquired an excellent education. He wrote a scholarly Spencerian hand ; his books and accounts show great skill and are models of neatness and accuracy. He taught in his youth in the old Octagon Schoolhouse near Perkasie, long since torn down. Reuben Y. Strassburger married, January 21, 1847, at Schwenkville, Pa., Elizabeth Ziegler Schwenk, daughter of Jacob Schwenk and his wife, Magdalena Ziegler, who was born Sep- tember 24, 1821, and died October 11, 1907. The ceremony was performed by his father, who issued this certificate: To All Whom It May Concern. This is to certify, that on the 21st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty Seven no lawful hinder- ance appearing, we R. Y. Strassburger And Eliz*'' Z. Schwencken were joined together in the HolyBands of Matrimony, and pronounced husband and WIFE by me, t a c J. A. Strassburger Minister of the Gospel. 152 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY For the first few months after their marriage, Reuben Y. Strassburger and his wife appear to have resided in Schwenk- ville, or Perkiomen (as the village was more frequently called in those days), in Montgomery County, Pa. That his wife had come to him well supplied with those household articles so dear to every German bride, is made known to us by two interesting old papers that have been preserved. Three months after their marriage, Reuben made a list of the contents of their home, heading the paper "Elizabeth Strassburger 's Furniture Goods, March 11, 1847." This paper being rather carelessly written, and having some words misspelled, he rewrote it in his own fine Spencerian hand, correcting the spelling, and dating this new paper "Perkio- men, March 23, 1847," and designating it "Memorandum of House Furniture." The following copy is taken from the first-mentioned paper: Elizabeth Strassburger's Furniture Goods March 11, 1847 Check's Chalf Bags, Tow Linin ] _ } Flax Linin Table Cloth's &c Quilts, Comforts, Cotton Laps, "» 2g 7^ Cover Lets Blankets &c. J Bill of Queens Ware 24.49 1 Large & Small Copper Kettel 12.00 Cash 150.00 1 Mahogany Look'g Glass 5.25 1 Waiter & Snuffer Tray 2.25 95 lbs Holloware 3.32 1 Looking Glass 1'12 1 pr Shovel & Tongs 1-43 1 Meat Saw 95 1 Coffee Mill 72 2 Boilers 2.55 1 pr Carvers, & Butcher Knive 72 2 Doz Knives & Forks 3.79 2 Iron Spoons 10 2 Candle Sticks & Snuffers 90 1 Doz Table Spoons 50 J4 Doz do Tea do 65 1 Tea Kettel 1-43 THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 153 Tin Ware 4.26 1 Plate & Iron 65 Brushes 1.15 5i^ lbs L Handle pan 10 55 5 do Stove pans 15 75 13 do Flat Irons 6 78 2^ lbs Small pan 28 70 Am't Bro't Forward 319.82 Cedar Ware 6.11 Feathers 68 lbs. 30 20.40 Bed Ticking 37j^ yds 15 5.62 35 lbs Beef 5 1.75 10 Yds Carpets 18 1.80 1 pp Crash 93 1 Steel Garden Spade 56 1 Coffee Roaster 50 1 Garden Hoe 37 Earthen Ware 86 Comon Tea Ware & Crockery, Ware 8.00 Cash March 29, 1847 , 30.00 Cash p'^ Jesse Schillich 5.00 401.72 Spinning Wheel & Reel 5.25 y^ Cwt Wht Flour 1.50 ^ do Rye do 1.00 2 Hams 1.00 1 Shoulder 1.25 Lard 3.00 10 lbs. Tallow 80 406.97 $11.55 11.55 $418.52 111^ yds Tow Linin 20 2.20 Coffee, Sugar, Tea Salt &c (Gratis) Free $420.72 154 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Rev. John Andrew Strassburger, during his lifetime, had given to each of his children a generous sum of money no doubt with the view of establishing his sons in business, or, by this means, enabling them to build or buy suitable homes upon their marriage, and providing liberal dowers for the daughters. Reuben, therefore, had received $1000.00, and it probably was with this money that he bought a tract of land in Hilltown Township, where he erected, shortly after his marriage, a large stone building to be used as a store and warehouse, one end and the upper part of which was the residence, this being the manner in which country stores were built and conducted. It stands on high ground at the intersection of two highways, a long building, two stories and a half high, to which dormer windows have since been added. They had moved into the house and were settled before the end of the year, for it was here, on November 28th, their oldest child, Clara Olivia, was born. This continued to be their home for twenty years, during which time six other children came to bless their union. A paper wherein he records, in his own handwriting, the birth and baptism of his two eldest children, is one of the prized possessions of the family. "Clara Olivia Strassburger was born on the Twenty eighth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Forty Seven — in Hilltown, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania. Was baptized on the Nineteenth day of March A. D. 1848." "Jacob Andrew Strassburger was born on the Fifteenth day of Octo- ber in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and forty-nine in Hilltown, Bucks County. Was baptized on the ZS*'' day of December A. D. 1849. During the Civil War quantities of supplies consisting of boxes of food, bandages, etc., were forwarded from this Hilltown home to the Union troops and prisoners in the South. Reuben Y. Strassburger was for twenty-two years superintendent of the Sun- day school which held its services in the Hilltown Schoolhouse. In 1869, he disposed of the store and house in Hilltown to a good advantage and returned to Schwenkville, where in 1845 he / '^^,^^^2^^' *^A^ '<^i j/ l^*^A^i . € £'g€'ct»/ /// . h' / / Poem in appreciation, in his own handwriting, l)y R. Y. Strassburger, to his wife, EHzabeth Schwenk, 1852. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 155 had met, at a young people's frolic, the rosy-cheeked girl who two years later became his wife. Here he purchased a house and engaged in the coal and lumber trade with his brother-in-law, Abraham G. Schwenk, under the firm name of Schwenk & Strass- burger, and they soon built up a most successful business. After their removal to their new home, Mr. and Mrs. Strass- burger became identified with the public and religious life of the town. He was a man of sterling integrity, of a deeply religious nature, and in politics a Republican. Both he and his wife were members of the Indian Creek Reformed Church, of which he was an elder for a great many years. Elizabeth Schwenk Strassburger was a splendid Christian woman, charitable, unassuming, never obtrusive, patient, and ever depreciating her own sacrifices. No one ever left her door in want. When asked why she allowed herself to be so frequently imposed upon, she would reply, "Rather that, than I should miss a worthy one." She had a rare personality, well educated, and most assidu- ous in Bible reading; her great old-fashioned German Bible shows much service, although she was proficient in the English language as well, and, like her husband, excelled in penmanship. Her hus- band penned these lines, dedicating them To My Wife Elizabeth Sweet memory, wafted by thy gentle gale Oft up the stream of Time, I turn my sail To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers Hence away, nor dare intrude ! In this secret shadowy cell Musing MEMORY loves to dwell, With her sister Solitude Far from the busy world she flies, To taste that peace the world denies. Entranced she sits, from youth to age; Reviewing lifes eventful page; And noting, ere they fade away The little lines of yesterday. R. Y. Strassburger Hiltown Jany 2P' 1852 156 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY On August 14, 1872, Reuben Y. Strassburger was accident- ally killed by falling from a car in his own warehouse and crushed under the wheels of the moving train. He was buried in the grave- yard at Indian Creek Reformed Church, in the lot adjoining his father's last resting place. It is said that his funeral was the largest ever attended in that community. In the Herald and Free Press, a Norristown newspaper, under date of Thursday, August 22, 1872, there appeared the following : ^ Funeral — Mr. Strassburger, accidentally killed on the railroad at Schwenkville last Thursday, was buried Saturday at Indian Field^ burying ground, in Franconia Township. Mr. Strassburger's sudden and unlooked for death removes from our country a very prominent business man and deprives a large family of the love and attention of a devoted husband and father. As he did not leave a will. Letters of Administration were issued to his wife, Elizabeth, and eldest son, Jacob Andrew. He had acquired a considerable estate during his life. He held a number of shares in the Quakertown and Sellersville Turnpike, Hilltown and Sellersville Turnpike, Springhouse and Hilltown Turnpike, Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turnpike, North Penn Railroad, and United States bonds to the value of $11,219.00. In addition, he held a half interest in the firm of Schwenk & Strassburger. The final account, as returned to the Orphans' Court at Norristovm, Pa., by administrators November 11, 1874, showed that the entire estate amounted to $27,673.63." Elizabeth Schwenk Strassburger's parents and grandparents had been active and influential members of Keely's church, which stood about a mile distant from Schwenkville, the same building being used by both the Reformed and Lutheran congregations. The Schwenks were of the Lutheran faith, and when this con- gregation removed their place of worship to Schwenkville, her father, Abraham Schwenk, lent his aid both personally and finan- cially to the building of the new Lutheran Church. Later when ^Herald and Free Press, Thursday, August 22, 1872. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 This is an error. The interment was in Indian Creek Reformed churchyard. 2 Original Papers in possession of Perry B. Strassburger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 157 the Reformed branch of Keely's desired also to establish a place of worship in the village, Mrs. Strassburger gave them the ground upon which was erected the Heidelberg Reformed Church, and later placed in the church a beautiful stained glass window in memory of her husband. This handsome stone edifice stands on the hill just back of the old home which, then, as now, faces the main street. After a few years she disposed of her property in Schwenkville and went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Wilfred L. Stauffer, of Norristown, with whom she remained until her death on October 11, 1907, in her eighty-seventh year. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, the Reverends Peter S. Fisher, S. M. K. Huber, F. Berkemeyer, and Jacob Kuhn officiating at the ceremony, which was conducted in both German and English. Children of Reuben Y . Strassburger and Elizabeth Ziegler Schwenk: 1. Clara Olivia Strassburger, born November 28, 1847; died 1852, Hilltown, Bucks Co., Pa. Buried Indian Creek Reformed Church, Montgomery Co., Pa. 2. JACOB ANDREW STRASSBURGER, born October 15, 1849; died March 30, 1908; married December 15, 1880, MARY J. BEAVER, born January 16, 1856; died July 7, 1913. 3. Anna Elizabeth Strassburger, born September 2, 1851 ; died February 17, 1910; married Benjamin Leidy, born 1851, died July 4, 1896. He was for many years cashier of the Pennsburg National Bank. Their only child was Robert Clement Leidy, married but died without issue. 4. John Henry Strassburger, born December 2, 1852; died in infancy. 5. Katherine Augusta Strassburger, born January 18, 1854; died in Philadelphia; married September 10, 1878, in Schwenk- ville, Pa., Charles M. Spare, born August 29, 1849, died January 6, 1918. They settled at Geneva, N. Y., where Mr. Spare was General Agent for the Philadelphia and Read- ing Rail Road for New York State. Issue: Charles Roscoe Spare, born June 14, 1879; Reuben Young Spare, born June 29, 1882, married January 28, 1914, Marguerite Wett- stein and have issue : Betty Spare, born September 26, 1917, and Dorothy Christine Spare, born May 13, 1918. 158 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 6. James Strassburger, born September 5, 1855; died May, 1860. Buried beside his grandfather, Rev. J. A. Strassburger, Indian Creek Reformed Churchyard. 7. Magdalena Schwenk Strassburger, born October 16, 1858; mar- ried September 7, 1881, at Schwenkville, Pa., Wilfred Lud- wig Stauffer, of Norristown, Pa., born July 28, 1857, Vice President of the James Lees Company, Bridgeport, Pa. Mrs. Stauffer is a member of the Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, and was the instigator, in 1907, of the Valley Forge Marker for the unknown dead. During the World War she served on the American Red Cross Canteen from June 1, 1917 to November 11, 1919, and upon its discontinuance was transferred to the Ameri- can Red Cross Canteen Reserves November 1, 1919. Children: Wilfred Ludwig Stauffer, born July 29, 1883, died Jan. 5, 1885; Mary Elizabeth Stauffer, born June 11, 1885, married December 14, 1909, John Hyatt Naylor, born 1886, issue: Mary EHzabeth, born September 9, 1911, John Hyatt, born November 24, 1917; Charles Rodger Stauffer, born April 7, 1887, married August 11, 1911, Florence Rosella Franey, issue: Magdalena Strassburger, born Au- gust 16, 1912, Louise Rosella, born February 26, 1916 ; Paul Strassburger Stauffer, born February 10, 1889, married June 30, 1913, Alice Piersol Butz, born January 26, 1889, issue: Jean Douglass, born March 6, 1915; Jacob Kenneth Stauffer, born April 9, 1891, married 1917, Sarah Meyers, born April 1, 1894, issue: Harriet Elizabeth, born March 11, 1919, died January 31, 1920, Nancy K., born January 4, 1921 ; Wilfred Ludwig Stauffer, born October 29, 1893, served in the Great War as Sergeant, 1st Class, Aviation Corps, 17 Aero Squadron. JACOB ANDREW STRASSBURGER, ESQUIRE, son of Reuben Y. Strassburger and his wife, Elizabeth Schwenk, was born in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1849. Receiving his primary education in the public schools, he later attended the private academy at Quakertown and the Treemount Seminary, the latter being the famous old school in Norristown of which Dr. John W. Loch was later head master. He had an ardent desire to enter Yale College and while THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 159 at Treemount Seminary, with this end in view, he diligently applied himself to his studies and made a remarkable record as a student, in every course attaining averages of 99 per cent and standing first in all of his classes. His mother was a constant aid to him, encouraging him in his wish to enter Yale, for which he showed his appreciation by a love and devotion which endured throughout her life. But the father desired his son to enter Ursinus, the Reformed College, situated at Collegeville within a short distance of his home at Schwenkville. This decision was no doubt prompted by a question of expense, which was seemingly unnecessary, for his father was possessed of a large estate for those days and he could easily have gratified this particular wish of his son. It should be re- membered that the essentials to the future success of most young men raised in a small community, is to be found in the broaden- ing influence of new contacts which are, for the most part, obtained at the larger educational institutions. Association with young men from metropolitan centers is often of inestimable value. Had this young man been given this great opportunity in his youth it would, in all probability, have created in him a confidence in his own fundamental worth and have gone far towards over- coming a certain shyness of manner due, no doubt, to the environ- ment and limitations found in the small country village in which he was reared. Nevertheless, his life proved that one does not need to enter into the larger fields of work and achieve national prominence in order to fuUfil one's obligation and duty. By his exemplary life and the various activities in which he was engaged, he became a potent factor in the community in which destiny had placed him. After all it is the ability of the average young American to adapt himself to circumstances, which forms the backbone of the great American nation today. Jacob Andrew Strassburger graduated with honors from Ursinus College in 1873, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts; and in 1876, the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. He went to Philadelphia and studied law under General B. F. Fisher, who had had a notable record in the Civil War and occupied a high position at the Philadelphia bar. Two 160 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY years later, Mr. Strassburger was admitted to the bar in that city and continued to practice there until 1878, when he removed to Norristown, in order to be in closer touch with his clients. These consisted largely of the upper county farmers and old coun- try squires, who immediately recognized his sterling honesty and general worth. These men, who had accumulated their comfortable farms and estates through hard labor and toil, were a simple but able people who demanded a standard of integrity — a quality for which he was noted by both the bench and his colleagues — and they invariably turned over their affairs to his honest administration. He soon built up a large general practice and was solicitor for the Directors of the Poor and for the Clerks of the Court. He started early to build up his own extensive law library which, at his death, consisted of over four thousand volumes, many of them rare editions, while his large private library at his home, with its worn volumes, mostly on philosophical, politi- cal, and historical subjects, attested to his inherent studious quali- ties. As a member of the Montgomery County Law Library Committee, he assisted in the work of revising and indexing the books, as well as in the purchasing of new volumes, so that now the library is considered one of the best in the State. He early joined the ranks of the Republican party and soon became a factor in the Pennsylvania State organization and served on many important county committees. Throughout his life, his loyalty to his friends, combined with his assiduity for hard, patient work, made him a valuable asset to the party. He numbered among his supporters almost the entire Pennsylvania rural population of the upper end of the county and vdth the pro- verbial horse and buggy would often, at the request of a candi- date, personally canvass the townships, Franconia, the Salfords, Perkiomen, Skippack, and Towamencin with invariable success. In 1892, he entered the National Primary contest in sup- port of James G. Blaine, Esquire, in the latter's unsuccessful campaign against Benjamin F. Harrison for President, serving as a delegate from the Seventh Congressional District of Penn- sylvania, at the National Convention in Minneapolis. In 1896, he was elected District Attorney for Montgomery County by an THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 161 overwhelming majority. In the subsequent division of the party, during the Roosevelt Progressive Movement, he remained a staunch supporter of the regular organization and continued to take an active part in the politics of the State. Mr. Strassburger was one of the organizers and a charter member of the Riverside Cemetery Company and, as a charter director of the Norristown Trust Company, he took a leading part in local financial matters, remaining with this institution as a member of the Directorate until his death. With Freeland G. Hobson, its President, and others, he organized certain other profitable companies which proved the soundness of his finan- cial abilities. He also administered, with equal success, several large estates, notably that of his mother's sister. All through his life he took great interest, together with his friend and colleague, Joseph Fornance, in the Montgomery County Historical Society, serving as its treasurer in the Cen- tennial Celebration of the County, 1884, and in other official capacities. The records of the Society show excellently prepared treatises of his research work in both local and family history. He felt a justifiable pride in his own people who, for two hun- dred years, had contributed so largely to the upbuilding of his own native State. Through intermarriage of the various branches of his family, during this long period, he numbered among his connections most of the prominent families of the country region in which he was born. Through that institution which has been so largely responsible in laying the foundation and developing the character of real Americans, the country church, Mr. Strassburger kept in close touch with his people, always maintaining active membership in the German Reformed Church, following his worthy ancestors in its precepts. He was first associated with the Indian Creek congregation, so long served by his grandfather, but upon the erection of the Heidelberg Reformed Church, in Schwenkville, he transferred his membership to it. He was a Past Master of Warren Lodge No. 310, Free and Accepted Masons, at the old village of Trappe, Pennsylvania. There, likewise, is the ancient church where a number of his an- cestors worshipped under the great Muhlenberg, and where he him- self was later married. For fifteen years, he acted as trustee of 162 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY his Alma Mater, giving to it his time and services as a lecturer on constitutional law. On December 15, 1880, Mr. Strassburger was married by the Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger, of Trappe, Pennsylvania, to Mary Jane Beaver, the only daughter of Dr. Ephraim K. Beaver and his wife, Lucy Ann Solliday, of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mary Beaver was born January 16, 1856, in Center Point, now Wor- cester, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where her father was then established in the practice of medicine. While still an in- fitka-^ fant in arms, her parents went to Circleville, Piscataway County, Ohio, this move to the west being influenced largely by the fact that a number of Mrs. Beaver's relatives had removed to that part of Ohio from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, their native place. Here Dr. Beaver soon built up a large practice, becoming one of the leading physicians of that vicinity. Three years after their removal, September 27, 1859, Mrs. Beaver died leaving, besides Mary who was then three and a half years of age, two sons, Eugene and J. Perry. Dr. Beaver returned to Pennsylvania with his three motherless children, locating this time at Alburtus, Lehigh County, where he died July 4, 1862. Bereft of both par- ents, the little girl, not yet seven years of age, went to live with her grand aunt, Sarah Ann Kerr Derr, wife of Franklin Derr, of Norristown, where she was brought up undei the strictest re- gime, her aunt and uncle being adherents of the old-school Presbyterian faith. She began her studies at private schools, being for a time under a Miss Hayman, unto whose excellent care, years later, she confided her own three children. She then en- tered the Freeland Seminary for Young Ladies at Collegeville, making her home during this period with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr Beaver, of Trappe. It was while visit- ing a friend, who lived on the property adjoining the Strassburger home, in Schwenkville, that she met her future husband, who was then a prosperous young lawyer with offices in Norristown. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Strassburger lived for a while in Schwenkville, at the Strassburger homestead, but eventually moved to Norristown where they made their permanent home, and where their three children, Elizabeth, Ralph, and Perry, were born. Jacob Andrew Strassburger, Esquire, died in Norristown, > C i/ ^^^Z^r7-2-^ '//"^K-, ^ /7 '-e- ^^r^V/^L^J'J^^ Transcript from Family Record made by R. Y. Strassburger, in his own handwriting, of tlie birtli of Clara Strassburger and Jacob Andrew Strassburger. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 165 esteem for him, in clearer and stronger form than any words that I may speak. "I knew Jacob A. Strassburger from the time of his college days. For more than thirty years we followed our chosen profession in closest intimacy and warmest friendship. He was your friend as well as mine. His helping hand was never denied to any one. In your trouble it was his pleasure to come to your relief. No labor was too arduous for him if it aided in solving your difficulty. "Sometimes quick in speech, but just as quick to correct a mistake, he treasured no resentment and no man was more ready to take back the hasty word that might lead to a misunderstanding* * *." But no tribute given or to be given him could possibly equal that from his loved ones. His home and his children were his life; no sacrifice too heavy, nothing too great, to give them. He was ambitious for his children, strict only in their general train- ing and special matters of education; his great ambition was not for himself but for them. His desire was to insure their success and he left no stone unturned to aid them in this endeavor. His letters to his eldest son, Ralph, while he was at Exeter and later at the United States Naval Academy, were models of Chesterfieldian style. His stern admonishment when a monthly study report failed to meet his approval — scanned the more carefully when the owner would fall in general average — could scarcely hide the love which called it forth nor how much it meant to him. After all what can give a son more satisfaction, more pleas- ure, more content, than the knowledge of the great love and affec- tion ever borne by such a father for his children as shovra by his life efforts to give his all to them! It is therefore felt that in the dedication of this volume to him, an appreciation, however small it may be, can be thus publicly expressed. Nothing can repay what it meant to have such a parent. There is no effort too great to endeavor to live up to his precepts. The only daughter, Elizabeth, had early shown unmistakable musical talent and having reached a point in her education where it was believed foreign study alone could round out her truly mag- nificent voice, Mrs. Strassburger, with her daughter and younger son, Perry, on October 3, 1900, sailed for Paris, France, and there. 166 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY while supervising the education of her son and daughter, for two years she lived in the most enjoyable surroundings amidst the musical and artistic folk of the American Colony. The sud- den death of her gifted daughter in January, 1902, brought the Paris visit to an abrupt close; but the bereaved mother bore up bravely under her great sorrow, returning at once to this country with her son, Perry. She lived in comparative quiet for several years, interesting herself in her two boys and their education, but she ever kept in mind the devoted daughter and her wonderful attainments. Upon the death of Mr. Strassburger, in 1908, the home was broken up and Mrs. Strassburger spent much of her life there- after in travel, crossing the American continent a number of times, as well as making repeated trips to Europe. In January, 1911, she had sailed on a second Mediterranean cruise, but one of her friends being taken ill, she returned to America in April, only to recross the Atlantic with her son, Ralph, to be present at his mar- riage. May 11, at West Wickham, County Kent, England, to May Bourne, daughter of Commodore Frederick Gilbert Bourne, of New York. She returned to America to attend the wedding of her other son, Perry, to Mary Alice Birchall, daughter of Warren Randolph Birchall, of Germantovrai, which took place on June 3rd, at St. Michael's Church, Germantown. Shortly after this she returned to live in Florence, Italy, and also spent part of her time with her son in Tours, France. Mrs. Strassburger took great interest in historical research work, and contributed frequent letters to the Norristown Herald on interesting subjects relating to her travels. In April, 1913, in making a return visit to America, she unfortunately became very ill and entered the Chestnut Hill Hospital to undergo an operation, from the effects of which she did not recover, and on Monday morning July 7, 1913, died. The eldest son, Ralph, was at the time in Europe, but being notified of his mother's death, he start- ed at once on the long and sorrowful journey homeward. The funeral services were held at the home of her son, Perry, No. 547 Pelham Road, Germantovm, on July 10, the Rev. Thomas R. Beeber, of the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, officiating. Her body was laid in the vault at Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 167 until the arrival of her son from Europe. Ten days later, in the presence of the sorrowing family and friends, her mortal re- mains were laid beside those of her beloved husband and daughter in the family burial plot at Riverside. Mrs. Strassburger was a lifelong member of the First Pres- byterian Church of Norristown; a member of the Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, through her ancestor John Sallade (Solliday), and for one term its treasurer; with her hus- band, a charter member of the Ersine Tennis Club. She was a collector of beautiful oriental rugs, chosen with the assistance of experts, which graced her home for many years. As a lover of old mahogany, she purchased many beautiful pieces throughout the country; copies of famous paintings, old laces, prints, and the like were gathered in her travels; but, generous to the heart, upon returning she would lavish gifts among her family and friends. Chief among the elements making up the character of Mary Beaver Strassburger was her unselfish devotion to her children. She ever labored for the advancement of her family, and toiled side by side with her husband, carefully saving and patiently planning. A woman of dominant and virile personality, she possessed a natural ability to make and hold friends. In her home, in her travels, and in her temporary abiding places she drew about her circles of charming and intellectual people. She was a rare hostess and in conversation brilliant. She spoke French and German passably well and her writings, though infrequent, show a clear style, a grasp of subject and a vocabulary, widened by a lifetime of careful study. Her life was lived for others and her unselfishness was her greatest merit. Children of Jacob Andrew Strassburger and Mary J. Beaver. 1. Elizabeth Beaver Strassburger, eldest child and only daughter of Jacob Andrew and Mary J. Beaver Strassburger, was born in Norristown, Pa., October 23, 1881 ; died in Paris, France, January 11, 1902. She was baptized June 3, 1892, by the Reverend Thomas R. Beeber and admitted as a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Norristown, June 2, 1897. At first attending school in her home town and in Philadel- 168 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY phia, she then entered The Misses Irwin's school from which she graduated in 1899. She possessed a rare mezzo- soprano voice, and after having pursued her musical studies in this country, she went abroad, accompanied by her mother and younger brother, to continue her musical education under famous instructors in the French capital. She had a won- derfully beautiful voice and at the end of two years was accorded the unusual honor of being asked by the Director General of the Paris Opera to appear in a role in one of his operas. She accepted the invitation, though it was never her intention to enter upon an operatic career. But in the midst of making preparations for this event, she was suddenly stricken with appendicitis and died after a very short illness. A heart-broken mother returned to her home, bringing with her all that was mortal of her beautiful, talented daughter. She was laid to rest in the family lot, in Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, Pa. 2. RALPH BEAVER STRASSBURGER, born March 26, 1883 ; married May 11, 1911, MAY BOURNE. 3. Perry Beaver Strassburger, younger son of Jacob Andrew and Mary J. Beaver Strassburger, was born in Norristown, Pa., August 6, 1888, and baptized May 5, 1889, by Rev. Thomas R. Beeber, pastor of the church of his mother. First Pres- byterian of Norristown. He was married at St. Michael's Church, Germantown, June 3, 1911, by the Rev. Arnold H. Hord, to Mary Alice Birchall, born September 20, 1886, daughter of Warren Randolph Birchall and his wife Emma Susanna Scatchard, of Germantown, Pa. Mr. Strassburger obtained his early education at the Norristown and Plymouth Meeting Friends' School, but in the fall of 1900 he accom- panied his mother and sister to Europe and during their two years' residence in Paris, he attended the Ecole Alsacienne, Paris. In the summer of 1901, in company with his father, who had crossed the ocean to visit his family, he travelled through the Rhine District and while in the Palatinate, visited Ober Ingelheim, the ancestral home of the Strassburgers. Returning to this country, Mr. Strassburger, in 1903, entered Phillips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, N. H., was graduated from there in 1906, and the following year entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, where he remained until shortly THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 169 after his father's death. While in the Academy, he was editor of the school semi-weekly paper, "The Exonian," and at the University was managing editor of the monthly magazine, "The Punch Bowl." After leaving college he took a position on the Wall Street Journal and later was connected with the Philadelphia News Bureau prior to his entering the banking house of E. B. Smith & Company, of Philadelphia. He later was connected with the National City Company, New York, and Kissel, Kinnicutt & Company, Bankers, 14 Wall Street, New York City. He left this latter firm to accept a position with the American Express Company as the General Manager of their Securities Department, which position he now holds. He has had a most active and successful career, and occupies one of the foremost places among the younger bankers in New York City. He has a command of the French and German languages and is also a financial writer. He has been director of the Ambler Trust Company; President of the Old Pupils' Association of the Plymouth Meeting Friends' School ; member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Pennsylvania German Society, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He resides in Montclair, New Jersey. He takes an active interest in Episcopal Church matters, of which he is a member; and in 1921, was elected a member of the Vestry of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church of Montclair. Issue : Betty Heap Strass- burger, born June 15, 1912, baptized November 4, 1912, at St. Michael's Church, Germantown, Pa.; Susanne Strass- burger, born March 3, 1914, baptized July 9, 1916, at St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, Pa.; Beaver Strassburger, born November 10, 1915, baptized July 9, 1916, at St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, Pa. RALPH BEAVER STRASSBURGER, publisher and news- paper owner, eldest son of Jacob Andrew Strassburger and his wife, Mary Jane Beaver, was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1883, and although baptized September 9th of the same year by the Reverend Thomas R. Beeber, pastor of the church of his mother, the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, he has 170 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY followed the creed of his father, the old German Reformed faith. His father was a member of the Reformed Church of Schwenkville and his great-grandfather was for forty years a minister at Indian Creek, Tohickon, and other Reformed congregations in Mont- gomery and Bucks Counties. He received his preliminary education in the public and private schools of Norristown, graduating from the High School in 1899. He then studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, for two years, during which time he secured high hon- ors in athletics, and was selected as a member of the famous foot- ball team, in 1900, which defeated Andover 10-6. Every member of this Phillips Exeter team subsequently became a member of a leading university team. In 1901, Mr. Strassburger was appoint- ed to the United States Naval Academy by the Honorable I. P. Wanger, from his home district, now the Eighth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. During his Annapolis days he kept up his prestige in athletics, playing for four years on the football team with great distinction. In 1902, he was chosen substitute for the All-American Team of that year, having scored all the points for Annapolis in the memorable Army and Navy game played at Philadelphia. Upon his graduation from Annapolis, in 1905, he was ordered to sea, having the honor of being chosen to serve under Rear Admiral W. B. Brownson, United States Navy, the former Superintendent at the Naval Academy. His vessel was the new flagship of the armored cruiser squadron, the U. S. S. West Virginia. After two years at sea, he received promotion to the rank of Ensign. He next saw service on the U. S. Battle- ship Connecticut, under command of Admiral Robley D. Evans, and was attached to the Presidential yacht Mayflower of the United States Navy, in 1907, during the incumbency of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Ensign Strassburger also served on the fast scout cruiser Birmingham during the conduct of the competitive engineering tests between the United States Cruiser Salem and the U. S. S. Chester. In 1909, after eight years' service, he left the Navy to accept a position in the marine department of the Babcock & Wilcox Com- pany, manufacturers of most of the steam boilers installed for the American, English, and Italian navies, as well as for the navies THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 171 of Brazil, Argentina, and several smaller nations. Incidental to this phase of his career, a story is related which forcibly illustrates Mr. Strassburger's cool and courageous conduct in a dangerous emergency. During the progress of the builders' trial trip of the newly completed U. S. Battleship North Dakota, a header blew out causing the death of two men and scalding several others. He promptly entered the chamber and, regardless of personal danger, was enabled to isolate the boiler, thereby saving many lives and, in all probability, the ship itself. On May 11, 1911, Mr. Strassburger was married by the Rev- erend H. Bertie Roberts, at the Church of St. John the Divine, West Wickham, County Kent, England, to May Bourne, daugh- ter of Commodore Frederick G. Bourne and his wife, Emma Sparks Keeler, of New York. Commodore Bourne was born December 20, 1851, and died March 9, 1919. He was President of the Singer Manufacturing Company and resided on his beautiful estate at Oakdale, Long Island. At the outbreak of the Balkan War, in 1913, Mr. Strassburger entered the diplomatic service and, after passing the required ex- amination, was appointed by President Taft as Consul General and Secretary of Legation to Roumania, Bulgaria, and Servia. Following this he was promoted to the post of Second Secretary of the Embassy at Tokio, Japan. Upon the accession of the Dem- ocratic Party to political supremacy with the election of Woodrow Wilson as President, he retired from the foreign service after the appointment of William J. Bryan as Secretary of State. Always active and influential in Republican politics, Mr. Strassburger has been prominent as an ardent party supporter and follower of the regular Republican State organization. In 1914, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the Republican primaries, but was defeated by Honorable Henry W. Watson by a slight majority. In 1914, immediately after the outbreak of the European War, he foresaw that the ultimate position that America would oc- cupy would be either that she would be forced into the great conflict or else be compelled to take extreme protective measures. Being a strong believer that the best defensive method for America to assume would be the building up and the strengthening of the 172 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Navy rather than the forming of a large Army, he joined the Navy League. Shortly he was elected to the Board of Directors and became a member of the Executive Committee of that Board. The Navy League was more or less a social organization at the time of his entrance into it, but in a short space of time he collected a large amount of money from his friends in New York, and at a famous luncheon given at the down town club, $20,000 was sub- scribed for an educational campaign. This was really the start- ing of the Preparedness movement. At that time the Preparedness idea had not been much thought of, and none of the numerous societies which sprang up later, such as the National Security League and the American Defense Society, were even in existence and the fundamental work which was carried on was against the violent opposition of the Carnegie Peace Society, and it was neces- sary to literally force the news items into the papers throughout the country. The work which had been done by the Carnegie Peace Society had borne fruit and a popular song at that time was "I did not Raise My Boy to be a Soldier." These efforts of Mr. Strassburger, who was much younger than his colleagues, were in opposition to the views of certain older members of the Board; but in the dispute which subsequently arose, Mr, Strassburger won out after a bitter contest. He was also instrumental in the suggesting and calling of a committee to formulate plans for the association of Reserve Officers of the Navy, which afterwards grew into the great organization which furnished the reserve officers during America's participation in the war. As early as February, 1917, at the time of the rupture of diplomatic relations between this country and Germany, he immediately offered his services to the Navy Department at Washington, and was assigned to the U. S. Naval Intelligence Division. He also saw service on the Overseas Transport Louisville, and later was assigned to special duty in connection with the Fourth Naval Dis- trict. He received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for his services during the war. In December, 1919, again foreseeing the serious results which would ensue from American participation in the League of Nations, he entered actively into the discussion as to whether or not the United States should follow the Wilsonian policy and enter the THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 173 League of Nations and ratify the Treaty of Versailles. He was a strong supporter of the Knox plan and that group of patriots who were characterized as "Irreconcilables" by the Wilsonian Democrats; was a large financial contributor to the first meetings which were held throughout the country against the League, and participated actively in the management of this campaign. An ardent supporter of Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Strass- burger would have supported him for the Presidency; but upon Senator Knox's announcement that he would not be a candidate, he followed Knox's suggestion and took an active part in the man- agement and underwrote the campaign of Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of California, in the fight on the League. The success of this campaign, because of the issue involved and the campaign- ing ability of Mr. Johnson himself, was remarkable. In contra- diction to the methods in use by the Wood and Lowden forces its conduct was notably efficient and economical as shown by the fact that while the Wood forces were spending over $2,000,000 the Johnson campaign was managed for about $200,000. It was shown by the Senate Investigating Committee that Mr. Strass- burger was the main contributor to the Johnson campaign and one of the most active in its management. In November, 1920, he accompanied Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, on a trip to Geneva, at which time they attended the first meeting of the League of Nations. Subsequently they visited Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, Rome, Brussels, Paris, and London, meeting on this trip practically every statesman of note and gaining much information as to the condition and ideals of these various nations. As a result they returned fully satisfied that the stand which they had taken regarding the League was the correct one. Mr. Strassburger's estate, Normandy Farm, at Franklinville, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, is one of the most extensive in the state, comprising nearly one thousand acres, and over thirty houses and barns, one of the latter being five hundred feet in length. The farm is devoted chiefly to the raising of thoroughbreds and htmting horses. Among some of the horses are "Panacea" (Peter Pan-Mint Cake) from James R. Keene's stud in Kentucky; "Gin- gersnap Second," a granddaughter of "Meddler" and brought from the Haras de Fresnay, France, owned by Clarence H. Mac- 174 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY kay; and "Wolverton II," winner of the Radnor Hunt Cup, Rose Tree Hunt Cup, Fox Hall Cup, Monkton (Maryland), defeating thirty of the best point-to-point horses in America. Mr. Strassburger is the owner and publisher of the Norris- town Herald, one of the oldest dailies in the State of Pennsylva- nia, having been founded in 1799. There have been but four or five owners of this paper during its 123 years of existence. It is one of the best known dailies in the country and is renowned for its conservative editorials and its support of the principles of the Republican Party. He is a Councilor of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, and a member of the following clubs and organizations: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Colonial Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Society of Foreign Wars Society of Mechanical Engineers Royal Institute of Naval Architects, London, England American Automobile Association Eastern Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Club Thoroughbred Horse Association National Geographic Society New York. University Club American Lawn Tennis Association NeviT York Yacht Club Racquet and Tennis Club Recess Club Army and Navy Club New York Press Club Jekyl Island Club National Republican Club Turf and Field Club. THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY 175 Philadelphia. Bryn Mawr Polo Club Racquet Club Philadelphia Cricket Club Markham Club Radnor Hunt Club White Marsh Valley Hunt Club Rose Tree Hunt Club Huntingdon Valley Hunt Club Penllyn Club Sunnybrook Golf Club Florist Club. Washington. Metropolitan Club American Remount Association Army and Navy Club Racquet Club National Conservation Association Graduates Association, U. S. Naval Academy; United States Naval Officers' Association Naval Historical Society Navy Athletic Association War Cruiser and Transport Association Travelers Club, 25 Avenue Champs Elysees, Paris, France Tennis Club de Paris, Paris, France Alpine Public Schools Club, London, England, and Murren, Switzerland He de Puteaux, Paris, France. Mr. and Mrs. Strassburger have one child, a son, Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger, named for his great-great-great-great- grandfather, Johann Andreas Strassburger, the pioneer ancestor who came to this country from Ober Ingelheim, Germany, in 1742. Children of Ralph Beaver Strassburger and May Bourne: 1. (Son) born October 16, 1913; died at birth. 2. JOHANN ANDREAS PETER STRASSBURGER, born Janu- ary 3, 1916. 176 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY JOHANN ANDREAS PETER STRASSBURGER, only child of Ralph Beaver and May Bourne Strassburger, was bom January 3, 1916, and is therefore but six years of age as this book goes to press. He is a typical American boy, showing even thus early every indication that in time he will grow into a worthy representative of the long line of worthy ancestors, whose lives and deeds it has been the aim of this book to record and preserve. DESCENT FROM JOHANN ULRICH STRASSBURGER: Vin. Johann Ulrich Strassburger married Maria Elizabetha (Fliicken). VII. Johann Andreas Strassburger married Catherina Rosina Kolb. VI. John Andrew Strassburger married Eve Yeager. V. John Andrew Strassburger married Catherine Stout. IV. Reuben Y. Strassburger married Elizabeth Ziegler Schwenk. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Jane Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. The YEAGER FAMILY JOHANNES JAGER (Yeager), born October 9, 1721, in Germany, came to America on the ship Loyal Judith, James Cowie, Master, sailing from Rotterdam and arriving in Philadelphia September 2, 1743.^ On the same ship was Johann Philip Odenwelder (Odewelder), and it is probable they both came from the same part of Germany, as a warm friendship existed between these two men and their families for many years. Just east of Manheim and Worms and south of Frankfort, in Germany, lies the Odenwald, or forest of Oden, an immense wooded tract that covers a wide area. The Teutonic word ode signifies desolate, and wald forest, while jager is the German for hunter or gamekeeper. John Philip Odenwelder settled first in Germantown, where we find him mentioned by Christopher Saur in his newspaper, under date of December 16, 1745. The following year he removed with his family to Williams Township in what is now North- ampton County, Pennsylvania, where we find several of his chil- dren were baptized by the pastor of the German Reformed Church of Williams and Saucon Townships. His first wife was Anna Maria; she was baptized and confirmed, 1752; his second wife was named Susannah, and after her death he married, third, a widow, whose Christian name was Catherine. John Philip Odenwelder settled permanently in Easton, Pa., where he died in 1795. His will, dated in May of that year, was proved in July following. Philip Odenwelder, son of John Philip and Anna Maria Odenwelder, was born February 2, 1748, and baptized by the pastor of Williams Reformed Church on April 17 of the same year, and died in Easton in 1828, aged seventy-nine years. He married Anna Maria, eldest daughter of John Yeager, born January 17, 1749, and died in Easton, Pa., August 20, 1828.' 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume XVII, pp. 237-238. 2 Records of the German Reformed Church of Williams and Saucon Town- ships, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 178 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Philip Odenwelder took up a tract of land in what was then known as The Forks. Odenweldertown, adjoining the western part of Easton, was named for John Odenwelder, a grandson of the emigrant. John Yeager, when he came to Pennsylvania, settled in New Hanover Township, now Montgomery County. On April 12, 1748,^ John Yeager was married by the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor of the Trappe Lutheran Church, to Eve Eliza- beth Schneider, who was the daughter of John Adam Schneider and wife, Elizabeth, of New Hanover, Pa. Eve Elizabeth (Anna Elizabeth, or Maria Elizabeth, as her name sometimes appears) was born in Hoehnburg, Germany, February 28, 1728, and died in Easton December 4, 1804. The Rev. Thomas Pomp, pastor of the Easton Lutheran Church, officiated at her burial and entered upon his private record^ that "she was born February 28, 1728, in Hoehnburg, Germany, the daughter of John Adam Schneider and wife, Elizabeth, the sponsors at her baptism being John Martin and Anna Maria Schneider. She was confirmed by Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg at Falconer Schwam." It further states that "she lived in marriage forty-eight years and had nine children, four sons and five daughters, all living at the time of her death; forty grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren." Rev. Pomp's account says: "Her illness began last Sunday a week ago with alternate heat and cold, which increased notwithstanding all efforts to restore her health. She died Wednesday at 12 o'clock, aged 76 years, 8 months and 6 days, and was buried December 6, 1804, at Easton." Upon the record of Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church we find among those confirmed on "Sunday after Easter, 1746, Anna Elisabeth Schneider, Johann Adam Meyer's step-daughter."^ From this we infer that her father, John Adam Schneider, died and her mother married, second, John Adam Meyer, a neighbor and fellow church member. 1 Records Trappe Lutheran Church, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 2 Private Record, Rev. Thomas Pomp, in possession of Charles R. Roberts, Allentowfn, Pennsylvania. 3 Rev. J. J. Kline, A History of the Lutheran Church, in New Hanover, Penn- sylvania, p. 508. THE YEAGER FAMILY 179 John Yeager and his wife, Eve Elizabeth, were members of the New Hanover Lutheran Church, and the following children were baptized by the pastor of this charge:' Joh. Christophel Jager, b. Jan. 19, 1751 ; bap. May 26, 1751. Par. John and Maria Elisabeth. Sponsors, Christian Huber and wife. Anna Catherina Jager, b. Dec. 11, 1751; bap. Jan. 5, 1752. Par. Johannes and Elisabeth. Sponsors Joh. Jorg Zimmernan and wife. Eva Jager, b. Nov. 24, 1754; bap. Dec. 25, 1754. Par. Johannes and Elisabeth. Sponsors, Valentin Stichter and Eva Singer, both single. An advertisement appeared in Saur's Germantown Paper, date unknown, in which Thomas Forster states that "he made his home with John Yeager in Falkner Swamp, one mile from Johannes Schneider."^ About 1757 John Yeager seems to have removed to some part of Bucks County, for we find that his next child, a son, John, born October 31, 1757, was baptized by the pastor of the Tohickon Reformed Church in Bedminster Township, Bucks County.'* Johannes, son of Johannes Jager und Elizabeth, baptized 31 August 1757, born 16 August 1757. Wits. John Moor and wife Eve Elizabeth. Just after the last-named date he and his family removed to what was known as the Forks of Delaware, then in Bucks, but later a part of Northampton County. The Forks of the Delaware was understood to include the entire present area of Northampton County, except the townships of Williams and Lower Saucon; that is, all territory between the Rivers Delaware and Lehigh and thence to the Blue Mountains.* Easton was laid out in 1750. Thomas Penn gave the land and as he had married Julianna Fermer, daughter of Lord Pom- ^ Rev. J. J. Kline, A History of the Lutheran Church, in New Hanover, Penn- sylvania, p. 376. 2 Henry S. Dotterer's Manuscripts, Volume XV, p. 301. 8 Records Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. * M. S. Henry, History of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, 1860, p. 34. 180 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY fret, he requested that the new town be called Easton after Lord Pomfret's house, and when, two years later, a new county was erected out of Bucks, it was given the name of Northampton. The Proprietaries' Manor of Fermer was included in the newly erected county. Part of this Manor consisting of 11,000 acres, known as the Barrens, or Dry Lands, lay within the Forks of the Delaware, but being Proprietary land, was not open for settlement. Some of the settlers about the Falkner Swamp and the Perki- omen region, among others Paul Moser, Philip Odenwelder and John Yeager, decided to push their way up the valley towards the Blue Mountain in search of larger and more desirable farms. That section was then almost a wilderness, and the following de- scription of the country and the hardships experienced by these venturesome pioneers is given in a petition under date of May 15, 1765, which sets forth that for "twelve years (1752-1765) they had experienced great hardships and inconvenience in traveling back and forth to Easton, which was environed on all sides with hills and rivers, secluding it from the rest of the country" * * * that owing to the great distance and bad roads it was "unsafe in winter for traveling on horseback and almost impassable for wagons and vehickles many people find such inconveniency in recovering their rights they rather choose to submit to lose them than attempt to recover under so great discouragement." And further "the road to Easton is so inconvenient passing through a large tract called the Dry Lands so thinly inhabited that in the dis- tance of twelve miles from Bethlehem to Easton there is but one or two huts, and not one drop of water neither in summer nor fall season to refresh either man or horse so that in winter travellers are in danger of perishing with cold or being parched up in the summer with heat."^ These people did not long enjoy their new homes, for in an Indian outbreak, 1756-58, the savages descended upon the settlers near the Blue Mountain, killing a number, burning the houses and grain and forcing the inhabitants to seek other homes elsewhere. A number of them settled on the Dry Lands, as witnessed by the following:^ 1 M. S. Henry, History of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, 1860, p. 78. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, Volume III, p. 578. p^ ■" Ir o S .2 a § 5 B V pq < o c Q THE YEAGER FAMILY 181 Petition of Settlers on the "Dry Lands" Near Easton, to R. Peters, AND His Answer, 1759. Philad^ March 1st, 1759. Sir, We are poor people who have been obliged by the Indians to desert our plantations near the Blue Mountains, and are now settled on the dry Lands about six Miles from Easton, one of us hath bought an improve- ment for the sum of Thirty pounds. We pray that you will be pleased to permit us to live on the Lands we now possess, we are desirous and willing to pay any price for the Land you shall think reasonable, and if the Lands are not to be sold we are willing to pay rent for them. And if they are not to be disposed pray let us remain in possession until the proprietaries pleasure shall be known concerning the premises. We are Sir, Your humble servants, his Walter X Miller mark his John X Clase mark I absolutely forbid all persons to purchase Improvements on the dry Lands, or any person to settle on said Lands in the Forks of Delaware. Richard Peters. 1st March, 1759. Directed, To Richard Peters, Esq'', Secretary, &ca^. The Proprietaries' agent made repeated attempts to drive these people off this land, but as they were willing to pay rent, or buy the farms outright, the majority of them resisted all efforts to dispossess them, and the controversy was waged in the county courts for a long term of years, not being settled until near the close of the century. After the cessation of the Indian outrages in 1756-59 the Indian war, known as Pontiac's War, broke out (1763), and these frontier inhabitants began to fear the dreaded foe might appear at any time and burn the town of Easton. Steps were taken to defend the town. A company of militia was formed and Jacob Arndt 182 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY chosen the captain. They bound themselves together for the pur- pose of protection against the savages under the following agree- ment:^ Wee, the undernamed subscribers, do hereby joyntly and severally agree that Jacob Arndt Esquire shall be our Captain for three months from the date of these presence, and Be allwise Ready to obeay him when he sees ocation to call us together in persueing the Indians, or helping any of us that shall happen to be in distress by the Indians. Each per- son to find arms and powder and lead at our own cost and have noe pay. Each person to find himself in all the necessarys; to> which articl, cove- nant and agreement. Wee Bind ourselves in the penal sum of Five pounds Lawful monies of Pensilvania, to be Laid out for arms and amunition for the use of the Company, unless the person soe Neglecting to obeay, shall show a lawfull Reason. "Given under our hands this 13th day of October 1763." Signed by Jacob Arndt Peter Seip Michael Lawall Adam Hay Paul J. Ebbel and thirty others. The following is a muster roll of the company: Jacob Arndt William Bonstein John Sandy Elias Bender Philip Odenwelder Richard Richards John Jaeger Garrett Moore Jacob Reichardt Henry Raddler Jerry Leidy Philip Mann Michael Butz James Bunston Christian Smith Christian Gress Paul J. Ebbel Jacob Hartzell Adam Hay M. Lawall John Miller Matthias Pfiefer P. J. Mann M. Owen Arndt Elias Shook Matthew Rownig 1 West & Condit, History of Easton, Pennsylvania, pp. 196-197. THE YEAGER FAMILY 183 Michael Sheund Peter Seip Melchoir Young Christopher Hahn Jacob Grouse Christopher Sienteog Valentine Sandy John Painter Robert Townsend It is not known just where John Yeager and his family settled upon their arrival in Northampton County, as the term "The Forks" applied to such a large area. About 1758, we find in "A List and return of the number of Waggons draught horses and pack horses in the Foarks township, Northampton County (1744 to 1765)" that "John Yeger had one draught and one pack horse."^ In 1772, he was taxed £5.6.8 as a farmer;^ 1780, the assessed valuation of his land was £1,008; and in 1785-1788, he paid taxes to the amount of £1.10.0 on 200 acres of land, four horses and four cows.^ The earliest land purchase of which we have record is dated April 6, 1785, wherein it is recited that John Yeager, of Forks Township, Northampton County, purchased of Eve Moser, widow, a tract of seventy acres of land lying in Forks Township, part of a larger tract which Philip Odenwelder, the elder, in 1768, sold to Paul Moser, deceased, and all a part of the large tract called the Dry Lands. Deed: Eve Moser to John Yeager, 1785 TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Eve Moser, Widow and Administratrix of all and singular the goods and chattels Rights and credits which late were of Paul Moser of Forks Township in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania Yeoman dec'd Sends Greeting Know ye that the said Eve Moser for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred and forty pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to her in hand paid by John Yeager of the said Township Yeoman *** and the said John Yeager thereof and there- from fully acquitted and discharged she the said Eve Moser by Virtue of certain powers given in and by the last Will and Testament of the said deceased *** Doth grant bargain sell release and confirm unto the said 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume I, p. 219. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIX, p. 65. 3 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIX, pp. 144, 200, 370. 184 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY John Yeager ALL that Messuage or Tenement and tract of land situate in the Township of Forks aforesaid bounded by lands of William Roup, Frederick Wilhelm, Frederick Keehn, and road leading from Currie's Ferry to Easton, and thence by the other part of the large tract whereof this is a part *** Containing Seventy acres, it being part and parcel of a certain tract of 172 acres or thereabouts which Philip Odenwelder, the Elder, sometime in the year 1768 did bargain and sell unto the said Paul Moser dec'd, and part of a certain large tract of land commonly called the dry lands ** to hold to him the said John Yeager his heirs and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof the said Eve Moser hath hereunto set her hand and seal the twenty sixth day of April 1785.^ her Eve X Moser mark The Paul Moser mentioned in this deed had been one of those v^^ho had gone up from Falkner Swamp to settle on the Blue Mountain lands, and after being driven off by the Indians had taken possession of the prohibited Dry Lands. The Paul Moser estate joined that of John Yeager, and therefore both families were parties to the controversy which so long waged between the agents of Penn and these settlers. John Yeager died on April 6, 1796, and was buried in the graveyard of the old St. John's Lutheran Church at Easton. He made a will dated April 2, 1796, which was proved May 23, following, in which liberal provision was made for his wife out of his personal estate, and to his sons, Henry and Philip, he left his plantation, which, at that time, consisted of two hundred acres. He names in all nine children, each of whom is to receive an equal share of the entire valuation of the estate.^ Will of John Yeager, 1796 In the name of God, Amen. I, John Yeager, of Forks township, in the county of Northampton and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being of sound mind, memory and understanding (Blessed be God) do this second day of April, in the year of our Lord 1796, make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner following. 1 Deed Book H-1, p. 507. Easton, Pennsylvania. 2 Will Book No. 3, p. 45. Easton, Pennsylvania. r/ //// '//////, f/ 'sZiy^/ff/i:4 '/tp(i ate //.cu/'// r//i /if /;///// %^/'a/ '--(pat^^f ^.n de ■Ui^c,/(^Mc, C'lwru fin/? ////;, ^^ y/Ss,^.. r /// ///f/t-l)'t//r/ /i//>r ■/t///>fOca(,v— w^ Isaac Koon ^ ^ Probated May 23, 1796. §4- The controversy between the late Proprietaries and those living on these Dry Lands had been carried into the Supreme Court of the State. Finally it was settled in June, 1796, when it was agreed that all court actions would be discontinued and that the late Proprietaries or their heirs would, within the year, convey to the settlers or to their heirs all right and possession to the disputed lands, the occupiers to pay at the rate of £65 10s per one hundred acres. As some of the settlers had earlier come to an agreement with the original owners, this above mentioned document specified that the "agreement was not extended to such settlers as had already compromised or come to an agreement to purchase absolutely or had received deeds or articles of agreement."^ The Yeagers had been among those who held out to the end, so, in compliance with this promise, the following deed was issued to Henry Yeager, heir of John Yeager, granting him full right to his deceased father's land: Deed : John Penn et al to Henry Yager, 1796 STftiS SnDCntUtC rnade the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. BETWEEN the Honorable John Penn of Stokepoges in the County of Bucks in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Esquire, one of the late pro- prietors of Pennsylvania, and of the three lower Counties of New Castle, Kent and now the Delaware State, and the Honorable Richard Penn of Queen Ann Street west in the Parish of St. Mary Lecone in the County of Middlesex, in the Kingdom of Great Britain aforesaid. Esquire, Brother of the late John Penn, who was the other of the late Proprietors of Pennsylvania and of the three lower Counties now state of Delaware aforesaid, by Edmund Physick of the City of Philadelphia, Esquire, their attorney constituted by letter of attorney under the hands and seals of 1 Deed Book B, p. 451, Easton, Pennsylvania. THE YEAGER FAMILY 187 the said John Penn and Richard Penn, duly executed bearing date the fourteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, (Recorded in the Rolls Office for Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in Letter of Attorney Book No. 5, page 332, etc.) of the one part and Henry Yager of Forks Township in the County of Northampton in Pennsylvania, yeo- man of the other part. WHEREAS in and by certain articles of agree- ment dated at Easton the twenty fifth day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety five entered into and made by or on behalf of the late proprietors of Pennsylvania or their legal representatives and the settlers, on two tracts of land marked A and B in the draught of lands annexed to the same, agreement commonly called the Dry Lands. It was agreed for adjusting all disputes which had long subsisted respecting the said lands that all the actions in ejectment then depending between the lessee of the late proprietaries or their legal representatives should con- vey to the said lessees respectively and their respective heirs, according to their respective rights and possessions the lands, which they respec- tively held and that the said lessees respectively should pay for the same at the rate of sixty five pounds, ten shillings per hundred acres with in- terest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five as in and by said recited agreement recorded in the office for record- ing of deeds in and for the County of Northampton, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear. And WHEREAS the said lessees have procured the aforesaid two tracts of land to be measured and divided into separate and distinct forms of lots, agreeably to the irrespective possessions by George Palmer, Esquire, Deputy sur- veyor of the County of Northampton aforesaid, and the said Henry Yager, has represented that he is the possessor of the lot, marked and distinguished in the General Plan of the said resurvey made by the said George Palmer as aforesaid, a conveyance to be made to him for the same, agreeably to the above recited agreement, therefore this indenture witnesseth that the same, the said John Penn and Richard Penn by their attorney the said Edmund Physick, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and forty five pounds nine shillings current money of Pennsylvania, unto the said Edmund Physick for the use of the said constituents at or before the sealing and delivery to the said Henry Yager well and truly paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged HAVE granted, bargained and sold, released and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell, release and confirm unto the said Henry Yager and to his heirs and assigns. 188 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY ALL THAT the aforesaid lot marked and distinguished in the General Plan of resurvey of the above mentioned two tracts of land made by the said George Palmer as aforesaid. No. 83 situate in Forks Township, in the County of Northampton aforesaid. Beginning at a post thence by the road leading from Easton to Bethlehem, and by land in possession of Conrad Edelman south sixty degrees, west twenty perches to a post south eighty two degrees west sixty four perches to a post, south eighty seven degrees west twenty eight perches, south sixty eight degrees and a half west thirty one perches, south fifty seven degrees and a half west forty six perches, thence partly by the said Conrad Edel- man's and partly by land in possession of Frederick R. Wagner by the aforesaid road south forty seven degrees, west one hundred and ten perches, and a half thence by the said Wagner's land and the said road south forty six degrees west fourteen perches to a post, thence partly by the land of the said Wagner and land in possession of Adam Konig south three degrees and a half, east eighty four perches and three quar- ters to a post, thence by land in possession of the heirs of Paul Moser deceased, north sixty eight degrees east two hundred and ninety nine perches to a stone, thence by land of George William Raup north seven degrees and a quarter west, one hundred and thirteen perches to the place of beginning. Containing two hundred and twenty two acres and ten perches and allowance of six acres per cent for roads etc., TOGETHER with all and singular the rights, remedies and appur- tenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversions and remainders, thereof and all the estate, right, title, in- terest, property, claim and demand whatsoever of them, the said John Penn and Richard Penn, respectively, in law, equity or otherwise how- soever of in and to the same. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said described tract or piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said Henry Yager, his heirs and assigns, to and for the only proper use and behoof of the said Henry Yager his heirs and assigns for- ever. And the said John Penn and Richard Penn for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators respectively do by their said attorney covenant promise and agree, to and with the said Henry Yager his heirs and assigns, against them the said John Penn and Richard Penn, and their heirs respectively and against all and every other person and per- sons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim, by, from or under them or any or either of them by deed or contract shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. ' . Diploma recei\'ed l)y Ralph Beaver Strassburger upon com- pleting the four-year course at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., January 30, 1905. THE YEAGER FAMILY 189 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto. Dated the day and year first above written.^ Sealed and delivered in the presence of Fred Beates Ludwig Wilhelm John Penn (seal) Richard Penn (seal) By their attorney Edmund Physick (seal) On June 23, 1798, Henry Yeager and wife, Susanna, conveyed to Philip Yeager, brother of Henry, a tract of about seventy-two acres, part of the father's estate, in compliance with the father's will. Deed: Henry Yager and Wife to Philip Yager, 1798 Cf)i$ IntitntUtt Made the twenty third day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety Eight Between Henry Yager of Forks township in the County of Northampton and state of Pennsylvania yeoman and Susanna his Wife of the one part, and Philip Yager of Forks township aforesaid yeoman of the other part. WHEREAS John Yager the father of the said Henry and Philip in his lifetime and at the time of his death was in the possession of a certain Tract or piece of land situate in Forks township aforesaid Containing two hundred and twenty two acres and ten perches besides the customary allowance of six per Cent for Roads &c (being part of the reserved lands of the Late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania commonly called the Dry lands) and being so in and holding the Possession thereof died, first made his last Will and Testament in Writing bearing date the Second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety six therein giving and Devising his Possessory Right of the said land in certain proportions, and under certain conditions to his two Sons the said Henry and Philip as in and by the said Last Will Remaining o,f Record in the Registers Office at Easton for said County of Northampton, more fully at large may appear, And WHEREAS in pursuance of the said Devise the said Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by their Attorney Edmund Physick Esquire by Indenture bearing date the Seventeenth day of December in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety six and entered in the office for recording of deeds at Easton in and for the County of Northampton aforesaid in Deed Book D. Vol 2, p 21 &'=° ior the Consideration therein mentioned did grant bargain sell release and con- 1 Deed Book D, Volume 2, p. 21. Easton, Pennsylvania. 190 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY firm unto the said Henry Yager his heirs and assigns All that tract of land of which the said John Yager died in the possession of And Whereas since the said Henry hath obtained the title to the said Land he hath made Partition and Division of the said Land between himself and his Brother the said Philip Yager agreeable to the tenor of the said fathers Will and is therefore willing and desirous to Convey & Assure the por- tion thereof herein after described to him the said Philip Yager his heirs and assigns. THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Henry Yager and Susanna his wife as Well in Consideration of Comply- ing with the intention of his father the said John Yager as of the sum of five shillings lawfull money of Pennsylvania to him in hand paid by the said Philip Yager at the Sealing and Delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged ** Do grant Bargain sell alien enfeoff Release and confirm unto the said Philip Yager and to his heirs and assigns ALL that certain Tract of land situate in Forks township aforesaid Beginning at a stone in a line of George William Roups land, thence extending by land in the tenure of Widow Moser South Sixty eight degrees West two hundred and ninety nine perches to a stone, thence by land of Adam Konig North three degrees and a half West twenty One perches and a half to a stone thence by land of the said Henry Yager North fifty four degrees East one hundred and two perches and a half to a stone, North thirty two Degrees West ten perches to a white oak North thirty nine degrees and a half West Sixteen perches to another white oak and North Forty two degrees West thirty five perches to a stone placed in or near the Public Road leading from Easton to Beth • lehem thence along the same Road by land of Edelman North forty Seven Degrees East fifty nine perches to a stone and North fifty seven degrees and a half east twenty eight perches to a stone thence by other land of said Henry Yager South twenty six degrees East one hundred and thirty one perches to a stone and north sixty eight degrees East one hundred and twenty four perches to a stone in the line of said George William Roups land thence by the same South seven Degrees and a Quarter East one perch to the Place of Beginning Containing Seventy One Acres & twenty Six perches and allowance of six acres per cent for Roads fe"^" Together with all and singular the Buildings Improvements Ways Woods Waters Water Courses Rights Liberties Privileges Heredi- taments and appurtenances Whatsoever thereunto belonging *** To HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described tract or piece of land hereditaments and premises hereby granted *** unto the said Philip Yager his heirs and assigns forever *** IN WITNESS Whereof the THE YEAGER FAMILY 191 said parties to these Presents have hereunto Interchangeably set their hands & seals dated the day and year first above written.'