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:

• 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]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY11
• Reference Number: 11826
• _UID: 56BD7AC1CAB649F4A506D818A0F557F88A83

Notes:

OY11- John (b.about 1747-1749 d. 1816/17)
(hung self he was 67-69 years old)
(References: Bertolett Fam. Hist-p22; Rachel Kreider notes; Annals
of the Oley Valley; John Yoder will; Pleasantville Cem. data;
Fragments of the Past- Bertolett; Notes of Richard Yoder,
Dorothy Coffman, Helen V. Yoder)
OY11- John b. d. 1816/17 (hung self)
?married? no issue? inherited fathers estates in
Earl and Oley township.
John (?OY11) -1817- Borough of Reading- Will in German Script

Other Events:

• AFN: OY12
• _UID: 6C0AB0178F4E41FCB0C0C91EB21EDD9CF719

Notes:

OY12- Mary b. Feb.13,1749 m. Dec.6, 1768 to Daniel Bartolet
(1741-1799) St. Gabriele Church, Amity Twp.,Berks Co.
d. 1825

Mary married Daniel BARTOLET 6 Dec 1768, PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY13
• Reference Number: 11828
• _UID: 90ACD4D8708F48D59D477F95DBA3B02F59F6

Notes:

OY13 Jacob Yoder m. 3/2/1790 Catherina Biermann of Oley
at Schwartzwald Luth. Church by Rev. Boos d. 1816
OY131- Daniel b. 4/4/1791 Delongs Ch. Bowers, Maxatawny Twp.
OY132- Anna Maria b. 3/14/1793 bapt. Hill Church
OY133- Anna Elizabeth b. 6/4/1796 St.Josephs' (Hill) Union Ch.
OY134- Charlotte b. 6/5/1799 Delongs Church
OY135- Catherine b. 11/16/1803 "
(? Northumberland Co. Meisner's data- Jacob and Catharina Yoder had dau.
Hannah b. 9/2/1806- bapt at Howerter's Church)
4. Catharina Bierman (7) (11) was born about 1765. She died before 1850. Birth unknown, just a WAG.
She was married to Jacob Yoder (son of Johann Yost Yoder and Catharine Oyster) on 2 Mar 1790 in Schwarzwald Church, Jacksonwald, PA. Jacob Yoder (11) was born about 1750. He died about 1816. Actual record says Jacob Jotter; but research has shown Jotter, Joder, Yoder are all the same. Married at Schwarzwald Church by Rev. John William Boos, 2 March 1790. A note from the Yoder Web Site says this Jacob was: "lame, short witted, a drunkard.....moved to other side of the Schuylkill.....father of "Irish Pete". About 1805 may have moved to Howerter's Church area. Catharina Bierman and Jacob Yoder had the following children:

18 i. Daniel Yoder(12) was baptized in 1791 in Delong's Christ Church, Bowers, PA. He was born on 4 Apr 1791 in Berks County, PA. He died before 1880.
19 ii. Anna Maria Yoder(12) (9) was born on 14 Mar 1793 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She was baptized on 11 Aug 1793 in Salem Reformed Church, Spangsville, PA. She died before 1880. Sponsors Jonas Weber and Anna Maria.
20 iii. Anna Elizabeth Yoder(12) was born on 4 Jun 1796 in Berks County, PA. She was baptized on 11 Sep 1796 in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Berks Co., PA. She died before 1890. Sponsors Johannes Cassel and Elizabeth.
21 iv. Charlotte Yoder(12) was baptized in 1799 in Delong's Christ Church, Bowers, PA. She was born on 5 Jun 1799 in Berks County, PA. She died before 1890.
22 v. Catherine Yoder(12) was born on 16 Nov 1803. She was baptized on 13 May 1804. She died before 1900. sponsors at Baptism, Johannes Bierman & Margaretha
23 vi. Hannah Yoder(12) was baptized in 1806 in Howerter's Church, PA. She was born on 2 Sep 1806. She died before 1900.
BERKS COUNTY

Year--Township--Name--Acres--horse-cattle- sheep Comment

1767--Oley----Mich'l Yoder,g.m.--4-3-3--tax 15--(YR16)
------Jno. Yost Yoder--150--5-4-10--tax 21--(OY1)
------Samuel Yoder--100--2-2-4--tax 12--(OY3 or OH13)
------Jacob & John Jr Yoder--200--3-4-4--tax 28--(OH11)
------Peter Yoder--100--4-5-15--tax 20--(OH14)
------Jacob Yoder (single)-----------15 shil.--?OY13

Jacob married Catherina BIERMANN 2 Mar 1790. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY14
• Reference Number: 11829
• _UID: A03BD0927CAE4F1C943A36852C46194B31AD

Notes:

BERKS COUNTY Marriages 1730-1800

4/12/1785 Catherine Jotter/Johannes Rolbert (Oley) OY14

Catharine — John REPPERT. John was born Oley Twp.. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY15
• Reference Number: 11831
• _UID: DBFC77ADD6D74ECA8366DA70886971ED4282

Notes:

