History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 74

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158


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8


33,920


Macungie,


8


534


29,440


Salisbury


7 1/2


4


15,360


Upper Milford,


6


51/2


22,400


Upper Saucon,


51/2


5


15,360


Weisenberg,


61/2


51/2


21,120


Whitehall, N.,


8


21,120


Whitehall, S.,


7


Northampton,


Northampton Bor.,


Length of county, 28 miles; width, 15 miles. Area in miles, 389.


Area in acres, 248,960.


In 1832 there were 2 furnaces, 3 forges, 28 saw-mills, 46 grist-mills, 5 fulling-mills, 6 clover- mills, 2 oil-mills, 33 stores, 40 taverns.


The following statement shows persons em- ployed in 1840 in the avocations named :


Mining,


50


Agriculture,


2,983


Commerce,


IOI


Manufacturers,


2,427


Navigation Canal,


Professions,


73


The following exhibits shows the situation of industrial affairs in Lehigh county in 1840:


One furnace, produced, tons,


600


One forge produced, tons,


3,000


Employees,


93


Investment,


$20,500


Employees, marble works,


10


Capital,


$1,000


Employees, machinery,


29


Capital,


$23,905


Small arms made,


465


Unimproved land,


7,789


2


Woolen-mills,


6


Employees, Capital,


$7,500


Stores,


71


Lumber yards,


6


Grist-mills,


62


Saw-mills,


48


Oil-mills,


7


Tobacco employed,


38


Invested,


$6,025


Tanneries,


29


Employes,


59


Invested,


$51,690


Distilleries,


119


Gallons,


84,470


Employees,


5


Powder-mills,


3


Employees,


104


Invested,


$4,500


Potteries,


I


Employees,


I


Invested,


$50


Paper factory,


I


Employes,


6


Invested,


$7,000


Total invested in manufacturers,


$292,190


The following particulars relate to agriculture in the county in 1840:


Horses, 6,139.


Cattle, 18,136.


Sheep, 13,448.


Swine, 32,625.


Wheat, 176,468 bushels.


Barley, 3,018 bushels.


Oats, 202,015 bushels. Rye, 301,830 bushels.


Buckwheat, 52,338 bushels.


Corn, 207,098 bushels.


Potatoes, 116,061 bushels.


Hay, 26,302 tons.


Tobacco, 4,000 pounds.


Dairy, $75,809.


Orchard, $30,008.


County statistics from U. S. census in 1910:


Land area acres,


220,160


$


Farmers, native,


3,216


Farmers, foreign-born, white,


79


Farms by owners,


2,190


Value of farms,


8,964,731


Farms by tenant,


998


Value of farms,


7,435,726


Farms by managers,


107


1,231,50I


Farm acrcage,


191,657


Average acreage per farm,


58.2


Improved acreage,


165,662 18,206


2,609


Milford, L.,


. .


1738


1,151


1,617


2,033


2,416


Milford, U.,


.


1753


1,007


638


933


1,165


1,884


2,216


2,043


2,860 3,487 2,464 1,644


3,078 3,228 2,517


2,832


2,271


2,415


Washington,


1847


Weisenberg,


1753


615


755


1,046


1,175


1,285


1,427


3,318


3,929


5,514


7,935


9,350


Whitehall, N., .


1810


3,245


2,847


3,280


3,580


1,623


1,952


2,290


2,913


3,438 1,761 1,448


3,661 3,06 I


3,952


3,657


2,920


2,893


Macungie, U., .


1753


1,019


1,164


1,497


2,238 808


854


1,589 1,02I


1,043


Lowhill,


1753


417


545


Lynn,


3,023


1,563


1,424


1,233


1,089


Salisbury,


4,100


4,582


2,828


Employees,


5


44


Employees, brick, etc., product,


$61,322


Fulling-mills,


17


2,668


3,096


3,477


715


709


§ 2,156 21,769


1,997 3,036 1,562


1,505


2,5II


2,081


Value of farms,


Woodland acreage,


7 6


18,560


Hanover,


3 8


387


CENSUS OF THE COUNTY.


