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the side of the newly-found spring. Schumacher there took up four hundred acres of land, and called the place Affection.
Jacob Schumacher had two sons, viz. : John Jacob Paul and John George. l'anl went to Lowhill, and settled on the banks of the Jordan, about a mile be- low what is now Bittner's Corner. The property on which he settled is still in the hands of the Schu- macher family. Paul Schumacher left four children, viz. : Daniel, Jacob, Catharine (married to William George), and Eva (married to Samuel Woodring). Daniel and Jacob were both soldiers in the Revolu- tionary war. They served in the army under Wash- ington, and were stationed at Skippack, on the turn- pike, while the other division of the army was at Valley Forge. Daniel got sick and died before the war was over. After the elose of the war Jacob mar- ried Elizabeth George. He died at the ripe age of ninety years. He left seven children, as follows : John, Peter, Jacob, Elizabeth (married to Jacob Becker), Catharine (married to John Holben), Eva (died single), and Lydia (married to Daniel Hollen- bach). Of these, John and Peter are still living. John was, on the 16th of January last, ninety years old. He is as hearty and well preserved as many men of sixty.
John George Schumacher, youngest son of Jacob, was born in Germany, March 31, 1731, and came with his father to this country. He married Susanna Weiss. He obtained his father's homestead, on which he lived till the time of his death, in 1801.
George Schumacher had thirteen children, among whom were John Jacob, Daniel, John, Peter, Henry, Jonathan, Catharine (married to Moses Cain), Marga- reta (married to John Jacob Bear), and Elizabeth (married to M. Falk). The rest of his children died young. John Jacob Schumacher married Anna Maria Rupp, a daughter of George Rupp, and moved to Macungie. Some of his children were George, Absa- lom, and Benjamin. Daniel married Elizabeth Bear, a daughter of llans Bear. He obtained her father's homestead. He was blesed with five children, viz. : John, Peter, Elizabeth (married to Kop), Maria (mar- ried to Henry Ranch), and Margareta (married to Jacob Ocker).
John, the third son of George Schumacher, received that part of his father's farm which was ealled " Rock Forest." On it he lived for some time, and then moved to Crawford County.
Peter, the fourth son of George Schumacher, mar- ried Elizabeth George, and lived where now Bittner's mill is, where he was engaged in making linseed-oil. Later he moved to Mercer County. Henry went to Ohio. Jonathan, the youngest son of George Sehu- macher, received his father's homestead. He married Maria Moyer, and was blessed with nine children, viz. : Joseph, Nathan, Stephen, Judith, Mary (mar- ried to Philip Moyer), Elizabeth, William, Edmund, and Jonathan. Of these, Nathan, Judith, and Eliz-
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abeth are living in Allentown, and Jonathan on a farm, being a part of the four hundred aeres taken up by his great-grandfather, Jacob Schumacher.
Abraham Knerr, with his wife Maria Eve, came from Germany, or more probably from the German part of Switzerland, some time previous to the year 1748, and settled in the eastern part of Weissenberg; about a quarter of a mile from the present village of Claussville, on a tract of land called by him Pleasant View, which is now (1884) owned by his great-grand- son, Levi Knerr, of Claussville. Ile took up large tracts of land and divided them among his children. He had a large family of sons and daughters, among whom were the following : Christopher, who married, had several children, and then moved to other parts ; John Jacob, who probably went to other parts before he was married ; Andreas, who married a Miss Schall and settled at the Jordan, and became the father of the Jordan branch of the Knerr family; Abraham, who settled at what has since become the village of Lyon Valley ; and John, who received the old homestead. Of the daughters, one, Barbara, mar- ried Jacob Harner, another married a Mr. Stettler, and still another a Mr. Hartman.
1. John Knerr married Catherine Hartman, owned a farm of three hundred and sixty acres of land, and was blessed with thirteen children, viz. : Isaac, who went West; John, who went to Northumberland County ; Catherine, who married a Mr. Darnmoyer; Maria Gertrude, who married Peter Seip, son of Mel- chior; John Conrad, who married Maria Helffrich, a daughter of Rev. John Henry Helffrich ; Magdalena, who married a Mr. Eisenhard ; Abraham, who mar- ried a Miss Hunsicker and went to Union County ; John Jacob, who married Susan George ; Andreas, who married a Miss Hartman and went to Danville; John Daniel, who was married to Betz Shifferstein ; John Christian, who married Magdalena Fries; Ben- jamin, who married a Miss Heilman; and Sallie, who married Martin Seibert.