OY15- Elizabeth b. 12/12/1751 m. Mathias Rhodes had seven
children d. 12/6/1790 -"39 years,less 20 days "
Some Rhoads Descendants of Yost Yoder of Oley, Berks County, Pa.
by Rodney F. Rhoads- YNL 30
The granddaughter of one of the first two Yoder immigrants to the
new world, Yost Yoder of Steffisburg, Switzerland who settled in Oley,
Berks county,PA was Elizabeth Yoder ,born to his son John Yost Yoder and
Catherine Euster(Oyster, Luster) in Oley township in December 26, 1751.
Elizabeth married Matthias Roth (Rhoads) of Amity Township, Berks
County,PA . The exact date of marriage is not currently known. Seven
children were born to this union.
The Rhoads family who became linked to the Yoders arrived in
America in 1717 at Philadelphia. In Wuerttemburg, specifically in Bonfeld,
the family surname was ROTH.
Johann Jacob Roth (Jr) was a first settler in Amity township, Berks
county, PA and purchased land there immediately upon arrival in 1717. His
second son, Johann Jacob Roth (III), born in Bonfeld in 1711. remained in
Amity and married Anna Elizabeth ________ prior to 1738. Their son
Matthias, b. 1742 married Elizabeth Yoder and had children: Mary, Esther,
Jacob, Joseph, Abraham, John.
It is interesting to note that by this time all parties were using their
surname of RHOADS ,although in the church they still continued to be
recorded as ROTH. For example, the church records of the German
Reformed Church -Schwartzwald -Rev. William Boos - has a burial ...ROTH,
Matthias, his wife-December 21,1751-December 6, 1790 39 years,less 20
days... (Elizabeth Yoder Rhoads). and also had a baptism of note: Parent-
Matthias Roth- Joseph,born Nov. 12,1785, baptized October 21,1787.
Sponsor, the father.
Matthias Rhoads served as Lt. Col. in Col. Jacob Weavers's
battalion, 5th Battalion Berks County Militia in 1777 and was present at the
battle of Brandywine and probably at the route in Paoli, serving on
duty in the Great Valley afterwards. Matthias died in 1804, some 14 years
after his wife Elizabeth Yoder. The siblings were then scattered to the
environs of a neighboring county. Joseph Rhoads, the author's
antecedent, was still a minor technically, at this time and Jacob Griesemer,
his sister's husband was appointed guardian at his request. Joseph had
followed, with the death of his father, several of his brothers and sisters to
Northumberland county. Note also, that Matthias Rhoads had George Yoder
and son John Yoder, "trusty friend" appointed as executors to his will dated
1804.
Joseph Rhoads was known locally as "the German Major" because
he served in the War of 1812 and finally achieved the rank of Major with the
local militia. Joseph was mentioned in the will of his grandfather John Yost
Yoder which was probated April 13,1812 in Reading.
The Yoder family history has touched that of the Rhoads family in
many ways and we are the better for it with the inspiration of those rugged
"Schweizers" and their travails and accomplishments cited lovingly in the
Yoder newsletter for the benefit of all of us.

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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.

Elizabeth — Matthias Roth (Rhoads) ROTH (RHOADS). [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY16
• Reference Number: 11832
• _UID: 9CA08D68D5D84494B7E747B3FA2D98D3E0E2

Notes:

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)5/25/1790 Ester Joeter/Johannes Cunius (Oley) (OY16)

Esther — Johannes CUNNIUS. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY17
• Reference Number: 11833
• _UID: 1BFC5AA6914E488A97B08A5AA25E26253E37

Notes:

OY17- Samuel Yoder d. will dated 4/13/1812 res, Lobachsville
c. 1 1/2 miles from Pleasantville (?m Catherine ____ whose will of Earl Twp 1827 named s.i.l.
Daniel Weidner as Executor; Will of Samuel mentions widow Catherine -also names son John)
OY171- John b.
OY172- Jacob b. 1/2/1778
OY173- Samuel b.
OY174- Catherine (? b. 1/22/1776 m. 1/21/1797 to Daniel Weidner, d. 6/28/1860 bur. Fairview Cem., Boyerstown) (Catherina Jotter of Oley m. Daniel Wetner 1/21/1797 at Schwartzenwald Reformed Church)
OY172- Jacob Yoder d. 10/18/1826 m. Charlotte Bertolette (2/10/1778- 9/8/1868 90y 6m 28d) Both bur. Pleasantville Union Cemetery (References: Bertolette Fam. Hist)
+OY1721- Mary B. b. Jun.24,1818 m. Mar.18,1834 Solomon Yoder (see OH1132) d.May 10,1845 26y 10m 16d bur. Pleasantville Cem.

