Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10944
• _UID: 29E233DC146C42DF9E8C50040C4F32884E84

Notes:

TWO NICLAUSES?
CHURCH RECORD 7/17/1603---Niclaus-Joder---Caspar-Joder-and----Uli-Blasser
----------------------------------------Margret-Hennig------Jakob-Burky
----------------------------------------------------------------Anni-Sylbereysen
CHURCH RECORD 3/25/1609---Niclaus-Joder---Caspar-Joder-and----Niclaus-Spring
----------------------------------------Margret-Hennig------Peter-Meyer-and
-----------------------------------------------------------------Elsbeth--Uli-Blank's
------------------------------------wife

Nicolaus-Joder-m-10/14/1642-Anna-Trachsel-
----Barbara---------b-3/8/1644
----Anna------------b-4/13/1645
----Caspar----------b-6/4/1648
----Adam------------b-7/22/1680
----Hans------------b-7/22/1650
----Magdalene-------b-2/29/1652
----Annegret--------b-4/10/1653
----Jost------------b-1/13/1655
----Salomea---------b-4/13/1656

On Oct. 14, 1642 Brothers Jost and Nicholas Joder married
cousins named Trachsel in Steffisburg. These two brothers
are the progenitors of the Oley Yoder line, and through a
number of Anabaptist sons in each family are believed likely
ancestors of the Amish and Mennonite Yoders.

Niclaus married Anna TRACHSEL (TRAXEL) 14 Oct 1642, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Anna was born ATB 1610, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland; died ATB 1670, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5553
• _UID: 236C99E74EF84742814E1822B531BC63ECAB

Notes:

Adam Joder was the son of Nicolaus and Anna (Trachsel) Joder of the Ortbuhl Farm.

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
2/22/1650---Adam-Joder------Niclaus-Joder-and---Adam-Blank
----------------&-----------------Anna-Traxel---------Adam-v-Farni
------------Hans-Joder-------------------Anna-Mathis
------------------------------------------------------------Vitus-Segesmann
------------------------------------------------------------Hans-Eichelberger
------------------------------------------------------------Stini-Russer

Adam — Barbara OCHSENBEIN. Barbara was born Abt 1650, Steffisburg, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 10948
• _UID: D872A5262A964B13BB44B32823A510260B94

Hans — Anna EICHER. Anna was born Abt 1660; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11686
• _UID: CFD1F2F8A0394A28A0295942F0E2416CB815

Notes:

2/29/1652---Madlen--Joder---Niclaus-Joder-------Hans-Rupp
----------------------------------------and-Anna-Traxel-----Madlen-Lugenbuhl
----------------------------------------------------------------Christina-Ruby

Madlen married Peter MEYER 26 Apr 1689, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Peter was born Abt 1652; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11687
• _UID: 2D91AAA866A64504AB3B30BCD4A56DBAD777

Notes:

4/10/1653---Margret-Joder---Niclaus-Joder-and---Christen-Stegmann
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Barbara-Jenny
------------------------------------------------------------Barbara-Walder

Margret — Ulli RISSER. Ulli was born Abt 1653; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11688
• _UID: 3FCF0F796E92426195BBEEA0546972F2384D

Notes:

1/13/1655---Jost-Joder------Niclaus-Joder-and---Melcher-Traxel
----------------------------------Anna-Trachsel-------Jorg-Waber
------------------------------------------------------------Barbara-Joder

On this day in Yoder History,

Jost Joder, son of Nicolaus Joder and Anna Trachsel, was born on Jan. 13,
1655 in Steffisburg, Switzerland.

Jost marriedBarbara Rupp. He was one of the Anabaptist Joders
who appear to have left Steffisburg during the period of persecutions
in the early 1690s.

Jost married Barbara RUPP 9 Jan 1685, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Barbara was born Abt 1655; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11689
• _UID: DA16F9BF2B7444EB82C635EAC31AEEA34B49

Notes:

4/13/1656---Saloma-Joder----Niclaus-Joder-and---Andres-Murer
----------------------------------------Anna-Trachsel-------Susanna-Moser
-----------------------------------------------------------------Kathi-Dummermuth

Saloma married Hans GERBER 7 Mar 1678, Steffisburg, Switzerland. Hans was born Abt 1656; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 4815D10D7A0649C9911EE77CBF063B7453DF

Notes:

6/4/1648----Caspar-Joder----Nicolaus-Joder-and--Uli-Blank
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Hans-Eymann
------------------------------------------------------------Margret-Carli

Caspar married Anni ZAUGG 7 Jan 1670, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Anni was born Abt 1648; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 6863A138714744E48506CF48885BD2AF8A10

Anna married Hans BERGER 7 Jan 1670, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Hans was born Abt 1645; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7F927B46A0A442F796672304FB081ECF630B

Notes:

3/8/1644----Barbli-Joder----Nicolaus-Joder------Peter-Carli
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Christien-Russer
------------------------------------------------------------_____-?-Emberg

Barbli married Hans RUPP 30 Jan 1666, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Hans was born Abt 1644; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OH
• Reference Number: 5578
• _UID: E93F33DEBBCB46188DD166C4ACA3E59B74B7

Notes:

Hans and Veronica also had a son about 1705, name unknown, possible an infant birth. Married Anna Rose at Whitemarsh Church. On 10 March 1735 sold his land to son Hans. Will signed June 17, 1739, probated Jan 14, 1741
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
John (Hans) YODER was born on 10 Mar 1672 in Steffisburg, Berne, Switzerland. He immigrated in 1709/10 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He resided in 1734 in Oley Twp., Pennsylvania. John Joder paid Taxes on 200 acres of land in 1734. He died in 1741/42 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Oley would become part of Berks County in 1752 He signed a will in 1741/42 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. In the Name of God, Amen. the Seventeenth Day of June inthe Year of our Lord, 1739. I John Jodder of Oley in the County of Philadelphia, yeomen being pretty old and weack in body but of perfect mind and ----------- and Thanks be gvien unto God, Therefor calling into Mind of --------- of by Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to dye, do make and ordain this my Last Wel and Testament. That is to say, pricipally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it; and for my Body, I recomend it to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian licke and decent Manner, athe Descretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again to the mighty Power of God. And as touching this worthy Estate, werewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form
Imprimis. It is my Will and I do Order that in first Place, all my just Debts and Funeral Charges to be paid and satisfied. Item. I give them and bequeath unto John Yodder by well beloved son, the Sum of fifty pounds ------Lawful Money of Pennsylvania which Sahll be tacken out of my Estate before anything is printed, Them the thousand acres of Land wich he has in Possession now to have and to hold for Him and his Heirs for ever, and every thing what give Him Since he is married Shall be within. and to Barbara Yodder his wife I give a middlin Mare four or five year old. Item. I will and do order that after my Deceas My Plantation, Land and all my goods real and Personal Shall be prized and My Dearly well beloved Wife Anna Rosina Shall have ten pound in casch Money of Pennsylvania and -----with Par----t all---my Estate ---a Remainder to Daniel Yoder my beloved son. It. I give and devise to my well beloved Son Daniel Yodder my Plantation and Land belonging to it for Him and His Heirs for ever. Item. I will and I do order that my Sone Daniel shall permit and give his Modder a Room in his house or to buy to an other House upon the Plantation so long she lives and is unmarried and for her life he is to plow an Acre of Land every year.
I likewise constitue; macke and ordain My well beloved Wife anna Rosina and my Son John Yodder my only and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly Disallow, revoke, and Disanull all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legaries and Estates be me in any Ways before this time named, Willed and Bequeathed. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Least Will and Testament. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto let my hand and Seal, the Day and Year above.
Signed, Sealed, Published, pronounced and ---- by the John Jodder as his least will and Testament in the Presences of Abraham -----mann , Abraham Levein . Samuel Guldin
his X mark 10 John Jodder
Inventory of John Joaders Estate
Prized the Fourth Day of Jan, 1741/2
L sh. d.
The Coats and Apparele ---- 3 4
The Plantation of 244 acres ---- 275 0
Twenty acres of Corn in the Ground 20 0
Wheat Sixty Bushels--- 10 10
Workin Horses four 26 0 0
Mares and Colts in the Woods 20 5
Eight Cows---- 22 15 0
Young Cattles ten 10 10 0
Sheeps tirteen 3 18 0
Hogs 2 10
Guees 0 15
Waggons 10 1 0
Two paire plow Iron and Harrow 2 3 4
Iron Chanes 3 5 6
Wind Fan to Cleen Corn 1 5
Hand Scrout 1 10 0
Crobin Hows and Pickax 0 10 0
Axes and Broadaxe 0 15
Tools and Awgers and Cisels 1 4 0
Hamers and Tongs 10
Cras Cut Saws and Hand Saws 1 8
417 12 9
Maul and Wetches long forks and Pitchforks 0 10 0
Attles 0 10
Two old Guns 2 5 0
Bibles and other Boocks 1 10 0
Pewter Dishes and Plats 1 16 0
Cooper Kettels and Iron Pann 3 0 0
Iron Pots and other Iron Panns 0 15 0
Barrels and other Wooden Housbandry 0 10 0
Tables and Bedstat and old Chears 0 10 0
Spinnen Wheels and Woll Wheel 10 0
Aroknit and Sifs 6 2
Bedding 5 10 0
Bed Cloats 0 12 6
Tables Cloats and Wallet 8 4
Bed Ticks and other linnen Cloats 10
Linnen Sacks one a half dozen 1 7 0
Bees 10 0
In Bonds for Debts 78 16 0
99 17 0
417 12 9
517 9 9
60
457 9 9
Prizet by Us
Samuel Gulden
Potter Dolin
Gabriel Bayon
Conrad Riff
[Taken from Cover Paper on Will]
On the fourthteenth Day of January 1741/2 then personally appeared Sam Guldin, Aberham Eshmann two ofthe Witnesses to the within written Will on their affrimation respectively did Declare they said heard John Jodder the Testament within mentioned sign sela Publish of Delcares the same will to be his Last Well and Testametn that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledgee
Corum
JRD
By authority from
L 517: 9: 9 The whole Estate
275 The Real Estate to be Dedicated beign willed to Dan Jodder under Certain restrictions in favor of the widdow
Hans Yoder was twice married. His first wife was named Veronica "Iselmyn". At least that is the way her name was spelled in the records of the oldest Reformed Church in Pennsylvania. This is the church that Hans Yoder joined on his arrival in 1709/1710, the Dutch Reformed congregation at Whitemarsh, north of Philadelphia. I have checked the original record book written in Holland Dutch, now in the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, and the transcription is as above given. This presents a problem. Is "Iselmyn" a Holland Dutchman's way of spelling the Emmenthal name "Eschelmann", or what is more likely, the Thun-Steffisburg name "Huselmann"? I have not yet been able to solve this problem, or to find the place or date of this marriage. All we know is that Hans and Veronica were married as early as 1699/1700, the birthdate of their son Hans Yoder, Jr-(1700-1779). The source for the name "Iselmyn" is William J. Hinke,ed.,"Church Record of Neshaminy and Bensalem, Bucks County,1710-1738," Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society,I:l (May 1901),111-134. For the actual citation, see the reference to the second marriage, below.
When did Hans Yoder leave Switzerland? Again the year is not known, but he does turn up in the Palatinate in 1708-1709, in the village of Schwetzingen, not far from Mannheim and Heidelberg. Schwetzingen centers around the summer residence of the Electors of the Palatinate, the great Schloss which is still standing amidst its formal gardens. With Hans Yoder's knowledge of farming and milling he probably was hired to work in some capacity for the Elector. Unfortunately the Schwetzingen council minutes (Ratsprotokolle) for this period are missing.
Our knowledge of his residence in Schwetzingen comes from the Reformed Church Registers of the town. As some of my readers know, there is extensive research going on at present into the backgrounds of the "1709ers",the Palatine emigrant of 1709, sponsored by Hank Jones of Universal City, California. His European researcher, Karla Mittelstaedt-Kubaseck, whom I know personally, attended a lecture I gave at a conference in the Palatinate in 1974. I asked her to be on the lookout for any reference she might locate to Hans or Yost Yoder, Some time later she wrote me that in going through the Schwetzingen Reformed Church Register, on deposit in the Baden Church Archives at Karlsruhe, she found Hans Yoder in Schwetzingen in the years 1708-1709. Hans and Veronica Yoder had a daughter Anna Regina, baptized January 27, 1708, with Jacob Korner, schoolmaster, and his wife Rachel as sponsors. In connection with this entry the pastor later added that "this family went to the Island of Pennsylvania,March 1, 1709". Like many Europeans of time, the pastor probably thought that Pennsylvania was just another of those West Indian Islands.
By May 6,1709, Hans Yoder was in London, with hundreds of refugee Palatines, preserved in the British Library , Hans Joder's name (misspelled as "Fodder" when the lists were published in 1709) appears among the "First Arrivals" (Yoders are always on time!). His age was given as 38, his occupation that of "husbandman" (farmer), and his religion Reformed. Accompanying him were his wife, two sons aged 9 and 4, and a daughter aged one year. The source of this information is the article, "Lists of Germans from the Palatinate who came to England in 1709," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Register, XLI (1709).
These lists are the key to Hans Yoder's early movements, settlements, and personal relationships in Pennsylvania. With his name in the London Lists appear the names of John LeDee and Philip Kuhlwein. This is significant, since Hans Yoder's second wife, who he married in Pennsylvania April 29,1711, was Anna Rosina LeDee, daughter of Jean LeDee, usually spelled LeDez. Philip Kuhlewein (1683-1737) became Hans Yoder's brother-in-law in marrying another daughter of Jean LeDez. Both LeDez Kuhlewein settled in Oley with Hans Yoder, in fact preceded him there.
Hans Yoder must not have been as "poor" as some of his Palatine countrymen in London. Most of them were shipped by Queen Anne either to County Limerick in Ireland, or to the Hudson Valley in New York to make naval stores for the British government. Hans Yoder, along with Jean LeDez, Philip Kuhlewein, Hans Jacob Fullweiler, Gerhard Clemens and a few others listed, managed to come directly to Philadelphia, where they became founders of Pennsylvania Dutch rather than of New York Palatine families.
Where did Hans Yoder first settle? On January 14,1711, he purchased a tract of 275 acres along the Schuylkill River in Coventry Township, Chester County, some where opposite the present Fottstown. He purchased this land from John Henry Kerson (Rersten) who later appears in Oley as well. On the same date, January 14,1711, an adjoining tract was bought from Kerson (Kersten) by Hans Jacob Fullweiler (1682-1715), who also appears in the London Lists. The purchase of adjoining tracts on the same day implies some relationship between the two men. (Could Fullweiler's wife Barbara have been Hans Yoder's sister Barbara, born at Steffisburg in 1676? If so she would have been six years older than her husband, improbable in those days but in no case impossible.) Fullweiler died in 1715, and on June 28, 1718 his widow, now the wife of Martin "Meyleen" (Mylin) of Straburg, Lancaster County, sold the Fullweiler property to Jacob Buckholtz. Yes there is also a Buckholtz in the London Lists. It all ties together.
On March 25,1714, Hans Yoder received his warrant from William Penn for land along the upper Manatawny Creek in the Oley Valley. This included most of the land around what is now called Pleasantville but for many years was known as "Yotterschdettle" (Yodertown). Hence on March 19,1717,"John Joader" and his wife Rosina sold his Schuylkill Valley farm to Henry Parker. These transfers of title to the Coventry tracts are recited in two lengthy deeds in the Philadelphia Archives, recorded in Deed Book G-8, pp. 130-131, both recorded August 28,1746.
From The Yoder Family Newsletter--- HANS YODER, OLEY TWP HOMESTEAD
CHURCH RECORD 3/10/1672---Hans-Joder------Adam-Joder-and------Hans-Linder-of-Muri
----------------------------------Barbara-Ochsebein---Hans-Joder
-----------------------------------Barbara-Jmhof
Marriages in Berks County
North and Southhampton Dutch Reformed Church
(Neshaminy)
Page 33- Johannes Yodder widrí Fronica Iselmyn (OH)
m. Anna Rosina Leedee 25 Apr 1711 by
Rev. Paulus Van Vlecq
MINUTE BOOK "I" THIS IS BOOK "I" IN THE SECRETARIES OFFICE.
22d 11 mo., 1724.
Sents and Hans Yoder request the Grant of about 100 acres of Land at Sawcany.
The marriage of Hans Yoder and Anna Rosina LeDee was performed by Paulus van
Vlecq, Dutch Reformed pastor, at Whitemarsh, the church of which Hans Yoder was
a member from the beginning of the church record in 1710. The record reads:
"Johannes Jodder, widower of Fronica Iselmyn, and Anna Rosina LeeDee".