- Henry Yager her Susanna X Yager mark The signature to the acknowledgment June 23, 1798, is Hen- rich Yager. Philip Yeager died January 5, 1845, and his part of the paternal inheritance descended to his son, Christian, as shown by the following abstract taken from an interesting document on record at Easton: Valuation and Acceptance Real Estate of Philip Yeager, Deceased, 1845'' COfjereaS Philip Yeager late of Township of Forks County North- ampton, farmer by last Will and Testament December 26, 1844 did direct "that a fair valuation or appraisement be made by my neighbors of all real and personal estate, and then my son Christian shall have the refusal or acceptance of any one part of my estate so valued. That my real estate consisting of two parts one about seventy two acres and the other about sixty eight acres all situate in Forks Township shall be appraised separately and if my son Christian shall refuse to accept the same at such valuation then the same to be sold" and appointed his son Christian Yeager his sole executor. WHEREUPON, Feb. 21, 1845, Christian Yeager, sole Executor last Will and Testament of Philip Yeager deceased in pursuance of such directions chose Philip Odenwelder, Adam Wagener and Jacob Richards as judicious persons of the neighborhood to value the Real Estate. We the subscribing heirs and legatees of the said Philip Yeager deceased approve of the above selection. Daniel Spangler Peter Yeager Maria Spangler Jacob Odenwelder Sam'^ Yeager Elizabeth Odenwelder 1 Deed Book E 2, p. 228. Easton, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book B 7, pp. 603-604. Easton, Pennsylvania. 192 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The appraisers returned the valuation of "All that Certain Messuage or Tenement and tract of land which is designed No. 1 in draft hereto annexed, bounded and described as follows : adjoining lands formerly Abraham Kuhn, George William Roup and land formerly the heirs oi Paul Moser, dec'd, containing sixty seven acres, at the sum of $63 per acre. All that certain Messuage and tract of land designated as No. 2 on a draft hereto annexed, bounding land formerly George Wm Roup, in tenure of widow Moser, land late Adam Konig, land late Henry Yager, and the public road leading from Bethlehem to Easton containing seventy one acres at $52 per acre." Feb. 21, 1845. Philip Odenwelder Adam Waggoner Jacob Richards. I, Christian Yeager in pursuance of the right of election given me by the Last Will and Testament of Philip Yeager, dec'd, do hereby accept that part of the said Real Estate marked No. 1.^ '/"A / / 1 Deed Book 7, p. 606. Easton, Pennsylvania. THE YEAGER FAMILY 193 Henry Yeager and wife, Susanna, on the same day, June 23, 1798, conveyed to Christian Yeager, another brother, in considera- tion of $1790.00, a "stone messuage and tenement and tract of land situate on the road from Bethlehem to Easton," no doubt the same bequeathed to him by his father, John. Christian died in August, 1820, intestate, and Jacob Ehrit, administrator of his estate, sold the farm to Jacob Edelman, April 1, 1823.^ Thus the old homestead passed out of the family possession. On the same day they also conveyed to Christian another tract of twelve acres, which is described as part of the resurvey of the Dry Land tract, made to Henry Yeager.^ Elizabeth Yeager, widow of John, died December 4, 1804, and was buried beside her husband in the old St. John's Lutheran graveyard, at Easton. As the city grew and built up around the old churchyard, the tombstones were finally removed and re-erected in the Easton Cemetery lying on the edge of the town, and the burial plot is now occupied by business houses. The two stones marking these graves were placed in the lot belonging to their son-in-law, John Conrad Edelman.^ The stones, very dark slate, are almost undecipherable and could not be photographed. The inscriptions read: Hier Ruhet In Gott Der See Lig Vert- Johannes Jager 1st GeBoren Den 9''° October Im Jahr 1721 In Der Ehe GeLebt 48 Ja"" Zeugte Kinder 4 Sohne und 5 Tochter GestorBen Den 6"=° 1 Deed Book G-4, p. 380. Easton, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book E-2, p. 227. Easton, Pennsylvania. ^ Anna Catherine, second daughter of John and Elizabeth Schneider Yeager, married March 23, 1773, Conrad Edelman, of Easton. The follov^ring inscriptions were copied from the tombstones standing in the Edelman lot in Easton Cemetery. The oldest stone, that of Maria Elizabeth Edelman, born Jan. 20, 1722, died Sept. 23, 1804, is no doubt that of Conrad's mother. Then Johan Conrad Edelman, born Nov. 20, 1751, died Nov. 21, 1807. Catherine Edelman, born Dec. 11, 1751; died Apr. 22, 1834, son-in-law and daughter of John Yeager. Elizabeth Edelman, born Nov. 11, 1780; died Jan. 17, 1827, no doubt a daughter of Conrad and Catherine. Peter Edelman, a son, born Feb. 7, 1785; died Nov. 11, 1826; and Elizabeth, wife of Peter Edelman, born August 13, 1788; died Sept. 11, 1817. 194 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY April Im Jahr 1796 Alt Worden 74 Jahr 5 Monat und 15 Tage. Here / rests in God / the mortal body of John Jager / He was born / October 9, 1721 / Lived in wedlock 48 years / begat 4 sons / and 5 daughters / Died April 6, 1796 / aged 74 years / 5 months and 15 days. Hier Ruhet In Gott See Lig Verstorbene Elizabeth Jagerin Eine Gebohrene Schneyder Die Johannes Jagers G Eh Eran sie ne Gebohren Den 28'=° Februari 1728 Und Gestorben den 4'™ December In Jahr 1804 Ah Worden 76 Jahr. 9 monai und 4 Tage. Here / rests in God / the mortal body / of Elizabeth Jager / she was born Schneyder / wife of John Jager / She was born 28 February 1728 / and died 4 December 1804 / aged 76 years 9 months and 4 days. Children of John Yeager and Elizabeth Schneider: Anna Maria Yeager, born January 17, 1749; died August 20, 1828; married March 9, 1771,^ Philip Odenwelder, born September 2, 1748; died May 20, 1828, son of John Philip Odenwelder, Sr., and wife, Anna Maria. It was the son of Philip Odenwelder and wife, Anna Maria Yeager who, when appearing before the Orphans' Court at Allentown, Pa., pending the settlement of the estate of Andrew Strassburger, declared that "his father and Andrew Strassburger were brothers-in-law and that Mr. Strassburger on his trips to Easton from his farm in Lehigh County would stay over ^ Records St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pennsylvania. THE YEAGER FAMILY 195 night at their home." Issue: Anna Rosina, born December 31, 1776; John Philip, born April 17, 1780; Elizabeth, born April 9, 1784.1 2. Joh. Christophel Yeager, born January 19, 1751 ; baptized May 26, 1751, by pastor New Hanover Lutheran Church. No further record. Probably died young, as no mention is made of him in his father's will. 3. Anna Catharine Yeager, born December 11, 1751; baptized at New Hanover, Pa., January 5, 1752; died April 22, 1834, Easton, Pa. ; married March 23, 1773,^ John Konrad Edel- man, born November 20, 1751, died November 21, 1807. Issue: Elizabeth, born November IS, 1780, died January 17, 1807; Peter, born February 7, 1785, died November 11, 1826, married Elizabeth , born August 13, 1788, died September 11, 181 7.^ 4. EVE YEAGER, born November 24, 1754; baptized December 25, 1754; died July 16, 1835; married JOHN ANDREW STRASSBURGER. 5. John Yeager, born October 31, 1757; baptized by pastor Tohickon Reformed Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pa. ; married Catherine Person, daughter of William Per- son, born February 13, 1759, died September 25, 1817. 6. Elizabeth Yeager, born February 19, 1760; died October 25, 1842.* Unmarried. Witnessed the baptism of an infant of Philip and Anna Maria Odenwelder, her sister. 7. Henry Yeager, born February 5, 1762; died November 3, 1841; married Susanna , born June 14, 1768, died February 15, 1844. They are buried in the basement of St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa. 8. Philip Yeager, born July 6, 1764; died January 5, 1845. His wife, Anna Rosina, was born March 3, 1770, and died December 10, 1844. They were buried at Arndt's Church, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pa. 1 Records Reformed Church, Easton, Pennsylvania. " Records St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pennsylvania ^ Tombstone Inscriptions, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania. * Records St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pennsylvania. 196 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 9. Mary Yeager. 10. Margaret Yeager. 11. Christian Yeager, born February 26, 1770;^ died August, 1820; married April 2, 1801, at East on, Eve Eritt. Buried at Easton, Pa. DESCENT FROM JOHANNES JAGER. Vn. Johannes Jager married Eve Elizabeth Schneider. VI. Eve Jager (Yeager) married John Andrew Strassburger. V. John Andrewr Strassburger married Catherine Stout. IV. Reuben Y. Strassburger married Elizabeth Schwenk. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. 1 Records St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Pennsylvania. Ue SCHNEIDER FAMILY JOHAN ADAM SCHNEIDER, born in 1696, a native of Hohenburg, Germany, came to Pennsylvania in the ship Samuel, Hugh Perry, Master sailing from Rotterdam, and arriving in Philadelphia, August 30, 1737/ Upon the original list which gives the names and ages of the male passengers over sixteen years, we find that "John Ad"^ Snider" was 41 years of age. He was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth and daughter, Eve Elizabeth, the latter being nine years old, and probably other children. They settled in New Hanover Township, now Mont- gomery, then a part of Philadelphia, County, and became members of Falkner Swamp, or New Hanover Lutheran Church. John Adam Schneider did not long live to enjoy his new home. He apparently died some time before 1746, for on the Sunday after Easter, of that year, his daughter. Eve Elizabeth, or Anna Eliza- beth, as the record reads, was confirmed by the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor at "Falconer Schwam." In this record, however, she is described as Johann Adam Meyer's step- daughter,^ showing that her father was dead and her mother had married a second time. Nothing further is known of Elizabeth Schneider Meyer. Perhaps there might be some question as to the above being refer- ences to the widow and daughter of John Adam Schneider. The private record of Rev. Thomas Pomp, who officiated at the funeral of Eve Elizabeth Schneider Yeager states that she was "confirmed by the Rev. Muhlenberg (see page 178) pastor of Falkner Swamp and the records of this church show only the one Elizabeth Schnei- der confirmed by Rev. Muhlenberg. A careful examination of the records for information concerning John Adam Schneider and John Adam Meyer seem to indicate that this is the record of con- firmation referred to by the Rev. Pomp. 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XVII, pp. 131-134. 2 Rev. J. J. Kline, History of the Lutheran Church, in New Hanover, Penn- sylvania, p. 58. 198 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Children of John Adam and Elizabeth Schneider: 1. EVE ELIZABETH SCHNEIDER, born February 28, 1728; died December 4, 1804; married April 12, 1748, JOHN YEAGER. 2. John Adam Schneider, probably a son. Married Ave (Eva) Maria Klein. In 1742, was living on 150 acres in Mont- gomery County, Pa., and in 1759, warranted a tract of land adjoining. A child was baptized August 16, 1749, as shown by record of First Reformed Church, Philadelphia. A daughter, Julianna, was married May 26, 1767, to Wendel Fischer, of Upper Hanover Township. They were perhaps the parents of Adam Schneider, who married Margaretha Diederich, May 11, 1774, First Reformed Church, Philadel- phia. DESCENT FROM JOHAN ADAM SCHNEIDER VIII. Johann Adam Schneider married Elizabeth . VII. Eve Elizabeth Schneider married John Yeager. VI. Eve Yeager married John Andrew Strassburger. V. John Andrew Strassburger married Catherine Stout. IV. Reuben Y. Strassburger married Elizabeth Schwenk. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. S O 2; Ue STOUT FAMILY JOHN JACOB STOUT, the pioneer ancestor of this family, was a native of Switzerland. He was born in October, 1710, and came to Pennsylvania as a young man, accom- panied by his two brothers, so tradition has it. The names, Johann Jacob Staudt, Johannes Staudt and Hans Adam Staut, appear upon the list of foreigners who came to this country in the ship Samuel, sailing from Rotterdam and arriving in Philadelphia in August, 1737, where, on the 30th of that month, all three quali- fied as citizens of the Commonwealth. According to this list, Johann Jacob Staudt signed his own name to the Declaration, whereas the names of the other two, presumably his brothers, were written by clerks. The original entry reads :^ List of Foreigners imported in the ship Samuel, Hugh Percy, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified August 30, 1737. Johann Jacob Staudt Hans Adam Staut Johannes Staudt Original List. Hans Adam Stout, 19 years. Jacob Stout, 26 years. ^ Johannes Stout, 30 years. John Jacob Stout settled in Bucks County. The brother, John, it is said, took up his residence in Germantown.' Nothing further is known of the third brother, John Adam. At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia for the Province of Penn- sylvania, Before William Allen, Lawrence Growdon and Caleb Cowpland, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, on the eleventh day of April 1751, in pursuance of [the aforesaid] Act of Parliament, the following Persons II. D. Rupp, Thirty Thousand Names, pp. 104, 106. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII, pp. 131, 135. 8 William H. H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, p. 26. 200 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY being Quakers, or such who Conscientiously scruple to take an Oath, being also Foreigners, and having complied with the Terms required by [the aforesaid] Act of Parliament, took and subscribed the Qualifications for them appointed by the same Act of Parliament, &c. Jacob Stout, Bucks County'- From the above it is observed that Jacob Stout's name appears among those designated as "Quakers, or such as conscientiously scruple to take an oath." It is believed by some of the descendants that Jacob Stout was a Mennonite and reared his children in this faith, though they afterwards became members of the German Reformed Church. It is true that the German Baptists or Dun- kards were closely allied to the Mennonites, and as tradition says that Jacob was a German Baptist, this would account for his religious objections to taking an oath on the Holy Evangels, an objection strictly adhered to by Quakers, Mennonites and other sects closely related to these two. In the year 1739 Jacob Stout married Anna Leisse, widow of John Leisse, of Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. John Leisse (La Cene, Lacey or Licey, as the name has been vari- ously spelled) arrived in the ship Adventurer from Rotterdam and qualified September 23, 1732. He was accompanied by his wife, Anna, aged twenty-four years; a brother, Paul Le Cene, with his wife, Luisa, and four children, and a brother-in-law, Hans Michael Miller, and his wife, Even.^ List of Foreigners imported in the ship Adventurer, Robert Carson, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified September 23, 1732. Hans Michael Muller Paul Le Cene Jean Le Cene Original List. Michell Millier, 30 years. Paule Lissen, 44 years. Uelly Hannah Lipysine, 24 years. Luiss Lissen, 36 years. Marrea Katterine Lissine, 9 years. 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 11, p. 383. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII, pp. 58, 61. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A'/foic Ye. ^/^^ ^Y'a^ ■//./,/„. ,/ - J2!jiti0ti JM/ til, lixjtiij), My, . an i^iilL^jii ■■■7' y..^ //c A-.' ^'>„y, „,,r/ ,<"/y/ ^/l. ««^^-4./.V. A-. ^f /&- Commission as Ensign in the United States Navy given to Ralph Beaver Strassbiirger l)y Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, prior to confir- mation by the Senate, February 2, 1907. THE STOUT FAMILY 201 Johane Maria Lissine, 11 years. Larrance Lessen^ 6 years. Even Miller, 30 years. Jn°. Lissen, 46 years. Johanna Luiss Lissine, 3 years. John Leisse, under the name of John Lacey, purchased in 1735 two hundred acres of land in Rockhill Township, Bucks County. He died in 1738, and his widow, the following year, married Jacob Stout. She is said to have been a daughter of a physician. Dr. Miller, in Germany.^ On the above list she appears as "Uelly Hannah Lipysine, aged twenty-four years." The fact that English captains or clerks made up many of the ship's rosters and spelled the names of their passengers by sound accounts for the different forms of the same name as appear in this one list. The two hundred acres purchased by John Leisse included a large part of the present borough of Perkasie. The Proprietary's Manor of Perkasie, consisting of a tract of ten thousand acres, comprised all the southeastern part of Rockhill, and part of the present Hilltown, Townships. It was laid out prior to 1708 and opened for settlement and purchase about 1730-35.^ In 1759 John and Henry Lacy, sons of John Lacy (Leisse), deceased, conveyed the original tract which had been their father's to their step-father, Jacob Stout. At the same time this conveyance was made Jacob Stout and his wife sold to John and Henry Lacey portions of two hundred and sixty-six acres in Hilltown Township, which he had purchased in 1757. Deed: John and Henry Lacey to Jacob Stout, 1759 CftlS 3n Denture made the Twentieth Day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty nine Between Henry Lacy of Hilltown In the County of Bucks yeoman and Susanna his wife and John Lacy of Rockhill in the said County Potter of the other part WITNESSETH that the said Henry Lacy and Susanna his wife and John Lacy of Rockhill in the said County Potter (they the said 1 William H. H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. Ill, p. 84. 2 William H. H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, p. 26. Battle's History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, p. 6l9. 202 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Henry and John being the only Issue of John Lacy late of the said County yeoman deceased) of the one part AND Jacob Stout of Rockhill aforesaid Potter of the other part Witnesseth that the said Henry Lacy and Susanna his wife and John Lacy, the sons For and in Consideration of the sum of Five hundred Pounds to them in hand paid by the said Jacob Stout ****** HAVE Granted, Bargained, Sold, Released and Confirmed unto the said Jacob Stout ALL THAT messuage or tenement Plantation and tract of land thereunto belonging situate in Rockhill aforesaid — Beginning at a post on the west side of the North branch of the Perkiomy Creek thence north west by the lands late of Thomas Freame deceased, two hundred and thirty seven perches to a post, thence North East by the said Freame land one hundred and twenty eight perches to a post, thence by the same land South East two hundred and ninety perches to a post on the Bank of the said North Branch then down the same to the place of beginning Containing two hundred acres | Part of Two Thousand five hundred Acres which is part of Ten Thousand Acres which William Penn the late Proprietary &c by a Certain Proprietary Patent or Grant under his hand and Great seal of the said Province bearing Date the fifth Day of October 1701 Granted unto Samuel Carpenter, Edward Pennington, and Isaac Norris and their heirs for Ever Under the Yearly Quit Rent of One Indian Corn, and in the same patent it is declared that the Estate thereby made is so made and granted To the Use of the said Proprietarys Son John Penn and his the said Proprietary's Children begotten or to be begotten on his wife Hannah, his then Wife, to be Equally devided between them And to their heirs forever And they the said Samuel Car- penter, Edward Pennington, Isaac Norris, having not made any sale or Demise by the Authority thereby given them died and the said Isaac Norris last Dying his Eldest Son and Heir at Law Isaac joining with the said Proprietary's Sons and Daughters by Hannah his wife aforesaid vizt John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, and Thomas Freame and Margaret his wife, (They the said John Penn, Thomas Penn, Richard Penn and Margaret Freame being all the children which the said Proprietary William Penn had by his said Wife Hannah) They the said John Penn Thomas Penn Richard Penn by his attorney the said Thomas Penn and Thomas Freame and Margaret his wife made Partition whereby Certain Two Thousand Five hundred Acres became the share of the said Thomas Freame and Margaret his Wife in Right of the said Margaret the Petitioner by Indenture Quinque partite bearing Date the Sixth day of August 1735 (Recorded in Philadelphia Book F. Vol. 8, p. 335) And the said Thomas Freame and Margaret his wife by Indenture of the Nineteenth day of November 1736 (Recorded in Bucks Deed Book C. Vol. 2, p. 205) granted the said two hundred acres ***** Part of the THE STOUT FAMILY 203 aforesaid two Thousand and five hundred Acres unto the said John Lacy the Father in Fee. AND He the said John Lacy the Father Dying Intestate of the premises the same Descended and Came unto the said Henry and John Lacy the sons. And the said Jacob Stout Intermarrying with Anna the widow and Relict of the said John Lacy the Father, they the said Jacob Stout and Anna his Wife by Indenture the 14"^ day of October 1759 Released the Right of Dower of her the said Anna unto them the said Henry Lacy and John Lacy the sons *********** IN WITNESS whereof the said Parties to these presents have Interchange- ably set their Hands and Seals the hereunto Dated the Day and Year First above Written.^ Hendrick Lacy Susannah Lacy Johannes Lacy The first purchase of land by Jacob Stout was a tract of two hundred and forty-three acres now in Williams Township, North- ampton County, which he acquired in 1750 from John Eastbum and wife, of Philadelphia, for three hundred and sixty pounds. His residence at this time was given as "Durham Tovraship, Bucks County," the early name for Williams Township. In 1753 he purchased a mill property at Church Hill in Rockhill Township, and in 1767 the mill property on Pine Rim, one mile north of Doylestown, embracing one hundred and nineteen acres, which in 1770 he conveyed to his son-in-law, Abraham Freed. In 1774 Mr. Stout bought one hundred and fifty acres in New Britain Township, on which he settled his daughter Catherine, who had married Jacob Schleiffer. The Northampton Cotmty property descended to his son Isaac and remained in the possession of that family for several generations. He also owned twenty-five acres and a mill in Bedminster Township, on Tohickon Creek.^ Jacob Stout was a potter by trade, and no doubt followed this occupation for some years after his arrival in this country. The fact that he was able to buy as much land as he did seems to con- firm the family tradition that the Stout brothers brought a large inheritance with them from the old country. An immense wooden chest, iron clamped, was brought by the brothers from across the 1 Deed Book No. 10, p. 174. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 2 Bucks County Intelligencer, September 22, 1888. William H. H. Davis, His- tory of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, p. 26. 204 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY sea. This chest descended to Jacob and remained in the family until a few years ago, when the old homestead, afterwards occupied by Enos Stout, great-grandson of Jacob, was destroyed by fire, and this and other valuable relics were lost. There was a small com- partment in the chest which was used as a receptacle, so it was asserted, where the brothers kept their valuables while on the long Journey. These chests played a most important part in the life and destinies of many of these early German emigrants. "They brought but little property with them. A few pieces of silver coin or gold, a chest with clothes, a Bible, a prayer or hymn book, constituted the whole stock of most of them. Many, who at home had owned property and converted it into money, were robbed in transit by ship owners, impostors, sea captains and Neulaender. The emi- grant chests with their clothes and sometimes their money were put on other vessels or ships and left behind. These chests were rifled of their contents. The German emigrants thus treated on their arrival at Philadelphia were obliged to submit to being sold. Loskaenflinge Redemptioners, they and their children had to pay their passage money. In not a few cases persons who still had means were held responsible to pay passage of the poorer. This was practiced for fifty years. In this way persons of substance became very frequently common beggars."^ As before stated, on October 20, 1759, John and Henry Lacey sold to their step-father, Jacob Stout, the two hundred acres in Rockhill originally taken up by their father, John Lacey. Before this their mother, Ann, had released or sold her dower rights to her sons, who upon coming of age in 1759, in consideration of five hundred pounds, made over all their right and title in the same to their step-father. This was the homestead of his later years and it embraced most of the land on which the borough of Perkasie is built. Mr. Stout soon erected for himself a large stone dwelling which stood on the side of Tunnel Creek, below the railroad station on the western outskirts of Perkasie. It was destroyed by fire a few years ago.^ 1 Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, p. 300. 2 J. H. Battle, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, p. 619. William H. H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 11, p. 26. Montgomery County Newspaper Clippings, Vol. VI, p. 74. Tombstones of Jacob Stout and wife, old Stout Graveyard, Perkasie, Pa. THE STOUT FAMILY 205 Jacob Stout was a successful and prominent man in the commvmity. He died April 30, 1779, aged over sixty-eight years, and lies in the little burial plot originally a part of the farm, near the railroad station, known as Stout's Graveyard. His is the oldest tombstone in the cemetery. The inscription reads : Jacob Staut den 30 April 1779 alt 68y2 yahr The letters and figures are almost imdecipherable. Some years ago this old stone cracked and fell and a new stone was erected in its place, upon which was inscribed the English transla- tion of the inscription. There was also erected a small stone, adjoining, in memory of his wife, Anna Miller (Lacy) Stout, upon which is inscribed merely her name, as neither the date of her birth nor that of her death was known. The photograph which appears elsewhere shows the two new stones, the old marker, desig- nating the grave of Jacob Stout, can be seen lying on the ground. In this same little graveyard lie buried Abraham Stout and his wife, Magdalena Hartzell ; also two children of Rev. John Andrew Strassburger and his wife, Catherine Stout, granddaughter of Abraham and Magdalena. Jacob Stout left no will, nor were any Letters of Administration issued at the time of his death. From a deed under date of Jan- uary 24, 1783, in which the heirs of Jacob Stout release to Jacob Schleiffer and Catherine, his wife, the farm in New Britain Town- ship, which had belonged to their father, we learn that he left four children, Abraham, Isaac, Salome and Catherine, to whom all his estate descended ; all being of full age, they mutually agreed to partition and allot the lands among themselves. Jacob Schleiffer and his wife, Catherine, had been living for a number of years on the farm, which Jacob Stout had settled upon his daughter Catherine in 1770. By agreement among the heirs, this farm was now allotted to Jacob and Catherine Schleiffer, who continued to reside here until their death, when it descended to their children and thus remained in the Schleiffer family until 1822. 206 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed : Abraham Stout et al to Jacob Schleiffer, 1783 To all People to whom these Presents shall Come Abraham Stout of the Township of Rockhill in the county of Bucks, yeoman, and Magdalena his wife, Isaac Stout of Williams Township in the county of Northampton, yeoman, and Barbara his wife, Gabriel Schwartzlander of the township of New Britain in county of Bucks, yeoman, and Salome his wife, all of Pennsylvania, Send Greeting Whereas Jacob Stout Late of Rockhill Township aforesaid Potter, deceased, was in his life time and at the time of his Death seized in fee of and in certain Lands and Real Estate situate in the counties of Bucks and Northampton by whose death the said Lands and Real Estate descended and came to and among his Children who are (only) four in Number to wit Abraham Stout, Isaac Stout and Salome the wife of Gabriel Swartzlander herein above named and Catherine the wife of Jacob Shleiffer of the township of New Britain aforesaid, yeoman, who being all of full age have mutually and unanimously agreed to a partition and allotment of the said Lands and Real Estate into parts and shares amongst themselves by which agreement the part or shares of said Jacob Shleiffer and Catherine his wife in right of said Catherine which is thereby intended to be confirmed to as allotted to them as follows that is Consisting of one tract of land situate in the township of New Britain aforesaid which was conveyed to said Jacob Stout, deceased, by Edward Mathew of New Britain afsd and Catherine his wife by Indenture bearing date July 29, 1774, adjoining lands late Thomas John now Benjamin John, land late Tobias Kirkbride, Thomas Edwards now David Kennedy, Thomas Jones, John Kelly, land late William Williams, now Abraham Krotz) containing 1S0}4 acres * * Now to the end that the said Mutual Agreement may be fulfilled and the said Partition and Allotment may be unalterably ratified and con- firmed and they the said Jacob Shleiffer and Catherine his wife (in Consideration of their releasing in like manner to the others may be fully secured in the possession and enjoyment of the said Dividend in severalty as the part or share of the said Catherine of the lands and Real Estate of her Father the said Jacob Stout, deceased, to hold the same in severalty to them the said Jacob Shleiffer and Catherine his wife * * Know ye that the said Abraham Stout and Magdalena his wife, Isaac Stout and Barbara his wife, Gabriel Swartzlander and Salome his wife and each and every of them have granted released and confirmed to the aforesaid Jacob Shleiffer and Catherine his wife in right of the said Catherine, all the herein above mentioned tract of one hundred and fifty and one half acres. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents Carpentei-'s Hall. Germantown Academy. THE STOUT FAMILY 207 have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the twenty fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.^ her Gabriel Swartzlander Barbara X Stout mark Salome Swartzlander Abraham Stout her Isaac Stout Magdalena M Stout mark Children of Jacob Sfotit and Anna Miller Lacey: 1. ABRAHAM STOUT, born August 17, 1740 ; died June 8, 1812 ; married MARY MAGDALENA HARTZELL. 2. Isaac Stout, settled on his father's Northampton County tract and reared a family, among whom was Dr. Abraham Stout. He inherited the Northampton County farm. 3. Elizabeth Salome Stout, married (1st) Abraham Freed; after his death in 1773, married Gabriel Swartzlander, and lived and died at what was known for a century as "Swartzlander's Mill," one mile north of Doylestown, and left many descend- ants, among whom is Dr. Frank Swartzlander, of Doyles- town. 4. Catherine Stout, married Jacob Schleiffer and lived and died in New Britain, Pa. ABRAHAM STOUT, eldest son of Jacob Stout and his wife, Anna Miller (Lacey), was bom in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1740, and died on the farm near Perkasie June 8, 1812. He married October 21, 1773, Mary Magdalena Hartzell, daughter of Henry Hartzell, a prominent citizen of Rockhill Township. She died November 8, 1811. The records of Tohickon Reformed Church have this entry: "Buried November 10, 1811, Abraham Stout's wife.'" His brothers and sisters, following the death of their father, Jacob, by a deed of release relinquished to Abraham Stout all 1 Deed Book No. 36, p. I16}i. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. * Records Tohickon Reformed Qiurch, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 208 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY their right to the homestead plantation and here he resided all of his life. Deed : Heirs of Jacob Stout Deceased to Abraham Stout, 1783 To All to whom these Presents shall come Isaac Stout of Williams Township in the county of Northampton Yeoman and Barbara his wife, Gabriel Schwartzlander of the Township of New Brittain in the county of Bucks, Yeoman and Salome his wife. Jacob Schleiffer of the same Town- ship of New Brittain and county of Bucks Yeoman and Catherine his wife —all of Pennsylvania SEND GREETING Whereas Jacob Stout late of Rockhill Township in the County of Bucks, Potter, deceased was in his lifetime and at the time of his death seized in fee of and in certain Lands & Real Estate situate in the counties of Bucks and Northampton, by whose Death the said Lands and Real Estate descended and came to and among his children who are (only) four in number to wit: Isaac Stout, Salome, wife of Gabriel Schwartzlander, and Catherine the wife of Jacob Schleiffer, herein above named and Abraham Stout of Rockhill Township aforesaid yeoman who being all of full age have mutually and unanimously agreed to a Partition and allotment of the said lands and Real Estate into parts and shares amongst themselves : by which agreement the part or share of the said Abraham Stout (which is hereby intended to be confirmed) was allotted to him as follows, that is consisting of one Tract of land situate in the township of Rockhill aforesaid which was granted and confirmed unto the said Jacob Stout deceased in Fee by henry Lacy of Hilltown and Susanna his wife and John Lacy of Rockhill in the county of Bucks afore- said by Indenture bearing date the twentieth day of October in the Year of Our Lord 1759 described as follows vizt: Beginning at a Post on the west side of the North Branch of Perkiomy Creek Thence North West by the land late of Thomas Freame deceased Two Hundred and thirty seven Perches to a Post thence North east by said Freames land ****** thence by the same land south ******** to a Post on the Bank of the North Branch thence down the same to the place of Beginning, Containing 200 acres ******* Now To the End that the said mutual agreement may be fulfilled and the said Partition and Allottment may be unalterably ratified and confirmed, and the said Abraham Stout (in consideration of his releasing in Like manner to the others) May be fully secured in the Possession & Enjoyment of the said Dividend in Severalty as his part or share of the Lands and Real Estate of his Father the said Jacob Stout deceased to hold the same in severalty to him the s'^ Abraham Stout his heirs and assigns forever. KNOW YE that the said Isaac Stout and Barbara his wife Gabriel Schwartzlander and Salome his wife Jacob THE STOUT FAMILY 209 Schleiffer and Catherine his wife and each and every of them HAVE granted assigned alHened Released and Confirmed to the said Abraham Stout his heirs and assigns forever All that herein Mentioned Tract of Two hundred acres of Land ******** j^ Witness Whereof the said Parties to these Presents have Interchangeably put their hands and seals hereunto The Twenty Fourth Day of January In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three — 1783.' Gabriel Schwartzlander Isaac Stout Salome J. Schwartzlander Barbara C. Stout Catherine Schlieffer Jacob Schleiffer Abraham Stout was probably the most prominent and best educated Pennsylvania German of his time in Bucks County. He was educated at the famous Germantown Academy, under the tuition of Hilarius Becker, professor of German, and David J. Dove, instructor in English. He thus acquired a thorough knowl- edge of the English language, an accomplishment exceedingly rare at that early date, as well as a thorough scientific training. He was an excellent accountant and penman and a good business man. His services were much in demand among his German neighbors as a surveyor and scrivener. From an examination of old papers on file in the county office it would appear he drew a majority of the deeds, wills and other legal papers for his locality for a number of years. He was constantly in demand by the Court to serve as one of the auditors appointed to prepare the accounts of adminis- trators and executors of estates, many of these papers being models of penmanship, conciseness and neatness. Abraham Stout was among the foremost in the neighborhood to enter protest against the oppressive acts of Great Britain and was named as a member of the Committee of Safety from Rockhill Township in 1775. When, however, it became apparent that the colonists were to resort to arms he asked to be relieved from serving, and another was appointed in his place, and he thereafter held aloof from active participation in the struggle. No doubt he was influenced by his early religious training and held conscientious scruples against taking up arms, as there is evidence to show that his sympathies were with the patriots' side. ^ Deed Book No. 21, p. 67. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 210 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY During the war he had a recess made in the cellar wall, where he kept money and valuable papers to preserve them against the raids of Doans and Tories. The Doans, a daring band of outlaws, used his pasture along the east bank of the Perkiomen Creek during the night time for a whole summer. In the morning they would leave with their horses for the shelter of the rocky ridges and re- turn again in the evening. He did not dispute his rights with them and they did not further molest him. During the memorable winter of 1777-78, after the battle of Germantown, and when the British were in possession of Philadelphia, a troop of Dragoons, fifty-six men, visited the Stout homestead and quartered them- selves on the premises for the winter. "They fed their horses from the well-supplied store of hay and grain in the barn, while the soldiers ate up all the house contained, excepting the smoked meat which the family had taken the precaution to hide by burying it in advance of their coming."^ After the close of the war Abraham Stout became a prominent figure in public affairs. He was a Justice of the Peace, and was one of the delegates from Bucks County to the Constitutional Con- vention of 1787-1789 and took an active part in framing the first Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania.^ On May 16, 1782, Nicholas Kease and wife, Elizabeth, con- veyed to Abraham Stout, George Nase and others, all of Rockhill, "in consideration of the love and zeal they bear for the Promotion of the useful learning and Christian knowledge as also for the con- sideration of five shillings" a lot of ground in Rockhill, in trust for a Common Union Christian School. This lot adjoined the land of Abraham Stout. Deed: Nicholas Kease and Wife to Abraham Stout et al, 1782 This Indenture Made the Sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two Between Nicholas Kease of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks in Pennsyl- vania, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, of the one part, and Abraham iThe Central News, October 14, 1888. Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Bucks County Intelligencer, August 22, 1888. 2 William H. H. Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III. p. 85. THE STOUT FAMILY 211 Stout, Christian Detterer, Isaac Hunsperger and George Nase of the Township of Rockhill aforsaid, yeoman, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Nicholas Kease and Elizabeth his wife for and in considera- tion of the Love and Zeal they bear for the Promotion of the useful Learning and Christian Knowledge as also in Consideration of the Sum of five shillings current Money of Pennsylvania they the said Nicholas Kease and Elizabeth his wife have given granted, bargained, sold released and confirmed unto the said Abraham Stout Christian Detterer, Isaac Hunsperger and George Nase In trust for a Common Union Christian School, a lot or piece of land situate in the township of Rockhill afs'd adjoining lands of Abraham Stout, Conrad Nagel, Nicholas Kease, con- taining 106 perches of land * * * ^^o the only proper use, benefit and behoof of them Abraham Stout, Christian Detterer, Isaac Hunsperger and George Nase. In trust for the use and benefit of a Common Union Christian School forever * * In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals Dated on the day and year first above written.'- Nicholas Kease her Elizabeth X Kease mark Abraham Stout died June 8, 1812, on the farm vv^here he had spent all his life, and was buried beside his father and mother and wife in the family burial lot on the plantation. The pastor of Tohickon Church thus recorded upon his docket:^ "Buried June 9, 1812, Abraham Stout, aged 72 years." The will of Abraham Stout, dated May 14, 1812, is a docu- ment interesting, if not remarkable, in more respects than one. It was written by the testator himself and the penmanship is rarely equalled at this day. To his son, Jacob, he left the larger part of the homestead farm at Perkasie, and to his son, Abraham, he bequeathed the remainder. To his son, Henry Hartzell Stout, he left a tract of land in Brush Valley, Center County, Pa., while he made ample provision for his daughters. 1 Deed Book No. 19, p. 417. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 1 Records Tohickon Reformed Church. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 212 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Will of Abraham Stout, 1812 In the name of God amen I Abraham Stout of the township of Rock- hill in the County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, yeoman being aged but of sound mind and memory (thanks be to God) do this Fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve make and publish and with my own hand write this my last Will and Testament in the following manner that is to say Imprimis I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and my body to the earth to be decently and in a Christian like manner buried in hopes of a Joyful resurrection through the merits of my Savior Jesus Christ and as for the temporal estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof as follows first I order my Just debts and funeral expences to be paid out of my personal estate Item I give unto my Daughter Hannah Worman thirty yards of my flaxon linnen one third part of all my flax one half part of all my soap six bushels of Rye two bushels of wheat and my oval walnut table and the priviledg to dwell in the western Stove room during the time she remains a widow Item I give unto my son Abraham Stout my Grey horse with the saddle and bridle my Bed and Bed stead with all the furniture and Blue stiped Curtains and the Bed and Bedstead wherein he usually sleeps my kitchen Dresser my milk Shelve my new Walnut table one cow to chuse which he pleases three Sheep three Swine the Chest in my room and the sum of sixty Dollars in money which I have paid unto him all which I give and allow unto him for services he did unto me after he was of lawful age Item I give and devise unto my son Henry H. Stout my tract of land situate in Brush Valley formerly in the County of Northumberland but now in Centre County bounded by lands of Henry Bolander and Andrew Moore containing two hundred and fourteen acres and fifty five perches and allowance of six per cent for roads together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging To have and to hold the said tract of two hundred and fourteen acres and fifty five perches of land, with the allowance and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my said son Henry H. Stout his heirs and assigns forever Item I give and devise unto my son Abraham Stout a part of the Plantation on which I dwell Beginning at a Corner of John Groiif's land in a line of land belonging to John Landes and from thence extending by land of said John Landes Jacob Stout Benjamin Rosenberger and Henry Groff to the middle of the north east Branch of Perquiomey Creek thence up said Creek to the mid- dle of the old swamp publick road thence up the said road to a marked walnut tree thence a course north forty degrees east to the middle fence between the meadow and upland thence up along the middle fence to the "^ 0'^^^ ^ -^^'^r, -T^ /v, //^ ACJjI.KHlUC HOXH't y ///> //f///yy/^y/ A >■ /Ar j/r /////I.I /////. II , i/i /// /t///. //I /////' '/'//// /////, //// . _/^ ////•. /////y///i ////// ///■! CG'^liturtti' tff Okrt^lTfltiott; .1//1,//,/,,,/ /,,ini.'y/. III,./ A, — 53iiTillj1iKaf U|li&wUtuinl, '16. ^. iV^iw ^•eUal^ S(«ia«M TBmA Certificate of graduation conferred by the Academic Board of the United States Naval Academy on the 25th of February, 1907, upon Midshipman Ralph Beaver Strassburger on completion of the two-year course at sea and the termination of the six-year course prior to receipt of commission. THE STOUT FAMILY 213 middle of the lane thence down the same to the middle of the run and from thence a straight line to a black walnut tree standing at a corner of my little meadow thence a course either south forty degrees west or north forty degrees east so far that a course running parallel with the first men- tioned course to John Groff's line doth contain eighty acres and three acres allowance for Roads and another tract or piece of land situate in the township of Rockhill aforesaid bounded by lands of John Landes Adam Kim John Hoot John Zeegafoos and the College land containing twenty acres together with the Buildings the stove in the old stove room except the Clock and Case) hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belong- ing or in anywise thereunto appertaining To have and to hold the said eighty acres with the allowance and the said twenty acres of land with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my said Son Abraham Stout his heirs and assigns forever under this express limitation for the sum of thirteen hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania in good silver coin from which said sum he shall deduct the sum five hundred and fifty pounds as his full share of and from all my real estate and Lands and that my said Son Abraham Stout his heirs and assigns well and truly pay or cause to be paid the remaining sum of seven hun- dred and fifty pounds without any deduction in the following manner that is to say in ten equal yearly payments the first payment thereof at the end of one year after my decease and allow his sister Hannah to have liberty of the use of the western room as herein before mentioned Item I give and devise unto my son Jacob Stout all the remaining part of my Planta- tion on which I dwell bounded by the land herein before devised unto my son Abraham Stout and Land of John Grofif the School house Lot Land of Henry Nunnemaker Adam Kern Abraham Souffer Philip Reeser and the north east Branch of Perquiomey Creek Containing one hundred and twenty acres and allowance for roads (be it more or less) and also an- other tract or piece of land likewise situate in the township of Rockhill bounded by lands of Abraham Vanholt Henry Grofif the College Land and the three Mile run Containing twenty eight acres and sixty perches together with the Buildings hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise thereunto appertaining To have and to hold the said one hundred and twenty acres and allowance and the said twenty eight acres and sixty perches of land with the hereditaments and appurte- nances thereunto belonging unto my said Son Jacob Stout his heirs and Assigns forever and this express limitation for the sum of twenty one hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania in good silver Coin from 214 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY which said sum of twenty one hundred Pounds he shall deduct the sum of six hundred pounds as his full share of and from all my lands and real estate and my said son Jacob Stout his heirs or assigns pay or cause to be well and truly paid the remaining sum of fifteen hundred pounds in the following manner that is to say the sum of one hundred and seventy five pounds a part thereof at the end of one year after my decease and the same sum of money at the end of every following year except the last payment thereof which is only one hundred pounds until the sum of fif- teen hundred Pounds is fully paid which aforesaid sums of seven hun- dred and fifty pounds and fifteen hundred pounds of money which my said Sons Abraham Stout and Jacob Stout their heirs or Assigns are herein before ordered to pay for the lands devised unto them I give and order to be equally divided to and between my Son Henry H. Stout and my Daughters Anne Margaret Hannah and Magdalena or their lawful representatives in equal shares as the same becomes due as herein before mentioned and specified And Whereas my son Henry H. Stout is indebted to me in and by three Bonds and a Bill in the sum of two hundred and seventy five pounds (besides other money and Goods he received of me towards his portion which I have entered in a Book) my will is that he shall not be charged more than four per cent interest p' year on said debt and for one year more after my decease and further is my Will that the aforesaid debt and all the value of the money goods and Chattels entered in said Book and all the remaining part of my personal estate not herein before mentioned to be be given and bequeathed shall be equally divided between my Sons Jacob Henry and Abraham and my Daughters Anne Margaret Hannah and Magdalena or their lawful representatives share and share alike and also is my Will that my son Jacob shall have liberty to haul his hay from his lower meadow along the middle fence where the road now is provided that he always keeps a good gate at the upper end and further is my Will that my said Sons Jacob and Abraham shall enjoy the common use of the wash house and of the ditches where they now are for watering meadows provided each of them doth an equal share to the keeping of said wash house and ditches in repair and as surviving trus- tee of the Union School house and Lot of land thereunto belonging I do appoint my son Jacob Stout to be trustee thereof in my room and stead and I give unto my son Abraham Stout my share in the Richland Library and lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my sons Jacob Stout and Abraham Stout Executors of this my last Will and Testament and allow unto them reasonable compensation and no more for their trouble. In THE STOUT FAMILY 215 Witness whereof I the said Abraham Stout to this my last Will and Tes- tament have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.^ Signed Sealed published and [] h \ , _ _n declared by the said Testator vV-xJlA. RCL/WX UmJe^c« ^v^ ^>oi»tt^ luU^onrtdi ;o^ ^^ /e^^^f-r^i^^ '.^^^ '■f^.i^Vi:z^i».-.t--^^z/z^c^ef9T-v^^e-f^^' ■t.£'-yi^^f-^^f^t^ei:^^':^Pi^:t^e-^ ^■^.- ^i^r^ Exequator granted by King Carol I, King of Roumania, to Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as Secretary to Legation and Consul General, on August 22, 1912, during the Balkan War. THE HARTZELL FAMILY 237 In the early part of the year 1740, the English Parliament passed a resolution entitled "An Act for Naturalizing such Foreign Protestants, and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of his Majesties Colonies in America." On Septem- ber 25, 26 and 27 of that year, "Those Foreigners who had resided for the space of seven years and upwards in his Majesty's Colonies in America, and not having been absent out of some of the said Colonies for a longer space than two months, at any one time, during the said seven years," were required to appear before the Supreme Court, held at Philadelphia, for the Province of Penn- sylvania, between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock, and "hav- ing produced to the said Court Certificates of their having taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in some Protestant or Reformed Congregation in this Province within three months before the said court," the following persons, being foreigners, "Took and Sub- scribed the Oaths and did make and repeat the Declaration pre- scribed by the said Act, to entitle them to the Benefit thereof, and thereby became natural born Subjects of Great Britain as the same is certified into this office by the Judges of the said Court." On these three dates, seventy-four Palatines appeared and took the oath. At the same time seventy-eight Quakers, or those who con- scientiously objected to taking an oath, subscribed to the Declara- tion. In the latter part of 1740, we find recorded that Henry Hartzell repeated the Declaration of Allegiance which made him a citizen of Pennsylvania — "George Henry Hartsle, Bucks County, took the Sacrament September 22, 1740." ^ It is said that Henry Hartzell was the first settler in Rockhill Township. Rockhill was one of the objective points of German immigration that continued up the Perkiomen into Montgomery County, and thence over into Bucks County. The earliest purchase in Rockhill was made by John Furnace, of Philadelphia, December 11, 1701, of three hundred acres of land. In 1723 he sold this tract to Andrew Hamilton, who in turn sold it to Henrich Hartzell. This land now bounds the limits of Telford. In 1737 Henrich Hartzell purchased of Evan Griffith, ^ Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. II, pp. 347, 348. 238 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and he also bought land in what is now Hilltown Township. The deed for this latter tract is on record at Philadelphia, and in this conveyance his name is spelled "Jorg Henrich Hirzell," also "Henry Hartly," and sets forth that the land was near "Per- heassing," evidently intended for Perkasie Manor, while Rockhill is written Richill. Deed : Richaed Thomas to Jorg Henrich Hirzell, 1740 2rt)lS SnDCntUtC made the Twenty First day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty. Between Rich- ard Thomas of Lower Dublin Township in the County of Philadelphia, Mason, and Elizabeth his wife of the first part and Jorg Henrich Hirzell of Richill in the County of Bucks, yeoman. WHEREAS by Indenture bearing date the thirteenth day of October last past, Henry Paxson of Middleton in the said county of Bucks, tanner, * * * did grant and con- vey unto the said Richard Thomas * * * a certain tract of land situate near a place called Perheassing in the said county of Bucks (which since the laying out of townships in those parts is found to be within the limits of Hilltown Township * * * NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESS- ETH that the said Richard Thomas and Elizabeth his wife for and in con- sideration of the sum of Ninety pounds * * * HAVE granted, bargained, sold, released and confirmed unto the said Jorg Henrich Hirzell a certain piece of land, part of the aforesaid bounded by lands of said Richard Thomas, Evan Griffith and Henry Hartly, containing one hundred acres * * * IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto. Dated the Day and Year first above written.^ Richard Thomas Elizabeth Thomas. Henrich Hartzell owned, altogether, very near one thousand acres at the time of his decease. Most of the land lay in Mont- gomery County, but the homestead stood over the line in Bucks County. He erected a cabin, and soon afterward a more com- fortable one-story log house, which had been altered and improved at various times until it was quite a large two-story old-style dwell- ing house. Unfortunately it was torn down in 1881, being at the time the oldest house in Rockhill Township. In 1748 he purchased of Isaac Norris, of Philadelphia, five hundred and thirty acres adjoining his other lands: 1 Deed Book G, No. 2, p. 305. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. THE HARTZELL FAMILY 239 Deed: Isaac Norris to Henry Hartzell, 1748 ^hiS SnDCntUte made the Twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty eight, BETWEEN Isaac Norris of the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia, Mer- chant, of the one part and Henry Hartzell of the Township of Hilltown, in the County of Bucks, Yeoman, of the other part, WITNESSETH, That the said Isaac Norris for & in consideration of the sum of Six Hundred and Thirty Six Pounds lawful money of Penn- sylvania unto the said Isaac Norris well and truly paid by the said Henry Hartzell, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bar- gained, sold, released and confirmed, * * * unto the said Henry Hartzell, A Certain piece or tract of land situate in Hilltown, in the County of Bucks aforesaid, BEGINNING at a corner White Oak marked I L standing in the line of a tract of land late of Thomas Freame Dec'd, thence extending along the same line and the line of a tract of land laid out for Servants, southwest two hundred and eighty two perches and three quarters of a perch to a post, thence by land of James Logan southeast, three hundred perches to a small Hickory, thence northeast, by other land of the said James Logan, two hundred and eighty two perches and three quarters of a perch to a post in the line of the Proprietaries Manor of Perkesy, thence by the same Manor northwest three hundred perches to the place of Beginning. Containing Five Hundred and Thirty Acres of land be the same more A « li^cQ'^ ^ ^ ^ ^ *•* *** '** ^ ^ ''* To have an to hold the said piece or tract of land hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be granted with the appurte- nances unto the said Henry Hartzel his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of ye said Henry Hartzell his heirs and assigns forever. Under the Proportionable part of the Yearly Quit Rent hereafter accruing for the hereby granted piece of land, to the Chief Lord or Lords of the In Witness Whereof the said parties to these presents have Interchange- ably set their Hands and Seals hereunto dated the day and year above written.^ Sealed & Delivered Isaac Norris (Seal) in the presence of us : James Wright Eliz'a Norris 1 Deed Book F, Vol. II, p. 448. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 240 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Henrich Hartzell cleared the heavy timber, and soon had a fine farm. On February 27, 1767, he made application to the Proprietaries of the Commonwealth for a grant of fifteen acres of land adjoining his larger tract, lying in Upper Salford Township on the Montgomery County side. Thus ten acres and one hundred and two perches was surveyed to him and called "Harts All," for which he received a patent May 18th of the same year. A draft of a tract of land situate in upper Salford Township in the County of Philadelphia and Province Pennsylvania containing ten acres and 102 perches of land together with the usual allowance at six per cent for roads that was surveyed unto Henry Hartzell by virtue of an order from the Surveyor General dated at Philadelphia on the twenty-seventh day of February, Anno. 1767. Being number 2357, granted to him in pursuance of an application maid by the said Henry Hart- zell for the same surveyed on the 10th March Anno. 1767. (called Harts-all) P. David Shultze Patent to Henry Hartzell, 1767 John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esqtiires, true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Penn- sylvania, and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware. To all unto whom these Presents shall come. Greeting: WHEREAS in Consequence of the Application of Henry Hartzell, No. 2357, dated the .._.. herzeTlamd wifef and two childrei^ who ennig 7- cited front ihe PPalafiiia-^G irtlSZS. Bein^ {the fir'si: SGiilcT* inRochi till Hvp. Died in 1^88. at an. a.dv>cvixced age. Tombstone to the Memory of Henry Hartzell. erected some years after his death. THE HARTZELL FAMILY 241 twenty-seventh day of February last past for fifteen acres of land in Upper Salford Township in the County of Philadelphia, a Survey hath been made of a tract of land called "Harts All" adjoining Lands of Val- entine Beyer, Leonard Snyder, Henry Hertsell's other land, containing ten acres and one hundred and two perches * * NOW know ye that for and in consideration of the sum of six shillings and nine pence sterling money of Great Britain (in lawful money of Pennsylvania) We have given, granted and confirmed unto the said Henry Hartzell the said ten acres and one hundred and two perches of land. In Witness whereof John Penn, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of said Province, hath hereunto caused the Great Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed this eighteenth day of May, 1767.^ John Penn. Henrich Hartzell died June 21, 1784, aged over ninety years, and vi^as buried at Christ Reformed Church, Indian Creek. He left a will, w^hich was dated May 17, 1784, and proved August 5, same year, his death having occurred on June 21. As no mention of his wife is made, she was doubtless deceased. He names his sons, Michael, Paul and Henry, and son-in-law Abraham Stout, as executors. From the exact apportioning of the land and the time and manner of payments designated in the will, it may be reasonably assumed that Henry Hartzell was very orderly in his habits of life. Will of Henry Hertzel^ 1784 In the Name of God Amen, I Henry Hertzel of the Township of Rockhill in the county of Bucks yeoman, being weak of body but of sound mind and memory (thanks be to God) do this Seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Four Make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as fol- lows Imprimis I commend my soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator and my Body to the Earth to be in a decent and Christian like manner buried in hopes of a joyful Resurrection through the Mercy of my Saviour Jesus Christ. And as for the Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof in the following manner (that's to say) First I order my Just debts and Funeral Expenses to be paid out of my personal Estate. Item I give and devise unto my Eldest Son Mich- ael Hertzel a certain Tract, piece or Parcel of land part of the tract of land which I purchased of Isaac Norris Esq. Situate in the Township of 1 Patent Book A, No. 25, p. 27. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 242 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Hilltown in the County of Bucks and Bounded by lands of Adam Cabe, Earnest Hair, Isaac Distine, Martin Clemmer, and by land hereinafter devised to my son Paul Hertzel, and by lands of Leonard Seller, Job Thomas, and others and by lands hereinafter devised to my son Henry Hertzel containing 400 acres * * to have and to hold the said described Tract of land * * unto my said son Michael Hertzel his Heirs and assigns forever under the express Limitations that my said son Michael Hertzel or his Heirs or assigns shall pay or Cause to be paid the sum of £850 in gold and Silver Money for the same in the following manner that is to say the half part thereof at the end of one year, after my decease and the other half or last part thereof at the end of two years after my decease without any Fraud or Further delay. Item I give and devise unto my son Paul Hertzel all that Tract piece or parcel of Land (which I purchased from Abraham Shryner) situate partly in the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks and partly in the Township of Upper Salford in the county of Philadelphia, containing two hundred acres and the usual allow- ances for Roads, and also I give and devise unto my said Son Paul Hertzel another tract or piece of Land (part of the Tract of Land which I pur- chased from Isaac Norris Esquire), situate in the Township of Hiltown adjoining lands of Martin Clemmer William Sabelcool and Michael Hert- zel, containing 50 acres * * to have and to hold the said described 250 acres of land unto my son Paul Hertzel his heirs and assigns forever Under the Express Limitation that my said son Paul Hertzel or his Heirs shall pay or cause to be paid for the said land the sum of £650 and in the following manner that is to say one third part at the end of one year after my decease and one third part at the end of two years after my decease and one third part at the end of three years after my decease without any fraud or further delay. Item I give and devise to my Son Henry Hertzel my Plantation on which I live situate and being partly in Rockhill and partly in Hilltown bounded by the line dividing the County of Bucks and Philadelphia and by lands of Abraham Gerhart Samuel Bechtel Earnest Hair, Adam Cobe, Abraham Cobe and Len Thomas containing 275 acres and also I give and devise to my said son Henry Hertzel a tract of land situate in Hilltown Township adjoining Adam Cobe's land, Land late of John Seller, land of Job Thomas son Michael Hertzel containing 55 acres, to have and to hold the said 275 acres and 55 acres unto my son Henry Hertzel his Heirs and Assigns forever, under the Express Limitations that my said son Henry, his heirs and assigns shall pay or cause to be paid for the same the sum of £650 in yearly payments the first payment thereof to be at the end of one year after my decease without any fraud or further delay. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Henry my best Waggon THE HARTZELL FAMILY 243 and two Horses and a Colt and compleat Gears for two Horsses, one plough, one harrow, and all the Boards on the Horse Stable. Item I give and bequeath unto each of my Daughters Hannah and Susannah a feather Bed and Bedsteads two Milch Cows and one Heiffer, one Table, Chest, and Kitchen Shelve, and ten pounds in Money (in Lieu of the other Kitchen Furniture which I give to my other Daughters) and two Sheep to be paid unto them within two Months after my Decease ; and further is my Will that all my Monies and all what is due or becomes due to me on Bonds, Notes, Mortgages, or otherwise, and all the Moneyes which my Sons Michael, Paul, and Henry are hereinbefore ordered to pay for the Lands devised unto them, and all my Goods and Chattels not herein before mentioned to be given and bequeathed shall be equally divided to and be- tween my Sons Michael, Paul, and Henry and my Daughters Catharine, Christina, Margaret, Sophia, Magdalena, Elisabeth, Hannah and Susanna, Share and Share alike; and further is my will and meaning that all the Monies which my Sons shall pay for the Lands Devised unto them shall be paid in Good Gold and Silver at no less rate then the same passes for at this present time ; And lastly I do hereby Nominate and appoint my Sons Michael Hertzel, Paul Hertzel and Henry Hertsel and my Son in law Abraham Stout Executors of this my last Will and Testament giving and granting unto them or the Survivors of them full power and authority to Execute all Deeds and Releases in my name and stead and I allow them reasonable Charges and no more for their trouble in the premisses. IN WITNESS whereof I the said Henry Hertzel have io this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and seal Dated the Day and Year first above written.^ Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of A LJ^ us \J Isaac Dirstine Jacob John Proved August 5, 1784. An inventory and appraisement of the estate was made by the executors on August 9th following:" 1 Will Book No. 4, p. 452. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 2 Original papers in Office of Register of Wills, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 244 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Inventory An Inventory and appraisement of all the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits of Henry Hertzel of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks Yeoman Lately Deceased ; Taken by Michael Hertzel, Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel and Abraham Stout Executors of the Last Will and Testament of the said Deceased and Appraised by the Subscribers on the Ninth Day of August Anno Domini One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four 1784 £ s d In Cash Specie 122 5 Imprimis The Deceased Wearing Apparel 16 7 10 To a Horse and Saddle £ 1 1 :10/ to a Mare £ 10 21 10 Item To a Dutch Fann £2 to 950 Oak Shingles £2:2:3 4 2 3 To a Lifting Instrument 10/ to Some Bundles of Hemp 1/6 Oil 6 To 55 Bundles of Flax 55/ to Six Boards 6/ to Hay Ladders 7/6 3 8 6 To an old Waggon £3 to Eleven Cow Chains 20/6 to fet- ters 2/426 To a Swingle tree and Cleves 5/ to plough Irons & a Cleves 20/ 1 5 To forty two Open Hogsheads £2:15 to two Barrels 8/330 To a Drag Chain 7/6 to two pitch forks 3/6 to two Dung forks 2/6 13 6 To two Dung hooks 3/ to Horse Gears and Blind halters 25/ 18 To hemp tow and flax 10/6 to 830 feet of popler Boards £3:2/ 3 12 6 To an Apple Mill and Trough 22/6 to three old Baggs & some tow 7/6 1 10 To old Copper 15/ to a Still head 30/ to two Small old Copper Kettles 5/300 To an Iron Door and a Stoave plate 18/ to a Barrel 3/ a Grindstone 10/ 1 11 To an old Saddle 2/ a Grubbing hoe 7/6 a Shovel five/ a hoe 2/6 17 To two old Cows & a Bell £8 a heiffer 40/ to a stear & a Bull Calves 50/ 12 10 To three Sheep 22/6 to four Shoates 27/6 2 10 To a pek 5/ to Mallrings and Wedges 5/ to an ax 2/6 a Cagg 2/ 12 6 /, \^ mmMMM i^onnUii 1800.) ICllUCTS, •- y^i|i»5C arc 1^ %mm} ttim_^^r' is an ^ss0rtat£-ilt£inliEr of al)r3ltt5t(tntuni uf ilaiial -^rfhitnls] /^/ur /r// //iff/ .i/ui-fff//// f/////r/'Af///.j A' //f//i.. ■ ._. '-•V'ii^llCO Vv/ /,/f,^f/'//!f. &.,///»/m,. ,/. ini,/. '/fr/,/,/., ■ 7..'7i/i/'i/f/ ■//■/■/■rr,r, y,/u//// //. /. ,ln-5lfirlit. Certificate issued to Ralph Beaver Strassburger by Lord Bristol, President of the Institution of Naval Architects of Great Britain, on the 27th of March, 1912. THE HARTZELL FAMILY 245 To five Hogsheads 37/6 to four do 20/ to a Barrel 3/ to one do 4/ 3 6 6 To a Churn 10/ a funnel 9d to two pair of Butter Boxes 12/6 1 3 3 To a Bed and Bedstead £3 to one do £3 to one do £3 to one do £2 11 To a Bed and Bedstead £5 a Meal Chest 20/ a Small Chest 15/ 6 15 To five Baskets 5/9 to three reedles 4/6 to fourteen Baggs £1:6/ 1 16 3 To a Cross Cut Saw 7/6 a funnel 5/ to a Womans Saddle 15/ 1 7 6 To three old Little Wheels 12/6 a rope 1/ to an old pigeon Nett 5/ 18 6 To two Hatchels 15/ a Cofifee Mill 5/ a Box Iron 3/9 to two Bottles 2/6 16 3 To tea and Earthen Ware 3/9 to two vials 8d to knives and forks 7/6 11 11 To a Butter Seale 2/ to a Steel Yard 10/ a Big Wheel 10/ a cotton do 7/6 19 6 To two Sheep Shears 4/ to Eight Buckits 8/ a Large Tub 7/6 a Small do 1/ 1 6 To a Wash Tub 10/ to a Cabbage Tub 5/ to twelve Wooden Trenchers 3/ 18 To an old Iron Kettle 5/ a Large Skillet 10/ a Bake Iron 7/6 a Roast Pan 3/9 16 3 To a Whetting pot 2/6 a razor 1/ a fiesh fork 1/ a Ladle and Skimmer 3/076 To an Iron pot 10/ to one 5/ a frying pann 5/ to two Skil- ets 7/170 To Tin Ware 6/10 to Lumber 2/ to pewter ware £2 : 6/ to a Lanthorn 1/6 2 16 4 To a Tea kettle 10/ Earthenware 5/6 a Stone jarr 2/ old Brass 1/6 19 To two Glasses 3/ to two Tumblers 3/ to two Glass Bottles 1/6 7 6 £ 243 16 10 To a Kitchen Shelve 20/ a pot Shelve 1/6 to a Table 2/6 14 To two pot racks 12/ to tongs and Shovel 6/ to a Crow Barr 8/4 16 4 246 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To a hand Saw 4/ to an Adds 4/6 to a Small Saw 2/ to five augres 12/3 1 To a Draw Knife 1/ to three Chissel 2/9 two Cleavers 4/6 To Lumber 2/ to a pipe Stoave £ 7 to a Clock and Case £4 To 8 1/2 Yds of Lindsey 34/ to old Curtains 15/ To Eight bed and pillow Cases 51/ to Eight Bed Sheets 51/6 5 To ten Table Cloths 51/ to Eleven Towels 11/ to five Wal- lets 7/6 3 To three Towels 3/6 to a spade 5/ a hoe 6d a Candle- stick 1/ To pinchers 1/6 a Spectacle 1/ a Table 7/6 a Chest 20/ 1 To Gold Scales 7/6 an Arm Chair 7/6 to Eight Chairs 17/ 1 To a parcel of old German Books 2 Book Debts 25 Due on Notes on Hand £47:10/ Interest Due thereon £5:18:10d 53 Due and to become Due on Bonds or Obligations 3111 Interest Due on the said Bonds 269 Due and to become due on four Mortgages 910 Interest Due on the said Mortgage 43 Total Sum Specified Legacys given by the Will To his Son Henry Boards on the Stable A Waggon two Horses and Horse Gears To a Colt £10 a plough 50/ a Harrow 25/ To his Daughter Hannah two Milch Cows A Heiffer 40/ to two Sheep 20/ To his daughter Susanna Two Milch Cows A Heiffer 40/ to two Sheep 20/ 8 3 11 2 2 9 By us Isaac Hunsbeecer Isaac Dirstine 10 10 12 6 10 8 7 1 7 Sum of the Specific Legacys Whole sum £ 4785 8 10 10 10 4688 13 8 5 50 13 15 11 3 11 3 96 15 The Tenth Day of September Anno Domini 1784 Before me John Davis Esqe One of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Bucks J si. . 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"Sd s c V ^o u Wj (V 'r. iri c u THE HARTZELL FAMILY 247 Came the above Named Isaac Hunsberger and Isaac Dirstine And on their Solemn Affirmation Did Declare and Say that they have Well and truly Valued and Appraised all the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits of Henry Hertzel Deceased According to the best of their Understanding and judgment and that the foregoing Writing is a True Inventory thereof Witness my Hand the Day and Year Above said John Davis In this will, Mr. Hartzell bequeathed to his eldest son, Michael, a tract of land in Hilltown Township, part of that purchased of Isaac Norris, and to his sons, Paul and Henry, other portions of his lands, Henry to have the home plantation, while to his daugh- ters, eight in number, he left their proportion of the personal estate, Bonds, Notes, Mortgages, etc. Michael Hartzell died soon after his father, intestate, leaving a widow, but no children. The administrators of his estate were his widow Catherine, Jacob Reed and brother-in-law Abraham Stout. On August 16, 1788, all the brothers and sisters of Michael signed a document, acknowledging the receipt of their proper shares of their brother's estate, from the above-mentioned administrators. This interesting paper gives the names of all the sons and daughters and sons-in-law of Henry Hartzell. Release of Heirs of Michael Hartzell to Catherine Hartzell et al, 1788 TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME : We, Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel, Jacob Hertzel and Catharine, his wife, Abraham Cobe and Christina, his wife, Adam Cobe and Mar- garet his wife, John Althouse and Sophia his wife, Abraham Stout and Magdalena, his wife, Henry Blyler and Elizebeth his wife, Henry Drum- bore and Hannah his wife, and Peter Scholl and Susanna his wife, (the said Paul and Henry Hertzel are two of the Sons, and the said Catharine, Christina, Margaret, Sophia, Magdalena, Elizabeth, Hannah and Susanna are the Daughters of Henry Hertzel, late of the Township of Rockhill, in the County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman, De- ceased), send Greeting, Whereas the said Henry Hertzel, deceased, by his Last Will and Testa- ment, dated the Seventeenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and 248 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY eighty four (which said Last Will some time after his decease was duly proved and Registered as the Law directs) did devise unto his Son Michael Hertzel, a certain tract of land situate in the Township of Hilltown, by mets and bounds in the said last will set forth and described, Containing four hundred acres (be the same more or less) ******** To hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever, Under the express limita- tion, that he or his heirs or assigns should pay for the same the sum of Eight hundred and fifty Pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania in Specie (of which said sum he should also receive one equal eleventh part) as by the said Last Will may more fully appear. And Whereas the said Michael Hertzel soon after the proving of the said recited last Will also died Intestate, and Letters of Administration of his Goods, Chattels and Credits were given and granted unto his widow, Catharine Hertzel, Jacob Reed and Abraham Stout, Now Know Ye, that we have had and received of the administrators of the estate of the said Michael Hertzel, deceased, before the day of the date hereof the sum of Seven Hundred and three Pounds and Sixteen Shillings lawful money of Pennsylvania, in Silver and Gold, together with lawful interest for the same from the time the same become due unto us untill the same was paid unto us, in full satisfaction of all our demands and shares of the aforesaid legacies, which the said Michael Hartzel (deceased) by the said recited Last Will and Testament of his father Henry Hertzel, deceased, is ordered to pay unto us, And We the said Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel, Jacob Hertzel and Catharine, his wife, Abraham Cobe and Christina, his wife, Adam Cobe and Margaret, his Wife, John Althouse and Sophia, his wife, Abraham Stout and Magdalena his wife, Henry Blyler and Elizabeth his wife, Henry Drumbore and Hannah, his wife, Peter Scholl and Susanna, his wife, Do hereby for ourselves our Heirs, Executors, Administrators and every of them Remise, Release, Acquit, Exonerate and Discharge the said Administrators and the heirs and assigns of the Real and Personal Estate of the said Michael Hertzel, deceased, forever by these presents. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seals. Dated the Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. 1788.^ Henry Hertsel Abraham Stout Jacob Hertzel her her Magdalena X Stout Catharine X Hertzel mark mark 1 Miscellaneous Book No. 1, p. 109. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. THE HARTZELL FAMILY 249 Abraham Cope Henry Blyler her her Christina X Cope Elizabeth X Blyler mark mark Adam Cope Henrich Drumbor her her Margaret X Cobe Hannah X Drumbore mark mark Johannes Althouse Peter Scholl her her Sophia X Althouse Susanna X Scholl mark mark Paul Hertzel Recorded September 9, 1788. On May 16, 1788, seven of the daughters, with their husbands, signed a deed of acknowledgment that they had received from the executors their proper share of their father's estate. Release, Jacob Hertzel and Wife Catherine, et al, to Henry Hertzel, Jr., et al, 1788 TO ALL PEOPLE TO whom these presents shall come. We, Jacob Hertzel and Catharine his wife, Abraham Cobe and Christina his wife, Adam Cobe and Margaret his wife, John Althouse and Sophia, his wife, Henry Blyler and Elizabeth his wife, Henry Drumbore and Hannah his wife, Peter Sholl and Susanna his wife, (the said Catharine, Christina, Margaret, Sophia, Elizabeth, Hannah and Susanna are daugh- ters of Henry Hertzel, late of the Township of Rockhill, in the County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman, Deceased) send greeting. Know Ye that we have had and received of Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel and Abraham Stout Surviving Executors of the Last Will and Testament of the said Henry Hertzel deceased, the sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty seven Pounds fourteen Shillings and one Penny lawful money of Pennsylvania in Silver and Gold (that is to say the sum of Four Hundred and eighteen Pounds four Shillings and ten pence and a half penny, to each of the said Daughters) Besides all speci- fied Legacies which by the said recited Last Will and Testament are ordered to be given and paid unto some of us ; Which said sum and sums of money. Being in full satisfaction of all our shares and demands which according to the true intent and meaning of the said recited Last Will we should and ought to have of the Personal Estate of our said 250 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deceased Father, Henry Hertzel, of which said sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty seven Pounds fourteen Shillings and one Penny and of all Specified Legacies given to same of us. We the said Jacob Hertzel and Catharine his wife, Abraham Cobe and Christina his wife, Adam Cobe and Margaret his wife, John Althouse and Sophia his wife, Henry Blyler and Elizabeth his wife, Henry Drumbore and Hannah his wife, and Peter Scholl and Susanna his wife, Do Hereby for ourselves our Heirs, Executors, Administrators and every of them. Remise, Release, Acquit, Exonerate and Discharge the said Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel and Abraham Stout, their Heirs, Executors and Administrators for ever, of and from all or any demands whatsoever concerning the personal estate of the said Henry Hertzel, Deceased, by these presents, In Witness Whereof, We have set our hands and seals hereunto, Dated the Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. 1788.' Henry Blyler Jacob Hertzel her her Elizabeth X Blyler Cathrina X Hertzel mark mark Henrich Drumbor Abraham Cope her her Hannah X Drumbore Christina X Cope mark mark Peter Scholl Adam Cope her her Susanna X Sholl Margaret X Cope mark mark Johannes Althouse her Sophia X Althouse mark Henry Hartzell bequeathed to his son, Henry, the plantation upon which he resided. On May 8, 1792, all of the heirs released all of their rights to the homestead farm to their brother. This release states that Catherine, widow of Michael, was at this date the wife of Frederick Fluke. ^ Miscellaneous Book, No. 1, p. 107. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ^ < z o t I Oh 1- "4 N ^ ! .% i be 1) \ 1 3 nJ u ^ •J-i ba S 13 I ^ %> i m ^• \ o^. V CO -M •5, S ^ ^X L-. ^ V ■■— ^' vf lU ^'• 5 ? iN > ni M 'I K g _ J r/} 5c5 C/i S s 5 IJ •2 Q O rt ,^ . b;3 o S " O OJ U r-H ^ Cxi (ij bD rj-j -^ a; cn W THE HARTZELL FAMILY 251 Release of Heirs of Henry Hertzei, to Henry Hertzel, Jr., 1792 To All People to whom these presents shall come, We Frederick Fluke and Catharine, his wife, (late Widow of Michael Hertzei dec'd) and Abraham Stout Administrator of the Estate of Michael Hertzei dec'd, Paul Hertzei, Jacob Hertzei and Catharine, his wife, Abra- ham Cope and Christina his wife, Adam Cope & Margaret his wife, John Althouse and Sophia his wife, Abrham Stout and Magdalena his wife, Henry Blyler & Elizabeth his wife, Henry Drumbore and Hanna his wife, and Peter Shole and Susannah his wife, (the said Michael Hertzei dec'd was and the said Paul Hertzei is one of the sons, and the said Catharine, Christina, Margaret, Sophia, Magdalena, Elizabeth, Hannah & Susanna are the daughters of Henry Hertzei late of the Township of Rockhill, in the County of Bucks & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dec'd, send greet- ing, Whereas the said Henry Hertzei dec'd in his last Will and Testament dated the 17th day of May Anno Domini 1784, did devise unto his son Henry Hertzei, in these words ; Item, I give and devise unto my son Henry Hertzei my plantation on which I live, situate lying and being partly in the Township of Rockhill aforesaid and partly in the Township of Hill- town, bounded by the line dividing the Countis of Bucks and Philadelphia and by lands of Abraham Gerhart, Samuel Bechtel, Earnest Hair, Adam Cobe, Abraham Cobe and Levi Thomas, Containing two hundred and seventy five acres and allowances for roads (be the same more or less) And also I give and devise unto my said son Henry Hertzei a piece or tract of land, situate in Hilltown Township aforesaid, BEGINNING at a corner of Adam Cobes land, thence extending by land late of John Selser to the line of Job Thomas land, thence by the same so far that a line running parrelel with the first mentioned course and the second course, both by lands hereinbefore devised to my son Michael Hertzei, will contain fifty five acres ; To have and to hold the said described two hundred & seventy five acres & fifty five acres of land, Together vdth the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my said son Henry Hertzei his heirs and assigns forever, under this Express Limita- tion, that my said son Henry or his heirs or assigns pay or cause to be well and truly paid for the same the sum of Six hundred and fifty pounds in Gold and Silver, in four equal yearly payments as by the said recited last Will and Testament duly proved and Registered in the Register Office at Newtown, in the County of Bucks may appear. Now Know Ye that we the aforesaid Frederick Fluke and Catharine his 252 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY wife, & Abraham Stout Administrator as aforesaid, Paul Hertzel, Jacob Hertzel & Catharine his wife, Abraham Cope and Christina his wife, Adam Cope and Margaret his wife, John Althous & Sophia his wife, Abraham Stout and Magdalena his wife, Henry Blyler and EHzabeth his wife, Henry Drumbore and Hanna his wife, and Peter Shole and Susannah his wife Do hereby confess and acknowledge to have had and received of the said Henry Hertzel the sum of Five hundred and thirteen pounds and ten shillings lawful money, in Silver and Gold (that is to say the sum of fifty one pounds six shillings and eleven pence to each of us the said son's and daughters of the said Henry Hertzel dec'd) in full payment arid satisfaction of all our parts and shares of the said above recited sum of Six hundred and fifty pounds and all interest that has accrued on the same, of which said sum and of all right, title, claim and demand of, in or out of the said two tracts of land and premises. We do hereby for ourselves and our heirs, executors and administrators, remise, release, acquit, exonerate and discharge the said Henry Hertzel his heirs and assigns forever by these presents. In Witness Whereof we have set our hands & seals hereunto dated the Twenty eight day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety two.^ JONANNES AlTHOUSE her Sophia X Althouse mark Abraham Stout her Magdalena X Stout mark Henry Blyler her Elizabeth X Blyler mark Henry Drumbor her Hannah X Drumbore mark Peter Scholl her Susanna X Shole mark Frederick Fluk her Catharine X Fluke marke Paul Hertzel Jacob Hertzel her Catharine X Hertzel mark Abraham Cope her Christina X Cope mark Adam Cope her Margaret X Cope mark 1 Deed Book No. 39, Vol. I, p. 12, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. m 4^ C 0^ a3 rd ^ P^ "rt o pq b/D cu ^C GO u »-M ^ o -D , , , 1 — 1 rt a; +-I (U s PM o ^'^ "3 -^ r/j t^ o >•» (J /-i -d 13 c i; 03 Cil r:! ni S bJD +-' n! o ba > cn o ■" X o 03 -M G3 a; u CJ* V 1) GO ^ H CD C3 M-H o u c tc ^o S-. +-< 3 o o 3 '/: ■d t/^ o 37 u GO e^ THE HARTZELL FAMILY 253 This document was signed by all the heirs who appeared on May 28, 1792, before their brother-in-law, Abraham Stout, then Justice of the Peace, and made the following acknowledgment : Be it Remembered that on the 28th day of May Anno Domini 1792, Before me the subscriber of the Justice of the Peace, in the County of Bucks, came the within named Frederick Fluke and Catharine his wife, Paul Hertzel, Jacob Hertzel & Catharine his wife, Abraham Cope & Christina his wife, Adam Cope & Margaret his wife, John Althouse & Sophia his wife, Henry Blyler and Elizabeth his wife, Flenry Drumbore & Hannah his wife, Peter Shole and Susanna his wife, & acknowledged the within written Release to be their act & Deed and desired that the same may be recorded as such as the law directs. Witness my hand & seal on the day & above said. Abraham Stout (seal) As shown by original papers,^ the executors, on October 28, 1792, rendered a final account of their administration of their father's affairs: The accompts of Paul Hertzel, Henry Hertzel, and Abraham Stout Surviving Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Henry Hertzel Late of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks and Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, Yeoman Deceased, Exhibited to the Registers Court on the twenty Eighth day of October Anno Domini 1793 Dr. £ s d Imprimis paid Legacies to the Several Heirs Mentioned in the said Will on the Eleventh day of August 1784 pr Receipt 153 17 8 paid Ditto on the 21st of August 1784 per Receipt 4443 11 9 Likewise paid Hannah Hertzel and Susanna Hertzel their Specified Legacies pr Receipts. . . Item paid for proving the Will and a Copy thereof. . Do Expenses To Cash paid Jacob Herr and John Drumbore pr Receipt . To do to Adam Cobe 12/6 to Abraham Cobe 13/. . . . To do to Abraham Stout 11/5 to John Davis Esq"'^ 2/ To do to Isaac Dirstine 25/ to Isaac Hunsperger 15/. . To do paid for Writings Done for the said Estate .... 20 1 1 14 3 1 1 5 6 13 5 2 3 1 Original papers in Oiifice of Register of Wills, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 254 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To do do to Paul Bean pr Receipt £5:5/1 5 1 1 To do do to Jacob Cressman pr do £5 to Jacob Ap- penzeller 5 17 6 To do do to the Rev Mr Faber 25/ to Peter Schneider £2:17/ 4 2 To do do to Jacob Appenzeller Junior 3 9 To do do to Peter Hunsperger pr Receipt 3 4 8 To do do to John Loe Collector pr two receipts.... 17 2 10 To do do to Jacob Kolb pr do 5/ to Paul Bean pr do 12/ 17 To do do to Susanna Hertzel for Bedf eathers 6 To do to Jacob Leidy pr do 5/9 to Christian Benner 6 8 2 To do to Jacob Cressman for Joiner Work 15 12 1 To do to John Landes for Smith work 3 7 To do to Isaac Sauber pr do 12/5 to Joseph Hornecker pr 7/6 19 11 To do to the Administrators of Michael Hertzels Estate Com. 3 10 To do for the Settlement and Drawing a Release. ... 1 10 To Commissioners for the Accomptants 17 Balance 3 4 3 Cr. 4719 10 By amount of the Inventory Besides the Specified Legacies 4688 13 By amount of money Received and Remaining Due not Mentioned in the Inventory 30 16 By us 4719 10 2 Paul Hertzel Henry Heartzel Abraham Stout Executors Bucks ss October 28. 1793 this Account Examined and filed Oct 29th 1793 this Account confirmed J. S. Hanna Reg RicH° Backhouse W^ Hutchinson Judges THE HARTZELL FAMILY 255 The following incident is related of the daughter Magdalena, wife of Abraham Stout, while she was still a young girl at home with her parents : "About the year 1750, Magdalena was sent to the Kolb Woods to hunt up the cow. She discovered a young fawn asleep alongside of a tree and looked about her to see if she could discover the parent deer, but not seeing any traces of her she went up to the fawn lightly and spread her large homespun apron over it and captured it alive, and ran off home for fear of being pursued by the parent deer. She raised quite a large, handsome buck, so tame as to run about the house and Jump the garden fence, eat the cabbage and destroy the vegetables in general, so that they were forced to kill him." ^ Children of George Henry Hartzell: 1. Michael Hartzell, probably born in Switzerland, accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania; inherited a farm in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, but died four years after his father; married Catherine. 2. Paul Hartzell. 3. Henry Hartzell. 4. Catherine Hartzell, married her cousin Jacob, son of Ulrich Hart- zell of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 5. Christina Hartzell, married Abraham Cobe. 6. Margaret Hartzell, married Adam Cobe. 7. Sophia Hartzell, married John Althouse. 8. MARY MAGDALENA HARTZELL, born 1751; died Novem- ber 8, 1811 ; married ABRAHAM STOUT. 9. Elizabeth Hartzell, married Henry Bleyler. 10. Hannah Hartzell, married Henry Drumbore. 11. Susanna Hartzell, married Peter Scholl. 1 Montgomery County Newspaper Clippings, Vol. VI. 256 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY DESCENT FROM JORG HENRICH HERTZELL VIII. Jorg Heinrich Hertzell, married . VII. Mary Magdalena Hartzell married Abraham Stout. VI. Henry Hartzell Stout married Elizabeth Kern. V. Catherine Stout married John Andrew Strassburger. IV. Reuben Y. Strassburger married Elizabeth Schwenk. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. The KERN FAMILY FREDERICK KERN, who was the ancestor of the family of that name in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsyl- vania, was born in Europe, in 1697, and came to this coun- try in the early part of the Eighteenth Century. It is not known from what part of the old country he came, but it is believed that the name is of Swiss origin. So far, we have been unable to find any record of the arrival of Frederick Kern and his family in America. His eldest son. Christian, was bom, according to his tombstone inscription, in 1726, and John Christian Kern and his wife, Anna Mary, appear as witnesses to the baptism of two children of John and Mary Catherine Bissert, or Rissert, November 30, 1749, as shown by the records of Tohickon Reformed Church of Bucks County. A careful search of the lists of the early German emi- grants who came to Pennsylvania, as appear in Rupp's "Thirty Thousand Names" and the "Pennsylvania Archives," have failed to show any record of the arrival of a Christian Kern between the years 1727 and 1800, nor of a Frederick Kern prior to 1752. We do, however, find among these early arrivals several of the name of Kern, who were, no doubt, closely related to Frederick of Rockhill Township. The first of these was Nicholas Cam, or Kern, who was probably a brother and came over in the ship Adventurer, John Davis, Master, sailing from Rotterdam and ar- riving in Philadelphia, where, on October 2, 1727, the adult male passengers appeared before the Council held in that city and took the oath of allegiance, as required, to the King of Great Britain. The minutes of the Provincial Council for that date make note that a "List of Fifty-three Palatines, who with their Families, mak- ing in all about one hundred and forty Persons, were imported in the Ship Adventurer," etc. In the list of names following the above entry we find that of Nicholas Crou.^ But on another list of these same passengers recorded as arriving on this same ship this 1 Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Vol. Ill, p. 288. 258 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY name appears as Nich" Coin.^ According to the history of the descendants of Nicholas Kern, this was the date and the name of the vessel upon which he came to this country.^ Nicholas Kern and family settled in that section of Bucks, which eventually became a part of Lehigh, County, and they were among the original members of Egypt Reformed Church," in the latter county. Nicholas died in 1749, leaving a widow, Mar- garet, and eight children, the second of whom was named Frederick, who was born in Europe, 1719, and died in Lehigh County, Pa., 1790. His wife's name was Catherine, and he had at least two children, one named Frederick, born 1765, and another named John, born 1772. The descendants of Nicholas have always lived, for the most part, in or near Slatington, Lehigh County.* The histories and some printed genealogies of the Kern fam- ilies frequently confuse the identity of these two Fredericks, assum- ing them to be the same person; but they probably bore to each other the relationship of uncle and nephew. Another arrival of interest is that of John Adam Kern, who was a passenger on the ship Royal Union, qualifying as a citizen of Pennsylvania, August 15, 1750.*^ He lived for a time in Phila- delphia, where he appears the following year on the records of St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church, as witness at the baptism of a child of Jacob and Anna Margaret Nick. He was then unmarried, the other sponsor being Anna Margaret Reh. On March 3, 1752, "Adam Kern and Anna Maria Zehlin were married in the evening hour of prayer."" They had the following children: Conrad, born December 19, 1752; Jacob, born July 30, 1754, died September 19, 1756; Martin, born September 12, 1756, died October 10, 1759; Catherine, born March 1, 1759, died October 18, 1759; Adam, born August 20, 1760, died August 2, 1761. Anna Maria, wife of Adam Kern, died August 6, 1764, aged 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII, p. 10. 2 Charles R. Roberts, Anniversary History of Lehigh Co., Pa., Vol. II, p. 630. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Vol. VI. * Charles R. Roberts, Anniversary History of Lehigh Co., Pa., Vol. II, p. 632. '' Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII, p. 313. ^ Records of St. Michael's and Zion's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. THE KERN FAMILY 259 thirty-eight years. ^ This is the last appearance of this family upon Philadelphia records. These same church records show that a Wilhelm Frederich (or Frederick), Kern and wife, Anna Margaretha Christina, were sponsors for several children born to Johann Albrecht Hacken- miiller and wife, Anna Ottilia Kern, from 1752 to 1759. Jacob Kern and wife, Elizabeth, were also members of this church, as on April 24, 1755, Jacob Kern and Adam Kern were witnesses to the marriage of Johann Philip Schmidt and Anna Elizabeth Zehl[in], who was no doubt sister to Anna Maria, who had married Adam Kern in 1751. Jacob and Elizabeth Kern had issue: Jacob Jurg, who was born March 17, 1755; Michael, born May 30, 1757; Johann Philip, born August 16, 1762, died Sep- tember 7, 1762; and a second Johann Philip, born May 13, 1764, and died August 22, following. The baptismal record of the son Jacob Jurg reads :^ "Jacob Jurg s. Jacob Kern (New Comer from Carlsruhe-bach Dur- lach) and wife Elizabeth b. March 17 ; bap. March 23, 1755. sponsors — Jacob Huber and Anna — Jurg Huber (single), Elisabeth Linden." The evidence points to the supposition that Jacob and John Adam were brothers or closely related, and were probably from the same place in the old country, and it may be that Wilhelm Freder- ich Kern, of Philadelphia, Nicholas Kern, of Lehigh, and Freder- ick Kern, of Rockhill, Bucks County, all came from the same locality in Germany or Switzerland. As before stated, there appears to be no record of the arrival of Frederick Kern, of Rockhill, and his family in America. He and his wife, Anna Margaret, were members of Tohickon Reformed Church, in that township. In the church-yard, quite near the corner of the original church building, he is buried, together with his son Christian, and his grandson John Adam 1 Records of St. Michael's and Zion's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. 2 Records of St. Michael's and Zion's Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. 260 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Kern. It is from the church books of old Tohickon, that we find practically all that is known, at the present writing, concern- ing Frederick and his children and grandchildren. From these records of baptisms, confirmations, tombstone inscriptions, etc., together with such wills, administration accounts and deeds as can be found, it was possible to gather the following data concerning this family. The history of Lehigh County states that Frederick Kern, of Rockhill, Bucks County, in 1748, received by patent from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a grant of a tract of land lying in that tovmship, upon which he settled.^ As a matter of fact, as proven by the original records in the Land Office at Harrisburg, this grant was issued by three patents, under date of May 4, May 14, and July 13, 1748, to Frederick Kern, son of Nicholas, and, while included in what was then known as Bucks County,^ this land now lies within the bounds of Lehigh County. It is not known when Frederick Kern settled in Rockhill, nor when, nor from whom he acquired the land upon which he resided and which he mentions in his will. The earliest record, so far found, appears upon Tohickon Baptismal Register, where, we learn, John Christian Kern, eldest son of Frederick, with his wife, Anna Maria, acted as witnesses to the baptism of two children, John and Christian, sons of John and Mary Catherine Bissert, or Rissert. The eldest daughter of Christian and Anna Maria Kern, Anna Elizabeth, or Liesbeth, was baptized July IS, 1750, the sponsors being John Rissert and wife Anna Liesbeth. On April 5, 1752, Frederick Kern and wife, Anna Margaret, had a daughter baptized, who bore the name of the mother, the sponsors being the parents. Her age is not given, but she was probably the youngest child. Then on Whitsunday, 1756, John Peter and Helena, children of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern, were confirmed; and on November 29, 1757, 1 Charles R. Roberts, Anniversary History of Lehigh County, Pa., Vol. II, p. 646. 2 Patent Book H-69, pp. 211, 212; H-43, p. 56. Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. u c o o THE KERN FAMILY 261 Philip Peter Lahr (Lehr) and Magdalena (Mary Helena) Kern were married/ According to the inscription on the tombstone marking the grave of Christian Kern, he was born November 11, 1726. He was the eldest of the five children of Frederick of whom we have record. John Peter, second son of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern, was born July 23, 1741. His wife's name was Catherine and they had a daughter, Anna Margaret, baptized March 5, 1767. John Peter died June 3, 1820, in Rockhill Township, leaving ten children. His wife Catherine died November 3, 1815, in her 70th year. John Adam Kern, the third son of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern, born August 29, 1750, was confirmed May 13, 1769. He married November 23, 1773, Catherine, daughter of Isaac Hunsberger. On the church and county records he is desig- nated as John Adam Kern, Senior, as he had both a son and a nephew of the same name. He died October 10, 1830, leaving six children. All the children of Christian, John Peter and John Adam, Senior, were baptized by the pastor of Tohickon Reformed Church. Barbara, daughter of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern, married Philip Fluck. Their son. Christian, was born February 8, 1757, baptized the same year, the godparents being Philip and Barbara Kern Fluck.^ There is strong evidence pointing to the supposition that the wife of Christian Kern was named Fluck and was a sister of Philip, but this has not yet been proved. The same Christian names run through the Fluck and the Kern families; the two burial plots lie close together in the old churchyard. Frederick Kern made his will, dated October 11, 1771. In it he speaks of himself as "infirm." To his "loving wife, Anna Margaretta," he bequeathed the sum of £250, a piece of meadow land, and kitchen and bedroom furniture, and all the "new Linnens and sheets." He directed that all his goods, chattels and estates 1 Records of Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. * Records of Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. 262 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY whatsoever should be sold at public auction and the proceeds there- from to be equally divided among all his children, naming his son Christian as executor. Frederick Kern died on his farm in Rock- hill Township, Bucks County, August 6, 1772. His will for some reason was proved in Philadelphia instead of Doylestown, the county seat of Bucks County, on September 12th, five weeks after his death. The original will, the inventory and account are all on file in the office of the Register of Wills, Philadelphia. Will of Frederick Kern, 1772 IN THE NAME OF GOD amen the Eleventh day of October Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy one I Frederick Kern of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks and province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being infirm but of Sound Mind and Memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Imprimis I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it and my Body to the Earth from whence it came in hopes of a joyful Resurrection through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ and as for that Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof as follows first it is my Will that my Lawful debts and funeral Expenses shall be paid out of my Estate. Item I give and bequeath to my loving Wife Anne Margaretla the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, also one cow and the meadow which I reserved for myself during her life, also two Beds with all the furniture thereunto belonging, a Chest, a Tea Kettle, a Tin Coffee Pot, a pewter Tankard Six Pewter plates and six spoons, one pewter Bason, and Milk pot, one small Iron pot, one frying pan an a small pan, a grid- iron and all my new Linnens and sheets and four good sacks. Item all the rest and residue of my Goods, Chattels, and Estates whatsoever I order to be sold by public sale and the money arising by the sale thereof I give and order to be Equally divided to my children (to wit) my sons, Christian, Peter, John Adam, and daughters Elizabeth, Barbara, Mary Jacobina and Mary Helena share and share alike And I nominate and appoint my son Christian Kern to be Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all other wills and bequests by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to 6 U 3 o H B o en 14 LO en THE KERN FAMILY 263 be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal dated the day and year first above written/ Signed Sealed Published and de- his dared by the said Frederick Kern frederick X Kern to be his last Will and Testament mark in the presence of us who sub- scribed our names in his presence and request. Ludwig Banner Andrew Benner The will was admitted for probate and letters were issued to his son, Christian Kern, September 12, 1772. The inventory and appraisement of the estate was made Sep- tember 28th by his son Christian, as executor, and his friends and neighbors, Jacob Rolf and Abraham Stout, who valued the same at 619 pounds 3 shillings and 9 pence. Following is the form of oath and affirmation taken by the appraisers : Do you Swear that you will Faithfully Appraise and Value the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits Late of Frederick Kern of the Township of Rock Hill in the County of Bucks Deceased and a True Inventory thereof make as Between Buyer and Seller according to the best of your skill and Understanding you shall not over or Under Esti- mate the same But Impartially Do your Duty therein Jacob Rolf Sworn the 28 Day of September Anno Dom 1772 Before me John Jemison Do thou Solemnly Sincerely and Truly Declare and Affirm that thou will Faithfully appraise and value the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits Late of Frederick Kern of the Township of Rock Hill in the County of Bucks Deceased and a True Inventory thereof Make as Between Buyer and Seller according to the best of thy skill and Under- standing thou shall not over or Under Estimate the same But Impartially Do thy Duty therein^ Abra Stout Affirmed the 28 Day of September Anno Dom 1772 Before Me John Jemison 1 Will Book P, p. 300. Philadelphia. 2 Original papers 194, 1772. Register of Wills, Philadelphia. 264 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Inventory and Appraisement of the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits Late of Frederick Kern x)i Rock Hill in the County of Bucks Deceased Taken by Christian Kern Executor of his Last Will & Testa- ment and appraised by Jacob Rode and Abraham Stout this 28"' Day of September Anno Domini 1772.^ £ s d To the Deceaseds Cloathes 6 14 9 In Cash '11 To a Cloathes press 20s To Seven old paggs 8s 6d . . 1 8 6 To a Large Bible and other Books 2 17 6 To two Hatchels and a Mortar & pestle 1 5 To old Lumber 2 To a stoave 50s To three little Caggs 3s 2 13 To pewter plates & Spoons 18 8 To old Lumber 2s 6d to an Iron pot & pann 9s 6d 12 To a Box Iron 3s To a Candle stick Is 6d 4 6 To a Brass Kettle 7s 6d to an Iron Do 3s 10 6 To a pitch fork and other old Lumber 4 To a spade 3s 6d to a shovel 12 6d 5 To three Hoes 3s to a Whetting pot Is 6d To a Chest 10s 14 6 To a Basket Reedle & a pair of Bellows 6 6 To a pair of Tongs and Mason Tools 6 To Six Chairs 14s to an Ax 2s To an Iron kettle 9s. 1 5 To an old Saddle & Bridle 7s 6d to a stoave 30s 1 17 6 To two Baskets 7s 6d to some Beddings 10s 17 6 To Casks and Tubs 8 To a Churn 5s to Casks 3s 8 To a pot rack 6s to a Bake Iron 4s 10 To Wash Tubs 6s To a half Bushel 2s 6d 8 6 To a Cow 3 15 To a Note of John Risset 9 9 To Bond of Ditto 20 3 To a Note of Do 6 To a Bond of Do 17 18 4 To a Bond of Jacob Rule 10 10 To another Bond of Do 43 1 To another Bond of Ditto 21 To a Bond of Jacob Rule 30 12 1 Original papers 194, 1772. Register of Wills, Philadelphia. THE KERN FAMILY 265 To a Bond William Pannepecker 16 13 To another Bond of W'" Pannepecker 36 5 To a Note of John Kern 19 To a Bond of Adam Sheetz 10 10 To a Bond of Simon Smeeg & Philip Fluke 105 To a Bond of Ulrick Stoller 15 6 To a Bond of Mathias Keens 10 10 To a Bond of Jacob Derflinger 26 16 To a Note of Nicholas Kornderfifer 3 2 6 To a Bond of Jacob Krom & Henry Ruth 51 To a Bond of Jacob Swartz & Jn" Kemp 15 15 To a Bond of Jacob Shirmer 9 9 To a Note of Philip Smith 6 To a Note of Mathias Hartman 9 To a Note of William Hartman 9 To a Note of Jacob Krom 6 Due in the Book of Christian Kern 15 of Peter Kern 50 of Philip Flucke 9 The whole Amounts to the Sum of £619 3 9 Witness our Hand the Day aforesaid Jacob Rolf Abra Stout On February IS, 1775, Christian Kern filed the account of his administration with the Register. Dr. Cr. THE Accompt of Christian Kern sole Executor of the last Will and Testament of Frederick Kern deceased concerning his Administration of the said Estate.^ Imprimis £. s. d. Item £. s. d. The said Accomptant By Cash paid for Prov- charges himself with all ing the Will 1 5 9 and singular the Goods Ditto paid Witnesses in and Chattels, Rights and coming down to prove Credits of the said d° 4 - 1 Original papers 194, 1772. Register of Wills, Philadelphia. 266 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Estate as per Inventory thereof exhibited and Remaining in the Reg- ister Generals Office at Philad^ amounting to.. £619 Ditto paid 2 Ap- praisers and for Writing the Inven- tary as p Receipts ... 0100 3 9 Ditto paid Jn° Rissurt a Debt of the said deed. 1 3 4 By Victuals given at the Vendue - 8 6 Ditto paid for Mar- ble Head & Foot Stone to David & W™ Chambers as p Receipt 2 11 2 Ditto paid John Hurst for Rum at Vendue... - 17 3 Ditto paid Peter Kern p Rect 15 - - Ditto paid W" Pan- nabecker as p Receipt. . 12 Ditto paid Philip Lam- bach Vendue Clerk as p d° 6 Ditto paid Henry Roth aspd" 2 10 Ditto paid Jacob Sher- man as p d° - 15 5 Ditto paid Peter Stout Vendue Cryer - 10 - Ditto paid Peter Miller Esq for Writing &c^. . . - 15 - Ditto paid Office Fees, settling this Accompt, fair Copy, Seal and a Clerk. ... 1 5 - By Sundry Articles bequeathed to the Widow appraised at. By — Allow* made this Accomptant for £28 13 5 4 15 2 THE KERN FAMILY 267 what the Effects sold for less than ap- praised at By an Allow^ made this Accomptant for his Care and Trouble in the Administration Ballance on this Set- tlem' to be disposed of agreeable to the Will 9 - 5 - - 577 6 2 £619 3 9 Philad^ February Examined & passed Feb'^ 15*'' 1775 15"' 1775 but the Interest accrued on the Errors Excepted Bonds in the Inventory, which re- Christian Kern mained to be accounted for here- after. Benjamin Chew Reg' Gen' William Richards ) & > Issue Capias in Case Daniel Clark ) £ s. d. Buckwheat in y= ground appraised 18 Indian Corn D° 57 Winter Grain 112 10 Turnips & Potatoes 15 Amount 202 10 Wheat— & in stock 65 Rye 11 5 Barley 7 Oats 21 13 Hay 67 10 Flax & seed — 10 Swingled Flax 2 ap= of Linsey 3 177 18 268 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Frederick Kern was buried in the graveyard adjoining To- hickon Church. The tombstone marking his grave bears the fol- lowing inscription: Friderich Kern starb den 6"" August 1772 seines Alters 75 Jahr. There is no stone marking the resting place of Anna Margaret, his wife. The date of her death is unknown. Children of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern: 1. JOHN CHRISTIAN KERN, born November 11, 1726; died February 24, 1801 ; married ANNA MARY, . 2. Anna Barbara Kern, born 1725 or 1727; died May 19, 1800; married Philip Fluck, born 1725, died 1780; buried at To- hickon Reformed Church. These stones adjoin those of Christian Kern and on the stone of Anna Barbara Fluckin her birth is given as 1726, apparently an approximate date, as her brother Christian was born July 9, 1726, her birth evidently occurred the year before or following, unless they were twins. 3. Mary Helena Kern, confirmed 1756; married November 29, 1757, Philip Peter Lehr; member of Tohickon Reformed Church. 4. John Peter Kern, born July 23, 1741 ; confirmed 1756; died June 3, 1820; married Catherine ; member of Tohickon Reformed Church. 5. John Adam Kern, born August 29, 1750; confirmed May 13, 1769; died October 10, 1830; married November 23, 1773, Catherine Hunsberger; members of Tohickon Reformed Church ; known as John Adam Kern, Senior. 6. Mary Jacobina Kern. 7. Elizabeth Kern. 8. Anna Margaret Kern, baptized April 5, 1752. JOHN CHRISTIAN KERN, eldest son of Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern, was born November 11, 1726, and died Frederick Kern, Born 1697. Died Aug. 6, 1772. Christian Kern, Born Sept. 11, 1725, Died Feb. 24, 1801. [Translation] Here Lies the body of Christian Kern Who died the 24th day of February, He was aged 75 years 5 months and 13 days. 1801. THE KERN FAMILY 269 February 24, 1801/ He probably was born in the old country and accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania while still a youth. His wife, whom he married before November 30, 1749, was named Anna Maria, but her surname is unknown. As before stated, the first record we have concerning this Kern family in Pennsylvania is the appearance of the name of Christian Kern and wife, Anna Mary, November 30, 1749, as witnesses to the baptism of John and Christian, two sons of John and Mary Catherine Bissert (Rissert). On July 15, 1750, John Rissert and wife, Anna Liesbeth, were sponsors for Anna Liesbeth, daughter of Christian and Anna Maria Kern. April 5, 1752, Christian Kern and Anna Mary had a second daughter baptized by name Anna Margaret, Frederick Kern and wife, the grandparents, being sponsors. Again, on "July 7, 1754, Christian Kern and Anna Mary Kern brought a son for baptism. Name given, John Adam. Wit- nesses were John Adam Dani (Thani) and wife, Christina." February 27, 1757, Christian Kern and Anna Mary witnessed the baptism of John Christian, son of Philip and Barbara (Kern) Fluck. John Jacob, second son of Christian and Anna Mary Kern, was born September 16, 1757, and baptized November 6th follow- ing. This child, John Jacob, died August 1, 1758, but on July 15, 1759, another son named John Jacob, six weeks old, was presented for baptism. April 19, 1761, a son named John Philip, born March 26th, was baptized; John Philip Fluck and wife were the godparents. One other child was born to Christian and Anna Mary Kern, as appears from these church records, a daughter named Catherine, born March 27 and baptized May 3, 1767. Of these seven children, but four were living when the father died in 1801. John Philip Kern died May 7, 1791,' in his thirty-first year, leaving a wife, Catherine, and three small children,' one of whom was Christian, afterwards of Northampton County. Of John Jacob and Anna Liesbeth there is no further record. On April 10, 1755, at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1 Tombstone Inscription, Tohickon Reformed Church. 2 Records of Tohickon Reformed Church. 3 Orphans' Court Docket No. 2, p. 203. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 270 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY in pursuance of the Act of Parliament requiring the same, Christian Kern, of Bucks County, was naturalized. He took the oath of allegiance March 30, 1775/ Being the eldest son, he was made executor of the will of his father, Frederick. As the will directed, the real estate was to be sold and the proceeds to be distributed among the four heirs, but no deed concerning this is on record at Doylestown nor Philadelphia. Christian Kern acquired several tracts of land in Hilltown and Rockhill Townships, in all about three hundred and fifty acres. One tract Christian and his wife and Philip Fluck and his wife, January 1, 1775, conveyed to Henry Wismer,^ who, with his wife, Barbara, May 27, 1794, sold the same back to Christian Kern. Deed : Henry Wismer to Christian Kern, 1794 Cf)iS Sn Denture Made the twenty seventh day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four Between Henry Wismer of Hilltown Township in the County of Bucks and Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania yeoman, & Barbara his Wife of the one Part, and Christian Kern of the same place Yeoman of the other Part. Wit- nesseth that the said Henry Wismer and Barbara his Wife, for and in consideration of the Sum of one thousand pounds Current Lawfull money of Pennsylvania unto them in hand paid by the said Christian Kern at and before the sealing and Delivery hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the said Henry Wismer & Barbara his Wife, and thereof do Acquit & forever discharge the said Christian Kern his Heirs and assigns by these presents. HAVE granted, Bargained, Sold, Released and Confirmed, and by these presents, DO Grant, bargain, sell, Release and Confirm, unto the said Christian Kern his Heirs & assigns, all that tract or Parcel of Land Situate in Hilltown aforesaid. Beginning at a Stone Set for a Corner in Henry Siple's line in the Middle of the great Road leading to Bethlehem from Philadelphia, thence along the said Road by lands of Lawrence Cremer & Henry Huber North six Degrees East one hundred & Eighty five perches to a Stone thence South Eighty four degrees West by Adam Kern's land twenty four perches and three tenths to a Stone, thence by said land North forty eight degrees, west, Eighty perches to a post, thence by Hubert Cassil's and Phillip Fluck's lands, South forty three Degrees West one hundred and thirty 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. II, pp. 393, 394. 2 Deed Book No. 23, p. 203, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. iLjtisJjtikm " .. r" /..y^.,jf'.j.j' /i /A. .. L /■. ;:2*A' /',.:./.i ^jSU/Z/^'f/U^ ./^^/^■^ ^i: -, « ^, ,/* y-^ ,•','■', V^i^-i.-o- .,;..^,.V..-.'/-: .'■■:> ^-A Deed — Christian and Mary Kern to their son, John Adam Kern, May 26, 1794. THE KERN FAMILY 271 perches to a Stone, thence by Valentine Cremer's and s"* Siple's lands, South forty eight degrees East one hundred and Ninety Six perches to the place of Beginning, Containing one hundred and twenty three Acres and one hundred and thirty perches of Land, | It being the same tract or parcel of land which the said Phillip Fluck with Barbara his Wife & the said Christian Kern with Mary his Wife, by their Indenture bearing date the thirty first day of January A.D., 1775 for the consideration therein mentioned did Grant & confirm unto the said Henry Wismer his Heirs and Assigns for ever, as in and by the said Indenture recorded in the Office for recording of Deeds in the County of Bucks in Deed Book No. 23. page 203. &c. relation being thereunto had may more, and at large Appear. ****** IN WITNESS Whereof the Said parties to these pres- ents hereunto, interchangeably Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written.^ Henry Wismer Sealed and delivered Barbara Wismer In the presence of us Alex"" Hughes James Hughes Just one year later, May 26, 1795, Christian Kern and his wife, Anna Mary, conveyed one hundred and one acres of this tract to their son, John Adam Kern. This was the homestead farm and eventually came into the possession of Henry H. Stout, son- in-law of the latter. Deed: Christian Kern and Wife to Adam Kern, 1795 CftiS 3nDCntUt0 Made the Twenty sixth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Ninety five Between Christian Kern of Hilltown Township in the County of Bucks & State of Penn- sylvania, Yeoman, & Mary his wife of the one part And their son Adam Kern of the same place. Yeoman, of the other part WITNESSETH that the said Christian Kern & Mary his wife for and in consideration of the Sum of Eight hundred & nineteen pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania unto them in hand paid by the said Adam Kern at and before the Sealing & Delivery hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the said Christian Kern & Mary his Wife ****** DO grant. Bargain, Sell, Release and confirm unto the said Adam Kern his Heirs & Assigns all 1 Deed Book 27, p. 446, Doylestown, Pa. 272 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY that tract or parcel of Land Situate in Hilltown Aforesaid ****** Con- taining one Hundred & one acres & Seventy perches (more or less) (and is part one hundred and twenty three acres & one hundred & thirty perches of land, which Henry Wismer & Barbara his Wife by their Indenture of the 27* day of May 1794 for the Consideration therein Mentioned did Grant & confirm to the said Christian Kern his heirs & assigns forever, as in and by the said Recited Indenture Recorded on the Rolls ofSce for the County of Bucks in Deed Book N° 27, page 446, more full Appears). ****** IN WITNESS Whereof the said parties to these presents Have interchangeably Set their Hands and Seals the day & year first Above written.^ Christian Kern Sealed & delivered her In the Presence of us Mary X Kern Henry Wissel mark Alex' Hughes One other property of Christian Kern is of especial interest. It is that known as the Green Tree Tavern. This famous inn was kept by Christian Kern for a number of years. It is situated on the Bethlehem Pike not far from the old homestead plantation. While the outward appearance of the building has been greatly changed, the original walls are the same. Christian Kern and wife, Anna Mary, conveyed to their son, Philip, this tract of one hundred and thirty-five acres, including the inn, March 29, 1786.^ Philip Kern died in 1791, leaving a wife, Catherine, and three children, all under fourteen years of age. The Orphans' Court at Doyles- town. May 7, 1804, adjudged this property to Christian, eldest son of Philip and Catherine.^ Christian Kern, Jr., removed to Ham- ilton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and on April 2, 1805, he and his wife, Catherine, designated as of the latter place, sold this entire tract to Henry Shellenberger. The two deeds on record state that this land adjoined that of Adam Kern and Henry H. Stout.* 1 Deed Book No. 28, p. 168. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ^ Deed Book No. 26, p. 139. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. ' Orphans' Court Docket No. 2, p. 203. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. * Deed Book No. 37, p. 180. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Deed Book No. 38, p. 245. l^' ',=^^\c.!^. ^ ~-^\\Wss nV\ i« ^ta^ Tvat v\\\ sv,/ i ^ J "Uf-j t f^ifu i" / 4/ ' 'd. ■? li, ^ .^ J .J^.:- ^j/" ^ ^ ^^ ^ li- «^ .^^/. i « ^ Uij^ «» *» ^ ( I— JV jaiXX^>fn^ / Deed — John Adam and Mary Kern to their son-in-law, Henry Hartzell Stout, May 27, 1800. THE KERN FAMILY 273 Christian Kern, Senior, died February 24, 1801, aged seventy- five years, three months and thirteen days, and was buried in the graveyard of the Tohickon Reformed Church, with which he and his family were so long associated. No tombstone marks the last resting place of his wife, Anna Maria, nor is it known when she died, although, according to his will, she was living at the time of his death. On the tombstone marking his grave is the following inscription : Hier Ruhen die gebeine von CHRISTIAN KERN Welcher gestarben den 24'^" tag Februari 1801 Seines alters 75 Jahr 3 Monat und 13 tage. [Translation] Here Lies the body of CHRISTIAN KERN who died the 24th day of February, 1801 aged 75 years 3 months and 13 days. His vdll, dated April 5, 1800, and proved April 1, 1801, named as executors his son, John Adam Kern, and son-in-law, Henry Hober (Huber). Will of Christian Kern, 1801 IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen I Christian Kearn of the Town- ship of Hiltown in the County of Bucks being weak in Body but of sound and perfect mind & memry Blessed be almightily God for the same do make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner Folowing That is to say First I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved wife Mary Kearn the interest of seven Flundred pounds to be paid to her yearly for her suport & Mantainence During The Term of her natueral Life to- 274 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY gether with the use of the House I now live in & the gardin I now hold with quarter of an acre of Land yearly for her flax & a piece of ground for potatoes with the use and Benefit of Two peices of medow ground I now hold with two Beds & furniture thereto Belonging one Iron stove & as much Household Furniture as shall be necessary for her use and a Cow to be kept for her in summer pasture on the premises I now live on & the Previledge of stables in winter fors^ cow and her fire wood to be hald home yearly all yearly anuites my said widow shall have During the Term of her natural Life also I Do give and Bequeath unto my three grand children the Heirs of my son Philip Kern late Deceased the sum of one Hundred pounds to be equally Devided amongst them shere & share alike and the same to be paid to them in one year after my Decease and Further it is my will & I do order that my executors herein after Men- tioned shall sell the remainder of my estate both real & personal as soon as convently may be after my decease and the money therefrom arising to be equally Devided amongst my children that is to say my son Adam Kearn my daughter Catherine the wife of Henry Hober & her heirs my daughter Margaret the wife of George Shive & her heirs each to have equal shares, son Adam Kern and son-in-law Henry Hober sole executors.^ Dated 5th of April 1800/ ■ note 3 Interest on Do 16 4 3 16 993 9 8 Appraised by us the subscribers the 1st day of April Anno Dom 1801 Samuel Armstrong Henry Weissel Children of Christian and Anna Mary Kern^ 1. Anna Liesbeth Kern, baptized July 15, 1750; probably died young. 2. Anna Margaret Kern, baptized April 5, 1752 ; married George Shive, or Sheib. Christian andi wife Anna Mary appear as witnesses at the baptism of several children of George Sheib and wife. 3. JOHN ADAM KERN, born May 23, 1754; baptized July 7, 1754; died November 16, 1821; married ANNA MARIA , born October 4, 1756; died December 7, 1841. 4. John Jacob Kern, born September 16, 1757; baptized November 6, 1757; died August 1, 1758. 5. John Jacob Kern, born May 28, 1759; baptized July 15, 1759. 6. John Philip Kern, born March 26, 1761 ; baptized April 19, 1761 ; died May 5 or 6, 1791; married Catherine; Issue: Christian, who removed to Hamilton Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where he died; Inherited the Green Tree Tavern tract formerly his grandfather Christian's; John^ born June 11, 1789; and Margaret. 7. Catherine Kern, born March 27, 1767; baptized May 3, 1767; married Henry Huber. The records of Tohickon Church show that several children were born to Henry and Catherine Huber or Hufer. Christian Kern in his will named his son-in-law Henry Hober as co-executor with John Adam Kern. JOHN ADAM KERN, eldest son of Christian Kern and his wife, Anna Mary, was born in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, 1 Records of Tohickon Reformed Church. Will Book No. 6, p. 325. Doyles- town, Pennsylvania. 278 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Pennsylvania, May 23, 1754, and was baptized by the pastor of Tohickon Reformed Church, July 7th. The entry on the church book reads thus: "1754, July 7th, Christian Kern and Anna Mary brought a son for baptism. Name given John Adam. Witnesses John Adam Dani and Christina." The date of his birth as found on his tombstone was May 23, 1754; he was therefore just about six weeks old when he received the sacrament of baptism. There is not much known of John Adam Kern. What we have learned has been gleaned from the church books and other original sources. We find him as a young man appearing as godfather to his namesake and cousin, John Adam, who was born March 31, 1768, son of Philip and Barbara Kern Fluck. This child evidently died, for on July 4, 1773, John Adam Kern again appears as godparent for another son of Philip and Barbara Fluck, an infant two weeks old and also named John Adam.^ Neither the marriage of John Adam Kern to his wife, Anna Maria, nor the baptism of any of their children is recorded at Tohickon Church. This may suggest that for a time he was living in another part of the county. April, 1795, two daughters of Adam Kern, Jr., were confirmed: Elizabeth, the elder, was sixteen, and Catherine, the younger, was fifteen. So far as we now know, these were all the children he had. Elizabeth became the wife of Henry H. Stout, who eventually purchased the homestead farm from his father-in-law. Of Catherine there is no further record. On June 20, 1781, Christian Kern and his wife, Anna Mary, had conveyed to their son, John Adam Kern, two contiguous tracts of land in Hilltown Township, containing one hundred and ten acres and seventy perches, which were in turn sold by the latter and his wife to their son-in-law, Henry H. Stout, on May 27, 1800. This was the old homestead farm upon which had resided in turn Christian and John Adam and then Henry H. Stout and wife, Elizabeth, who eventually left it to their son, Enos Stout.^ 1 Records Tohickon Reformed Church, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 31, p. 130. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. '^M^ JoHANN Adam Kern, Born May 23, 1754. Died Nov. 16, 1821. [Tra}tslation^ Here rests in God Johann Adam Kern who was born the 23rd of May 17,S4 and died the 16th November 1821, having reached the age of 67 years 5 months 24 days. Anna Maria Kern, Born Jan. 11, 1756. Died Dec. 7, 1841. {Translation'\ Here rests in God Maria Kern she was born the 11th of January 1756 and died the 7th December 1841 Having reached the age of 85 years 10 months and 28 days . THE KERN FAMILY 279 Deed. May 27, 1800. Between John Adam Kern of Hilltown Town- ship, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Mary his wife, and Henry H. Stout of the township aforesaid, sadler. In consideration of £1510, for two contigtious tracts of land situated in Hilltown Township; first- adjoining Saucon Road and land of Lawrence Kremer and the other land said John Adam Kern, containing fifty one acres, Being part of two tracts of land containing together one hundred and eleven acres and one hun- dred and fifty four perches, which Christian Kern and Mary his wife by deed June 20, 1781, did grant and confirm unto the said John Adam Kern (Deed Book No. 28, p. 167) and the other tract of land adjoining lands of Hubert Cassel, land of Christian Fluck, Valentine Kramer, other land of said Christian Kern, the Saucon Road, the abovesaid tract, and land of heirs of Philip Kern, deceased, containing one hundred and one acres and seventy perches, being the same tract of land which Christian Kern and Mary his wife by deed May 26, 1795, granted unto said (John) Adam Kern (Deed Book No. 28, p. 168.) Adam Kern her Mary X Kern mark It is possible that Catherine, the only other child of John Adam Kern, died unmarried. Nothing further is known of John Adam Kern after he disposed of his farm to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband. He died November 16, 1821, aged sixty-seven years, five months and twenty-four days, and was buried in a grave adjoining that of his father, in Tohickon Churchyard. His wife, Anna Maria, lies beside him. She died December 7, 1841, aged eighty-five years, ten months, twenty-eight days. Two stones thus inscribed mark their last resting place: Hier Hier ruhet in gott MARIA KERN JOHANN ADAM KERN sie war geboren den 11 January er war geboren den 23 May 1754 1756 und ist gestorben den 7 decem- nist gestorben den 16 Nov"" 1821 er ber 1841 und bracht ihr alter auf brachre sein aher auf 67 Jahr 5 85 Jahr 10 Monat und 28 tage. mon. 24 tage. 280 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY [Translation] [Translation] Here Here rests in god rests in god JOHANN ADAM KERN MARIA KERN who was born May 23, 1754 who was born and died Nov. 16, 1821 Jan. 11, 1756 and aged 67 years 5 months died Dec. 7, 1841 and 24 days. aged 85 years 10 months and 28 days. John Adam Kern left no will, nor were any letters of admin- istration taken out at the time of his death. This leads us to conclude that he left but the one child, Elizabeth, to survive him, and having made over to her and her husband all of his real estate, he and his wife continued to reside with them on the farm, and at their deaths the daughter Elizabeth came into possession of any personal property they may have left. Children of John Adam and Anna Maria Kern: 1. ELIZABETH KERN, born May 10, 1778; died June 5, 1871; married May 8, 1798, HENRY HARTZELL STOUT. 2. Catherine Kern, born 1779; confirmed 1795, aged 15 years. DESCENT FROM FREDERICK KERN IX. Frederick Kern married Anna Margaret . VIII. John Christian Kern married Anna Mary VII. John Adam Kern married Anna Maria — VI. Elizabeth Kern married Henry Hartzell Stout. V. Catherine Stout married John Andrew Strassburger. IV. Reuben Y. Strassburger married Elizabeth Schwenk. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. Bible belonging to Catharine Stout Strassburger. The SCHWENK FAMILY HANS MICHAEL SCHWENCK was born in Germany March 11, 1696, and came to America in the ship Jamaica Galley, Robert Harrison, Commander, which sailed from Rotterdam, arriving at Philadelphia February 9, 1739." There were three hundred and twenty passengers, but only the names of males over sixteen years of age, eighty-nine in number, are given, the other two hundred and thirty-one being women and children. On the official list of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania we find the names of "Hans Michael Swinck" and "Adam Schwinck,"^ but on the original list, as made up by the authorities at Rotterdam before sailing, we find that "Michael Swenk," was fifty years of age, and "Adam Swenk" was eighteen years old. Ac- companying him were his wife, Mary Elizabeth, and his three sons, Jacob, George and Nicholas.^ It is possible that Adam was a son, who, being over sixteen years of age, was registered, while the other three were under that age. The earlier generations spelled the name "Schwenck" but the later ones dropped the second "c" and it then became "Schwenk." Very little is known of Michael Schwenck. On April 16, 1747, he bought of David Heebener and his wife, Mary, a tract of one hundred acres of land in Frederick Township, then in Philadelphia, but now Montgomery County. The Old Goshenhoppen Creek ran through the eastern end of this land. January 2, 1752, Michael Schwenck and Mary, his wife, conveyed this farm to their son, George Schwenck. The above-mentioned deed to Michael Schwenck is not recorded, the recital of this transfer being found in a deed from George Schwenck and his wife, Fronica, to Henry Boyer, of this same farm, some twenty years later.** 1 1. D. Rupp, Thirty Thousand Names, p. 131. Names of Foreigners who took the oath of Allegiance, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XVII, pp. 179, 183. 2 From Records in possession of Enos Schwenk, Schwenkville, Pennslyvania. ^ Deed Book No. 13, p. 185. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 282 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed: George Swink et al to Henry Boyer, 1782 SDftiS SnDCntUtC made the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two Between George Swink, Charles Bower and Elizabeth Bower (Executors of the last Will and Testament of Paul Bower, late of Frederick Township in the County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, cooper, deceased, bearing date the fourth day of February, 1782, (recorded in Register's office, Phila- delphia) of the one part and Henry Boyer of Limerick Township, in the said County of Philadelphia, millwright, of the other part. WHEREAS John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietors and governors in chief of Pennsylvania, by their patent bearing date the twentieth day of May, 1736, did grant and convey unto David Hiebner, a certain tract of land situate in the said township of Frederick, Beginning at a corner post near the old Cusse- hopen Creek on the east side thereof, thence by land now of David Grove and William Boyer southwest one hundred and thirty perches to a post, thence by land of George Boyer and Jacob Boyer, northwest one hundred and twenty-four perches to a post, thence by land of Henry Boyer and Jacob Undercuffer northeast one hundred and thirty-seven perches to a post, thence by land of said Jacob Undercuffer and George Shill south- east one hundred and twenty-four perches to the place of beginning CON- TAINING one hundred acres of land * * * and the said David Hiebner and Mary his wife by their Indenture of lease and release dated the fif- teenth and sixteenth days of April, Anno Dom. 1747, for the consideration therein mentioned did grant and confirm the said one hundred acres and allowance unto Michael Swenk in fee and the said Michael Swenk and Mary his wife by their Indenture dated the second day of January Anno Dom 1754, did grant and confirm the said one hundred acres and allow- ance to George Swenck in fee AND George Swenck and Fronica his wife by their Indenture dated the fourth day of April, 1761, did grant and confirm the said one hundred acres to Henry Boyer in fee, and the said Henry Boyer and Magdalena his wife by their Indenture dated June 7, A.D. 1776, did grant and confirm the said one hundred acres to Yost Hollibush and the said Yost Hollibush and Mary Elizabeth his wife by their Indenture dated the fourteenth day of October, A.D., 1778, con- firmed the same unto the above named Paul Bowers who by virtue of the above recited will impowered the above named Executors to sell the above described one hundred acres of land at Public Vendue. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said George Swenck, Charles Bower and Elizabeth Bower for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and fifty-four pounds * * have granted, bar- gained and sold, conveyed and confirmed unto the said Henry Boyer all THE SCHWENK FAMILY 283 the above described one hundred acres. * * In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. George Swink Charles Bower her Elizabeth X Bower mark On June 1, 1749, Christopher Saur, publisher of the German- town newspaper, the Pennsylvaniche Brietesche, inserted this notice in the issue of that date : "The Printer has a letter for Michael Schwenck, in Schipback."^ Michael Schwenck and his wife were members of the old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church, situated in Upper Salford Town- ship. Goshenhoppen was a Union Church, erected and owned by the Lutherans and Reformed jointly. In 1732 a tract of land was procured from the Proprietaries of the Commonwealth for the purpose of building a church, and in the fall of that year a school- house was erected which was used as a place of worship. But the tract was not properly surveyed until January 26, 1737. Then thirty-eight and one-half acres were set aside for the use of the church and school, the deed being recorded in Philadelphia the following month. As they were without a pastor, the Reformed and the Lutherans worshipped together, occupying the schoolhouse as a church up to the spring of 1744, when the two congregations began the building of the first church, the corner-stone being laid on May 14 of that year, the members doing much of the work themselves. On a large stone over the entrance was inscribed in German "The united liberality of the Lutherans and Reformed erected this temple." The whole congregation consisted of about forty-five families. This venerable old church stood till 1858, when the two con- gregations resolved to build a larger stone edifice with a steeple 1 Henry S. Dotterer, The Perkiomen Regicn, Volume III, p. 35. 284 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and bell, the present church being the result of these later en- deavors.^ On May 8, 1757, Michael Schwenck and Maria (Mary), his wife, were sponsors (by proxy) for their grandson, Daniel, son of Nicholas and Anna Barbara Schwenck, who was baptized by the minister of the Goshenhoppen Lutheran Congregation.^ Michael Schwenck died February 20, 1773, aged seventy-one years, eleven months and nine days. His wife died July 4, 1775, aged seventy years, nine months, less five days.^ They were both probably buried in the churchyard adjoining the church. There is no will on record nor were any letters of administration issued at the time of his death. Children of Hans Michael and Mary Elizabeth Schwenck: 1. Jacob Schwenck, born in Germany, 1725 ; came to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1739 and was naturalized at a session of the Supreme Court at Philadelphia April 14, 1754.^ 2. GEORGE SCHWENCK, born in Germany, March, 1728; died in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1803 ; married VERONICA MARKLEY. 3. Nicholas Schwenck, born in Germany; came to Pennsylvania in 1739; died 1808; married Anna Barbara ; he was a blacksmith and resided in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. GEORGE SCHWENCK, son of Hans Michael and Mary Elizabeth Schwenck, was born in Germany March, 1728, and came to America with his parents in 1739, when eleven years of age. He married, April 30, 1751, Veronica (Fronica), daughter of Major Jacob and Barbara Dotterer Markley. She was born April 1, 1732, confirmed in Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pennsylvania, April 7, 1751, three weeks before her marriage." George Schwenck was a farmer and blacksmith, and resided in what is now Frederick, but then Perkiomen Township, Mont- 1 Abraham H. Cassel, The Schwenkville Item, July 15, 1879. Genealogical Notes, Volume X, p. 202. 2 Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church Records. Perkiomen Region, Volume in, p. 36. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, p. 301. * Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pennsylvania. Records in possession of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. 6/1 N en O o O H THE SCHWENK FAMILY 285 gomery County. He was naturalized September 24, 1755, having taken the Sacrament the day previous/ The census of 1756 for Perkiomen Township shows that: "George Schwenck had two children, one hundred acres of land, of which forty were ? cleared." In 1769 he was assessor for Fred- erick Township of the proprietary tax, he himself being taxed £15 18s 4d on two hundred acres, three horses and five cattle; 1774 rated £16 Is 4d for provincial tax on two hundred acres, three horses and five horned cattle; 1776, appears on the township assessment as owner of two hundred acres, three horses and five cows; 1779, collector for Frederick Township of the supply tax for that year, his tax being £16.^ The first roads from one new settlement to another were simply paths through the forest, leading over private property. As com- munities grew, the need for public roads was recognized and peti- tions were accordingly addressed to the Court of Quarter Sessions, praying that such highways be laid out for public use. Such a peti- tion was made to the Court held at Philadelphia on the first Monday of September, 1763, for a road leading from George Weickert's tavern,'' in Frederick Township, to "John Bargen's mill, on Perkyo- men Creek" (later Henry Vanderslice's mill) and thence to Gosh- enhoppen Church. Among the signers were:* George Weichert Killian Gangler Heinrich Beyer Daniel Hister Johannes Niss Vallentine Nungessor Jost Holbousch Heinrich Krauss Wendel Horst John Miller Johan Peter Holbusch Michael Renn Christian Hepler George Schwenck 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, pp. 382, 383, 395. 2 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIV, pp. 48, 49, 587 ; Volume XV, pp. 24, 25 ; Volume XVI, pp. 165, 550. 3 Weickert's Tavern was located in what is now Zieglerville, at the point where the Perkiomen and Sumneytown turnpikes diverge. It was later occupied by Andrew Ziegler, Jr. * Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., p. 844. 286 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY At a general term of the same Court of Quarter Sessions, 1775, George Schwenck was made Supervisor, or Overseer of the High- vi^ays, for Frederick Tovi^nship.^ Besides following his trade as a blacksmith, George Schwenck owned a large tract of land, which he farmed. This land lay for the most part in Frederick Township. The first purchase of which we have any record was for one hundred acres in the above-named tovmship, located principally on the west side of old Goshenhoppen Creek, which he secured of his father and mother, Michael and Mary Elizabeth Schwenck, January 2, 1754. On April 4, 1761, George and his wife, Fronica (Veronica), sold this tract to Henry Boyer.^ October 28, 1765, he bought of David Heebner two hundred acres also in Frederick Township, which adjoined "other lands of said George Schwenck," but on May 2, 1768, he sold one hundred and forty-six acres and one hundred and twenty-six perches of this last-named tract to Ludowick Reimer.' The "other land" referred to was, no doubt, the homestead tract, the deed for which is not recorded at either Philadelphia or Norristown. Deed, dated May 2, 1768. Between George Swink of Frederick Town- ship, Montgomery County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, blacksmith, and Fronica, his wife, and Ludowick Reimer of same place, yeoman. In consideration of £550. 6s. 3d. for a certain tenement, plantation and tract of land situate in Frederick Township, aforesaid, adjoining other lands of the said George Swink and land of Lodowick Reimer, containing one hundred and forty-six acres and one hundred and twenty-six perches, being part of two hundred acres of land which John Johnson of German- town, sadler, and Agnes his wife, by deed of Release, March 5, 1745/6, did grant and confirm and release unto David Hibner of Frederick Town- ship and the said David Hibner and Mary his wife by deed October 8, 1765, did grant and confirm all the above two hundred acres of land to the said George Swink. George Swink Fronica Swink It appears by another indenture under date of March 27, 1771, that George Schwenck, with his brother, Nicholas, had purchased, 1 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., p. 838. Manuscript Notes of Henry S. Dotterer, Volume XVI, p. 241. 2 Deed Book No. 13, p. IBS. Norristown, Pennsylvania, s Deed Book No. 8, p. 370. Norristown, Pennsylvania. George Schwenk, Born 1728. Died Feb. 24, 1803. [Translation] Here lies the body of the deceased Georg Schwenk Who was born in the year 1728 in Mertz and died the 24th day February in the year 1803 Having reached the age of 75 years. FUONICA MaRICLEY SCHWENIC, Born Apr. 1, 1732. Died Oct. 2, 1777. [Translation] In Memory of Fronica Wife of George Schwenk Born the 1st April 1732, Died the 2nd Oct. 1777. Aged 45 years 6 months and 1 day THE SCHWENK FAMILY 287 in 1769, a small plantation of about forty acres lying in Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County. This tract "George Swenk of Frederick Township, blacksmith, and Fronica his wife and Nicholas Swenk of Lower Salford Township, blacksmith, and Barbara his wife" sold to Nicholas Charles for two hundred pounds. Deed: Nicholas Swenck et al to Nicholas Charles^ 1771 CI)t0 SnDCntUtC made the twenty-seventh day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy-one, Between Nicholas Swenck of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Province of Pennsylvania, blacksmith, and Barbara his wife, and George Swenck of Frederick township, in the said County and Province, black- smith, and Fronica his wife, of the one part, and Nicholas Charles of Gwynedd Township in the county and Province aforesaid, baker, of the other part. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture dated April 29, 1769, made between William Swenck of Gwynedd Township aforesaid, black- smith, and Mary his wife, of the one part, and the said Nicholas Swenck and George Swenck of the other part, he the said William Swenck and Mary his wife for and in consideration therein mentioned did grant and confirm unto the said Nicholas Swenck and George Swenck a certain small plantation or tract of land situated in the Township of Gwynedd, contain- ing 40 acres and 26 perches. Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Nicholas Swenck and Barbara his wife, and George Swenck and Fronica his wife, in consideration of the sum of £200 have granted bar- gained, sold and confirmed unto the said Nicholas Charles all that tract, plantation and parcel of land situate in Gwynedd Township aforesaid, * * *. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have inter- changeably set their hands and seals thereunto dated the day and year first above written.^ NicH^ Swenck Sealed and delivered in the her presence of us Barbara X Swenck Fred'' Antes mark Catherine Shuler George Swenck her Fronica X Swenck mark 1 Deed Book No. 4, p. 231. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 288 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Still one other deed of interest is on record. George Schwenck, on May 27, 1795, purchased of his sons, John and George Schwenck, Jr., as executors of the estate of Henry Krauss, Jr., four tracts of land lying in Frederick Township, belonging to the heirs of Henry Krauss. Three days later. May 30, George Schwenck, Sr., conveyed these tracts to his son, John, who at the time was living in Upper Hanover Township. In this deed George Schwenck is noted as "widower," his wife, Fronica, having died in 1777, almost twenty years before. Deed : George Schwenck to John Schwenck, 1795 tlL^i^ J&nUttltUtt Made the thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five Between George Schwenck of Frederick Township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, Widower, of the one part, and his son John Schwenck of Upper Hanover Township in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, blacksmith, of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said George Schwenck for and in consideration of the sum of Fourteen hundred and fifteen pounds * * Have granted, bargained, sold, released and confirmed unto the said John Schwenck his heirs and assigns A certain Messuage, Tenement and four tracts of land situate in Frederick Township aforesaid. The first of them adjoin- ing Swamp Creek, land of Baltus Fouts, George Swineherd, Michael Krous, containing fifty acres of land * * * The second of them adjoin- ing to Joseph Groff's land, land of George Peter Herp, Hans George Swineherd, John Budd, containing fifty acres ; the third of them adjoin- ing Swamp Creek, lands of John Miller, Henry Mitchel, Limerick Town- ship line and Henry Krous' land, containing sixty and one-half acres. And the fourth of them adjoining lands of Hans Meiller, the Great Road leading from Falkoner Swamp, land of Baltzer Heidrich, containing six and one half acres, it being the same four tracts which Henry Krauss, Senior, and Anna Maria his wife, June 26, 1775, granted to their son Henry Krauss, deceased, and the said Henry Kraus by his last will and testament, dated July 12, 1794, directed the same should be sold by his executors the said John Schwenck and George Schwenck (the younger) and the said John Schwenck and George Schwenck (the younger) by deed May 27th last did grant and confirm the same unto the said George Schwenck party hereto.^ 1 Deed Book No. 17, p. 86. Norristown, Pennsylvania. THE SCHWENK FAMILY 289 The marriage of "George Schwenck and Veronica Mercklin," daughter of Jacob Merklin (Markley), April 30, 1751, is foxind recorded on the Register of Augustus Evangelical Church or "Old Trappe," as it is commonly called, in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, and here we also find the baptism of "Daniel, son of George and Veronica Schwenck, born May 9, baptized Au- gust 9, 1761 ; sponsors the parents." Among the members of this congregation, who promise to contribute to the salary of the Rev- erend Pastor Muhlenberg, November 27, 1760, it is noted that "George Schwenck promises to pay 7s 6d yearly," while his father- in-law, Jacob Merckle, contributes 15s as his subscription/ The original building of the Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, was erected in 1743, and is still standing, having been used since the erection of the new edifice, 1853, for the Sunday school. Providence Township was formed out of Perkiomen or Bebbers Township in 1729, the division of Upper and Lower Providence not taking place until 1809. About 1733 the Lutherans of Provi- dence organized, John Christian Shultz being the first pastor. He, however, served them but one year, and was then followed by John Caspar Stoever, who remained in charge of the congregation until 1742, when the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was called to the pastorate, and the following year, 1743, the church building was commenced. Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg continued in the ministry of the church until his death, 1787, and was buried in the graveyard adjoining.^ George and Fronica Schwenck lived at first in what is now Zieglerville, opposite the old home of Andrew Ziegler, Junior. He sold this property and removed to a new and more pretentious house which he had built on the north branch of the Perkiomen Creek, about three-fourths of a mile southwest of the Borough of Schwenkville, where he plied his trade as blacksmith, making and repairing tools for the company who opened and operated the copper mine nearby. He planted a buttonwood tree by the side of his shop for a shade tree, which, despite the fact that it was struck 1 Records of Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Pa. 2 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, pp. 1058, 1059. 290 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY by lightning in 1911, is still in a flourishing condition, measuring sixteen feet in circumference at its base.^ George Schwenck died February 24, 1803, aged seventy-five years; his wiie, Fronica, October, 1777, in her forty-sixth year. Both are buried in the private burying ground on the home- stead farm. The farm has long since passed out of the possession of the Schwenck family. This little cemetery, the resting place of a dozen or more of the children, grandchildren and great-grand- children of George and Fronica Schwenck, now lies in the midst of the plowed fields, and, to save it from destruction by the dis- interested owner, the Schwenk Family Association purchased the tiny plot and thus secured its perpetual protection. The tombstone marking the grave of Fronica had broken and fallen, the inscrip- tion being almost obliterated. The association set up a new stone, as shown in the photographs, leaving the old one lying flat upon the grave. On the old Goshenhoppen Church record is found: "Veronica, George Schwenck's wife, died 29th September, 1777." In the manuscript record of deaths in the Markley family occurs this: "1803, 25 Feb.: old George Schwenck died."^ Letters of administration on the estate of George Schwenck, deceased, were granted March 21, 1803, to his two sons, Jacob and Abraham. An inventory and appraisement of his personal estate was made by Samuel Pennepacker and Abraham Groff, and the amount found to be £1468.8.3^. Among his effects was a sermon book, appraised 7s 6d, and a large German Bible.^ The where- abouts of this Bible is unknown. It is probably in the possession of one of his descendants, but it was not located in time to be used in compiling this record of the family. Inventory A Just and true Inventory and Conscinable Appraisement of the Personal Estate of George Schwenck late of Frederick Township in the * Manuscript History of the Schwenk Family, by the late Enos S. Schwenk, of Schwenkville, Pa. 2 Henry S. Dotterer, The Dotterer Family, p. 94. 