Av'rge improved acreage per farm, Buildings,


50.3


7,830,265


Coplay,


937


792,565


76,764


Implements and machines,


1,416,313


Emaus,


1,422


1,778,754


383,854


Domestic animals, etc.,


Cattle,


18,053


650,105


Horses,


8,723


1,155,945


Mules,


282


36,788


Swine,


15,203


124,021


Sheep,


543


2,546


Poultry,


233,497


142,945


$10,200


$12,434,268


$3,369,463


Bees (colonies),


876


3,521


Townships.


Field crops:


Corn, acres,


23,261


Hanover,


1,934


1,536,075


181,310


Corn, bushels,


717,987


394,893


Heidelberg,


461


711,267


287,180


Oats, acres,


17,352


Lowhill,


243


365,330


68,445


Oats, bushels,


391,368


1 36,979


Lynn,


795


1,219,970


391,779


Wheat, acres,


28,995


Macungie, L.,


788


1,328,604


229,321


Wheat, bushels,


518,759


492,821


Macungie, U.,


823


1,969,708


285,737


Milford, L.,


448


706,921


149,181


Milford, U.,


756


780,994


229,829


Salisbury,


1,767


1,670,380


187,674


Saucon, U.,


1,054


1,448,836


249,246


Washington,


1,15I


1,216,579


245,367


Weisenberg,


473


624,293


299,083


Whitehall,


2,733


4,850,85I


618,887


Whitehall, N.,


982


2,474,1 34


479,095


Whitehall, S.,


1,086


1,987,034


359,812


$15,494


$22,886,986


$4,324,946


Total of county, .


$50,1 1-7


$85,405,104


$20,686,154


State tax from Allentown, $51,967; from bor- oughs, $13,478; from townships, $17,300; total from county, $82,745; county debt in 1913, $307,000.


Statement of land, horses, and cattle of county in 1913, prepared by the county commissioners and reported to state authorities :


Hanover,


5,81;


28


371


$21,930


386


$12,480


Heidelberg,


12,021


2,774


477


43,060


. 335


9,187


Lowhill,


8,300


35I


265


21,625


239


9,090


Lynn,


Macungie, L.,


22,147


579


622


52,835


977


22,410


Macungie, U.,


14,203


282


739


45,540


713


21,515


Milford, L.,


11,183


711


504


43,295


584


17,605


Milford, U.,


10,975


517


462


32,895


565


12,860


Salisbury,


9,257


1,133


462


34,515


420


12,160


Saucon, W.,


14,869


1,08I


684


70,985


780


31,IIO


Washington,


13,869


1,416


444


36,720


323


8,090


Weisenberg,


14,334


1,180


563


28,275


584


14,600


Whitehall,


6,933


88


477


30,660


348


10,440


Whitehall, N.,


15,798


474


642


39,343


563


14,470


Whitehall, S.,


11,543


206


635


45,925


652


19,554


Total,


194,978


11,640


8,046


$590,308


8,092


$231,126


Total, Boroughs,


937


$64,545


139


$5,020


Total, Allentown,


1,498


$130,020


57


$1,580


City.


Allentown,


$24,423


$50,083,850


$12,991,745


38,712


Catasauqua,


1,805


317,349 2,743,910


1,170,640


Timber Land.


Horses, etc.


Value of


Horses. etc.


Cattle, etc.


Value of


Cattle, etc.


Cleared


Land.


171,716


Potatoes, acres,


12,026


Potatoes, bushels,


1,157,733


463,093


Hay forage, acres,


37,305


Hay forage, tons,


42,537


680,592


Coopersburg,


265


415,698


439,843


Fountain Hill,


528


875,230


243,017


Macungie,


408


424,171


164,457


Slatington,


1,605


1,624,436


340,305


S. Allentown,


963


684,010


33,611


W. Bethlehem,


2,015


2,778,145


471,260


Buckwheat, acres,


307


Buckwheat, bushels,


5,057


3,540


Rye, acres,


15,248


Rye, bushels,


228,955


Real and personal


property.