(Research):Hans Yoder was twice married. His first wife was named Veronica "Iselmyn". At least that is the way her name was spelled in the records of the oldest Reformed Church in Pennsylvania. This is the church that Hans Yoder joined on his arrival in 1709/1710, the Dutch Reformed congregation at Whitemarsh, north of Philadelphia. I have checked the original record book written in Holland Dutch, now in the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, and the transcription is as above given. This presents a problem. Is "Iselmyn" a Holland Dutchman's way of spelling the Emmenthal name "Eschelmann", or what is more likely, the Thun-Steffisburg name "Huselmann"? I have not yet been able to solve this problem, or to find the place or date of this marriage. All we know is that Hans and Veronica were married as early as 1699/1700, the birthdate of their son Hans Yoder, Jr-(1700-1779). The source for the name "Iselmyn" is William J. Hinke,ed.,"Church Record of Neshaminy and Bensalem, Bucks County,1710-1738," Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society,I:l (May 1901),111-134. For the actual citation, see the reference to the second marriage, below.

When did Hans Yoder leave Switzerland? Again the year is not known, but he does turn up in the Palatinate in 1708-1709, in the village of Schwetzingen, not far from Mannheim and Heidelberg. Schwetzingen centers around the summer residence of the Electors of the Palatinate, the great Schloss which is still standing amidst its formal gardens. With Hans Yoder's knowledge of farming and milling he probably was hired to work in some capacity for the Elector. Unfortunately the Schwetzingen council minutes (Ratsprotokolle) for this period are missing.

Our knowledge of his residence in Schwetzingen comes from the Reformed Church Registers of the town. As some of my readers know, there is extensive research going on at present into the backgrounds of the "1709ers",the Palatine emigrant of 1709, sponsored by Hank Jones of Universal City, California. His European researcher, Karla Mittelstaedt-Kubaseck, whom I know personally, attended a lecture I gave at a conference in the Palatinate in 1974. I asked her to be on the lookout for any reference she might locate to Hans or Yost Yoder, Some time later she wrote me that in going through the Schwetzingen Reformed Church Register, on deposit in the Baden Church Archives at Karlsruhe, she found Hans Yoder in Schwetzingen in the years 1708-1709. Hans and Veronica Yoder had a daughter Anna Regina, baptized January 27, 1708, with Jacob Korner, schoolmaster, and his wife Rachel as sponsors. In connection with this entry the pastor later added that "this family went to the Island of Pennsylvania,March 1, 1709". Like many Europeans of time, the pastor probably thought that Pennsylvania was just another of those West Indian Islands.

By May 6,1709, Hans Yoder was in London, with hundreds of refugee Palatines, preserved in the British Library , Hans Joder's name (misspelled as "Fodder" when the lists were published in 1909) appears among the "First Arrivals" (Yoders are always on time!). His age was given as 38, his occupation that of "husbandman" (farmer), and his religion Reformed. Accompanying him were his wife, two sons aged 9 and 4, and a daughter aged one year. The source of this information is the article, "Lists of Germans from the Palatinate who came to England in 1709," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Register, XLI (1909).

These lists are the key to Hans Yoder's early movements, settlements, and personal relationships in Pennsylvania. With his name in the London Lists appear the names of John LeDee and Philip Kuhlwein. This is significant, since Hans Yoder's second wife, who he married in Pennsylvania April 29,1711, was Anna Rosina LeDee, daughter of Jean LeDee, usually spelled LeDez. Philip Kuhlewein (1683-1737) became Hans Yoder's brother-in-law in marrying another daughter of Jean LeDez. Both LeDez Kuhlewein settled in Oley with Hans Yoder, in fact preceded him there.

Hans Yoder must not have been as "poor" as some of his Palatine countrymen in London. Most of them were shipped by Queen Anne either to County Limerick in Ireland, or to the Hudson Valley in New York to make naval stores for the British government. Hans Yoder, along with Jean LeDez, Philip Kuhlewein, Hans Jacob Fullweiler, Gerhard Clemens and a few others listed, managed to come directly to Philadelphia, where they became founders of Pennsylvania Dutch rather than of New York Palatine families.