Samuel — Catherine. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5597
• _UID: 3D96546823824700A7948C4B18529C0B9E16

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5592
• _UID: ACF58266A51F4EB7B52C723D7D48CC269934

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5591
• _UID: A3E73345610944EFA7006F83175A49F7E956

Notes:

Married to Mr. Siesholtz. Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11
• _UID: C9BA541DB399479292B063899B2B34488962

Notes:

This Granddaughter of Yost Yoder married the Greatgrandson of Hans Yoder, the two Swiss emigrant brothers.
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002

Mary(Maria) married George YODER, Sr. 5 Sep 1782. George (son of Samuel YODER and Elizabeth OYSTER) was born 17 Nov 1752, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA; died 8 Jul 1833, Spangsville, PA; was buried Christ Church Cem Or Oley Cemetery, Spangsville, PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5599
• _UID: 1AA2547B41DE416DA009C6C1DB082FEA845E

Notes:

Married to Johannes Preiss, about 1774. He was an executor of Lazarus's will, and a son of Conrad Preiss. Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5594
• _UID: C895CA48A4984B42A218B8B05F7C609E332D

Notes:

Obtained the family homestead of his father. He is buried on that homestead in the family plot. His headstone reading confirms him as the first husband of Elizabeth Preiss.

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

Jacob married Elizabeth PRICE 30 Mar 1784. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5593
• _UID: B22A11B8026948B5922137CB5316B0340F7E

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5595
• _UID: 6D03090446EA4D09BFD3AB88954EC9A81C37

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5596
• _UID: 85CE6430F8F74B7ABFFD31858489F91E311C

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5598
• _UID: C32B30D55B3B43B79EF101C35330A59A981C

Notes:

Birthdate added for some clarity, just a broad guess.

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

Other Events:

• AFN: OY42
• Reference Number: 11615
• _UID: 756A5D9A27F0485687B1F44515D83E1E45FE

Notes:

Peter of Rockland Township married Anna Oyster on August 17, 1784 by Rev. John William Boos, pastor of Schwartzwald Reformed Church in Exeter Township, Berks County, PA. Peter died intestate according to the Orphans Court of Reading, PA, dated January, 1818. He left a farm of 156 acres in Pike Township, his widow, and the following children: 1 Daniel, born on July 15, 1789 in Berks County, moved to a place near Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA in the year 1825. In 1850 he went to Pottsville, PA and died there on December 3, 1871

Daniel married Mary LaRosa in 1815;
2. Hannah, married Abraham Mensch;
3. Esther, married Daniel Focht;
4. Elizabeth, married Abraham Strohm;
5. George; and
6. Mary; and
7. Sarah were minor children at the death of their father.
There was also a deceased son Benjamin.

AKA ; "Irish Pete" committed suicide by hanging himself.

Peter married Anna OYSTER 17 Aug 1784. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY44
• Reference Number: 11617
• _UID: 625B04A42A88481D8A0E128C8FBAABE78D27

Notes:

The son, Abraham - there is no documentation on Abraham. An Abraham of Rockland Township married Elisabetha Breyvogel on September 26, 1802 by Rev Boos. Since the family of Jacob and Maria Keim Joder are the only Joder's living in Rockland Township at census, this is probably the correct Abraham.

Other Events:

• AFN: OY45
• Reference Number: 11618
• _UID: CC4094F75C4D492F804C6218DCB345A173CF

Notes:

The son, Jacob was born November 6, 1772 and died July 30, 1837. He married Anna Maria Bertho (Barto)(1777-1838), daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Barbara Maurer Bertho. On May 5, 1815, ten of their children were baptized at Christ Mertz Lutheran Church in Dryville, PA. Maria was born March 12, 1798; Johannes was born August 8, 1799 and died August 29, 1800; Sara was born November 26, 1800, died November 1, 1856 and married Henrich Heffner; Reuben was born May 6, 1802; Jakub was born February 2, 1804 and died April 26, 1826, age 23; Christina was born November 13, 1805; Lea, born May 29, 1807; Elisabeth, born May 8, 1809; Gideon B. was born March 28, 1811 and died February 18, 1893 (buried in Spies Church Cemetery); and Catharina was born July 1, 1813, died August 13, 1875, married her first cousin, Benjamin Angstadt - 18 children, 8 sons and 10 daughters. The last child born to Jacob and Anna Maria Bertho was Benneville on December 19, 1821. The author's source of information other than the baptisms at Christ Mertz Lutheran Church was the death notice by Rev. Isaac Roeller of Sarah Joder, wife of Henrich Heffner and daughter of Jacob Joder and Maria Barto. Also the Reading Historical Society lists a run down cemetery on a private farm at Lobachsville with the tombstones of Jacob and wife Maria and sons Johannes (1799-1800) and Jakub (1804-1826).

Other Events:

• AFN: OY49
• Reference Number: 11622
• _UID: BEEAE214791B4DABB06711DA4C97E7BCB248

Notes:

Esther married Isaac Bertho (Barto), son of Isaac and Elizabeth Barbara Maurer Bertho on January 14, 1794 by Rev . Boos at Schwartzwald Reformed Church in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. No further information is available.

Esther — Isaac BERTHO (BARTO). [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11623
• _UID: 192703B4D1C444709DEE78FCC36DC9FE3600

Notes:

Daughter Maria (Mary) married Hans Nikel (John Nicholas) Mensch of Oley on February 27, 1798 by Rev. Philip Pauli of the First Reformed Church of Reading, PA. The transcriber of Rev. Pauli's records seemed to have all of the Joder names misspelled as Gotter. There is no further research available on this marriage. It was found many times in this generation of Joder's that the name was spelled Jotter as well.

