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• Reference Number: 10946
• _UID: 1E52C030F3224D75B8DE9425A394FD8F496B

Notes:

Casper Joder who served briefly as Statthalter of Steffisburg and the Freigericht Steffisburg, 1611-1612. The Statthalter was, like a Landvogt, a district governor and representative of the cantonal government of Bern. For Nicolaus Joder see my article, "The Kung-Gnaegi Connection," in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, VI: l(January 1983), 2-6."
Caspar-Joder-m-7/4/1596-Margreth-Henning
----Peter-----------b-6/5/1597
----Margreth--------b-2/8/1601
----Niclaus---------b-7/17/1603
----Barbli----------b-9/28/1606
(following-from-Karl-Joder-notes)
--|--Caspar-Joder-b-2/24/1571-m-7/4/1596-Margret-Hennig.
--|-------Peter--------b-6/5/1597
--|-------Heini--------b-10/10/1599
--|-------Margret------b-2/8/1601
--|-------Niclaus------b-7/17/1603
--|-------Barbara------b-9/28/1606
--|-------Jost---------b-11/30/1607
--|-------Nicolaus-----b-3/25/1609
Name Suffix: Junior
served as Statthalter of Steffisburg and the Feigericht Steffisburg, 1611-2.
(i.e. district governor and representative of the cantonal government of
Bern).

This Caspar:
Caspar Joder, the magistrate of Steffisburg, had a black eagle's
foot on golden ground. Caspar Joder was in office from the year
1611 into the first half year of 1613.
.
As magistrates they were the representatives of the mayors of.
Thun and through them direct representatives of the regime.

On this Day in Yoder History in 1596 the likely common ancestors of us
all, Caspar Joder and Margret Henning, were married in Steffisburg( (4 July)

Simon Caspar Joder von Steffisburg (m) new name & device
Or, in fess an ear of wheat and a crow's leg couped a la quise sable.
Simon: dated to 1351-1400, from Gwynek's 'Late Period German Masculine Given Names' [1]. Caspar: dated to 1398, from Gwynek's 'Medieval German Given Names from Silesia' [2]. Joder: 12th C, J{o:}der 15th C, s.n. Joder from Bahlow p 277-278. Von Steffisburg: ‘of Steffisburg, which is a town near Thun in Switzerland. No changes except that 'von Steffisburg' may be dropped.
[1]
[2] http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm

Casper married Margaretha HENNIG 4 Jul 1596, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Margaretha was born ATB 1595, Steffisburg, Switzerland; died ATB 1671, Steffisburg, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

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• 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]

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• Reference Number: 11682
• _UID: 863C6152759943B3833FA5B96B6263B982F1

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

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• Reference Number: 11683
• _UID: 6EEF33E250F24A89A00F483AED0C0DD49201

Notes:

9/28/1606---Barbli-Joder----Caspar-Joder-and----Christian-Sewer
----------------------------------------Margret-Hennig------Hans-Metzger's-wife

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• Reference Number: 11684
• _UID: 7F6A155E302F4B84B8CBEBC05EBB49203AD3

Notes:

6/5/1597----Peter-Joder-----Caspar-Joder--------Peter-Schlapbach-the
----------------------------------and-Margret-Hennig--Statthalter
------------------------------------------------------------Niclaus-Frey-and
------------------------------------------------------------Anna--Frutiger

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• Reference Number: 11685
• _UID: 221F05E7F5474914B9D80E534441DA09203C

Notes:

2/8/1601----Margret-Joder---Caspar-Joder-and----Hans-Zougg
----------------------------------------Margret-Hennig------------_____?
------------------------------------------------------------------_____?

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• _UID: C8C810913C54434F956843D9A5AB2FFDE885

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• Name:
• _UID: A17B9C8E88B94D23A4EE73D465EC5674EB83

Jost — Anna TRAXEL. [Group Sheet]

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• 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]

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• 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]

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• 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]

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• _UID: 6863A138714744E48506CF48885BD2AF8A10

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

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• _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]

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• _UID: BBCB78CC0F97460C8215EB756CFDAD6E3DB7

Notes:

4/21/1644---Hans-Joder------Jost-Joder-and------Peter-Blank
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Barbli-Meyer

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• _UID: B62A11BD883144988E30444DD1AAC63609B5

Notes:

4/19/1646---Anna-Joder------Jost-Joder--and-----Isaak-Tsceggelar
----------------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Barbli-Guhmann

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• _UID: 592DC9E69E5E413DBE1948602C2FF346C298

Notes:

9/12/1647---Verena-Joder----Jost-Joder-and------Verena-Frey
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Verena-Gungerich

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• _UID: 6EF204BB4ECA4031A31E37AFDD799ADF1EE5

Notes:

10/28/1649--Peter-Joder-----Jost-Joder-and------Peter-Blank
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Hans-Zimmermann
------------------------------------------------------------Barbli-Nisley

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• _UID: 4D4952F6877648C3B464725F6CC421D3F316

Notes:

4/4/1652----Jakob-Joder-----Jost-Joder-and------Abraham-Traxel
----------------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Peter-Meyer
------------------------------------------------------------Anna-Murer

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• _UID: E143AA5949AB45B9A75083D1E5D9CB301D3A

Notes:

7/17/1653---Anna-Joder------Jost-Joder-and------Anna-Schneiter
----------------------------------Anna-Trachsel-------Barbara-Joder

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• _UID: 1C624B78C6D64698A48E26CEC997FCB5F2C0

Notes:

9/28/1655---Barbara-Joder---Jost-Joder-and------Hans-Bronnimann
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel---------Margret-Carli
------------------------------------------------------------Anna-Stahli

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• _UID: D18F30B76AB34B8FB92A5478181279DA6A9A

Notes:

5/10/1657---Christen-Joder--Jost-Joder-and
----------------------------------Anna-Traxel

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• _UID: AB97E01CBAAA4A91A8354B348645CAF86624

Notes:

7/8/1666----Kathi-Joder-----Jost-Joder-and
----------------------------------------Anna-Traxel

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• 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