Where did Hans Yoder first settle? On January 14,1711, he purchased a tract of 275 acres along the Schuylkill River in Coventry Township, Chester County, some where opposite the present Fottstown. He purchased this land from John Henry Kerson (Rersten) who later appears in Oley as well. On the same date, January 14,1711, an adjoining tract was bought from Kerson (Kersten) by Hans Jacob Fullweiler (1682-1715), who also appears in the London Lists. The purchase of adjoining tracts on the same day implies some relationship between the two men. (Could Fullweiler's wife Barbara have been Hans Yoder's sister Barbara, born at Steffisburg in 1676? If so she would have been six years older than her husband, improbable in those days but in no case impossible.) Fullweiler died in 1715, and on June 28, 1718 his widow, now the wife of Martin "Meyleen" (Mylin) of Straburg, Lancaster County, sold the Fullweiler property to Jacob Buckholtz. Yes there is also a Buckholtz in the London Lists. It all ties together.

On March 25,1714, Hans Yoder received his warrant from William Penn for land along the upper Manatawny Creek in the Oley Valley. This included most of the land around what is now called Pleasantville but for many years was known as "Yotterschdettle" (Yodertown). Hence on March 19,1717,"John Joader" and his wife Rosina sold his Schuylkill Valley farm to Henry Parker. These transfers of title to the Coventry tracts are recited in two lengthy deeds in the Philadelphia Archives, recorded in Deed Book G-8, pp. 130-131, both recorded August 28,1746.

From The Yoder Family Newsletter--- HANS YODER, OLEY TWP HOMESTEAD
CONFLICT WITH THE INDIANS

"On or near the spot where now stands the stately mansion and other excellent buildings, was first erected a small house, the home of Hance Yoder and family. The precise date of this I was not informed; that at that time all around was yet a mere wilderness inhabited by Indians and beasts. His only neighbor was Yost Yoder.

"One day Mr. Yoder, accompanied by his wife (a helpmate of those days), was engaged in extending their farmland by clearing away more of the forest in the field lying opposite the Pleasantville Hotel. The industrious parents had closed up their cabin with all their children in order to protect them from harm from the beasts which occasionally straggled along, and engaged themselves the more earnestly to their arduous toil, being assured that all was safe and secure at home.

"Yoder and his wife were however not long at work in the field that day before they were alarmed by the report of a gun in the direction of the house. They hastened to the house and found a gang of neighboring Indians, who were intoxicated. They had come to the house to see Mr. Yoder who, by the way, was an intimate friend of theirs. But when they came to the house and found the door locked and yet somebody within, they thought they were intentionally refused admittance. They became enraged and indignant and, being drunk, without forethought fired through the door with a rifle. Mr. Y. was one of those that lacked not courage and was speedily amongst them and found them very boisterous and threatening, but without giving them time he gave them a thorough switching. With this the whole party left with threats of revenge. Neither was kept long in suspense for soon the company, with quite accession, returned demanding satisfaction. The later portion fortunately were sober. Yoder coolly told them all that had transpired and showed them the bullet hole in the door of the house and the helpless children within, and how easily they might have killed some of his very dear children. This had the desired effect. One Indians became enraged at the perpetrator, so that they would have murdered him outright had it not been for the kind intervention of Mr. Yoder, who with difficulty persuaded them to desist inasmuch as no harm had occurred. He advised them to go home in peace and do no more, which they agreed to do. The rifle ball fortunately had done no harm within.

They had also carried off a bundle of Yoder's deerskins which were returned by the latter company but Y. refused them, on the ground that he was in fall satisfaction. They, however, insisted on returning them to Yoder.

FROM:
ANNALS OF OLEY VALLEY The Yoder Family

The YODERs of Oley origin and first settlement form another American plant, transplanted from a German-Swiss canton to this western continent soil early in the 18th century.

The name as first found in documents preserved is given as YODER, YOTTER, JOTTER, but it has now for a number of generations been invariably fixed as YODER.

Johannas married Veronica ISELMYN Abt 1699, Steffisburg, Switzerland. Veronica was born Abt 1675, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland; died Abt 1710, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Johannas married Anna Rosina LEDEE 29 Apr 1711, Montgomery Co., PA. Anna (daughter of Jean LEDEE) was born Abt 1675; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY
• Reference Number: 3436
• _UID: 60618AD82BB3473D808BCF9CAC60258FBB2F

Notes:

He was married to Elizabeth Catherine KUHLWEIN before 1709. Elizabeth Catherine Kuhlwien and that she and her husband Yost departed Europe on March 1, 1709 along with Yost's brother Hans, his wife Fronica Isylman (who died on the passage to America), Philip Kuhlwein, Maria Schutz and daughters, Christoph and Anna Mayer with a son and daughters, LeDee and Bertolet families
Yost (Jost) Yoder was a disciple of Nimrod, for he was "a mighty hunter." As a frontiersman his chief occupation is said to have been hunting and trapping. It seems to have been his pastime between clearing the forest and cultivating the soil. Will signed May 29, 1741, probated Jan 14, 1742.
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
Some of Yost's family were rough and ready frontier types as well. An old by-word in Oley was "like YostNannes"-i.e.,rough and uncouth.
The Yoder ghost story, as related by Elizabeth Yoder, Yost's daughter, in 1743, tells how her father's spirit returned to visit her. It seems that like most ghosts, he had a message for his daughter which he was unable to give her before his death. It was to "scorn and despise not the Frenchman," i.e.:Dr. George deBenneville (1703-1793), who was the pioneer preacher of the Universalist gospel in America. He lived in Germantown but also had a base in Oley. On being asked by his daughter where he was, Yost Yoder's ghost answered that he was "at a good place," and his beloved brother (Hans) was there too. This story appeared in a bestseller volume of ghost appearances, with religious commentary, published by Christopher Sauer in Germantown in 1744. It was reprinted in 1748,1755, and 1792.
Parents: Adam JODER and Barbara OCHSENBEIN .
CHURCH RECORD 10/5/1679---Jost-Joder------Adam-Joder-and------Anna-Kolb
----------------------------------Barbara-Ochsenbein--Hans-Walder
------------------------------------------------------------Niclaus-Moser
OY- Yost Yoder b. 5 Oct. 1679 Steiffisburg,Switzerland
m. Elizabeth__________
d. 1741/2 (son of Adam Joder and Barbara Ochsenbein of
Steiffisburg)
(References: Dr. Don Yoder-YNL article, YNL#5; Hist. of Berks
Co-Montgomery;
Yoder Reunion Book-Dr. Don Yoder; DJH 9185; Annals in the Oley
Valley-Bertolett;
Karl Joder letter;Fragments of the Past-Bertolett; Notes and
Queries-Eagle; Notes
and letters from Helen V Yoder, Lester Yoder, Jean Manning, Helen
Weidner)
+OY1- John Yost b. 1718 PA
OY2- Elizabeth b. 1720 m. (w1) Lazareth Weidner (c1723-5 - before 11/26/1802) d. 12/5/1782 "at 7am of dropsy age 62 yrs" bur. 12/7/1782 had "visions" , 9 children
OY3- Samuel b. (where is he and did he have descendants???)
+OY4- Jacob b. 1735
OY4- Jacob m. Maria Keim (Nov.1734- ) will made 3/12/1803 probated 3/14/1804 bur. private Cem. Lobachsville. Provincial Service 1757 for three years. Also in Revolution. (References: Helen V. Yoder Research -YNL#9; DAR lineage #14082; Jacob Yoder Will; Dorothy Y. Coffman collected Church data; Berks
Co. Marriages 1730-1800; Berks Co. Letters of Admin.)
+OY41- Daniel b. 1758
+OY42- Peter b. m. Ann Oyster
+OY43- Johannes b. 1763
+OY44- Abraham b. m. Sep.26,1784 by Rev. Boos d.> 1803
+OY45- Jacob b. Nov.6,1772
OY46- Elizabeth b. Feb.18,1755 m. Jul.21,1779 at New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Montgomery Co., PA. to Ludwig Graber d. Jan. 1842
OY47- Catharine b. 1766 m. Feb.20,1787 by Rev. Boos to Abraham Angstadt of Rockland Twp. d. May 12, 1837 Rockland Township, bur. Angstadt Cem.
OY48- Magdalena b. 1764 m. Apr.23,1788 by Rev. Boos, to Jacob Angstadt of District Twp. d. Sep.25,1857 age 93
OY49- Esther b. m. Jan.1,1794 (or Jan 14) by Rev. Boos at Schwartzwald Church, Exeter Twp. to Isaac Barto d. >1803
OY4a- Mary b. m. Feb.27,1798 by Rev. Philip Pauli, Ist Ref. Church Reading to John Nicholas Mensh d. >1803
OY4b- Susanna b. m. Apr.23,1783 by Rev. Boos to Heinrich Herner of Exeter Twp., d. <1803
OY4c- Barbara b. m. Jan.7, 1784 by Rev. Boos to Johannes Oyster (1755-1844) of Rockland Twp. d. <1803
OY43- Johannes m. 12/23/1788 Exeter Twp, Schwartzwald Ch. to Phronica Emmerich (christ. 12/15/1760 DeLongs Ref. Church, Bowers- d.? 9/19/1833) d. 10/26/1847 Richmond Twp. Berks Co.
OY431- Hanna b. Jun.30,1789 Rockland Twp bapt Christ (Mertz) Church.
OY432- Maria b. Aug.27,1790
OY433- Jacob b. Jun.27,1792
OY434- Johannes b. Jun.19,1794
OY435- Catherine b. Nov.15,1796 (?m. Daniel Biel)
OY436- Abraham b. 9/17/1799 d.3/10/1826 Kutztown Cem.
OY437- David b. 4/13/1804 Richmond Twp.
OY438- Christina b. 2/2/1807 bap.Moselem Zion's Luth Church by Rev. John Stoever, Richmond Twp. m. 1/18/1829 to Peter Merkel by Rev Charles Herman d. 8/30/1889

He was baptized on 5 Oct 1679 in Steffisburg, Berne, Switzerland. He lived in Oley Twp., Pennsylvania in 1734. Jost Joder paid taxes in 1734 He signed a will on 29 May 1741 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. From Philadelphia Registry of Wills
244, F267
(Typed and submitted by Richard B. and Rick Yoder of West Chester,Pa.)


In the Name of God amen

I Jost Yoder of the County of Philadelphia husbandman begin very sick and weake in body but of perfedt mind and memory Thanks be given unto god therefore calling unto mind and the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men one to dye do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament; that is to say pemierally and first of ---- all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of god that gave it = and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Life and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again by the mighty power god = and as touching such worldly Estate where with it hath pleased god to bless me in this Life I give devise and dispose of the saem in the following manner and form.

Inprimis it is my will and I do order that in the first place al my Just debts and funderall charges be paid and satisfied =

Item. It is my will that my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Shall have the full power and authority over all my Estate both Real and personall what is Left after my decease of Pay to have the free power during her Life time = but if in cause my said wife Elisabath should marry again then she shall have the third part of my Estate both Real and personal;

Item. It is my will that my well beloved oldest Son John, Shall have my plantation land and Improvement thereon after my wifes decease to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever: But after the decease of my wife, my Land and Improvement thereon my will is Shall be prized by four Credible men what it is worth: and then the money what my Land is prized with all the moveables and Cattles shall be equally divided between my Sons and Daughters =further it is my will that when my Land is prized after my wifes decease as aforesaid my Said for John and his heirs shall pay favor four months after my wifes decease one hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to my other Sons and daughters: but he my Son John Shall have his part or Shear of the Said one hundred pounds, when it is equal divided back again=

Item. My said Sone John or his heirs shall pay one hundred pounds lawful money aforesiad two years after the above said time to my other Sons and daughters: put he shall have his part of aforesaid = and the Remainder of the money what the land is Prized for, Shall be divided into two payments and my Son John or his heirs Shall pay every year one payment after the Last Payment above said: to my Sons and daughters but Shall have his Equal part of it as afore mentioned=

Latest I do hearby Constitute make and ordain my Said wife Elizabeth and my family trusty friend gabriel boyer Executors of this my Last wil land Testament = hearby revoking and annulling all former wills by me made and this alone Do declare to be my Last will and Testament in the witness of may in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and forty one XXXXX

Declared by the Aforementioned Jost to be his Last will and Testament, in the presence of us

Abraham Eshmann
John Yoder
the marke of John 10 Yoder


Jost X Yoder

[No doubt this shows that Jost could not sign his name except with an X at this time. Also, John Yoder made his mark]

Inventory of Joas Jodders Deceas his Estate prizet by Peter Ballie John Jodder and Samuel Golden the first Day of Aug. Anno 1741, wis.

L Sh p

Cloats and Appearil 4
The Plantation containing 200 Acres 300
Rye and Wheat 20
Two Waggons 13
Plows, Iren Harrow and Iren of an Old Waggon 4
Ten Acresof Barlay, flax, and Oats 10
Five Workin Horses 30
Mares and Colts in the Woods 20
Hors Geers and Collars 2
four paire Chains and a Lockchain 2 1
Cows ad Cattles and Colts 56 5
Sheeps old and young 5 2
Hogs 3 1
Gees 10
Hows, tongforcks, axes, and Groben Hows 1 8 6
Hand Saws and other Tools 10 4
Flaxe Hachel 8
old Acelles 5
Tubbs and Barriles and Buttertubbs 1 2 4
Coppern Kettels 1 5
Iren Pots 1 11
Iren Panns and Symmers 12
Peuter Dishes and Plats 1 10
-- Spoons 4 6
Sprenglin Pot and fanil 2 6
Trassor and Table and Chars 2
Spinnen Wheels 1 10
Bedding 4 10

486 16 8
[second page or side two]

Gees Fadders 3 10
Bedticks 3 2
Plancket 9
Mor Betticks 1 6
Bed Cloats 2 3
Table Cloats 1 10
Smal Ticks 7
Linnen of Dobu 2
Bible and Books 2
Iren Lamps 3
Bills and Bonds 30 9
46 19
In Debts to workmen
486 16 8
533 15 8