Mary married Hans Nikel (John Nicholas) MENSCH 27 Feb 1798. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11624
• _UID: 7508B7A04E874AE6974F6610693008895FBB

Notes:

12 Grandchildren of my deceased daughter, Barbara Oyster
Daughter Barbara was also deceased at the time of her father's death and will. Again the names of the grandchildren were not listed in the will. Barbara married Johannes Eister (Oyster) on January 7, 1784 by Rev. Boos. A descendant of Johannes and Barbara Joder Oyster is Mrs. Ann Cunin Hillis, 191 W. Bayton St., Alliance, Ohio 44601. Mrs. Hillis has made many fine contributions to the Yoder Newsletter. Johannes Eister (Oyster) was married a second time to Esther Beckli on April 10, 1796 by Rev. Johann Vilhelm Ingold. Two known children born to Johannes and Esther were 1. Hana, born July 19,1798 and 2. Daniel, born December 20, 1799.

Barbara married Johannes OYSTER 7 Jan 1784. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 11625
• _UID: FD5A5120528B4DCE802A7738CD69D3315383

Notes:

11 Grandchildren of my deceased daughter, Susanna Herner
daughter Susanna married Henrich Horner (or Herner) of Exeter Township on April 23, 1782 by Rev. Boos. Susanna was deceased at the time of her father's death in 1803. The names of the grandchildren were not given in the father's will. A second marriage was found on Henrich Horner on June 4, 1798 at Schwartzwald Church to Catharina Bohm of Amity Township. A son, Henrich Horner, was baptized by Rev. Boos at 11 weeks of age on November 24, 1800 - the sponsor was Johann Wilhelm Boos .

Susanna — Henrich HORNER (OR HERNER). [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY46
• Reference Number: 11619
• _UID: 72A5699F9534400E89A35BB4D737F787FDAB

Notes:

The daughter, Elizabeth was born on February 18, 1755 and died in January, 1842. Evidently Elizabeth was the first born child of Jacob and Maria Keim Joder. Elizabeth married Ludwig Graeber (born November 29, 1752), son of Andreas Graeber at New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Montgomery County, PA on July 21, 1779. Two known children of this union were l Andreas, born July 2, 1780 and 2 Elisabeth, born June 25, 1783.

Elizabeth — Ludwig GRAEBER. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY41
• Reference Number: 11614
• _UID: AC106A41A2C7468AAB60CAA85E6F53D411BF

Notes:

Daniel was born in 1758 and died May 1, 1822 He married Esther Hoch (High), daughter of Rudolph and Marie Hoch of Maidencreek Township. In the 1790 and 1800 Census of the United States, Daniel Joder was living in Rockland Township. Their children were 1. Jacob; 2. Maria, married Daniel Ziegler; 3. Samuel; 4.Elizabeth, married Johann Reppert in 1809; 5.Esther (1789-1873); 6 Susanna, married William Weidner; 7 Catharine (1792-1858) married Martin Landis in 1821 - died in Waterloo, Michigan; 8. David, married Catharine Weidner - in 1850 census was living in Varick Town, Seneca County, New York with children David, Jr., Caroline, Hanna, Isaac, Nathan, Daniel, Ellen J., William H , Oliver, and Henry; 9 Hannah (1802-1879) married Jacob Weidner (1796-1884) 1 son and 3 daughters. Daniel's (1758-1822) will is dated May 22, 1820 and probated in 1830 The executors were son, Samuel, and son-in-law, William Weidner. The 130 acre farm was sold to Jacob Veidner for $2,600.

Daniel — Esther HOCH (HIGH). [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY43
• Reference Number: 11616
• _UID: 5859DB0C652F4B25BFE0A7720BD62560BADD

Notes:

The son, Johannes was born in Rockland Township in 1763 and died October 26, 1847 in Richmond Township. He married Fronica Emmerich (daughter of Herman and Hana Baral Emmerich) on December 23, 1788 by Rev John William Boos of the Schwartzwald Reformed Church. The children born to this marriage were: l. Hanna, born June 30, 1789; 2. Maria, born August 27, 1790; 3. Jacob, born June 27, 1792 married (1) Lydia Brown and (2) Catharina Ernst. The children of Jacob and Lydia were Maria (1815-1849) married Benjamin Kelchner; Amos (1816-1893) married Elizabeth Moyer; William (1820-1890) married Susanna Strunk; Johannes (1821-1871) married Elizabeth Schmehl; Isaac died in infancy; and James (1824-1865) died in the Civil War. The children to Jacob and his second marriage to Catharina Ernst were Sarah, Daniel, married Susanna Gerhard, Catharina, Esther, married Thomas Wenrich and Benneville. Jacob moved to Heidelberg Township (Wernersville) around 1840, died there in 1861 and is buried in Hain's Cemetery. 4. Johannes was born June 19, 1794 and died June 12, 1854, married Magdalena Breyfogel and had 12 children (Mrs. Robert Yeatman, 627 Flamingo St , Philadelphia, PA 19128 is a descendant and her husband has done considerable research on the Yoder lineage. The author is grateful to Bob for his faithful correspondence and valuable information ) 5. Catharina, born November 15, 1796; 6. Abraham was born in 1799 and died in 1826; 7 David (1804-1851) married Mary Levan - 11 children - Daniel Yoder, M.D. Of Catasaqua, Lehigh County, PA; Alfred; Thomas Biery Yoder; Hannah; William Henry; Sarah; Elizabeth Rebecca; Mary Jane (married William Faulk); Jacob; Peter John (1849-1885); and Margaret Alice. David and Mary Levan Yoder moved to Lehigh County (Whitehal1 Township) in 1834, and are buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Shoenersville, Lehigh County. (Richard Yotter of Lititz, PA contributed the lineage of David and Mary Levan Joder. Dick is a valued genealogical friend. Also Mrs. Florence Gordon of Walnut Creek, California is a direct descendant of David and Mary Levan Yoder's daughter Sarah and is a sharing genealogist). The 8th and last child of Johannes and Fronica was Christina, born February 7, 1807 and died August 30, 1889 and was married to Peter Merkel.