Money at interest.


Property valuation of county in 1913:


Taxables.


Boroughs.


Alburtis,


252


23,909


820


699


42,705


622


15,555


CHAPTER XIX.


ALLENTOWN FROM 1762 TO 1811.


The site now occupied by the city of Allen- town was a wildnerness of scrub oak 175 years ago, where the enighboring tribes of red men hunted the deer, grouse and other game. The first conveyance of the land was by a warrant dated at London, May 18, 1732, to Thomas Penn, for five thousand acres at a yearly quit- rent of one shilling sterling for each hundred acres. Penn assigned the warrant on the same date to Joseph Turner, a merchant of Philadel- phia, and on September 10, 1735, Turner assigned the warrant to William Allen, his partner in business. Portions of this tract were surveyed from time to time, ranging in date from October 9, 1735, to October 28, 1740. The tract upon which the town of Allentown was subsequently laid out was surveyed November 23, 1736.


A draft of several tracts of land in the forks of the Delaware river, in and near the west branch of that river, as the Lehigh river was then commonly called, drawn by Benjamin Eastburn, in 1740, shows William Allen as the owner of a tract of 765 acres on the west bank of the river where the little Lehigh creek flows into it, and of two tracts of 500 acres each adjoining on the south. James Bingham is given as the owner of 500 acres adjoining on the west, and Caspar Wistar, of 500 acres on the east bank, opposite the island. Adjoining Wistar's tract on the north, John Page is shown as the owner of two tracts, one along the Lehigh of 2,723 acres and another adjoining of 1,500 acres.


North of this, along the Hokendauqua creek, were two more tracts belonging to William Al- len, of 1,800 and 1,426 acres respectively. East of these was a tract of 1,000 acres owned by Jere- miah Langhorne and William Allen, and one of 500 acres owned by Caspar Wistar.


The first building erected on the tracts which now are included in the area of Allentown was a log house built by direction of William Allen near the western bank of the Jordan creek. In the year 1753, David Schultz surveyed a road from Easton to Reading which passed through Allen's land, on the draft of which is marked, "William Allen's house," located north of the road and west of the Jordan creek. The course of the road from the east bank of the Lehigh was as follows: "Down the river south 12 de-


grees, east 46 perches to the ford, then across the river south 75 degrees west, computed 30 perches upon the island, north 28 degrees, west 36 perches and 10 perches more, the breadth of the western stream; thence south 52 degrees, west 142 perches to the Jordan in Mr. William Allen's land ; south 73 degrees, west 56 perches, south 73 degrees, west 110 perches, north 85 de- grees, west 150 perches, south 75 degrees, west 60 perches, and south 70 degrees, west 140 perches, to the western line of Mr. Allen's land ; south 70 degrees, west 72 perches to a black oak, south 88 degrees, west 64 perches to the Cedar creek and township line of Salisbury and White- hall and south 70 degrees, west 44 perches (18 miles from Easton) to near John Griesemer's, etc." Union and Jackson streets are links in this old time road, over which many thousands of emigrants travelled on their way to the West.


This building, which Mr. Allen called his fishing place, was occasionally visited by the pro- prietor and his brother-in-law, Colonial Gov- ernor James Hamilton and John Penn, with other friends, who spent their time fishing in the Jordan and Little Lehigh, which abounded in trout, and in hunting the ruffed grouse and other game in the vicinity. The foundations of this house were still in existence when Jordan street was opened, about 1845, and were then removed.


In 1762 Mr. Allen decided to lay out a town upon his land and the residents of Whitehall township learning this, petitioned the court for a road to the new town, viz: "To the Worship- ful the Justices of the County Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at Easton, March Sessions, A. D. 1762. The petition of divers inhabitants of Whitehall Township Shew- eth: That your petitioners are in great want of a road to lead from Jacob Collier's mill to a new Town to be erected on part of a Tract of Land belonging to the Honorable William Al- len and thence the nearest and best way to the King's Highway leading from Philadelphia to Bethlehem. Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Worships will be pleased to appoint six proper persons who are no ways interested in the said Road to view and if they shall see oc- casion to lay the same out for a publick road and your Petitioners shall ever Pray, etc." This pe-


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374


322


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,75


3 .2 %


382


3,80


374


435


13%


139


463


166


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543


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077


778


594


596


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6691


670


4731


686


687


68.2


683


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2773


2123


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1


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01.5


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3


2:


1


4.10


604


603


26


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476


119.