Pastor Ballie
John Yoder

(Research): there is a record of seven of his nine children. These were in the order of their birth: (1) Johannes, often called Yost (1718-1812); (2) Jacob, (3) Samuel, (4) Mary, (5) Catharine, (6) Elizabeth, and (7) Esther. In addition to this, Yost's brother, Hans YODER, left four sons to give the YODER name and stock a good start. Their names were Hans, Samuel, Peter and Daniel.
These two immigrant brothers took up land on the Manatawny in 1714, the former where Pleasantville is now located. This village, first called "Yottersville," his eldest son, Johannes (John), founded and he is buried there. His tombstone inscription reads as follows: "Hier ruhet Johannes YODER. Er wurde geboren 1718. Verehlichte sich mit Catharine LYSTER (LESHER), 1747, und zeugte 4 sohne und 5 tochtern. Starb den 7 ten April, 1812, bach seiner 66 yahr in der ehe gelebet hatte. War alt worden 94 yahr und 14 tag."

Yost married Elizabeth KUHLWEIN Abt 1712. Elizabeth (daughter of Philip KUHLWEIN) was born Abt 1690, Steffisburg, Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10943
• _UID: D637BCF6993D49C7B619C5CC10A5C3C9467A

Notes:

CHURCH RECORD 10/5/1673---Niclaus-Joder---Adam-Joder-and------Caspar-Joder
----------------------------------Barbara-Ochsenbein--Andres-Murer
------------------------------------------------------------------Barbara-Joder

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11680
• _UID: 2B85F15F127041E1B1E93148C0B9626BFD66

Notes:

CHURCH RECORD 4/9/1676----Barbara-Joder---Adam-Joder-and------Samuel-Konig
----------------------------------Barbara-Ochsenbein--Anna-Wyttenbach
------------------------------------------------------------Magda-Zimmermann

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11681
• _UID: 453873C87AF946BD94527C510CBDEFBC5532

Notes:

CHURCH REORD 9/9/1683----Caspar-Joder----Adam-Joder-and------Hans-Holly
----------------------------------------Barbara-Ochsenbein--Sebastian-Konig
------------------------------------------------------------Anna-Wegner

Other Events:

• AFN: OH1
• _UID: 3FAFA2D1A1434BFB9BCEFE7A46B56F52280F

Notes:

Johan was married first to a Barbara. Do not know what happened or if any issue resulted. For my records I'm assuming all children were by second wife, and her last name was Keim. Although if Hans birth of 1700 is correct, then I would guess the daughter Maria was by first wife. Hans purchased the Yoder homestead from his step mother Rosina.

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002

Wills: John Yoder, 1779: Oley Twp, Berks County File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tim Conrad. tconrad@lucent.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free informationon the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ____________________________________________________________ Will of John Yoder, 1779 In the Name of God, Amen I John Yoder of Oley Township in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being at present of Sound Memory and Understanding, God be praised: And putting to Mind the Mortality of my Body, make and publish this my last Will and Testament this 8th Day of March Anno Domini 1779 in Manner following, viz. Imprimis it is my Will that all my just Debts shall be paid off. And I give and bequeth to my Son Daniel Yoder, One Shilling Silver Money. Also I give to my Son Peter Yoder, One Shilling Silver, having each of them considerably received of me in my Life time. Item, I give and bequeth to my Grand Daughter Barbara Morgon the Sum of Five pounds lawfull Money of Pennsylvania; And to my Grand daughter Hanna Vogt, I give the Sum of Five pounds of like Money. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Elisabeth Yoder, all and singular my Houshold Goods and Furniture, Bedding and Linnen of whatsoever Denomination to her my said Wife Elisabeth and to her heirs and assigns forever. All the Remainder or Residue of my Estate I do give and bequeath unto my grand Children, their Heirs and Assigns for ever, that is to say: One equal part of the same I give to the Children of my Son John Yoder in ______ amongst them. Another equal third of the same I give to the Children of my Son Peter Yoder likewise for an equal Partition amongst them. The remaining equal third Part of the Same I give to the Children of my Son Samuel Yoder deceased for equal Portions amongst them. And it is my Will that such Part of my Estate as by such Division Shall come to minor Children shall be put in Interest if possible by my Executors hereafter named, until each of them attain his or her lawfull Age. And in Case any of the said Children should Die under Age, then his or their Share Shall come to the Survivors in that Family, Share and Share alike. And lastly I nominate Constitute and appoint my loving Friend John Pott of Rockland township in the County aforesaid and my Step Son George Keim of Oley Township to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament in Trust for the Intents and Purposes in thie my Will contained. In Witness whereof I the Said John Yoder have to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written. Signed Sealed and declared by the Said Testator John Yoder for his last will and Testament in the Presents of us, and at his Request have as wittnesses thereto Subscribed. Jacob Schneider Philip ³H² Hartman signed John Yoder

HISTORY: Early furnaces and forges of Berks County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2001. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/berksp/ _________________________________________ Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. VIII. Philadelphia: Publication Fund of the Historical society of Pennsylvania, No. 1300 Locust Street, 1884. Page 56 Early furnaces and forges of Berks County, Penna. EARLY FURNACES AND FORGES OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. BY MORTON L. MONTGOMERY.

OLEY FORGE. The Oley forge was situated on the Manatawny Creek, about ten miles from its confluence with the Schuylkill, and about a half-mile south of the "Oley Churches." It continued in active operation for one hundred and twenty years. In 1744 John Ross(Betsy Ross's husband), gentleman, of Philadelphia, and John Yoder and John Lesher, of Oley, entered into a joint partnership for erecting a forge for manufacturing pig metal into bar iron. They then purchased from Sebastian Graeff a tract of one hundred and ninety-seven acres of land, situated in Oley Township, on the Manatawny Creek, adjoining lands of Robert Stapleton and John Yoder, and the "Great Road" leading to Philadelphia; and thereon erected a forge, constructed a water pond, water courses, and the necessary buildings, and supplied the utensils for the business of making bar iron; and they also purchased warrants for taking up land on the hills adjacent to the forge in order to supply it with charcoal. In 1750 John Yoder sold to John Lesher his one-third interest "of said tract and of the forge, working gears, tools, implements, dams, etc." Lesher and Ross held their respective interests in the forge till Ross's death. In the settlement of the partnership affairs litigation arose between Lesher and the Ross estate. This was being conducted in 1784, when Lesher sold his two-thirds to his son Jacob Lesher, an iron-master, and his sons-in-law, John Potts, a miller, and Jacob Morgan, a merchant. In 1794 Frederick Spang, an iron-master of Oley, obtained an interest in this forge property, and some years afterward secured all the interests. He, and, after his decease, his son Jacob, and grandson of the same name, carried on the iron business here for seventy years, until the close of the Rebellion. During this long interval, especially for fifty years, the forge was

(Medical):Only son of Hans Joder to servive journy to America.