1. John Conrad had a number of children, all of whom died young except Levi and Anne. Levi, who married Abbie Brobst, became a country merchant at Claussville, and had three children, viz. : Richard, Calvin, and Levi. Annie married Joseph Slough, and had two sons,-Franklin, a physician at Allen- town, and Dr. Chester Slough, of Emaus.
2. John Jacob Knorr's children were Thomas, who died in the Seminole war; William, who went to Ohio; Samuel, Mrs. Burger, and Mrs. Ritter.
3. John Daniel Knerr's children were Jonas, who moved to Ohio; Aaron, who lost one leg, and served for a long time as constable of Lowhill; Thomas, Levi, Amelia, Levina, Carolina, Anne, Elizabeth, Mary, Leanna, and Abbie.
4. John Christian Knerr's children were Solomon, whose first wife was a Miss Knerr, and whose second wife was Judith Bachman, and who was several times school director of Weissenberg; Joseph, who lived
near Ziegel's Church ; Amandas, William, Jonas, and Elizabeth.
5. Benjamin Knerr's children were Wilson, Amos, Mrs. Heyberger, and Mrs. Hauser.
11. Abraham Knerr, of Lyon Valley, son of Abra- ham, had four children, viz .: Elizabeth, Andreas (surnamed Andre), Abraham (surnamed the Black), and Susanna.
1. Andreas Knerr ( Andre) was twice married, and had a number of children. His first wife was Eve Ilart- man. ller children were Kate, Elizabeth, Susanna, Lydia, Michael (who went to Sugar Valley), David (who is still living near Ziegel's Church, and who was twice married, to Susanna Derr and to Maria Derr, and whose children are Daniel, Jonas, Henry, and David), Solomon (who went to Sugar Valley), and George (now of Allentown, who married Elizabeth Schuler). Ilis second wife was Gertrude -. She had several children. She lived to a great age, was married several times, and was known over the whole township.
The first wife, Eve Hartman, died about the year 1807. She was buried at the Lowhill Cemetery.
2. Abraham, called "the Black," speculated in land. He was twice married. His second wife sur- vived him. He had over a dozen children, sons and daughters, one of whom, Willoughby, is still living in the township.
Peter Herber settled in Weissenberg prior to 1750. Ile took an active part in the formation of the Weis- senberg congregation, and was chosen as the first elder on the Reformed side of said congregation. Later, when the difficulty arose between the Reformed and Lutheran elements of the congregation which led to the building of the Lowhill Church by the Reformed, the Herbers, although of the Reformed denomination, remained with the Weissenberg congregation. Peter Herber had a son named Jacob, who lived in the vicinity of the Weissenberg Church, of which he was a deacon and elder. He was married to Dorothea Sassaman, danghter of Jost Heinrich Sassamanns- hausen. He left a number of children, among whom were Heinrich, Anna Maria, Johannes, Jacob, Anna Kunigunda, Catharina, Andreas, John Philip.
John Philip Herber, the youngest son of Jacob Herber, was born Sept. 7, 1770. Ile obtained his father's homestead. He was married, and left a num- ber of children, viz. : John, Jacob, Heinrich, John, Peter, Daniel, Catharine (Kraseley), and Molly (Ebert). Of these, Jacob, John, l'eter, and Daniel obtained the homestead, dividing it into four parts. John sold his part to his brother Jacob, Peter sold his part to Benjamin Bittner. John, Peter, Daniel, and Catharine are still living, John being in his eighty-first year.
The Werlys are of French deseent. The fact that they all belong to the Lutheran Church, and that they early spoke the German language, can only be explained in the following manner, viz. : their early
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ancestors probably were Freneh Protestants or Hugue- nots. When Louis XIV. revoked the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, they must have emigrated to Germany, and adopted the German language and the Lutheran faith. They are still often called " Franks." The name was originally spelled W-e-r-l-e.
Sebastian Werly, with his wife, Rosina (born Derr), accompanied by her brother, John Derr, came to Pennsylvania some time previons to the year 1750. and settled on the farm now occupied by his great- grandson, Alvin Werly, in what was then called Alle- mängel, now Weissenberg. He built his house a short distance from an Indian hunting-path, which led to their village about a mile away, at a place now occupied by Holben's mill-dam, in Lynn township. Often when the Indians passed their house Mrs. Werly would give them a loaf of bread. This they would beat upon a log until soft, then impale it upon a branch of willows, and tie it to their shoulders. These acts of kindness on the part of the Werlys were reciprocated by the red man. Sebastian Werly took up large traets of land. He had six children, viz .: John Nicholas, generally called " Hannickle," the oldest, who was born on the ocean; Michael ; Catherine, married to Bilman; Dawald, married to a Miss Mummy ; Valentine, generally called Fekli, who married a Miss George; Maria, who married a Mr. Snyder ; and Rosina, who married Berndt Kressly.
