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John Rockel obtained a warrant Feb. 10, 1755, for 112 acres of land near the river in what is now Washington township. How long before he had settled in the township is not known. Adam Rockel was also in the township in 1755. Casper Peter, Jr., was married to Elizabeth Rockel, his sister.
Among the list of taxables in 1781, was John Ruckel. In 1790, the name John Rockel, heads a family in Heidelberg township and had two sons under sixteen years of age.
In 1812, the following Rockels lived in Heid- elberg township and were taxables: Peter; Adam; William and Widow Rockel.
John George Rockel, son of Melchoir and Anna Maria Rockel, was born Feb. 7, 1807.
Henry Rockel, born Aug. 20, 1806, died March 28, 1877. He married Julia McHose. They are buried on Union cemetery at Allen- town.
The Rockel homestead is situated near Hoff- mans in Washington township. It has been in the Rockel family from a time prior to 1755 until
1886, when it passed to William H. Smith, the present owner. The farm is 114 acres. The main part of the present dwelling house is a log structure, and it is a relic of colonial days. Adam Rockel built a barn on this property in 1809.
Menno Rockel, son of Henry, was married to Polly Schneck and they had these children: El- amanda (Mrs. Calvin Fillman), William H. R., Franklin J., Achilles, Jeremiah A., Oscar B., Anna M. (Mrs. Fred Kocher), and Minnie C. (Mrs. Robert Diehl).
ACHILLES ROCKEL, son of Menno, was born in Fogelsville, Aug. 22, 1872. He received his education in the common schools; he learned the tailoring trade and followed that occupation for seven years. He then engaged in the store business at Rittersville, where he conducted a general store seven years. He then purchased the store at No. 343 North Ninth street, Allen- town, where he dealt in green groceries six years, after which he sold the store and fixtures to Mr. Knecht. In 1907 he purchased the store prop- erty and fixtures of the Worley estate on Main street, Emaus. There he is enjoying a fine trade in general merchandise.
He married Lillie V., a daughter of John and Catharine (Weiss) Roth, they are members of St. Andrew's Reformed church, at Allentown. John Roth, above-named, son of Conrad and Mary Roth, was born in Upper Saucon township, June 11, 1845, is a miller by trade and followed this business for 35 years, he married Catharine Zellner, and they have two children: Lillie V., (above-named), and Laura (Mrs. John Mebus), their children are : Stanley L .; Florence M., and Carl J. S.
Mr. and Mrs. John Roth live with their son- in-law at Emaus.
Adam Rockel, was a farmer who lived and died in Washington township, Lehigh county, He was married to Catharine Sensinger, and they had three children: Henry, who lived at Schnecksville ; John, who lived on the homestead ; and George. They were members of the Re- formed Church.
George Rockel, the youngest son of Adam, was born July 28, 1809 in North Whitehall town- ship. He owned and operated a farm of 136 acres near Schnecksville. In 1833 he was mar- ried to Catharine Remaly, and they had three children: Sallie married David Paff: John E .; and Elizabeth, married William Lodge. They were members of the Unionville church. He died in 1862, aged 53 years. She died at the age of 84 years.
John E. Rockel, son of George, was born Feb.
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14, 1841. He was reared on a farm, and carried on a small farm at Laurel Hill, in Whitehall township, from 1866 to 1880; then he moved to Cementon, and followed laboring in that vicin- ity for many years. In 1865, he was married to Catharine A. Yellis, born Aug. 26, 1839, daugh- ter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Trumbauer) Yellis, of Whitehall township, and they have three children: Martha C., married John Hum- mel; Emma E., married Harry Strohl; and George T. They are members of the Reformed church at Cementon.
GEORGE T. ROCKEL, son of John E., and a jeweler at Cementon, was born June 14, 1866, at Kreidersville. After receiving his education in the public schools, he learned telegraphy and was in the employ of the L. V. R. R. Co., at Coplay station from 1887 to 1891. Then he went to Texas and after remaining there a year he re- moved to Denver, Col., when he enlisted as a musician in the band connected with the 7th Regiment, U. S. Infantry, and served 3 years, 3 months. Upon receiving his discharge, he re- turned to Cementon and engaged in the jewelry business, which he has carried on until the present time. In connection with this business, he has acted as manager of the Western Union Tele- graph Company's office at Cementon since 1909. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. In 1902, he was married to Tillie C., daughter of Aaron and Caroline (Lazarus) Die- fenderfer.