2 Original Papers No. 15961, Register of Wills. Norristown, Pa. Original papers in possession of Mr. Albert Schwenk, Schwenkville, Pa. N O X CO O H THE SCHWENK FAMILY 291 County of Montgomery deceased of what came to our Hands best to our Skill and knowledge Appraised by us this 26"^ day of March A. D. 1803. Samuel Pennebecker Abraham Groff To two Coats £2 To one ditto 1 To a great Coat — 1 6 1 o a coat & vest — 3 — To three Vests 1 5 — To Blish Breeches — 6 — To nankeen Vest & breeches — 2 6 To Six Pair of trowsers, — 10 — To three Pair of lincy trowsers — 10 3 To 2 vests 6'^ five pair stockings 8/6 — 9 To 2 pair Mittons 1/6 flannel vest 1/ — 2 6 To 3 pair trowsers, — 4 — To 15 Shirts 2 To a pair of Boots 2/6 3 pair Shoes 7/6 — 10 — To 3 hats — 5 — To 2 Silk Handkerchiefs — 5 — To 2 Shirts 9/6 2 bocket Handkfs 2/6 — 12 — To 13 Sheets 4 7 6 To 5 table Cloaths 1 2 6 To 7 towels 7/ 5 yards linnen 25/ 1 12 — To 1 sheet 15/ 3 bedcases 15/ 1 10 — To 1 bolster case 3/9 2 biller cases 3/9 — 7 6 To 6 billow cases 9/6 6 Pewter spoons 2/ — 11 6 To basket with lumber 1/6 Dressor 30/ Ill 6 To 1 boddle & 1 hane 8/6 rasor 4/ — 12 6 To a Cloath's bress 2 To a Hatchet 1/ lookinglass 1/ — 2 — To sheepshears 2/6 fowling Peace 20/ 1 2 6 To round table 7/6 Brass Kittle 25/ 112 6 To tripping pan 6'^ Cappage tub &c* 5/9 — 6 3 To a Ceeder tub 2/ Churn &c^ 1/ — 3 — To Cask 2/ Spate 1/ Shovel 1/ keg 6^ tabel 2/ — 6 6 To half barrel 1/ House Clock £7.10 7 11 — To a Crosscutsaw 7/6 a Saddle 15/ 1 2 6 To 2 barrels 2/ Half bushel 3/9 — 5 9 To a bed with bedstead 1 15 — To a bed with bedstead 10 292 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To a small brass Kittle — 7 6 To Spinning wheel 7/6 a Chair 2/ — 9 6 To a large wheel 2/ a bell 6"^ basket 2/ — 4 6 To a water pot 9<^ Couch 1/6 — 2 3 To Shovel & tongs, — 2 6 To a basket Candlestick &c^ — 3 6 To timber Chain 3/9 2 axes 1 Hatchet 3/9 _ 7 6 To a hoe 1/ tung forks /9 — 1 9 To Pinchers & hammer 2/6 — 2 6 To 2 augers & Drawing knife — 2 6 To Mauld & Cooper tongs — 3 9 To 2 shovels 2/ a Saw 7/6 — 9 6 To an ats 1/6 a Bellows 2/6 — 4 — To a jack 5/ a five plate Stove 7/6 — 12 6 To a lookinglass — 2 — To bed Curtains 2 To a Silk Cap — 2 6 To a Blanket 15/ Coverled 20/ 1 15 — To 3% yards Velvet Ill 6 To a pair Saddle bags — 3 9 To an Arm Chair — 3 — To 3 Chairs 7/6 1 Bible 11/3 — 18 9 To a Sermon book — 7 6 To 5 books 5/6 2 gallon kegs 2/6 — 8 — To a Brass Cullender — 4 — To a Candlestick & Snufifers — 2 6 To Brass Bowl — 2 — To a Brass tea Kittle — 5 — To a funnel & grator 6 To Coffee Mill 1/3 to lamp 1/ — 2 3 To a Pewter tea Pot & Shoe Brush — 1 6 To a Rasp 1/ 1 Swarm bees 30/ 1 11 — To a ten plate Stove 4 10 — To 2 Iron Pots — 11 — To a Hog, dd — 3 9 To an Iron Kittle — 15 — To old Pans & Old pot — 2 6 To a wafel iron — 7 6 To all the Pewter dishes 1 18 — To 15 Pewter Plates 117 6 To one Pewter Quart & one Pewter Pint — 2 — To 6 Plates — 2 — * ^ "■C^ r^ ^N v5 ^ \ A > ;^^ ^1 ^ ~ t V :; , 5 ^^ "^sl^ 111 -- >^ ^i >.YS 11 1—" ^7 i-H 1) M-l ^ r^i rt (D OJ 4-> (J <-(-( ro ^ ^ Oi H 'f, -r J^ o ^ .§ 'SI TT^ rS L^ ^ r^ cu ^0 ^_i b/j '> 5 ^ ^ r"* fyj X X V rt ^ tyi > r^J n! CU u > « C^ o U THE SCHWENK FAMILY 293 To 2 Boddles & a Snuff box — 2 6 To boddle 1/ one Pint 6V 1/ 2 6 To a Sugar box 2/ Bowl 1/ — 3 — To Salt box 6'^ tin 6'^ 1 To glass & grater lid Specktades 1/ — 111 To 2 Potracks butter Print &^ 8 6 To Money Burse 9 To Michael Gouglers book acct 4 2 6 To Peter Swaner ditto 15 To Daniel Schwencks ditto 400 To Cash in the House 18 18 3}^ To Am' of Bonds & Notes, 965 4 8 To Samuel Bertolet 5 14 — John Schwenck rec'd of his father, £325 7 6 Jacob Schwenck ditto 475 5 _ Abraham Schwenck ditto 311 Daniel Schwenck ditto 443 John Markley ditto 137 3 6 1741 16 — Amount of Bond & Notes 965 4 8 Am* of Book acc'= 4 17 6 Am* due by Daniel Schwenck on plan 400 Am* of Cash in the house 18 18 3>^ Am* of Personal Estate to be sold, 73 13 10 3204 10 3>4 The administrators filed their final account May, 1805. No- tices advertising the filing were put up at Henry Krebs', at Philip Bower's and at Samuel Bower's, three of the most frequented public houses in the neighborhood. The settlement showed a net balance of £3134.11.65^ for distribution among the heirs. ^ Orphans' Court. May Term, 1805. The report of Jacob Schwenck and Abraham Schwenck administrators of George Schwenck, deceased. Setting forth that they had made a settlement in the register's ofiSce which was produced to the court stating a balance of £3134. 11. 6J^ due the Estate and upon proof being made of due notice being given accord- ing to law, the said report was confirmed by the Court. 1 Orphans' Court Docket No. 2, p. 126. Norristown, Pennsylvania. From ■Original Papers in possession of Mr. Albert Schwenk, Schwenkville, Pa. 294 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Settlement of the Estate of George Schwenck. The accompts of Jacob Schwenck and Abraham Schwenck, administrators to the estate of George Schwenck, late of Frederick Township in the County of Mont- gomery, deceased. The accomptants charge themselves with the Amount of Inventory duly proved and remaining in the Register's Office of Montgomery County, £3204. 10. 3^4 To advance of sales, 16. 11. 9 To interest on the monies in hands of administrators. ... 19. 18. 3 £3241. 0. 3y2 To additional interest received by administrators 10. 14. 3521. 14. 3^ To balance due the estate, £3134. 11. 6j^ Pass'J and Subscribed Feby 12"' 1805. The disbursements amounted to £1 1 7 2s 9d. Among the items appear: "By commission agreed on by the major part of the Heirs and their representatives to wit Jacob Schwenck £18.14.95^, and Abraham Schwenck £56.4.4.45^." The following releases were found among the original papers, pertaining to this estate. They are interesting and therefore in- serted : September 28* 1803. Received of Abraham Shwink one of the Adm''^ of the estate of George Shwink Deceased the Sum of Twelve Dol- lars and Tenn Cent for Grave Stones, Rec*^ By me, Alexander Ramsey. Received November 27"' 1804 of Abraham Schwenck one of the Administrators to the Estate of George Schwenck deceased the Sum of seven Dollars in full for a Coufin for said deceased £2-12-6 George Boyer ^J//; ,2 7f// f.)/m/nr/// ,/;//„■„//,/ rr mr/f.iM,-/, /w./Z- i-i/fH/l /ff 'iz,t<^M .J„.,/i /m/„//y rrt,/,,^,,/ /,„■/,,/„■„ . „., „;„/,/ a) (^iC T ///rt/r: //rm////i'./^ "The heirs of John Schwenk— the sum of $5157.92. "The heirs of Abraham Schwenk, (including the dower fund of 1000 Dollars, secured in the plantation charged to the said Abraham in my Family Book, of which the widow of the said Abraham is to receive the Interest at 5 per cent during her natural life time, & on the first day of April, after her decease the said Dower, or 1000 Dollars shall be paid to the said Heirs) the sum of — $4678.31. The aggregate product of the whole after payment of all legal charges and expences shall be divided into eight equal parts or shares, which I dispose of as follows, to wit: One share, I give to my Daughter Elizabeth, and to her heirs, one other share, I give to my Son George, and to his heirs. — one other share, I give to my Son Jacob, and to his heirs, one other share, I give to my son Samuel, and to his heirs. — one other share, I give to my Daughter Maria, the wife of George Reiff, and to her heirs. — one other share I give to my Daughter Catherine, and to her heirs. — one other share, I give to the heirs of my Son John. — one other share, I give to the heirs of my Son Abraham, as aforesaid. — PRO- VIDED NEVERTHELESS, that in this distribution of my Estate, the sums of money, before mentioned as given by me or owing to me by my THE SCHWENK FAMILY 301 said Children respectively, shall in the first place be deducted out of such Childs share; any money that I may hereafter advance to any of my Children, and Charge same in my family Book, shall in the first place be deducted of, out of such Childs share and only the balance or residue shall be given or settled as aforesaid. — ITEM, It is my Will that none of my Children shall bring claim against my Estate for work or service ; and if any Child shall bring such claim and recover, I direct that the amount of such claim shall be deducted out of such Childs share. — (my express Will and desire is, that if any difference or disputed question or contro- versy, shall arise or happen concerning any gift, bequest or other matter or things in this my will, the same shall be referred wholly to the award, order and determination of my esteemed friends and neighbors, John Hunsicker & John Landes— with power for them to choose an umpire ; but if they or either of them should not be able or willing to act in the preinises, then I do direct that my eldest son and Eldest Daughter shall each appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators, with the same power of choos- ing an umpire, and what they or a majority of them shall order, direct or determine therein, shall be binding and conclusive, to and on all and every person and persons therein Concerned.) My further Will is, and I do hereby order, appoint and empower my said Son-in-law George Reiff, to be Gaurdian of the persons and Estates of the minor Children of my late Deceased Son Abraham named as follows, to wit, Isaac, Abraham, David, William, Margaret & Sarah — from the first Day of April last past, untill each of the said minor Children shall attain the age of 21 years. — The sum of $500 being due to each of them on the said first day of April, and in the hands of the said George Reiff ; and of the further sum or sums that will be due to them immediately after my decease ; And also, of so much of the above said Dower as will come to the hands of said Reiff, If any The said Guardian to be charged with 5 per cent Interest per annum untill each shall come to the proper age of 21. — Lastly, I do nominate, constitute and appoint my said son, George Schwenk, Jacob Schwenk, Samuel Schwenk and Son-in-law George Reiff, to be the Execu- tors of this my last Will and testament, hereby empowering them or the survivors or survivor of them, to make Deeds for the Coveyance of all or any part of my real Estate, and to do all such other matters and things as may be necessary for carrying this my last Will and Testament in to full and complete effect, according to the intend and meaning thereof — Hereby revoking any former Will by me made, and Declaring this alone to be my last Will and Testament. — In Testimony whereof, I have here- 302 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY unto set my hand and seal, this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty two.^ C^^ a\ny€lrnn^ cn S o u to THE SCHWENK FAMILY 309 will and Testament And also to be the Trustee for the Trust therein men- tioned hereby empowering them or the survivors or survivor of them to make Deeds for the Conveyance of all or any part of my real Estate and to do all such other Matters and things as may be necessary for carrying this my last will and Testament into full and complete effect according to the intent and meaning thereof Hereby revoking any former will and Testament by me made and Declaring this alone to be my last will and Testament IN Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine.^ ^^5?^^ c;^'^^^^-^^-^ Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testator as his last will and Testament in the presence of us John Steiner Jacob Johnson, Miller Two years later, April 10, 1854, Aaron and Jacob, two grand- sons of Abraham Schwenck, St., acknowledged the payment of all the legacies due them from the estate of their grandfather. This instrument was signed by the surviving executors of the estate of Abraham Schwenck, Sr., namely, George Reiff and Samuel Schwenk, and by Jacob G. Schwenk, Abraham G. Schwenk and Reuben Y. Strassburger, executors of the estate of Jacob Schwenk, deceased. Release of Legacy Aaron and Jacob Schwenck to Surviving Executors of Abraham Schwenck and of Jacob Schwenck, 1854 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Aaron Schwenck, and Jacob Schwenck, heirs and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of Abraham Schwenck, Senior, deceased, late of Skippack Township, in the County of Montgomery, do hereby acknowledge that we each of us have this day had and received of and from George Reiff and Samuel Schwenck, executors of said Abraham Schwenck, Senior, deceased, and from Jacob G. Schwenck, Abraham G. Schwenck and Reuben Y. Strass- burger, Executors of Jacob Schwenck, Senior, deceased, the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-four cents, being principal and iWill Book, No. 9, pp. 3SS, 356, 357, 358. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 310 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY interest our portions each of the real and personal estate of the said Abraham Schwenck, Senior, deceased, in full satisfaction and payment of all such sum or sums, legacies, and bequest as are given and bequeathed to us the above named grandchildren by the last will and testament of the said Abraham Schwenck, Senior, deceased, in full satisfaction and pay- ment out of the real and personal estate of the said Abraham Schwenck, deceased, and all the interest accrued thereon and therefrom, we the said Aaron Schwenck and Jacob Schwenck do by these presents release acquit and forever discharge the said George Reiff, Samuel Schwenck and John G. Schwenck, Reuben Y. Strassburger and Abraham G. Schwenck execu- tors of Jacob Schwenck, Sr., deceased, of and from the said legacy or legacies. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.^ Aaron Schwenck Jacob Schwenck Ten days later, April 20, all the heirs of Jacob Schwenk acknowledged the payment of all legacies due them from their father's estate. Release, Heirs of Jacob Schwenck to Jacob G. Schwenck et al, 1854 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we Elizabeth Strassburger, late Elizabeth Schwenck, one of the daughters and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of Jacob Schwenck, late of the township of Perkiomen in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, Samuel G. Schwenck, one of the sons and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased, John G. Schwenck, also one of the sons and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased, Mary Geiger late Mary Schwenck, one of the daughters and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased, Michael Alderfer, guardian of Henry G. Schwenck, also one of the sons and legatees named in the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased, do Hereby acknowledge that we the said Elizabeth Strassburger late Eliza- beth Schwenck, Samuel G. Schwenck, John G. Schwenck, Mary Geiger late Mary Schwenck and Michael Alderfer guardian of Henry G. Schwenck, have each respectively this day had and received of and from Jacob G. Schwenck, Abraham G. Schwenck and Reuben Y. Strassburger, 1 Miscellaneous Book No. 7, p. 627. Norristown, Pennsylvania. Jacob Schwenk, Born Sept. 14, 1789. Died Aug. 19, 1852. Magd.\lena Ziegler ScHWENKj Born Feb. 27, 1795. Died Sept. 3, 1823. [Translation] Here lies the body of Magdalena the wife of Jacob Schwenk and daughter of Andrew Ziegler born the 27th Feb 1795 and died the 3rd Sept 1823 aged 28 years 6 months and 3 days. THE SCHWENK FAMILY 311 executors of the last Will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased, the sum of $559.27 in full satisfaction and payment of all such sum or sums, legacies or bequests as are given and bequeathed to us the said Elizabeth Strassburger late Elizabeth Schwenck, Samuel G. Schwenck, John G. Schwenck, Mary Geiger late Mary Schwenck, and Michael Alderfer guardian of Henry G. Schwenck by the last will and Testament of the said Jacob Schwenck, deceased. * * * In testimony whereof we the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchange- ably set our hands and seals this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.^ Elizabeth Strassburger Sealed and delivered in S. G. Schwenck the presence of us John G. Schwenck John H. Steiner ^^^y Geiger Abraham O. Ziegler Michael Alderfer Magdalena Ziegler, first wife of Jacob Schwenk, died Septem- ber 23, 1823, in her twenty-ninth year, and was buried in the graveyard of Lower Salford Mennonite Church, of which her father and mother, Andrew Ziegler and Catherine Lederach, were in- fluential members. Her grave adjoins that of her parents, who died about twenty years later. Jacob Schwenk married, second, Mary Gehman, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Gehman and widow of Landis. She was born July IS, 1800, and died December 2, 1878, surviving by more than twenty-five years her husband, Jacob Schwenk, whose death oc- curred August 10, 1852. Among the papers found with the original will and inventory in the Register's Office at Norristown are two cer- tificates of death, made out by the attending physician, Henry Geiger, M.D., his son-in-law. One of them states that Jacob Schwenk was buried at Jerusalem Church, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. From this it was apparently the first intention to bury him in the graveyard of a church in Skippack (Perkiomen Township). It is evident, however, that they changed their minds, for he was laid beside his father and mother in the graveyard of the old Keeley's Church, near 1 Miscellaneous Book No. 7, p. 624. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 312 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Schwenkville, with which congregation he had long been identi- fied, a large marble tombstone marking his last resting place. Harleysville August 26"» 1852 I do hereby certify that Jacob Schwenk Sen died at his residence in Perkiomen township on Thursday morning august 19"^ 1852 of valvu- lar disease of the heart at the age of 62 years 11 months and 5 days. Henry Geiger, M.D. Attending Physician. To John M. Jones, Esq Register of Wills &c &c Physicians' Record of Deaths Jacob Schwenk Sen, white, male, 62 years 11 months & 5 days, father Abraham Schwenk, mother Fronica Bowers (later Schwenk), Merchant born Frederick Township, Mont. Co, Pa. Name of deceased wife Mary Gehman. Born Sept 14*'' A.D. 1789 died August 19"' A.D. 1852 of Organic disease of Heart died in Skippack township Montgomery Co. Pa. buried Jerusalem Church burying Ground Skippack township Mont CO. Pa. H. Geiger M.D. Harleysville August 26"' 1852. Jacob Schwenk was a man both stern and amiable and a leader in his community. He was successful in business, a careful and sound counsellor and much respected for his good works. Children of Jacob Schwenck and Magdalena Ziegler: 1. Catherine Schwenk, born September 9, 1818; married December 19, 1839, Abraham Steiner. He conducted a grist and oil mill on the Perkiomen Creek near Collegeville. Later removed to Philadelphia, where he died in 1893. His wife died in 1891, and both are buried at Boehm's Church Cemetery near Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pa. 2. ELIZABETH ZIEGLER SCHWENK, born September 24, 1821; died October 11, 1907; married REUBEN Y. STRASSBURGER. THE SCHWENK FAMILY 313 Children of Jacob Schwenck and Mary Gehman (Landis) : 3. Jacob G. Schwenk, born January 31', 1825 ; married Mary, daugh- ter of Charles Hendricks, of Worcester Township, Mont- gomery County, Pa., born September 8, 1829. He pur- chased his father's store, which he conducted for many years, doing an extensive business, and it was under his career that the post ofHce was changed from Schwenck's Store to Schwenkville. He was an active member of the Lutheran Church. About 1872, he sold his store and removed to Philadelphia, where he died March 5, 1889. His wife died October 10, 1895 ; both are buried in Schwenk- ville Cemetery. 4. Abraham G. Schwenk, born June 4, 1826; married Elizabeth Stauffer, of Berks County, Pa. After his father's death he became owner of the hotel and farm and, about 1860, laid out the town of Schwenkville. With his brother-in-law, Reuben Y. Strassburger, he established the coal and lumber firm of Schwenk and Strassburger. Mr. Schwenk was an active member of the Lutheran Church, being President of the Vestry until his death, which occurred October 14, 1899. His wife died November 1, 1909, and both are buried in Schwenkville Cemetery. 5. Mary Gehman Schwenk, born February 25, 1828; married Octo- ber 26, 1848, Dr. Henry A. Geiger, born June 2, 1826. He practiced medicine at Harleysville for a number of years, then removed to Philadelphia and engaged in the whole- sale grocery business on Third Street, in company with his brother-in-law, John G. Schwenk and Samuel Horn- ing, under the firm name of Geiger, Schwenk and Horning. After a number of successful years in business, in which time he had accumulated a large fortune, his health failed and he retired from active business. He was elected Vice- President of the Fifth and Sixth Street Passenger Railway Company, which position he held until his death. Dr. Geiger was a preacher in the Congregation of the Brethren, formerly called the German Baptists, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He died at his home on North Broad Street, Philadelphia, December 30, 1885, and was buried in the graveyard attached to the Church of the Brethren, Germantown, Pa. Mrs. Geiger died about 1915. 314 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 6. Samuel G. Schwenk, born February 14, 1813; married Mary, daughter of John Funk, of Towamensing, Pa. He studied medicine under Dr. Henry A. Geiger, at Harleysville, Pa., and practiced his profession at Hilltown, Bucks County, for some years, and then removed to Schwenkville, where he died April 24, 1863. Buried in Schwenkville Cemetery. 7. John G. Schwenk, born September IS, 1831 ; married December 30, 1858, Emeline, daughter of Peter and Angehne Spare. She was born June 3, 1830. He owned and conducted for a number of years a store of general merchandise near the east end of Perkiomen bridge, Collegeville, then sold it to his brother, Henry, and removed to Philadelphia to engage in the grocery business with his brother-in-law. Dr. Geiger. He died at his home on North Broad Street, April 14, 1904, and was buried in Augustus Lutheran churchyard, Trappe, Pa. 8. Henry G. Schwenk, born June 17, 1840; married May 11, 1864, Lydia Keeler, who was born January 25, 1841. He pur- chased the store and dwelling of his brother, John, near the east end of Perkiomen bridge, Collegeville. He died June 21, 1889, and was buried in the Lutheran churchyard at Trappe. DESCENT FROM HANS MICHAEL SCHWENCK. VIIL Hans Michael Schwenck married Mary Elizabeth . Vn. George Schwenck married Veronica Markley. VI. Abraham Schwenck married Fronica Bauer. V. Jacob Schwenk married Magdalena Ziegler. IV. Elizabeth Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. in u > as pq o /3 O fe ^ •o 3 o cq Ue BAUER FAMILY HANS BAUER, a native of Switzerland, emigrated to Penn- sylvania between the years 1708 and 1717. He was a Mennonite, and, like many others of that faith, fled from the old country to escape persecution. He settled in what is now Berks, then a part of Philadelphia County, where he acquired two tracts of land lying in what was then Colebrookdale, Phila- delphia County, but now in Hereford Township, Berks County. In 1728 a public road was laid out from Skippack to Cole- brookdale, though this district had been settled prior to that date, but it was then far out on the frontier and in constant danger of attack from the Indians. On May 10 of the last-named year the people living in this region becoming alarmed at rumors that hostile bands of savages were in the neighborhood, sent the follow- ing petition to Governor Gordon at Philadelphia:^ To the Hon^ble Patrick Gordon, Esq', Govern"' of the Province of Pennsilvania The Petition of the Frontier Inhabitants o.f ye County of Philadelphia, humbly Sheweth : WHEREAS, Your Petitioners are at Present so Alarmed by a Nois of Indians That Several Families have Left their Plantations with what Effects they Could Possibly Carry away; Women in Child bed being forced To Expose themselves To Coldness of ye air, whereby Their Lives are in Danger: We, Your Petitioners, Therefore humbly Pray That Your Hon' would Be Pleased To Take or use Such Measures with ye Indians That Your Petitioners may be freed from These alarms, for yet we are Informed That The Indians are Consulting Measures against us. We hope your Hon' will Comply With our Humble Request, To prevent as well our fears as Danger, and yo' Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray, &c. 1 Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, Volume I, pp. 128-129. 316 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY We do not have the list of those who signed this petition, so it is not known if Hans Bauer had located here as early as 1728. According to I. Daniel Rupp, the historian, there were four hundred and sixty-five German, Dutch and French inhabitants in Philadelphia County who owned land and paid quit rent prior to 1734. Among the eighteen land owners mentioned as residing in Colebrookdale Township were Hans Bauer and Michael Bauer.^ The first record we have concerning Hans Bauer is a warrant, dated January 29, 1734, for a tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres, situated on the Perkiomen, near the Goshenhoppen Creek, which was surveyed and laid out to him on March 18 of the same year. A patent was granted to him by the Proprietaries of the Commonwealth March 30, 1736. This land was part of the Great Manatawny tract owned by the Frankfort Land Company. Patent to Hans Bower, 1736 JOHN PENN, THOMAS PENN and RICHARD PENN, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Dela- ware. To all unto whom these Presents shall come. Greeting : WHEREAS in Pursuance and by Virtue of our Warrant under the lesser seal of our said Province, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty- four there was surveyed and laid out on the eighteenth day of March then next ensuing unto hans Bower of the County of Philadelphia, a cer- tain Tract of land situate on a Branch of Perkiomen Creek near Cowis- hoppen in the said County, adjoining lands of Humphrey Hill, contain- ing one hundred and fifty acres. Now at the Instance and request of the said hans Bower that we would be pleased to grant him a Confirma- tion of the same, Know ye that * * in consideration of the sum of twenty-five pounds five shillings to us in hand paid by the said hans Bower * * We have given, granted, released and confirmed unto the said hans Bower and his heirs the said one hundred and fifty acres. * * Given at Philadelphia the thirtieth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, and in the ninth year of the reign of George the Second over Great Britain and the eighteenth year of our Government.^ Thomas Penn SS. 1 I. D. Rupp, Thirty Thousand Names, pp. 470-471. 2 Patent Book A, No. 7, p. 548. Department of Internal Affairs. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. THE BAUER FAMILY 317 On November 30, 1742, Hans Bauer, or John Bower, as he appears in this record, secured by patent another tract of about 105 acres situated in the valley known as "Butter-tahl" in Cole- brookdale Township.^ He purchased of Thomas Hopkinson, trustee for the heirs of Humphrey Hill, March 14, 1743, one hundred and thirty-four acres, part of a tract at that time described as Douglass Manor, which was also on a branch of the Perkiomen Creek/ These last two farms lay within the old limits of Colebrookdale, but fell into Hereford when that township was erected in 1753. These two townships were settled by a colony of Mennonites who soon erected a meeting house, 1743-4, which still stands. It is a low wooden structure, little larger than the ordinary schoolhouse, with joists extending far across the walls and the roof resting upon the same. It is known as the Hereford and Colebrookdale Men- nonite Meeting House, and has a cemetery in which many of the old settlers were buried." Hans Bauer made a will, written in German, which he signed on October 27, 1748, wherein he devised to his sons, Samuel, Abraham and Michael, all of his lands. He had given to his son, Hans, part of his Colebrookdale farm, but Hans died in the spring of 1747, leaving a widow, Magdalena, and two small children, Abraham and Anna Barbara.'' Hans, senior, also bequeathed this farm to his sons Abraham and Michael on condition that they pay to the widow and the two minor children of their deceased brother a sum equal to the value of the land. This will reads : Will of Hans Bower, 1748 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN Whereas I Hans Bower of Cole- brookdale in the county of Philadelphia Yeoman do find myself very weak as to Bodily Health but of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be the Lord for the same, AND considering the uncertainty of this Transitory Life and the present weakness o.f my Body, have therefore as 1 Rev. Henry S. Bower, History of the Stauffer and Bower Families, 1897, pp. 65, 66. 2 Commission Book P-1, p. 179, Reading, Pennsylvania. 2 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, p. 1003. "Will Book H, p. 253. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 318 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Customary resolved to Order and Settle my Worldly affairs and to Make this my Last Will & Testam' and I do hereby make the Same and desire the same may be taken and accounted as such, And the same is as fol- lows IMPRIMIS I do ordain concerning my beloved Wife That she shall during her Natural Life have Lodging and free Priviledge to live in my dwelling House and on This My Plantation where I now Dwell, as also all Necessarys of Life, in victuals and Apparell &c: all which my two sons Michael and Abraham shall sufficiently Provide for her out of my sd Plantation AND furthermore That if my said Wife should not like to stay here on my Plantation then they shall so Sufficiently Pro- vide for her in manner aforesaid, at the Place, where she shall Choose to Live, which Liberty she shall have. ITEM I give and devise unto my Son Samuel his Heirs and Assigns for ever all That Piece of Land unto him already Surveyed and whereon he now lives Together with all Build- ings, Improvements & all the Appurtenances thereunto belonging in Con- sideration whereof and of such Sums he owed me before he shall pay to my wife the sum of Thirty seven Pound Eight Shillings ITEM I give and devise unto my two sons Michael and Abraham their Heirs and Assigns forever in Equal parts All that Plantation whereon I now Live Together with all my other Lands whatsoever in my Possession and all my Cattle great and small and the Household goods which I heretofore gave unto them in Possession in consideration whereof they shall Pro- vide for my said Wife Anne in manner aforesaid and they shall also pay unto my said Wife the Sum of one hundred seventy two Pound twelve Shillings And as I had formerly reserved Some Cattle and Creatures for myself out of these I heretofore give unto them in Possession as afore- said such Creatures shall after mine and my Wife's Decease be Equally divided amongst our Children AND WHEREAS there is an Improve- ment on part of last mentioned Land which I formerly gave into the pos- session of my Son Hans now Deceased, which s<* Improvement I valued then at Forty Pound which should have been a part of his share in my Estate. AND WHEREAS after my said son Hans decease, I did redeem the said Improvement for Sixty pound, which said Improvement I do hereby Intirely give unto my said two Sons Michael and Abraham and their Heirs forever. They paying the Sum of Forty Pounds unto the two Children of the said Hans dec'ed and Twenty Pounds | as the Remainder | all Lawfull Money of this Province according to the Last Will of my said Son Deceased unto his Widow and Relict and his said two Children in Equal parts AND WHEREAS my said son deceased did by his Last Will & Testam' Constitute me as one of the Executors and (Inter alia) Entrusted me with the Care and Education of his son Abraham. It is therefore my Strict Will That he shall, according to the Intent of the said THE BAUER FAMILY 319 recited Will, be Educated and maintained by my said two Sons Michael and Abram And if he should, through the Distemper or ffits he is now affected with, become Indigent, I oblige all my Children Equally to main- tain him, and when he arrive to the age of twenty one years my said two sons Michael and Abraham shall give him a Horse to the value of six Pounds they having an allowance made unto them by me for the same : UNTO my Daughter Barbara I give the Sum of Forty Pounds Money and ffifteen Pounds worth in household goods and unto my Daughter Susannah I give also the Sum of Forty Pounds in Money and fifteen Pounds in Household Goods, which said Sums and Goods my s'^ two Sons Michael and Abraham shall pay and give unto their said two sisters when they marry ( as is Barbara's Case already | Further as concerning the above s'^ Sums w* my said Son Samuel as well as my said Sons Michael and Abraham are to pay unto my said Wife Anne as above s<* all the Use thereof shall be for her use during her Life and after her decease the same and all remainder shall be Equally divided among my children. It is also to be Remembered that Barbara has already received the sum of Seven pounds ffourteen Shillings in part of her abovesaid share And Susannah has likewise received the sum of two Pounds ffour- teen Shillings in part of her said share, and my said Daughter Susannah shall also have the old Iron Stove a Cow our Chest and our Bed besides her Share And my said son Samuel shall have the sum of Seven Pound Eight Shillings, besides what I have given unto him before whom I like- wise Together with my Trusty Friend George Sholtz of Upper Hanover Weaver do Nominate and Constitute to be the two Executors this my Last Will and Testament Giving hereby unto the said George Sholtz full authority in my stead and Behalf to Sign Seal Execute & Confirm Titles unto my said Sons respectively | My Deed being for that purpose al- ready Delivered unto a Clerk | for my Land unto them above devised IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 27"^ Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1748.^ Signed Sealed Published and Hans Bauer. Declared by the said Hans Bower as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us Johann Conrad Bob George Sholtze Christopher Sholtze. iWill Book I, p. 77, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 320 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The above was Translated from the German language into the Eng- lish by Christopher Lehman. Be it Remembered that on the 7th day of March 1748/49. the Last Will and Testament of Hans Bower, dec'd was proved in due form of Law & Probate and Lres Testamentary were granted to the Exec" therein named. W*^ Plum STEAD, Reg' Gen' This will was proved at Philadelphia the 7th day of March, 1748, so that Hans Bauer, Senior, died some time between the 27th day of October, 1748, and the 7th day of March, 1748/9, and was no doubt buried in the graveyard of the Hereford Mennonite Church. His wife, Anne, surname unknown, was living at the time of his decease, but nothing further is known concerning her. In his will he bequeathed to his sons, Abraham and Michael, all the homestead plantation on condition that they care and provide for her in a suitable manner. Children of Hans and Anne Bauer: 1. Samuel Bauer. His father bequeathed to him a tract of land which was patented to Samuel, February, 1748/9.^ 2. Hans Bauer, married Magdalena . He died in the spring of 1747, leaving two small children, Abraham and Anna Barbara. 3. Abraham Bauer, married Anna . Received from his father one-half of the homestead farm in Colebrookdale. Removed in 1752 to Huntingdon County, Pa. 4. MICHAEL BAUER, married about 1744-5, VERONICA LANDIS. 5. Barbara Bauer. 6. Susannah Bauer. MICHAEL BAUER, or BOWER, son of Hans Bauer, was bom circa 1720-1722, and married, about 1744, Veronica (or Fronica) Landis, daughter of Johannes Landis, of Bucks County, Pa. His father by will bequeathed to him one-half of the farm 1 Patent Book P-8, p. 363. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. fiAL£H-B»-SIBASSBURGEfi,J.IEUTENANT,^U.SJJ. has been diilv elected .i nieiulicrol' tlic War vS()( ii:ty OF Tin; C R r I s i : R AX I ) Trax sport IV ) r ( " i : l.\< <)Ui"nu.\Ti;i) I.V TI-STI.nO.W Wlll-Ur.Ol-, tlie iiaines .iFtlie pn-nc r oJ-Hccrs iiiul the seal o[ flie Siieietv arc iRreimK' alh.vcd Dated JUNE 13, 1919. ^^:^^-- __^_^_^^ riv,i.i.ni ..r III, s.v-utv ,.iillu ll,Mi.aSi.,r.-, Ship LOUISVILLE Certificate issued by Rear Admiral Albert Cleaves, U. S. Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the Transport Service, to Lieutenant Ralph Beaver Strassburger, United States Navy. THE BAUER FAMILY 321 upon which he resided, the other half being given to his brother Abraham. George Schultz, executor of the will of Hans Bauer, Sr., by a deed of April 6, 1749, transferred to the two brothers the one hundred and fifty acres comprising the homestead farm, the widow of Hans Bauer, Junior, deceased, and Samuel, the eldest brother, releasing their right to the land, which all lay within the confines of Colebrookdale. In 1753 a petition was presented to the Court at Philadelphia asking for the erection of a new township to be bounded and de- scribed as follows: "Beginning at a heap of stones on land of Adam Trump, being chief corner of Philadelphia County in the line of Northampton County, bounded by Colebrookdale Town- ship, etc., to be named Hereford." The petition was signed by seventeen inhabitants.^ Adam Bauer Samuel Bauer Melchoir Schultz Christopher Schultz Benedict Strohm Jacob Stauffer Michael Bauer and others Among the Hereford taxables for 1758 are Abraham Bauer and Michael Bauer .^ And in 1759 we find Michael Bauer paying taxes on fourteen acres; Samuel Bauer on thirteen acres, and Widow Bauer on twelve acres.^ Michael Bauer died between June 17 and November 8, 1784. His will, recorded at Reading, Pennsylvania, was written in Ger- man. The following is the English translation filed with the original : Will of Michael Bauer, 1784 In the Name of God Amen I Michael Bauer of Hereford Town- ship in Berks County & State of Penn^ Farmer, finding myself Thank God at present yet of good Health But taking in Consideration the Mor- 1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, p. 996. 2 I. D. Rupp, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, p. 224. 3 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, p. 996. 322 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY tality of my Body & that it is Just that I Concerning the Worldly Effects wherewith God hath blessed me to leave behind a Satisfactory Acknowl- edgement So I make & Declare herewith my Last will & Testament this 17th day of June in the year of the Lord One thousand seven hundred & Eighty four and desire that from all persons it may be held therefore as follows : Firstly it is my Will that all my just Debts shall be paid ofif and I give and Construe to my Loving wife Fronica the sum of One hundred pounds good Current Money further I give to her the possession & Bene- fit of all and each single actual & exception So I having excepted, for me and my wife, On my plantation, as I Left & give over to my Eydam (son- in-law) Christian Meyer, that she make use of the same With all right and Authority belonging thereto as long as she lives agreeable to her option Also I give her all Chattle which I leave behind at my Departure as also each & all Household furniture (furniture & dishes) so I having in my Dwelling House or will have, But all sums of money which aris- ing out of the leaving and quitting of my plantation Which after the Deduction of the above specified one hundred pounds at present yet come to Four hundred £. The same I bequeath & give to my only [ ?] Daughter Anna Meyer to her and her husbands use & benefit as long as my said Daughter is alive. After her death I give and order the said money to my said Daughters own ofspring Children in equal shares the one as much as the other. It having equal meaning & Consequence & it shall have with the inheritance all the goods & Estate which my said Loving Wife Fronica will Leave behind at her Departure that it likewise Also shall remain & be given over to my Daughter & her Bodily Heirs And I nominate & appoint My said Son-in-law Christian Meyer & my Loving friend & Neighbour John Bechtel as Executors of this my Last Will & Testament In trusting the true state & Meaning thereof. In wit- ness of all that I have hereunto put my Hand & Seal the day & year above mentioned.^ his Signed Sealed & Declared through Michal M B Bauer the named Michael Bauer for his mark last will & Testament in the presence of us George Landes Abraham Becktel 1 Original Will (English Translation). Recorded in German in Will Book No. 3, p. 50. Register of Wills, Reading, Pennsylvania. THE BAUER FAMILY 323 A true Translation of the German Original. (A very poor translation.) Proved November 8, 1784. Anna, daughter of Michael and Fronica Landis Bauer, mar- ried Christian Moyer, or Meyer. On July 7, 1784, Michael and his wife made over to Christian Moyer and his wife, Anna, for £175, the seventy- five acres which was his share of the homestead tract. The next day, July 8, Christian Meyer assigned to Michael and his wife, Fronica, an annuity, or yearly rent charge, of £100, issuing out of two houses and plantations in Hereford Township, evidently the personal property of Christian, the agreement being that Michael and Fronica would reside in the "new dwelling now being erected" on one of the farms. Deed: Michael and Feonica Bower to Christian Meyer, 1784 C|)iS SnDentUte Made the Seventh day of July in the year o.f our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four Between Michael Bower of Hereford Township in Berks County and State of Pennsylva- nia, Yeoman, and Fronica his wife of the one Part and Christian Meyer of the same place, yeoman, of the other Part. Whereas Samuel Bower and George Schultz Executors of the last will and Testament of Hans Bower deceased by Virtue of an Authority in the same Will dated the 27th day of October Anno Domini 1748, By his Deed of the Sixth day of April 1749, Did grant Certain One hundred and fifty acres and allowance of 6 pc unto the said Michael Bower and to his brother Abraham Bower undivided and in equal parts in Severalty to them their Heirs and Assigns for Ever the said one hundred and fifty Acres being formerly granted unto the said Hans Bower by Patent of the 30th day of March A° d" 1736, * * * And the said one hun- dred and fifty acres were released unto the said Michael Bower and Abraham Bower by Anna Bower and Samuel Bower | Widow and eldest son of the said Hans Bower | by their Release of the 7th day of April 1749, Endorsed on the first above recited deed smd the said Michael Bower and Abraham Bower having afterwards divided the said one hun- dred and fifty acres between themselves by Which division seventy four acres and twenty eight perches and the Usual Allowance of Six pc here- inafter described were allotted to be and remain as the Own and Proper Share of the said Michael Bower and by an Indenture of Release of the said Abraham Bower and Anna his Wife bearing date the 26th day of December An" Dom' 1751 for the Consideration therein mentioned the 324 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY said Seventy four acres and twenty eight perches * * were fully granted and Confirmed unto the said Michael Bower his Heirs and Assigns for Ever * * * NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred and Seventy five Pounds in specie unto them the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife in Hand Well and truly paid by the said Christian Meyer * * he the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife have granted, bargained, sold, released and Confirmed * * * * unto the said Christian Meyer * * All that above mentioned Tract of Seventy four acres and twenty eight perches * * situate in Hereford Township | formerly taken to be in Colebrookdale | adjoining lands o.f Frantz Latshars, George Zern, other land of said Michael Bower, land of Abraham Bower, now Isaac Bower * * Together with all * * * * hereditaments and appurten- ances unto the said described Seventy four Acres and twenty eight perches * * And the free and uninterrupted Liberty and Privilege and Use of a Road two perches wide Extending from the land herein granted * * over the said Abraham Bowers next adjoining allotment * * along the outside line of the said Isaac Bowers land between him and Frantz Latshars land * * to another allotment or tract of one hundred and eight acres of the said Michael Bower thereunto adjoining to be forever left open to and for the Use of the said Christian Meyer his heirs and Assigns forever * * In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Pres- ents have Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereunto Dated the Day and Year first above written.^ his Sealed and delivered in Michael M B Bower the presence of us mark George Landis her Fronica F B Bower mark OeeD, July 8, 1784. Between Christian Meyer of Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylania, yeoman, and Michael Bower of same place, yeoman, and Fronica his wife, for divers good causes and considerations and especially for and in Consideration of the sum of Five shillings, grant and confirm unto the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife One Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of one hundred Pounds as to be received taken had and issuing out of two Messuages or Tene- ments Plantations & tract of land situate in the Township of Hereford. 1 Commission Book P, No. 1, p. 177. 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THE BAUER FAMILY 325 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said annuity or yearly quit rent charge of One hundred Pounds unto the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife for and during the Natural lifes of y" said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife that he the said Christian Meyer doth covenant prom- ise and agree to well truly pay unto the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife the said Annuity or yearly quit Rent of £ 100 and also that the said Two Messuages or Tenements Plantations or Tracts of land contain- ing 182 acres and 34 perches to be charged with the said Annuity which shall from time to time continue sufficient for the payment of the said annuity during the natural lives of the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife, Provided always nevertheless that the said Christian Meyer shall and do well and truly allow give and deliver unto the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife during the term of their natural life all and each of the following articles. A free and uninterrupted Dwelling and Living in the new dwelling house lately built and erected * * * Item the free Use of all the land and meadow now under fence on one of the said two Tracts, etc. * * and that the said Christian Meyer is hereby bound and obliged to make proper provision that in case Anna the Daughter of the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife and the wife of the said Chris- tian Meyer should survive her said husband that after the decease of the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife the said Anna shall be put in full Right and possession during her natural life of all and every the said articles contained provided and conditioned for in this present Inden- ture for the said Michael Bower and Fronica his wife.^ The accompanying draft shows the extent and location of the land patented to Hans (John) Bauer in 1742, which he devised to his sons, Abraham and Michael.^ A draught of a Tract of Land situate in Hereford Township in the County of Berks and Province of Pennsylvania Granted by the Honb'^ the Proprietaries to John Bower But is now to be conveyed to the Heirs of Abraham Bower The warrant granted to John Bower was dated November 30"^ Anno 1742 formerly Surveyed per Edward Scull Con- taining one Hundred and four acres and 133 perches of Land together 1 Commission Book P, No. 1, p. 182. Reading, Pennsylvania. 2 Patent Book P-3, p. 337. Survey Book A-83, p. 265. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 326 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY with the usual allowance at six per cent for Roads Resurveyed on the 8* Day of October Anno 1761 for the Heirs of the said Abraham Bower. David Schultze '\ 1^' It is probable that both Michael Bauer and his wife Veronica are buried in the graveyard at Hereford Mennonite Meeting House. In his will mention seems to be made of but one child, a daughter, Anna, wife of Christian Moyer. It appears, however, that an arrangement was made between Michael and his wife, Anna, that the daughter, Anna, and her husband, were to care for her ageing parents in consideration of which they would receive, upon Michael's death, the homestead farm. THE BAUER FAMILY 327 Children of Michael Bauer and Veronica Landis:'^ 1. Samuel Bauer, born August 6, 1746; died November 18, 1822; married March 10, 1766, Elizabeth Ziegler. He was a farmer of Douglas Township, Berks County, and buried at Here- ford Mennonite Meeting House. 2. FRONICA BAUER, born April 10, 1756; died September 13, 1840; married ABRAHAM SCHWENK. 3. Anna Bauer, married Christian Moyer of Springfield, Bucks County, Pa. DESCENT FROM HANS BAUER : VIII. Hans Bauer married Anne . VII. Michael Bower married Veronica Landis. VI. Fronica Bower married Abraham Schwenk. V. Jacob Schwenk married Magdalena Ziegler. IV. Elizabeth Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. 1 Stauffer and Bower Genealogy, pp. 66, 106, 131. The LANDIS FAMILY Landis. — Bale. De gu au lion d'or, tenant de sa patte sen. un oiseau d'arg. en pal, le tranchant en bas. Crest. Un lion iss. d'or.^ JOHN LANDIS, with his brothers, Benjamin and Felix, came to America from the vicinity of Manheim, Germany, about the year 1717. They were descendants of a family from the district about Zurich, Switzerland,^ prominent in the Men- nonite faith, which had suffered cruel persecution^ during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries, and were forced to seek refuge in the German Palatinate of which Manheim was the capital. In Hirzel, Switzerland, stands an ancient Landis homestead built in 1488.* In the latter part of the Sixteenth century the Landis family, among others in Switzerland, were noted for their piety and were therefore called Pietists, or Mennonites, being followers of the teachings of Menno. They were sometimes called Ana-baptists. After the persecution of the Protestants by the Catholics had ceased, some of the Protestants of Switzerland were guilty of the same cruel practices as were perpetrated during the Martyrs' Era. Various edicts were issued, 1601-1660, by the Reformed churches against the Ana-baptists, or Mennonites, by which fines were levied, prop- erty was confiscated, and banishment, and even death, decreed. There were others, however, of the Reformed belief, especially the regents of the United Netherlands, who exerted their influences for the protection of these innocent people. Hans Landis, "a pious witness of the Divine truth," was a pietist, or Mennonite, preacher, who resided on the Swiss Rhine and ministered to those who were seeking after righteousness. The Council of Zurich ordered his arrest hoping thus to stop his teach- 1 Reitstap, Armorial Generale, Volume II, p. 16. 2 D. B. Landis, The Landis Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1888. » T. Jan Van Braght, Bloedigh Tooniel, pp. 1003-1018. * C. R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, p. 780. j fl!PME!MJ)SfiMi§j(Ml'y@wa«Mm XII ; ^ 'C puoi'lll-.' .^lkl^^lVllk^01uvlllll| . 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A letter written by a preacher of Zurich, dated July 19-29, 1659, describes the person and character of Hans Landis and the manner of his execution. " 'Hatavier Salr, was present at the decapitation of Hans Landis, which circumstance is still fresh in my memory, having witnessed it at the Wolfs-statt, and the whole transaction seems as vivid to me now as though it had transpired but a few weeks ago,' &c. In the sequel, he describes his person and the manner of his death, as follows: 'Hans Landis was tall of stature, had a long black beard, a little gray, and a masculine voice. Being led out cheerfully with a rope, to Wolfs-statt the place of decollation, the executioner, Mr. Paul Volmar, let the rope fall, raised both hands to heaven, and said: O! God of mercy, to thee be it complained, that you, Hans, have fallen into my hands ; for God's sake forgive me for what I must do to you, &c. Hans consoled the executioner, saying: I have already forgiven you, may God forgive you also; I am well aware that you must execute the sentence of the magis- tracy; be undismayed and see that nothing hinders you in this matter, &c., whereupon he was beheaded. After he was decapitated, the executioner inquired: Lord bailiff of the Kingdom, have I executed this man according to the imperial law and sentence? Otherwise it would be usual to say, this poor man, &c., as though he considered that he had died happy. The people were of the opinion that when the executioner let the rope go he wanted to give Hans an opportunity to escape ; and, moreover, it was a com- mon saying that if he had run off no one would have pursued him.' "The following, from credible witnesses may be added, name- ly; that when the oft-mentioned Hans Landis was awaiting his doom at the place of execution, his wife and child came to him with tears and lamentation, to bid him a last farewell. But when he saw them, he entreated them to depart, so that his resolution to meet his impending fate might not be shaken, and his tranquillity of mind 330 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY disturbed by their tears and sorrowing. This done, and having commended his soul to God, a stroke of the sword put a speedy termination to his life." Although Hans Landis was the last person in that vicinity to be beheaded for religious convictions, persecutions did not cease with his death, as the Martyrs' Mirror, or Bloedigh Tooniel, gives instances of several others of the name who suffered cruel treat- ment during the next fifty years. In May, 1637, "Hans Landis the second, a steadfast minister of the church in Horgerberg and his daughter Margaretha" were confined for more than a year at Othenbach, during which time the authorities confiscated their property selling it for 7000 florins. Three years later, 1640, Oswald Landis, his wife, and two daughters-in-law, were imprisoned at Othenbach, and Jacob Landis, son of Oswald, and all of his family were banished. The two daughters-in-law, with their infants, escaped from prison. Having been deprived of their property, they were forced to wander about in poverty. Felix Landis, son of Hans Landis (beheaded at Zurich, 1614), was also a member of the church at Horgerberg. He, too, was committed to Othenbach and treated with merciless rigor, for they gave him "nothing to eat for several days, so that even some crim- inals, who were confined in an adjoining apartment, had compas- sion on him, and with difficulty conveyed food to him through an opening in the partition. The doorkeepers observing this, he was removed to another prison. They at length gave him some food, but his digestive organs had become so impaired by long-continued fasting, that his stomach refused to retain its food, wherefore, he prepared himself for death. In this state of weakness they carried him to church during the sermon, and (O, inhuman act!) threw him under a bench, where he immediately expired, having previ- ously commended his soul to God. "His wife, Adelheyd Egli, was also kept in durance in Othen- bach, nearly four years. During this period they treated her not only unmercifully, but disgracefully; they threw her into several offensive places, stripped her twice in irons, and for a time took her clothes from her every night, &c. She afterwards escaped from prison with a good conscience. Meantime, the authorities dispersed THE LANDIS FAMILY 331 her family, drove the children among strangers, and then confis- cated her house and furniture, and sold them for 5000 florins. But the rejected and forsaken consoled themselves, according to the words of the Apostle: 'Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, Knowing in yourselves, that ye have in heaven a better and an en- during substance.' " Another incident of interest, recited in the Martyrs' Mirror, is the persecution and death of one Verena Landis, in 1643. The name Verena is no doubt a variant of Veronica, or Fronica, the latter being a family name carried by the Landis and intermarried branches, in America, through many generations. "The house of Verena Landis, an elderly sister, was attacked in the night with such a noise and tumult, that being greatly alarmed, she grew faint and sick, and in consequence of which could not go with the beadles. As she could not accompany them, she was compelled to make a promise that she would remain a prisoner in her own house, which promise she accordingly fulfilled. However, as they treated her very harshly, and supplied her with very bad provisions, death was, in a very short time, the conse- quence; thus she departed her life, full of hope and joy; and be- cause she suffered this for the name of the Lord, he will reward her hereafter with a crown of everlasting bliss, and free her from eternal death, 'And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.' " About 1660, or thereabouts, the Landis family took refuge in Germany, some settling in Zwieburg and Alsace, others locating in the neighborhood of Strasburg, while still others found a home in Manheim where, like the Palatines, they became cultivators of the soil. It was from the vicinity of Manheim that the three brothers, Benjamin, Felix, and John Landis, in 1717, emigrated to Pennsyl- vania. Benjamin, the eldest, settled in what is now Lancaster County, where in 1718, he received by patent from the London Company a tract of two hundred and forty acres of land situated in East Lampeter Township. He was a Mennonite minister and his house became a refuge for many of the Swiss emigrants who enjoyed his hospitality until they were able to secure homes of their own. 332 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Felix Landis, brother of Reverend Benjamin Landis, received a patent from the London Company in 1719-20, for four hundred acres of land on Mill Creek, also in East Lampeter Township. He died in 1739/ John Landis, the third brother, settled in Bucks County, near what is now Shelly,^ where he died 1749-50. Very little is known of him, as few records can be found pertaining to him, particularly no deeds of transfer of property. A persistent but futile search was made for the deed or document referred to in the Genealogy of the Bauer Family, by which the property owned by John Landis came into the possession of the heirs of his daughter, Veronica Landis Bauer. Some time prior to 1738 he entered into an agree- ment with the Proprietaries by which one hundred acres of land lying within the Proprietaries' Manor of Richland in Bucks County, would be granted to him for which he was to pay seven shillings per acre and the yearly quit-rent of one-half penny sterling per acre. In 1738 this tract was surveyed to him, and the following year an order of Warrant was issued returning and establishing the survey. There is no record of a patent being granted, but the following on file in the Land Office at Harrisburg are of interest: Pennsylvania, SS : By the Proprietaries WHEREAS upon an agreement heretofore made with John Landis of the County of Bucks for one hundred acres of land within our Manor of Richland in the said County the same was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and thirty-eight accordingly surveyed but not returned for which (the said John Landis is to pay to our use at the rate or price of seven shillings Money of Pennsylvania and the yearly quit-rent of one half penny sterling for every acre of the same, and now requests that we be pleased to grant him our Warrant in Order for returning and estab- lishing the said survey. Dated at Philadelphia, January 30, 1739.^ In pursuance of a verbal order from the Hon'''^ Thomas Penn Esq' Surveyed the 29* day of December 1738 to John Landis the above 1 D. B. Landis, History of the Landis Family of Lancaster County, Pennsyl- vania, 1888, pp. 12-14. 2 C. R. Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume III, p. 780. 3 Survey Book D, No. 83, p. 159. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS OF BEARER. U<>'..riT'.s:uMrc;iir.ll,n\-uu-.lSlal,.., /{D / 1 JA J t //l ^ RENEWAIS. An American citizen re-*idins in a foreign country and desirinjj the c'ttenaion of tho validity of his possport should mnke applicnlion therefor to ths nearest American diplo- matic or consular office. ,yERiF!CATION BEFORE RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES. This passport should be vcriJied by on American diplomatic or consular ofTicer in or near the city from which tho holder starts on his return trip to the Unitv;d StrJcr., and clivo by such officer in the country from which tho holder proceeds directly to tho United Stat'25. j-:.2 Signature of Ralph Beaver Strassluirger Attached to Passport, October 25, 1920. THE LANDIS FAMILY 333 described tract of land— being part of the Mannor of Richland Situate in the County of Bucks. Containing 100 & 34a with an allowance of Six P C' NicH^ Scull The wife of John Landis was Ann, surname unknown, who survived her husband. Nothing is known of their burial place. John Landis made a will, dated September 26, 1747, which was probated May 1, 1750. It was written in German and in it he calls himself of "Lower Millford Township," Bucks County.' Will of John Landus, 1750 Lower Millford Township in Bucks County Dated the 26* Day of September 1747. I John Landus being at present of sound under- standing have made this my Last Will and Testament in manner following, First I do give my Lands, namely, one Hundred and twenty five acres with the Improvements unto my Son Samuel Landus That is to say, for one hundred and fifty Pounds of w'^'' he shall draw a share. Secondly I John Landus do hereby give unto my wife Ann Landus (beside her share) our Bed and Bedstead two Cows of her Choosing amongst my Cows and the Still Kettle, and one Horse (Paul) of my Horses, and three Sheep. Further I do give unto my wife one third part of all my Estate real and Personal be it Lands or Cattle or any other thing. Further shall she dureing her widowhood, have Room and Priviledge to live on my Land in my House and of the Stove room Kitchen, Cellar and what room she has occasion for as also to the still Kettle, but if her having room in the said House and Stove Room could not be Effected in Peace and Unity then a house with a warm Room shall be Built and added to my House, and firewood ready for use be delivered to her Door. Further shall she have necessarys of Life of my Land Yearly twenty Bushels of Grain to witt one half part to be Wheat and the other part Rye, one hundred and fifty Pounds of Pork and fifty Pounds of Beef, one third part of the Kitchen Garden, and one third part of the orchard Fruit and thirty Pounds of fflax the said above mentioned Parts and things my said Son Samuel Landus shall give unto his Mother out of my said Lands, besides her share of the said one hundred and fifty Pounds and he shall also keep for her in free fodder 1 Survey Book D, No. 83, p. 202. Harrisburg, Philadelphia. 2 Will Book I, p. 397. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 334 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and stabling, two Cows, a Horse, or Mare and three sheep as well Provided for as his own. And concerning my young children they shall have House room along with their Mother, till they can earn their own Bread The above necessaries of Life my s'^ Wife may Enjoy with my said Son at one Table, as long as both Parties like it, but if it wont suit no Longer, then she shall receive the above in Fact to Enjoy the same at her Own Table during Her Widowhood. Further it is my will that my said Son Samuel shall gradually pay for the said Land Namely Fifteen Pounds within one Year next after my decease and the like Sum every Year untill the whole is paid off all at certain appointed Times, without Interest and therefore I do hereby give full power unto my Executors to make a title unto my said son Samuel for my said Land as good as I could do myself. Further touching my moveables, I leave the management thereof unto my Executors and my Heirs to dispose of them to the best advantage Either by Vendue or Sell them otherways, only that honesty be observed. And out of the above all my Just debts shall be paid and Satisfied. And all the residue of my Estate (including what they have of me received already) shall be Equally divided amongst my children share and share alike and such Division shall be made when my Youngest Son shall be Nineteen Years old which shall be in Jan- uary in year 1759. Furthermore I do Nominate my Brother in law Jacob Musselman and my son Jacob Landus to be my Executors hoping they will take care of my Widow and Children as good as they can so that each of them may get his share. Moreover I do desire that this my Last Will and Testament may by my Wife and Children be received as such and live peacebly according to the same WITNESS my own hand in the presence of Johannes Funck J^ /\ George Ackerman j O I I do hereby certify that the foregoing Instrument purport the Last Will and Testament o.f John Landus deceased to be a true and genuine translation of the tenor and Contents of the original in the German Tongue Witness my hand Feb^ 13, 1749/50. Christ" Lehman Transl"" ibim BE IT REMEMBERED that on the P' May 1750 the Last Will and Testament of John Landus deceased was Proved in due form of THE LANDIS FAMILY 335 Law and Probated and Letters Testamentary were granted to the said Exec" therein named being first solemnly affirmed well and truly to administer the said Dec'd estate and to bring an Inventory thereof into the Reg'' Gen' Office at Philadelphia at or before the 1^' of June next and render a true account when thereunto Lawfully required. Given under the seal of the said office.^ W Plumstead Reg"^ Gen'. Inventory of the Late John Landus Decd Exhibited 22 Day August, 1751 Of All the Personal Estate of John Landus of the Great Swamp in Lower Millford Township in the County of Bucks, Dec'd, to wit of the Cash Bonds Notes Book Debts Horses, Mares Cattle Sheep Hogs & Household good Taken by the Subscribers the twelf day of April Anno Dom. 1748. Imprimis £ ■ To Cash To a Note from Michael Goodman 8 To a Note from John George Herg 3 To a Note from Samuel Bechtell 1 To all the Book debts 9 To a Hatchell To an Iron Pott To a flfrying Pan To a Water Spout To a Copper Pan To a Tin Quart half pint & Funnell To two Iron Pans To a Pewter Tankard To a Copper Sauce Pan a Saimer, fflesh ffork & Iron Ladle To a Pint To a p'' of Tongues & a pruning knife To an Iron Pan To an Augur & Chissell s. D. 15 14 18 1 5 3 5 7 6 3 2 10 5 4 6 4 6 4 6 3 5 1 Original Papers, No. 255. Register of Wills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 336 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To ffive Plates & a strainer 1 To an Iron Pott 6 To a hand Saw & Drawing Knife 6 To two Pewter Basins, three Plates & Eleven Spoons. . 18 To a Gun 1 5 To three Delft Plates 1 6 To Coopers Ware 4 29 1 5 Brought over from the other side £29 1 5 To Seven Loaf Baskets 1 6 To Six Glass Bottles and a Stone Jug 4 To a Sheep Shears 1 3 To a pair of Wool Card 2 To a Bell 1 To a B— 1 To a Spice Box Some Spice & Salt Box 2 6 To a Saddle 15 To Some Trailers & Traces 1 To pair Bellys 1 To Sundry Cyder Casks big and small 1 5 To five Laythes 1 6 To three Seckels 2 6 To an Ax 2 6 To a Hammer & an Iron Plane 5 To Two Axes 4 To a Dresser and a Meal Chest 1 4 To a Grubbing how 5 To two Baskets 1 To an Iron Stove 5 To a new chest in the Room 7 To an old chest 5 To two new chests 1 5 To two Spinning Wheels 9 To three Bedsteads 15 To a Bed in the Corner of the Room 1 10 To Another Bed in the Room 1 10 To Another Bed 1 10 k^ //.)//.) y^/y^^ .V-iitei-. /,' /fc'k '■iJ^ .24>^-- !■*?!' .t .i./^-.«.- ^i -, «^fta2o ''^'" '^ ^i^ YtSuiZol^ 1 ^ /«^^^ lot -•• / I.:'! Sir r- !• I oc: Official Visas Covering Continental Tour, 1920-21. THE LANDIS FAMILY 337 To a Large Spinning Wheel 3 To a Bible 1 To a Hymn Book a Catechism & two Psalm Books 6 Carried over £48 1 2 Brought over from other side 48 1 2 To a Bible 4 To a Maul & Wedges 2 6 To a Waggon 4 10 To a Plow & Harrow 1 10 To a Wind Mill to clean Corn & a Grind Stone 3 7 To a Young Brown Mare 4 To a Young Black Horse 8 14 To a Pacing Mare 11 10 To a Roan Horse 5 To a Sow 1 5 To Eleven Sheep 3 6 To a Dung Fork & Hook & Pitch Fork 10 To Five Cows 10 15 To Two Heiffers 3 10 To a Bull 1 5 To Two Red Heiffers & a Black One 3 To Five Calves 2 10 To Black Heiffer 15 To Another Heiffer 15 To Another Heiffer 15 To Two Cows 2 To One Cow 1 5 To ffive Hogs 1 Totall £119 8 Land appraised 150 — — Witness our Hand £269 8 Hans Yoder his Hans HD Driessell mark Abraham Shaly 338 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY I do hereby Certifie the foregoing to be a True and genuine Trans- lation & Copy of the Original Inventory in the German Language hereunto annexed. Witness my hand Christ'^ Lehman Transl'' ibim. Account of Estate John Landus, Deceased^ 1758 The Accompt of Jacob Landus Surviving Execu"' of the Last Will and Testament of John Landus Deced as well as all and Singular, the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits which were of the s'^ Deced' which Came to the Hands of this Accomp* as of his several payments and Disbursements made out of the same as follows, viz'. Imprimis 1751 The said accomptant Charges himself with all Aug. 22 and Singular the Goods Chattels rights and Credits which were of s"^ Deced' as mentioned in an Inventory thereof Exhibited into & remain- ing in the Reg' Gen'^ Office at Philad^ An" Do The said Accomp' further Charges himself with the following Sums lent or paid to his Children in his lifetime & to be accounted for as by his Will to wit Jacob Landus reced £ 32 8 3 John Landus reced 13 3 6 Barbara Landus reced 20 12 9 Dr. 269 8 £ 66 4 6 £335 ITEM May 1 The said accomptant prays allowance for his Sev'l payments & Disbursements Made out of the same as follows viz' By Cash p^ for Probate of y^ Will & Inv'^ £ 1 F^ Jacob Grove & Abraham Veichtell p"" rec't .... 5 Pd for Translating the will & Inv'^ 1 1 3 10 6 ■£Pt .pE. JUSXt^ k KUCI Visa -K» ...':!.' ->-«A^. pour OJ-p^a'. jt^H^ Oenivo, It -^/ ^Skh^A IJL& r» v /3? •^^■t^^^a*< p. or :■? rew5xe e^i AlleUftgTiO . Le ppri-^ur doi". s'adrcaaor p. ur I'cnt rp?' ■- . '.lOMftne. Washington. Ci. C, I o.,5!/><>&:^':?2 ^- fi. M. Vice-Consul tfflahixigton, D. c. Official Visas Coverinc^ Continental Tour, 1920-21. THE MARKLEY FAMILY 345 "Jacob Merckel and wife Barbara were sponsors for Jacob, son of Jurg Schwenck and wife Euphronica, born 7th June, baptized 3rd August, 1755." Among the members of the Congregation who promised to contribute yearly to the "Salery of the Reverd Parstor Muhlen- berg" November 27, 1760, were:' Jacob Merckle, 15s. Abraham Merckle, 10s. Philip Merckle, 10s. George Schwenck, 7s. 6d. At the outbreak of hostilities with England, the Continental Congress, on July 18, 1775, then convening in Philadelphia, passed the following resolution : ^ "In Congress, 18th July, 1775. "Resolved, That it be recommended to the Inhabitants of the United English Colonies in North America, that all able-Bodied effective Men, between 16 & 50 years of age, in each Colony, immediately form them- selves into regular Companies of Militia, to consist of one Captain, two Lieutenants, One Ensign, four Serjeants, four Corporals, One Clerk, one Drummer, one Fifer, and about Sixty-eight Privates. "That the Officers of each Company be chosen by the respective Companies. "That the Companies be formed into Regiments or Battalions, Officer'd with a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, an Adjutant or Quarter Master. "That all Officers above the Rank of a Captain be appointed by their respective Provincial Assemblies or Conventions, or in their recess by the Committees of Safety appointed by said Assemblies or Conventions. "That all Officers be Commission'd by the Provincial Assemblies or Conventions, or in their recess by the Committees of Safety appointed by said Assemblies or Conventions. "As there are some people who, from religious principles, cannot bear arms in any case, this Congress intend no violence to their consciences, but earnestly recommend it to them to contribute liberally to the relief ^ Records Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery- County, Pennsylvania. 2 Journals of the Continental Congress, Volume II, p. 187. 346 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY of their distressed brethren, in their several colonies, and to do all other services to their oppressed Country which they can consistently with their religious principles. *!* 't* 'J* 'T^ "That it be recommended to each Colony to appoint a Committee of Safety, to superintend and direct all matters necessary for the Security and defense of their respective Colonies in the recess of their Assemblies and Conventions. *** Charles Thomson^ Sec'ty." In pursuance of this order, the citizens of Philadelphia County met and formed themselves into companies of associators and elected their field officers. The return of the First Battalion, which included Perkiomen and Skippack townships, shows that Daniel Heister, Jr., Esquire, was chosen Colonel; Jacob Reed, Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel, and Jacob Markley, Esquire, Major. Jacob Markley was now in his 76th year, and the fact that he was chosen despite his years to hold this important military office certainly is an indication that he was in most hearty sympathy with the Ameri- can cause. It is not known if he accepted this office, or if at any time he performed actual service in the field. Colonel Heister's Regi- ment was ordered to Swede's Ford, on duty, but the Revolutionary rolls, as they appear in the Pennsylvania Archives, do not again name Major Jacob Markley, though he was known as Major Mark- ley the rest of his life. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY ASSOCIATORS 1777. (a.) To His Excellency Thomas Wharton, Jr., Esquire, President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Agreeable to the directions of the Militia Law of this Commonwealth, the Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants for the County of Philadelphia hav- ing Attended the Elections of the several Districts for Field Officers, do return the following Gentlemen as duly Elected for the said districts : First Battalion. Upper Salford, Lower Salford, Franconia, Towamensing, Hatfields, & Perkiomen & Skippach.^ 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume I, p. 60S. V 2 Ph Pi e by] U o g (J a; ft H O d U H O a; THE MARKLEY FAMILY 347 Colonel. Daniel Heister, Jr., Esq. Lieutenant Colonel. Jacob Reed, Esq. Major. Jacob Markley, Esq. It is interesting to note that the Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, of which Major Markley and his family were members, was under the charge of the venerable and beloved pastor, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, founder of the Lutheran Church in Amer- ica. His eldest son, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, born in the village of Trappe, October 1, 1746, was educated in Halle, Ger- many; he was ordained, 1768, and became rector of Zion's and St. Paul's Church in New Jersey. He was stationed in Virginia, serv- ing as pastor to the Lutheran congregations in that colony, when the Revolutionary War broke out. He had been an active supporter of the American cause from the beginning, having been appointed a member of the Committee of Safety of Drumore County, Va., and at once became its ruling spirit. It was there, at Woodstock, that he preached his powerful sermon on the sacred character of the struggle in which the colonies were engaged. At the conclusion of the sermon he said: "That it was the language of the Holy Writ there was a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times had passed and there was a time to fight, and that time had now come." Pronouncing the benediction, he deliberately put off his gown and stood before his people clad in the uniform of a Continental officer. Descending from the pulpit he ordered the drums beat and then and there nearly three hundred of his church- men enlisted under his banner. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General of the Army, held many positions of trust and influence both in Virginia and Pennsylvania, being elected to the Vice-Presi- dency of his home State, Pennsylvania, 1785; served in the First, Second and Third Continental Congresses, member State Assem- bly and United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1800, and Major General Pennsylvania Militia from 1800 until his death, October 348 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY 1, 1807. He is buried at Augustus Lutheran Church, at Trappe, Pennsylvania/ Barbara Dotterer, wife of Jacob Markley, died July 24, 1738. On July 29, 1739, he married (second) Barbara Rausch, who was born April 14, 1714. The third daughter of this marriage, born November 9, 1744, was christened May 28, 1745, by the pastor of the Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church. The old Lutheran Family Bible of the Markleys was printed in Nuremberg, 1725. It contains a lengthy family record written by Jacob Markley, the original owner, Philip Markley, his son, and George Boyer, a later descendant. Following is a copy of the earliest record:^ Jacob Markley (to whom this Bible originally belonged) was joined in Holy Matrimony to Barbara Dodderer on the 13th day of February, Anno Domini 1722, and they begat the following children, tO' wit: 1st A son born 2nd A son born on the last Sunday the 27th day, in the month of August, A.D. 1725, baptized and named Philip. His godfather and godmother were his grandparents, George Philip Dodderer and Fronica his wife. 3rd A daughter born New Years day, 1727, but died soon after. 