I. Nicholas ( Hanniekle), son of Sebastian, owned the land now owned by John Werly, Levi Weida, Henry German, and others. His children were Michael, Andreas, Sebastian, who married Lydia Bittner; Dewald, who married Molly Bittner ; Cath- erine, who married Jacob Haus; Maria, who mar- ried John Nicholas Derr; Sarah, who married Jacob Bittner; Rosina, who married Peter George; and Leah, married to Andreas Kline, who came from Germany.
1. Michael, son of Nicholas, married a Miss Hans, and settled on what is now known as the Nathan Walbert farm, owned by William D. Bear. He was drafted into the army during the war of 1812. When he came home he had contracted an illness, of which he soon afterwards died. His children were Joseph, who married Catherine Bittner, and afterwards Leah Grimm; Catherine, who married Peter Gildner; Jonas, who married Maria (Polly) Bilman; Maria, married to a Mr. Schaller, and afterwards to a Mr. Kressly ; and Daniel, who went to Wisconsin. Of these, Joseph lived near the Lowhill Church, was for a long time constable of Lowhill, and raised a large family of sons and daughters. Jonas is a tailor by trade, and owns a farm near Claussville. His chil- dren are John, Ely, Owen, Levi, Carolina (wife of William Bear), Kitty, and Benjamin.
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2. Andreas, son of Nicholas, married a Miss Hans, and received some of his father's land,-the okl home- stead. Itis children were Jacob (who married Leah Weiss), Gideon (who married Hettie Bachman), Elias,
John ( who married Amelia Gordan), Jonas ( who mar- ried Lucy Clauss), Maria (who married John George), Sarah (who married John Peter), and Lydia (who married Jonas Bachman ).
Jacob's children are Levi, Penrose, Edwin, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Fritz.
Gideon's children are Owen, Moses (who went West), and William.
Ely's children are Francis and others.
John and Jonas received their father's farms. John has one son, James. Jonas' children are Alvin, Wil- son, Lucy, ete.
3. Sebastian, son of Nicholas, had a number of children, viz. : John (who is married to a Miss Wag- ner, and received his father's farm), Elias (a store and hotel-keeper), Stephen, Rebecca, Maria, etc.
4. Dawald, son of Nicholas, was a farmer and a hotel-keeper .. His children were John, Daniel (of Allentown), Jacob (of Schuylkill Haven), Mrs. Crouse, Lucy (who married Rabenold), Maria ( who married Heilman), Sallie, Rebecca (who married Grimm), and Catherine (wife of Henry German).
II. Michael, son of Sebastian, settled near the Weissenberg Church. His children were Maria (who married Henry Weiss), Catharine (who married John Ilartinan), Michael (who married a Miss Kersehner), Magdalena (who married a Mr. Kistler), Abraham (who married Barbara Hunsicker), and Elizabeth ( who married Jacob Snyder).
1. Michael, son of Michael, received a part of his father's farm. Ile had two sons, viz., Michael and Daniel. He lived to a great age, and was nearly blind toward the last.
a. Michael married Catherine Mosser, and received his father's farm. Hle died in the prime of life. His children were Levi (who received the farm), Joseph, William (who is a school-teacher), Carolina (who married Joseph Weiss), Mary (who married Levi Weida, Sarah, Emelina, Kittie (who married R. Hol- lenbach), Anne, and Wilson.
6. Daniel married a widow (Ilunsicker). Ile has no children.
2. Abraham, son of Michael, received a part of his father's farm. le is still living, but is very old. His children are Jacob (who married Elizabeth Smith), Michael, Nathan, Jonas (whose son is Milton), Lydia (who married Peter . Weiss), Catherine ( who married Philip Herschner), Hettie (who married Abraham Frey, Molly (who died single), and Luey (who is single).
III. Valentine (Feldi), son of Sebastian (who re- ceived his father's farm, had ten children, viz. : Chris- tiana (who married Andrew Bittner), Susanna (who married John Shifferstein), Elizabeth (who married Jacob Zimmerman), Maria ( Polly, who married Schlicher), Leah (who married Jacob Walbert), Sarah (who is single), Rebecca (who died single), Samuel, Daniel (of Claussville), and Charles.