799


24.730


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ORIGINAL PLAN


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W. e Surveyed by Order of William Allen tog 1762


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PLANOMALLENTOWN, 1762. ion of the storical Society of Pennsylvania.


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389


ALLENTOWN FROM 1762 TO 1811.


tition was endorsed: "Petition of the Town- section of the city between Fourth and Tenth ship of Whitehall for a Road through the new. and Union and Liberty streets. The streets lo- Town, March, 1762." William Craig, Stophel Waggoner, John Tool, Paul Balliet, Thomas Hunsicker, and George Rex were appointed viewers


The viewers reported June 22, 1762, that they had viewed and laid out "a certain road leading from Whitehall township to the new town called Northampton, and from thence by a marked black oak sapling standing by the road that leads from Salisbury to Upper Saucon township, close by the line of said township; beginning at a road that leads from Trucker's Mill to Phila- delphia, then south ..... to Gottfried Knauss'; thence south to Jordan Creek; thence down said


cated were Margaret (now Fifth), William (now Sixth), Allen (now Seventh), James (now Eighth), and Ann (now Ninth), running north and south, and Gordon, Chew, Turner, Andrew (now Linden), Hamilton, and John (now Walnut), running east and west. These streets, including the sidewalks, were all sixty feet in width, except Allen, the main street, and Hamilton, which were eighty feet in width. At the junction of Allen and Hamilton streets was located a public square which extended forty feet into the eight lots adjacent, making a rectangle 320 feet long and 160 feet wide. On the plan, east of the corner of Fourth and Union streets,


THE RHOADS HOUSE, BUILT IN 1762.


creek, south across said creek; thence east to Northampton town; thence down Allen street ; thence north to a corner; thence south to Little Lehigh, etc."


Allentown was laid out in 1762 by direction of Chief Justice William Allen and named Northampton Town. A reproduction of the or- iginal plan of the city is shown in connection with this chapter. The original is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, to whom it was presented by Brinton Coxe, Esq., on Sept. 13, 1886. This plan shows that the town cov- ered forty-two blocks, and it consisted of 756 lots, each (with a few exceptions) sixty feet in width and 230 feet in depth, and comprised that


is marked a house with the name, "Freeman's." This was a tenant house which was occupied at this time by Richard Freeman, who farmed a portion of Allen's land.


Allen street was the main thoroughfare, a link in the road from the Blue mountains south. Hamilton street was named in honor of Gov- ernor James Hamilton, Judge Allen's brother-in- law. Andrew, John, Margaret, James, Wil- liam, and Ann were named after his children; Gordon, after Sir Patrick Gordon, a former co- lonial governor; Chew, after Benjamin Chew, later Chief Justice, and Turner, after Joseph Turner, Allen's partner.


After the town site was surveyed and platted,


390


HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.


building operations began at once. Several men from the neighboring townships selected lots and commenced the erection of homes. Colonel James Burd wrote in a letter to Mr. Allen, dated Lancaster, June 28, 1762, "I had a letter the other day from Mr. Klotz, and he informs me that my house goes very well and that there is ten houses more building in Northampton."


As an illustration of the cost of building in . colonial times the account (in the writer's pos- session) of the cost of the stone house built by Peter Rhoads in 1762 and 1763, shown on the plan as on lot No. 348, still standing at 107 and 109 North Seventh street, will prove interesting.