Johannes married Fronica EMMERICH 23 Dec 1788, Exeter Twp, Schwartzwald Ch. PA. Fronica was born christ. 12/15/1760, Delongs Ref. Church, Bowers-; died 19 Sep 1833. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY48
• Reference Number: 11621
• _UID: 24973C3CD8C24C449D651718F78D4680D87B

Notes:

The daughter Magdalena was born in 1764 and died on September 25, 1857. She married Jacob Angstadt (1760-1821) of District Township on April 23, 1788 by Rev. Boos. Magdalena was the author's clue that Maria Keim was the wife of Jacob Joder as they were stated as the parents of Magdalene in her obituary by Rev. Isaac Roeller. When Magdalena died in 1857, she was survived by six children, 88 grandchildren and 126 great grandchildren. The children born to Magdalena and Jacob Angstadt were as follows: 1. Jacob Angstadt; 2. Henrich, born May 20, 1789 in Rockland Township, married Catharina Scheurer, died May 6, 1856 and had six children (Elayne Rickmers of Kutztown, PA is a direct descendant); 3. Maria, born November 12, 1792, died September 19, 1868, married Dewalt Bieber and had 11 children; 4. Catharina; 5. Sarah; 6. Elizabeth, born December 22, 1798, died November 20, 1884 and married John Hilbert; 7. Christina, born August 6, 1806, died April 26, 1883 and married Johan Berter (Barto) - 16. children were born to this marriage all in Rockland Township; 8. Barbara (or Deborah); 9. William Angstadt; 10. David Angstadt; and 11. Nathan Angstadt. Again, this ancestral tree was supplied by Mrs. Elayne Rickmers)

Magdalena — Jacob ANGSTADT. Jacob was born 1760; died 1821. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY47
• Reference Number: 11620
• _UID: 5D0258A4C93C4535ADD71EDAFE67EA741955

Notes:

The daughter, Catharine was born in 1766, Rockland Township, and died May 12, 1837. She married Abraham Angstadt on February 20, 1787 by Rev. Boos. Abraham was born on December 5, 1764, the son of Johannes and Anna Maria Kolb Angstadt. He died on October 5, 1842. Catherine and Abraham were the parents of five children: 1. Elisabeth, born July 30, 1787 and died on April 2, 1877 and married John Moser on September 1, 1816 (microfilm #31, Reading Historical Society); 2. Susanna, born on January 26, 1790, died in 1850 and married Jacob Hertz; 3. Magdalena, born October 19, 1799 in Rockland Township, died May 23, 1857, married Johann Hamsher; 4. Hannah, born October 14, 1803, died December 26, 1865, married Jacob Frederick; 5. Benjamin, the only son, was born March 8, 1807, died August 30, 1879, married his first cousin Catharine Joder, daughter of Jacob (Catharine Joder Angstadt's brother) and Maria Bertho (Barto) on March 23, 1831. EIGHTEEN CHILDREN were born to this marriage. The lineage of Catherine Joder and Abraham Angstadt has been researched and contributed by Elayne E. Rickmers (Mrs. Harold James Rickmers) 436 E. Walnut St., Kutztown, PA 19530.

Catharine married Abraham ANGSTADT 20 Feb 1787. Abraham was born 5 Dec 1764; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY131
• Reference Number: 11835
• _UID: CE1DB1401FC849F1B0AEF8F8AA39939556D8

Notes:

DELONGS REFORMED CHURCH, Bowers, PA 1765-1852
Daniel Yotter b 11/3/1831 son of Jacob Yotter & Catherine
Delong's Reformed Church 1765-1832
Daniel Yotter b 9/8/1831 s/o Jacob & Catherine Yotter (OY4338)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Christ (Delongs) Reformed Church- Now UCC, Bowers, Maxatawny Twp
Daniel b 4/4/1791 son of Jacob Jacob Yotter (?OY131)
Goerg b 10/10/1793 son of Solomon Jorger
Charlotte b 6/5/1799 dau of Jacob Jotter
Johannes b 3/17/1803 son of Samuel Jotter
Catherine b 11/16/1803 dau of Jacob Jotter
Wilhelm b 6/17/1804 son of Samuel Jotter
Catherina b 4/28/1829 dau of Isaac Yoder (OH14525)/ Elizabeth
James Foster Yoder b 11/19/1852 son of William Yoder/ Maria
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oley Reformed Church, baptisms 1763-1860
Catherine Jotter 11/16/1803 dau of Jacob & wife
Johannes Jotter 3/17/1803 son of Samuel
Catherine Yoder 4/28/1829 dau of Isaac & Elizabeth
James Foster Yoder 11/19/1852 son of Wm & Maria
Daniel Yotter 4/4/1791 son of Jacob & wife (?OY131)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Moselem Union Church- Richmond Twp.
Christian Jotter b 2/7/1807 bapt 4/26/1807
s/o Johannes & Veronica (?sic Christina -OY438)