FRANK C. ROEDER.
Frank C. Roeder, of Allentown, traces his family history to George and Christina (Mensch) Roeder, who were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, Rebecca, Aaron, Catharine, Theresa, George, Abraham, Charles, Edward, William, Franklin, Sally Ann and Maria.
George Roeder married Margaret Freeman. They were the parents of the following children ; John A., Henry, Caroline, Rosetta, Phaon F., Samuel T., Joseph A., James B. and Thomas J.
James B. Roeder, son of George, was born in Macungie. He was educated in the public schools of his native place and in Wyoming, Pa. He learned the trade of carriagemaking, which he followed for some time, and subsequently fol- lowed teaching in the public schools. For a while he was employed in a store. He was ap- pointed teller of the Second National Bank, of Allentown, which position he filled at the time of his death, June 3, 1897. He was a promi- nent member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow organizations of Allentown and was also a mem- ber of the Livingston Club.
He was married to Mary A. Craig, daughter of Benjamin M. and Matilda (Brobst) Craig. Mrs. Roeder's great-grandfather was General Thomas Craig. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Roeder are: Frank C. and Annie, wife of H. T. Craig, of Lehigh Gap.
Frank C. Roeder, son of James B. and Mary A. (Craig) Roeder, was born at 534 Hamilton street, Allentown, July 27, 1871. He gradu- ated from the Allentown high school in 1887, and from the Allentown Business College in 1888, after which he accepted a position as book- keeper with the American Steel and Wire Com- pany at Allentown, in whose employ he remained until 1900. The following four years he was bookkeeper for Johnston and Swartz, and from 1905 to 1910 he was again bookkeeper for the American Steel and Wire Company, after which he again became bookkeeper for Johnston and Swartz Company, in which company he has a financial interest and is a director. On Feb. 20, 1902, he was married to Carolina Hellwig, a daughter of Albert and Catharine (Brann) Hellwig, who are natives of the Rheinpfalz, in Bavaria, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Roeder have one child, Augusta A.
DR. C. C. ROGER.
Clarence C. Roger, M.D., of 400 East Ham- ilton street, East Allentown, was born at Hel- lertown, Pa., March 19, 1887. He was edu- cated in the public schools at Northampton Heights; graduated from the Bethlehem Pre- paratory School in 1906; later studied in the Medico-Chururgical College Philadelphia, for two years, then entered the medical department of the Temple University, at Philadelphia, and was graduated in 1910.
Dr. Roger became the physician at Willow Grove, Pa., under the supervision of the Rapid Transit Company, Philadelphia, with offices in the Administration Building, at that place. On May 1, 1911, he located at Rittersville, Lehigh county, and on July 1, 1912, established his office at his present address. He is the first physician to move into the Fourteenth Ward, Allentown. He is a member of the Sajonis Therapeutic Society, Philadelphia, and the Le- high County Medical Society. On June .I, 1912, he married Jennie M. Roth, a daughter of William and Mary J. (Serfass) Roth, of Rittersville.
Henry Roger, the father of Dr. C. C. Roger, is a retired merchant, residing at 526 North Main street, Bethlehem, Pa. For twenty years he was engaged in the mercantile business at Northampton Heights. He was one of the in- corporators of that borough and served as a
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councilman for six years. He and family are Lutherans and he served in the church consis- tory many years. He married Emma Rentz- heimer, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Achey) Rentzheimer. They have these children: Dr. Clarence C., Robert R., Frank F., Bertha M., Martha C., Elmer H. and Chester D.