Johannas married Elizabeth KEIM Abt 1720. Elizabeth was born Aft 1700, Berks Co, PA; died Abt 1781, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OH2
• Baptism: 27 Jan 1708
• Reference Number: 5580
• _UID: 54F6D20E48554A15BC32F06199CD73CE0CC6

Notes:

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002

(Medical):Did not survie journy to America. Boarded Ship in England but did not get off in America.

Other Events:

• AFN: OH3
• Reference Number: 10960
• _UID: 73A9FD05865C408EBCAB9B34777EF1937DE6

Notes:

(Medical):Did not survie journy to America. Boarded Ship in England but did not get off in America.

Other Events:

• AFN: OH4
• Reference Number: 5582
• _UID: FBB8A2C3B30E462E93F7BD7E1398C4A52611

Notes:

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
The marriage of Hans Yoder and Anna Rosina LeDee was performed by Paulus van Vlecq, Dutch Reformed pastor, at Whitemarsh, the church of which Hans Yoder was a member from the beginning of the church record in 1710. The record reads:
"Johannes Jodder, widower of Fronica Iselmyn, and Anna Rosina LeeDee".

Daniel — Barbara Or Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY1
• Reference Number: 3434
• _UID: 16397FFDD56247A188B08648EF547059FCB0

Notes:

Had four sons and five daughters.

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
\Rockland--Jacob Joder----tax 2.17.0----OY4
------Dan'l Joder----tax 5.9------OY41
------Peter Joder----tax 3.0------OY42

OY1- John Yost b. 1718 PA
OY1- John Yost Yoder m. 1747 Catharine Oyster (1730-
1/14/1812) (sister married OH12) d. 4/7/1812 age 94y 14d
both buried in Pleasantville Union Cemetery. Had "4 sons &
5 daughters"
(References: Bertolett Fam. Hist-p22; Rachel Kreider notes; Annals
of the Oley Valley; John Yoder will; Pleasantville Cem. data;
FOY11- John b. d. 1816/17 (hung self)
?married? no issue? inherited fathers estates in
Earl and Oley township.
OY12- Mary b. Feb.13,1749 m. Dec.6, 1768 to Daniel Bartolet
(1741-1799) St. Gabriele Church, Amity Twp.,Berks Co.
d. 1825
+OY13- Jacob b. c1750 living as of 1816
OY14- Catharine b. m. 4/12/1785 John Reppert of Oley Twp.
living as of 1812
OY15- Elizabeth b. 12/12/1751 m. Mathias Rhodes had seven
children d. 12/6/1790 -"39 years,less 20 days " (see below)
OY16- Esther b. m. 5/25/1790 Johannes Cunnius
of Oley Twp. d. by 1816
(Esther Jotter of Oley m. 5/25/1790 Johannes Cunis, at Schwartzenwald
Reformed Church)
+OY17- Samuel b. d. by 1812
(5th daughter? St Gabriel's Church, Berks Co. - Susannah Yoder m. 4/26/1777 to
John Dompman) ragments of the Past- Bertolett; Notes of Richard Yoder,
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YODER, JOHN, Oley. April 3, 1812 - April 15, 1812. To son John articles named, plantation in Oley and Earl to be sold, remaining personal estate. To Mary widow of Daniel BERTOLET £100. To son Jacob £100. To dau. Catharine wife of Daniel BERTOLET £100. To son Jacob £100. To dau. Catharine wife of John REPPERT £100. To 7 children of deceased dau. Elizabeth late wife of Matthias RHOADS deceased, viz: Jacob, John, Joseph, Abraham, Catharine, Maria and Esther £100 to be divided. To dau. Esther CUNIUS £100. The remainder in 7 equal shares divided among above children, and the children of son Samuel deceased. Exrs: Son John and friend George YODER. Wits: John YODER and William YODER.

Johann married Catharina OYSTER 1747. Catharina (daughter of Johan George OYSTER and Catharine ARENDTS) was born 23 Dec 1730, District Township, PA; died 14 Jan 1812, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA; was buried Pleasantville Union Cemetery, Oley Township, PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY2
• Reference Number: 3437
• _UID: E8799EE2333A44F4A00BC77D4D295A0D52AB

Notes:

Died of Dropsy. Had 9 children with husband Lazarius.
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
Some of Yost's family were rough and ready frontier types as well. An old by-word in Oley was "like YostNannes"-i.e.,rough and uncouth.
The Yoder ghost story, as related by Elizabeth Yoder, Yost's daughter, in 1743, tells how her father's spirit returned to visit her. It seems that like most ghosts, he had a message for his daughter which he was unable to give her before his death. It was to "scorn and despise not the Frenchman," i.e.:Dr. George deBenneville (1703-1793), who was the pioneer preacher of the Universalist gospel in America. He lived in Germantown but also had a base in Oley. On being asked by his daughter where he was, Yost Yoder's ghost answered that he was "at a good place," and his beloved brother (Hans) was there too. This story appeared in a bestseller volume of ghost appearances, with religious commentary, published by Christopher Sauer in Germantown in 1744. It was reprinted in 1748,1755, and 1792.
Parents: Adam JODER and Barbara OCHSENBEIN .

Elizabeth married Lazarus WEIDNER Abt 1744. Lazarus (son of Hans Adam WEIDNER, Jr and Anna Maria HAAS) was born 1723, Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg; died 1802, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY3
• Reference Number: 3438
• _UID: 0F6F0730E630434EACB71D763B7425C7ED2D

Notes:

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
"Samuel was intemperate, and died in the woods. His body laid out about three weeks before it was found and the animals had defaced him considerably. He lived and owned the place now the property of George Kerr, which he got from his father.", (Fragments of the Past by Peter G. Bertolet M.D., page 72.)lived near Lobachsville
Samuel appears as a witness, along with "Just Yodder", on a will filed for Peter Weisner. Peter G. Bertolet, MD in Fragments of the Past reported that Samuel lived near Lobachsville.

Other Events:

• AFN: OY4
• Reference Number: 3439
• _UID: 40EDC90C754D434F96121149F85E0C722C32

Notes:

Jacob enlisted in 1757, at the age of 22 years, in the provincial service of Pennsylvania, where he served as a saddler for three years in Capt. John Nicholas Wetherhold's Company. During the Revolutionary war he was a private in Capt. Peter Nagle's Company and later that of Capt. Charles Gobin, 6th Battalion, Berks County Militia, in which capacity he guarded the Hessian prisoners of war, marching from their camp in Reading to Philadelphia. Jacob wrote his will on 12 March 1803, and it was probated on 14 March 1804.
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
Jacob Joder, son of the Immigrant Jost Joder and wife Elizabeth, was born in 1735 in the Oley Valley , Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was only seven years old at the death of his father. At the age of 22 years, Jacob enlisted in the Provincial service of Pennsylvania on November 6, 1757. He was a saddler for three years in Captain John Nicholas Weatherholt's Company. He was stationed in Heidelberg Township, Northampton County in March and April, 1758. (PA Archives, 2, ser., vol.II)
Jacob served in the American Revolution as a private in Peter Nagle's Company and later in Captain Charles Gobin's militia, Colonel Joseph Hiester commanding, August 10 to September 9, 1780. He was in a detachment of the Sixth Battalion to guard prisoners of war from the Hessian camp, Reading to Philadelphia. (Source of information - Keim and Allied Families.)
Jacob Joder married Maria Keim who was born in November, 1734 in the Oley Valley of Berks County. Maria was the daughter of the Immigrant Johannes Keim and his second wife, Maria Elizabeth. Johannes Keim, the pioneer of the Huguenots to the Oley Valley, was born about 1675 near Speier, Rhine Valley in Germany and came to America around 1707.
From tax lists in the Pennsylvania Archives, Jacob Joder was found living in Rockland Township of Berks County in 1767. In the third series, Volume 18, page 10, Jacob owned 74 acres of land. In 1768, Jacob owned 160 acres, 2 horses. 5 cattle, and three sheep. In 1784, he owned 200 acres, 4 horses, 8 cows, 11 sheep and 8 persons were living in the household.
Jacob and Maria Keim Joder had 12 children. The births or baptisms have not been located but the children are listed in Jacob's will in Volume 4, page 214 in the Reading, PA Courthouse. The date of the will is March 12, 1803, probated on March 14, 1804. The wife, Maria, is not mentioned so she must be deceased in 1803. His estate is divided into twelve equal portions. The children were l Daniel; 2 Peter; 3. Johannes; 4 Abraham; 5 Jacob; 6 Elizabeth Graeber; 7 Catharine Anstat; 8 Magdalena Anstat; 9 Esther Barto; 10 Mary Mensch; 11 Grandchildren of my deceased daughter, Susanna Herner; and 12 Grandchildren of my deceased daughter, Barbara Oyster. It was through obituaries that the dates of birth were found on some of these children.
OY4- Jacob m. Maria Keim (Nov.1734- ) will made 3/12/1803 probated 3/14/1804 bur. private Cem. Lobachsville. Provincial Service 1757 for three years. Also in Revolution. (References: Helen V. Yoder Research -YNL#9; DAR lineage #14082;
Jacob Yoder Will; Dorothy Y. Coffman collected Church data; Berks
Co. Marriages 1730-1800; Berks Co. Letters of Admin.)
+OY41- Daniel b. 1758
+OY42- Peter b. m. Ann Oyster
+OY43- Johannes b. 1763
+OY44- Abraham b.
m. Sep.26,1784 by Rev. Boos d.> 1803
+OY45- Jacob b. Nov.6,1772
OY46- Elizabeth b. Feb.18,1755 m. Jul.21,1779 at New Goshenhoppen
Reformed Church, Montgomery Co., PA. to Ludwig Graber d. Jan.
1842
OY47- Catharine b. 1766 m. Feb.20,1787 by Rev. Boos to Abraham
Angstadt of Rockland Twp. d. May 12, 1837 Rockland Township,
bur. Angstadt Cem.
OY48- Magdalena b. 1764 m. Apr.23,1788 by Rev. Boos, to Jacob
Angstadt of District Twp. d. Sep.25,1857 age 93
OY49- Esther b. m. Jan.1,1794 (or Jan 14) by Rev. Boos at
Schwartzwald Church, Exeter Twp. to Isaac Barto d. >1803
OY4a- Mary b. m. Feb.27,1798 by Rev. Philip Pauli, Ist Ref.
Church Reading to John Nicholas Mensh d. >1803
OY4b- Susanna b. m. Apr.23,1783 by Rev. Boos to Heinrich
Herner of Exeter Twp., d. <1803
OY4c- Barbara b. m. Jan.7, 1784 by Rev. Boos to Johannes
Oyster (1755-1844) of Rockland Twp. d. <1803
OY43- Johannes m. 12/23/1788 Exeter Twp, Schwartzwald Ch. to Phronica
Emmerich (christ. 12/15/1760 DeLongs Ref. Church, Bowers-
d.? 9/19/1833) d. 10/26/1847 Richmond Twp. Berks Co.
OY431- Hanna b. Jun.30,1789 Rockland Twp
bapt Christ (Mertz) Church.
OY432- Maria b. Aug.27,1790
+OY433- Jacob b. Jun.27,1792
+OY434- Johannes b. Jun.19,1794
OY435- Catherine b. Nov.15,1796 (?m. Daniel Biel)
OY436- Abraham b. 9/17/1799 d.3/10/1826 Kutztown Cem.
+OY437- David b. 4/13/1804 Richmond Twp.
OY438- Christina b. 2/2/1807 bap.Moselem Zion's Luth Church by Rev.
John Stoever, Richmond Twp. m. 1/18/1829 to Peter Merkel by
Rev Charles Herman d. 8/30/1889

OY4- Jacob m. Maria Keim (Nov.1734- ) will made 3/12/1803
probated 3/14/1804 bur. private Cem. Lobachsville. Provincial
Service 1757 for three years. Also in Revolution.
(References: Helen V. Yoder Research -YNL#9; DAR lineage #14082;
Jacob Yoder Will; Dorothy Y. Coffman collected Church data; Berks
Co. Marriages 1730-1800; Berks Co. Letters of Admin.)
+OY41- Daniel b. 1758
+OY42- Peter b. m. Ann Oyster
+OY43- Johannes b. 1763
+OY44- Abraham b. c1770 d.> 1803 m. Sep.26,1802 by Rev. Boos
to Elizabeth Breyvogel of Rockland Twp at Schwartzenwald Ref. Ch.
+OY45- Jacob b. Nov.6,1772
OY46- Elizabeth b. Feb.18,1755 (d/o Jacob of Rock. m. 7/21/1779 at
New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Montgomery Co., PA.
to Ludwig Graber (s/o Andreas of N, Gosh.)
by Rev. Joh. Theod. Faber) d. Jan. 1842
OY47- Catharine b. 1766 m. Feb.20,1787 by Rev. Boos to Abraham
Angstadt of Rockland Twp. d. May 12, 1837 Rockland Township,
bur. Angstadt Cem.
OY48- Magdalena b. 1764 m. Apr.23,1788 by Rev. Boos, to Jacob
Angstadt of District Twp. d. Sep.25,1857 age 93
OY49- Esther b. m. Jan.14,1794 by Rev. Boos at
Schwartzwald Church, Exeter Twp. to Isaac Barto d. >1828
(Esther still living at time of Issac's letter of Admin. in 1828)
(Esther Jotter of Oley m. Isaac Bertho 1/14/1794)
OY4a- Mary b. m. Feb.27,1798 by Rev. Philip Pauli, Ist Ref.
Church Reading to John Nicholas Mensh d. >1803
OY4b- Susanna b. m. Apr.23,1783 by Rev. Boos to Heinrich
Herner of Exeter Twp., d. <1803
OY4c- Barbara b. m. Jan.7, 1784 by Rev. Boos to Johannes
Oyster (1755-1844) of Rockland Twp. d. <1803
"Jacob was a little lame and short-witted, became a drunkard and at last died. (they had no poor house when, and each township had to maintain its own poor.)

Jacob — Maria KEIM. [Group Sheet]