4th Isaac Markley, Born 1729. 5th Veronica Markley, Born April 1, 1732. 6th Rebecca Markley. 7th A daughter born April 9, A.D. baptized and named her sponsors in baptism were her parents. 8th A daughter, born April 1st, A.D. 1732, baptized May 4th and named Fronica, her sponsors were (German and unde- cipherable). 9th A daughter, born May 27th, A.D. 1736, baptized July 18, and named Christina. 10th A daughter born May 9th, 1738, and named Catherine. July 24, 1738, the above named Barbara (late Barbara Dod- derer) wife of Jacob Markley, died. 1 Records Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa. 2 Dotterer Manuscripts, Notes, Volume XII, p. 3. THE MARKLEY FAMILY 349 2nd wife, July 29, 1739, the said Jacob Markley again married to Barbara Kausch [Rausch] (which said Barbara Kausch was born April 14th A. D. 1714). 11th A daughter born February 15th, 1741. August 29th, 1784, the above named Jacob Marckley died. From the above record we find that Jacob Markley died August 29, 1784, in his 84th year. He made a will June 10, 1779, which was probated January 24, 1785: Will of Jacob Markly, 1785. BE IT remembered That I Jacob Markly of the Township of Skip- pack and Perkioming in the County of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania Yeoman, being, (by divine favor) in my Usual health, and of sound dispos- ing mind and memory but Calling to mind the mortality of my Body, and that it is appointed for all men once to die do think fit this tenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, the which I do in the following manner and form that is to say. In the first place it is my will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral Expences be duly paid & discharg"*, Satisfied out of my estate by my Executors, here- after named - - 2d. I give and Bequeathe to my beloved wife Barbara, her Bed Bedstead and all the beding thereunto belonging, such part of the pewter and Earthen ware as she shall Judge necessary for her one Round walnut table, two Chairs, two Iron potts, one Teakettle and all the Tea tackling, and one Cow, all which to be to the use of her my said wife, during her natural life, and I further give unto my said wife during the term of her natural life the free and uninterupted use of our present lodging room and the Kitchen & I further give to my said wife the yearly Interest of one hundred & fifty pounds during her natural life - - 31y, And as my soninlaw Jacob Brutzman has agreed to farm my Plantation and Render me the third Bushel it is my will and I do order that he shall have it at the same rate after my decease during the natural life of my said wife he to keep her Cow and find her firewood ready Cut, at the door My wife to have as much of the said third part of grain as will be necessary for her use and the Remainder to be deliver'* to my Executors for the Benefit of my Children and if the roof of the said Kitchen or lodging room shall need repairing During the life of my said wife I order my Executors to get it done, and defray the Expence thereof out of my estate - - 4thly It is my will and I do order that as soon as Conveniently may be 350 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY after the decease of my said wife my Executors or the Survivor of them shall sell by public sale my Plantation whereon I now live, for the best price that can be had for the same, and also sell such of my Moveables as shall then be Remaining and I do hereby authorize and impower my Exe- cutors or the survivor of them to make sale, deliver & perfect Deed or deeds, Conveyance or Conveyances Sufficient in the law for conveying and assuring all my lands and Tenaments with all the Appurtenances unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof his her or their heirs and assigns forever, as fully freely & absolutely to all intent and purposes as I myself might or Could have done when living and personally present - - Sthly I give unto my daughter Elianor wife of Tobias Boganer the sum of five shillings - - 6thly And I do order that the monies arising by the Sale afores<^ and all other my Estate shall be divided into eleven equal Shares or parts which I give & bequeathe as follows one share to my son Abraham, one share to my son Philip one share to my son Isaac one share to the five Children of my Daughter Vronica, one share to my Daughter Chris- tianna the wife of William antis, one share to my Daughter Elizabeth Benner one share to my daughter Barbarah wife of John Smith, one share to my daughter Rebekah wife of Frederick Isaac, one share to my daugh- ter Hannah wife of Jacob Brutzman, one share to my daughter Caterine, and one share I give to my two sons Abraham and Isaac in trust only, and to and for the use of my daughter Elianor Boganer to be paid and laid out to or for her in such sums and in such manner as my said sons or the survivor of them shall think fit, but in case of the death of her Husband then her share so left in trust to be paid to her, and in Case of her death before the said share is expended by my Executors then what remains thereof to be equally divided to & amongst all her Children 7thly and it is my will that if any of my other Children should happen to die before the division afores"* the share or part of every such Child shall be equally divided between his or her Children 8th and it is also my will that if after the payment of my Debts and funeral Expences any of my personal estate shall remain unapropriated that the same shall be divided in the same manner as herein mentioned and that as soon as Conveniently may be after my decease 9th and it is my will that what my Children have Respectively receiv. according To the account by me kept, and herein inserted, Shall be deemed and accounted at the final settlement and division of my estate as part of their respective Shares in order that equal Justice may be done to all, that is to say my son Abraham Received forty pounds, my son Phillip thirty pounds, my son Isaac twenty pounds eighteen Shillings, Vronica fourteen pounds fifteen shillings, Chris- tianna ten pounds twelve shillings Elizabeth thirteen pounds eighteen THE MARKLEY FAMILY 351 Shillings & six pence Barbarah twenty seven pounds eleven shillings, Rebekah seven pounds nine Shillings, Elianor thirty pounds eleven shill- ings and six pence Hannah sixteen pounds ten shillings, Caterine ten pounds two shillings. And I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my two sons Abraham & Isaac Executors of this my last will and Testa- ment, and I do hereby Utterly disallow Revoke and disanul all and every other former wills, Testaments, Legacies, and Executors by me in any wise before this time named, Willed or Bequeathed, Ratifieing and Con- firming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal the day and Year first above written.^ Jacob Maekly Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Jacob Markly the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers William Penebacer Jacob Markley Cord weiner The foregoing witnesses haveing been duly qualified and the will proved probate was granted unto Abraham Markley & Isaac Markley they having first duly afirmed well and truly to perform the same to exhibit a true and perfect Inventory and render a true & just account according to law. Given from under my hand and seal this 24"' day of January A" D' 1785. Fredk A. Muhlenberg, Register. Although a diligent search has been made, the burial place of Jacob Markley and his two wives has not been ascertained. In all probability they were buried in the graveyard belonging to the Lutheran Church at Trappe, of which he and his family were for many years prominently associated, but if so, no tombstones are now standing to mark their graves. Or he may have been interred in the Falkner Swamp Lutheran churchyard with which congre- gation he was later identified. Jacob Markley left many worthy descendants. Numerous of them served in the Revolutionary War and other conflicts into which the United States later engaged, while others entered professional or commercial life, many of whom attained high positions in their own particular field of ■endeavor. 1 Will Book No. 1, p. 19. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 352 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Children of Jacob Markley and Barbara Dottererp- 1. Abraham Markley, born August 12, 1723; married September, 1745, Barbara Ickes. 2. Philip Markley, born August 27, 1725 ; married December 16, 1746, Mary Johnson. 3. A daughter, born on New Year's Day, 1727 ; died soon after. 4. Isaac Markley, born May 24, 1729 ; married Sarah . 5. VERONICA MARKLEY, born April 1, 1732; married April 30, 1751, GEORGE SCHWENK; died October 2, 1777. 6. Rebecca Markley, married Frederick Isaac (Isett). 7. Christina Markley, born May 27, 1736; married Col. William Antes, of Frederick Township. 8. Catherine Markley, born May 9, 1738; married July 13, 1757, Christian Brennemann. Children of Jacob Markley and Barbara Rausch: 9. Eleanor Markley, born February 5, 1741 ; confirmed June 1, 1760; married Tobias Boganer. 10. Elizabeth Markley, married Paulus Benner. 11. Mary Magdalena Markley, born November 9, 1744.^ 12. Barbara Markley, born October 6, 1746; married March 28, 1772, John Smith.^ 13. Hannah Markley, married January 11, 1774, Jacob Brotzman. DESCENT FROM JORG MERKLIN. X. Jorg Merklin married Eva . IX. Abraham Merkle married Veronica . VIII. Jacob Markley married Barbara Dotterer. VII. Veronica Markley married George Schwenk. VI. Abraham Schwenk married Veronica Bauer. V. Jacob Schwenk married Magdalena Ziegler. IV. Elizabeth Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. 1 "The Markley Freundschaft, 1884." Descendants of Jacob Markley, of Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Published by the Markley Freund- schaft. 1884. pp. S, 8. 2 Records Falkner Swamp Ltitheran Church, Montgomery County, Pa. 3 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. II, p. 196. Old Mill on Normandy Farm. Originally built in 1744. Rebuilt in 1835. The DOTTERER FAMILY GEORGE PHILIP DODDERER was born in Europe and came to Pennsylvania with his wife Veronica and seven children, very early in the eighteenth century. Neither his birthplace nor the date of his arrival in this country has been ascertained. Several years before his death, Mr. Henry S. Dotterer, from whose collection much of the following history has been adduced, made an attempt while in Germany to trace the ancestry of George Philip Dotterer, and, although he was unsuccessful in finding the record of birth of the American ancestor, there seems to be very good reason to believe that he came from the District of Wiirtemburg as the church books of Bonningheim, Buchelberg, Murrhardt, Idestein, and Heilbronn, all in Wiirtemburg, show a great many of the surname Doderer, the Christian names, in a number of in- stances, being identical with those of the American family.^ The name Dotterer is a very unusual one, and very few of the early names borne by the German emigrants coming to Pennsyl- vania, appear in more varied form upon our public records. It is just as often spelled with a "T" as a "D", a "u" as an "o", while the final syllable is as frequently a as er. In each case we have made it a point to preserve the form as it appears in the original document quoted. A study of the probable derivation of this name may, to a great extent, explain the difficulty English clerks seem to have exper- ienced in recording it. In the Teutonic name system the root mean- ing affection or fondness is Dod, Tod or Tot, Old German Dodo or Doddo, English Todd or Dodd. When compounded with Hari (Warrior) in Old German, the Ninth Century, it became Dothari or with Ric (power) Dothrih. The English forms are Dotry, Doddridge, Dottridge.^ 1 Henry S. Dotterer, The Dotterer Family, pp. 129, 132. 2 Robert Fergueson, Teutonic Name System.. Applied to Family Names in France, England and Germany. 354 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY The earliest record we have concerning George Philip Dodderer is a deed dated December 22, 1 722, for a tract of one hun- dred acres of land lying in what is now Frederick township, Mont- gomery County, Pennsylvania, which he purchased of Hans Newes or Nyce. In the deed his occupation is given as that of carpenter. Deed: Hans Newes et ux to George Philip Duddra, 1722 ^J)IS SnDCntUtC, Made the twenty second day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and twenty two, between Hans Newes of the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, and Yonecan his wife of the one part. And George Philip Duddra of Falkners Swamp in the County of Philadelphia in the said Province, Carpenter, of the other part. Witness- eth, That the said Hans Newes and Yonecan his wife for and in consid- eration of the sum of Twenty one pounds lawful money of America to them in hand paid by the said George Philip Duddra at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowl- edge and thereof do acquit and forever discharge the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns by these presents, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bar- gain, sell, alien, enfeoff and confirm unto the said George Philip Duddra, A Certain Tract or piece of land situate in the same county. Beginning at a post being a corner of James Steel's land thence by the same Southeast Eighty perches to a post, thence by the land of Henry Grubb North east Two hundred perches to a small White Oak sapling, thence by other land of the said Hans Newes North west eighty perches to a post, thence by the said Newes' land South West Two hundred perches to the place of beginning. Containing One hundred acres. Together with all and sin- gular the ways, woods, underwoods, waters, water-courses, meadows, swamps, rights, liberties, priviledges, improvements; hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertain- ing, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. To have and to hold the said tract or piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns, To the only proper use and behoof of the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns forever Under the yearly Quit Rent hereafter accrueing for the same to the Chief Lord of the Fee thereof. And the said Hans Newes and his heirs the said Tract or piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be granted with the appurtenances unto THE DOTTERER FAMILY 355 the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns against him the said Hans Newes and Yonecan his wife his heirs and assigns, and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever shall and will, warrant and forever Defend by these presents. And the said Hans Newes for himself his heirs, executors and administrators doth covenant promise and grant to and with the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns by these presents in manner following, that is to say, that he the said Hans Newes at the time of the sealing and delivery of this present Indenture is the true, sole and lawful owner and proprietor of the said tract or piece of land, hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be granted with the appurtenances, and is lawfully rightfully and absolutely seized thereo.f and every part and parcel thereof as of a good sure, abso- lute and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple, without any con- dition, contingent proviso, limitation or other restraint matter or thing whatsoever to alter defeat or determine the same. And that he the said Hans Newes will continue so seized of the demises and of every part thereof until a good sure perfect and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple shall be thereof vested in the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns according to the purport and true meaning of these presents. And that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted and discharged of and .from all and all manner of former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, Leases, Mortgages, Joyntures, Dowers, Wills, Intails, Annuities, Rents, Arrearages of Rent, Titles, Charges and Incum- brances whatsoever (The Quit Rent aforesaid and as hereafter accrueing only excepted and preferred) And that he the said Hans Newes and Yonecan his wife and his heirs and all and every other person and per- sons whatsoever having or lawfully claiming or that shall or may at any time or times hereafter so have or claim any Estate, Right, Title or Inter- est of in or to the Premises or any part or parcel thereof Shall and will at any time or times hereafter upon the reasonable request cost and charges in law of the said George Philip Duddra his heirs or assigns make execute and acknowledge or cause so to be all and every such further and other reasonable Act and Acts, Deed or Deeds, Devise or Devises in law whatsoever for the further and better assurance and confirmation of the said Tract or piece o.f land, hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned to be granted with the appurtenances unto the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns as by him or them or by his or their council learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised, advised or required. In Witness Whereof, the said parties to these presents have inter- 356 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY changeably set their hands and seals, dated the day and year above written.^ Hans Newes Sealed and Delivered in the her presence of us. By the said Yonecan X Newes Cha. Osborne mark Jos. Watson. On February 3, 1725, he acquired another tract of fifty acres from the same. iH^fiiS 3n Denture, Made the third day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and tv^^enty five. Betv^^een Hans Newes of the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia in the Prov- ince of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, and Yonecan his wife of the one part. And George Philip Duddra of Falkner's Swamp in the County of Philadel- phia in the said Province, Carpenter of the other part. Witnesseth, that the said Hans Newes and Yonecan his wife for and in consideration of the sum of Sixteen pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence, lawful money of Pennsylvania to them in hand paid by the said George Philip Duddra, at or before the sealing or delivering hereof, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit and forever discharge, the said George Philip Duddra his heirs and assigns by these presents Have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release and confirm unto the said George Philip Duddra (in his actual possession and seizen now being by force and virtue of a bargain and sale unto him made by the said Hans Newes and Yonecan his wife for the term of one year from the day next before the day of the date thereof by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date hereof made between the same parties as these presents, and by force and virtue of the statutes made for transferring of uses into possession) and to his heirs and assigns. A certain tract or parcel of land situated in the said county of Phila- delphia. Beginning at a white oak marked for a corner, thence north- west by vacant land ninety eight perches to a post by a corner of Michael Duddra's land thence by the same and John Newes land southwest Two hundred and forty six perches to a post by a corner of John Newe's land thence by the same land South east eighteen perches to a post at a corner 1 Deed Book F No. 3, p. 329. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. THE DOTTERER FAMILY 357 of other land of said George Philip Duddra, thence by the same north east two hundred perches to another corner of his other land, thence by the same South east Eighty perches, thence by vacant land north east forty six perches to the place of beginning. Containing fifty acres. * * * In Witness Whereof, the said parties to these presents have inter- changeably set their hands and seals hereunto. Dated the day and year first above written.^ Hans Newes her YoNECAN X Newes mark George Philip Dodderer then applied to the Proprietaries of the Commonwealth for a survey and confirmation of these two tracts. Accordingly on March 24, 1736, he was granted a patent for the same. This patent, as on record in the Land Office at Har- risburg, reads: Patent to George Philip Totherah Al^ Duddera, 1736 JOHN PENN, THOMAS PENN and RICHARD PENN, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware. To all unto whom these Presents shall come. Greeting : tjjSiifZttdiS^ in and by Deeds indented of Lease and Release bearing Date respectively the eleventh and twelfth days of October in the year of our Lord 1681 for the consideration therein mentioned our late Father William Penn Esq"^ then Proprietary and Governor in Chief of our said Province did grant and release unto William Bacon of the Midle Temple Gen* the quantity of five thousand acres of Land to be surveyed within our said Province To Hold to him his Heirs and Assigns forever Under the yearly Quitrent of one shilling (sterling) for every hundred acres of the same And WHEREAS in and by other Deeds of Lease and Release bear- ing date the nineteenth and twentieth days of February Anno 1718 For the consideration therein mentioned he the said William Bacon did grant and release the same quantity of Five thousand acres of Land and prem- ises with the appurtenances unto Humphry Murry and John Budd then 1 Deed Book F No. 3, p. 330. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 358 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY of the City of Philadelphia To Hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever, And to the end and purpoe that the same quantity of Land might be accordingly surveyed two several Warrants at the instance and request of the said Humphry Murry and John Budd were granted by the late Commissioners of Property under our lesser seal bearing date respec- tively the fifth day of the third month and the twenty eighth day of the sixth month Anno 1719 And the said Humphry Murry and John Budd haveing by like Deeds of Lease and Release of the twenty-fifth and twenty- sixth days of October Anno 1720 granted unto Hans Newes then of the Northern Liberties of Phil'' since deceased the quantity of seven hundred twenty-five acres part of the said five thousand acres of Land the same was surveyed and laid out unto the said Hans Newes in two several tracts one of five hundred the other two hundred twenty five acres on the second and third days of November then next ensuing lying near the Branches of Parkeawming Creek in the County of Philadelphia as in and by the sur- veys thereof remaining in our Surveyor Generals Office may appear And WHEREAS in and by two certain Deeds the one bearing date the twenty second day of December 1722 and the other the fourth day of February 1725 he the said Hans Newes and lonecan al^ Yonecan his wife For the consideration therein respectively mentioned did grant and convey unto George Philip Totherah al^ Duddera his heirs and assigns the quantity of one hundred and fifty acres of the tract of Five Hundred acres surveyed as aforesaid being since circumscribed within the bounds of Fredericks Township Beginning at a White Oak in a line of the said George Philip Totherah's other land thence by land now or late of Henry Grubb south west two hundred forty six perches to a corner of the land late of James Steel then north west ninety eight perches part thereof by the land last mentioned and part by land of John Newes thence by the said John Newes Land and land of Michael Totherah North East two hundred forty six perches to a line of the said George Philip Totherah's other land thence by the same South East ninety eight perches to the place of beginning Con- taining one hundred and fifty acres as in and by the survey and division of the same remaining in our Surveyor General's Office and from thence certified into our Secretary's Office may appear. Now at the instance and request of the said George Philip Totherah that we would be pleased to grant him a confirmation of the said one hun- dred and fifty acres of Land according to the situation and survey af ores'*, Know Ye, That in consideration of the several grants matters and things herein before recited, and for the Yearly Quit-Rent hereinafter mentioned and reserved. We have given, granted, released and confirmed, and by these presents, .for us, our heirs and successors. Do give, grant, release and THE DOTTERER FAMILY 359 confirm unto the said George Philip Totherah and his heirs the said one hundred and fifty acres of land, as the same is now set forth, bounded and limited as aforesaid; with all Mines, Minerals, Quarries, Meadows, Marshes, Savannahs, Swamps, Cripples, Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Trees, Ways, Waters, Water-courses, Liberties, Profits, Commodities, Advantages, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said one hundred and fifty acres of land belonging or in any wise appertaining and lying within the bounds and limits aforesaid, (all Royal mines only excepted and hereby reserved,) and also free leave, right and liberty to and for the said George Philip Totherah his heirs and assigns, to hawk, hunt, fish and fowl, in and upon the hereby granted land and premises or upon any part thereof : To Have and to Hold the said one hundred and fifty acres of land and premises hereby granted, (except before excepted,) with their appurtenances unto the said George Philip Totherah his heirs and assigns. To the only use and behoof of the said George Philip Toth- erah his heirs and assigns forever : To be holden of us, our heirs and suc- cessors, Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, as of our Manor of Springsbury in the County of Philadelphia aforesaid, in free and common socage by fealty only, in lieu of all other services, Yielding and Paying therefor yearly unto us, our heirs and successors, at the City of Philadelphia, at or upon the first day of March in every year, from the first day of this instant March, one English silver shilling for the one hundred acres, and in pro- portion for the fifty acres, or value thereof in coin-current, according as the exchange shall then be between our said province and the city of London, to such person or persons as shall, from time to time, be appointed to receive the same. And in case of non-payment therein within ninety days next after the same shall become due, that then it shall and may be lawful for us, our heirs and successors, our and their receiver or receiv- ers, into and upon the hereby granted land and premises to re-enter, and the same to hold and possess until the Quit-rent, and all the arrears thereof, together with the charges accruing by means of such non-pay- ment and re-entry aforesaid, be fully paid and discharged. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Thomas Penn by virtue of the powers and authorities to him granted by the said John and Richard Penn and of his own right caused the Great Seal of the said province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia, this twenty first day of March Anno D" 1736 the tenth year of the reign of King George the Second over Great Britain, &c., and the nineteenth year of our Government.^ Tho. Penn (L. S.) 1 Patent Book A, Vol. 8, p. 201. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 360 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY In pursuance of another warrant from the Proprietaries dated May 29, 1734, he was enabled to add still another one hundred acres to his possessions. This third tract was surveyed and finally confirmed to him by patent March 24, 1738. Patent to George Philip Totherah, 1738 JOHN PENN, THOMAS PENN and RICHARD PENN, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware. To all unto whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS, in pursuance and by virtue of a warrant under our lesser seal being date the twenty-ninth day of May in the year of our Lord 1734 there was surveyed on the sixth day of November then next following unto George Philip Totherah of the County of Philadelphia a certain tract of land situate in Frederick Township in the said County Beginning at a White Oak at a Corner of the said George Philip Totherah's other land and extending thence by the same and by Land of Michael Totherah North West one hundred eighty nine perches to a post thence by vacant land North East ninety perches to a post and South East one hundred eighty nine perches to a post in a line of George Trumbauers land thence by the same and by vacant land South West ninety perches to the place of beginning containing one hundred acres and the allowance of six acres for Roads and Highways as in and by the survey thereof remaining in our Surveyor General's Office and from them certified into our Secretaries Now at the instance and request of the said George Philip Totherah that we would be pleased to grant him a confirmation of the same : Know Ye, That in consideration of the sum of fifteen pounds ten shillings law- ful money of Pennsylvania, to our use, paid by the said George Philip Totherah the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit and .forever discharge the said George Philip Totherah his heirs and assigns, by these presents, and also of the Yearly Quit-rent herein- after mentioned and reserved. We have given, granted, released and con- firmed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors. Do give, grant, release and confirm unto the said George Philip Totherah his heirs, the said one hundred acres of land, as the same is now set forth, bounded and limited as aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Thomas Penn by virtue of the powers and authorities to him granted by the said John and Richard Penn and of his own right hath caused the Great Seal of the said province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia, this twenty fourth day of March in the THE DOTTERER FAMILY 361 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty eight the twelfth year of the reign of King George the Second, over Great Britain, &c., and the twenty-first year of our Government.^ Tho. Penn (L. S.) ^0^ l/K"'^ -Su J^ v ^ . ^ «s^ \ & ■^ '^- 't "^ \ * y <^ ^ \ y--' //\ y &» ,.^^' X 0^}'-^ ^ -fl^ -^ V By virtue of a Warrant from the Proprietaries dated the twenty ninth day of May 1734 Surveyed unto George Phillip Totherah a Tract of Land situate in Frederick Township in the County of Philad'' Begining at a large white oak a corner of his other Land thence by the same and Land of Michael Totherah North west one hundred eighty nine perches to a post thence by Vacant Land north east ninety perches to post thence by vacant land South east one hundred eighty nine perches to a post in a line of George Trumbaurs land thence by the same and vacant land South west ninety perches to a place of Begining Containing one hundred acres with the usual allowance of Six p Cent. Surveyed 9 br. 6 1734.^ By NicHO. Scull. 1 Patent Book A, Vol. 9, p. 47. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2 Survey Book A-73, p. 275. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 362 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY These three purchases were adjoining tracts, forming a planta- tion of two hundred and fifty acres located on the east and west side of Society Run, in the present Frederick Township, Mont- gomery County. Up to 1731, the territory comprising Frederick Township was known as Falkner's Swamp, a name given the ex- tensive region drained by Swamp Creek and tributaries within the old limits of Philadelphia County. These early conveyances show a wide variation in the spelling of the name Dodderer. In the first mentioned deeds, he is described as "George Philip Duddra of Falk- ner Swamp, Philadelphia County, carpenter," while in the patents as "George Philip Totherah." In 1728 his name appears on the records of the Reformed Church as George Philip Totterer. Hans Newes (de Nyce, Nice) was a large landowner who resided in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, and never occu- pied his lands in Montgomery County. Tradition claims that George Philip Dodderer was the first settler on the banks of Society Run, and that the Indians were the only neighbors of himself and family at the beginning. Following are reminiscences handed down from father to son for more than a century and a half, as received from the late Michael Dotterer (born June IS, 1811, died December 13, 1899), who was reared in the vicinity of the old homestead : "Our immigrant ancestor" — der uralt Dotterer, in the Ger- man language, "was the very first settler in the neighborhood. When he came there was no road, and he had no horse or wagon. All he had was one or two cows, a sow, and some primitive farm- ing implements. He and his family made their way as best they could, along Swamp Creek and Society Run through the forest. He located on the spot later occupied by the capacious barn on the farm of Eli Geisinger. Here, on the west bank of the stream, under the spreading branches of a buttonwood tree, he dug a sort of cave, and covered it with a rude roof of logs and branches, forming a hut, as a shelter for his family. Beside this humble abode a spring issued, and below the run, then much stronger than now, sparkled in the sunshine. The Indians in the vicinity were friendly. They were in the habit of coming out of the deeper recesses of the forest to look at their pale-faced neighbors. They sometimes asked permission to take the settler's little children for the day to let them play with their own papooses ; a request which THE DOTTERER FAMILY 363 our foreparents feared to grant yet dared not refuse. The natives cared for the little palefaces the same as for their own offspring. They had a way of fastening the children to branches of trees bent down for the purpose, and swinging them to and fro in the air. They fed their children with food prepared in a small wooden trough, carved out of a part of the trunk of a tree; and the white children were fed the same. What this food was composed of our people did not know; but it was harmless. At the close of day the children were brought back, unharmed, to their parents, and no instance is handed down of bad faith on the part of the natives. "The Dodderers had several pigs, which were objects of much curiosity to the Indians, who had never before seen any. They came down daily to the settler's clearing, bringing with them acorns for the sow and her family. To gain the good-will of his savage neighbors, our ancestor thought it politic to present them with a pig, which they carried off with delight. One day. Father Dotterer thought he would go up into the forest and see how the Indians were living. He found, to his surprise, the squaw seated on the ground in the sun nursing both her papoose and the pig, the child looking distrustfully over at its rival, but the pig quite contented in its adopted mother's lap. "At this early date the nearest grist mill was on the Wissa- hickon, some thirty miles away. The settlers were in the habit of sending to the mill the Indians, who went over the ground very rapidly. For a piece of tobacco, they would carry a bag of grain to the mill, starting in the evening, and returning with the meal the following morning."^ In March, 1725, George Philip Dodderer and two of his sons signed a petition to the County Court of Philadelphia, praying that the road recently laid out leading from what was then Farmers Mill but afterwards Pennypacker's Mills^ (near Schwenkville) be ex- tended to George Wanner's Mill on Swamp Creek. This is now the Skippack Pike, or Great Road. The Petition reads as follows : "To the Worshipful the Justices of the County Court of Quarter Sessions held at Philad^ the — day of March, 1724-5. 1 Henry S. Dotterer, The Dotterer Family, pp. 23, 24. 364 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY "The petition of the Westernmost Inhabitants of the said County Humbly showeth, "That a road from Farmers Mill to & thro Bebber's Township hav- ing been lately laid out, Your Petitioners humbly pray that the same for the Conveniency of a multitude of Inhabitants, may be Extended to the Northern End of Sprogells Tract, where George Wanner's Mill stands on Swamp Creek, Issuing from Oley and falling into Parkyemeny, Which said road so to be Extended cannot (its with Submission to be presumed) be injurious or detrimental to any, but on the Contrary Extraordinary beneficial and Commodious to all the adjacent Inhabitants. In hopes and Expectation of the obtaining of which reasonable request, your humble petitioners shall gratefully & as in duty bound, Ever pray, &c.^ John Senseman William Frey John Kenbenry Christian Stetler Anton Henckel Hironimus Dodderer George Wanner Michael Horricher Valentine Geyger Gottlieb Horricher Michael Krebs Joseb Graff George filib Dodderer Yerg Biderhard Michael Doderer Balthas Fauth Samuel Mayer Joh nickel Adam Engelhart Heinrich Grob Hanss Jorg Sprugel Hans Jerg Schietz Martin Funk." It was not long before many other settlers came into this sec- tion and the territory being without an official name and without a local government, the necessity of civil authority became manifest, and the following petition was made to meet the situation: "To the Worshipful the Justices at the Quarter Sessions held at Philadelphia for the County of Philad^, the first day of March, 1730-1. "The Petition of the Inhabitants living Between Limrick township and Perkiomy. "Humbly sheweth. "That there are Settled a great many families on the North East side of Limerick township, between the same & Bebber's township & Salford & are bounded on the northwesterly side with New Hanover township. The Tract of Land on which your Petitioners & many more are settled is Suposed to be about Seven miles long & five miles broad. 1 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, p. 844. -f /' f.ir ^pi r r r o -a .- £f > o -c) CO C a; >. > 6 m G rt nj H 13 a O s o X o U ^ rt CO THE DOTTERER FAMILY 365 "Now foreasmuch as your Petitioners' case is such that they think it is too great a Circuit for a Constable out of any of the afores May A. D. 1691. William Penn, Proprietary of the Province of Pensilvania &c. By the King and Queens authority. To all to whom these presents shall come. Send greeting &c. Whereas Francis Daniel Pastorious, Jacob Telner, Dirck Isaacs op de Graef, Herman Isaacs op de Graef, Tennis Conderts, Abraham Isaacs op de Graef, Jacob Isaacs, Johannes Cassel, Hewart Papen, Herman Bon, Albertus Brandt, Jacob Schumacker, Wolter Simens, Dirick Keyser, Arnold Cassel, Dirick Keyser Jr., Jan Lensen, Jan Duplouvys, Peter Schumacker, Peter Schumacker Jr., Isaac Dilbeeck, Jan Doeden, Abraham Tennis, Willm Rittenghuysen, Claes Rittenghuysen, Johannes Custers, Heinrich Buchholts, Isaac Jacobs, Matthis Jacobs, Wig- gerd Levering, Isaac Schoffer, Clas Tamsen, Hans Milan, Dirick Sellen, Hendrick Sellen, Paul Wolff, Lenart Arens, Arent Klincken, Paul Kast- ner, Willen Streipers, Keondradt Backer, Viet Scherkes, Hans Peter Umstadt, Anthony Duplouvys, Heinrich Kesselberg, Reinert Tissen, Jan Lucken, Peter Klever, Heinrich Frey, Hans Andreas Kramer, Jurgen 1 Lager Buch, p. 235. 2 Lager Buch, p. 3. History of Old Germantown, p. 39. ' Daniel Kolb Cassel. A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Gulp Family. 1895. pp. 12-15. 388 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Schumacker, Isack Schumaker, Peter Kurlis, Gerhard Levering, Johannes Bleikers, Herman op de Trap, Dirick Op de Klock, Cornelis Siverts, Reinier Hermans, Anthony Loof, Andreas Souplis, Jan WilHams, high and low Germans. Inhabitants and owners of land in German Town, and in the County of Philadelphia, being foreigners and so not freemen, according to the acceptation of the laws of England, have requested to be made Freemen of the said Province, pursuant to the Powers granted by the King's Letters patent and Act of Union and Naturalization, &c., made in this Government. Now, Know Ye, that for the further Incouragement of the Industry and Sobriety of the said Inhabitants and for the better and further security of their Estates, real and personal, to them and their heirs. They the said inhabitants, haveing Solemnly prom- ised upon Record in the County Court of Philadelphia, aforesaid faith and allegiance to William and Mary, King and Queen of England, &c., and fidelity and lawful Obedience to me, according to the King's Letters patent, aforesaid, I do declare and by these presents Confirm them the said Inhabitants before named, to be freemen of this Government, and that they shall be accordingly held and reputed in as full and ample manner as any person or persons residing therein. And that they, the said Freemen, have liberty and freedom, hereby to trade and traffic in this Colony or in any of the Kings Dominions and Plantations, as other good subjects may lawfully do without any manner of Lett, Hinderance, or Molestation Whatsoever. Witness : Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Govern"' of the Province of Pensil- vania, &c. Given at Philadelphia, aforesaid, with the assent of the Provin- cial Council, the Seventh day of the third Month Anno Domi, 1691, and in the third year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary over England, &c. Later a controversy arose v^rhether these German emigrants were fully entitled to settle upon land and enjoy all the privileges of natural-born citizens. In order to settle this question finally an Act of Naturalization was passed by the Assembly, in 1708/ and confirmed by Queen Anne February 20, 1713, which con- ferred upon these German settlers, and those who had come later, all the "advantages which would accrue to them as if they had been free and natural-born subjects of the province." And there- after all who came to Pennsylvania, who were not natives of Great 1 Benjamin Franklin Edition of Laws, 1742, p. 110. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, Volume II, p. 493 (Ed. 1852). THE SHOEMAKER FAMILY 389 Britain, were compelled to take this oath of allegiance before they could enjoy the benefits of their new home. After his settlement in Ger- CfcB^ir //J^^f^^vyfiu^ mantown, Peter Shoemaker soon /*- /■/ ^^^ became an active citizen and man of importance in the community, and was one of four persons who signed the certificate of Samuel Jennings in 1693, as a delegate from the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting to the Yearly Meeting in London. Peter Shoemaker was about sixty-four years of age when he came to this country. His wife, whose name is not known, had apparently died in Germany before the date of his emigration. According to Judge Pennypacker: "Besides his son Peter, Jr., and his three daughters, Mary, Frances, and Gertrude, who accom- panied over, he had two others. The fifth child, a daughter, mar- ried Dielman Kolb. She died in 1705, aged 53, and is buried at Wolfsheim in the Palatinate, never having emigrated. The sixth child, also a daughter, married Reynier Hermans Van Burklow, who in 1704 removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland.'" Peter Schoemaker, the settler, died in Germantown in 1707, aged 85 years. It is not known where he was buried, but it is presumed he was laid to rest in the old Shoemaker Burying Ground. This graveyard, the final resting place of so many of this family, lies on the south side of the present Cheltenham Avenue, in the early days called Graveyard Lane, just west of York Road. Six acres were bequeathed by Richard Wall, the elder, to Friends of Cheltenham in 1697-8, for a burial place, but the ground must have been used for burial purposes several years prior to that date. In the early Friends Meetings it is referred to as the Cheltenham Burial ground; it was long known in the sur- rounding country as the Shoemaker Graveyard, but when it was first so called, is now not known.^ There is no will on file, nor were there any letters of adminis- tration taken out on his estate at the time of his death. 1 Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Chelten- ham, Pennsylvania, 1903, p. 1. 2 Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family, p. 15. 390 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Children of Peter Shoemaker, Senior: 1. Peter Shoemaker, Jr., born in Germany; died about 4mo. 1, 1741 ; married by Friends Monthly Meeting, Abington, 2mo. 6, 1697, Margaret Op De Graeff, who died 7mo. 14, 1748. He was an active member of the Society of Friends, and also took an interest in the affairs of the town.^ Under the Germantown Charter, he was one of the Burgesses in 1686, 1704, 1707. 2. Mary Shoemaker, who accompanied her father to this country. Nothing further is known of her. 3. Frances Shoemaker, married in Abington Meeting, 5mo. 28, 1690, Isaac Jacobs. 4. Gertrude Shoemaker, accompanied her father, no further record. 5. ( ) SHOEMAKER, born 1652, in Germany; married DIELMAN KOLB. She died in 1705, aged 53, and was buried at Wolfsheim, in the Palatinate, never having emi- grated to this country. All of their children but the two elder came to Pennsylvania. 6. ( ) Shoemaker, married Reynier Hermanns Van Burklow and removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, in 1704.^ DESCENT FROM PETER SCHUMACHER. XI. Peter Schumacher. X. Schumacher married Dielman Kolb. IX. Dielman Kolb married Elizabeth Schnebli. VIII. Elizabeth Kolb married Andrew Ziegler. VII. Michael Ziegler married Clemens. VI. Andrew Ziegler married Catharine Lederach. V. Magdalena Ziegler married Jacob Schwenk. IV. Elizabeth Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. 1 Abington Monthly Meeting Records. 2 Daniel K, Cassel, The Kulp Family, p. 12. The KOLB FAMILY DIELMAN KOLB, of Wolfsheim, in Baden, Germany, was born about 1648, and died in 1712, aged 64 years; he is buried at Manheim, in Germany, where he resided. His wife, whose Christian name is unknown, was a daughter of Peter Schumacher, who came to Germantown in 1685, and died 1707, aged 85 years. She died in Germany in 1705, aged 53 years, and is buried at Wolfsheim. Peter Schumacher had five daughters, three of whom, Mary, Frances and Gertrude, accompanied him to this country. The fourth daughter married Reynier Herman Van Burkalow and came to Germantown, but later settled in Cecil County, Maryland. The "fifth daughter," as she is referred to in the Kolb and Schumacher Genealogies, in all probability was the eldest. She died some years after her father, brother and sisters left Germany, and seven years later her husband Dielman Kolb, then in his sixty-fifth year, passed away, leaving to survive him, six children, namely, — Peter, Ann, Martin, Jacob, Henry and Dielman. Of these, Martin, Jacob and Henry Kolb came to Pennsyl- vania in 1707, no doubt influenced to take this step by their grand- father, Peter Schumacher, who, however, died about the time of their arrival. Ten years later they were followed by the youngest brother, Dielman. The eldest brother, Peter, who was a Men- nonite minister, lived and died in Manheim, Germany, and the only sister, Ann, married Balthaser Kolb, probably a relative, and they also remained in Germany. Dielman Kolb, Sr., and his wife must have been people of means and position in the old country, for four of their six sons were ministers of the Mennonite faith, Dielman, the youngest, being a man of exceptional education in that day.' 1 Daniel Kolb Cassel, Kulp Genealogy, pp. 16, 17, 18. 392 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Children of Dielman Kolb and Schumacher:^ 1. Peter Kolb, born 1671 ; died 1727, aged 56 years, 8 months ; buried at Manheim, in the Palatinate. He was a Mennonite min- ister. 2. Ann Kolb, born 1676; died February 26, 1738, at Wolfsheim; married Balthaser Kolb. They never came to America. 3. Martin Kolb, born 1680; came to Pennsylvania and settled in Germantown, 1707; married Mary Magdalena, daughter of Isaac Van Sintern and his wife Neeltje Claasen. They moved to Skippack, then Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, in 1709, where he was ordained a minister of the Mennonite faith, and later served the church at German- town. He died in 1761. Their children were Magdalena, Neltgen, Hannah, Sarah, Dielman, Isaac and Maria. 4. Johannes Kolb, born May 19, 1683 ; came to America with his brothers in 1707, and removed with them to Skippack in 1709, where on December 15th of that year, he bought 150 acres of land. 5. Jacob Kolb, born May 21, 1685; settled in Germantown in 1707; married (1) in 1710, Sarah Van Sintern, sister to Mag- dalena, his brother Martin's wife; (2) in the old Log Men- nonite Church at Germantown, ( ). On October 1, 1739, as he was pressing cider the beam of the press fell on him crushing one side of his head and shoulder from which injuries he died a half hour later. He was 54 years of age at the time of his death. He was a trustee of the Skippack Mennonite Congregation as early as 1717, and is, no doubt, buried in the graveyard adjoining that church. Removed to Skippack from Germantown as early as 1709. 6. Henry Kolb, died 1730; came to America with his brothers in 1707, and settled in Germantown. He, also, was a minister and settled at Skippack in 1709, which church he served for some years. His will is dated February 20, 1729, and probated the 13th of July of the following year. His children were Peter, David, Dielman, Mary, Dorothy, Anne and Agnes. 7. DIELMAN KOLB, born November 10, 1691; married 1714, ELIZABETH SCHNEBLI. 1 Daniel Kolb Cassel, The Kulp Family, pp. 17, 18. Thomas Potts, Potts Family estors, p. 34. Pennsylvania Magazine, Volume VIII, p. 24. Ancestors THE KOLB FAMILY 393 DIELMAN KOLB youngest son of Dielman Kolb, St., and his wife Schumacher, was born November 10, 1691, in the afternoon at one o'clock, in the Palatinate (Pfalz) at Wolfsheim. The following is taken from an old book which was printed in Germany in 1581, and was brought over to this country by Diel- man Kolb and was in the possession of the family until 1895/ On the fly leaf, written in his own hand in the German language, were these entries: "Anno 1691, den 10 November, bin ich Dielman Kolb in diese welt Gebohren des Nachmittags um Ein uhr." "Anno 1714, aufs Jacobsdags bin ich mit meiner Hausfrau Elizabeth Gertraut Im 23 ten Jahr meines Alters." "Anno 1717, den 21 ten Mertz Seindt wihr zu Ibersheim in der Pfaltz abgefahen. Auf die Reiss Nach Pennsylvanien, und den 10 Au- gust, 1717, Alhier zu Philadelphia Gliicklich Angekommen." "Dieses buch gehort mir Dielman Kolb zu und habe es becommen, von Jacob Schnebli von Manheim in der Pfaltz Anno dom, 1722, zu dieses zeit wohn haft, in Salforth township, in dem county Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania." " Translation of the above : Anno, 1691, the 10"" of November, I Dielman Kolb, was born into this world at one o'clock in the afternoon. Anno 1714, on St. Jacob's Day, in the 23'^'^ year of my age, I was married to my housewife, Elizabeth. Anno, 1717, the 2P' of March, we went to Ibersheim, in the Palati- nate. On the journey to Pennsylvania and the 10"" August, 1717, arrived safely here in Philadelphia. This book belongs to me, Dielman Kolb, and I have received it from Jacob Schnebli of Manheim, in the Palatinate, Anno Dom., 1722 at this time dwelling in Solforth township, in the County of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. The name of Andrew Ziegler appears as one time owner of this book; he married Elizabeth, the only daughter of Dielman and Elizabeth Schnebli Kolb. 1 In 1895, it was in the possession of Daniel K. Cassel, Harleysville, Penn- sylvania ; but after his death his books were sold at public sale. 2 Daniel K. Cassel, The Kulp Family, p. 483. 394 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Dielman Kolb was a Mennonite minister, living at Manheim, where he attended that congregation as a preacher. He made himself both useful and most valuable by receiving and lodging his persecuted fellow believers who fled from Switzerland, as appears from a letter dated August 27, 1710. He in turn suffered persecu- tion, which eventually led to his emigration to Pennsylvania to join his brothers, Martin, Jacob, Henry and John, who had preceded him several years earlier. In 1702 began the settlement on the Skippack, the first out- growth of Germantown. This also had its origin in Crefeld. As has been noted, one thousand acres of land were bought by Govert Remke of Crefeld, one hundred and sixty-one acres of which were laid out at Germantown. The balance he sold in 1686 to Dirck Sipman. Of Sipman's own purchase of five thousand acres, five hundred and eighty acres were laid out at Germantown, all that remained of the six thousand acres he sold in 1698 to Matthias Van Bebber, who, by adding nine hundred and fifteen acres by purchase, had this whole tract of six thousand one hundred and sixty-six acres located by patent, February 22, 1702. This tract lying on the Skippack, comprised the present Perkiomen Town- ship, Montgomery County.^ For the next fifty years it was known as Bebbers Township or Bebber's Town. Van Bebber began to colonize it, most of the settlers being Mennonites from German- town. The first purchases were made in 1702. In 1709 Jacob, Johannes and Martin Kolb, weavers, an occupation they had fol- lowed in their old home in Germany,' purchased each a large tract and settled thereon. Some ten years later they were joined by their brother Dielman. The accompanying paper taken from the journal of James Steel, of the Land Office of Pennsylvania, shows the payments made for land by the original purchasers in the Perkiomen region. In this list are noted Telman Kolb, Gerret Clemens, Michael Zieg- ler, Hans Bower, Andrew Lederah and George Philip Dodderer (Totherah), Jacob Markley. Most of these had been living in Perkiomen Township many years before the date of this account. 1 Exemplification Record, Volume I, p. 470. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 Samuel W. Pennypacker, History of Germantown, p. 142. Pennsylvania Magazine, Volume IV, p. 24. s THE KOLB FAMILY 395 Payments for Land By Original Purchasers in the Perkiomen Country.^ (A Journal kept by James Steel in Land Office of Pennsylvania.) 3mo. 18, 1720, Cash Dr. to Sundry accots £57.17. 9. (viz) To Gerrerd Clements received of him and Henry Stoufer in part 36. 6.11. Imo. 8, 1720-1, Rec'd of Gerrerd Clements and Daniel Stoufer further in part 16.11. 7. 4mo. 8, 1723, Cash Dr. to Garrt Clements 7. 2. 3. Rec'd of him by my Wife in my ab- sence in ye last first month. 5mo. 12, 1723, Cash (paper) Dr. to Gerrerd Clem- 4.11.13. ents Rec'd of Henry Stoufer further in part of their Bonds 4.10.0. he paid about 50s. to my Wife but neither is entered on ye bond. 3mo. 16, 1724, Gerrerd Clements, rec'd of him fur- ther in part 5. 0. 0. Imo. 3, 1724-5, Gerrerd Clements, rec'd of Henry Stouffer and his Brother for his Accot 6. 0. 0. 6mo. 14, 1725, Gerrerd Clements, rec'd of Daniel Stouffer further in part of Gerrerd's obligation 5. 1. 0. 4mo. 6, 1729, Gerrerd Clements Dr. for Interest due upon Settling the several pay- ments made on his Bond now given up rec'd of himself and Jacob Stouffer 16. 5. 0. (including my wife's rect for £3.6.10) in full 17.18. 6. Imo. 23, 1732-3, Mich'l Zigler, rec'd of himself in full viz. English Money 13.7.0 Advance thereon at 60 pr ct. . . 8.0.0 21. 7. 0. In French Crowns £2.11.8 Advance at 20 pr ct 0.14.0 3. 2. 0. In Gold 35 dwt 10 gr. at. . . . 9.14.9 1 Henry S. Dotterer, Perkiomen Region, Volume I. 396 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Advance 1.13.6 11. 8. 3. In Paper Money 48. 3. 0. £84. 0. 0. Imo. 9, 1732-3, Mich Ziegler, reed of him Quitrent for 100 as near Bebber's Town 15 years in Enghs £0.15.0 1. 2. 6. llmo. 12, 1732-3, Quitrent were rec'd of Tilman Kolb for 150 As near Bebber's Town 18 years in full £1.7.0 2. 0. 6. Imo. 13, 1732-3, Quitrent reed of Tilman Kolb more as in 3 pcells of land £1.15.7 2.13. 2. of Jacob Markley for 382 as in Bebber's Town in full £1.1.7 1.12. 4. Imo. 9, 1732-3, Michl Ziegler, Dr., for 400 acres Surveyed to him at Co- wisahop in ye Imo. 1728, at £16 pr ct £64. 0.0 For interest for 4 years & 2 mo. on that sum 18.10.0 For Quitrent for 5 years since this survey 1.10.0 84. 0. 0. 3mo. 11, 1733-4, Gerret Clements, reed of him Quitrent 690 acres Parkeawming 16 years in full £5.10.0 8. 5. 9. 3mo. 11, 1733-4, Garret Clements reed of him in full for 102 acres found in his Tract upon a resurvey and now confirmed 25.10. 0. Quitrent for 690 as 16 years. . .5.10.6 7mo. 25, 1734, John Ledrah, reed of him Quitrent for 150 as Skepack 16 yrs. in full. . .1.4.0 1.16. 0. llmo. 28, 1734-5, Hans Bower, reed of him in part for 201 as & yi surveyed to him at New Cowessahopin on the New Terms £31.4.7 15.10. 0. 12mo. 21, 1734-5, Garret Clements, reed of his son in full for 29 acres surveyed to him on the Branches of Parkeawming on the New Terms £4.10. 0. THE KOLB FAMILY 397 4mo. 2, 1735, Andrew Ledrah, reed of him in full for 32 acres added to his tract 9.12. 0. 6mo. 12, 1735, Andrew Ledrah, reed of him Quitrent for 100 as at or near Skepack, 17 yrs. infull 0.17.8 1. 5. 6. Imo, 13, 1735-6, Michael Ziegler, reed of him Quitrent for 550 as Bebbers Tp & Cons. 3 yrs in full £0.16.0 1. 4. 9. Feb. 2, 1738-9, George PhiHp Totherah, for 100 as in Fredericks Tp 4^/2 years in full. . 8. 9. 9. On June 8, 1717, Van Bebber gave one hundred acres of land for a school house and a burying place, the trustees being Hendrich Sellen, Hermanus Kuster, Klas Jansen, Martin Kolb, Henry Kolb, Jacob Kolb and Michael Ziegler.^ Eight years later, March 30, 1725, a declaration of trust was executed, brought about, no doubt, by the desire to build a meeting house which was that year accom- plished.^ Salford was formed into a separate township in 1727, or prob- ably earlier, and then comprised about three thousand acres. The earliest known purchase was a warrant granted September 10, 1717, to David Powel, of Philadelphia, for three thousand acres of land to be located between the "Skepeck" and a branch of the 'Tarkyooman." This whole tract was very irregular in shape. From it six hundred and ninety acres located on the northeast branch of the creek, were sold February 14, 1717-18, to Gerret Clemens. Of this tract Andrew Lederach purchased about one hundred and twenty acres, John Lederach one hundred and fifty acres, and Dielman Kolb about three hundred acres.' Van Bebber (Perkiomen) and Salford townships at this time were but sparsely settled. The farms in these outlying districts were frequently located far apart and this condition constantly exposed the inhabitants to the danger of attack by the Indians. While the savages would not venture to molest the cities and larger villages, where numbers were a force to be reckoned with, they would take advantage of the defenseless position of the frontiers- ^ Samuel W. Pennypacker History of Germaniown, p. 142. ' Pennsylvania Magazine, Volume 31, pp. 6, 7. * Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, p. 946. 398 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY man, appearing suddenly and without warning and only too fre- quently would massacre a whole family, or perhaps carry off as prisoners those they did not kill, stopping only long enough to burn the house and barn, thus completing the destruction. In 1728 such an attack had occurred near Falkner's Swamp and Goshenhoppen, and fearing a like fate might befall them, the inhabitants of Van Bebber's Township and those adjacent pre- sented the following petition to the Governor General : To his Excellency Patrick Gordon Esq. Governor Generall in Chief over the Province of pencilvania, and the Territoris thereunto Belonging, Ben brenors township, and ye adjacences Belonging May ye lO"" 1728. We think, it fit to address your excellency for Relief for your Excellency must knowe That we have suffered and is like to sufer By the Ingians, they have fell upon ye Back Inhabitors about falkners Swamp, & near Coshahopin. Therefore we the humble Petitioners, With our poor Wives & Children Do Humbly Beg of your Excellency To Take It into Consideration and Relieve us the Petitioners hereof, Whose Lives Lies At Stake With us and our poor Wives & Children that is more to us than Life. Therefore, We the humble Petitioners hereof, Do Desire An Answer from your Excellency By ye Bearer With Speed, so no more at present from your poor afflicted People Whose names are here Subscribed. DiRTMAN KOLB JacOB OPDENGrAEF Martin Kolb Jacob Marieke Jacob Kolb Michael Ziegler Garrett Clemens Heinrich Kolb Christian Aliback and numerous others.^ Dielman Kolb purchased of Derrick (Dirk Jansen) Johnson, weaver, and Margaretha his wife, of Germantown, January 4, 1721, two hundred and twenty-five acres of land, lying in that part of Philadelphia County that later became Salford Township. At a still later date Salford was divided into Upper and Lower Sal- ford, and this land fell then into the latter division and when Montgomery County was taken from Philadelphia, 1785, both the Salfords were included in the new organization. 1 Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, Volume I, p. 214. Pennsylvania Maga- zine, Volume XXXI, p. 13. Samuel W. Pennypacker, Bebber's Township and the Dutch Patroons, p. 13. THE KOLB FAMILY 399 According to this deed of Dirck Jansen to Dielman Kolb, the first land transaction which appears upon record, this tract of one hundred and twenty-five acres adjoined other land of said "Tilman Kolb." Heckler, in his history of Lower Salford, says this other land was acquired by patent from the Commonwealth, but if so, there is no record on file at the Land Office in Harrisburg.^ The deed from Johnson designates Dielman Kolb as Tilman Kolb, and reads : Deed: Derick Jansen to Tilman Kolb, 1721 Ci)i0 SnDCntUte Made the fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty one Between Derick Jansen of Germantown in the county of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania weaver and Margareth his wife of the one part and Tilman Kolb of the county of Philadelphia Husbandman on the other part Whereas by Deeds Indented of Lease and Release bearing date respec- tively the Eleventh and twelfth Days of October, Anno Dom One thousand six hundred and Eighty one made or intended to be made between William Penn by the name and stile of William Penn of Worminghurst in the county of Sussex Esq. of the one part and William Bacon of the Inner Temple Gent, of the other part Reciting as therein Recited and for the consideration therein Mentioned he the said William Penn did grant release and convey unto the said William Bacon the full and just propor- tion and quantity of five thousand acres of Land situate lying and being within the Province of Pennsylvania To Hold to him the said William Bacon his heirs and assigns forever under the yearly quitrent of one shilling Stirling for every hundred acres thereof * * * and whereas the said William Bacon by like Deeds of Lease and Release duly executed bearing date respectively the nineteenth and twentieth day of February Anno Dom. 1718. * * * did grant release and convey the said two thousand acres of Land which by sundry conveyances became vested in Humphry Murray and John Budd who by deed the fourth and fifth days of April 1720, * * * for the consideration therein mentioned did grant release and convey five hundred acres of land unto the said Derick Jansen to be surveyed and laid out unto him the said Derick Jansen in Part of the above recited warrant * * * and whereas there was laid out unto the said Derick Jansen a certain tract of land in Part of the aforesaid five hundred acres Lying and being in the said county of Phila- 1 James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pa., 1888, pp. 117, 127. 400 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY delphia Beginning at a corner of John Ledrah's Land and running by the said Tilman Kolb's Land North east two hundred and four perches to a Black Oak at the said Tilman's Corner, thence northwest seventy eight perches to a post then by Andrew Lederah's Land south west sixteen perches to a post at a corner of the said Andrew's Land, Then by the same northwest one hundred and eighteen perches to a post thence south- west by a line of trees one hundred and eighty-eight perches to a post Then south east by vacant Land sixty perches to a Black Oak at the said John Lederah's corner Then by his land on the Course last mentioned one hundred and twenty six perches to the place of Beginning Containing two hundred and twenty five acres and one half of land as by the return under the said Surveyor General's hand more fully doth appear. Now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of forty seven Pounds and ten shillings of lawful money of the said Province in hand paid by the said Tilman Kolb * * * they the said Derick Jansen and Margareth his wife have granted bargained sold aliened enfoeffed released and confirmed unto the said Tilman Kolb * * * all the last mentioned tract of land Lying and being as herein set forth and described * * * * j^ Witness whereof the said Parties to these presents have Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereunto Dated the Day and year first above written.^ Derick Jansen her Margareth X Jansen mark On April 2, 1721, Dielman Kolb purchased of Nicholas Scull another one hundred and seven acres of land adjoining his other tract bounding on the lands of Andrew Ledrach, Gerhart Clemens and others. Part of this tract is novir occupied by the village of Lederachville.^ On June 14, 1731, he added another fifty acres to his great tract. This last purchase he made of John Naglee.' About this time, however, he sold iifty acres of his land out of the northwestern corner of his farm to Gaily Heffelfinger. By a survey made for Andrew Ziegler, senior, his son-in-law. May 7, 1767, it appears that after selling these fifty acres he still had five hun- 1 Deed Book F No. 10, p. 75. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 History of Lower Salford. pp. 117, 127. 2 Deed Book F No. 9, p. 366. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. THE KOLB FAMILY 401 dred and fifty-nine acres and eighty-eight perches/ It is seen by this that Dielman Kolb was a man of means and owner of a con- siderable estate. On October 10, 1733, Dielman Kolb sold two hundred and fifty acres of his land to his stepson, Jacob Schnebli, or Snavely, "of the city of Manheim in the dominion or Principality of the Prince Palatine, on the Rhine, in High Germany," who later came to this country and resided on this tract until his death. Dielman Kolb, junior, married in Germany, 1714, Elizabeth Schnebli, a widow, who had several children by her first husband, one of them being a son Isaac, who later settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Mathias, and the above mentioned Jacob "Snavely." This conveyance at a later date led to considerable difficulty when the heirs of Jacob Schnebly eventually sold the tract to Andrew Ziegler, Sr. The documents are interesting, as they give valuable information on both the Kolb and Ziegler families at this early period. Deed: Tilman Kolb et ux to Jacob Schnebly, 1733 Ci)i0 SnDentUte made the Tenth Day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty three Between Tilman Kolb of Sulford in the county of Philadelphia, in the Province of Penn- sylvania, Weaver, and Elizabeth his wife, of the one part and Jacob Schnebly of the City of Manheim in the Dominion or Principality of the Prince Palatine of the Rhine in High Germany, Merchant, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Tilman Kolb and Elizabeth his wife for the consideration of the sum of fifty-eight Pounds eight shillings and four pence lawful money of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, to them paid by the said Jacob Schnebly Have granted, bargained, sold, aliened and confirmed * * * unto the said Jacob Schnebly and to his heirs and assigns A certain Tract of land situate in Sulford aforesaid adjoining land of Gerard Clemens, Gaily Hoefflyfinger, John Laderach, other land of Tilman Kolb, land of Hans Klemer, Andreas Laderach, containing two hundred and fifty acres the southeast part thereof containing one hundred and ninety acres being also part of two hundred and thirty- 1 A persistent effort has been made to locate this survey to Andrew Ziegler, St., but without success. This survey was made by David Schultze, surveyor for Andrew Ziegler, in order to divide this land between Ziegler's three sons. The survey was not recorded and the originals are probably in possession of the family. 402 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY eight acres which Derick Jansen of Germantown in the county of Phila- delphia, weaver, and Margaret his wife, by Indenture dated fourth day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and twenty one did grant unto the said Tilman Kolb in fee, and the residue or sixty acres of the said two hundred and fifty acres is part of one hundred and seven acres which Nicholas Scull of the city of Philadelphia in the said province yeoman and Abigail his wife by Indenture of the second of April Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight did grant to the said Tilman Kolb * * * m WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year first above written.^ Signed Sealed and Delivered Dielman Kolb In the presence of us her John Naglee Elizabeth X Kolb C. Brockden mark Wm. Parsons. Some time after acquiring this tract from his stepfather, Jacob Schnebly died intestate, leaving an only child, a son, Matthias Henry, as his heir. Some years later Matthias Henry also died intestate and without issue, and this property then descended to Jacob's brother, Isaac, who resided in Bethel Township, Lancaster County. On January 4, 1752, Isaac Snebley and wife Catherine sold this tract to Andrew Ziegler, Sr., and it thus came back into the family, but the title was not yet clear, for it was found that £159. 6s. 4d. were still due Dielman Kolb on the purchase price. For more than three years this matter remained unsettled, no satis- factory agreement being reached. Then Andrew Ziegler obtained a writ of Fieri Facias, and the High Sheriff of the County of Philadelphia sold the property at a Public Sale to Michael Ziegler, son of Andrew, Sr., on September 3, 1755, for £382.^ Dielman Kolb vs. Jacob Schnebley, Decd., 1755 Samuel Morris, Esq. Pligh Sheriff of the City and County of Philadelphia, acknowledges in open court a deed for conveying unto 1 Deed Book F No. 6, p. 325. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 Sheriff's Deed. A No. 1, p. 158. Common Pleas Court, Prothonotary's Office. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (A THE KOLB FAMILY 403 Michael Ziegler, Jr., of Sulford Township in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, and to his heirs and assigns All that tract or parcel of Land situate in lower Sulford Township, beginning at a corner Black Oak marked by the Land of Gerard Clemens thence extending by the same southeast seventy eight perches, to another corner marked a Black Oak, thence by land of Gaily Huffbyfinger southeast twenty seven perches to a post for a corner thence by the said Huffbyfingers land southeast One hundred and twenty perches to a corner post thence by the land of Joshua [John] Luderach southeast One Hundred and eighty nine perches and a half to a post thence by land of the said Dielman Kolb southeast two hundred and fourteen perches to a post, thence by land of Hans Kleiner Southwest twenty two perches and a half to a post thence southwest sixteen perches to a post thence by land of Andreas Luderach Northwest One hundred and ninety four perches to the place of beginning, contain- ing two hundred and fifty acres, being late the estate of Jacob Schnebley, deceased, seized and taken in Execution at the suit of Dielman Kolb and sold to Michael Ziegler, Jr., he being the highest bidder, for the sum of Three hundred and eighty two pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania, dated the third day of September, A. D. 1755. Out of this purchase price of £382 Andrew Ziegler paid Isaac Snebley a balance of £130 pounds for his interest therein, and the matter was thus settled to the full satisfaction of all. In 1728 the great road from Goshenhoppen to Skippack was laid out through Dielman Kolb's land, and his residence was about three-fourths of a mile southeast of the present village of Lederachville. Dielman Kolb was a minister of the Mennonite church, though, as was customary at that time, he engaged in other occupa- tions as well. Not only did he attend upon the Mennonite congre- gation at Salford, but, besides carrying on extensive farming, he was a weaver as well.^ He appears to have been prominent in the affairs of the Mennonite Church, and to have been noted for his religious zeal. He was very intimate with Henry Funk, a minister and bishop of that faith, and it was through the perseverance and zeal of these two men that the Mennonite congregation in Salford was organized in 1738.* 1 Deed Book F No. 6, p. 325. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 History of Lower Salford, pp. 117, 127. 404 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY On the fourth and fifth of October, 1738, Henry Ruth and his wife Modlena, of Salford, by deed of lease and release granted to Henry Funk, Dielman Kolb, Christian Moyer, Jr., and Abraham Reiff ten acres and forty perches of land, part of his homestead tract. Of the parties of the second part all were residents of Fran- conia Township, except Dielman Kolb, who was of Salford. Funk was a bishop, Kolb a minister, and Moyer and Reiff were deacons or "Vorsteher." There was a building of some kind called a "tene- ment" on the land when it was purchased, but whether or not this "tenement" was turned into a meeting house to be used until the completion of the new one, which was immediately commenced, is not known, but it was not long before they were in their new church building. It appears that these four officials were considered as the trustees and that they, or the members of the church, were not satisfied that they should have the deed for the land with the meet- ing house thereon all in their name and power. Therefore, they had Robert Jones, of Worcester, to write them a deed of conveyance, called a "declaration" or deed of trust, in which these four officials as "parties of the first part" convey it to the church as the "second part," the second part being represented by seventeen members of the congregation.^ This deed of trust was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, Norristown, long years after. Deed of Trust: Henry Funk et al. to Nicholas Holdeman et al., 1738 CftiS SnDCntUtC made the twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, Between Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Juner, Abraham Reifif of Franconia and Dehnan Kolb of Salford, all in the county of Philadelphia, yeomen, of the one part, and Nicholas Holdeman, Christian Allabaugh, Henry Rutt, Hans Ulrich Berger, Hans Wyerman, Garret Clemens, Feltus Kratz, Jacob Clements, Johanas Clements, Hans ReiiT, and Frederick Alderfit'er of Salford aforesaid. Christian Myer, Andrew Swartz, Henry Clemer, Jacob Hackman and Ulrich Hunsberger, Jacob Landes of Franconia aforesaid, all in the said county, yeomen, of the other part. WHEREAS Henry Ruth and Modlena his wife by their Indenture of Lease and 1 History of Lower Salford, pp. 117, 127. THE KOLB FAMILY 405 Release under their hand and seal dated the fourth and fifth days of October, 1738, * * * did grant and confirm unto the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dillman Kolb, their heirs and assigns a certain messuage or tenement and piece of land whereon the same now stands in Salford aforesaid, adjoining land of Jacob Clemens, and Henry Rutt other land containing ten acres of land to hold the same to them the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dillman Kolb, their heirs and assigns forever * * * Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dillman Kolb do by these Presents declare public and make known that the said Conveyance or assurance of the said Messuage or tenement and piece of land so made to them their heirs and assigns as aforesaid were upon a special trust and confidence that they the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dillman Kolb and the survivor or survivors of them shall upon request convey and issue the said messuage or tenement and piece of land with all their appurtenances unto such person or such persons and for such Estate or Estates in such sort, manner and form and to such use and purposes with and under such limitations and restrictions as the said Nicholas Holde- man. Christian Allebaugh, Henry Rutt, Hans Ulrich Berger, Hans Wyerman, Garret Clements, Feltus Kratz, Jacob Clemens, Johanes Clements, Hans Reiff, Frederick Alderffer, Christian Myer, Andrew Swartz, Henry Clemer, Jacob Hackman and Ulrich Hunsberger, Jacob Landes or the survivor or survivors of them or the heirs or assigns of such survivors shall order and direct and that in the meantime until such conveyance or assurance be made they the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dellman Kolb and their heirs shall permit and suffer the said Messuage or tenement to be and remain for a house and place of religious meetings to and for the people called Baptists or Menonists within the said township of Salford and shall permit and suffer the said piece of land whereon the said messuage is erected and every part thereof with the appurtenances to be and remain a Burying place and Interring of all such persons as the said people called Baptists or Menonists shall allow of and to and for no other use whatsoever and the said Henry Funk for himself his heirs, executors, administrators and the said Christian Myre, Jr., for his heirs, executors, administrators, and the said Abraham Reiff for his heirs, executors, administrators and the said Dillman Kolb for his heirs, executors, and administrators and each of them severally and not jointly nor the one for another or for the act or deeds of the other or for the heirs, executors, administrators of the other but for their own acts do covenant, promise, grant and with the 406 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY said Nicholas Holdeman, Christian Allebaugh, Henry Rutt, Hans Ulrich Berger, Hans Wyerman, Garret Clements, Feltus Kratz, Jacob Clemens, Johanes Clements, Hans Reiff, Frederick Alderfifer, Christian Myer, Andrew Swartz, Henry Clemer, Jacob Hackman, Ulrich Hunsberger and Jacob Landes and every of them their and every of their heirs and assigns by these presents that they the said Henry Funk, Christian Myre, Jr., Abraham Reiff and Dillman Kolb shall and will at any time or times hereafter upon the reasonable request to them in that behalf made, con- vey and assure the said messuage or tenement and piece of land and premises with their appurtenances in manner and form aforesaid. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year above written.^ Sealed and delivered Christian Mover in the presence of us Abraham Reiff John Kline Henry Funk Robert Jones Dillman Kolb Matters appear to have gone on very well and the church prospered. In time, however, it was considered to the advantage of their church that a new congregation be organized at Franconia, for the use and greater convenience of those of the faith residing in that locality, which was then called Indian Field. A new deed was executed, in order to convey back to the congregation in Sal- ford a "Declaration of Trust" from the two surviving trustees residing in Franconia Township to two others of Salford. This second paper dated March 25, 1763, recites that Henry Funk and Dielman Kolb are dead and Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff are the survivors of the "trustees," while Jacob Clemens and Chris- tian Funk represent the congregation. Declaration of Trust TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come we Christian Moier of the township of Franconia in the county of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Abraham Reifi of Salford in the county and province aforesaid, yeoman, send greeting. WHEREAS Henry Ruth and Madlina his wife by certain Indenture of lease and release bearing date on the fourth and fifth days of October ^ Deed Book No. 36, p. 491, Norristown, Pennsylvania. THE KOLB FAMILY 407 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, did grant, release and confirm unto Henry Funk, Dillman Kolb, Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff, a certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in Salford aforesaid, adjoining lands of Jacob Clements and Henry Ruth, containing ten acres to hold to them the said Henry Funk, Dillman Kolb, Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff their heirs and assigns for- ever And whereas the said Henry Funk and Dillman Kolb are both deceased since the date of the said recited Indenture of lease and release and ye estate by the said Indentures made and granted is now vested in the said Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff by right of survivorship. Now know ye that we the said Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff do acknowledge and declare that our names and the names of Henry Funk and Dillman Kolb deceased, were made use of in the said recited In- denture by the special nomination and appointment of the Christian Congregation called Menonists (alias Monistoe) who assemble to per- form divine worship at a meeting house by them erected on the above described piece of land and that the said Indentures were made for the uses, services, benefit and conveniency of the said Congregation and fraternity to a meeting house and school house and a place for them to bury their dead or any other public use service and benefit of the said congregation and to no other use, service or purpose forever provided always that neither we nor any person or persons * * * ^yho shall remove from the said congregation or that shall be declared out of union with the said congregation shall be capable to execute this trust or stand seized to the use of the said but in all such cases as also when either of us shall die that then ye said Congregation may nominate and appoint other proper persons instead of such as remove, fall away or decease And we further acknowledge and declare that neither we nor the sur- vivors of us now have nor hereafter shall claim to have any estate, right, title or interest of in or to the above described ten acres of land and premises * * * granted to our own use or benefit but to the use intents and purposes aforesaid Therefore in accomplishment and per- formance of the trust and confidence reposed in us by the congregation, fraternity and religious society as aforesaid we the said Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff, surviving trustees, do for us and each of us our heirs, executors and administrators, and assigns covenant, promise and grant to and with Christian Funk, of Franconia Township, and Jacob Clements of Lower Salford Township both of the county of Philadelphia and Province aforesaid, yeomen, their heirs and assigns by these presents that we the survivor of us our heirs executors or administrators upon the reasonable request of the said fraternity of religious society and at 408 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY the proper cost and charges in the law shall and will make, execute and acknowledge * * * for the further and better assurance and con- firmation of all and singular the above described ten acres of land * * * to the use, intents and purposes aforesaid and no other as ye Christian Funk and Jacob Clements or the said Congregation or their Council learned in law shall be reasonably devised, advised or required in the law. In Witness whereof we the said Christian Moyer and Abraham Reiff have set our hands and seals hereunto this twenty-fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three. Sealed and Delivered Abraham Reiff in the presence of us Christian Moyer John Dettweiler Martin Bechtel Acknowledged May 19, 1769. Recorded May 6, 1820.^ In connection with Bishop Henry Funk, Dielman Kolb super- vised the translation of Jan Van Braght's "Bloedigh Tooniel" from the Dutch into the German language, and certified as to its correctness. "The Bloedigh Tooniel" or Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mir- ror, is a history of the "defenseless Christians, who suffered and were put to death for the testimony of Jesus their Saviour, from the time of Christ until the year A. D. 1660." It traces the history of those Christians "who from the time of the Apostles were opposed to the baptism of infants, and to warfare, including Lyonists, Petrobusians, and Waldenses, details the persecution of the Mennonites by the Spaniards in the Netherlands, and the Cal- vinists in Switzerland, together with the individual sufferings of many hundred who were burned, drowned, beheaded, or otherwise maltreated, and contains the confession of faith adopted by the different communities." This book had been published in Dortrecht, July 23, 1659, the author being T. Jan Van Braght,^ and many copies were brought to this country, but they were all printed in the Dutch language. It was considered necessary by the Mennonites that their young members should have the book to read to remind them 1 Deed Book No. 36, p. 493, Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 From the English Edition by I. Daniel Rupp. 1837. O 25 3 O u o > o in e o > THE KOLB FAMILY 409 of the faith and steadfastness of their fathers in the principles of the church, and the propriety of having it transcribed into the German script was a matter of consultation among prominent members of the church for some time. The great difficulty was to find a translator and a printer in the wilds of Pennsylvania, and naturally they turned to the older and wealthier churches of Europe for assistance. On October 14, 1745, Jacob Godshall of Germantown, Dielman Kolb of Salford, Michael Ziegler, Yellis Cassel and Martin Kolb of Skippack, and Heinrich Funk of Indian Creek (Franconia), sent a letter to Amsterdam on the sub- ject, applying for aid. Apparently this aid did not come, but after a great deal of trouble they succeeded in finding both translator and printer. This was at Ephrata, on the Conestoga creek, in Lancaster County, where a little community of Dunkards had established themselves and introduced monastic institutions, where they lived single as monks, friars, and nuns, holding their lands and goods in common. About 1745 they secured a hand printing press and also had a paper mill. Here in this quiet valley they translated and published the "Bloedigh Tooniel." The first part was completed in 1748, the second part in 1749, the whole containing about fifteen hun- dred pages, and it took fifteen men three years to finish it. The price per single copy was 20 shillings. Heinrich Funk and Dielman Kolb were appointed by a com- mittee of the Mennonite Church to supervise the translation.^ On the last page of the English Edition as translated by L Daniel Rupp, of Lancaster County, 1837, is the following note: "A few remarks by those members of the Mennonist Society, who compared the German translation with the Holland original, annexed to the Ephrata edition, and deemed proper to be translated and appended to the present English edition. "As a German translation and edition of the History of Martyrs of the defenceless community of Baptists, was desired by numerous persons in Pennsylvania, the brotherhood in Ephrata, on the Conestoga issued proposals to translate and publish the work by subscription. Whereupon, the Elders and Ministers of the Baptists, called Mennonites, 1 History of Lower Salford, pp. 117, 127. Daniel K. Cassel, The Kulp Genealogy, pp. 486, 488. 410 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY feeling an interest in said book, proceeded to Ephrata and entered into an engagement with the aforesaid friends, to purchase books from them and not publish a separate edition, provided the translation, paper and execution would be insured ; but if work should not equal their expecta- tions, they would consider themselves released from their obligations. Henry Funk and Thielman Kolb, taking a special interest in the work, and having the approbation of the church, compared the sheets with the Holland original, not omitting a single line ; but in the whole work they did not discover a single item that does not agree in sense and doctrine with the Holland text." Dielman Kolb made his will July 8, 1748, and it was proved April 30, 1757, nearly nine years later. In this will, he named as trustees his "loving and trusty friend Henry Funk" and John Ulrich Berger. He provided well for his widow, Elizabeth, during her natural life; it is not known how long she survived him. Except for fifty acres of land to be laid out of that part next adjoining the land he had sold to his stepson, Jacob Snebley, which he left to his grandson Dielman Ziegler, he bequeathed to his only child, Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Ziegler, Sr., all his lands, plantations and tenements whatsoever. To his stepson, Matthias, and granddaughter, Catherine Ziegler, he left cash money and to the "Congregation of ye Dutch Mennonists in Salford" he be- queathed £2. Is. and to the Mennonists of "Perkyomin & Skepack," he left a like sum. Will of Dielman Kolb, 1757 Be it known unto all to whom it may Concern that I Dielman Kolb of Salford Township, in the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania Weaver, being under Indisposition of Body Nevertheless through y^ favour of Divine mercy I have my memory and understanding Sound and Perfect DO this Eight day of July In y"= year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and Forty Eight &co Make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (Vizt) Imprimis I Will that all my just Debts w'='^ I shall owe at y' time of my Decease Together with my Funeral Charges be duly observed & paid by my Executors herein named. Ibid I give & Bequeath unto my Dear & well Beloved wife Elizabeth Kolb the use of my Great Bible with y' use of my Iron stove & Stove Room with such necessary use of the fire and fire Place as she shall have occasion of together with the Thirds Yearly THE KOLB FAMILY 411 of y= Apels Growing in my Orchard & half the Garden, as also Ten Pounds of flax & Ten Pounds of tow ready Dressed & well cleaned & delivered to her Yearly & every year at such suitable time as flax is usually dressed by such Persons as Enjoys my Plantation ; w'^'^ s"^ Bequests & Priviledges my s^ wife shall have & Enjoy During her Natural Life. I Do hereby give & Bequeath unto my s~t rt o P ^ CJ a; lAi fXH -M g3 rt PM ^ „ o 'r>^ M-< +-> c a 5 .&■ Ph ^ CO IwJ > Oh 03 ^ P 1 1 > -o o H Q THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 419 In 1734, there were forty-two householders in "Parkiomen and Skippake," among the number being Michael Ziegler, who is credited with one hundred acres of land upon which he paid a pro- prietary tax/ This, however, was a very small estimate of his possessions, as deeds and other records show that he owned at this time as much as six hundred and fifty acres, which was located in Skippack, Salford and other townships adjacent or near by. Michael Ziegler's first purchase of land was made February 14, 1717/18, when he secured from David Powell, Surveyor, of Philadelphia, a tract of one hundred acres situated on "Parkeaw- ming Creek," in what was then called Bebber's Township, which was surveyed to him by Powell in December following. Deed : David Powell to Michael Ziegler, 1717 TO ALL PEOPLE, to whom these presents shall Come, David Powell of the City of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsilvania yeoman Sendeth Greeting, WHEREAS there is a certain Tract or piece of land Scituate, lying and being in the County of Philadelphia in the said prov- ince. Beginning at a reputed Corner of Hans George Reiff's land, Thence by Bebber's Township's line One hundred and Sixty perches to a post, Thence North East One hundred perches to an other post, Thence South East One hundred & Sixty perches to a third post, Thence South West one hundred perches to the place of Beginning, Containing One hundred Acres of land, part of Three thousand Acres, which the present Commissieners of Property Richard Hill, Isaac Norris and James Logan by a certain Warrant bearing Date the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen have granted unto the abovesd David Powell, to be Surveyed for him, his heirs and Assigns, NOW KNOW YEE, that the said David Powell for and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty five pounds lawful Silver Money of America, to him at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these presents in hand paid by Michael Ziegler of the aforesd County of Philad^ Weaver The Receipt whereof he the sd David Powell doth hereby Acknowledge, and thereof and of every part thereof doth fully acquit and for Ever Discharge the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs Exec" Admin" and Assigns by these presents, HATH given, granted, bargained. Sold, aliened. Enfeoffed and Confirmed AND by these presents doth Clearly and Absolutely give, grant, bargain. Sell, Alien, Enfeoff and Confirm unto the sd Michael Ziegler his 1 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, p. 1020. 420 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY heirs and Assigns all the above mentioned One hundred Acres of land, Together with all & singular the ways Wasts Waters Water Courses, Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Trees, Soil, Meadows, Marshes, Crip- ples, Swamps, Minerals, Quarries, Commodities, Priviledges, Heredita- ments and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the said One hundred Acres of land & premises, or to any part and parcell thereof belonging, or in any wise appertaining, AND the Reversions, Remainders, Rents, Issues and Profits of the same. As also all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Use, Pos- session, Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of him the sd David Powell of, in and to the hereby bargained premises, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said One hundred Acres of land Hereditaments and premises with the Appurtenances unto the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs and As- signs, To the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs and Assigns for Ever, AT and under the yearly Quitrent of One English Silver Shilling or Value thereof in Coin Curr', henceforth to be- come due and payable to the Chief Lord of the Soil. AND the said David Powell and his heirs the said One hundred Acres of land. Hereditaments and premisses with its Appurtenances unto the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs and Assigns against him the said David Powell, his heirs and As- signs, and against all and Every person or persons whomsoever lawfully Claiming or to Claim the same, by from or under him, them or any of them shall and will WARRANT and for Ever Defend by these presents, And moreover within the Space of Seven Years now next ensuing at the Re- quest and Only Costs and Charges of the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs or Assigns make and Execute all such Further Acts and Deeds, as also pro- cure a Patent from the abovesd Commissioners for the better Assurance and Confirmation of the above granted One hundred Acres of land. Hereditaments and premisses unto the said Michael Ziegler, his heirs and Assigns, as by him, them or any of them shall be reasonably Devised and Required. IN WITNESS whereof the said David Powell hath to these presents set his hand & Seal, Dated the fourteenth day of the Twelfth Month, called February, Anno Domi One thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen — Eighteen.^ David Powell (seal) Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Era. Daniel Pastorius. 1 Original deed in possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norristown, Pennsyl- vania. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 421 Tn 1734, he made application to the Land Office, then situated in Philadelphia, for a re-confirmation and resurvey of this tract, whereas a patent was issued by the Proprietaries of the Common- wealth to Michael Ziegler, dated August 6, 1734, and a resurvey returned the same day. Patent to Michael Ziegler, 1734 JOHN PENN, THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN, ESQRS, TRUE AND ABSOLUTE PROPRIETARIES AND GOV- ERNORS IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE, KENT AND SUSSEX ON DELAWARE. TO ALL UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SEND GREETING: WHEREAS, in and by a warrant from the late Commissioners of Property under the Lesser Seal of our said Province bearing dated the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1717 the quantity of three thousand acres of land was granted to be surveyed unto David Powell of the City of Philadelphia Surveyor In pursuance of which said warrant there was surveyed and laid out unto the said David Powell in part of the quantity therein granted a certain Tract of Land scituate on or near the Branches of Parkeawming Creek in the County of Philadelphia BEGIN- NING at a post at a corner of Henry Penibaker's Land and extending thence by a line of Bebber's Township North West one hundred and sixty perches to a post thence North East by the land of Jacob Colph one hun- dred perches to a marked black oak thence South East one hundred and sixty perches to a post thence South West by the said Panibaker's Land one hundred perches to the place of beginning CONTAINING one hun- dred acres as in and by the survey thereof remaining in the Surveyor General's Office may appear AND WHEREAS in and by a certain Deed Poll duely executed bearing dated the fourteenth day of the month called February next ensuing the date o.f the said warrant for the consideration therein mentioned the said David Powell did grant bargain and sell the said tract of one hundred acres of land with the appurtenances unto Mich- ael Zeigler of the county of Philadelphia aforesaid TO HOLD to him his heirs and assigns forever NOW at the instance and request of the said Michael Zeigler that we would be pleased to grant him a confirmation thereof. KNOW YE, That in Consideration of the Sum of ten pounds lawful Money of Pensilvania to our Use, heretofore, paid by the said Michael Zeigler the Receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit and forever discharge the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and 422 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY assigns, by these presents, and also for the Yearly Quit-rent hereinafter mentioned and reserved, WE HAVE given, granted, released and con- firmed, and by these presents, do give, grant, release and confirm unto the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and assigns, the said one hundred acres of land, as the same are now set forth, bounded and limited as aforesaid; with all Mines, Minerals, Quarries, Meadows, Marshes, Savannahs, Swamps, Cripples, Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Trees, Ways Waters, Water-courses, Liberties, Profits, Commodities, Advantages, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said one hundred acres of land belonging or in any wise appertaining and lying within the bounds and limits aforesaid, (Three full and clear fifth parts of all Royal mines, free from all deductions and reprisals for digging and refining the same; only excepted and hereby reserved; and also free leave, right and liberty to and for the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and assigns, to hawk ; hunt, fish and fowl, in and upon the hereby granted land and premises or upon any part thereof;) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said one hun- dred acres of land and Premises hereby granted (except as before ex- cepted,) with their appurtenances unto the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and assigns, to the only use and behoof of the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and assigns forever : To be holden of us, our heirs and successors, Proprietaries of Pensilvania, as of our Manor or reputed Manor of Springetsbury in the county of Philadelphia aforesaid, in free and com- mon socage by fealty only in lieu of all other services : Yielding and Pay- ing therefor yearly to us, our heirs and successors, at the City of Phila- delphia, at or upon the first day of the first month March, in every year, from the first survey thereof one English silver Shilling for the whole one hundred acres or value thereof in coin current according as the ex- change shall then be between our said Province and the City of London to such person or persons as shall, from time to time, be appointed to receive the same, and in case of nonpayment within ninety days next after the same shall become due that then it shall and may be lawful for us our heirs and successors our and their receiver or receivers into and upon the hereby granted land and premises to re enter and the same to hold and possess until the said quitrent and all arrears thereof be fully paid and discharged. In WITNESS whereof, the said Thomas Penn, by virtue of the powers and authorities to him granted by the said John and Richard Penn, and of his own right, hath caused the Great Seal of the Province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia, this sixth day of the sixth month THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 423 (August) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty four the eighth year of the reign of King George the Second, over Great Britain, &c., and the seventeenth year of our Government.^ Tho. Penn (L. S.) In pursuance of a warrant from the Commissioners of Property dated the tenth day of September in the year 1717 for surveying to David Powel of Philadelphia, Surveyor, three thousand acres of land in this province. There was survey'd and set out unto Michael Ziegler, pur- chaser under the said David Powel, in December, 1717 a certain tract or parcel of land in the county of Philadelphia, beginning at a post at a cor- ner of Henry Penibaker's land and extending thence by a line of Bebbers township north west one hundred and sixty pchs to a post then north east by the land of Jacob Colph, one hundred perches to a black oak, then south east one hundred and sixty perches to a post, then south west by the said Panibaker's land one hundred perches to the place of beginning con- taining one hundred acres. Certified at Philadelphia this 28*'^ day of May 1720 by Jacob Taylor, Surv"^ Gen'. Returned into the Secretary's ofifice the 6"" of August 1734.^ 1 Patent Book A, Vol. 6, p. 384. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2 Survey Book D, Vol. 78, p. 43. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 424 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY On December 18, 1722, he purchased from Gerhard Clemens and wife, Ann, another fifty acres adjoining the original tract, and in 1727 acquired from Andrew Shrager still another one hundred acres upon which was erected a tannery. It was upon this last mentioned tract that Michael Ziegler, senior, and wife, Catherine, resided and which remained in the family for one himdred and sixty-two years. ^ It lay in what is now Skippack Township, ad- joining the town of that name. Deed: Andrew Shrager to Michael Ziegeler, 1727 C{)i0 3InD0ntUt0 made the third day of May In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & twenty Seven BETWEEN Andrew Shrager of Bebbers-township in the County of Philadelphia in the prov- ince of Pensilvania Basket maker & Barbara his wife of the one part AND Michal Ziegeler of the sd Bebbers-township yeoman of the other part WHEREAS William Penn Esq''^ late proprietary & Governour of the sd province of Pensilvania by his Letters Patent under the great Seal of the sd province bearing date the two & twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord 1702-3 for the Consideration therein mentioned did grant & Confirm unto Matthias VanBebber six thousand one hundred & Sixty six acres of land in the sd County TO HOLD to him his heirs & assigns ior- ever as by the recited patent recorded in the Rolls office at Philadelphia in patent Book A. Vol 2 page 463 &c. more fully appear AND WHEREAS the sd Matthias VanBebber by his Deed poll bear- ing date the Sixteenth day of December Anno Domi 1709 for the Consid- eration therein mentioned did grant & Convey unto the above sd Andrew Shrager one hundred acres of land (part of the sd Six thousand one hun- dred & Sixty six acres of land) together vnth the appurtenances TO HOLD to him his heirs & assigns forever as by the sd Recited Deed poll recorded in the Rolls office at Philadelphia in Book E 6 Vol 7 page 71 &c. more fully may appear NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the sd Andrew Shrager & Barbara his wife for & in Consideration of the sum of one hundred Pounds lawfull money of Pensilvania to them in hand paid by the sd Michal Ziegeler the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge & thereof do acquit & forever discharge the sd Michal Zieg- eler his heirs & assigns by these presents HAVE granted bargained sold aliened Enfeoffed & Confirmed & by these presents DO grant bargain sell alien Enfeoff & Confirm unto the sd Michal Ziegeler his heirs & assigns ^ James Y. Heckler, History of Skippack, Montgomery County, Newspaper Clippings, Vol. IV. ^^^ mScnfd ?wu/J-:Sf. f/ieu. L' ilRO XiJiici'CiXi t/K:iS ^■^•'■^ ■ ■'^■^f/SuJuA^* ■Let' jj'i/c '.-tf^r^t^^ d>fA. ^t Jic^^ ,v, '^^'/^nr^ ^(^<:i* ^.■!ltf.-.vj-^j/ /; .^.K«.. 4f>\ !&.%-<» ll. I. v.'/,,.,, ,,;, .„^, i'.tj«A^*5oj»inv* One loJjof, B:fittjJ'->-M'i^ftf eon; /mI'iV«/, /-"-t/ ^^ , vu..<',2 rr..*-"/ T*""^''-^'*:'^ ]3eed — Andrew Shrager and wife to Michael Ziegler, Bebl^ers Township (Skippack), Montgomery County, Pa., May 3, 1727. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 425 all the sd one hundred acres of land Scituate & lying in Bebber township aforesd Beginning at a line late of Herman in Hoven's land Now in the tenure of Peter Jansen thence by the sd line North East one hundred & Sixty perches to a stake Set in the ground thence North West by a line of marked trees one hundred perches to a stake a Corner of Jacob Colbs land thence by the same South west one hundred & sixty perches to a corner of the same land thence by a line of marked trees South East one hundred perches to the place of Begining Containing one hundred acres (as aforesd) be the same more or less) * * * in WITNESS whereof the sd parties to these presents have Interchangeably set their hands & seals y= day & year first above written.^ Andrew Shrager Signed Sealed & her delivered in the Barbara X Shrager. presence of us mark Dielman Kolb Johannes Kolb MEMORANDUM that on the day of the Date within written named Andrew Shrager did in his own person deliver full quiet & peaceable pos- session & Seizin of the land within granted with the appurtenances unto the within named Michal Ziegeler to be held by the sd Michal Ziegeler his heirs & assigns according to the form & Effect of the Indenture within written the which possession & Seizin was so delivered In the presence of us Johannes Kolb Dielman Kolb Dirlman Kolb one of y* Evidences to the written Indenture On y* 29th of this Instant personally appeared Before me Rowland Evans Esq"^ one of the Justices for y* County of philad^ And on his affirmation According to Law Doth declare & say that he saw & heard the grantors within Named / viz / Andrew Shrager & Barbara his wife Sign Seal deliver And Acknowledge the within Indenture Respectively As their Acts & Deeds. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal y« 29"* 7^" Anno Dom 1750. Rowland Evans, (seal) In March, 1727, Michael Ziegler made a second application to the Land Office and was granted by the Proprietaries four hvin- 1 Original Deed in Possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norristown, Penn- sylvania. 426 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY dred and fifty acres in "Goshenhoppen" on a branch of the Perki- omen Creek, in the present New Hanover Township. Patent to Michael Ziegler, 1727 JOHN PENN, THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN, ESQRS, TRUE AND ABSOLUTE PROPRIETARIES AND GOV- ERNORS IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF PENSILVANIA AND THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE, KENT AND SUSSEX, ON DELAWARE. TO ALL UNTO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SEND GREETING: WHEREAS, by consent of the late Commissioners of Property there was surveyed in the Month called March anno 1728 unto Michael Zigler of Bebbers Township in the County of Philadelphia a certain tract of land situate on or near a Branch of Parkeawming Creek in the said County, BEGINNING at a white oak at a corner of Jacob Fisher's land thence by the same north fifty degrees west one hundred and seventy perches to another white oak, then north forty degrees east by the said Jacob Fish- er's land twenty five perches, then by vacant land on the same course three hundred seventy five perches to a post, then by vacant land south fifty degrees east eighty six perches to a post, then north forty degrees east one hundred and five perches to a post, then south east eighty four perches to a post, then by the German tract south forty degrees west four hun- dred ninety eight perches to the place of Beginning: CONTAINING four hundred and fifty acres and the allowance of six acres on each hun- dred for roads and highways, which survey by virtue of our Warrant bearing date the tenth day of the first Month last past was duly returned into the Secretary's Office, now at the instance and request of the said Michael Zeigler that we would be pleased to grant him a confirmation of the said tract of land KNOW YE, That for and in Consideration of the Sum of seventy two pounds of lawful Money of our said province, to our Use, paid by the said Michael Zigler the Receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit and forever discharge the said Michael Zeigler his heirs and assigns, by these presents, and for the Yearly Quit- rent hereinafter mentioned and reserved, WE HAVE given, granted, re- leased and confirmed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and suc- cessors, do give, grant, release and confirm unto the said Michael Zeigler and his heirs all those the said four hundred and fifty acres of land, as the same is now set forth, bounded and limited as aforesaid. * * * * In WITNESS whereof, the said Thomas Penn, by virtue of the powers and authorities to him granted by the said John and Richard Penn, THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 427 and of his own right, hath caused the Great Seal of the Province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia, this thirty first day of the fifth Month (July) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty three, the seventh year of the reign of King George the Second, over Great Britain, &c., and the fifteenth year of our Government.' Thos. Penn (L. S.) The following, taken from account of James Steel of the Land Office, relates to Michael Ziegler, senior.^ 2 1 mo 9 1732-3 Michl Ziegler Dr. for 400 acres Surveyed to him at Cowisahopin in ye 1 mo 1728 at £ 16 per ct £64. 00. for Interest for 4 yrs & 2 mo on that Sum 18. 10. for Quitrent for 5 yrs since the survey L 10. 84. 0. 1 mo. 9. 1732— Mich Ziegler Reed of him Quitrent for 100 as near Bebber's Town 15 years in Engsh 0. 15. 1. 2. 6 1 mo. 23 1732 — 3 Michael Ziegler reed of himself in full, viz. EngHsh Money 13. 7. Advance thereon at 60 pr ct 8. 0. 2L 7~0 In French Crowns 2. 11. 8. Advance at 60 pr ct 10. 4 3. 2. In Gold 35 dwt 10 gr. at 5s 6d 9. 14. 9 Advance 1. 13. 6 11. 8. 3 In Paper Money, 48. 3. 84^ 0. 1 mo. 13, 1735-6— Michael Ziegler reed of him Quitrent for 550 as Bebbers Tp & Cons 3 yrs in full 0. 16. 1. 4. 9 1 Patent Book A, Vol. VI, p. 192. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2 James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania. 1888, p. 127. Anniversary History of the Lehigh Valley, Vol. HI, p. 1230. 428 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY By a deed under date of August 7, 1745, he conveyed one hundred and eighty-five acres of his Goshenhoppen land to his son Andrew Ziegler, for £130, and ten days later he transferred two hundred and eight acres of the same to his son Christopher;^ and on May 16, 1749, for £80, he sold a "messuage and plantation" and part of this same warrant to John Sleighter, of New Hanover Township.^ The following is the transfer of part of the above mentioned Goshenhoppen patent to his son Andrew : Release : Michael Ziegler et ux to Andrew Ziegler, 1745 Ci)i0 KnDentUlC Made the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty-five Between Michael Ziegler of the Township of Skepack and Parkyomie in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, and Catherine his Wife of the one part and their son Andrew Ziegler of Salford in y^ said County sadler of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said Michael Ziegler and Catherine his wife for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred and thirty pounds Law- ful money of Pensilvania to them in hand Paid by the said Andrew Zieg- ler HAVE granted, bargained, sold, aliened. Enfeoffed, Released and Confirmed * * * ^ Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate lying and being in Upper Hanover and County of Philadelphia adjoining lands of John Mock, George Shultz, Wembel Wycon, the Parkyomie Creek, con- taining 185 acres part of 420 acres which was granted by a Proprietary Patent of the first day of the fifth month July A. D. 1733, unto the said Michael Ziegler at Philadelphia (Patent Book A Volume 6, p. 192, &c.,) * * * In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have Inter- changeably set their hands and seals hereunto Dated the day and year first above written.' Sealed and delivered ^^^ ™ .h. present oi „s c^'.^^ ^ ^.^J^ Conrad X Kibman ^, '^^^/i_ mark C'rp'-^''^'^ ^^^t^ Robert Jones. 1 Deed Book H, No. 14, p. 190. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book, No. 10, p. 220. Norristown, Pennsylvania. = Deed Book H, No. 2, p. 567. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 429 It was apparently the intention of Michael Ziegler to make over to each of his sons, four in number, for a cash consideration, a farm out of his large estate. As we have seen, he sold to his sons Andrew and Christopher parts of the Goshenhoppen patented land. The third son was his namesake, Michael, Jr., who was also a tanner, and to him Michael, Sr., and his wife, Catherine, of "Perky- omie and Skepack," January 6, 1749/50, sold parts of three tracts containing in all seventy-eight and one half acres part of the Perki- omen and Salford accessions. The consideration in this transaction was £100. The first of these tracts adjoined Dielman Kolb and others and was part of the fifty acres Gerhard Clemens and wife, Ann, sold to Michael Ziegler, Sr. ; the second contained three quar- ters of an acre, being part of one hundred acres he purchased of Andrew Shrager and included the tannery; the third tract contained thirty-one and one-half acres and adjoined "land of Michael Ziegler, Sr., and others."^ On May 6, 1762, he and his wife also conveyed to their son Michael, Jr., an additional thirty-six acres, part of which was wood- land, and part of that tract purchased of Andrew Shrager, the latter tract being the homestead farm.^ To his son William, evidently the youngest, he granted by deed November 1, 1762, the remainder of his Goshenhoppen tract.^ By this time Michael Ziegler had only a small woodland in Lower Salford remaining which was not sold during his lifetime. Both Michael Ziegler and his wife Catherine were now well advanced in years and therefore, to quote his own words, his "usual health was frequently interrupted." On the 7th day of February, 1763, he made his last will and testament which was proved at Philadelphia the 29th day of October, 1765. Having disposed of all his lands, he provided liberally for his wife out of his personal estate; to each of his daughters he had already given £60 as their portion, so he bequeathed them additional sums of 1 Philadelphia County Deeds, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Montgomery County Deeds, Norristown, Pennsylvania. James Y. Heckler; History of Lower Salford Township, p. 128. Original Deeds in possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norris- town, Pennsylvania. 2 Original Deeds in possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norristown, Penn- sylvania. 3 Montgomery County Newspaper Clippings, Vol. IV. 430 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY money. He appointed his loving sons, Andrew and Michael, executors. Will of Michael Ziegler, 1765 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN WHEREAS I Michael Ziegler, Sen : of the Township of Perkiomen & Schiback in the County of Phila- delphia, yeoman, am far advanced in age and thereby my usual health is frequently interrupted Therefore in consideration whereof I do this Sev- enth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and sixty-three hereby make my last Will and Testament in maner following vize : Imprimis I will and comend my Soul unto God my Creator through the mercy of his beloved Son Jesus Christ my redeemer & my body unto the Earth to be decently hurried according to the direc- tion of my hereafter named Executors, and concerning my Worldly Estate. I Will that all my legal debts and funeral charges be paid by them before anything Else. Item I give and devise unto my loving Wife Catherine all and singurall my Personal Estate (except what I have in Bills Bonds & Book debts) .for her use and for her heirs forever, and after payment of Several legacies hereafter devised I give unto her during her life all the Interest of the remainder of my Estate which interest is to be paid to her annually by my Executors and in case the said Interest is not Sufficient for her maintenance then so much of the principall shall be taken as may fully suffice to maintain her, which said all my Personalities I give her besides the said interest in Lew of her thirds or dowry. Item I give and bequeath unto the poor of the congregation I confess myselve the sum of nine Pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania and to be paid to the Elders of the said Congregation of my Township wherein I now re- side for that use within three months after my decease. Item I give and devise unto my nine children namely Andrew, Christopher, Michael, Wil- liam, Gertrude, Susana, Margareth, Catherine and Michael Ruth (son of my deceased daughter Barbara) all the residue of my Estate in manner following that is to say * * * Whereas I have already given to each of my Sons to the amount of Seventy Pounds and to each of my daughters (except one) to the amount of Sixty Pounds of their Portion which they where to have after my decease allowing each of my Sons ten Pounds more (as advance before my daughters) but Whereas for reasons well known David Alleback as husband to my daughter Catherine hath already forty four pounds fifteen shillings and five pence more in hand than the s'' sixty Pounds given to his Wife my Daughter Catherine therefore it is my Will and I do hereby ordaine & direct that my Executors hereof shall Make a true calculation of what each of the s'^ my children hath received allowing each of my Sons at first Seventy Pounds and each of the daugh- THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 431 ters Sixty Pounds and afterwards pay or allow to them which are in- debted to me to every one of them three months after my deceased forty- four Pounds fifteen shillings & five pence which will bring them equal with my said daughter Catherina, and Whereas my said deceased daughter Barbara received of me at her Marriage only to the amount of thirty five Pounds eight shillings & two pence therefore My Executors shall at the same time allow for her Son Michael Ruth as my Grand child Sixty nine pounds seven & three pens which makes his share in consideration of his Mother equal with the rest of my daughters and the said last sum my Executors shall put out at Interest for the use of my said Grandchild and pay to him after he hath attained his lawful age of twenty one years * * * and after the payment of the s'' Equal Shares to each of my Sons and each of my daughters at the time above fixed the remainder of my Estate still outstanding in Bonds Bills Notes or otherwise as my legal demand or property shall be left or put on Interest for my Wife's Use as above directed, but after her decease the said Overplush shall be equally divided among all my nine children counting my Grand child Michael Ruth for one thereof, but my son William's share my Executors shall keep in hand and only allow pay unto him annually the interest thereof at the rate of five per Ct : but after his death they shall pay y"= same to his Chil- dren in equal shares according as they attaine their lawful age likewise the said my Executors hereof shall keep my daughter's Catherine share of the said last dividend in hand and only pay or allow unto the said her husband David Allebach the Interest thereof at the rate of five pr ct dur- ing y^ s,^ my daughters his wife's natural life and no longer ; but after her decease the same shall be paid to her Children in equal shares or to their lawful Issue after each of them hath attained his lawful age * * * And I do hereby appoint and constitute my loving Sons Andrew and Michael sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament to wit either Joyntly or Severally as occasion may require and I do hereby revoke and annull all my former Wills & Testaments Ratifying these presents for my true & Absolute last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal dated the day and year abovesaid.^ Signed Sealed and declared in ^ presence of us / , ''^^ JohnKiter cMlC^cu^ VVrTi^^ Abraham Heiderich -^a/iy^ — Philadelphia October 29"^ 1765, BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 29th day of October, 1765, the last will and testament of Michael 1 Will Book N. p. 454. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 432 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Zeigler dec'd in due form of law was proved and Probate and Letters Tes- tamentary were granted unto Andrew and Michael Zeigler, Executors in the same will named. * * * Given under the seal of this office. Benjamin Chew Reg'' Genel. One bequest in his will is of particular interest; he left £9 to be paid to the Elders of the "Congregation of my Township wherein I now reside for the use for the poor." This referred to the Skippack church, which he helped to organize, and to the con- gregation of which he served as a minister all his life. In an old account book of the "Mennonite congregation in Beberstown" we find that Michael Ziegler signs his name as auditor for the year 1738; in 1735 he was paid five shillings out of the church funds for carriage (or rather conveyance) hire. From 1740 to 1761 his name appears as either Elder or accountant, his son Andrew's name often showing upon the same lists, both of them serving at times on the Committee for the care of the poor. In 1764, before the will was probated, Valentine Hunsicker acknowledges on behalf of the congregation, "the receipt of nine pounds Pennsylvania money from Michael Ziegler in accordance with the last will and testament of his (Michael's) father for the poor of the Schippacher Mennonite Congregation."^ There is no doubt that he and his wife, Catherine, were buried in the old Mennonite graveyard, adjoining the church with which he was so closely identified; but if so, there are no stones to be found today. Many of the inscriptions marking the last resting place of the oldest members of this church have become unde- cipherable and in numerous cases utterly obliterated. Children of Michael and Catherine Ziegler: 1. ANDREW ZIEGLER, born about 1707; died 1793; married ELIZABETH KOLB ; resided near Lederachville, Penn- sylvania. 2. Christopher Ziegler, born 1714; died 1804; married Deborah ; resided in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 1 Henry S. Dotterer. Manuscripts, Vol. XVI, p. 13. The original Andrew Ziegler House, Zieglersville, Pa. Doorway to Residence of Andrew Ziegler. Chair belonging to Ziegler family, brought from Germany. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 433 3. Michael Ziegler. He was a tanner ; inherited the homestead farm in Skippack, where he died in 1822. His descendants remained on this farm until a few years ago, when it was sold by Mrs. William K. Hallman, by whom it was inherited. 4. William Ziegler, died 1790; married Hester . 5. Gertrude Ziegler. 6. Susanna Ziegler. 7. Margareth Ziegler. 8. Catherine Ziegler, married David Alleback. 9. Barbara Ziegler, married Ruth. ANDREW ZIEGLER, eldest son of Michael and Catherine Ziegler, was born about 1707, and was probably an infant when his parents came to America. He married in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about 1727 or 1730, Elizabeth Kolb, only child of Dielman Kolb and his wife, Elizabeth Schnebli, whereby he came into possession of a large amount of property. Dielman Kolb died in 1757, leaving a large estate, which (except for a small tract he devised to his grandson, Dielman Ziegler) he bequeathed to his daughter, Elizabeth ; and this, added to the large tracts of land Andrew Ziegler had previously acquired by purchase from his father and otherwise, made him the possessor of a considerable estate. Some time before his death Dielman Kolb had sold two hundred and fifty acres of his own vast tract to his stepson, Jacob Snavely (Schnebli), who died intestate, and by decree of the Orphans' Court his lands and effects became vested in his son, Matthias Schnebli. Matthias Schnebli also died in- testate, and his administrators sold this property to Andrew Ziegler, but a clear title could not be secured, as all the purchase money due Dielman Kolb had not been paid by the Schnebli family. After several years, a satisfactory arrangement being impos- sible, Andrew Ziegler carried the case into the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. The Court ordered the land should be sold by the Sheriff, who after due notice put the property up for sale, and Michael Ziegler, son of Andrew, on September 3, 1755, bought it for £350 and on November 11 following transferred it to his father. Andrew Ziegler then paid to the Schnebli heirs £130 434 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and the matter was closed/ Bordering this tract was a strip thirty- eight perches wide, containing fifty acres, which Dielman Kolb devised to his grandson, Dielman Ziegler. This tract was sold by the latter to his father, Andrew Ziegler, and a deed was given for it in 1757/ This entire tract, both his own and that of his wife, lay within the limits of Lower Salford and adjoined what is now Lederachville. As early as 1746 Jacob Gretter, of the Township of Perkyomie and Skepack, and Andrew Ziegler, of Salford, sadler, were named as executors to the last will and testament of Christian Allebaugh, weaver, of Salford Township, deceased/ Christopher Saur published, in the German language, a news- paper, and the following item appears under the caption: A WATCH FOUND Andreas Ziegler in Schipbach macht bekant, dass sein Sohn eine Sack — Uhr gefunden hat zwischen seinem Hauss under Michel Zieglers, in der Strass. Wer sie verlohren hat, wird die richtige Kenn Zeichen anzeigen Konne ; er soil sie abholen gegen Bezahlung dieser koste.* [Translation] Andreas Ziegler in Schipbach makes known that his son has found a watch in the street, between his house and Michael Zieglers. Whoever has lost it can give the correct description. He may have it by paying the cost of this advertisement. In 1745 Andrew Ziegler purchased from his father, Michael Ziegler, Sr., one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, part of that which had been granted to Michael by the Proprietaries of the Commonwealth, known as the Goshenhoppen tract situated in New 1 Sheriff's Deed A, No. 1, p. 158. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 David K. Cassell, Kulp Genealogy, p. 489. James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford Township, p. 127. Montgomery County Newspaper Clippings, Vol. IV. 3 Deed Book G, No. 8, p. 449. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * Saur's Germantown Paper, November 27, 1756. Henry S. Dotterer, The Perkiomen Region, Vol. I, p. 47. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 435 Hanover Township/ This property Andrew and his wife, Eliza- beth, on March 27, 17S4, sold to John Sleighter, of the latter place.' On October 29, 1757, he and his wife sold to Henry Heffelfinger one acre and one hundred and fifty perches, part of the two hundred and fifty acres of the Kolb-Schnebli tract which the Sheriff sold to Michael Ziegler, Jr.'' On March 27, 1784, he sold to Godshalk Godshalk ten acres of the same patent.* In this deed and those following there is no mention of Elizabeth, his wife, who had heretofore signed all in- struments in conjunction with her husband, and the fact that her name no longer appeared is very strong evidence that she was deceased. Andrew Ziegler now began to make arrangements about the settlement of his great estate in the event of his death. He had four children, only one being a daughter, Elizabeth, who had mar- ried Abraham Detweiler, of Worcester Township; to them her father, Andrew, transferred a certain fifty acres which had been part of the Kolb Estate.^ The date of this instrument is January 12, 1785. On June 2d following, he made over to his son, Dielman (Dillman) Ziegler, in consideration of £210, thirty- four acres, including a messuage or dwelling house, adjoining land of Henry Lederach, and lands intended for his son.° By a record of May 1, 1795, it appears that as early as 1770 he had sold his son Dillman one hundred and seventy-eight acres which adjoined this smaller farm.' Even after selling off these large portions of his possessions, he still had five hundred acres to transfer to his three sons, Dillman, Andrew and Michael. A draft of his land was made showing how he divided it among them. "Beginning at a stone, a corner of the public road near Lederachville," then down the road 159 perches to a corner, then southwest eighty-nine perches, then up the road sixty perches; then northeast forty perches to beginning, was a farm ^ Patent Book A, Vol. VI, p. 192. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 10, p. 222. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 3 Deed Book No. 1, p. 192. Norristovra, Pennsylvania. * Deed Book No. 1, p. 372. Norristown, Pennsylvania. '> Deed Book No. 7, p. 325. Norristown, Pennsylvania. " Deed Book No. 1, pp. 300-372. Norristown, Pennsylvania. f Deed Book No. 8. pp. 400, 401, 404. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 436 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY containing about sixty-six acres, which was cut off for his son Michael; then running a line southeast through the tract, yet an- other one hundred and twenty-four acres were added to Michael's share, thus giving him one hundred and ninety acres. Opposite Michael's, two tracts were set off for Andrew, Jr., including the old homestead, the whole comprising one hundred and ninety acres. The remaining one hundred and eighty acres, all in one tract, was given to Dillman for his share. While it was the intention of the father to give his son, Michael, the full one hundred and ninety acres of land as his share, for "disobedience to his father" his inheritance was cut to a mere twelve acres of the original one hundred and ninety, upon which was erected a house which he was to hold only so long as he did not marry again (his first wife, the daughter of Jacob Clemens and mother of his children, being deceased), and at his death the house and ground was to be sold for the benefit of his children. However, on November 20, 1794, Andrew Ziegler, St., conveyed to his grandson, Andrew Ziegler, one hundred and thirteen acres, which included the twelve-acre tract reserved for the father, Michael. Andrew Ziegler was an elder of the Skippack Mennonite Church from 1740 to 1763. On April 16, 1747, he signed his name passing an account for a certain sum paid for a stove for the Assembly House, and in 1755, 1760 and 1761, with others, was a witness to the correctness of his father's accounts of the church funds.^ After the organization of the Lower Salford Mennonite Church, which was a branch of the Skippack congregation, Andrew Ziegler became one of its ministers and so served them until his death, his property adjoining that of the church lands. Andrew Ziegler made his last will and testament September 10, 1793, which was probated May 8, 1797, and reads as follows: Will of Andrew Ziegler, 1797 Be it Remembered that I Andrew Ziegler of Lower Salford Town- ship in the County of Montgomery and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1 Account Book of the Mennonite Congregation in Bebberstown. Henry S. Dotterer. Historical Manuscripts, Vol. XVI. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 437 considering the uncertainty of this Mortal life Although of Middling Good Health sound and perfect Mind and Memory Blessed be the AUmighty God for the same Do hereby settle and Dispose of my outward affairs by way of this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form Following, that is to say, and in the first place I do hereby order that all and singular my Just Debts and Funeral Expences be well and Truly paid and dis- charged by my hereafter Named Executors. Item I give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth, Now wife of Abraham Dittweiler the sum of seventy pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania, which shall be in lieu and stead of her Deficient Share and Compliment of land. Item I give devise and Bequeath unto my son Andrew all that Messuage Tenement & plan- tation whereon he now Dwelleth, Together with the piece or tract of Land whereon the said Messuage stands Situate in the Township aforesaid. Bounded by Land of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, John Springer, Dill- man and Henry Kolb, Godshal Godshalk, Dillman Ziegler and by a Divis- ion line of this and My other land and Abraham Dettweiler, but Now Said Godshal Godshalk's Land, containing one Hundred and thirty acres be the same more or less within said Bounds and limits. * * * it being part of My five Hundred acre tract of land * * * which I do further Value, hereby, and appraise to him to be worth the sum of five hundred Pounds above said, Which in this case will over run his proportionable part and Share of my Estate and Bring him in Debt to the rest and other heirs of my Estate, unto and First of them that may fall Most Short of their part and share, he shall pay Twenty-five Pounds, within one year Next after my decease, and Twenty-five Pounds within Two Years to another or any one of them, as it shall or may be due, and so on Yearly, untill the whole Amount of such Overplus shall be fully paid and Dis- charged, and it is Further my Will, and I give Devise and bequeath the further sum of twenty-five Pounds of like Money above said unto my said son, Andrew which shall be in lieu of Time he stayed with me after being of Lawful age. Item I give and Devise and bequeath unto my Trusty sons Dillman Ziegler and My said son Andrew Ziegler all the residue and remainder part of my real Estate situate in the Township aforesaid Con- sisting of Two Tenements and about One Hundred and Thirteen acres of Land * * Bounded by Land of the said Dillman Ziegler, Frederick All- derffer, George Heelen and said Godshal Godshalk and by said Division Line Dividing this and My other Land, of which this is a part Containing as above said Which I also Value and appraise to be worth three hundred and Sixty Pounds * * * To hold the said last bequeathed estate * * * to them my said sons Dillman Ziegler and Andrew Ziegler or the survivor of them in Trust Nevertheless and upon special Confidence, that they My said sons Dillman and Andrew Ziegler * * * Do and Punctual observe 438 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY the Trust reposed in them, to the True Intent and Meaning of this their Trust in them Reposed in the Following Manner Viz : first I order and Direct that a certain Tract or piece of ten or Eleven acres or thereabout of the last mentioned Tract of Land, Together with the Messuage Tene- ment thereon, Wherein Jacob Unweiler Now liveth Shall be appropriated and appointed for and unto my son Michael Now Widower for a resi- dence and place of abode for and during the Term of his Natural life and that Free and without any Charge, but said Privilege is not to Extend to his Wife if he should Marry again, to have any residence, on the said premises after his decease for the reason of Being Disobedient to me Nor is he to have the privilege to rent the same, after my decease, in case he should not want it for his own use, But always to be in the Power of my hereinafter Named Executors * * * ^-q ]_^^ qj- j-gj^j- ^-jje same to the best advantage and the Monies arising or accruing out of the same is to be applied for and Towards the Necessary Support of him my said son Michael during his Natural life * * * and after the decease of my said son Michael the said ten or eleven acres With the Tenement thereon * * are to be sold to the highest bidder at Public Vendue, and the Monies so arising from such sale shall be equally Divided Amongst all the Children of my said son Michael share and share alike and the Clear Yearly rent and incomes of my or of the remaining part of the last bequeathed Estate shall be applied Toward paying and Discharging the Debts made and con- tracted by my son Michael at and before the seventh day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-five, but any debt or debts by him Made or Contracted after that date are excluded from payment out of said rent * * * My real Estate being in this Manner Valued and ap- praised, and so far ordered, the Amount of which together with all the rest and residue of my personal Estate Whatsoever Shall be Divided into Four Equal parts and Shares alike Between My son Dillman my son Andrew, my daughter Elizabeth, Now wife of Abraham Dettweiler and all the children of my son Michael and I do hereby Impower and Author- ize my said sons Dillman and Andrew * * whom I also Nominate and Constitute and appoint to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testa- ment to sell and dispose of all my last bequeathed real estate within one year after my decease * * always excepting and Reserving unto my said son Michael the above mentioned Messuage and ten or eleven acres, appointed for a residence for my son Michael * * and lastly I do hereby ratify and Confirm these presents for and as my last Will and Testament Revoking all .former and other Testaments and wills by me heretofore Made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal dated THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 439 the Tenth day of September in the year of our lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Three/ Signed Sealed published and declared by said Testator Andrew Ziegler to be his last Will and Testament in presence of Michael Ziegler Abraham Ziegler Inventory Inventory of all Moveable Goods Cattle Chattels Rights and Credits Belonging to the Estate of Andrew Ziegler, senior, Late of Lower Salford Township, Deceased, this Sixth day of May Anno Dom. 1797, by Andrew Ziegler, surviving executor and appraised as follows ■? To his wearing apparel 4. 6. 8 To 2 Beds and Bedsteads 7. 16. 3 To a large Chest 1.2.6. a small ditto 1/6 a saddle 1/6 Clothes press £2.00.00 3. 00. 6 To small pipe stove £2. 15, a pair of fire tongs P a small tsam 1^ 2. 17. Gold weights and scales 15. ditto a lesser 3/9s 10 spoons 3/4s 5 tea ditto 5s 1. 3. 6 3 tankerds 2 small one Large 6s. Crackery 2s. 3 Bottles 1/4 half tumplor 6s 9. 10 To a large Jug I.IOJ/^, a candle stick 2, snufers 2s a spectecle and case Is 4. 10^ To a reasor 2/ hoans 3/9d to sundry articles 3/ small baskets 6s/ 7. 9. To an Ink stand Is/ a Box, a Backed Book 2/6d/ tea kettle 6 7. 6. To Cuping tools 1. 15s/ to sowing thread Is/ a sun Dial 9d 4 1. 17. 1. Two silk Handkerchiefs 5.9/ a packed ditto 1/lOs, a cap l/6d napkins 9d 10. lOj^ To Sheets table Clothes, Towels I.IOJ'2 a Bed Case 12.6d ditto 18. 9d 2. 15. 3>4 To 2 Chaaf Bags lOs/ to Linnen scrapers 3s/ 2 Blankets 5/3d 18. 3 1 Will Book No. 2, p. 139. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Original Papers No. 7S70. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 440 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To a table 11/3 to a arm chair 15/2 other Chairs 5 1. 11. 3 To Books, 9. 11. 6 To Bonds Notes and Book debts 293. 1. 9 To Cash appraised by 3. 7. 1J4 £351. 6. 9 Affirmed and Subscribed May 8, 1797. Cor. Me. A. Webb, Dep. Reg' Andrew Ziegler was about ninety years old when he died. His wife, Elizabeth Kolb, had apparently died before 1784, as her name does not appear in deeds after that date, nor is she mentioned in the will. They were undoubtedly buried in the graveyard ad- joining Lower Salford Church, but no stones mark their graves. Children of Andrew Ziegler and Elizabeth Kolb: 1. Dillman Ziegler, born about 1734; married Barbara ; Issue : six children, viz : Andrew Ziegler, Dillman Ziegler, Jacob Ziegler, Elizabeth wife of Godshalk Godshalk; Hester, wife of Gerret Godshalk, and Barbara, wife of Jacob Godshalk.i He died before May, 1797. 2. MICHAEL ZIEGLER, born 1735 ; married CLEM- ENS, daughter of Jacob Clemens of Lower Salford Town- ship. 3. Andrew Ziegler, born March 14, 1737, at Lederachville, Pa. ; mar- ried Margaret ; he died October 26, 1811. Children, Elizabeth Ziegler, Dillman Ziegler, Michael Ziegler and Andrew Ziegler ; he was also a weaver.^ 4. Elizabeth Ziegler, married Abraham Detweiler, of Worcester, Pennsylvania, a grandson of Martin Kolb.* MICHAEL ZIEGLER, son of Andrew Ziegler and Elizabeth Kolb, was born in 1735, in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married a daughter of Jacob Clemens, who lived on an adjoining farm. Her Christian name is unknown. Jacob Clemens (son of Gerhart Clemens) and his wife, Bar- bara, were the parents of sixteen children, nine of them being 1 Deed Book No. 8, p. 401. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 8, p. 88. Norristown, Pennsylvania. ' Daniel K. Cassel, The Kolb Family, p. 489. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 441 daughters, and three of these daughters had husbands by the name of Ziegler. In his will, under date of 1779, Jacob Clemens men- tions only one daughter by name, Susanna, who was under age at that time, and appoints his "beloved son-in-law Michael Ziegler" co-executor with Gerhart Clemens, his eldest son/ Very little is known of this Michael Ziegler. He was in disfavor with his father, who practically disinherited him for "dis- obedience." As noted in the Sheriff's deed of the sale of the two hundred and fifty acres of land, formerly part of the Dielman Kolb estate which Andrew Ziegler, Sr., had purchased of the Schnebli heirs, Michael Ziegler, who bought in the land and then resold it to his father, is designated as "Junior," of Salford Town- ship. In 1774, he appears as a taxable in Lower Salford, possessed of two horses and five cows.° He, no doubt, was then living on one of his father's farms. In 1779, he paid a State tax of £1, and 1780 his property was taxed £16.15.3 on a valuation £745. In this same year the estate of his father, Andrew Ziegler, Sr., was valued at £6,970; his brothers, Andrew, Jr., £750, and Dillman, £5630; while in 1783, he was listed as possessing 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows and 6 sheep. ^ Michael Ziegler's name appears upon the Revolutionary rolls as a member of a company of Lower Salford Township, Mont- gomery County Militia, commanded by Captain Andrew Camp- bell.' Although his name appears as a member of this company from the date of its organization until 1782, it is a well-established fact that at no time did he perform active service, adhering firmly, as did most of the other members, to the principles of the Men- nonites, who were opposed to all warfare. By absenting himself from drill or roll call, he was subject to the fines imposed. These were paid, which exempted him from active duty.^ 1 Will Book S, p. 197. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ^ Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. XIV, p. 'i(i(^. 3 Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. XV, pp. 70, 437, 438, 439, 594. ^ Henry S. Dotterer, The Perhiomen Region, Vol. Ill, p. 134. ' Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Vol. I, p. 835. 442 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY It was the original intention of the father, Andrew Zigeler, Senior, to divide among his three sons, Dillman, Andrew and Michael, the whole of his real estate and had surveyed to each one hundred and ninety acres. For reasons that were not specified other than "for disobedience" Michael was eventually given but twelve acres, upon which was a house where he might live so long as he remained unmarried (he being at this time a widower), and at his death the property was to be sold and the moneys to be divided among the children of Michael and his deceased wife/ This is the last authentic record we have of Michael. James Y. Heckler, in his account of the Ziegler family as set forth in his History of Lower Salford, says that "he (Michael) while on his way down to visit his relatives, the Clemens, in cross- ing the little stream which flows just back of the Clemens barn, was suddenly overtaken with paralysis and sank, face down, in the water and was drowned, or died as he fell."^ Children of Michael Ziegler and Clemens:^ 1. Abraham Ziegler, married Barbara Kolb ; children : Nancy Ziegler, Jacob Ziegler, Catherine Ziegler, Andrew Ziegler; resided at Lederachville, Pennsylvania. 2. ANDREW ZIEGLER, born March 14, 1770; died October 26, 1844; married March 29, 1792, CATHERINE LEDERACH. 3. Peter Ziegler, removed to Northumberland County. 4. Elizabeth (Betzy) Ziegler, married George Delp, Lederachville. Some of the Delp family are at the present time living on the twelve-acre tract which had belonged to Michael Ziegler. 5. Nancy Ziegler, died unmarried. ANDREW ZIEGLER, born March 14, 1770, second son of Michael Ziegler and Clemens, was probably born in Lower Salford Township, where he resided until his removal to Frederick Township, about 1800. In 1792 he was married by Michael CroU, Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County, to Catherine Lederach. The entry in Justice Croll's Docket reads: 1 Will Book No. 2, p. 139, Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 James Y. Heckler. History of Lower Salford, p. 227. 3 Daniel K. Cassel, The Kulp Family, p. 489. C3 O 3 O OJ O THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 443 "Mch 29, 1792. Andrew Ziegler, Jr. and Catherine Lederach of Lower Salford Township are lawfully married and joyned together in holy matrimony the 29th day of March, 1792."^ The Lederachs owned a large farm adjoining the Zieglers, the little village of Lederachville touching Andrew Ziegler's farm on the northeast. In 1794, he purchased of his grandfather, Andrew Ziegler, Sr., a tract of one hundred and thirteen acres, which included a mes- suage, and lying within this tract was the house and twelve acres of land which had been set aside for his father. Deed: Andrew Ziegler, Sr. to Andrew Ziegler, Jr., 1794 THIS INDENTURE dated the twentieth day of November, 1794 Between Andrew Ziegler, Sr. of lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Andrew Ziegler, Jr., Weaver, of same * * * In consideration of the sum of $873.00, * * * a messuage and plantation and tract of land, situate in Lower Salford Township, beginning at a line of Edward Flinn's land, Godshalk Godshalk, Andrew Ziegler, Jr's. land, the Gushehoppen road, Jacob Ziegler, Joseph Alderffer, George Heckle, containing 113 acres and 54 perches (and said Andrew Ziegler, Sr., hath accepted and reserved out of the above described tract of land eleven and one half acres which is so inclosed and cut off from touching or extending by any other land and beginning at a black oak marked for a corner 17^ perches from a stone set for a corner at said road one perch distant from said Godshalk's corner thence from said black oak south 84 degrees 54 west to Joseph Alder fer's land, and George Herckler's containing llj/a acres 80 perches), deducing this out of 113 acres 54 perches there remain- eth 101 acres, 134 perches, which is hereby conveyed to said Andrew Ziegler, weaver, being part of two tracts of land of 150 and 50 acres which Isaac Hunsicker by deed October 7, 1782, granted to said Andrew Zieg- ler, Sr.^ Witnesses Henry Switzer Andreas Ziegler. Michael Ziegler. 1 Henry S. Dotterer, The Perkiomen Region, Vol. I, p. 46. Docket of Michael Croll, J. of P., 1785-1795. 2 Deed Book No. 8, p. 88. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 444 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Three years prior to this Andrew Ziegler had purchased twenty-five acres of land which adjoined the farm which he later secured from his grandfather. On May 29, 1798, he and his wife, Catherine, sold parts of his farm to his cousin, Jacob Ziegler. Deed: Andrew Ziegler, Jr. and Wife Catherine to Jacob Ziegler, 1798 This Indenture dated May 29, 1798, Between Andrew Ziegler of Lower Salford Township, County of Montgomery, junior, yeoman, and Catherine his wife of the one part, and Jacob Ziegler of the Township aforesaid, weaver, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Andrew Ziegler and Catherine his wife for and in consideration of the sum of forty-eight pounds do grant, bargain and sell unto the said Jacob Ziegler a certain piece and parcel of land situate in Lower Salford Township, ad- joining said Jacob Ziegler's other land, the Goshenhoppen road, land in- tended to be conveyed to Michael Ziegler, called Little Mike, Dillman Ziegler, containing 4j4 acres, Being part of 100 acres which Andrew Ziegler, Senior, deceased, and grandfather of first abovesaid named Andrew Ziegler, by deed dated November 20, 1794, conveyed to the said Andrew Ziegler his grandson. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals dated the day and year above written.^ Andrew Ziegler her Catherine X Ziegler mark Some time between this last date, May 29, 1798, and 1810 Andrew Ziegler and wife removed to Frederick Township, which adjoined Lower Salford. On April 14 of the last-named year he sold to Jacob Gorges the remainder of his land in Lower Salford. In this deed he calls himself of Frederick Township. Deed : Andrew Ziegler, Jr. and Wife to Jacob Gorges, 1810 THIS INDENTURE dated the fourteenth day of April, 1810, Between Andrew Ziegler, Jr., of Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, miller, and Catherine, his wife, and Jacob 1 Deed Book No. 11, pp. 210, 211. Norristown, Pennsylvania. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 445 Gerkes of Lower Salford Township. Whereas Andrew Ziegler the elder by his deed November 20, 1794, did grant and convey to his grandson the said Andrew Ziegler, Jr., a certain plantation and tract of land situate in Lower Salford Township, containing 101 acres and 130 perches (Deed Book No. 8, p. 88) and Whereas Abraham Ditweiler and EHzabeth his wife by deed August 27, 1791, granted to Godshalk Godshalk a tract of land containing 50 acres, situate in Lower Salford Township (Deed Book No. 7, p. 332) and the said Gotshalk Godshalk and wife Sarah by deed January 1, 1798, granted to said Andrew Ziegler, Jr., two tracts of land part of the above 50 acres by computation 25 acres, situate in Lower Salford aforesaid. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that said Andrew Ziegler and Catherine his wife in consideration of $5,770.04 have granted to the said Jacob Gerkis a certain messuage and tract of land situate in Lower Salford Township, adjoining land of Jacob Johnson, Jo- seph Alderfer, Andrew Ziegler, the elder, containing 95 acres 114 perches out of which 95 acres, 114 perches of land the above mentioned Andrew Ziegler the elder excepted and reserved for the use of his son Michael Ziegler father of the Andrew Ziegler, Jr., and which is so cut off and inclosed in the above described tract as not to interfere with the lines or boundaries thereof containing 11 acres and 80 perches of land as by a certified survey made by Henry Switzer April 1, 1793.^ * * * Andrew Ziegler her Catherine X Ziegler mark There is no record of any purchase of land by Andrew Ziegler in Frederick Township prior to 1839. However, he was a large land holder, a dealer in cattle and owned and operated the mill that is just on the edge of Zieglerville. The village of Zieglerville is situated in the southern part of the township and is located on the Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turnpike. Before the building of the railroad it was an important meeting point for stage lines. Here the passengers for Pennsburg and Boyertown met three times a week and were transferred from small antiquated coaches to commodious omnibuses drawn by four or five horses, and on alternate days the returning passengers again separated and went their different ways. The Inn, on high ground located at the forks of the road, was an old-time house of genuine 1 Deed Book No. 27, p. 156. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 446 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY entertainment. Frederick Township was organized in 1730 and until 1731 had no official name, being known as Falkner Swamp in common with the other extensive regions drained by the Swamp Creek.^ On February 6, 1760, George Wygard, or Weichert, bought of Michael and Eva Mary Bastian 306 acres of land located in Frederick Township, comprising ground upon which the present village of Zieglerville and its surroundings are located. Imme- diately upon obtaining possession of the property he established an inn upon the Skippack Road just north of its crossing Swamp Creek; he also built a grist and saw mill, propelled by the creek. On December 17, 1774, George Weichert offered the larger part of his plantation at public sale, advertising it on the 13th of that month in the Philadelphia Staatsbote, as "situated on the Skippack Road, thirty-one miles from Philadelphia; that it contained about 125 acres cleared and 12 acres meadow; there was upon it a stone house in which a tavern had been kept for nearly fifteen years, also a grist and saw mill." This land with the hotel and the mill later came into the possession of Andrew Ziegler and his son, Henry, from whom the village of Zieglerville took its name. An old draft of this 306 acres shows that Jacob Under koffer owned an adjoining tract,^ but no deed is on record to show when Andrew Ziegler purchased this land in Frederick, but it is no doubt the same property which he mentions in his will as having bought of the: trustees of Jacob Underkoffer and which he bequeathed with the mansion house to his son, Henry. These early Germans repeated the same Christian name so frequently in the younger generations that it was customary to distinguish them by some descriptive name. Thus Andrew Ziegler, Junior, son of Michael and grandson of Andrew Ziegler, Senior, was known as "Little Andreas," not that he was small, but because he was tall and thin, and in several deeds executed shortly before his death he is designated as Andrew K. Ziegler, the initial no doubt standing for "Kolb." 1 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pa., p. 832. 