Jacob Roger, the grandfather of Dr. Roger, was a millwright in East Allen township, and is buried in Snyder's Cemetery in that township. His wife was Caroline Kreiss and they had the following children: Levi, Jacob, Samuel, Thom- as, Carolina, Belinda, Lucy, Henry, Harry, Francis, Tillie (married Isaac Kuntzman), and Oliver, who lives in Ohio. Thomas and Be- linda (who was the wife of John Stein) are deceased.
ROGERS FAMILY.
The Rogers family is one of the ancient and numerous ones, but many bearers of the name came here since the early settlers. John Rogers, who suffered martyrdom at Smithfield in 1555, left numerous descendants, but owing to the de- struction of early records it is a matter of great difficulty to establish connection with generations of the present day. The family under discussion here commences in this country with Patrick Rogers.
Patrick Rogers, who was born in County Mead, Ireland, came to this country with his parents when he was eight years of age. The parents arrived at New York City, and there young Rogers received his education in the public schools. At the time of the Civil War he en- listed from New Jersey, served in the Regular Army for a period of five years. He was a mem- ber of J. K. Taylor Post, No. 527, Grand Army of the Republic, and died July 15, 1909. He was a landscape gardener by occupation and laid out the grounds of the Lehigh University. He was also the owner of a fine farm, which he cul- tivated for market garden purposes. His home for many years was at South Bethlehem. Mr. Rogers married Mary Brady, born in Ireland, and came to this country at the age of six years. They had children: James, a stone mason, de- ceased ; Elizabeth, deceased, married Louis P. Vooz; Mary A., died in infancy; Marcella, married Thomas McGovern, an undertaker of South Bethlehem; Eugene, deceased; Mary, died unmarried; John, died at the age of seven- teen years; Thomas, died in infancy; Everett J .; William, an undertaker at Phillipsburg, N. J.
EVERETT J. ROGERS, son of Patrick and Mary (Brady) Rogers, was born in South Beth- lehem, March 13, 1878. He acquired substantial educational advantages in the public schools which
he left at the age of sixteen years, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of molding with the Bethlehem Steel Company, with whom he remained ten years. In connection with this work he traveled considerably, spending some time in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Youngs- town, altogether a period of fifteen years. He then established himself in the undertaking busi- ness with his brother William, an association which lasted two years, then two years with his brother-in-law, Thomas McGovern. With this object in view he located at Catasauqua, where he opened an undertaking establishment at No. 747 Second street, June 15, 1912, and also has a branch office at No. 1330 Newport avenue, Northampton.
Mr. Rogers is an independent voter and is a member of the St. Lawrence Roman Catholic church. He is a treasurer of the Order of Moose, and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Knights of Columbus and a temperance so- ciety. He married, November 4, 1896, Eliza A., a daughter of Patrick and Johanna (Dougherty) Doyle, and they have had children: Eugene, Mary, Thomas, Marcella, Madeline, Elizabeth, Cecelia and Mercedes.
ROLLMAN FAMILY.
This family had settled in Cumru township, Berks county, prior to the organization of that county. In the tax list of 1752 appears the name of George Roleman, the pioneer, whose descend- ants are many, in the different sections of Penn- sylvania and throughout the West. The pion- eer is probably buried at Sinking Springs. Among his children was a son John George Rollman, born December 16th, 1756; died, June 20th, 1814. His wife, Magdalena, was born November 5th, 1763; died December Ist, 1821. They were blessed with two (2) sons, Peter and Jacob.
Peter Rollman was born May 23rd, 1791. He was a drover and farmer near Wernersville, and later in Tulphehocken township, Berks county. He died near Rehersburg on March 22d, 1859. He had been married to Rebecca Margaretha Fisher, who was born in the year 1795 and died in the year 1869. Their chil- dren were, viz .: Elizabeth, Daniel, Samuel, Peter, Benjamin, Pauline, Mary, Catharine, Car- oline, Ellen and Rebecca.
Jacob Rollman, son of John George Rollman, was born August 5th, 1795; died May 10th, 1834. His wife, Susanna, nee Hill, was born October 14th, 1799; died May 8th, 1832. They had four sons and one daughter, viz .: John, Wil- liam, Isaac, Darius and Hannah. He was mar- ried to a second wife, Susanna, nee Weitzel.