£ s d


Seventeen loads stone at I s. and 1-6,


I


3


0


Hauling stones, Daniel Horlacher, 2 days,


I


O


6


Hauling stones,


I 0


0


Boards and carriage,


8


6


Boards bought of Conrad Colp,


0


5


Two hundred feet boards,


I


1


Shingles and carriage,


3


5


Sawmiller,


0 12


Mason's work, Jacob Brong, 31% days at 4-6,


0 15


9


Mason's work, Philip Kugeler, 31/2 days at 4-6, . . 0 15


8


Mason's work,


4


5


Carpenter's work,


0 O


O


Joiner's work,


8 14


6


Work by Anthony Meese, 3 4


3


Work by Peter Yund, 4 days at 2-6,


IC


O


Work by Daniel Rhoads, .


0 IC


0


Work by Caspar Sterner, 3 days at 2-3,


6


9


Lime bought of Henry Funk,


0 0


0


Lime bought of David Deshler,


0


6


0


Nails, 12 lbs. at 9d., .


0


O


0


Nails, 8 lbs.,


0


6


0


Huber, Barthol,


8 Shackler, Frederick,


6


Klingensmith, Philip,


8 Shnepf, George,


6


Kugler, Philip,


7 Shwab, Peter, 8


Kuper, Frantz, 6 Titus, Tobias, 8


Lauer, George,


7 Wolf, George, 15


In the year 1765, the same names appear in the tax list with one exception, that of John Moll, and there were no additions to the number of inhabitants. The list for this year, as it con- tains the number of houses and other informa- tion, is here given.


NORTHAMPTON TOWN, 1765.


Lots. Houses. Horses. Cows. Professions


Abel, Leonard,


I


I


I


I


O


Brenner, Simon,


1


I


0


1


I


Brininger, Caspar,


1


I


0


I


0


Brang, Jacob,


2


I


1


I


Derr, Martin,


2


I


I


2


0


Deshler, David,


2


I


4


4


4


Fries, Simon,


1


I


O


1


I


Froelich, Martin,


2


I


0


2


I


Hauck, Lorentz,


2


1


1


0


I


Huber, Barthol, .


0


O


I


E


2


Klingenschmidt, Ph.,


I


T


1


I


0


Kugler, Philip,


1


1


O


0


I


Kupper, Frantz,


I


I


0


0


0


Lauer, George,


I


I


I


2


0


Leitdecker, Simon,


1


0


1


Marthin, Mordecai .


2


2


O


Moor, Jacob,


2


I


I


2


I


I


I


0


I


2


Rinker Abraham,


I


I


I


0


0


Schackler, Fred'k, . I


I


O


I


0


Schnepf, George,


I


O


O


H


Schwab, Peter,


2


I


0


T


O


Titus, Tobias,


1


T


I


Wolf, George,


I


2


I


4


2


3


Moor, Jacob, 2


In 1763 the name Northampton appears for the first time in the tax lists. In the year 1764 the names of twenty-eight persons appear as tax- ables, an increase of twelve, viz:


Abel, Leonard, £6 Leitdecker, Simon,


Brenner, Simon,


6 Miller, Peter, 8


Brang, Jacob,


6 Moll, John, 6


Derr, Martin, 9 Moor, Jacob,


9


Deshler, David, 30 Mordochay, Martin,


6


Fries, Simon, 4 Nunemacher, Daniel, 8


12 Rinker, Abraham, 8


6 Roth, Peter,


IO


Hauck, Lawrence,


6


Savitz, Abraham,


6


Nails, 30 lbs. at 14d, bought of Blass Boyer,


1 : 15


0


Nails, 17 lbs., bought at Bethlehem,


0 19 IC


Carriage, Jacob Kohler, Jr., .


0


1


8


I


0 N


2


Paid 7 qts. rum of Peter Troxell,


0


7


O


Beef of Adam Heberly,


0 2


5


Beef and butter of Blonk,


O IO IO


Sundry cookery,


0


6


9


Glass and putty,


I


9 10


Lock, hinges and iron work, Stove,


2 14 O


Sundries,


9


7


8


Stable,


: IO O


Total cost,


£77 5 0


At the present day the average home on the outskirts of the city costs $4,000, a great in- crease in cost when compared with less than $400.00, 150 years ago.