2 Henry S. Dotterer. Manuscripts, Vol. XV. pp. 89, 91. PL, be N B o Plh bj) V N THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 447 Abstracts of the few deeds that are upon record relating to his land in Frederick Township are here given. CI)IS SnDCntUlC made the twenty-ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two between George Wint of the township of Frederick in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, miller, and Lydia his wife, and Andrew K. Ziegler, of the township and county aforesaid, WHEREAS in consideration of the sum of $2500 there is granted unto the said Andrew K. Ziegler ALL that certain Messuage tenement and five pieces of land situate in Freder- ick township, the first tract being on the Skippack road and adjoining other land of said Andrew K. Ziegler and land of John M. Nelson and John Kriesbach, and other land of said George Wint and Henry Ziegler's land, and Swamp Creek, near to said Andrew K. Ziegler's tail race containing eight acres. Second tract adjoins land of Henry Ziegler, and the public road leading to said Andrew K. Ziegler's mill thence by land of Frederick M. Wint and Noah Umstead, containing eight acres, and seventy-seven perches, being same land Henry Ziegler and Catherine his wife by deed April 1, 1821, sold to said George Wint. The third tract adjoins Jacob Schneider's land and land of George Wint, Aaron and Jacob Schwenck and John Triesback containing nineteen acres, this third tract being same lot of land Joseph Keelor and Godfrey Saylor, assignees of all and singular the goods rights and chattels of Jacob Underkoffer, late of Frederick township, deceased by deed April 1, 1826, granted unto the said George Wint. The fourth tract adjoins said George Wint and Aaron and Jacob Schwenck and Jacob Schneider, containing one acre. The fifth tract con- tains one hundred and twenty-five perches being same the assignees of said Underkof er sold to said George Wint.^ DEED. April 1, 1841. Between Henry Ziegler of Frederick town- ship, County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman and Cath- erine his wife and Andrew Ziegler of Lower Salford township in the County and State aforesaid. WHEREAS Philip Boyer, High Sheriff of Montgomery County, April 13, 1824, confirmed unto Henry Ziegler and John Ziegler a certain messuage and grist mill and saw mill, and one hun- dred and seventy acres of land and WHEREAS Dilman Ziegler adminis- trator of John Ziegler late of Frederick township, deceased, by deed May 12, 1825, granted to said Henry Ziegler an equal one half moiety of the said tract of land and mill. NOW THIS INDENTURE WIT- 1 Deed Book No. 64, p. 38. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 448 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY NESSETH that the said Henry Ziegler and Catherine his wife in consid- eration of $3070 DOTH confirm unto the said Andrew Ziegler all that messuage grist and oil mill saw mill and tract of land situate in Frederick township, adjoining lands of John Schwenck, George Harmun, John M. Nelson, the Public Road and land of George Wint.^ DEED. April 1, 1841. Between Andrew Ziegler of Frederick town- ship, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Andrew Ziegler, Junior, of Lower Salford township. In consideration of $1600 for a tract of land in Frederick township, being the same that Henry Ziegler and wife Catherine by deed April 1, 1821, granted to George Wint and the said George Wint by his indenture dated February 14, 1839, granted and con- firmed unto the said Andrew Ziegler the grantor.^ Catherine Lederach, wife of Andrew Ziegler, died July 2, 1840, aged seventy years nine months and twenty-eight days, and was buried in the graveyard of the Lower Salford Mennonite Meeting. After her death perhaps Andrew Ziegler went to live with the children of his daughter, Magdalena Schwenk, who lived across the river from Schwenkville, in Salford Township, and here he passed away on December 26, 1844. In his will, which he made a few months before his death, he requested that if he "should die at or near the place I now reside," his body be interred in the Salford burial ground. Large tombstones mark both their graves, and another adjoining is that of their daughter, Magdalena Schwenk. The inscriptions upon the tablets are almost obliterated, rendering them difficult to read. In Memory of the deceased Andreas Ziegler He exchanged this earthly life for that of the eternal upon the 26 day October 1844, having reached the Age of 74 years 7 months and 12 days 1 Deed Book No. 64, p. 42. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 64, p. 44. Norristown, Pennsylvania. Wf ■ H\^^V {^^^^H . ' ^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^l ^^^^^^Jr ^^^^H >>, ^^H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 ^B'^:' ,. - i_.,. Wl H^^V r*v ^^^^^H^^^^^^l 1 ' - '-^^ •. H ■ ■:>'''' H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 ^^^^^ ^ ?W. A^'ylyj-'Kj'*" 1 y«^^tCi i^ 1 Catharine Lederach Ziegler, Born Apr, 30, 1770. Died July 2, 1840. Andreas Ziegler, Born March 14, 1770. Died Dec. 26, 1844. THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 449 In Memory of the deceased Catherina Ziegler Wife of Andreas Ziegler who was born Ledderachin She exchanged this earthly life for that of the eternal the 2'^'^ day of July 1840, having reached the age of 70 years 9 months and 28 days In Memory of my dear Wife my beloved Companion in this World Here lies the body of Magdalena the wife of Jacob Schwenck and daughter of Andreas Ziegler, born the 27 Feb. 1795 and died the 3 Sepf 1823, having reached the age of 28 years 6 months and 3 days The will, which was dated September 26, 1844, and to which he had added a codicil, was entered for probate November 9 of the same year. An inventory of his estate shows that it was valued at nearly $6000. According to the accotmt filed at the same time by his executors, Henry Ziegler, his son, one of the executors, charges "traveling expenses incurred in going to Northumberland and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, and to New York on business of the estate." Will of Andrew Ziegler, 1844 In the Name of God Amen, I Andrew Ziegler, Senior, of the town- ship of Frederick in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylva- nia, yeoman, being weak in body and of sound mind memory and under- standing but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit. First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body to the Earth from whence it came. And further I 450 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY direct that if I should die at or near the place where I now reside that my body be decently interred in the burial ground of Salford Meeting house, according to the rights and ceremonies of the said Meeting house and that my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my estate and situation in life. And as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to entrust or bless me with in this life, I dispose of the same in the following manner, to wit : First it is my will and I do hereby order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expences be paid as soon after my decease as possable out of the first moneys that shall come into the hands of my hereinafter named Executors. And further it is my will and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my three grandchildren namely Andrew Buchard, Mary Buchard now entermarried with Francis Markley, and Catherine Buchard now intermarried with my farm or plantation situate partly in the County of Northumberland and partly in the County of Dauphin in the State of Pennsylvania and now occupyed by the said grandchildren Containing about two hundred acres more or less upon the following condition, to wit : Immediately after my decease the said Andrew, Mary and Catherine Buchard shall each of them chose one man to value the said Farm and the three men so chosen shall value the said Farm at its just value to the best of their judgment. And after such valuation is made as aforesaid the said Andrew Buchard and Mary Buchard intermarried with Francis Markley shall pay unto the said Cath- erine Bucher one third part of the said valuation money which is hereby bequeathed to her the said Catherine Bucherd and to her heirs and assigns forever And after paying out the said one third part of the said valuation money as aforesaid the said Farm shall be and belong and the same is hereby bequeathed unto the said Andrew Bucherd and Mary Bucherd in- termarried with Francis Markley in equal shares and to their heirs and assigns forever. And further I give and bequeath unto the said Mary Bucherd intermarried with Francis Markley my clock and case and my Dearborn Waggon. And further it is my will and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my son Henry Ziegler and to Dr. John M. Nelson jointly the house which I built in Zieglersville, now occupied by John Reimer and James Lackman and also four acres of land of the Farm which I and my son Henry bought of the Trustees of John Underkofier now Deceased to be cut from the Field below on the east side of the public road leading to Goshenhoppen Church to commence in the middle of said road thence a straight line clear across said field in a parrallel direction with the Goshen- hoppen Crick so as to measure four acres. And as tuching all the rest residue and remainder of my estate real and personal not otherwise dis- posed of in this my Will shall be sold by my hereinafter named Executors at public sale and all my money collected and after paying thereout all my THE ZIEGLER FAMILY 451 just debts and funeral expences the remainder shall be disposed of in the following manner to wit : Namely the one Moyety or half part thereof is hereby bequeathed to my said son Henry Ziegler and to his heirs and assigns forever. And the other Moyety or half part thereof is hereby bequeathed to my two grand daughters Catherine Schwenck, Entermar- ried with Abraham Steiner and to Elizabeth Schwenck in equal shares and to their heirs and assigns forever. Also I direct that a fair valuation or appraisement be made according to law of all my Estate hereinbefore directed to be sold and collected by two Competent and impartial neigh- bors. And further I direct if any of the heirs named in this my said Will shall bring any account against my estate shuch account shall be de- ducted from the share bequeathed to that heir who shall bring the account and not from any other portion of my estat. And lastly I nominate and constitute and appoint my said son Henry Ziegler, Dr. John M. Nelson and John H. Steiner to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills by me made and ratifying this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty-sixth day of Sep- tember in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- four, 1844^ ,_y(^Qe^^i^ Signed sealed and declared by the Testator for his last Will and Testa- ment in the presence of us, who have hereunto signed our names : John Steiner Daniel Fageley Philip Christman. Jacob Quillman. In a codicil the testator changes the form of the bequest to the Bucherds and directs there shall be no valuation, but each shall have an equal share. Inventory A true and perfect Inventory and Just appraisement of all and singu- lar the goods and chattels rights and credits, which were of Andrew Zieg- ler, Sen., late of the Township of Frederick in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, at the time of his death, to wit ■?■ 1 Will Book No. 8, p. 3S6. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Original Papers No. 7073. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 452 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Wearing Apparel $8.00 A Case of Drawers, 3.00 A lot of Books, 6.00 3 chairs & Spitting box, 75 A Stove and pipe, 5.00 2 Bedsteads and Bedding for one Bead 11.00 A Chest and Wood Chest, 2.00 A Corner Cubert and a Table 2.00 A looking glass and 3 picture frames, 1.40 A lot of Window paper, .50 fire tongs andoel 3 Whips & Sundries, .75 A sleigh 3.00 half of a Waggon, 7.50 Dearborn harness, 2.00 2 Cows and 1 Mare 45.00 appraised at 16.00 16.00 Cash 73.00 Amount of Bonds and Notes, 3524.69 $3712.10 Taken and appraised by us the subscribers the fifth day of November, Anno Dom. 1844. John Steinee Daniel Fogeley. Affirmed November 9, 1844. The Account of Henry Ziegler and John H. Steiner, Surviving Execu- tors of the last Will and Testament of Andrew Ziegler, late of Frederick Township, in the County of Montgomery, Deceased. The accountants charge themselves with all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said Deceased, agreeably to an Inventory thereof filed in the Reg- ister's Office, at Norristown, amounting to $3712.10 To Real Estate sold to John Kech 575.00 " " " " " Henry Ziegler, 195.75 " " " " " John M. Nelson, M.D., 191.90 To Rent received of Henry Steiner, 25.00 To Book debts Received not appraised 264.74 To Interest received since the Inventory was exhibited 176.48 Amount of Estate, $5140.97 1^ J a, c/j c o o o ;**«'? ',1- •^** V'^- •'•««l One Hundred Acres of land and all other the hereditaments & Premises hereby granted or intended to be granted with the appurtenances unto the s^ Gerhard Clemens his heirs and Assigns To the only proper Use & behoof of him the sd Gerhard Clemens his heirs, Exec" Admin" and Assigns forever. At and under the yearly rent of One Shilling Sterling Money of Old England or value thereof in coyn curr' from henceforth becoming due and payable unto the s^ Matthias van Bebber his heirs and Assigns forever. And the sd Matthias van Bebber doth Covenant & promise for himself his heirs Exec" & Admin" that he the s"^ One Hundred Acres of land, hereditaments & Premises hereby granted or Intended to be granted with the appurtenances unto the sd Gerhard Clemens his heirs and Assigns against him the sd Mat- thias van Bebber & his heirs, and against all other person oi^ persons whatsoever lawfully or rightfully claiming or to claim by from or under him them or any of them. Or by his their or any of their means, Privity, Consent, or Procurement shall and will WARRANT & forever defend by these Presents and he the s"* Matthias van Bebber his heirs Exec"'' or 456 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Admin''^ shall and will at any time during the space of Seven years now next ensuing the Date hereof upon the reasonable request Cost & Charges in Law of the aforesaid Gerhard Clemens, his heirs, or Assigns, make doe & execute, or cause so to be all & every such further or other act & acts. Deed or Deeds, Device or Devices in Law for the fuller & better Assurance & Confirmation of the above bargained One hundred Acres of land & all other the heriditaments & premises with the appurtenances unto the sd Gerhard Clemens his heirs. Exec" Admin''^ or Assigns as by them or any of them or any of their heirs or assigns, or by their or any of their Council learned in the law shall be reasonably devised. Advised, & required. IN WITNESS whereof he the s'^ Matthias van Bebber hath to this present Indenture sett his hand & Seal the day and year first above written and likewise constituted Jacob kolb his Attorney giving him hereby special Power and authority to deliver the of the sd One hundred acres of land & Premises unto the sd Gerhard Clemens or his above written full and peaceable possession or Seizin according to law.^ Signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of us C^ Memorandom that on the 4th day of the Third mo. May Anno Dom, 1711 the v/ithin named Jacob Kolb as Attorney of Matthias Van Bebber Especially Empowered so to do, did deliver full quiet & peaceable Pos- sesion or seizin of the land & hereditaments within mentioned with the Appurtenances in the Name and behalf of the s"* Matthias Van Bebber unto the within named Gerhard Clemens, to the use of him, his heirs & Assigns according to the Form and Effect of the within written Indenture. In the presence of us. Johanes Kolb Henry Pastorius 1 Copy of an original deed in the possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norristown, Pennsylvania. U o 1) m c > 5 E o 'So 'C o THE CLEMENS FAMILY 457 In 1718 Gerhart Clemens purchased of David Powel another tract of land consisting of three hundred acres "on the northeast branch of the Perkahomy Creek," in what is now Lower Salford Township. Here upon the west side of the creek he built a log house, where he lived while he cleared away the forests.^ On December 9, 1722, Gerhart and his wife Ann sold to Michael Ziegler, one of the earliest ministers of the Mennonite Church at Skippack, fifty acres of his first purchase of one hundred acres in Bebber's, or Skippack Township. Thereafter, by purchase and patent, he acquired additional tracts until he had six hundred and ninety acres which he claimed as his own. Deed : Gerhard Clemens and Wife to Michael Ziegler, 1722 TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come Gerhard Clemens of Bebbers Township in the County of Philadelphia yeoman & Anne his wife send greeting. WHEREAS there is a certain Tract or parcell of Land Scituate lying and being in the Township and county aforesd. Beginning at a Comer of Andrew Srager's land, from thence Northwest by the sd Sragers line of marked trees one hundred perches to another corner of the sd Sragers and Jacob Kolbs land, from thence South West by a line of Johanes Kolbs land Sixty perches to a black oak sapling from thence South East two degrees and a half Easterly by a line of Paul Frieds land one hundred and twenty perches to a black oak Sapling, from thence North East by a line of Marked trees one hundred perches to the place of Beginning, Containing Fifty acres of land being the Moiety or part of one hundred acres, which Matthias Van Bebber of Cecil County in the province of Maryland, Merchant, by a Certain Indenture under his hand & seal bearing Date the first day of May 1711, for the consideration therein mentioned did sell & convey unto the above sd Gerhard Clemens his heirs & Assigns forever, as by the sd Indenture more at large doth appear. NOW KNOW YEE that the sd Gerhard Clemens & Anne his Wife for and in consideration of the sum of thirty two Pounds Curr*. Money of Pensilvania at & before the Ensealing and delivery of these presents to them in hand paid by Michel Zigeler of the Township & County above sd Weaver the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and thereof do fully acquit and forever discharge the sd Michel Zigeler his heirs, exec". Adm". and Assigns, and every of them 1 James Y. Heckler. Sketches of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, pp. 210, 217. 458 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY by these presents HAVE GIVEN granted, bargained, sold, aliened, Enfoeffed, & confirmed and by these presents do absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell. Alien, enfoeff & confirm unto the sd Michel Zigeler, his heirs & assigns, the first above mentioned Tract or parcel of fifty Acres of Land, with all the buildings. Orchards, Gardens, Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Marshes, Waters, Water courses. Woods, Underwoods, Ways, Wasts, Pasages, fences and other Improvements, Commodoties, Privi- ledges, hereditaments & appurtenances whatsoever to the sd Fifty Acres of land belonging or in any wise appertaining and the Reversions, Remainders, Rents, Issues, and profits thereof. With all deeds. Evidences & writings touching the same, as also all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest & Use, Possession, Property, Claim and demand whatsoever which they the sd Gerhard Clemens & Anne his wife or either of them now hath, or hereafter might or should have of in and to the sd Premises, or any part thereof. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the sd fifty acres of land and all other the hereditaments and premises hereby granted or intended to be granted, with the appurtenances unto the sd Michel Ziegeler his heirs & assigns, to the only proper use & behoof of him the sd Michel Zigeler his heirs & Assigns forever AT AND UNDER the yearly Rent of six pence sterling money of Old England or value thereof in coin curr', from henceforth becoming due and payable unto the sd Matthias Van Bebber his heirs and Assigns forever. AND the sd Gerhard Clemens and Anne his WIFE and their heirs and against all and every other person & persons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to Claim the same or any part thereof by from or under them or either or any of them or by their or any of their means, privity Consent or procurement shall & will Warrant and forever defend by these presents. AND he the sd Gerhard Clemence & Anne his wife and their heirs Exec" & Admin" shall & will from time to time and at all times hereafter during the space of seven years now next ensuing the date hereof, upon the Reasonable Request, and at the proper costs & charges in the law of the aforesd Michel Zigeler his heirs. Exec", Admin''^ or Assigns, Make do acknowledge and Execute, or cause to be made, done, acknowledged & executed all and singular such further & other act and Acts, Deed & Deeds, Device or Devices, in the law what- soever for the fuller and better Conveyance and assurance of the sd Fifty Acres of land & premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto the sd Michel Zigeler his heirs & Assigns or by him, them or any of them or his their or any of their Councill learned in the Law or that behalf shall be rightfully devised, advised, & required. In WITNESS whereof the sd Gerhard Clemens & Anne his Wife have to these presents set their hands and seals Dated the Eighteenth day of December in the Ninth year ? f Mill 11^ ili ^I'^i i?*^ ^^^U iP-^ - € '' lint ^.^m^ -. ^s.='^i; ^^^ I ai?'-'?^ - o ^ CM ra or -, r=H C n '■ U ^ o > be u Tl OJ o 1 1 ■V) aj OJ Q THE CLEMENS FAMILY 459 of the Reign of King George over Great Britain, &c. Amoq Domi, One thousand seven hundred and Twenty Two.^ Signed Sealed and Delivered Gerhard Clemens in the presence of us her Johannes Kolb Ann X Clemens mark Memorandum that on the tw^entieth day of December 1722 the within named Gerhard Clemens did in his own person deliver full quiet & Peccable possession or seizin of the land & hereditaments within men- tioned with the appurtenances unto the within named Michel Zigeler to the use of him his heirs & Assigns according to the form & effect of the within Written Deed. In the presence of us Johanes Kolb Jacob Kolb Henry Pastorius On the 29"^ of this Instant Gerhard Clemens the Grantor above named appeared before me Rowland Evans Esq. on of the Justices of Y« County Philad* and acknowledged y" above Indenture to Be his Act & Deed and desired the same might be Recorded According to Law. In Wittness whereof I have Hereunto set my Hand & Seal y' 29th of Sep- tember Anno Dom. 1750. Rowland Evans (Seal) Gerhart Clemens kept a diary, or notebook, in which are entered many notes, none, however, in his own handwriting after 1740. While there are entries made in the same book later on, they appear to have been made by his son, Jacob, with whom, according to tradition, he lived during the latter years of his life. Gerhart Clemens says in his diary that he was born in 1680 and came to Pennsylvania in 1709.^ From the following entry we learn that his father's name was Jacob : "Anno 1709, March 8, 1, Jacob Clemens, gave my son Gerhart by my own hand on account 126 guilders." Then the following: "Anno 1709, March 3, I, John Clemens, have settled with my 1 Copy of an original deed in the possession of Mrs. William Hallman, Norris- town, Pa. 2 Note. This diary or note book in later years came into the possession of Abraham K. Cassel, the antiquarian of Salford Township. Upon the death of Mr. Cassel, his collection was sold to various parties, many of his books and diaries being purchased by Juniata College, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. 460 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY brother Gerhart Clemens and made every thing balance regarding his purchased goods." According to tradition, this brother, John, was a merchant, unmarried, in the city of New York. It is also said that there was another brother, Jacob, who lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Another item of interest in this notebook, no date, but appar- ently made in Holland: "My father-in-law reckoned to me for the horse ( ) rix dollars and for the cow 12 rix dollars. Is that now right?" This was formerly the money of Holland. Two and a half guilders made one rix dollar, which was equal to one dollar United States money. The diary is written entirely in German, but the fact that all his financial dealings were transacted in the currency then in use in Holland leads one to believe that Gerhart Clemens was living in or near that country. About March, 1709, when he was twenty- nine years of age, he apparently sold his possessions to his father, Jacob, and his brother, John, and to his father-in-law, whose name, unfortunately, he neglects to give us, and prepares to come to this country. From this same notebook we learn that by October of that year he had arrived in Permsylvania. To quote further:^ "Anno 1709, October 10, I bought a horse from Heinrich Kassel for £3 7s 6d and it is to be paid by next May." He also notes that he bought a cow of Abraham Heistand, April 15, 1726, for £3 5s. Then again, "Anno 1713, I was with Mathias Van Bebber in Maryland." Other entries are: "Anno 1723, July 2, I settled with Jacob Reiff and remain in debt to him for the land yet £14 18s." "Anno 1723, November 15, I, Gerhart Clemens bought from Hans Michael Wegley, a mare with a young colt for £5." "June 2, 1726, I borrowed £14 from Dringen Sprogel." "November 11,1 again borrowed from her in gold five pounds eight shillings four pence and three farthings." "Anno 1726, June 4, Jacob Galman received for the work £8 from me." Owing to an error in the original survey made to David Powel as to the exact quantity of land contained in his tract, Gerhart 1 James Y. Heckler, Sketches of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, pp. 210, 217. THE CLEMENS FAMILY 461 Clemens requested the Commissioners of Property to order a re- survey of his land in order to establish boundaries and to confirm the same to him by Patent. This was granted, accordingly, as is found by the following patent, which is on record at the Land Office in Harrisburg, Permsylvania : Patent to Garret Clements, 1734 THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN, ESQUIRES, TRUE AND ABSOLUTE PROPRIETARIES AND GOVERNORS IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ETC. WHEREAS by virtue and in Pursuance of a Warrant from the late Commissioners of Property under the lesser seal of our said Province bearing date the tenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventeen, granted to David Powell of the City of Philadelphia, for surveying and laying out to him the quantity of three thousand acres of land in our said Province there was surveyed and laid out in part of the same near the Branches of Parkeawming Creek in the County of Philadelphia a certain tract of land containing by survey then made five hundred and eighty-eight acres. AND WHEREAS in and by two several Deed Polls under hand and seal of said David Powell bearing date the fourteenth day of February 1717, the right of said five hundred and eighty-eight acres of land became vested in Garret Clements of the County of Philadelphia aforesaid who paid to our use the consideration money for the same and since by measuring the lines of said tract an error in the first survey thereof hath been discovered and thereupon the said Garret Clements requested our Warrant in order to rectify the said error and make an exact Resurvey on the same which being accordingly granted the fifth day of First Month (March) last past the said Tract of land hath since been resurveyed * * * extending on the southeast side of Derick Jansen's and Henry Rudd's land, thence by vacant land and that of Andrew Ledrah and Tilghman Colph, southwest by land of Hugh Roberts, containing six hundred and ninety acres. AND WHEREAS upon the said Resurvey there being found within the line thereof one hundred and two acres above the quantity for which the same was at first surveyed He the said Garret Clements hath humbly requested that We would be pleased to grant him a Confirmation of the whole. Now know ye that in Consideration of the sum of twenty-five pounds ten shillings * * * we have given, granted and confirmed unto the said Garret Clements the said six hundred and ninety-six acres of land. IN WITNESS whereof the said Thomas Penn by virtue of the Powers granted him by said John and Richard Penn 462 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY this fifteenth day of Second Month (April) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty-four, the seventh year of the Reign of King George the Second over Great Britain and the sixteenth year of our Government.'^ Thos. Penn. On the southeast side of this great tract there was then a strip of vacant land between what is now the Meeting House Lane and the Morris Road, containing about thirty-one acres. Gerhart Clemens again applied to the Land Office and was granted a second patent for this additional tract, June 23, 1735. ,0 „/ His entire tract at this time comprised about a mile square, and among the adjoining land owners are noted Andrew Lederach 1 Patent Book A No. 6, p. 297. Department of Internal Aflfairs, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. IT) 0) 0; o o ^ X pp'/>?,.S-5"5 t't-i ' ^^ - ^^ '- ^ '! 5 = ^^'--i-H 5'C^>t i-: -.-} i-ii=-o-'i--^_ ^ « 'i E o g o c PL, THE CLEMENS FAMILY 463 and Dillman Kolb. It was not long before Gerhart Clemens be- came one of the most prosperous and successful men in the com- munity. He lived for some time in his first house built on the west side of the Branch Creek, but later erected a larger and more commodious residence on the east side of the same stream. We learn from the numerous accounts that appear in his diary, or notebook, that Gerhart Clemens and some of his children were weavers and wove considerable homespun goods for his friends and others. This was, no doubt, one of the ways by means of which they made money to pay their debts. We give these few extracts from his weaver's bills: "Anno 1726, March 31, I made a piece of cloth, altogether thirty yards, nine yards of tow and twenty-one yards of flax for Jacob Garman." (Without date) "John Lederach's flaxen cloth is thirty six yards at six pence per yard. The piece of tow cloth which I made is fifteen yards and a half at five pence per yard." (No date) "For Paul Friet I made a piece of flaxen cloth. It is twenty three yards at five pence per yard." In 1726, Gerhart Clemens built the first grist mill in Salford Township on the creek near the present site of Groff' s mill. In the diary quoted above he left some matters on record relating to it, namely, that he made a contract with Jacob Souder, March, 1726, to build a mill "to be well made and to give good satisfaction, for which he was to receive i2>3, one half thereof to be paid when the mill was finished and the other half in six months afterwards." Without date is the following entry : "I remain in debt to Souder £11. Anno 1727, February 26, Jacob Souder again received £3 and I remain in debt yet eight pounds and eight shillings."^ This mill stood until 1823, nearly 100 years, when the founda- tion for the present mill, now known as Groff' s, was laid. Part of the foundation of the old mill is easily discernible. The original building stood against the hill, about one hundred and fifty yards farther up the stream from the present site. "It was built in the most economical manner, two stories high. There were no elevators 1 James Y. Heckler, Sketches of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, pp. 210, 217. 464 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY in it, everything which was to be ground twice had to be carried up stairs to the second story. Customers bringing grists there to be ground drove their teams up hill and imloaded on the second story, while those who fetched their grists, which mostly consisted of flour and bran, received them from the first floor." Two years after the first mill was built the Goshenhoppen road was opened, which added greatly to the convenience of the neighborhood. It crossed the stream just below the mill. An old road docket contains this entry.^ Sept. 1738, Salford Township. Pursuant to order of Court dated June 1738, the following parties, viz : Jacob Ruff, Jacob Houghman, Christian Stauffer, Jacob Keller, and Heinrich Doring, on 28 August, 1738, laid out a road for public use Beginning at Hankatrants Smith Shop and from thence runing N. 80° W 68p thence N 71° W 22? thence N 80° W 106p into the new road from Jo' Grone's Mill to Garrad Clement's Mill. Gerhart Clemens built a residence on this property, which, together with the mill and one hundred and fifty-one acres there- unto belonging, was conveyed by him and his wife, Ann, to their son, John, September 26, 1738.^ On June 20, 1738, they gave to their son Jacob two tracts containing together one hundred and eighty-five acres, as shown by the following deed: Deed: Garret Clements and Wife to Jacob Clements, 1738 CljiSi l&nHtntUXt Made the Twentieth Day of June In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Eight &c, BETWEEN Garret Clements of Salford in the County of Philadelphia, Yeoman & Ann his wife of the One Part And their Son Jacob Clements of the same place, yeoman, of the Other Part WITNESSETH that the S'^ Garrett Clements & Ann his wife for & in Consideration of the Sum of Five ShilHngs Lawful! money of Pensilvania to them in heand paid the receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged HAVE Bargained & Sold And by these presents DO Bargain and Sell unto the said Jacob Clements Two Certain Tracts or parcels of Lands Situate in Salford Afores"^ One whereof BEGINNING at a Hickory in the line of Derick Johnson^ Land 1 Henry S. Dotterer's Manuscripts, Vol. XIV, p. S3. 2 Deed Book G No. 7, p. 550. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. T\Nv ftfl %v. V ■5*<^' .- ''=! . _^ n, i,.yY^ i:?^ ,^^ ^J-ri 00 o c 3 u o U a c <; c O I •13 Q v^) THE CLEMENS FAMILY 465 by the Same & other Land South East one Hundred & Forty Seven perches to a White Oak Markd for a Corner in the line of Henry Rudt= Lans thence by the Same South West One Hundred & Fifteen perches & five foot to a Black Oak Markd for a corner thence North West by the line of Marked trees One Hundred & Forty Seven perches to A post Set for a Corner thence by Garrett Clements other Land North East One Hundred & fifteen perches & Five foot to the place of BEGINNING Containing One Hundred & Six Acres of Land the other Tract or parcel of Land BEGINNING At a Post At A Corner of Christian Allerback' Land thence by the Same South West One Hundred & Twenty four perches to a Post thence by Land of Andrew Ledrah North West forty perches to a Post thence North East by other Land of the S<^ Garrett Clemens One Hundred & Twenty Four perches to A Post thence by land of Henry Rudt South East forty perches to the place of BEGINNING Containing Seventy Nine Acres & an Allowance in proportion to Six Acres P' Cent of Land Together allso with all & Singular the Ways Woods Water water Courses Rights liberties priviledges Heridtaments Appurtenances and Improvements Whatsoever thereunto Belonging or in any wise Appertaining And the Reversions & Remainders thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above Described Two Tracts or parcels of land Heriditaments & premises hereby Bargained & Sold with the Appurtenances Unto the 5"^ Jacob Clements his Executors Administrators & Assigns from the Day of the Date hereof for & During & unto the full End and Term of One Year now next Ensueing IN WITNESS whereof the s^ Parties to these presents have Interchangeably Set their hands & Seals hereunto Dated the Day & Year first Above Written.^ Sealed and Delivered Gerhart Clemens. In the presence of us her Johannes Clemens Ann X Clemens Robert Jones mark On the following day, June 21, Gerhart and his wife trans- ferred to their son Jacob another large tract containing one hundred and thirty-six acres.^ Then on May 30, 1741, Gerhart Clemens and wife sold to their son, Abraham, two hundred and thirty-six acres of his vast 1 Original deed in possession of Mr. Isaac Stover, Harleysville, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book G No. 8, p. 447. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 466 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY holdings, four acres of which the latter sold ten days later to his brother Jacob. The remainder of this land, Gerhart Clemens sold to various persons, in all about eight hundred and twenty-four acres. After disposing of all his land it appears Gerhart and his wife retired, though he was only sixty-one years old at that time. He died about 1744-45, when he was about sixty-five years of age. There is nothing to be found in the records of Philadelphia concerning the settlement of his estate. Apparently he had prepared himself for the event of his death by his disposition of all his property. He and his wife, Ann, whom he married in Holland, and whose sur- name is unknown, are both buried at the Lower Salford Meeting House, but no stones are standing to mark their graves. It is probable that Ann, his wife, died first, as tradition says that Gerhart made his home during the latter years of his life with his son Jacob, for whom he had built the substantial stone house still standing, though many improvements and additions have been added to the original. Children of Gerhart and Ann Clemens: 1. JACOB CLEMENS, died 1782; married BARBARA 2. John Clemens. 3. Abraham Clemens, married Catherine . JACOB CLEMENS, son of Gerhart and Ann Clemens, born, probably, in Switzerland, came to Pennsylvania with his parents when quite young. On June 21, 1738, he received from his father and mother a grant of one hundred and thirty-six acres with building and im- provements, including part of the larger patent for six hundred and ninety acres and all of the smaller patent of twenty-nine acres, which had been granted to his father by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Deed : Garret Clements and Wife to Jacob Clements, 1738 C^f)i0 SnDcntUtC made the twenty-first day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, Between Garret Clements of Salford in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, and Ann THE CLEMENS FAMILY 467 his wife, of the one part, and Jacob Clements, their son, of the same place, yeoman, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Garret Clements and Ann his wife for and in consideration of the sum of fifty Pounds do grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfoeff, release and confirm unto the said Jacob Clements and to his heirs and assigns Two certain tracts or parcells of land situate, lying and being in Salford aforesaid one whereof adjoins land of Derick Johnson, and Garret Clements other land | Part of six hundred and ninety acres of land which John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Proprietaries and Governors in chief of the Province of Pennsylvania by their Patent the fifteenth day of the second month Anno Dom 1734, did grant and confirm unto the said Garret Clements (Patent Book A, Vol. 6, p. 297.) | The other tract or parcel of land adjoining that of Christian Allowback, Andrew Ledrah, other land of said Garret Clements and that of Henry Rudt, containing twenty nine acres, being the same which said John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Proprietaries aforesaid by their Patent of ye 23rd day of June A° D' 1735, did grant and confirm to the said Garret Clements (Patent Book A, Vol. 7, p. 244.) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said described two tracts of land containing in the whole one hundred and thirty-six acres and half an acre of land unto the said Jacob Clements his heirs and assigns * * * IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year first above written.^ Gerhart Clements Sealed and delivered in her the presence of us Ann X Clements Johannes Clements mark Robert Jones. Three years later Jacob purchased of his brother, Abraham, the four acres of meadow land which lay on the Skippack Road.^ Thirty years later this land was sold by him and his wife, Barbara, to their son Garret Clemens, as can be seen from the following record : Deed: Jacob Clements and Wife to Garret Clements, Jr., 1768 C^hiS 3nD0ntUt0 made the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, Between Jacob 1 Deed Book G No. 7, p. 547. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 2, p. 149. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 468 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Clements of Lower Salford Township, in the County of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Barbara his wife of the one part, and Garret Clements (their son) of the same place, yeoman, of the other part. Whereas the honourable John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, the proprietaries and governors in chief of this Province, &c. In and by their Patent or Grant dated the fifteenth day of the Second Month anno domini 1734: Did grant and confirm unto Garret Clements of Salford aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, a Certain tract of land situate in Salford aforesaid. By metes and bounds in the said Patent particularly set forth and described Containing Six hundred and ninety acres. Together with the appurtenances To hold to him the said Garret Clements his heirs and assigns forever Under the yearly quit rent of one English Shilling per hundred acres (Patent Book A, Volume 6, p. 197.) AND WHEREAS THE PROPRIETORS AFORESAID IN AND BY A CERTAIN other patent dated the twenty-third day of June Anno Domini 1735, granted and confirmed unto the said Garret Clements a certain other tract of land situate also in Salford aforesaid, containing twenty-nine acres (Patent Book A, Volume 7, p. 244). AND WHERE- AS IN AND BY CERTAIN Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date respectively the twentieth and twenty-first days of June 1738, made or mentioned to be made Between said Garret Clements and Ann his wife of the one part and the said Jacob Clements of the other part. He the said Garret Clements and Ann his wife for the consideration therein mentioned Did grant and Confirm unto the said Jacob Clements and to his heirs and assigns two certain tracts of land in Salford aforesaid, the first thereof containing one hundred and six acres part of the said six hundred and ninety acres aforesaid and the other thereof being the whole tract mentioned in the above last Recited Patent and containing twenty nine acres. To hold to him the said Jacob Clements his heirs and assigns forever as in and by the said Indentures of lease and release recorded at Philadelphia in Book G, Volume 7, p. 547. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the said Jacob Clements and Barbara his wife for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred and fifty pounds Do hereby acknowledge acquit and forever Discharge the said Garret Clements and by these presents Have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfoeffed, released and confirmed unto the said Garret Clements the same two tracts already above mentioned, one of them adjoining land of Christopher Thickinshidd (late Derick Johnson) land late of Henry Rudd, land of Frederick Aldarfifer (late Garret Clements) containing one hundred and six acres. The other tract situate and being in Lower Salford; adjoining the former bounded by lands of Jacob Clements (late THE CLEMENS FAMILY 469 Christian Allowback) lands of Abraham Clements (late Garret Clements) containing twenty-nine acres. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year above written.^ Jacob Clements Sealed and Delivered in her presence of us Barbara X Clements Pef Johnson mark Thomas Bull. Christian AUebach died in the fall of 1746. His executors, of whom "my trusty and well beloved neebor Andrew Ziegler of Solford Township, saadler," was one," sold to Jacob Clemens all the land belonging to the testator.'* December 16, 1756, Jacob Clemens and his wife sold ninety- eight acres of this tract to Peter Freed, but nineteen years later, March 27, 1775, Peter Freed sold these same ninety-eight acres back to Jacob Clemens, who at that time was a resident of Gwynedd Township. Immediately thereafter Jacob Clemens sold the mes- suage and thirty-six acres of this same land to his grandson, Dillman Ziegler.* It was about 1769 that Mr. Clemens removed with his family to Gwynedd Township, when, on May 26th of that year, he pur- chased from Amos Griffith,'' of the last named township, a messuage and tract of land containing one hundred acres. One of the witnesses to this deed is his son-in-law, Michael Ziegler. To this farm Jacob Clemens added another thirteen acres ad- joining.* It is not known how long he resided in Gwynedd, for he eventually returned to Lower Salford, where the latter years of his life were sent. His wife, Barbara, apparently died before Decem- ber 14, 1779; her death probably occurred during their residence in Gwynedd, and he then made his home with his son, John, to whom he deeded all of his lands in Salford Township, except the homestead farm. 1 Deed Book No. 2, p. 149. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Will Book H, p. 151. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3 Deed Book No. 4, p. 466. Norristown, Pennsylvania. * Deed Book No. 3, p. 177. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 5 Deed Book No. 4, p. 320. Norristown, Pennsylvania. ^ Deed Book No. 4, p. 420. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 470 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Deed : Jacob Clemence to John Clemence, 1782 CljiS 3(n Denture made the third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two Between Jacob Clemence of the Township of Lower Salford and County of Philadelphia of the one part and John Clemence (son of the above said Jacob Clem- ence of township and county aforesaid. WITNESSETH that the said Jacob Clemence for and in consideration of the sum of £800 * * * doth grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said John Clemence and to his heirs four certain tracts and parcels of land situate lying and being in the township of Lower Salford, one of them adjoining land of Gabriel Kline, Gabriel Shuler, Frederick Allderfer, Christopher Dikenshets, con- taining one hundred and three acres. The second adjoining last described tract and land of Dillman Zigler, Andrew Lederach and Gerit Clemence's land, containing twenty-eight acres and one hundred and one perches. The third adjoining the above first described tract of land, that of Fred- erick Allterfer containing sixteen acres and thirty-eight perches and the last and fourth tract adjoining land of Christopher Dikenshets and Geret Clemence, containing six acres. The first described tract of land being the same tract of one hundred and three acres which Jacob Greter and Andrew Zigler, Executors of the last Will and Testament of Christian Allebach by their deed dated October 22 1746, did with two other tracts therein mentioned containing ninety-six acres grant to the said Jacob Clemence in fee. The second and third above described tracts of land being part of the above recited two tracts which the said Jacob Clemence and Barbara his wife by deed December 16, 1756, did (excepting six acres) grant unto Peter Freed in fee which said Peter Freed by deed March 27, 1775, reconveyed the same unto the said Jacob Clemence in fee. The fourth tract being six acres above mentioned (as by the first recited deed recorded at Philadelphia in Deed Book G Volume 8, p. 449) and by the other two recited deeds relation thereunto had may more fully and at large appear. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands and seals hereunto dated the day and year first above written.^ Jacob Clemens. Jacob Clemens made his will December 14, 1779, which was entered for probate November 30, 1782. His death, therefore, occurred between August 3d, the date of his deed to his son, John, 1 Deed Book No. 7, p. 466. Norristown, Pennsylvania. THE CLEMENS FAMILY 471 and the date of the probating of his will. In this instrument he made no mention of his wife, who, in all probability, had died during their residence in Gwynedd, since her name does not appear upon any of the deeds after 1779. To his son, John, he devised all his lands in Lower Salford Township, "whereon I now live," consisting of one hundred acres, and to Jacob, his youngest son, he bequeathed the farm in Gwynedd ;'^ to the third son, Michael, he left the meadow tract; and to the eldest son, Gerhart, he left £30 to be levied out of the valuation of the land. In 1768, he had sold the farm upon which he was living to his son Gerhard, then a young man of twenty-three years of age. In his will he mentions Gerhart as his eldest son. According to the family record there were three boys older than this Gerhard, all of whom must have died young; Michael born 1729, Jacob born 1739 and twins, Gerhard and Christian, born 1741. A son Michael is mentioned in father's will of whose birth we have no record; another son Gerhard, born 1745, named as eldest son; and another Jacob, born 1749. To his nine daughters he left £200 each. It is believed that there were other daughters than those named in the family record. Jacob Clemens was, no doubt, rated a wealthy man in those days. A full copy of his will follows: Will of Jacob Clemens, 1782 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Jacob Clemens of Lower Salford Township in Phila"* County yeoman do find myself far advanced in years and sick & weak in Body and of good understanding Thanks be God, and considering the Mortality of Men and our time uncertain I there- fore do make and ordain and publish this my last Will and Testament that is to say, First I do deliver my Soul into the hand of God Almighty my Creator and my Body to the Earth to be buried in Christian like Manner according unto the discretion of my hereafter named Executors, And con- cerning my Worldly Estate I do dispose of it the following manner ********* First I will that all my Legal Debts and funeral charges shall be just and fully paid by my Executors. Item my land and Plantation Situated lying and being in Lower Salford ai^''^ whereon I now dwell containing One hundred & fifty acres it being the 1 Deed Book No. 4, p. 322. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 472 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY same more or less I give and devise the same with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my son John his heirs as assigns forever. Item my land and plantation Situated lying and being in Gwinead Township in the ai^'^ County Containing one hundred Acres it being the same more or less I give and devise the same unto my youngest son Jacob with all the Buildings and Improvments To have and to hold unto him and his heirs and assigns forever as the same was Conveyed to me. Item my Meadow which is Abraham Clemens his Land Containing four Acres it being the same more or less I give and Devise the same unto him his heirs and assigns forever And it is my will that after my three sons shall chuse two men and my Daughters they shall choose two and them four men they shall Value my above mentioned Plantation and Land to the best of their Understanding and to make the payments unto my Sons as they think my Sons shall be able to pay, And then my said Sons John and Jacob shall have each of them two hundred Pounds in good Money as their share as I did allow unto my Son Gerhart in the Plantation he bought of me. And my son Gerhart shall have thirty pounds in the little Meadow as advance Case he is my Eldest son, And also is my will that each of my nine Daughters shall have the sum of two hundred pounds. But in Case my Estate shall come higher than two hundred pounds to each of my Daughters then the residue of my Estate shall be equally divided among all my Children And what I did give unto my Daughters at the time when they were married in Household or Money the same shall be charged to their share as the same is Set down in my ace' Book. Item I order further that if my sons or any of them shall refuse to take his Land or plantation at the appraisement that can be made then my Executors shall sell his or their lands and I give them full power to Execute good and Lawful Deed for the same unto the purchaser thereof as good as I personally could do myself And that either separately or jointly as it may happen by Reason of Death And likewise shall my Executors do if one or both of my youngest sons should die under lawful age his or their Land shall be sold and the Money Equally divided among my Children then living or their heirs in equal shares and likewise if my daughter Susanna should die before she is married or at lawful age then her share shall be equally divided among all the rest of my children or their Heirs. Item I give and Devise unto our Meeting in Lower Salford Township and County af^ the sum of Ten pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania to be paid unto the Elders of the said Meeting for the Use of the Poor of the said Meeting in one year after my decease And Lastly I do Nominate and Ordain my Eldest son Gerhart and my beloved son-in-law Michael Ziegler Sole Executors of this my last Will & Testa- ment and give them full power to Execute the same to the true Intent THE CLEMENS FAMILY 473 and Meaning herein contained And I do make void all other and former made Wills ratifying and declaring this present to be my only Active last will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I the said Jacob Clemens do hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.^ Signed Sealed and declared as his last Will and Testament in the presence of L / Jacob Overholtzer Ic^^'^^Xy^ Rosenberger /y John Bar key. v Although Jacob Clemens mentions nine daughters as heirs, he designates by name only one, Susanna, who was under age in 1779. According to a note in the diary which had belonged to his father, and to which Jacob made some later additional notes, it is stated that Elizabeth was married in 1763. She was then twenty years of age.' One of the nine daughters of Jacob and Barbara Clemens was the wife of Michael Ziegler, but so far we have been unable to learn which one, as her Christian name is unknown. She died some time before her husband, but was apparently alive when her father made his will, as he names his "beloved son-in-law Michael Ziegler" as co-executor with Gerhart Clemens, the oldest son. It was while on his way to visit his relatives, the Clemens, that Michael Zeigler, in crossing a stream that flowed through the Clemens property, was drowned.'' A partial list of the family record of Jacob and Barbara Clemens is given by Mr. Heckler. It does not include all of their children.* A daughter named Ann was born to Jacob Clemens, December 30, 1729. A daughter named Ester was born January 11, 1731. A son named Michael was born November 12, 1732. A daughter named Margaret was born January 10, 1734. 1 Will Book S, p. 197. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, p. 220. ^ James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, p. 227. * James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, pp. 218, 219. 474 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Mary was born November 14, 1735. Barbara was born June 1, 1737. Jacob was born April 8, 1739. Two sons, Christian and Gerhart were born April 21, 1741. Elizabeth was born February 15, 1743. Gerhart was born January 2, 1745. Margaret was born February 9, 1747. Jacob was born April 12, 1749. Jacob Clemens and his family were members of the Lower Salford Mennonite Meeting. Both he and his wife were no doubt buried in the graveyard adjoining the church. The children of Jacob and Barbara Clemens, taken from the above list and from those mentioned in his will, were as follows : Children of Jacob and Barbara Clemens:'^ 1. Ann Clemens, born December 30, 1729. 2. Ester Clemens, born January 11, 1731. 3. Michael Clemens, born November 12, 1732. 4. Margaret Clemens, born January 10, 1734. 5. Mary Clemens, born November 14, 1735. 6. Barbara Clemens, born June 1, 1737. 7. Jacob Clemens, born April 8, 1739. 8. Christian Clemens, born April 21, 1741. 9. Gerhart Clemens, born April 21, 1741. 10. Elizabeth Clemens, born February 15, 1743. 11. Gerhart Clemens, born January 2, 1745. 12. Margaret Clemens, born February 9, 1747. 13. Jacob Clemens, born April 12, 1749. 14. Susanna Clemens. 15. Daughter. 16. John Clemens. 1 Record in possession of the Clemens family. James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, p. 220. -5 'Ji cH -O 'S a; Pi t,**"**^ ^ nj ■.^^^k Ph * y-J'^W: >. ,H ^ ■;:' C oi ■"" ■■'^ l-H o '^ ^ * '*. CO LO o:^ T— < ^_i D ^ -' OJ C/l n O o o CO li THE CLEMENS FAMILY 475 DESCENT FROM JACOB CLEMENS X. Jacob Clemens married . IX. Gerhart Clemens married Ann . VIII. Jacob Clemens married Barbara . VII. Clemens married Michael Ziegler. VI. Andrew Ziegler married Catherine Lederach. V. Magdalena Ziegler married Jacob Schwenk. IV. Elizabeth Ziegler Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. Ue LEDERACH FAMILY ANDREAS LEDDRAUGH and his brother, Johannes Leddraugh, emigrated to this country from the German Palatinate early in the eighteenth century and settled in what is now Lower Salford Township, known in early days as Skippack. They were Mennonites and members of the Lower Salford Meeting of that faith. This name appears under many spellings on the records. The present form is Lederach. On September 12, 1718, James Steele and his wife, Martha, conveyed to John Lederach fifty acres of land adjoining his other land and that of his brother, Andrew Lederach, Dielman Kolb and others, being part of five thousand acres that William Penn, Pro- prietor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, conveyed to William Bacon, October 12, 1681. John Lederach applied to the Land Office for a patent for his whole tract of one hundred and fifty acres, which was granted him August 22, 1734. He lived here for thirty years and died in the fall or early winter of 1748.^ He made a will, dated August 17, 1748, and proved December 12, following, in which he appointed his son, John Lederach, Jr., and his son-in-law, Jacob Groff, to be his executors, and Andrew Ziegler and Jacob Shoemaker trustees, to see that the provisions of his will were carried out.^ The executors advertised the farm would be sold at public auction, as appears from the following notice in a Philadelphia paper under date of February 16, 1749.^ "March 22 will be sold at public sale the plantation of Johannes Lederacher, deceased, in Schipback. It contains 150 acres good land, new stone house, etc. Johannes Lederacher, Jr. Jacob Graff." 1 James Y. Heckler, Sketches of Lower Salford, p. 199. 2 Will Book I, p. 10. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ' The Dotterer Manuscripts, Vol. XVI, p. 231. Saur's Germantown News- paper, February 16, 1749. o K J c O H THE LEDERACH FAMILY 477 This farm was eventually sold to George Weyker, or Weykert, for five hundred pounds, the deed of sale dated January 17, 1749/50, and signed by John Leddraff and Jacob Graff as execu- tors and Andrew Ziegler and Jacob Shoemaker as trustees/ Andrew Lederach, the ancestor of this branch of the family, was a shoemaker by trade, but having acquired a large tract of land, followed the occupation of farmer. The Lederachs, the Zieglers, the Clemens and the Kolbs were all neighbors, owning large farms which adjoined each other. In 1717 he purchased of David Powell one hundred and two acres, which was surveyed and certified to him May 18, 1720, as evidenced by the following record on file in the Land Office at Harrisburg, Pa.:^ Survey to Andrew Ledrak, 1720 In Pursuance of a warrant from the Commissioners of Property dated the tenth day of September in the year 1717, for surveying to David Powel of Philadelphia Surveyor three thousand acres of Land in this Province There was Surveyed and set out in December 1717 unto Andrew Ledrak who purchased under the said David Powel a cer- tain Tract or parcel of Land in the V County of Philadelphia Beginning '^ at a Post in Hans Reist's Line Thence running North west by the said Reist's land eighty five perches /oz /7c/-e3 I- I ^^ ^ to a post Then North East by the Nans /?e,sfs , ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ perches to a white Oak Then north west by vacant land eighty eight perches to a post Then South west ninety six perches to a post Then South east one hundred seventy three perches to a post Then North East ninety four perches to the Beginning Containing one hundred and two acres. Certified at Philadelphia this 18th day of May 1720 by Jacob Taylor, Surveyor Genl. 1 Original Deed in possession of John Lederach, Lederachville, Pennsylvania. 2 Survey Book D, No. 1^, p. 63. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 478 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY September 2, 1718, David Powell gave a deed of conveyance to Andrew Lederach for this tract, which was further secured by a patent July 23, 1735. Deed: David Powell to Andrew Laterach, 1735 TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall Come David Powell of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsilvania yeo- man Sendeth Greeting, WHEREAS there is a certain Tract or piece of land Scituate, lying and being in the County of Philadelphia, Beginning at a Corner of Tileman Colb's land, Thence North West One hundred and Sixty perches to a post, Thence North East One hundred perches to a white Oak for a Corner, Thence South East Thence South West to the place of Beginning Containing One hundred Acres of land, part of three Thousand Acres, which the present Commissioners of property Richard Hill Isaac Norris and James Logan by their Warrant, bearing Date the tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen, have granted unto the aboves'^ David Powell to be surveyed and laid out for him his heirs and Assigns, NOW KNOW YEE, that the sd David Powell for and in Consideration of the Sum of Eighteen pounds lawful Silver Money of America, to him at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these presents by Andrew Laterach of the sd County Shoemaker, in hand paid. The Receipt whereof he the sd David Powell doth hereby Acknowledge and thereof and of every part thereof doth fully Acquit and for Ever Discharge the sd Andrew Laterach his heirs, Exec''^ Admin''' and Assigns by these presents, HATH given, granted, bargained, sold. Aliened, Enfoeffed and Confirmed, And by these presents Doth Clearly and Absolutely give, grant, bargain. Sell, Alien, Enfoeff, and Confirm unto the sd Andrew Laterach, his heirs and Assigns all the above mentioned One hundred Acres of land, Together with all and singular the Ways, Wasts, Waters, Water Courses, Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Trees, Soil, Meadows, Marshes, Cripples, Swamps, Minerals, Quarries, Commodities, Privileges, Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the sd One hundred Acres of land and premises belonging or in anywise appertaining And the Reversions, Remainders, Rents, Issues and Profits of the same. As also all the estate, Right, Title, Interest, Use, possession, property. Claim and Demand whatsoever of him the sd David Powell of, in and to the hereby bar- gained land & premises, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the sd One hun- dred Acres of land, hereditaments and premises with the Appurtenances unto the sd Andrew Laterach, his heirs and Assigns, To the only proper Use and Behoof of the sd Andrew Laterach his heirs and Assigns for THE LEDERACH FAMILY 479 Ever, At and under the yearly Quitrent of One English Silver Shilling, or Value thereof in Coin Curr' henceforth to become due and payable unto the Chief Lord of the Soil. AND the sd David Powell and his heirs the sd One hundred Acres of land, hereditaments and premises with its Appurtenances unto the sd Andrew Laterach his heirs and assigns against him the sd David Powell his heirs and Assigns, and against all and every person and or persons whomsoever lawfully Claim- ing or to Claim the same by, from or under him, them or any of them, shall and will WARRANT and for Ever Defend by these presents, And moreover within the Space of Seven years now next ensuing At the Request and only Costs & Charges of the sd Andrew Laterach, his heirs or Assigns make and execute all such further Acts and Deeds, as also procure a Patent from the abovesd Commissioners for the better Assur- ance and Confirmation of the herein bargained One hundred Acres of land, hereditaments and premises with its Appurtenances unto the sd Andrew Laterach, his heirs and Assigns, as by him, them or any of them shall be reasonably Devised and Required, IN WITNESS whereof the sd David Powell hath to these presents Set his hand and Seal dated the Second day of September in the Fifth Year of the Reign of King George over Great Britain, &c., Annoq. Domi One thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen.'- David Powell (seal) Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Henry Pennebeckers Mathew Robinson. The greater part of the village of Lederachville is built on land originally belonging to the farm of Andrew Lederach. The village is located on a high ridge, at the intersection, or crossing, of three roads, and at the terminus of the Harleysville and Leder- achville Turnpike. One of the roads passing through the town is the ancient highway known as the Skippack Road, which was opened in 1728, being the first leading from this section to the city of Philadelphia. The village owes its origin to Henry Lederach, great-grandson of Andrew Lederach, who built the first house here in 1825. He put up a blacksmith shop, carried on smithing for several years 1 Original Deed in possession of John Lederach, Lederachville, Pennsylvania. 480 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY and then opened a store. In 1833, he obtained a license for a hotel. The store, originally built by Henry Lederach, in 1825, is now occupied by his grandson, John Lederach, to whose courtesy we are indebted for the copy of original deeds used in this sketch. A stage line ran through the village before the railroads were built. The stage, drawn by four horses, came down from Allentown on Monday morning, passing through Lederachville between eight and nine o'clock a. m., where it stopped to discharge and take on passengers, and then continuing on to Norristown, the end of the line. It returned the next day, and so on during the week.^ Situated as it is, on the top of a high ridge, the view from the village street is beautiful. Goshenhoppen Valley is magnifi- cent. Standing on the Spring Mill Road, one looks across the intervening fields and orchards and sees rising over the tops of the trees on a high hill the tall white spire of the old Goshenhoppen Church. Winding its way across the fields in the valley is the creek, a branch of the Perkiomen, which passes under the bridge just above Groff's Mill, near which stood the old Gerhart Clemens mill. The road which crosses over the bridge leads from the Goshenhoppen Church, thence, making a sharp turn, winds up the hill, passing by the Mennonite Meeting House and separating the church property from the old Jacob Clemens house, to end at the pike about a mile beyond the village. Turning in the other direction and looking back towards Skippack, one can see the remodeled Dielman Kolb house standing near the pike about one- quarter of a mile away. Over to the immediate left, but shut off from view by buildings, is the original Andrew Lederach home- stead, while still to the left and towards the valley stand the ruins of the Michael Ziegler house in the midst of the twelve-acre plot, which comprised his inheritance. In the tax list of 1734, for Philadelphia County, Andrew Lederach is rated for one hundred and fifty acres, and in 1776 his son, Henry, is rated for one hundred and thirty-two acres. This last figure represents the exact number of acres comprising the farm, as a re-survey, made when the patent was granted in 1735, showed that to be the correct figure. ^ Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, p. 950. '"V H HIHll 'o ^^fl ^^HH ^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^H rt ^1 H ■H^^^l O \J^K ■9 ^B^^^^^H *i 1 ,: 5 o a g o I- : m THE LEDERACH FAMILY 481 John and Andrew Lederach were naturalized April 12 and 13, 1743. Being Mennonites and opposed to taking an oath, they subscribed to the qualifications, as attested by the following : At a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, for the Province of Penn- sylvania, Before John Kinsey, Thomas Graeme and William Till, Esq'rs, Judges of the said Court, the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Days of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty- three.* * * And at the same Court, the following Persons being Quakers, or such who Conscientiously scruple to take an oath, being also Foreigners, and having complied with the Terms required by the aforesaid Act of Parliament, took and subscribed the Qualifications for them appointed by the same Act of Parliament; &c., viz :^ Johannes Leddraugh, of Phila'da Co. Andreas Leddraugh, Ditto The old homestead stands just off the Harleysville Road, about an eighth of a mile east of the village, and here Andrew Lederach lived for fully forty-one years, and here he died in 1759. He made a will, dated March 5, 1758, which was probated De- cember 28, 1759, wherein he amply provides for his wife, Magda- lena, whom he married in Germany and whose maiden name is unknown, and for his two daughters, Magdalena and Esther. To his only son, Henry, he left the plantation "whereon I now dwell" and "the horse which I have heretofore long promised him," "my Bible and my journal." To his wife, Magdalena, he bequeathed, among other things, "her own apparel, and our large chest which we brought from Germany, and our cupboard in the old house." From the last item it is seen that he had built a new and, no doubt, more commodious house, the first, no doubt, being a log cabin such as the pioneers built upon their arrival for immediate occupation. The chest referred to was long ago turned into kindling wood, and no trace can be found of the Bible or the journal. He named as executors his son, Henry, and son-in-law, John Steiner, and one of the witnesses was Andrew Ziegler, Senior. The will reads : 1 Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 11, pp. 359, 361. 482 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Will of Andrew Ledrach, 1759 BE IT KNOWN To all whom it may concern That I Andrew Ledrach of Lower Salford Township in y^ County of Philadelphia in y'= Province of Pensylvania Farmer, being aged and weakly in Body, but at present of sound Understanding & Memory Thanks be to God for y^ same, and knowing also that its appointed for all Men once to die DO therefore hereby make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following; And first of all I recommend my Soul unto y^ Hand of Almighty God my Heavenly Creator & my Body to the Earth to be Decently Buried at y^ Discretion of my Exrs And as Touching my Worldly affairs & Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless my Endeavor, It is my Will and I do Dispose & Ordain of the same as fol- loweth, SECONDLY It is my Will & I give to my dear beloved Wife Magdalena Ledrach (in lieu of her full thirds of and in all my Real & Personal Estate) The sum of one hundred Pounds Pennsylvania Cur- rency for her Livelyhood and likewise her free diet of my son Henry Ledrach w"" free Lodging in the Old House, as also Firewood During her remaining my Widow, And as Touching the s'^ one hundred pounds it shall be paid by my s'^ son to my s'^ Wife for her more Comfortable Subsistance, on the Terms & Conditions^ following; That is to say. Five pounds yearly of y^ s'' one hundred pounds During her being my Widow in order for her being Enabled to get Refreshments for herself at Pleas- ure as afs"^ ; ITEM It is my Will & I do further bequeath to my s'^ Wife for her use & service During her life, our owne Bed & ye furniture of y^ same, her own apparel, our Large Chest w'^'^ we brought from Germany, Our Cupboard in the old House ; and w* such Household Goods which we have and of y"^ Linnens what is Necessary for her own private use; ITEM It is my Will & I give to my son Henry Ledrach my Plantation of One hundred & thirty two acres of Land (be y^ same more or less) in Lower Salford Township in Philad^ County afs'^ whereon I now Dwell, so that my s'^ son Henry is to have and to hold the s'^ one hundred & Thirty two acres w*"^ y'^ Buildings thereon to him his Heirs & Assigns for Ever ; And which I Value to him at three hundred pounds pennsylv* Currency, Whereof he is Nevertheless to have one third part, that is to say after y'= s'^ one hundred pounds for his Mother are first Deducted; And whereas its Likely that but little Cash of mine besides will be left ; Therefore the sum of Two hundred Pounds only of the value of my ais^ Plantation, will after my Decease remain to be Divided in three parts; Whereof Each of my Children will share 66 pounds 13/ & 4"^ Which Shall be my s*^ Son his heirs & assigns be paid in manner following, That is to say, in six Successive yearly paym*^ of 23 pounds 4/ & 8** Each pay- able without Interest, the first paym' whereof to be made unto my Daugh- THE LEDERACH FAMILY 483 ter Magdalena (Wife of John Stiener) or to her heirs within one year next after my Decease The Second paym' to my Daughter Esther (the wife of Jacob Oberholtzer) or to her heirs, and so on Successively that Each of my s<^ Daughters shall alternately Every second year Receive her sd paym*s till paid ; ITEM It is my will that in Case my s"! Wife should die Shortly after me, That whatever part of her said One hundred pounds may at such Time of her Decease be remaining after all her Burial Charges & Charges of Attendance on her in her sickness are first paid & Deducted, That such remainder shall then also be Divided in three Equal Parts amongst my three Children, to wit : Henry Ledrach, Magdalena & Esther, or their heirs in Equal parts to be Divided. * * * ITEM It is also my Will That my son Henry shall have that Horse w'^'^ I have long heretofore promised him, and the old waggon, the Horse Gears, the Stove in y* New Room. The Table in y'= same room & y'' Dresser in y^ Kitchen over & besides his share af s'^ But then he shall lend a Horse to his Mother to Ride on Necessary Occasions ; ITEM It is my Will & I do hereby Nominate make & ordain my s"^ son Henry Ledrach and my son-in-law John Steiner to be the Executors of this Last Will & Testament And I do hereby Revoke & Declare void all Will & Testam'^ by me any ways heretofore Made And do Declare and acknowledge this & no other to be my Last Will & Testam' In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the fifth Day of March in y^ year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight.^ Andrew Lederach. Signed Sealed & by the said Testator Declared as his last Will & Testam* in y^ presence of us as Witnesses: Frederick Altderfer Christian Huntsberger Andrew Ziegler BE IT REMEMBERED that on y= ZS"' Day of Dece 1759 The last Will & Testam' of Andrew Ledrach deced in due form of Law was Proved & Probate & Letters Testamen'' were granted to Henry Ledrach & John Steiner Execurs in y« s'^ Will Named Given under y' Seal of y<= s"* office. W™ Plumstead Reg. Genl.^ 1 Will Book L, p. 365. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 484 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Andrew Lederach died in the winter of 1759. No doubt both he and his wife, Magdalena, who survived him, are buried in the old Lederach family burial place on the farm, but no tomb- stones now mark their last resting place. Children of Andrew and Magdalena Lederach:^ 1. HENRY LEDERACH, born about 1710; died December 24, 1799; married CATHERINE . 2. Magdalena Lederach, married John Steiner. 