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William Rollman, the second son of Jacob and Susanna, was a farmer and landowner in Cumru township, and was married to Hettie Buck from the vicinity of Krumsville, and had five children, viz .: Joshua, a farmer and butcher, who lived near the Five Mile House; Henry who succeeded his father on the farm; William and Sallie who both died unmarried ; and Molly.
Darius Rollman, the fourth son of Jacob, was born in Spring township, Berks county, Septem- ber IIth, 1826; died in his native district on his own homestead, on June 3d, 1901. He was a carpenter by trade. He served 9 months as a private of Captain William H. Kintzle's Com- pany A, 167th Regiment of Pennsylvania, Drafted Militia. He was enrolled on the 27th day of October, 1862, and was honorably dis- charged, with no objection to any re-enlistment, on the 12th day of August, 1863. He had par- ticipated in quite a number of battles through the state of Virginia and quite a number of marches, being also engaged in the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded in battle and was drafted the second time; but as his services were not re- quired he did not need to serve. He was 5 feet, 8 inches and had a brown complexion, gray eyes and sandy hair. He was married to Rebecca, nee Hiester, who was born June 30th, 1827, died March 4, 1896. Both are buried in Sinking Springs Cemetery. They were blessed with ten children, six boys and four girls, viz .: Isaac, Adam, Charles, Darius and Lewis still living and William, Susan, Mary and Evie deceased. Isaac is a miller at Fleetwood ; Adam, a farmer and living five miles southeast of Sinking Spring ; Charles, a trucker and butcher, living on his own home aside of the old homestead ; Darius, a mill worker, living on the old homestead ; Lewis, a foreman of Lawrence Portland Cement Co., is living in Cementon, Lehigh county.
Isaac Rollman, was born at Sinking Springs, Berks county, June 17th, 1854 Later his father moved with his family to the homestead two miles northwest of Sinking Spring and from here the children worked on the adjoining farms. At the age of 20 years, Isaac the oldest son went to learn the trade of miller at Wiley's mill in Onte- launee township on the Ontelaunee Creek, place now known as Glen-Gehry. Later he worked at the milling trade at "Komp's Mill" at the Mill Creek in Maxatawny. Later he was in business for himself at "Kutz's Mill" on the Saucony Creek. Later he was farming on the farm of his father-in-law, Jacob L. Kohler, in Greenwich township. Since 1893 he is working at the milling trade at Fleetwood and is living with his family in Fleetwood since 1895. He married Anna D. Kohler, a daughter of Jacob L.,
and wife Cordelia (Deisher) of Greenwich. She was born, December 3d, 1860. They were blessed with five children, viz .: Cora Agnes, born January 23d, 1881 ; Alvin Arthur, born Oc- tober 6th, 1882; Jennie Rebecca, born Novem- ber IIth, 1883, died January 18th, 1885; Ed- ward William, born July 13th, 1888; and Lizzie Cordelia, born November 21st, 1889.
Cora Agnes, married to Frank B. Carothers, September 15th, 1900; and at present lives in Ogdensburg, N. Y. They have four children, viz .: Lawrence William, born September 19th, 1900; LeRoy Isaac, born January 2d, 1902; Annie May, born December 31st, 1904, and Ed- ward Frank, born November 8th, 1907
Alvin Arthur, married to Lessie R. Hunley, June 28th, 1905. They are blessed with three children, viz .: Annie Louisa, born August 4th, 1906, and died March 21st, 1907; Raymond Til- don, born February 14th, 1908, and Earnest Weldon, born September 9th, 191I.
ROMIG FAMILY.