The year 1762 was one of great drought. From May to September no rain fell. Rye was harvested in June and corn in August, as life was gone and it was useless to wait longer. The grass was withered by August Ist, and the grain withered so that it scarcely yielded as much as was put into the ground.


Notwithstanding the dry weather the infant town received additions and in the assessment list of Salisbury township for 1762, in which Allen- town was included, there are the names of thir- teen persons who were assessed as residents of the town. Their names and amount of assess- ment are as follows:


Abel, Leonard, £7 Lauer, George, £4


Brenner, Simon, 6 Moor, Jacob, 5


Derr, John Martin, 4 Miller, Peter, 4


Deshler, David, 9 Rinker, Abraham, 8


Froelich, Martin, 7 Shwab, Peter,


4


Lyendecker, Simon, 5 Shnepf, George, 4


Wolf, George, 8


The tax list for 1763 shows sixteen taxables, viz:


Abel, Leonard, £I Miller, Peter,


Brenner, Simon, I


Derr, Martin, I


Nunemaker, Daniel, I Rinker, Abraham, 2


Deshler, David, 3 Roth, Peter, 2


Froelich, Martin,


2 Shwab, Peter, I


Lyendecker, Simon, 2 Shnep, George,


I


Lauer, George, I Shreck, Nicholas, I


For the house he lives in,


2


Wolf, George,


O


0


0


6


9


James Preston,


I


0


0


Froelich, Martin,


Griesinger, Caspar,


Paid David Deshler for porting, etc.,


2


Paid Jacob Moor, hauling water,


3


6


0


Nonemaker, Daniel, I


Roth, Peter, ..


1


Savitz, Abraham,


I


0


I


Miller, Peter,


1


0


0


0


39I


ALLENTOWN FROM 1762 TO 1811.


Total, 35 lots, 29 houses, 15 horses, and 31 cows. William Allen, Esq., received £17 5 3, quit rent and was taxed upon 500 acres of land rated at f12 per 100 acres.


The tax list for 1766 contains thirty-eight names, as follows:


Abel, Leonard, laborer.


Albert, Abraham, . potter.


Bishop, Peter, taylor.


Brenner, Simon, carpenter.


Brang, Jacob, mason.


Bolzius, Doctor,


The tax list for 1767 is as follows:


Albert, Abraham, £II Moor, Jacob, 9


Abel, Leonard,


7 Miller, Peter, IC


Bishop, Peter,


7 Marthage, Martin, I5


Brenner, Simon,


7 Miller, Jacob,


6


Simon Fries,


locksmith.


Cupper, Frantz,


4 Preston, James,


5


Barthold, Huber,


.innkeeper and shoemaker.


Derr, Martin,


9 Rothrock, Michael,


8


Hunsicker, Daniel, laborer.


Deshler, David,


33 Reep, Andrew,


9


Jones, David,


joyner.


Fries' widow, 4 Roth, Peter,


II


Kugler, Philip, mason.


Huber, Barthol,


15 Schnepf. George,


6


Marthage, Martin, .shopkeeper and still house.


Jones, David,


5 Schreiber, George,


16


Miller, Jacob,


Johe, Adam,


15 Savitz, Abraham,


5


Moor, Jacob,


baker.


Kugler, Philip,


5 Shackler, Frederick,


6


Nicholas, Felix. shoemaker.


Kressinger, Caspar,


4 Titus, Tobias,


4


Nunamaker, Daniel, .joyner.


Lauer, George,


4 Wolf, Reilen,


5


Rincker, Abraham, . .


Lagendecker, Simon, 8 Wolf, George,


17


The tax list for 1768 is as follows :


Name and Occupation.


Houses.


Lots.


Rate.


Horses.


Cows.


Sheep.


Bound Servants.


Whole Rate.


Tax.


Quit Rent.


Albert, Abraham, potter,


T


£2. 8.0


£3. 8.0


£o. 5.I


9s.


Twenty acres of cultivated land; 80 acres of uncul- tivated land.


Abel, Leonard,


I


1


.12


1 1 HH


0. 18.8


0. I.5


9S.


