Samuel YODER^[1]

1725 - 1771  (46 years)

• Name	Samuel YODER
  Born	1725	Oley Township, Berks Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  AFN	OH13
  Reference Number	5506
  _UID	36FB04043EE54F5B8EDFA659BC8E10996506
  Died	1771	Oley Township, Berks Co., PA
  Person ID	I5506	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannas "Hans" YODER (JODER), Jr,   b. 1700, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 1779, Berks Co, PA  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth KEIM,   b. Aft 1700, Berks Co, PA ,   d. Abt 1781, Berks Co, PA  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1720
  Family ID	F1645	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth OYSTER,   b. Abt 1728, District Township, PA ,   d. Oley, PA
  Married	Abt 1749
  Children	1. Marie YODER,   b. 1750, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 1812, Berks Co, PA  (Age 62 years)   2. George YODER, Sr.,   b. 17 Nov 1752, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 8 Jul 1833, Spangsville, PA  (Age 80 years)   3. Johan YODER,   b. Abt 1755, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Daniel YODER,   b. Abt 1758, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Peter YODER,   b. 1763, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 18 Nov 1836, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA  (Age 73 years)   6. David YODER,   b. 1765, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Jan 1826, White Deer Twp., Union Co., PA  (Age 61 years)   7. Abraham YODER,   b. 1768, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Aft 1792, PA  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F1633	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Served in the French and Indian War and was gone from home for ten years. Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002 A YODER SERVES IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR Samuel Yoder (c1726-1771), son of John, the son of Oley immigrant Hans Joder, was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He served with General Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham in the capture of Quebec.. According to Bertolet ' s Fragments of the Past: "He was gone ten years, and meanwhile endured a great many hardships and privations. (Everybody had given him up for lost, and as the years rolled on no one thought that he would ever return, save his ever faithful wife, who remained constant to him. Her hope was finally realized, to the surprise of all in has safe return.) He came back as one of the wretched examples generally the fruit of war, and finally died outdoors. "His wife was a daughter of Mr. Oyster...and a sister to Mrs.John Yoder---Two children were born to them after his return. His son George was a soldier in the Revolution." OH13- Samuel m. Elizabeth (Miss Oyster) sister to wife of OY1 Served in the French and Indian War, gone from home 10 years "TWO (sic) children born after his return" d. 1771 Orphans Court record-1774- Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Late of Oley- left 7 children, three under 14- Peter,David,Abraham; Reg. of Wills-payments to minors lists a John Yoder, Rachel Kreider notes cite on account which names third child as a Daniel) OH131- Maria b. 1750 d. 1812 +OH132- George b. Nov.17,1752 +OH133- Peter b. 1763 +OH134- David b. 1765 OH135- Abraham b. 1768 (? Abraham Jotter m. 18 Nov 1792 Hanna Lies of Oley , Schwartzwald Luth Church by Rev. Boos ) OH136- ?John b. <1760 OH137- ? Daniel b. <1760

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Yoder Family Web Site, (http://www.genealogy.org/~yoder/welcome.html).