Other Events:

• AFN: OY132
• Reference Number: 11836
• _UID: 7C6876940B5346B79ECCF024F2EE2726F4EE

Other Events:

• AFN: OY133
• Reference Number: 11837
• _UID: 5CF4922B318043E29D6CA8A2D7B924634DBB

Other Events:

• AFN: OY134
• Reference Number: 11838
• _UID: B639A7C6979344219391FDA3EAF8FA5BE6A8

Other Events:

• AFN: OY135
• Reference Number: 11839
• _UID: 5BE720F0FB6B4FBA9EF592F8841491D0D74B

Other Events:

• AFN: OY136
• Reference Number: 11840
• _UID: E98C145E90D84982BB3263069541AFE8DD19

Other Events:

• AFN: OY171
• _UID: C4DE44001A56400CBDA1A3E51724A4E74E61

Other Events:

• AFN: OY173
• _UID: DBD07F3A5F2B465CBF52690864883A71A9EA

Other Events:

• AFN: OY174
• _UID: F82EB3F5BDEB438D8BF57B11252511F29F4E

Catherine married Daniel WEIDNER 21 Jan 1797. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: OY172
• _UID: 00EBF5D386034344BE12AF25C0890332E561

Notes:

OY172- Jacob Yoder d. 10/18/1826 m. Charlotte Bertolette
(2/10/1778- 9/8/1868 90y 6m 28d) Both bur. Pleasantville
Union Cemetery (References: Bertolette Fam. Hist)
OY1721- Mary B. b. Jun.24,1818 m. Mar.18,1834 Solomon Yoder
(see OH1132) d.May 10,1845 26y 10m 16d bur. Pleasantville Cem.

Jacob — Charlotte BERTOLETTE. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5525
• _UID: 3729701AAF424552B10D54B192DB816C8F7E

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Married Samuel Moyer on 24 May 1807. Lived in Mahantango Twp., Buried in Salem Rough and Ready Cemetery. Per will of John Thomas 1817, child : Maria, George, Nathan, Charles and Justina Moyer, all heirs of John THOMAS, with no guardian.

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

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• Reference Number: 87
• _UID: 4095396D5A3F467B9A4864E726047CF29A8F

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Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
William and Susanna yoder's children:::
Margaret YODER b: 13 MAR 1813 in Berks County, PA
Jacob S. YODER b: 31 JUL 1815 in Berks County, PA
George S. YODER b: 18 JAN 1818 in Berks County, PA
Susannah YODER b: ABT 1820 in Berks County, PA
Mary S. YODER b: 10 DEC 1822 in Berks County, PA
Hannah S. YODER b: 24 OCT 1824 in Berks County, PA
William S. YODER b: 27 MAR 1827 in Berks County, PA
Joseph S. YODER b: 11 MAR 1829 in Reading, PA
Rebecca YODER b: ABT 1831 in Berks County, PA

William married Susanna SCHRAEDER 1812. Susanna was born 11 Dec 1790; died 2 Feb 1874. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 85
• _UID: CD171CBFC6674A68B67D7D549004B0957B93

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Also had an unnamed infant death.

Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
Susanna YODER b: 25 JAN 1811 in Schuylkill County, PA
Mary YODER b: 28 JUL 1813 in Pennsylvania
Nathan Y. YODER b: 1 JAN 1816 in Schuylkill County, PA
Soloman D. YODER b: 12 MAR 1818 in Catawissa Twp., Columbia Co., PA
Elizabeth YODER b: 5 JUL 1820 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA
Benneville YODER b: 15 JAN 1823 in Rockland Township, Berks Co., PA
George Yerger YODER b: 16 AUG 1825
Abraham YODER b: 11 OCT 1827
Catherine YODER b: 18 DEC 1829
Gideon YODER b: ABT 1831
Sophia YODER b: 14 NOV 1832

Abraham married Elizabeth YERGER 21 Mar 1809, Exeter Township, Berks Co., PA. Elizabeth was born 27 Apr 1790; died 8 Sep 1875. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: OH1328
• Reference Number: 5527
• _UID: F5AA49FC10574E8AAEF614B2293B3DD30131

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Moved to Schuylkill County, had seven children.
Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002
OH1328- George Yoder Jr. m. Elizabeth Reinart (12/16/1794-1/3/1888)
d. 2/1/1826 bur. Howerters Cem.
George Yoder and wf Elisabeth [Reiner]
Wilhelm Yoder-19 Dec 1812/7 Feb 1813-L christening
- Jacob Reiner and wf Elisabeth [Wagner] witnesses

George Yoder Jr and his brother Abraham were the first of the Yoder's to settle in Schuylkill county, locating in what is now Eldred township. where they secured large tracts of land and engaged in farming. Abraham also built a saw and grist mill, one of the first in the county, and this mill is still standing. George Yoder Jr married Elizabeth Reiner of Berks county, and they had six children- Mary, Sallie, Hattie, Elizabeth, William, and Charles-all now deceased.