Bishop, Peter,


T 1


T


0.18.8


0.18.8


0. 1.5


9S.


Brenner, Simon, carpenter,


1


I


1.12.0


2


1.18.8


0. 2.II


9s,


Bachman, Jacob, receives rent,


I


I


1.16.0


1.16.0


0. 2.8


9s.


Cooper, France,


I


2


.12.0


I


1


I


2.12.0


0. 3.1I


IS.


Detties, Tobias,


I


T


0.18.0


I


1 .14.8


0. 2.7


9S.


Enderson, Joseph,


Enderson, Joseph, for house he lives in,


I


T


4.16.0


1


I


2.16.0


0. 4.2


9S.


Faller, John, smith,


I


I


1.18.0


I


2. 4.8


0. 3.3


9s.


Ilertz, Andrew, poor, for house he lives in, Hauck, Lawrence,


I


I


0.12.0


Huber, Barthol, innkeeper,


I


I


I. 4.0


I


4.14.0


0. 7.1


9S.


Hagenbuch, Henry,


I


I


1. 18.0


1.18.0


0. 2.II


9S.


Hunsicker, Thomas, receives rent,


1


I


3. 0.0


. .


3. 0.0


0. 4.6


9s.


Yohe, Jacob, innkeeper, for house he lives in,


I


1


6. 0.0


. .


6. 0.0


0. 9.0


9S.


Jutz, Anthony, shoemaker, for house he lives in,


I


I


I. 4.0


.


5


5


8


T


6.18.0


0.19.5


...


Johe, Adam, for land he lives on,


24. 0.0


1.16.0


...


Jennings, John, sheriff,


5.16.8


0. 8.10


. .


Jennings, John, sheriff, for house, Kugler, Philip, .


I


1


0.12.0


I


0.18.8


0. 1.5


os.


Kressinger, Caspar,


I


1


0.12.0


. .


..


. .


.


I. 0.0


. 0. 1.6


...


Lorentz, Wandel, joiner, for house he lives in,


I


I


3. 0.0


. .


. .


.


3. 0.0


0. 4.6


98.


1


2. 4.0


0. 3.3


1/2d.


Breston, James, mason,


1. 0.0


0.16.0


...


Bishop, John, poor, for the house he lives in,


I


2


1.12.0


1.16.0


1.16.0


0. 2.8


9s.


9S.


Hagenbuch, Henry, receives rent, 10 pounds,


6. 0.0


0. 9.0


..


Yohe, Jacob, innkeeper, .


1 .13.4


0. 2.6


...


Jutz, Anthony, shoemaker,


I. 0.0


1.16.0


. .


I. 4.0


0. 1.9


9s.


Johe, Adam, .


.


. .


. .


3


I


6. 0.0


0. 9.0


9s.


Lorentz, Wandel, joiner,


0.12.0


0. 0.II


9S.


...


Roth, Peter, .taylor.


Savitz, Abraham, taylor.


Schwab, Peter,


Shoenberger, Henry, .poor.


Schreiber, George, innkeeper.


Schnepf, George,


. taylor.


Smith, George, poor.


Shackler, Frederick,


Titus, Tobias,


baker.


Wolf, Reilen,


poor.


Wolf, George,


innkeeper.


Wantel, Lorentz,


. joyner.


Cupper, Frantz, . cooper.


Derr, Martin,


. wagoner.


Deshler, David,


. shop-keeper and beer house.


Dill, Philip, . poor.


Froelich, Martin, smith.


Brang's widow, 4 Nunamaker, Daniel,


6


Hauck, Lorentz, butcher.


Frelich, Martin, II Rincker, Abraham,


IO


Kassel, Peter,


laborer.


Hauck, Lorentz, 4 Schwab, Peter,


6


Kressinger, Caspar, laborer.


Hunsicker, Daniel, 6 Henry Schoeneberger, 4


Miller, Peter, taylor.


3. 0.0


0. 4.6


...


0.18.8


0. 1.5


18s.


Derr, Martin, wagner,


9S.