The Romigs of the Lehigh Valley come from an old Palatine family which originally spelled its name Roemisch, which was later changed into Romich, the way in which John Adam, the progenitor of the American line, wrote his name, but is now mostly spelled Romig. The name indicates Roman origin and it has been suggested that the family descends from a Roman soldier, who perhaps had accompanied Cæsar on one of his expeditions against the Germans or from a soldier stationed at one of the Roman garrisons, who fell in love with a fair Germanic maiden and cast his lot with her people. John Adam Romich, the immediate ancestor of the Romigs of Lehigh county, was born Feb. 3, 1689, at Ruedenstein in the Palatinate, when he was bap- tized by the local Lutheran pastor. His parents were George Wendel Romich and his wife, Marguerite, nee Herner, and were adherents of the Lutheran faith. In 1712, John Adam mar- ried Agnes Marguerite Bernhardt and resided in Ittlingen, near Heilbron. This union was blessed with five sons and four daughters, among whom were: Frederick; John Martin; John Henry; Anna Mary, born 1724; Anna Eve; and Mar- gretha.
John Adam Romig and his family came to Pennsylvania in 1732. He and his eldest son, Frederick, took the oath of allegiance Sept. 30, 1732. Shortly after their arrival his wife died. He married the following year, June 19, 1733, Maria Ursula Warner, by Rev. Casper Stoever. This union was blessed with two sons and three daughters, of whom the two sons and one daugh- ter died in infancy. He died July 11, 1768, and
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was buried at Allemangel, Berks county. He was survived at the time of his death by three sons and six daughters, sixty-six grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. He had been reared in the Lutheran faith and at one time had been a vorsteher, and was grieved when in 1758 through the influence of Bishop Spangeburg, his son, John Henry, became a member of the Moravian Church. He, however, soon learned to admire the Moravian brethren, attended the synod at Gnadenhütten on the Mahoney, and in 1762 was received by the church at Allemängel through the influence of Bishop Peter Boehler. It is recorded of him, "that he was kind to those in his employ, was an honored and beloved fa- ther in the congregation, and was greatly re- spected in the neighboring townships."
John Martin Romig, son of John Adam, was born Feb. 23, 1719. He and his wife, Anna Elizabeth, who was born in 1725, were admitted on June 6, 1764, members of the Moravian con- gregation. They had issue, as follows: Cath- arine, born Oct. 12, 1752; Jacob, born Nov. 2, 1755; Anna Maria, born Nov. 25, 1757; Mag- dalena, born Feb. 5, 1760; Anna Elizabeth, born June 30, 1768; and Susanna, born June 22, 1770.
John Heinrich Romig, the third son of John Adam, of whom we have any definite knowledge, was born at Ittlingen, Feb. 15, 1729, and was bap- tized by the local Lutheran pastor. On Dec. 2, 1754, and he married Hannah Volk. He had the
following issue : I. Frederick, born Sept. I, 1755 ; 2. Magdalena, born Jan. 24, 1758; 3. Jos- eph, born Sept. 5, 1759; Anna Maria, born March 7, 1763. His wife died Oct. 17, 1763, and on the the 14th of May the following year, he was married again to the widow, Maria Elisa- beth Xander, whose maiden name had been Kiechel. This union was blessed with seven chil- dren. He united with the Moravian congrega- tion in Lynn in 1758, and was the first of the family to turn Moravian. When the congrega- tion in Lynn disbanded in 1771, he united with the congregation at Emaus. He died June 29, 1786.
John Adam Romig had three daughters: (1) Anna Mary, born in Ittlingen in 1724. She mar- ried Joseph Siegfried, the son of Johannes Sieg- fried, of Maxatawny, and a brother to Catharine, the wife of her brother Frederick. They resided on the old Siegfried homestead, where she died on Dec. 10, 1806, aged 82 years, 5 months and 28 days. (2) Margaretha, born 1722, and was mar- ried in 1741 to Andreas Volck, Jr., who was born in 1721 and resided in Lynn township. (3) Anna Eve was married to George Nungesser. They had two sons: Martin and Peter.