NOTE: George Sr. of Berks County was a wealthy farmer and bought a farm for each of his children. George Jr and Abraham Yoder's gifted farms were located in Schuykill County where they settled with their families.

THE MAHANTONGO YODERS
By Don Yoder
The Pennsylvania Dutch area in Eastern Pennsylvania known as Mahantongo, renowned for its decorated furniture which now commands major attention in the world of antique collecting and museum curatorship, centers about the valley of the Mahantongo Creek. This historic stream with its Indian name meaning "where we had plenty of meat to eat," rises in the mountains of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and joins the Susquehanna River twenty-five miles west near the towns of Malta and Dalmatia. The Mahantongo culture area is much more extensive than the creek valley itself. It straddles Schuylkill, Northumberland, and Dauphin Counties, including several adjoining valleys, among them the Lykens or Hegins Valley to the South, and the Swabian Creek and Mahanoy Valleys to the North. The part of this area that is now included in Schuylkill County was in the first decade of the nineteenth century a huge township called Mahantongo Township. Until 1811, when Schuylkill County was set off, it was part of Berks County, and was later divided into Upper and Lower Mahantongo Townships, which in turn were divided into smaller subdivisions.
After 1800 the Mahantongo area in Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties became an important settlement point and distribution center for Yoder families. Some of these have stayed in the area to the present day, others moved further west, especially to Armstrong, Clarion, and Jefferson Counties in Western Pennsylvania, where dozens of Mahantongo families, including Yoder's settled before the Civil War. A second movement from Mahantongo took many Yoder families into the new industrial towns that were growing up in the anthracite coal region to the north - including Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, and other centers.
The Yoder's who settled in the Mahantongo area were all from the Oley Valley clan, hence were all related. The Mahantongo Yoder's were descendants of two brothers, George Jr, and Abraham Yoder. These were sons of Samuel Yoder, who was in turn the son of Hans Yoder, Jr., and grandson of the emigrant, Hans Yoder, Sr. (1672-1742).
George Yoder, Sr. (1752-1833) of Oley Valley, lived and died on the Samuel Yoder farm between Pleasantville and the Oley churches, on part of the original Yoder tract. There are lengthy deeds in the Berks County Courthouse at Reading going into the transfers of this land to Hans, Jr. and Samuel, and eventually to George Yoder. George's large stone house is still standing, as enlarged by his oldest son, William Yoder (1783-1858), who inherited the home farm. However, the older buildings, including a three-room stone cabin from the pre-revolutionary era that I photographed about forty years ago, have been torn down by the present owners.
After serving in the Revolution and establishing himself as a well-to-do farmer and township official in Oley Township, George Yoder, Sr., invested in lands in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, and in Mahantongo Township, north of the Blue Mountain in what is now Schuylkill County. I have several huge parchment deeds to the Mahantongo land that he bought for two of his sons, Abraham Yoder (1785-1868) and George Yoder, Jr. (1787-1827), both of whom moved to Mahantongo. George Yoder, Jr., my grandfather's grandfather, was a farmer and wheelwright, and died in Mahantongo, but his brother Abraham, after operating the Yoder Gristmill and Sawmill (still standing) for at least two decades, eventually moved back to Oley, settling in Pike Township on land he got from his father-in-law, Soloman Yerger. Abraham and his wife, Elizabeth Yerger, are buried at the St. Joseph's or Oley Hills Church. Abraham's great grandson, Guldin Yoder, whom I knew, was historian of that branch of the family, and I have copies of some of his family charts. His letters to me always began with the words, "Dear Kinsman," which I liked, and in one of them he made the statement, only too true, that our Yoder history is a "chic saw puzzle".
George Yoder, Sr., also provided farms for three of his daughters. Two of these, Elizabeth Yoder (1784-1852), wife of Samuel Moyer, and Esther Yoder, wife of Henry Schreckengast, got Mahantongo Valley farms. The third daughter, Mary Yoder, wife of Abraham Ritter, by codicil dated December 14, 1833, received a farm in Upper Bern Township, Berks County.
In addition to these George Yoder family members, other Yoder's, closely related--first cousins in fact--came from Oley to settle in Mahantongo at about the same time. These were the children of Peter Yoder (born 1763), brother of George, Sr. Peter is said to have married Catherine Trout and himself to have settled in Mahantongo Valley. (I have never located his grave; possibly he moved on further west.) At any rate his children--Solomon, Anthony, George, David, Jeremiah, Charles, and two daughters--appear in the following list of Yoder baptisms and baptismal sponsors.
The oldest church in the Mahantongo Valley, at least in the upper end where the Yoder's settled, was the St. Jacob's or Howerters Lutheran and Reformed Union Church. Until 1943, when the second church building burned and the union arrangement broke up with the two congregations erecting separate churches elsewhere, the church was located at Line Mountain, in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, immediately across the Schuylkill County border. The huge cemetery, its oldest stone bearing the date 1802, marks the site of the church, and contains many early Yoder graves with fine carved tombstones bearing Pennsylvania Dutch designs.
All the old Mahantongo families, including the Yoder's, originally belonged to this church, which was operated jointly by the Lutherans and the Reformed. There were Yoder's in both wings of the church, although the majority of them appear to have been Lutheran. In 1984 the Northumberland County Historical Society, in its Proceedings, Volume XXIX, published my translation of the records of this church, 1803-1869, with a detailed history of the congregation, its people, pastors, and traditions. It is from this record that I offer the readers of the Yoder Newsletter the following Yoder baptisms. The names are spelled exactly as they were in the original German record book. Hence do not be disturbed when "Georg" has no final "e" and that "Yoder' was spelled seven different ways in addition to our present spelling. These forms include JODER, JODDER, JOTTER, YOTTER, JOTER, JOTHER, AND JORDER. Several of these, including the last one, reflect the way in which "Yoder" was pronounced in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.
Will readers please note that we need information on many of these persons, especially those from the Peter Yoder line--where they lived, whom they married, names of their children, etc., and where they died and are buried. A Mahantongo cousin of mine, Avice Hepler Morgan, who is also a descendant of the Yoder's, will be joining me in preparing a history and genealogy of the Oley and Mahantongo Yoder's. This project should develop into a book that may match Cousin Avice's Hepler Book of a thousand pages that she published in 1986, and her even larger Morgan Book of 1989. It is our hope, therefore, that with the help of the Yoder Newsletter we will be able at last to assemble all the pieces of the Oley-Mahantongo Yoder "chic saw puzzle".
Will Yoder's descended from these Yoder families, Oley or Mahantongo or both, please get in touch either with AVICE HEPLER MORGAN, Box 164, Pitman PA 17964, or myself, DON YODER, Box 515, Devon PA 19333