Frelich, Martin,


1


I


1.16.0


4.16.0


0. 7.2


2. 0.0


0. 3.0


0.12.0


0. 0.1I


I


T


I. 4.0


.


. .


392


HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.


Name and Occupation.


Houses.


Lots.


Rates.


Horses.


Cows.


Sheep.


Bound Servants.


Whole Rate.


Quit Rent.


Lauer, George, carpenter,


1. 0.0


0. 1.6


. . .


Lauer, George, carpenter, for house,


I


3. 0.0


. .


3. 0.0


0. 4.6


9s.


Moor, Jacob,


2


I. 4.0


.


. .


2. 4.0


0. 3.3


9s.


Miller, Peter, taylor,


2


I. 4.0


1


2. 4.0


0. 3.3


9s. 9s.


Miller, John, turner,


I


1.18.0


1.18.0


0. 2.10


Miller, Dewalt, joiner,


I


I


I. 7.0


I. 7.0


0. 2.0


9s.


Myer, Hertz, .


2


2


II. 8.0


II. 8.0


0.17.I


Nunnemacher, Daniel,


I


I


0.12.0


0.12.0


O. O.II 9S.


Nicholas, Valentine, poor, for house he lives in,


I


I


0.12.0


T


2. 5.4


0. 3.4


9S.


Reiling, Wolf, potter,


I


I. 4.0


. .


I


I


5. 4.0


0. 7.9


.. .


Roth, Peter, shopkeeper, £2,


1


I


0.12.0


I


0.18.8


0. 1.5


9s.


Schroeder, Michael,


I


I


0.12.0


0.12.0


O.II.O


9s.


Schreiber, George, shopkeeper, £1,


1


I


1. 4.0


I


2.17.4


0. 4.4


9s.


Sevetz, Abraham, tailor,


I


I


1


0.12.0


1.12.0


0. 2.5


9s.


Scheckler, Frederick, shopkeeper, £2,


I


0. 18.0


2.18.0


0. 4.5


9s.


Smith, Frederick, poor,


I


I


I


4.16.0


4.16.0


0. 7.2


...


Ward, John, innkeeper, £1,


0. 2.6


...


Wagner, Mathias, smith, £1,


I


I


1.16.0


2.16.0


0. 4.2


9s.


Wolf, Jacob, poor,


I


I


6. 0.0


6. 0.0


0. 9.0


9s.


Christman, Jacob, shop,


1. 0.0


0.16.0


...


43


. .


. .


. .


. .


. .


Single Men.


Michael Krebs.


Thos. Belson.


John Sherb.


William Anderson.


Daniel Kreger.


John Derr,


John Shnyder.


John Moll.


John Kuntz.


Philip Evert.


Frederick Gebel.


Peter Miller.


John Strohorm. Caspar Weaver. Each 15 shillings.


Gentlemen's land.


Isaac Greenlefe, 200 acres,


£20.0.0 O. I.IO 1/2


James Allen, Esq., 2,650 acres,


212.0.0 0.15.18 IS.


James Allen, Esq., receives ground rent of Northampton for 56 lots at 9s.


per lot, comes to £25.0.0 sterling.


Returned in Pennsylvania currency at


50 per cent. is £37.16.0 currency. The tax of said sum at Is. 6d, per pound comes to £2.16.8.


Defence against Indians .- On the eighth of October, 1763, a band of Indians killed fifteen or more persons in Allen and Whitehall town- ships. The inhabitants of these townships, and, as the news spread, of adjoining townships, became panic-stricken and fled to Bethlehem and Allentown. In a few hours Allentown was crowded with refugees, and, although it was Sat- urday, Rev. Jacob Joseph Roth, a Lutheran min- ister, was conducting a service in the log church building at Hamilton and Church streets, which the members of the Reformed and Lutheran faiths had erected the previous year, and which served both as their house of worship. Colonel James Burd had fortunately arrived in town the same morning on his way to Fort Augusta, and with his assistance the men of the town, numbering twenty-two, with three others of the neighbor- hood, were organized into a company for the




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