Frederick, the eldest son of John Adam Romig,
was born at Ittlingen, near Heilbron, April 24, 1713, and was baptized in the Lutheran faith. On Christmas, 1737, he was married to Cath- arine Siegfried, a daughter of John Siegfried and his wife, Elisabeth, one of the first families to settle in the Maxatawny Valley. (See Siegfried Family). She was born in Oley, Berks county, Nov. 14, 1719, was baptized by the Moravian pastor in Lynn, Philip Wuster, March 31, 1755, and was admitted to the holy communion for the first time in 1764. Mr. Romig became a mem- ber of the Moravian congregation at Emaus in 1764 and was admitted to the communion for the first time in 1766. Frederick was a farmer and lived for a time in Lynn township but soon re- moved to Macungie township, where he had patented a tract, March 14, 1742, of over two hundred and fifty acres. This tract lay on both sides of a stream of water adjoining the church lands, that of Mathias Egner, Peter Walbert, and others. He added to this original tract other holdings and became one of Macungie's largest freeholders. He also erected a grist-mill on his property and became far famed as a miller, a trade which many of his descendants later fol- lowed. He was an influential man in his com- munity and a faithful member of the Moravian congregation at_Emaus. He was the confidential advisor for many of the early settlers and fre- quently acted as guardian for orphans, among whom was George Zeisloff, whose family had been massacred by the Indians. He died July 6, 1783, and together with his wife, who died Oct. 7, 1793, was buried in the old family burial ground on the old homestead. Mrs. Romig at the time of her death was survived by one hun- dred and five grandchildren, and ten great- grandchildren. The children of Frederick and Catharine Romig were as follows: John Chris- tian, born Sept. 5, 1738; Joseph, born March 27, 1740; Adam, born Nov. 26, 1741 ; Elisabeth, born March 17, 1744; Susanna, born July 12, 1745, married Henrich Egner ; Frederick, July 22, 1747; Catherine, born Oct. 18, 1748, mar- ried to Johannes Knauss; Magdalena, born Sept. 10, 1750, married to Daniel Peter, of Oley ; Heinrich, born April, 1752; Anna Maria, born May 31, 1754, married to Samuel Butz; Jacob, born April 15, 1756; Margaretha, born Feb. 25, 1759, married to Peter Butz.
Magdalena Romig, born Sept. 10, 1755, and died July 30, 1820, a daughter of Frederick and Catharine Siegfried Romig, was married in the year 1776 to Daniel Peter, of Oley town- ship, Berks county. He was born Dec. 2, 1747, and died Nov. 25, 1816. He was a son of Ab- raham Peter and his good wife, Maria, a daugh- ter of Samuel Hoch, of Oley. He had the fol-
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lowing children: Marion (1777-1809) ; Abra- ham (1779-1824) ; Catharine (1781-1832), married to Dieder Bachtel; Esther (1782-1860) married to Solomon Breyfogel, and after his de- cease to his brother George Breyfogel; Susanna, born Nov. 29, 1783, died March 18, 1844, was married to Martin Yoder; and Solomon ( 1790- 1843), resided on the old homestead. Daniel Peter served as a private in the American Revo- lution in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Reiff, of East Oley. Maria (Hoch) Peter was baptized and at the same time re- ceived into membership of the Oley Moravian congregation by Rev. Joseph Spangenberg, April 24, 1757.
Abraham Peter, the father of Daniel, was a son of Engel Peter and his wife, Catharina Har- topfin. They migrated from Soeligen in Ger- many to Pennsylvania in 1720. Catherine, a daughter of Engel Peter, was born in Soeligen, April 4, 1706, and was baptized by the Re- formed pastor there. She was married (1727) to Jacob Börstler, a son of Dewald Börstler and his wife, Maria Catherine. He was born in the township of Fussgenmen in the Upper Palatinate, and came with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1724. They united with the Moravians in 1742.
John Christian Romig, eldest son of Frederick and Catharine (Siegfried) Romig, was born Sept. 5, 1738. He was a farmer in Macungie township, where he died, Nov. 8, 1803. He married, first, Dec. 13, 1763, Benigna Wetzel, who was born Oct. 25, 1743, and died April 15, 1766. They had two children: John, born April 21, died April 25, 1765, aged four days; and Adam, born April 7, 1766. He married, the second time, Feb. 23, 1768, Mary, daughter of Leonard Rothermel. She was born Nov. 2, 1747, and died Aug. 18, 1817. They had twelve children :
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