3. Esther Lederach, married Rev. Jacob Overholtzer, a minister of the Mennonite Church. HENRY LEDERACH, only son of Andrew and Magdalena Lederach, was born about 1710, probably in Germany, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents when quite young. His wife's name was Catherine, her surname being unknown. From his father he inherited the homestead farm, where he resided all of his life. He made his will September 24, 1799, when "stricken in years." The will was admitted for probate January 1, 1800. He is thought to have been at least eighty years old when he died, December 24, 1799. To the Lower Salford Mennonite Meeting, of which he and his family were members, he left ten pounds for the use of the poor of the congregation. To his son, John, he left the plantation, con- sisting of one hundred and thirty-two acres, thus demonstrating that he had not disposed of an acre of his inheritance during his lifetime, and he now passed it on to the next generation. He also left to his son, John, the large family Bible bequeathed to him by his father, Andrew. Henry Lederach, like nearly all the early German settlers, kept an account book in which he set down and charged against each child what household goods or moneys he gave them during his life, and particularly what he had presented to each child at the time of marriage. In his will he particularly mentioned that he had given to his children, seven in all, when each married, "household goods and otherways to considerable sums." Unfor- 1 James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, pp. 199, 201, 266. THE LEDERACH FAMILY 485 tunately this book has been lost or destroyed. He names as execu- tors his son, John, and son-in-law, Abraham Shott. Will of Henry Lederach, 1799 In The Name of God Amen. I Henry Lederach of Lower Salford Township in Montgomery County yeoman Being Stricken in Years and Considering That our Natural Life uncertain in This our Martial State I Being (Thanks Being God) of sound mind memory and understanding Make and order also this my Least Will and Testament That is to Say : First I Do Recomend my Soul in the Hand of the Allmighty God Kom Dit gevit, And my Body unto the Earth to Be Decently Biuried in Chris- tian Lick menner ; And Concerning my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me I Do Dispose of the Same as follows : I Will and order That all my Debts with all my funeral Charges Be Just and fully By my hereafter named Executors out of my Estate; And Then first I give and Devise The Sum of Ten Pounds in good LawfuU Gold or Silver Money of Pensilvania to the Mennonist Meeting of the Said Lower salford meeting to which I belong for the use of the Poor, which Sum Shall be paid to the Elders of the Meeting in one Year after my Decease out of my Estate by my Executors : And my Land and Planta- tion Situate Lying and Being in Lower Salford aforesaid in Montgom- ery Containing one Hundred and Thirty two acres it Being the Same more or Less I Give and Devise the same unto my son John Lederach with all the Buildings and Improvements the pipe stove in the Room, my Large Biblia, Cider press apel Mill To Have and To Hold my said plan- tation with all appurtenances unto my Son John Lederach and To his Heirs and assigns for Ever; And I Do value my said Plantation with all the articles mentioned with it to my Son John The Sum of nine Hun- dred Pounds in good Gold and Silver Money as the Same passes in value and Wight in all payments within The State of pensilvania; his full Share and Portion with What he all Redy had of me shall first Be Deducted out of the said Nine Hundred Pounds, and Two Hundred Pounds thereof, my said son Shall pay in three months after my Decease to my other Children, and then the Resedue of the Nine Hundred pounds my son shall Shall pay in fifty Pound payments yearly the first in fifteen months after my Decease ; and then so forth till fully paid And I further will and order That all my Movable Leaft, with the valuation of my Real Estate and whatsoever I shall Leafe, that Shall Be Devided in Seven Equal Shars to my Seven Children Share and Share a Lick: And Whereas I Dit give to my Children when The Married in Household goods and otherways to Considerable Sums, it is my will and order the 486 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Same Shall Be added to Evry one to his Share, as the are charged in My Book and Set Down And I will that the first Two Hundred Pounds which my son John Shall pay in three Months after My Decease of my Real Estate Shall be Shared among my Six other Children and hir named as follows in Their age. Mally, Magdalena, Elizabeth, Henry, Catharina and Anna in such menner that all Six then Shall Be Equal, and then the Resedue of the Neine Hundred Pounds, the first payment of fifty Pounds to my Daughter Mally, and then yearly as the follows in their age the are to Receive one payment of fifty pounds, and when once about then Begin at the first again till Evry one has his full Equal Share, and that my Children Shall Share and Do all in peace and quiet- ness is my Hearty Desire ; And Lastly I Do Nominate and appoint my son John and my Son-in-law Abraham Shot as Executors of This my Least will and Testament, and give them full Power to Execute the same to the True Intent herein Contained : In Witness Whereof I the said Henry Lederach to these present Set my Hand and Seal Hereunto the Twenty Fourth Day of September in the year of our Lord one Thou- sand Seven Hundred and Ninety Neine 1799.^ Signed Sealed and Delivered by the Said Testator as his Least will and Testament in the Presents of us Godshak Godshalk Jacob Ziegler Proved January 1, 1800. The will was witnessed by Godshalk Godshalk and Jacob Ziegler, who made an inventory of the personal estate, which amounted in all to £345 17s 19d. When it came to the settlement of the estate and the paying of the legacies, the notebook or journal was freely used, as the account on file in the office of the Register of Wills, Norristown, shows just what each child had received in advance, in household goods, etc. As was customary in those days, the settlements were made with the husbands of the daughters, so, while we know the Christian names of the daughters of Henry Lederach and the names of his sons-in-law, we do not know for a certainty how they were paired. In his will the father named his children in order of age, viz: Molly (Mally), Magdalena, Elizabeth, Henry, Catherine, Ann, 1 Will Book B, p. 139. Norristown, Pennsylvania. THE LEDERACH FAMILY 487 and John (being one of the youngest). He also requested that the first payment of legacies be made to Molly, the eldest daughter, the second to Magdalena, etc. The account appears to follow this same order, and therefore, since we find that the first payment is made to Joseph Tyson, he was, in all probability, the husband of Molly, the eldest daughter. The second name on the account is that of Henry Price, who, we know positively, was the husband of Magda- lena, named by Henry L. in his will as second daughter. Assuming that this order was followed throughout, we find Molly, wife of Joseph Tyson; Magdalena, wife of Henry Price; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Clemens; Catherine, wife of Andrew Ziegler (also known for a certainty), and Anna, wife of Abraham Shutt or Shott. This interesting paper is given in full.^ Statement of a Settlement of the Estate of Henry Lederach, Senior, late of Lower Salford, Montgomery County, Deceased, in which State- ment John Lederach, one of the Executors stands charged with the whole stated March 24th, 1800. Credit. By household furniture &c. advance £40.19. 7 By B* at last Vendue. . . 6.17.12 1. 9. John Lederach Dr. To Joseph Tyson's share of the advance made equal £44. To due by a Note of hand by Testator 13.10. 7. To Dividend of the £200 after deducting £71. £3.6 for note due 21. 9. 5. £79. 1. 9 £47.16. 9 By Balance paid him. . 31. 5. £79. 1. 9. To Henry Price's share in advance £44. 1. 9 To balance on a note to hand 8.10. 7 To Dividend of £200, 21. 9. 5 £74. 1. 9 By Household furniture &c., advance £47. 3. 6 By B' last Vendue 1.12. £48.16. 4 By Balance paid him.. 25. 5. 5 £74. 1. 9 1 Original Papers, No. 3887, Register of Wills, Norristown, Pennsylvania. 488 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY To Jacob Clemens' share of advance £44. 1. 9 To balance on Note. ... 8.10. 7 To Dividend of £200. . 21. 9. 5 £74. 1. 9 To Andrew Ziegler's share £44. 1. 9 To due by Note 13.10. 7 To Divident 21. 9. 5 £79. 1. 9 To Abraham Shutt's share £44. 1. 9 To Due by Note 13.10. 7 To Divident of £200. . 21. 9. 5 To his share of Com- missions 1.10. To sundries purchased at funeral 8. 9 £81. 0. 6 To Henry Lederach's share £44. 1. 9 To Divident 21. 9. 5 To due him on Lawyer's receipt 9. 8. £74.19. 2 To John Lederach's share £44. 1. 9 £44. 1. 9 By Household furniture &c., advance £38. 2. 9 By Bt last Vendue.... 1. 5. £39. 7. 9 Balance paid him 34.14. £74. 1. 9 By Household furniture &c., advance £40.19.10 By Bt last Vendue 2.17. 9 £43.17. 7 By Balance paid him... 35. 4. 2 £79. 1. 9 By Household furniture &c., advance £40. 4. 2 By B* last Vendue 8.16. 6 £49. 0. 8 By Balance paid him. . . 31.19.10 £81. 6 By Household furniture &c., advance £56.11.17 By B' Isat Vendue 2. 7. 5 £58.19. By Balance paid him. . 16. 0. 2 £74.19. 2 By Household furniture &c £41.12. 4 By Balance paid him ... 2. 9. 5 £44. 1. 9 THE LEDERACH FAMILY 489 Balance of Real Estate £700. 0. John Lederach's share. 128.11.15 £95. 4. 9 Leaves to be divided between 6 Heirs leaves each child's share £95. 4. 9 Reverse side of this paper. Received March 24"^, 1800, of John Lederach, one of the Executors of the last will and testament of Henry Lederach, late Deceased, as well the respective balance due us as Heirs to the said Deceased's personal Estate as also the amount of Sundry Notes in our hands against said Deceased, likewise the Divident due to each of us respectfully out of the sum of Two Hundred pounds directed to be paid by said John Lederach within three Months after said Testator Decease agreeably to said last will and testament and agreeable to the within Statements of which sums we do severally acknowledge, the receipt. In Witness whereof we have set our hands and seals the day aforesaid. Witnesses present at Signing Henry Hunsicker Mich. Shoemaker C^a4^CQ^^ ^i^^iw,*^^ 490 THE STRASSBURGER GENEALOGY Henry Lederach was buried in the family graveyard on the farm. This plot, located in the field, is overgrown with trees and bushes and almost obliterated. A few years ago there were six tombstones visible, but today only two tiny stones, each about a foot high, are left to mark this sacred spot. Catherine, wife of Henry Lederach, died in 1776. The inscriptions, almost unde- cipherable, read: C. L. H. L. 1776 Dec. 24 1799 It is claimed that several Indians are buried here, notably one old squaw that remained in the Ziegler family as late as 1800.^ John Lederach, son and heir of Henry Lederach, with his wife, Mary, sold twenty-five acres of the homestead plantation, March 26, 1827, to his son, Henry Lederach.'^ On April 10, 1840, John and his wife again sold another eighty-seven acres to their son, Henry. This included the old homestead. Deed: John Letherock and Wife to Henry Letherock, 1840 THIS INDENTURE made the tenth day of April, 1840, Between John Letheroch of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Penn- sylvania, (the elder) and Mary his wife and Henry Leatheroch (their son) of the same place Storekeeper. In consideration of $4300 for two certain contiguous tracts of land, Messuage and Plantation situate in the Town- ship of Lower Salford, one of the said Tracts bounded by other lands of Henry Letherach, land of Jacob Johnson, John Letherach, John Bergy, Benjamin Detweiler, Jacob Kinsey, the public road, land of Michael Zieg- ler, Jacob Ziegler, containing seventy-seven acres and twelve perches; the other lesser tract is bounded by lands of Henry Clemens, John Letherach, George Clemens, containing nine acres and forty-six perches. Being part of one hundred and thirty two acres of land which the Honorable John Penn and Thomas Penn late Proprietors of Pennsylvania, by Patent dated July 23, 1735, granted unto Andrew Lederach (Patent Book A Volume 7, p. 226) and the said Andrew Lederach by his last Will and Testament 1 James Y. Heckler, History of Salford Township, p. 202. 2 Deed Book 43, p. 354, Norristown, Pennsylvania. o o 3 o H THE LEDERACH FAMILY 491 dated March 5, 1758, devised the same to his son Henry Letherach, and the said Henry Letherach by his last Will and Testament dated September 24, 1799, devised same to his son John Letherach, party hereto.^ On June 7, 1841, Henry Lederach, son of Henry Lederach, Senior, and Catherine was at this time living in Worcester Town- ship. He, with his wife, Anna, sold to Henry Lederach, Jr., Garret Metz and John Moyer, trustees of the "Lederach's Schoolhouse," the land upon which the schoolhouse was erected on the Skippack Road, "in trust for the benefit of the neighborhood to keep a Ger- man or English School or both as the Trustees elect * * * to be kept for the use only and for no others forever. But if the Common School System should be excepted said schoolhouse shall not be used for that purpose nor for singing school.'" Children of Henry and Catherine Lederach:^ 1. Molly Lederach, married Joseph Tyson. 2. Magdalena Lederach, born August 9, 1760; died February 15, 1841 ; married Henry Price. 3. Elizabeth Lederach, married Jacob Clemens. 4. Henry Lederach, born January 8, 1766; died September 4, 1841; married Ann Alderfer; resided in Worcester Township. 5. CATHERINE LEDERACH, born September 4, 1769; died July 2, 1840; married March 29, 1792, ANDREW ZIEGLER. 6. Anna Lederach, married Abraham Shott. 7. John Lederach, born January 23, 1775; died 1848; married, first, Mary Kolb, second, Mary Clemmer. DESCENT FROM ANDREAS LEDDRAUGH. VIII. Andreas Lederach married Magdalena . VII. Henry Lederach married Catherine . VI. Catharine Lederach married Andrew Ziegler. V. Magdalena Ziegler married Jacob Schwenk. IV. Elizabeth Schwenk married Reuben Y. Strassburger. III. Jacob Andrew Strassburger married Mary Beaver. II. Ralph Beaver Strassburger married May Bourne. I. Johann Andreas Peter Strassburger. 1 Deed Book No. 73, p. 669. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 2 Deed Book No. 71, p. 39. Norristown, Pennsylvania. 3 James Y. Heckler, History of Lower Salford, pp. 203, 204. INDEX INDEX Accounts, see Wills Ackerman, George, 334 Adams, Henry, 297 Addis, Thomas, 365 Aderhold, see Alderholt Administrations, Letters of, see Wills Albright, , 44, 45 Edwin, 112 Rebecca, 112 Aldarffer, see Alderfer Alderfer Aldarffer Alderffer Allderfer AUderfEer Allterfer Altderfer Alderhold Aderholt Alderholt , Aliback, see Allebach Allabaugh, see Allebach Allderfer, see Alderfer Allderffer, see Alderfer Allebach '} Ann, 491 Frederick, 404, 405, 406, 437, 468, 470, 483 Joseph, 443, 445 Michael, 310, 311 Daniel, 66, 67 Frederick, 66, 67 Aliback Allabaugh Alleback AUebaugh Allerback AUowback Catherine, 430, 431, 433 Christian, 398, 404. 405, 406, 434, 465, 467, 469, 470 David, 430, 431, 433 Allen, William, 199 Allerback, see Allebach AUowback, see Allebach Allterfer, see Alderfer Altderfer, see Alderfer Alter, Governor, 45 Althouse 1 Johannes, 249, 250 Althous J John, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Jonannes, 252 Sophia, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Ames, William, 375, 377, 378 Anderholt, Abram, 276 Antes \ Christiana, 350, 352 Antis 1 Christina, 373 Frederick, 42, 287 William, 350, 352 Appenzeller, Jacob, 254 Appraisements, see Wills Arens, Lenart, 387 Arets, Lenart, 379 Armstrong, Samuel, 277 Arndt, , 41 Jacob, 40, 181, 182 M. Owen, 182 Arnold, Joseph, 95, 96 Arnott, Thomas, 55 Audenried, William, 38 Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, 289 B Backer, Keondradt, 387 Backhouse, Richd, 254 Bacon, William, 357, 399, 476 Balliet, Stephen, 68 Barcklay, Robert, i77 Bargen, John, 285 Barkey, John, 473 Barndt, Elizabeth, 221 Bass, William, 72 Bastian, Eva Mary, 446 Michael, 446 Battle, J. H., 204 Bauer 1 Abraham, 317, 318, 319, Bower 320, 321, 323, 324, 325, Bowers J 326 Abram, 319 Adam, 321 Anna, 320, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327 Anna Barbara, 317, 320 Anne, 318, 319, 320, 327 Barbara, 319, 320 Charles, 282, 283 Elizabeth, 282, 283, 327 Fronica, 296, 304, 305, 312, 314, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327 Fronica Landis, 323, 340 Hans, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 325, 327, 394, 396. Isaac, 324 John, 317, 325 Magdalena, 317, 320 Michael, 296, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 340 Paul, 282 Philip, 293 Samuel, 293, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 327 Susannah, 319, 320 Veronica, 320, 326, 327, 340, 352, 374 Veronica Landis, 296, 332 Bean, David, 132, 138 Harriet, 302 Jesse, 302 Paul, 254 Bear, Martin, 417 Beates, Fred, 189 Beaver, Ephraim K., 162 Eugene, 162 J. Perry, 162 James Addams, 44 John Kerr, 162 Lucy Ann, 162 Mary, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Mary J., 157, 167 496 INDEX Beaver, Mary Jane, 162, 169, 176 Bechtel ) Abraham, 322 Bechtell ) George, 326 John, 322 Martin, 408 Samuel, 242, 251, 335 Beck, Frederick, 66 Gottlieb, 79 Margareth, 66 Becker, Hilarius, 209 Beeber, Thomas R., 166, 167, 168, 169 Beghtly, Jacob, 418 Behaim, Martin, 34 Beirly, Eva Maria, 296 Beisel, Peter, 71 Beitel, Charles, 94 Bender, Elias, 182 Benner, Abraham, 219 Andrew, 263 Christian, 254 Elizabeth, 350, 352 John, 116 Ludwig, 263 Mary Magdalena, 119, 120, 125, 126 Paulus, 352 Berger, , 80, 81 Christian, 55, 56, 70, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95. 98, 99. 100, 101, 112. 113 Elizabeth, 55, 56, 79, 81, 82, 83, 112, 113 Hannah, 73, 74, 75, 79, 81, 82, 89, 90, 95, 98, 100, 103, 109, 112, 113 Hans Ulrich, 404, 405, 406 Isaac, 219 John Ulrich, 410 Bergher, Ubreigh, 412 Bergy, Jacob, 116 John, 490 Berkemeyer, F., 157 Berndt, Peter, 219 Bertolet, Samuel, 293 Beuttnerr, , 37 Beyer, Heinrich, 285 Bickley, Abraham, 41 Biderhard, Yerg, 364 Biedelman, , 45 Bieger, Hannah, 1*02 Bintner, Jacob, 71 Birall, Thomas D., 119 Birchall, Emma Susanna, 168 Mary Alice, 166, 168 Warren Randolph, 166, 168 Bissert, Christian, 260, 269 John, 257, 260, 269 Mary Catherine, 257, 260, 269 Bittenger, , 45 Blaine, James G., 160 Bleikers, Johannes, 379, 388 Bleyler, see Blyler Bliever, Joseph, 41 Bloedigh Tooniel, 408 Blumer, A., 109 Hannah, 111 Jacob, 68 W., 109 Blyler \ Elizabeth, 247, 248, 249, Bleyler j 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Henry, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Boehm, John Philip, 365 Boganer, Eleanor, 350, 352 Tobias, 350, 352 Bolander, Henry, 212 Bomberger, J. H. A., 162 Bon, Herman, 387 Bonds, see Deeds Bonstein, William, 182 Bourne, Emma Sparks, 171 Frederick G., 171 Frederick Gilbert, 166 May, 166, 168, 171, 175, 176, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Bower, see Bauer Bowers, see Bauer Bowman, Johannes, 417 Boyer, Catherine, 296 George, 282, 294, 348 Henry, 281, 282, 286 Henry C, 163 Jacob, 282 Magdalena, 282 Philip, 447 Valentine, 241 William, 282 Bradford, Andrew, 417 Brandt, Albertus, 387 Brennemen, Catherina, 344 Catherine, 352 Christian, 344, 352 Bridgeman, Richard, 383 Brobst, Christian, 76, 77 Brockden, C, 402 Brotzman, see Brutzman Brownback, Henry M., 163 Brownson, W. B., 170 Brunner, John William, 98, 100, 101 William, 74, 76, 86, 98 Brutzman ] Hannah, 350, 352 Brotzman j Jacob, 349, 350, 352 Bryan, William J., 171 Bucer, Martin, 49 Buchard Bucherd Buchert Andrew, 450, 453 Catherine, 450, 453 Dieter, 453 Elizabeth, 453 Mary, 450, 453 Bucher, , 45 Appolonia, 341 Bucherd, see Buchard Buchert, see Buchard Buchholts, Heinrich, 387 Budd, John, 288, 357, 358, 399 INDEX 497 Bull, Thomas, 469 Bunston, James, 182 Burgholtzer, Hans, 417 Burkhalter, Peter, 42 Butler, Anthony, 65 Butz, Alice Piersol, 158 Michael, 182 ape 1 Bis Cabe, see Coge Cammerhof Cammerhoff J Bishop, 37 -44 Campbell, Andrew, 441 Jno, 372 John, 371 Cam, see Kern Carpenter, Emanuel, 42 Samuel, 202 Carson, Robert, 200 Cassel ] Arnold, 387 Cassell ( Heinrich, 460 Cassil f Hubert, 224, 270, 279 Kassel J Johannes, 387 Yellis, 409 Cesentraun, J. D., 109 Chambers, David, 266 Wm., 266 Charles, Nicholas, 287 Chew, Benjamin, 267, 432 Christman, Philip, 451 Claasen, Neeltje, 392 Clark, Daniel, 267 Clase, John, 181 Claypoole, James, 379 Clemence, see Clemens Clemens l , 390, 413, 436, 440, Clemence ■ 442, 453, 475 Clements J Abraham, 465, 466, 467, 469, 472 Ann, 424, 429, 457, 458, 459, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 473, 474, 475 Anne, 457, 458 Barbara, 440, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 473, 474, 475 Catherine, 466 Christian, 471, 474 Elizabeth, 473, 474, 487, 491 Ester, 473, 474 George, 490 Gerhart (Garret, Gerard, Gerhard, Gerit, Gerrad, Gerrerd, Gerret), 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 406, 424, 429, 440, 441, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 480 Henry, 490 Jacob, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 436, 440, 441, 454, 459, 460, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 480, 487, 488, 489, 491 Johannes, 404, 405, 406. 465, 467 John, 459, 460, 464, 466, 469, 470, 471, 472, 474 Margaret, 473, 474 Mary, 474 Michael, 471, 473, 474 Susanna, 441, 472, 473, 474 Clemer "I Hans, 401 Clemmer \ Henry, 404, 405, 406 Klemer J Martin, 242 Mary, 491 Velte, 418 Clymer, Jacob, 98 Cobe, see Cope Coin, see Kern Colb, see Kolb Colebrookdale Mennonite Meeting House, 317 Colph, see Kolb Conderts, Tennis, 387 Conerads, John, 418 Conrad, Johann, 319 Coon, Michael, 370 Cooper, Elizabeth, 107 Cope ■) Abraham, 242, 247, 248, 249, Cabe \ 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Cobe J Adam, 242, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Christina, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Henry, 219, 220 Margaret, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Cowie, James, 54, 177 Cowpland, Caleb, 199 Cramer, see Kramer Crater, John, 298 Crauss, see Krauss Creamer, David, 227, 232 Lydia, 227, 232 * Crefelders, 26 : ' Creisheim, Germany, 381 ' Cremer, see Kramer Cressman, Anna Maria, 232 Henry, 226, 232 Jacob, 254 Magdalena, 226, 232 Mary, 226 Philip, 226, 228, 230, 231, 232 Croll, — , 305 Catherine, 300, 302, 303, 305 Michael, 442 Crou, Nicholas, 257 Crouse, see Krauss 498 INDEX Custer 1 David Y., 125 Custers J- Herraanus, 397, 415, 416 Kuster J Johannes, 387 D Dani ) Christina, 269, 278 ni I John Adam, 269, 278 Thani Dannehower, 163 Davis, Charles, 109 John, 246, 247, 253, 257 Jonathan, 139 William H. H., 199, 203, 204 Dechant, August, 127 Declarations of Trusts, see Deeds Dederer, see Dotterer Deeds, Bonds, Declarations of Trusts, Patents, Releases : — Adams, Henry, 297 Alderholt, Daniel, 66 Bauer, Hans, 316 Hans, estate of, 323 Henry, 282 Michael, 323, 324 Paul, estate of, 282 Berger, Hannah, 73 Brunner, John William, 100 Charles, Nicholas, 287 Clemens, Gerhart, 454, 457, 461, 464, 466, 467 Jacob, 464, 466, 467, 470 John, 470 Cressman, Philip, 228 Dotterer, George Philip, 354, 356, 357, 360 George Philip, estate of, 373 Dubler, Johannes, 63, 64 Egner, Hannah, 73 Engleman, Mary, 7Z Funk, Henry, 404, 406 Gorges, Jacob, 444 Hartzell, Henry, 239, 240 Henry, estate of, 247, 249, 251 Jorg Henrich, 238 Michael, estate of, 247 Heller, Andrew, 119 Elias, 126 Hendricks, Aaron, 136 Johnson (Jansen), Claus, 415 Derick, 399 Kease, Nicholas, 210 Kern, Adam, 271 Christian, 270, 271 John Adam, 223 Kolb, Dielman, 399, 401, 402, 404, 406 Henry, 415 Jacob, 415 Martin, 415 Deeds, Bonds, Declarations of Trusts, Patents, Releases : — Lacey, Henry, 201 John, 201 Landis, Jacob, 404 John, 332 Leatherman, Joseph, 118 Lederach, Andrevif, 478 Henry, 490 John, 490 Meyer, Christian, 323, 324, 404, 406 Moser, Eve, 183 Norris, Isaac, 239 Nunnemacker, John, 84 Nyce, Hans, 354, 356 Op de Graeff, Abraham, 385 Dirck Isaacs, 385 Herman Isaacs, 385 Penn, John, 64, 186, 240, 316, 357, 360, 421, 426, 461 Richard, 186, 240, 316, 357, 360, 421, 426, 461 Thomas, 240, 316, 357, 360, 421, 426, 461 William, 384 Powell, David, 419, 478 Reiff, Abraham, 404, 406 Reimer, Ludowick, 286 Ruth, Henry, 404, 406 Schleiffer, Jacob, 206 Schnebly, Jacob, 401 Jacob, estate of, 402 Schwenk, Aaron, 309 Abraham, 297 Abraham, estate of, 302, 303, 309 Daniel, 297 George, 282, 286, 288 Jacob, 302, 303, 309 Jacob, estate of, 309, 310 John, 288 John, estate of, 303 Nicholas, 287 Seider, Joseph, 107 Sellen, Henry, 415 Shoemaker, Peter, 384, 385 Shrager, Andrew, 424 Shuler, Jacob, 98 Peter, 62 Sipman, Dirck, 384 Stout, Abraham, 206, 208, 210, 221 Abraham, estate of, 221 Enos, 228 Henry H., 221, 223 INDEX 499 Deeds, Bonds, Declarations of Trusts, Patents, Releases: — Stout, Henry H., estate of, 228 Isaac, 120 Jacob, 201, 221 Jacob, estate of, 206, 208 Strassburger, Andrew, 62, 63, 64, 66 Andrew, estate of, 84, 86, 96, 98, 100 Eve, 72, 96 Eve, estate of, 107 John, 72, 73 John Andrew, IZ, 118, 119, 120, 126 John Andrew, estate of, 136, 144 Thomas, Richard, 238 Van Bebber, Matthias, 415, 454 Wieder, Caroline, IZ Eliza, IZ Mary, 1Z Paul, 73 Wint, George, 447 Wismer, Henry, 270 Yeager, Henry, 186, 189 John, 183 Philip, 189 Young, Catherine, IZ Christian, 86, 98 Ziegler, Andrew, 428, 443, 444, 447, 448 Andrew K., 447 Henry, 447 Jacob, 444 Michael, 402, 415, 419, 421, 424, 426, 428, 457 Dehaven, John, 298, 299 Deiss, Jacob, 93, 94 Deiy, Philip, 72 De Kalb, Baron, 41 de 1' Isle, Rouget, 50 Delp, Betzy, 442 Elizabeth, 148, 442 George, 442 de Nyce, see Nyce Derfiinger, Jacob, 265 Derr, Franklin, 162 Sarah Ann Kerr, 162 Derstine, Kate, 148 De Schweinitz, , 45 Detterer, see Dotterer Detweiler \ Abraham, 435, 437, 438, Dettweiler I 440, 445 Ditweiler f Benjamin, 490 Dittweiler J Elizabeth, 435, 437, 438, 440, 445 Geo., 132 John, 133, 408 Joseph, 227 Leonard, 116, 121 Dewees, Christina Elizabeth, 374 Dickenshied 1 Anna Catherine, 147 Dikenshets } Charles F., 147 Thickinshidd J Christopher, 468, 470 Diana E., 147 Diederich, Margaretha, 198 Dieht, Abraham, 70 Diess, Jacob, 80 Dikenshets, see Dickenshied Dilbeeck, Isaac, 379, 387 Dillinger, John, 80, 93, 94 Dirstine \ Isaac, 242, 243, 246, 247, Distine J 253 Dishler, David, 70 Distine, see Dirstine Ditweiler, see Detweiler Dittweiler, see Detweiler Dock, Christopher, ZT , 415 Dodderer, see Dotterer Doddridge, see Dotterer Doderer, see Dotterer Doeden, Jan, 387 Doring, Heinrich, 461 Dorney, Peter, Dotterer Dederer Detterer Dodderer Doddridge Doderer Dotder Doterer Dothari Dothrih Dotter Dotry Dottridge Duddarer Duddra Totherah Agnes (?), 367 Anna, 367, 370 Anna Elizabeth, 374 Anna Maria, 370, 374 Barbara, 342, 348, 352, 367, 372, 373, 374 Barnabas, 371, 372 Barrant, 367, 368 Bernhard, 370, 374 Catharina, 371 Catherine, 374 Christian, 211 Christina Elizabeth, 374 Conrad, 367, 368, 370, 372, ZIZ, 374 Eronimus, 371 Fronica, 348 George Philip, 342, 348, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, Z6Z, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 372, 373, 374, 394, 397 Gertrude, 374 Harms Michael, 365 Henry S., 52, 149, 179, 296, 353 Hieronimus (Eroni- mus), 364, 371, 374 Johann Ludwich, 365 Magdalena, 374 Michael, 297, 356, 358, 360, 361, 362, 364, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 374 Philip, 299, 361 Ralph Shelly, 149 500 INDEX Dotterer, Rebecca K., 149 Veronica (Uronica, Verony), 342, 353, 366, 369, 370, 371, 372, 2,72,, 374 Vrone, 367 Dove, David J., 209 Doz, Andrew, 41 Drafts, see Surveys Driessell, Hans, 337 Drumbor ) Hannah, 247, 248, 249, Drurabore J 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Henrich, 249, 250 Henry, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253,255 John, 253 Dubbs, WilHam, 129 Dubler, Johannes, 63, 64 Duddarer, see Dotterer Duddra, see Dotterer Dunlap, John, 109 Duplouvys, Anthony, 387 Jan, 387 Eastburn, 203 Maria, 89, 91, 103, 109 Mary, 73, 74, 75, 98, 100, 113 Peter, 67 Erb, Casper, 66 Eritt, see Ehret Ernst, Frederick, 61 Eruz, John, 71 Evans, Montgomery, 163 Peter, 368 Robley D, 170 Rowland, 425, 459 Everhart, Martin, 40 Faber, Rev. Mr., 254 Fageley, see Fogeley fe.= } Thomas. 380, 456 Falckner, Daniel, 39 Justus, 39 Fauth, Balthas, 364, 365 Jacob, 365 Fellman, Isaac, 126 Fermer, Julianna, 179 ffairman, see Fairman John, 203 Fischer Anna Maria, 374 Ebbel, Paul J., 182 Fisher : B. F., 159 Eberhard, Anna Catherine, 147 Jacob, 426 Echel, John, 225 Julianna, 198 Eckert, William, 68 Peter S., 157 Edelman, , 190 Wendel, 198 Anna Catherine, 195 Flinn, Edward, 443 Catherine, 193 Fluck 1 Adam, 121. 133 Conrad, 188, 193 Flucke Anna Barbara, 268 Elizabeth, 193, 195 Fluckin ■ Annie, 232 Jacob, 193 Fluk Barbara, 261, 269, 271, John Conrad, 193, 195 Fluke 278 Maria Elizabeth, 193 Barbara Kern, 261, 278 Peter, 193, 195 Catherine, 250, 251, 252, Edwards, Thomas, 206 253 Egle, , 45 Christian, 224, 261, 279 Egner, Hannah, 73, 74, 75, 80, 93, 94, Eliz., 226 98, 100, 103, 112 Frederick, 250, 251, 252, Thomas, 74, 75, 98, 99, 100, 253 101, 112 John, 226 Ehret 1 , 71 John Adam, 278 Ehrit ■ Eve, 196 John Christian, 269 Eritt J Jacob, 193 John Philip, 269 Engelhart, see Englehart Philip, 261, 265, 268, 269, Engelman, see Engleman 270, 271, 278 Engle, Andrew, 40 Tobias, 227, 228, 229, 230, Englehart ] Han Ludwig, 365 231, 232 Engelhart 3 Johnickel Adam, 364 Flucke, se e Fluck Engelman 1 , 45 Engleman J Andrew, 69, 71 Flucken, ! Vlaria Elizabetha, 47, S3, 176 Peter, 47, 53 Henry, 67 Fluckin, i ee Fluck John, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, Fluk, see Fluck 75, 78, 80, 83, 84, 85, Fluke, see Fluck 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 97, 98, 99, 100, 93, 101, Fogeley Fageley ■ Daniel, 451, 452 113 Fornance, Joseph, 161, 163 INDEX 501 Forster, Thomas, 179 Fortman, Charles, 128 Fosbenner, Margaret, 148 Fouts, Baltus, 288 Fox, George, 375, 377 Franey, Florence Rosella, 158 Franklin, , 37 Franz, Peter, 71, 72 Freame, Margaret, 202 Thomas, 202, 208, 239 Freed, Abraham, 203, 207 Elizabeth Salome, 207 Peter, 469, 470 Freedley, Henry, 163 Fretz, Christian, 219 Frey l Andrew, 365 Fry \ Heinrich, 387 Frye J Jacob, 84, 95 Joseph, 68, 96 William, 364, 365 Friet } P^"'. 457. 463 Fry, see Frey Frye, see Frey Fuchs, Anna Maria, 297 Jacob, 297 Fulmer, John, 228 Funck ) , 79 Funk ] Catherine, 149 Christian, 406, 407, 408 Heinrich, 38, 409 Henry, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 412 Johannes, 334 John, 314 Martin, 364 Mary, 314 Furley, Benjamin, 26 Furnace, John, 237 Gaedtchalk, see Godshalk Galman, Jacob, 460 Gangewer, Maria, 112 Gangler, Killian, 285 Michael, 298 Garman, Jacob, 463 Garr, George, 72 Gaumer, Dietrich, 79 Gehman, Mary, 304, 311, 312, 313 Samuel, 311 Gehr, , 41 Geiger \ H., 312 Geyger j Henry, 308, 311, 312 Henry A., 313, 314 Mary, 299, 308, 310, 311 Mary Gehman, 313 Valentine, 364 Geiger, Schwenk and Horning, 313 Geisinger, Eli, 362 William, 109 Gerhard 7 Abraham, 242, 251 Gerhart ] John, 218, 221, 222, 223 Magdalena, 222, 223 Mary Magdalena, 221 Gerkes, see Gorges Gerkis, see Gorges Gesel, see Van Gesel Geyger, see Geiger Gile, James, 58 Gobel 1 Eliza, 98, 100, 112 Goble j Willoby (Willable), 98, 99, 100, 101, 112 Godshalk "I Barbara, 440 Gaedtchalk I Elizabeth, 440 Godshall | Gerret, 440 Gotshalk J Godshalk, 435, 437, 440, 443, 445, 486 Hester, 440 Jacob, 409, 417, 440 Sarah, 445 William, 307 Goodman, Michael, 335 Gordon, Patrick, 315, 398 Gorgas, John, 418 Gorges 1 Gerkes \ Jacob, 444, 445 Gerkis J Goss, , 45 Gotshalk, see Godshalk Gouglers, Michael, 293 Graaf, see Groff Graeff, see Groff Graeme, Thomas, 481 Graff, see Groff Gress, Christian, 182 Hreltir } J-°b, 434, 470 Griffith, Amos, 469 Evan, 237, 238 John G., 119 William, 119 Grob, Heinrich, 364 Groff I , 41 Graaf I Abraham, 126, 133, 290, 291 Graeff f George, 66 Graff J Henry, 118, 120, 212, 213, 222 Jacob, 476, 477 John, 133, 212, 213 Joseph, 288, 364, 365 Margaret Rae, 149 Noah, 133 Grone, Jo^, 464 Gross, Francis, 103 Grouse, Jacob, 183 Grove, David, 282 Jacob, 338 Growdon, Lawrence, 199 Grubb, Henry, 354, 358 Gurr, Ann, 371 H Haas, Peter, 74, 77 Hackenmiiller, Anna Ottilia, 259 Johann Albrecht, 259 502 INDEX -, 37, 39 Hackenwelder, - Hackman, Jacob, 404, '405', 406 Haga, Godfrey, 56, 58 Hagenbach, John, 95, 96 Hager, Samuel M., 127, 138, 143 Hahn, Christopher, 183 John, 295 Philip, 79 Hair, Earnest, 242, 251 Haldeman, , 44 Hallman, Mrs. William K., 433 Halloway, Emma Bailey, ISO Hamilton, Andrew, 237 Hangey, Emeline, 148 Jonas G., 148 Hankatrants Smith Shop, 464 Hann, Philip, 368 Hanna, J. S., 254 Harbaugh, , 45 Harmun, George, 448 Harrison, Benjamin F., 160 Robert, 281 Harstlich, see Hartzell Hartly, see Hartzell Hartman, Ann, 222, 223 Anna Nancy, 221 Jacob, 218, 221, 222, 223 Joseph, 103 Mathias, 265 William, 265 Hartranft, , 44 Harts All, 241 Hartsel, see Hartzell Hartsell, see Hartzell Hartsle, see Hartzell Hartsligh, see Hartzell Hartzel, see Hartzell Hartzell , 256 Harstlich Alice E., 150 Hartly Andrew, 148 Hartsel Andrew S., 148 Hartsell Barbara, 236 Hartsle Barbr, 235 Hartsligh Catarrina, 235 Hartzel Catharina, 98, 100, 250 Hatslin ■ Catherine, 109, 111, 236, Heartzel 243, 247, 248, 249, 250, Hertsel 251, 252, 253, 255 Hertsell Christan, 235, 236 Hertzel Christina, 236, 243, 247, Hertzell 249, 251, 255 Hezelarin Cornelius, 148 Hirzell Elias, 128, 129, 132, 134, Stertzell 136, 137, 138, 139, 143, 144, 148 Eliz, 235 Elizabeth, 148, 236, 243, 247, 249, 251, 255 Elmer, 148 Emeline, 148 Etta, 150 Francis A., 150 Francis S., 148 Frank, 148 George Henry, 237, 255 Hannah, 243, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253, 255 Hans Leonhart, 235, 236 Hattie, 150 Henrich, 148, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241 Henry, 207, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 Imelda, 148 Jacob, 98, 99, 100, 101, 111, 182, 247,248,249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Jacob Benia, 235 Jesse D., 128, 132, 136, 144, 150 John Andrew, 150 Jordan H., 150 Jorg Henrich, 233, 238, 256 Kate, 148 Lenard, 235 Lewis S., 148 Louisiana, 128, 132, 136, 140. 143, 144. 145. 148 Magdalena, 205, 221, 243, 247, 251, 255 Margaret, 148, 243, 247, 249, 251, 255 Mark, 233 Mary, 128, 132, 136, 141, 142, 143, 144,150 Mary M., 150 Mary Magdalena, 207, 220, 221, 232, 255, 256 Mary S, 145 Michael, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 250, 251, 254, 255 Milton Henry, 150 Minerva C, 150 Minerva Catherine, 149 Paul, 235, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250,251,252,253,254, 255 Priscilla, 150 Reuben S., 148 Samuel, 148 Sophia, 243, 247, 249, 251, 255 Susanna, 243, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253, 254, 255 Ulrick, 233, 234, 236, 255 Urigg, 235 Haslett, James, 298 Hassenklever, Frederick, 41 Hatslen, see Hartzell Hause, John, 71 INDEX 503 Hausegger, Hay, 41 Adam, 182 Hayman, 41 162 Heartzel, see Hartzell Hebel, Anna Maria, S3 Hecht, , 71 Heckenhoeck, P., 385 Pieter, 385 Heckle, George, 443 Heckler, , 399, 473 James Y., 442 Heebne" 1 ?t^'d 281, 282, 286 Hiebner I J°^"' ^97 Hibner J ^^^'y- 281, 282, 286, 297 Heelen, George, 437 Heer, Christian, 417 K&hany. 400 401.403 Huffbyfinler] Henry, 435 Heidelburg Reformed Church, 157 Heiderich ) Abraham, 431 Heidrich J Ealtzer, 288 Heimback, Daniel, 98 Heistand, Abraham, 460 Jacob, 98 \ , 44 Heister Hister Alexander S., 149 Daniel, 285, 346, 347 Gabriel, 42 Joseph, 42 Mary Catherine, 149 Helffenstein, S., 129 Samuel, 55, 56, 112, 114, 115 Heller, Andrew, 119, 120, 125, 126 Henckel, Anton, 364 Hendricks, Aaron, 135, 136, 137 Abraham, 133 Abraham A., 134 Charles, 313 Gerhard, 34 Isaac S., 133, 134 Joseph D., 228 Mary, 313 Henrick, Peter, 297 Henry, George, 109 M. S., 179, 180 Hepler, Christian, 285 Herckler, George, 443 Hereford Mennonite Meeting House, 317 Herg, John George, 335 Herger, Gottlieb, 365 Hermans, Reinier, 388 Herp, George Peter, 288 Herr, Elias, 125, 126 Jacob, 253 Hertsel, see Hartzell Hertsell, see Hartzell Hertzel, see Hartzell Hertzell, see Hartzell Herzel, see Hartzell Hess, Agnes, 341 Heydrick, , 45 Heydt, Jost, 343 Hezelarin, see Hartzell Hibner, see Heebener Hiebner, see Heebener Hill, Humphrey, 316, 317 Richard, 419, 478 Hillegas, Michael, 41 Hillpot, F. G., 231 Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 42 Hinkle, Charles, 219 Hirchs, Benedict, 417 Hirzel, Switzerland, 328 Hirzell, see Hartzell Hister, see Heister Hober, see Huber Hobson, Freeland G., 161 Hock, Joseph, 96 HoefHyfinger, see Heffelfinger Hofifraeier, Heinrich, 115 Henry, 114 Hofford, Joseph, 276 Holbousch, see Hollibush Holbusch, see Hollibush Holdeman, Nicholas, 404, 405, 406 Holland, James B., 163 Hollibush ] Johan Peter, 285 Holbousch \ Jost, 285 Holbusch J Mary Elizabeth, 282 Yost, 282 Holme, Thomas, 380 Hooken, Henry, 57, 58 Hoot, John, 213 Hopkinson, Thomas, 317 Hord, Arnold H., 168 Hornecker, Joseph, 254 Horning, Samuel, 313 Horricher, Gottlieb, 364 Michael, 364, 365 Horsfield, William, 82 Horst, Wendel, 285 Houghman, Jacob, 464 Huber 1 , 179 Hober \ Anna (?), 259 Hufer J Catherine, 274, 277 Christian, 179 Henry, 270, 273, 274, 277 Jacob, 259 Jurg, 259 S, M. K., 157 HufJbyfinger, see Heffelfinger Hufer, see Huber Hughes, Alex--, 271, 272 James, 271 Humback, David, 96 Hunsberger l Catherine, 261, 268 Hunsperger [ Christian, 483 Huntsberger J Henry, 70 Isaac, 132, 133, 136, 211, 246, 247, 253, 261 Peter, 254 Ulrich, 404, 405, 406 504 INDEX Hunsberry, Abram, 276 Hunsicker, Henry, 489 Isaac, 443 John, 301 Valentine, 432 Hunsperger, see Hunsberger Huntsberger, see Hunsberger Hurst, John, 266 Hutchinson, W", 254 Hutley, , 45 Hutter, C. W., 109 Hyneman, Frederick, 80, 82 - 45 Ibach, - Ickes, Barbara, 352 Indian Creek Reformed Church, 114 in Hoven, Herman, 425 Inventories, see Wills Invocation by Francis Daniel Pas- torius, 46 Isett ] Frederick, 350, 352 Isaac j- Jacob, 387 Isaacs J Rebecca, 350, 352 Jacobs, Frances, 390 Isaac, 387, 390 Matthis, 387 Jacoby, Amos, 129, 132, 133, 136 Henry, 276 Jaeger, see Yeager Jager, see Yeager Jagerin, see Yeager Jansen, see Johnson Jeffries, William, 379 Jemison, John, 263 Jennings, Samuel, 389 John, Benedick, 295 Benjamin, 206 Thomas, 184, 206 Johnson | Agnes, 286 Jansen ] Claes (Claus, Klas), 397, 415, 416, 417 Derick (Dirck, Dirk), 398, 399, 400, 402, 461, 462, 464, 467, 468 Jacob, 309, 445, 490 Hiram W., 173 John, 63, 286 Klas, 397 Margaret (Margaretha), 398, 399, 400, 402 Mary, 352 Peter, 425, 469 Jones, Daniel K., 119 John M., 312 Robert, 404, 406, 412, 428, 465, 467 Thomas, 206 Jordan, John, 56 Junt, Daniel, 65, 66 Karn, see Kern Kassel, see Cassel Kastner, Paul, 386, 387 Kausch, Barbara, 349 Kearn, see Kern Kease, Elizabeth, 210, 211 Nicholas, 210, 211 Kech, George, 68 John, 452 Kechlein, , 41 Keehn, Frederick, 184 Keeler ] Conrad, 307 Keelor ] Emma Sparks, 171 George, 307 Joseph, 447 Lydia, 314 Keely, Henry, 298 Keene, James R., 173 Keens, Mathias, 265 Keller, Jacob, 464 Kelly, John, 206 Kelpius, , 39 Kemp, Jno, 265 Kenbenry, John, 364 Kennedy, David, 206 Keppel, Heinrich, 41 Kern Carn Coin Karn Kearn Adam, 213, 222, 225, 226, 258, 259, 270, 271, 272, 274, 278, 279 Anna Barbara, 268 Anna Elisabeth, 260 Anna Liesbeth, 260, 269, 277 Anna Margaret, 259, 260, 261, 268, 269, 277, 280 Anna Margaretha Christina, 259 Anna Margaretta, 261, 262 Anna Maria, 221, 223, 226, 258, 259, 260, 269, 273, 277, 278, 279, 280 Anna Mary, 257, 268, 269, 271, 272, 277, 278, 280 Anna Ottilia, 259 Barbara, 261, 262, 269 Catherine, 258, 261, 268, 269, 272, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280 Christian, 223, 224, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 277, 278, 279 Conrad, 258 Elizabeth, 221, 223, 226, 232, 256, 259, 262, 268, 278, 279, 280 Frederick, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, 270, 276, 280 INDEX 505 ■] Helena, 260 Kern Carn | Jacob, 258, 259 Coin !• Jacob Jurg, 259 Karn Johann Adam, 279, 280 Kearn J Johann Philip, 259 John, 258, 265, 277 John Adam, 221, 223, 224, 225, 229, 258, 259, 261, 262, 268, 269, 271, 273, 277, 278, 279, 280 John Christian, 257, 260, 268, 280 John Jacob, 269, 277 John Peter, 260, 261, 268 John Philip, 269, 277 Lawrence, 77 Magdalena, 261 Margaret, 258, 274, 277 Maria, 279, 280 Martin, 258 Mary, 124, 223, 224, 225, 229, 271, 272, 273, 279 Mary Helena, 261, 262, 268 Mary Jacobina, 262, 268 Michael, 259 Nicholas, 40, 257, 258, 259, 260 Peter, 262, 265, 266, 276 Philip, 224, 272, 274, 279 Wilhelm Frederick, 259 Kesselberg, Heinrich, 387 Kmul' ] ^^^"' 379. 388 Keyser, Dirick, 387 Dirk, 387 Peter, 387 Susannah, 302 Kibman, Conrad, 428 Kim, Adam, 213 Kinsey, Jacob, 490 John, 481 Kintner, Jacob, 116, 117, 136 Kirkbride, Tobias, 206 Kiter, John, 431 Klein, Daniel, 76 Eva Maria, 198 Kleiner, Hans, 403 Klever, Peter, 387 Klincken, Arent, 387 Kline, Gabriel, 470 J. J., 178, 179, 197 John, 406 Klotz, , 41 Andrew, 104, 109 Knox, Senator, 173 Kock, Joseph, 95 Kolb 1 , 389, 390, 391, 392, Colb ]■ 393, 413 Colph J Agnes, 392 Ann, 391, 392 Anne, 392 Balthaser, 391, 392 Barbara, 442 Catherina Rosina, 53, 54, 60, 176 David, 392 Dielman (Delman, Dillman, Dirlman, Dirtman, Tel- man, Tileman, Tilghman, Tilman), 38, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 425, 429, 433, 434, 437, 441, 461, 462, 463, 476, 478, 480 Dorothy, 392 Elizabeth, 390, 392, 393, 401, 402, 410, 411, 412, 413, 432, 433, 440, 453 Elizabeth Schnebh, 393, 433 Hannah, 392 Heinrich, 398 Henry, 302, 391, 392, 394, 397, 415, 416, 417, 437 Isaac, 392, 412 Jacob, 254, 391, 392, 394, 397, 398, 415, 416, 421, 423, 425, 455, 456, 457, 459 Johannes, 392, 394, 425, 455, 456, 457, 459 John, 394 Magdalena, 392 Maria, 392 Martin, 391, 392, 394, 397, 398, 409, 412, 415, 416, 417, 440 Mary, 392, 491 Mary Magdalena, 392 Neltgen, 392 Peter, 391, 392 Sarah, 392 Konig, Adam, 188, 190, 192 Kooken, Jno, 339 Koon, Isaac, 186 Kornderfifer, Nicholas, 265 Koster, , 39 Kramer ] Hans Andreas, 387 Cramer I Henry, 116 Cremer I John, 121, 126 Kraemer f Lawrence, 224, 270, 279 Kraymer 1 Philip, 42 Kremer J Valentine, 224, 271, 279 Kratz 1 Abraham, 206 Krotz J Catherine, 227, 232 Feltus, 404, 405, 406 Kraus, see Krauss Krause, see Krauss Krauss Crauss Crouse Kraus Krause Krous Anna Maria, 288 Emma, 59 Hans, 365 Heinrich, 285 Henry, 288 Jacob, 76, 77, 297 John, 68 John J„ 80, 93, 94 506 INDEX Krauss, Michael, 288 Regina, 296 Samuel, 59 44 Krauth, Kraymer, see Kramer Krebs, Henry, 293 Michael, 364 Kramer, see Kramer Kriesbach, John, 447 Krihlein, Jacob, 71 Krom, Jacob, 265 Krotz, see Kratz Krous, see Krauss Kuhn, , 41, 45 Abraham, 192 Jacob, 157 Kunders, Thones, 379 Kurlis, see Keurlis Kurr, Anna Elizabeth, 374 Jacob, 374 Kuster, see Custer La Cene, see Lacey Lacey ^ Ann, 204 La Cene Anna, 200 Leisse I Anna Miller, 207, 232 Licey ( Hendrick, 203 Lissen Henry, 201, 202, 203, 204, Lissene J 208 Jean, 200 Johane Maria, 201 Johanna Luiss, 201 Johannes, 203 John, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 208 Larrance, 201 Luisa, 200 Luiss, 200 Marrea Katterine, 200 Paul, 200 Susanna, 201, 202, 203, 208 Uelly Hannah, 200, 201 Lackman, James, 450 Laderach, see Lederach Lahr, see Lehr Lambach, Philip, 266 Landis ) , 311 Landes > Abraham, 340 Landus J Adelheyd Egli, 330 Ann, 333, 340 Anne, 340 Barbara, 338, 340 Benjamin, 328, 331, 332 Eve, 340 Felix, 328, 330, 331, 332 Fronica, 320, 331 George, 322, 324, 340 Hans, 328, 329, 330 Jacob, 330, 334, 338, 339, 340, 404, 405, 406 Johannes, 320 John, 212, 213, 254, 301, 302, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 339, 340 Margaret, 340 Margaretha, 330 Martin, 340 Mary, 311, 313 Oswald, 330 Samuel, 333, 334, 339, 340 Verena, 331 Veronica, 296, 320, 327, 331, 340 Langenecker, Daniel, 418 Larzelere, N. H., 163 Laterach, see Lederach Latshar, Francis, 326 Frantz, 324, 326 Lautenschlager, Maria Katherine, 342 Lawall, M., 182 Michael, 182 Learned, Marion Dexter, 383 Leatherman, Hester, 118, 126 Joseph, 116, 117, 118, 126 Ledderachin, see Lederach Leddraff, see Lederach Leddraugh, see Lederach Lederach Laderach Laterach Ledderachin Leddraff Leddraugh Lederacher Ledrah Ledrak Letherock Luderach Andreas (Andrew), 394, 397, 400, 401, 403, 461, 462, 465, 467, 470, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 490, 491 Ann, 486, 491 Anna, 486, 487, 491 Catharina, 486 Catherine, 305, 311, 413, 442, 443, 448, 449, 453, 475, 484, 486, 487, 490, 491 Elizabeth, 486, 487, 491 Esther, 481, 483, 484 Henry, 435, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491 Johannes, 476, 481 John, 396, 397, 400, 401, 403, 463, 476, 477, 480, 481, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488 489, 490, 491 Joshua, 403 Magdalena, 481, 482, 483, 484, 486, 487, 491 Mally, 486 Mary, 490, 491 Molly, 486, 487, 491 Leeper, C, 108 Lehman, Christ^, 334, 338 Christopher, 320 INDEX 507 Lehr 1 Magdalena, 261 Lahr j Mary Helena, 261, 268 Philip Peter, 261, 268 Leibert, Henry, 76, 77 Leidy, , 45 Anna Elizabeth, 157 Benjamin, 157 J. W., 129, 132 Jacob, 254 Jerry, 182 Josiah W., 132, 133, 136 Robert Clement, 157 Leisse, see Lacey Leister, Samuel, 138 Lensen, Jan, 379, 387 Letherock, see Lederach Levan, , 41 Catherine, 150 Levering, Gerhard, 388 Wiggerd, 387 Licey, see Lacey Linden, Elisabeth, 259 Linn, Peter, 57, 58 Lissen, see Lacey Lissene, see Lacey Lloyd, Thomas, 388 Loch, John W., 158 Loe, John, 254 Logan, James, 239, 419, 478 Loof, Anthony, 388 Lorah, Harriet, 150 Margaret Amelia, 150 William, 150 Loux, John A., 231 Lucken, Jan, 379, 386, 387 Luderach, see Lederach Ludwig, , 41 Benj., 79 Christopher, 41 Luther, , 376 Martin, 50 M McCormick, Medill, 173 McLean, John, 113 Sarah Ann, 113 McNeely, William, 225, 226 Mack, Martin, 37 Mackay, Clarence H., 173 Magle, Joseph, 276 Mann, P. J., 182 Philip, 182 Marckle, see Markley Marckley, see Markley Marckli, see Markley Marcly, see Markley Mare, John, 74 Marieke, see Markley Markel, see Markley Markell, see Markley Markley Marckle Marckley Marckli Marcly Marieke Markel Markell Markli Merckel Merckelin Merckle Mercklin Merkle Merklin Marshall, Martin, Andrew, 79 Martz, Henry, 71 Mathew, Catherine, 206 Edward, 206 Abraham, 341, 342, 344, 345, 350, 351, 352, 373 Agnes, 341 Andreas Jeremias, 342 Anna Barbara, 344 Anna Elizabeth, 341 Anna Felicitas, 342 Anna Katherine, 342 Anna Magdalena, 341 Anna Maria, 342 Anna Rosina, 342 Anna Veronica, 341, 342 Appolonia, 341 Barbara, 342, 345, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 371, 372, 374 Barbara Dotterer, 284 Benjn, 295 Catherina, 344, 373 Catherine, 348, 350, 351, 352 _ Christianna, 350 Christina, 348, 352 Dietrich, 341 Eleanor, 350, 351, 352 Elizabeth, 296, 350, 352 Eva, 341, 352 Francis, 450, 453 Fronica, 284, 296, 348, 374 George, 341 George Matthaus, 341 Hannah, 344, 350, 351, 352 Isaac, 342, 348, 350, 351, 352 373 Jacob, 284, 289, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351, 352, 372, 374, 394, 396, 398 Jeremias Andreas, 342 John, 293, 295, 296 Jorg, 341, 352 Jorg Heinrich, 341 Maria Katherine, 342 Marie Katherine, 341 Mary, 352, 450, 453 Mary Magdalena, 352 Nella, 344 Philip, 345, 348, 350, 352, 373 Rebecca, 348, 350, 351, 352, 373 Regina Christine, 342 Sarah, 352 Veronica, 284, 289, 296, 314, 344, 348, 350, 352 Wolfgang Georg, 341 ,37 508 INDEX Mattis, Aaron, 303, 304 Catherine, 303, 304 Mayer, Lewis, 114, 115 Samuel, 364 Meiller, see Miller Melcher 1 , 41 Melchior J Isaac, 41 Merckel, see Markley Merckelin, see Markley Merckle, see Markley Mercklin, see Markley Merkle, see Markley Merklin, see Markley Mertin, Jacob, 85 Mertz, Daniel, 76, 77 Metz, Garret, 491 Meyer, see also Moyer Meyer, Elizabeth, 178 Elizabeth Schneider, 197 Henry, 80, 93, 94 Johann Adam, 178, 197 John Adam, 178, 197 Meyers, Sarah, 158 Mifflin, John F., 65 Milan, Hans, 387 Mill, Joseph, 95, 96 Miller 1 Christian Young, 71 Meiller I Dr., 201 Millier I Even, 200, 201 Muller J H. S., 125 Hans, 288 Hans Michael, 200 Jacob, 106, 108 John, 182, 285, 288 Lewis, 307 Michell, 200 Peter, 266 Waher, 181 Miner, Asher, 219 Mitchel, Henry, 288 Mixell, Jacob, 65 Mock, John, 428 Mohr, Daniel, 76, 77 Moier see Moyer Monger, Mary M., Ill Moor, see Moore Moore ) Abbie Elizabeth, 112 Moor ) Andrew, 212 Eve Elizabeth, 179 Garrett, 182 John, 77, 179 Laommi, 112 Morgan, John, 40 Morris, Samuel, 402 Moser, Moyer Meyer Moier Myer Myre 185, 190, 192 Eve, 183, 184 Paul, 180, 183, 184, 188, 192 Abraham H., 134 Anna, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327 Catherine, 304 Christian, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408 David, 133 John, 491 John H., 133, 134 Muhlenberg, , 34, 35, 37, 38, 44, 345 Frederick A., 38, 351 Henry Melchior, 36, 178, 197, 289, 347 John Peter Gabriel, 347 Peter, 35 Muller, see Miller Murry^ } Humphry, 357, 358, 399 Musselman \ Jacob, 334 Mussleman j Michael, 340 Peter, 71 Myer, see Moyer Myre, see Moyer N Nagel, 41 Conrad, 211 Naglee, John, 400, 402 Nase, George, 210, 211 Naylor, John Hyatt, 158 Mary Elizabeth, 158 Nazel, Leonard N., 71, 72 Neice, George, 79 Nelson, John M., 447, 448, 450, 451, 452 Nerfer, John, 76 Newes, see Nyce Newhard, Caspar, 109 John, 106 Newton, Priscilla, 150 Nick, Anna Margaret, 258 Jacob, 258 Niss, Johannes, 285 Nitschman, Martin, 37 Norris, Eliz'a, 239 Isaac, 202, 238, 239, 241, 242, 247, 419, 478 Nunemaker "1 Abraham, 133, 134 Nunemacher I Adam, 116, 121 Nunnemacher ( Henry, 213, 222 Nunneraaker J John, 84, 85, 95, 96, 102 Rebecca, 227 Nungessor, Vallentine, 285 Nunnemacher, see Nunemaker Nunnemaker, see Nunemaker Nyce Hans, 354, 355, 356, 357 De Nyce 358, 362 Newes lonecan, 358 John, 356, 358, 368, 369 Yonecan, 354, 355, 356 357, 358 o Ober Diebach, Germany, 47 Oberholtzer \ Esther, 483, 484 Overholtzer j Jacob, 473, 483, 484 INDEX 509 Ober Ingelheim, Germany, 51 Ocshooren, Jacob, 385 Odenoulder, see Odenwelder Odenwelder ] Anna Maria, 174, 194, Odenoulder \ 195 Odewelder J Anna Rosina, 195 Catherine, 177 Elizabeth, 191, 195 Jacob, 191 Johann Philip, 177 Johannes, 186 John, 178 John Philip, 177, 194, 195 Maria Yeager, 79 Philip, 79, 80, 81, 83, 177, 178, 180, 182, 183, 184, 191, 192, 194, 195 Susannah, 177 Ohldwine, George, 63 Op de Graeff 1 , 34 Op den Graeff [Abraham, 379, 386 Up den Graeff J Abraham Isaacs, 385, 386, 387 Dirck, 379, 386 Dirck Isaacs, 385, 386, 387 Herman, 379, 383, 386 Herman Isaacks, 384, 385, 386, 387 Jacob, 398 Margaret, 390 Op de Klock, Dirick, 388 op de Trap, Herman, 388 Op den Graeff, see Op de Graeff Opp, Jacob, 63, 64 Valentine, 42 Orphans' Court Proceedings, see Wills Osborne, Cha., 356 Otterbein, , 44 Overholtzer, see Oberholtzer Painter, John, 183 Paisley, Carrie Jane, 149 Harry EUwood, 149 Palmer, Etta, 150 George, 67, 187, 188 Panebacker, see Pennypacker Panibaker, see Pennypacker Pannabecker, see Pennypacker Pannebecker, see Pennypacker Pannepecker, see Pennypacker Papen, Hewart, 387 Paret, John, 235, 236 Parsons, Wm., 402 Pastorius, , 39, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 415 Daniel, 380 Fra. Daniel, 420 Francis Daniel, 26, 31, 34, 37, 49, 378, 379, 383, 387, 456 Frantz Daniel, 387 Henry, 456, 459 Patents, see Deeds Paxson, Henry, 238 Penebacer, see Pennypacker Penibaker, see Pennypacker Penn, , 379, 380 Hannah, 202 John, 64, 65, 186, 187, 188, 189, 202, 240, 241, 282, 316, 357, 359, 360, 421, 422, 426, 461, 467, 468, 490 Julianna, 179 Richard, 186, 187, 188, 189, 202, 240, 282, 316, 357, 359, 360, 421, 422, 426, 461, 467, 468 Thomas, 179, 202, 240, 282, 316, 332, 357, 359, 360, 361, 421, 422, 423, 426, 427, 461, 462, 467, 468, 490 William, 26, 202, 357, 375, 378, 380, 384, 387, 399, 424, 454, 455, 476 Pennebecker, see Pennypacker Pennebeckers, see Pennypacker Pennepacker, see Pennypacker Pennington, Edward, 202 Pennypacker , 45, 377, 389 Panebacker Panibaker Pannabecker Pannebecker Pannepecker Penebacer Penibaker Pennebecker Pennebeckers Pennepacker Pennypacker's Mills, Pa Percy, Hugh, 199 H, 423 Henry, 421, 423, 479 Jacob, 299 Samuel, 290, 291, 307 Samuel W., 44, 149 William, 265, 266, 351 298, 363 Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turn- pike, 305 Perry, Hugh, 197 Person, Catherine, 195 William, 195 Peters, Gustavus, 44 Richard, 181 Pfeiff, Jacob, 42 Pfiefer, Matthias, 182 Physick, Edmund, 186, 187, 189 Plockhoy, Peter Cornelius, 39 Plumstead, W^, 320, 335, 413, 483 Pomfret, Lord, 179, 180 Pomp, Rev., 197 Thomas, 178, 197 Pool, Samuel, 307 Post, Christian Frederick, 37, 39 Powel 1 David, 397, 419, 420, 421, Powell 1 423, 457, 460, 461, 477, 478, 479 510 INDEX Fowling, Joseph, 298 Price, Henry, 116, 487, 489, 491 Magdalena, 116, 487, 491 Q Quillman, Jacob, 451 R Raddler, Henry, 182 Ramsey, Alexander, 294 Rathorn, , 44 Rauch, , i7, 44 feaulay, John M., 72 Raup, see Roup Rausch, Barbara, 342, 348, 349, 352 Rawle, Francis, 163 Reed, Jacob, 247, 248, 346, 347 Reeser Reisse Reisson Reiser Reisser , 68 Jacob, 68 John, 71, 74, 76, 78 Phihp, 213, 222 Reh, Anna Margaret, 258 Reichardt, Jacob, 182 Reichel, , 45 Reiff, Abraham, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408 George, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 310 Hans, 404, 405, 406 Hans George, 419 Jacob, 366, 460 Maria, 300 Mary, 302, 303, 305 Mary M, 150 Reimer ) Friederich, 365 Reimmer J John, 450 Ludowick, 286 Reinhall, Cornelius, 72 Reisse, see Reeser Reisson, see Reeser Reist, Hans, 477 Releases, see Deeds Reller, Rev. , 115 Remhardt, John, 79 Remke, Govert, 379, 394 Renn, Michael, 285 Renunciations, see Wills Reuter, Caspar, 72 Rhoades, see Rhodes Rhoads, see Rhodes Rhodes ] Edward, 103 Rhoades [ George, 80, 81 Rhoads J Peter, 68, 94, 103 Rice, J., 106 John, 94, 102, 103, 107, 108, 110 Richards, Jacob, 191, 192 John, 297 Peter, 298 Richard, 182 William, 267 Ridge Road Reformed Church, 114 Rieser, Riesser, see Reeser Rissert 1 Anna Liesbeth, 260, 269 Risset I- Christian, 260, 269 Rissurt J Jno, 266 John, 257, 260, 264, 269 Mary Catherine, 257, 260, 269 Ritner, , 44 Joseph, 38 Rittenhouse 1 Claes (Glaes), 387, Rittenghuysen ■ 418 Rittinghausen J David, 44 Willm, 387 Ritter, Henry, 76, 77 John, 76, 77 Martin, 76, 77 Roberts, Charles R., 178 H. Bertie, 171 Harriet Catherine, 150 Hugh, 461, 462 John, 343 Walter, 150 Robinson, Mathew, 479 Rockhill, Bucks County, Pa., 241, 242 Rode, Jacob, 264 Rolf ) George, 378 Rolfe j Jacob, 263, 265 Romig, Henry, 79 John, 109 Rool see Ruhl Roosevelt, Theodore, 170 Rosenberger, , 473 A. B., 135, 143 Benjamin, 116, 118, 119, 120, 212, 219, 220 Elias, 118, 119, 120 Jacob, 116 John, 116 Ross, John, 75 Roth, Henry, 266 Roudenbush ) Abraham, 227, 232 Rouderbush 3 Catherine, 296 Elizabeth, 227, 232 Roup, George William, 185, 188, 190. 192 William, 184 Rownig, Matthew, 182 Ruch, Peter, 68 r!!^? 1 Henry, 404, 405, 406, 461, Rutt J '^^2' '^^^' '^'^' ''^^ Rue, see Ruhe Ruff, Jacob, 464 Ruhe ) J. F., 107 Rue \ John I., 109 Joseph, 72 Ruhl 1 Jacob, 264 Rool \ Margaret, 222, 223 Rule J Margaretta, 221 Tobias, 218, 221, 222, 223 Ruhlein, Jacob, 72 Rule, see Ruhl Runk, A., 80 Samuel, 99, 101 INDEX 511 Rupp, 45 Daniel, 316 I. Daniel, 234, 409 Rush, Benjamin, 31 Ruth, , 433 Barbara, 430, 431, 433 Henry, 265, 404, 406, 407 Madlina, 404, 406 Michael, 430, 431 Rutt, see Rudd Rutters, Koenradt, 379 Sabelcool, William, 242 Sachse, , 45 Sallade, John, 167 Salr, Hatavier, 329 Sandy, John, 182 Valentine, 183 Sauber, Isaac, 254 Saur, Christopher, 39, 44, 177, 283, 434 Saylor, Godfrey, 447 Jacob, 302, 303 Scatchard, Emma Susanna, 168 Schaeffer l , 44 Shaeffer \ George, 68 Shaffer J John, 41 Simon, 72 Schanzebach, see Shankenbank Schelenberry, Henry, 276 Scherkes, Viet, 387 Schietz, see Sheetz Schlatter, , 44 Michael, 36 SchiU 7 George, 282 Shill I Jacob, 71 Schillich, Jesse, 153 Schleiffer, Catherine, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 222 Jacob, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208 209 222 Schlichter \ Andrew, 219, 220 Schlicter j Henry, 215, 220 Schlosser, 41 Schmidt, see Smith Schmyser, see Smyser Schnebley, see Schnebly Schnebli, see Schnebly Schnebly Schnebley Schnebli Snavely Sneaveley Sneavly Snebley Schneider Schneyder Shneider Snider Snyder Catherine, 402 Elizabeth, 390, 392, 401, 413 433 Isaac,' 401, 402, 403 Jacob, 393, 401, 402, 403, 410, 411, 433 Matthias, 401, 410, 412, 433 Matthias Henry, 402 Adam, 198 Anna Elizabeth, 178, 197 C. H., 109 Catherine, 304 Daniel M., 229 Elizabeth, 178, 194, 197, 198 Eva Maria, 198 • Eve Elizabeth, 61, 178, 196, 197, 198 Jacob, 307, 447 Johan Adam, 197, 198 Johannes, 179 John Adam, 178, 197, 198 John Martin, 178 Julianna, 198 Leonard, 241 Margaretha, 198 Maria Elizabeth, 178, 193 Peter, 254, 306 Simon, .44 Theodore, 326 Schober ) Eugene, ISO Shober J Minerva C, 150 Minerva Catherine, 149 Schoenmacker, see Shoemaker Schoenmaker, see Shoemaker Schoffer, Isaac, 387 Scholl Shole Sholl Schultz Schultze Sholtz Sholtze Shultz Shultze Peter, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 Susanna, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255 , 41, 44 Bob George, 319 Christopher, 319, 321 David, 326, 413 George, 319, 321, 323, 428 John Christian, 289 Melchoir, 321 P. David, 240 Schumacher, see Shoemaker Schumacker, see Shoemaker Schumaker, see Shoemaker Schv^rartz 1 Aaron S., 163 Sv\/artz \ Andrew, 404, 405, 406 Swarz J Daniel, 72 Isaac, 95, 96 Jacob, 265 Judge, 164 Lawrence, 185 Michael, 67 Peter, 76, 77 Veronica, 67 Schwartzlander, see Swartzlander Schwenck, see Schwenk Schwenk Schwenck Schwinck Shuenck Swank Swenck Swenk Swinck Swink Aaron, 309, 310, 447 Abraham, 156, 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302,303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374 Abraham G., 155, 304, 308, 309, 310, 313 512 INDEX Schwenk "I Abraham M., 303 Schwenck Adam, 281 Schwinck Anna, 304 Shuenck Anna Barbara, 284 Swank Barbara, 287 Swenck Catherine, 296, 297, 298, Swinck 300, 302, 303, 304, 305, Swenk I 308, 312, 451 Swink J Daniel, 284, 289, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 306 David, 301, 302, 303 Elizabeth, 128, 158, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 296, 300, 302, 304, 308, 310, 311, 313, 314, 327,352, 374, 390, 451, 453,491 Elizabeth Z., 148, 151 Elizabeth Ziegler, 151, 157, 176, 312, 340, 413, 475 Emeline, 314 Enos, 305 Enos S., 298, 305 Euphronica, 345 Eva Maria, 296 Fronica, 281, 282, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 296, 297, 298, 299, 304, 305, 312, 314, 327, i73, 374 Fronica Landis, 340 George, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 314, 344, 345, 352, 373 374 Hans' Michael, 281, 284, 314 Harriet, 302 Henry, 308, 314 Henry G., 310, 311, 314 Isaac, 301, 302, 303 Jacob, 151, 281, 284, 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 299, 300, 301, 302,303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,313, 314, 327, 340, 345, 352, 374, 390, 413, 447, 449, 453, 475, 491 Jacob G., 304, 308, 309, 310 313 John,' 288, 293, 296, 300, 303, 304, 308, 314, 448 John G., 310, 311, 313, 314 Jurg, 345 Lydia, 314 Magdalena, 151, 304, 305, 311, 312, 314,327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 448, 449, 453, 475, 491 Margaret, 301, 302, 303 Maria, 284, 300 Mary, 281, 282, 284, 287, 302, 304, 305, 306, 308,310, 311, 312,313. 314 Mary Elizabeth, 281, 284, 286, 314 Mary Gehman, 313 Michael, 281, 282, 283, 284, 286 Nicholas, 281, 284, 286, 287 Rachel, 305 Regina, 296 S. G., 311 Samuel, 298, 299, 300, 301,302,303,304,306, 308, 309, 310 Samuel B., 305 Samuel G., 310, 311, 314 Sarah, 301, 302, 303 Susannah, 302, 303, 304 Veronica, 284, 286, 289, 290, 296, 314, 344, 352, 373 374 William, 287, 301 Schwenk and Strassburger, 313 Schwenkville Cemetery, 306 Schwenkville, Pa., 298, 305 Scull, Abigail. 402 Edward, 325 Nicholas, 3i3, 343, 361, 400, 402 Seager, Gabriel, 223 Margaret, 223 Seibel, Samuel, 226 Seibert \ Abraham, 70 Sibert J Henry, 69, 71 Seidensticker, , 45 Seider, Elizabeth, 107 Joseph, 107 Seif, Christian, 106 Seiger, , 112 Mary, 112 Seimens, see Simons Seip, Peter, 182, 183 Sellen, Dirick, 387 Hendrick, 387, 397 Henry, 415, 416 Seller, John, 242 Leonard, 242 Sellers, Saml., 215, 220 Selser, John, 251 Senn, Jacob, 220 Senseman, , Zl John, 364 Setzler, Fred'k K, 125 Shaeffer, see Schaeffer Shaffer, see Schaeffer Shaly, Abraham, 337 i^h^'zetct 1 J-o-^- 71 iha'es } J°hn, 74, 77 Shasberger, see Strassburger 79 INDEX 513 Shaw, Walter M., 163 Sheetz ) Adam, 265 Schietz 3 Hans Jerg, 364 Hattie, 155 Sheib 1 Anna Margaret, 277 Shive j George, 274, 276, 277 Margaret, 274 Shelle, Jacob, 340 Shellenberger, E., 138 Henry, 272 John, 126 Shelly, Aaron F, 128, 132, 136, 144, 149 Catherine, 149 Elizabeth, 128, 132, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148 Francis, 149 Hannah, 112 Joel, 112 John Andrew Francis, 149 Mary Catherine, 149 Minerva Catherine, 149 Oliver, 149 Percy Y., 112 Rebecca K., 149 Sherman, Jacob, 266 Sheund, Michael, 183 Shewel, Nathaniel, 219 Shill, see Schill Shire, Philip, 119 Shirmer, Jacob, 265 Shive, see Sheib Shneider, see Schneider Shober, see Schober Shoemaker Schoenmacker Schoenmaker Schumacher Schumacker Schumaker 44, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 413 Frances, 383, 389, 390, 391 George, 375, 382, 383 Gertrude, 383, 389, 390, 391 Isack, 388 Jacob, 375, 379, 382, 383, 387, 437, 476, 477 John, 375 Jurgen, 387, 388 Margaret, 390 Mary, 383, 389, 390, 391 ■ Mich., 489 Peter, 375, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391 Sarah, 383 Shoemaker Burying Ground, 389 Shole, see Scholl Sholl, see Scholl Sholtz, see Schultz Sholtze, see Schultz Shonberger, Frederick, 66 Shook, Elias, 182 \ ' 489, 491 J Anna, 487, 491 Shot 1 Abraham, 485, 486, 487, 488, Shott ' ■"■ ■•" Shutt Shouler, see Shuler Shrager ) Andrew, 424, 425, 429, Srager ) 455, 457 Barbara, 424, 425 Shryner, Abraham, 242 Shuenck, see Schwenk Shuler ] Abraham, 74, 76, 86, 98 Shouler ■ Adam, 62 Shuller J Catherine, 287 Gabriel, 470 Jacob, 63, 98 Mary Catherine, 62, 63, 87 Peter, 62, 63, 87 Shultz, see Schultz Shultze, see Schultz Shunk, ■ — , 44 Shutt, see Shott Sibert, see Seibert Sienteog, Christopher, 183 Simens, see Simons Simon, see Simons Simons 1 t__ ^^q t™-= fcnr26, 376 ISr JWolter,387 Singer, Eva, 178 Sinton, James A., 68 Siple, , 271 Henry, 270, 271 Sipman ) , 379, 384, 385 Sypman ] Dirck, 378, 379, 383, 384, 385, 394 Siverts, Cornelis, 388 Sleighter, John, 428, 435 Smeeg, Simon, 265 Smith \ Abraham, 74 Schmidt \ Addie, 59 Alexander, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Anna Elizabeth, 259 Barbara, 350, 352 Christian, 182 Christine, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60 Emma, 59 George, 109 Johann Philip, 259 John, 350, 352 Michael, 63 Philip, 265 Smoyer, Rachel, 305 Smyser ) Daniel M., 132 Schmyser j Michael, 42 Suavely, see Schnebly Sneaveley, see Schnebly Sneavly, see Schnebly Snebley, see Schnebly Snider, see Schneider Snyder, sec Schneider 514 INDEX Solliday, John, 167 Lucy Ann, 162 Solly, William F., 163 Sommerhausen, Pa., 382 Souder, Jacob, 463 Souffer, Abraham, 213 Souplis, Andreas, 388 Spangenberg, , 44 Joseph, il Spangler, Daniel, 191 Maria, 191 Spare, Angelina, 314 Betty, 157 Charles M., 157 Charles Roscoe, 157 Dorothy Christine, 157 Emeline, 314 Katherine Augusta, 157 Marguerite, 157 Peter, 314 Reuben Young, 157 Spinner, John, 71 Springer, John, 437 Sprogel 1 Dringen, 460 Sprugel j Hanss Jorg, 364 Srager, see Shrager Stackler, see Stabler Stabler \ Caroline, 98, 100, 103, 112 Stackler j Daniel, 76, 77, 98 John, 98, 99, 100, 101, 112 Lohrens, 71, 76, 11, 81 Stapp, Daniel, 95, 96 Staudt, see Stout Stauffer "I Abraham, 222 Stoufer Alice E., 150 Stouffer ■ Alice Piersol, 158 Stouver Anna, 113, 124 Stover J Charles Rodger, 158 Christian, 464 Daniel, 395 Elizabeth, 313 Florence Rosella, 158 Hannah, 221, 226, 232 Harriet EHzabeth, 158 Henry, 395 Jacob, 125, 221, 321, 395 Jacob Kenneth, 158 Jean Douglass, 158 John, 226, 232 John F., 150 Louise Rosella, 158 Magdalena Schwenk, 158 Magdalena Strassburger, 158 Mary Elizabeth, 158 Nancy K., 158 Paul Strassburger, 158 Sarah, 158 Wilfred L., 157 Wilfred Ludwig, 158 Staut, see Stout Steel ) James, 354, 358, 394, 395, Steele ) 427, 476 Martha, 476 Stein, Jacob, 68, 99, 101, 104, 107, 109 Mathias, 71 Steiner \ , 299 Stiener j Abraham, 308, 312, 451 Catherine, 308, 312, 451, 453 Henry, 452 John, 309, 451, 452, 481, 483, 484 John H., 311, 451, 452 Magdalena, 483, 484 Steinmetz, John, 41 Stertzell, see Hartzell Stetler, Christian, 364 Heinrich, 365 Henry, 368, 369 Stetter, D., 109 Steuben, Baron, 41 Stichter, Valentin, 179 Stiener, see Steiner Stoever, John Caspar, 289 StoUer, Ulrich, 265 Stoneback, Eliza, 227, 232 Stoufer, see Stauffer Stouffer, see Stauffer Stout 1 Abraham, 205, 206, 207, 208, Staudt \ 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, Staut J 215, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 226, 232, 241, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 263, 264, 265 Anna, 200, 201, 203, 205 Anna Maria, 226, 232 Anna Milkr, 205, 207, 232 Anna Nancy, 221 Anne, 214 Annie, 232 Barbara, 206, 207, 208, 222 Barbara C, 209 Catherine, 113, 115, 146, 150, 176, 196, 198, 203, 205, 207, 227, 228, 232, 256, 280 Eliza, 227, 232 Elizabeth, 115, 123, 145, 221, 222, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 256, 278, 280 Elizabeth Salome, 207 Enos, 204, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 278 Hannah, 120, 121, 136, 212, 213, 214, 221, 226, 232 Hans Adam, 199 Henry H., 271, 272, 278, 279 Henry Hartzell, 115, 123, 145, 211, 212, 214, 218, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 256, 280 Isaac, 120, 121, 136, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 222 Jacob, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 222, 232 INDEX 515 Stout ] Johann Jacob, 199 Staudt \ Johannes, 199 Staut J John, 199 John Adam, 199 John Jacob, 199 L. K., 231 Lydia, 227, 232 Magdalena, 205, 206, 207, 214, 220, 221, 223, 226, 232, 247, 248, 251, 252, 255 Mahlon, 163 Margaret, 214 Margaretta, 221 Mary, 226 Mary Magdalena, 207, 220, 221, 232, 255, 256 Peter, 266 Rebecca, 227 Salome, 205, 206 Samuel, 226, 227, 232 Stouver, see Stauffer Stover, see Stauffer Strassburg, Alsace-Lorraine, 47 Strassburger Shasberger Strasberry Strasburg Strasburger Straszberger Strawsberger Strosberger , 82 A. S., 145 Ada Estella, 150 Andreas, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 104, 110, 114 Andrew, 54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85. 86, 87, 91, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 108, 110, 114, 124, 131, 142, 143, ISO, 194 Andrew S., 132, 135, 136, 140, 144 Ann, 131, 132, 136, 146 Anna, 113, 124, 125, 126, 129, 132, 146 Anna Christina, 111, 112 Anna Elizabeth, 157 Anna Maria, 53 Anna Maria Eliza- betha, 53 Annie, 147 Annie Elizabeth, 147 Beaver, 169 Betty Heap, 169 Carrie Jane, 149 Catharina, 100 Catherina Rosina, 53, 54, 60, 176 Catherine, 74, 75, 103, 111, 113, 115, 122, 123, 146, 150, 151, 176, 196, 198, 205, 227, 228, 232, 256, 280 Catherine Amelia, 150 Catherine Stout, 145 Charles Edgar, 147 Charlotte Margar- etha, 53 Charlotte Pauline, 53 Christine, 54, 55, 56, 60, 74, 75, 100, 102 Clara Olivia, 154, 157 Edwin, 113 Eleanor, 148 Elizabeth, 55, 56, 79, 81, 82, 83, 112, 113, 123, 128, 131, 132, 136, 144, 148, 152, 156, 158, 162, 165, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 308, 310, 311, 314, 327, 352, 374, 390, 453, 475, 491 Elizabeth Beaver, 167 Elizabeth Schwenk, 155, 156, 157, 299 Elizabeth Z., 148 Elizabeth Ziegler, 151, 157, 176, 312, 340, 413 Elmer Lorah, 150 Emma Bailey, 150 Emmeline, 113 Eron, 113 Eva, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 84, 85, 87, 91, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 113, 176, 195, 196, 198 Eva Yeager, 113 F. L., 145 Fanny, 148 Frank Graeff, 149 Gideon, 123, 131, 139, 145, 148 Gideon A., 136 Gideon S., 60, 132, 142, 143, 144 Grace Halloway, 150 Hannah, 74, 75, 79, 81, 82, 98, 100, 102, 103, 112, 113 Harriet Catherine, 150 Harry Stout, 149 Henry, 131, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 151 Henry S., 132, 136, 141, 142, 145 Henry Stout, 123, 149 516 INDEX Strassburger Shasberger Strasberry Strasburg Strasburger Straszberger Strawsberger Strosberger J. A., 99, 101, 109, 121, 123, 127, 139, 145, 146, 151, 158 Jacob, 52 Jacob A., 163, 165 Jacob Andrew, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 167, 168, 169, 176, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 James, 158 Johann, 53 Johann Andreas, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 110, 176 Johann Andreas Peter, 175, 176, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Johann Ulrich, 47, 52, 53, 176 Johann Valentin, 53 John, 67, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 109, 112 John A., 115, 121, 124, 125, 130, 132, 136, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144 John Andrew, Ti, 75, 78, 80, 89, 90, 92, 95, 98, 103, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 126, 128, 129, 135, 146, 150, 151, 154, 176, 195, 196, 198, 205, 227, 228, 232, 256, 280 John Henry, 157 Joseph, 113 Katherine Augusta, 157 Lorah, 150 Louisiana, 123, 128, 131, 132, 136, 142, 144, 148 Magdalena Schwenk, 158 Mahlon Ludwig, 150 Margaret Amelia, 150 Margaret Rae, 149 Maria, 103, 112, 113 Maria Barbara, 53 Maria Elizabetha, 47, 53, 176 Maria Phillipina, S3 Maria Rosina, 53 Mary, 74, 75, 98, 100, 113, 123, 128, 131, 132, 136, 144, 150, 175, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Mary Alice, 166, 168 Mary Beaver, 167 Mary J, 157, 167 Mary J. Beaver, 168 Mary Jane, 162, 169, 176 May, 166, 168, 171, 176, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 May Bourne, 176 N. S., 145 Nero, 123, 127, 131, 142, 151 Nero S., 132, 136, 139, 142, 144, 146, 149. 150 Noah, 123, 150 Pauline, 53 Perry, 162, 165, 166 Perry B., 156 Perry Beaver, 168 Preston Elwood, 150 R. Y., 134, 155, 228 Ralph, 162, 165, 166 Ralph Beaver, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174. 175, 176, 196, 198, 232, 256, 280, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Reuben, 123, 129, 131, 136, 144, 308 Reuben Y., 128, 132, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 148, 150, 151, 152, 156, 157, 158, 176, 196, 198, 228, 232, 256, 280, 299, 304, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 453, 475, 491 Samuel, 113 Sarah, 124, 150 Sarah Ann, 113 Susanne, 169 William Henry, 150 Streecker, Christopher, 297 INDEX 517 Streipers, see Streypers Strettel, Jacob, 71 Streypers ) , 379 Streipers j Jan, 378, 379 Willem, 379, 387 Strohm, Benedict, 321 Strosberger, see Strassburger Surveys | Bauer, John, 326 Drafts I Clemens, Gerhart, 462 Dotterer, G. P., 361 Hartzell, Henry, 240 Kern, Christian, 231 Lederach, Andrew, 477 Stout, H. H, 231 Strassburger, J. A., 117, 122 Yeager, Johannes, 192 Ziegler, Michael, 423 Swaner, Peter, 293 Swank, see Schwenk Swartz, see Schwartz Swartzlander } EHzabeth Salome, Schwartzlander j 207 Frank, 207 Gabriel, 206, 207, 208, 209, 222 Salome, 206, 207, 208, 209, 222 Swarz, see Schwartz Swenck, see Schwenk Swank, see Schwenk Swinck, see Schwenk Swineherd, George, 288 Hans George, 288 Swink, see Schwenk Switzer, Henry, 443, 445 Taft, President, 171 Tamsen, Clas, 387 Taylor, Jacob, 423, 477 Tellner 1 , 39, 379 Telner \ Jacob, 378, 379, 386, 387 Tennis, see Tuneson Thani, see Dani Thickinshidd, see Dickenshied Thomas, Elizabeth, 238 George, ii Job, 242, 251 Len, 242 Levi, 251 Richard, 238 Thompson, Edward, 220 Thomson, Charles, 346 Tiegman, John, 64 Tilgman, William, 11 Till, William, 481 Timerman, see Zimmerman Tissen, see Tyson Tohickon Reformed Church, 114 Totherah, see Dotterer Townsend, Robert, 183 Train, Geang, 72 Peter, 72 Trexler, Peter, 40, 42 Triesback, John, 447 Troxel, Henry, 132, 136, 144, 145 Trumbauer 1 G., 361 Trumbaur |- George, 360, 361 Trumbour J Henry, 222 Trump, Adam, 321 Tunes, see Tuneson Tuneson 1 Tennis [ Abraham, 379 386, 387 Tunes J Tyson ) Joseph, 487, 489, 491 Tissen 1 Molly, 487, 491 Neville D,, 163 Reynier, 379, 387 u Umbstet, see Urastead Umstadt, see Umstead Umstead 1 ^^^^ p^^^ jgg 337 uSt I Noah. 307, 447 Undercuffer, see Underkoffer rd'cufe^r } J-^-^- 282, 446, 447 Underkofler, John, 450 Unweiler, Jacob, 438 Up den Graeff, see Op de Graeflf Ury, Wendle, 40 -, 397 Vaght, John, 11 Van Bebber 1 - Von Bebber ] Jacob, 379 Matthias, 394, 414, 415, 424, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460 Van Braght, , 375 Jan, 38, 408 T. Jan, 408 Van Burkalow \ , 389, 390, Van Burklow j 391 Reynier Herman, 389, 390, 391 Vanderslice, Henry, 285 Ges"el^"^' } Covert, 384, 385 Vanholt, Abraham, 213, 222 Vanhorn, C, 219 Van Outeshoorn, Jacob, 385 Van Sintern, Isaac, 392 Mary Magdalena, 392 Neeltje Claasen, 392 Sarah, 392 Veichtell, Abraham, 338 Volmar, Paul, 329 Von Bebber, see Van Bebber von Hohenstauffen, Conrad, 19, 22 518 INDEX w Wagener, see Wagner Waggoner, see Wagener Wagner "1 Adam, 191, 192 Wagener \ Conrad, 188 Waggoner J Frederick R., 188 John, 68, 85 Wald 1 Andrew, 304 Walt J Elizabeth, 300, 302, 303, 304 Wall, Richard, 389 Walt, see Wald Warapole, I., 59 Wanger, I. P., 170 Wanner, George, 363, 364 Watson, Henry W., 171 Jos., 356 Weand, H. K., 163 Judge, 164 Weaver, Freadrick, 276 Samuel, 303 Susannah, 303 Webb, A., 440 Weber, , 299 John, 306 Samuel, 303, 304 Susannah, 303, 304 Wegley, Hans Michael, 460 Weickert Daniel, 76 David, 86 George, 285, 446, 477 Weichert Weyker Weykert Wickert Wygard ^ Weider, see Wieder Weikel 1 Christian, 277 Wickel j John, 74 Weinsheimer, Hannah E., Ill Weisel "I Eva, 226 Weissel I George, 276 Wisel I Henry, 226, 227, 272, 277 Wissel J Joseph, 227 Weiser, Conrad, 39, 40 Daniel, 147 John Conrad, 39 Samuel, 40 Weiss, George Michael, 365, 366 Weissel, see Weisel Weitzel, , 41 Richard, 70 Wertmuller, George, 379 Wetterhold, John Jacob, 40 John Nicholas, 40 Wettstein, Marguerite, 157 Wetzell, Adam, 132 Weyberg, Caspar, 55, 56 Weygand, Jacob, 64 Weyker, see Weickert Weykert, see Weickert Wharton, Thomas, 346 Whittier, John Greenleaf, 45 Wickel, see Weikel Wickert, see Weickert Wieder } , 81, 96 Weider ] Adam, 67, 70, 78, 79, 80, 89, 91, 98, 99, 100, 101, 111, 112 Anna Christina, 110, 111, 112 Caroline, 73, 75, 80, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 112 Caspar, 67, 70 Catharina, 98, 100 Catherine, 74 Christian, 90, 93, 96 Christina, 74, 75, 89, 91, 100, 102, 109 Corlina, 96 Eliza, 7?>, 74, 75, 80, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 103, 112 Hannah, 74, 75, 80, 96, 98, 100, 112 Jane, 75 John Adam, 74 Maria, 98 Marianna, 93, 94 Mary, 7i, 96, 98, 100, 103, 112 Mary Ann, 80 Paul, 72 Samuel T., 99 Saul, 74 Saul T., 101 Silas, 80, 93, 96, 100, 103, 112 Wiedman, , 41 Wilhelm, Frederick, 184 Ludwig, 189 Williams, Jan, 388 William, 206 Wills, Accounts, Appraisements, In- ventories, Letters of Administra- tion, Orphans' Court Proceed- ings, Renunciations : — Bauer, Hans, 317 Michael, 321 Clemens, Jacob, 471 Dotterer, George Philip, estate of, 366, 368 Veronica, estate of, 370, 371 Hartzell, Henry, estate of, 241, 244, 253 Kern, Christian, estate of, 273, 274 Frederick, estate of, 262, 263 Kolb, Dielman, 410 Landis, John, estate of, 333, 335, 338 Lederach, Andrew, 482 Henry, estate of, 485, 487 Markley, Jacob, 349 Schwenk, Abraham, 299 George, estate of, 290, 293, 294 Jacob, 306 INDEX 519 Wills, Accounts, Appraisements, In- ventories, Letters of Administra- tion, Orphans' Court Proceedings, Renunciations : — Smith, Alexander, estate of, S6, 57 Stout, Abraham, 212, 215, 219 Henry H., estate of, 227 Strassburger, Andrew, estate of, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 83, 84, 87, 94 Eva, estate of, 102, 103, 105, 108 John Andrew, estate of, 130, 132, 138, 139 Yeager, John, 184 Philip, 191 Ziegler, Andrew, estate of, 436, 439, 449, 451 Michael, 430 Wilson, John, 109 Woodrow, 171 Winebrenner, , 44 Wint, Frederick M., 447 George, 447, 448 Lydia, 447 Wisel, see Weisel Wismer, Barbara, 270, 271, 272 Henry, 270, 271, 272 Wissel, see Weisel Wistar, , 45 Wolf \ , 44 Wolff J George, 38 Paul, 387 Wolper, , 41 Wood, Fanny, 148 Workman, see Worman Worman \ , 221 Workman j Ann, 124, 125 Anna, 113 Anna Stover, 124 David, 124, 125 Hannah, 212, 213, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223 Wright, James, 239 Wycon, Wembel, 428 Wyerman, Hans, 404, 405, 406 Wygard, see Weickert Wynkoop, Gerardus, 42 Yager, see Yeager Yeager "1 , 104 Jaeger Anna Catherina, 179, 193 Jager Anna Catherine, 193, 195 Jagerin Anna Elizabeth, 178 Yager Anna Maria, 177, 194 Yeger Anna Rosina, 195 Catharine, 185, 193, 195 Christian, 185, 191, 192, 193, 196 Elisabeth, 179, 185, 193, 194, 195 Elizabeth Schneider, 193 Eva, 60, 61, 79, 104, 110, 111, 176, 179, 185, 195, 196, 198 Eve Elizabeth, 61, 178, 179, 196, 198 Eve Elizabeth Schneider, 197, 198 Henry, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195 Joh. Christophel, 179, 195 Johannes, 177, 179, 186, 193, 196 John, 61, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 198 John Conrad, 81, 82, 104 Margaret, 185, 196 Maria Elizabeth, 178, 179 Mary, 185, 196 Peter, 191 Philip, 184, 185, 189, 190, 191, 192, 195 Saml., 191 Susanna, 189, 190, 191, 193, 195 Yerger, Frederick, 307 Yoder, Hans, 337 Young, , 81 Abbie Elizabeth, 112 Amanda, 111 Andrew S., Ill, 112 Annie E., Ill Catherine, 7Z, 74, 75, 80, 89, 90, 100, 103, 106, 111 Charles, 111 Christian, 70, 74, 75, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 104, 111 Dora, 111 E. B., Ill Ebenezer, 112 Frederick Ranch, 112 Hannah, 111, 112 Hannah E., Ill Harry J., Ill James S., Ill Jennie, 111 John, 111 John Edgar, 112 Joseph, 109, 111 Mark S., Ill Mary, 95, 111, 112 Mary M., Ill Melchoir, 183 Peter, 71 Rebecca, 112 520 INDEX Young, Samuel S., 112 Sarah, 111 William S., Ill Zeegafoos, John, 212 Zehlin, Anna Elizabeth, 259 Anna Maria, 258, 259 Zehring, John, 72 Zeisberger, , 39 David, 37 Zeishall, Philip, 71 ieisl^ } Philip, 74, 76, 79 Zern, George, 324 Ziegler ] , 41, 390, 413, 440, Zieglerin \ 442, 453, 475 Zigler J Abraham, 439, 442 Abraham O., 311 Andrew (Andreas), 289, 305, 311, 390, 393, 400, 401, 402, 403, 410, 411, 412, 413, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 469, 470, 475, 476, 477, 481, 483, 487, 488, 489, 491 Andrew K., 446, 447 Barbara, 430, 431, 440, 442 Betzy, 442 Catherine (Catherina), 390, 410, 412, 413, 414, 424, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 442, 443, 444, 445, 447, 448, 449, 453, 475, 487, 491 Catherine Lederach, 305, 311 Christopher, 428, 429, 430, 432 Deborah, 432 Dillman (Dielman), 410, 411, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 441, 442, 444, 447, 469, 470 Elizabeth, 327, 390, 393, 410, 411, 413, 432, 433, 435, 437, 438, 440, 442, 453 Gertrude, 430, 433 Henry, 307, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453 Hester, 433, 440 Jacob, 440, 442, 443, 444, 486, 490 John, 447 Magdalena, 151, 304, 305, 311, 312, 314, 327, 340, 352, 374, 390, 413, 448, 449 453, 475, 491 Margaret, 440 Margareth, 430, 433 Melchior, 414 Michael, 390, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 402, 403, 409, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 453, 457, 458, 459, 469, 472, 473, 475, 480, 490 Nancy, 442 Peter, 442 Susanna, 430, 433 William, 429, 430, 431, 433 Zieglerville Station, Pa., 296 Zimmerman \ , 179 Timerman j Ann, 371 Anna Elizabeth, 374 George, 371 Joh. Jorg, 179 Michael, 371, 374 Zwinglius, , 376 Cornell University Library CS71 .S89 1922 + Strassburger family and allied families 3 1924 029 772 468 olin Overs k.