George married Elisabeth REINHART Abt 1811. Elisabeth was born 16 Dec 1794; died 3 Jan 1888; was buried Jacobs Cemetery Line Mountain Northumberland Co Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 82
• _UID: 57C7DC133C9D4B678C6DC829EC300AEC944C

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Married Abraham Ritter. Per John Thomas will of 1817, had child Nelly and George, born 26 October 1815.

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

Mary married Abraham RITTER 14 Dec 1833, Upper Bern Township, Berks County PA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11767
• _UID: 986DCD3CBC7342198F11317D992AA72E7E3F

Daniel married Mary LAROSA 1815. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11750
• _UID: 82F819853A264D40868995C2408382CA7AF1

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• Reference Number: 11751
• _UID: 43FA2AAD879E4F32A08ABC3ED7540A5C6F0D

Maria — Daniel ZIEGLER. [Group Sheet]

Private — Ester (Esther) REPPERT. Ester was born 13 May 1789; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11754
• _UID: D2B887019D0245BA84847C7C4FFD67228538

Elizabeth married Johann REPPERT 1809, PA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11756
• _UID: 0E5759824D2B4A2F8C88A4E260FDAA6F4105

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• Reference Number: 11757
• _UID: 9735A1220E8444EC87D1CBF034DB20C55822

Susanna — William WEIDNER. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11759
• _UID: 156CAD0FA546454699D42A0E96F83F2D5284

Catharine married Martin LANDIS 1821. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11761
• _UID: AFB2F1D72DEA479C8E4691DDF8CA4A2697EC

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David, married Catharine Weidner - in 1850 census was living in Varick Town, Seneca County, New York with children David, Jr., Caroline, Hanna, Isaac, Nathan, Daniel, Ellen J., William H , Oliver, and Henry;

David — Catharine WEIDNER. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 11763
• _UID: EDC623A724F54E93A274874AC33C6F15E1C8

Hannah — Jacob WEIDNER. Jacob was born 1796; died 1884. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: OY431
• Reference Number: 11818
• _UID: 3AB3E8B8E87F4119B79DCDC787BC03E662D5

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• AFN: OY432
• Reference Number: 11819
• _UID: 45CF27DFB46A44BEA66A69053B1A7D830D96

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• AFN: OY433
• Reference Number: 11820
• _UID: 317FD005616E4378A566BA97AEDA7F9E1061

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• AFN: OY434
• Reference Number: 11821
• _UID: 9E184B21169A4F7EB9E65DD8E8802D485073

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• AFN: OY435
• Reference Number: 11822
• _UID: F86DCC07ECE14906A83E23211D9DD62331B4

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(?m. Daniel Biel)

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• AFN: OY436
• Reference Number: 11823
• _UID: F6C94C0436DE478C8AD82C54EF4A700C8DB1

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• AFN: OY437
• Reference Number: 11824
• _UID: 0C79408F690347049FC2C4363FCC24B146D6

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• AFN: OY438
• Reference Number: 11825
• _UID: 714C8B6B1BDB4F5B8678DF8B0A036491BD76

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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