1. Sammuel's children were Jonas, of Allentown;
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Rachel, who married Jeremiah Derr; and Carolina, who married Charles Gehringer.
2. Daniel married Magdalena Snyder. His children were Daniel, Levi (who is a coachmaker), Franklin, Carolina (who married John Werly), Rebecca (who married Willoughby Sieger), and Senia (who married Edwin Hollenbach ).
3. Charles received his father's farm. He had two sons, viz. : Alvin, who lives on the old homestead ; and Owen, who keeps the California House.
4. Dewald, son of Sebastian, owned the farm on which the Seiberlingsville Church now stands. He had eight children, viz .: Jacob (who had but one child), Abraham, Daniel (who died without issue), Henry, Nicholas, Magdalena (who married Muse), Sophia (who married Thomas Grimm), and another son who died when one year old.
1. Abraham, to whom we are indebted for much information, is now ninety years of age, being the oldest man in the township; but is as well preserved as most men of seventy. His mind is elear. He re- lates not only the events that occurred when he was a boy, eighty years ago, but also the stories of suffering and hardships related by the veterans of our Revolu- tionary war. He graphically depicted to the writer the story of the battle of Long Island as he had heard it from the lips of his grandfather, Capt. Mummy, who had served under Sterling on the day of that eventful defeat. He lives on a farm near Seiberlings- ville. He was in his day one of the most prominent men in the township, filling at different times many township offices. He married a Miss Boger. His children are David (who married Maria Everitt), Henry, William, Jackson, Aaron, Fannie, Jane, and Mary.
2. Henry, son of Dewald, received some of his father's land, and married a Miss Boger. He was for a long time coustable of Weissenberg. His children were John, Henry, Stephen, James, Lney ( who mar- ried John Werly, a son of Jonas), Mrs. Kerschner, and others.
3. Nicholas received his father's farm, married a Miss Buck, and had eight children. viz. : Harrison, Joslina, Daniel, Malinda, Sarah, Elenora, Carolina, and Clara.
Rev. Daniel Schumacher in 1757 settled in the northern part of Weissenberg township, on a branch of the Sweitzer Creek, on the farm now in possession of Jones Rex. He was an educated minister from Germany. Rev. Schumacher took an active part in building up the Lutheran Church in this part. He at one time served as minister for the Lntheran congre- gations at Weissenberg, Heidelberg, Allemängel, Egypt, at the Antalaunce, and others. He served these congregations long and faithfully. Of him it can be said, " Well done, thou good and faithful ser- vant of the Lord." He was greatly beloved by the members of his congregations. flis remains lic buried in the Weissenberg Cemetery. He was mar-
ried to Maria Elizabeth Steigerwald, danghter of George Steigerwald. His children were John fivorge Diederich, born Oct. 11, 1769; Anna Catharine Sa- lome, born Feb. 7, 1762; Anna Eva Elizabeth, born Feb. 18, 1764; Johannes, born 1775; and Heinrich.
John George Diederich Schumacher was a son of Rev. Daniel Schumacher. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and lived in Weissenberg township. He left a number of children, among whom were Susanna, David, Jonathan, Magdalena, Esther, Daniel, Catha- rine, Maria, Peter, and Joseph.
Johannes Schumacher, son of Rev. Daniel Schu- macher, moved to Schuylkill County. One of his sons, George, moved back to Weissenberg. He is in his eighty-fourth year, but is hale and hearty. He lives with his son-in-law, viz., Lewis Bachman. George Schumacher was a farmer by occupation, and was at one time well off. But he lost the greater part of his property by being too liberal in indorsing other people. Heinrich Schumacher was a weaver by occupation. Ile lived in the western part of the county.
Rev. Schumacher stood high in the Ministerium in his time. Many of his sermons and writings are in the hands of a minister at Reading. Several years ago extensive researches were made as to the life of Rev. Schumacher by Lutheran ministers.
Jacob Greenewald came from Switzerland about 1750. He settled on Sweitzer Creek in what was then called Allemängel, now Weissenberg. He took an active part in the carly history of the township. Among his children were Jacob, George, and Abra- ham. The latter was born in April, 1759. He obtained his father's homestead. Ile was the builder of Greenewald's mill, and about the same time he also built a saw-mill, a tannery, and a distillery. Hle was married to Maria Barbara, and left a number of children, among whom were John Jacob, Daniel, and Sallie. John Jacob was born June 11, 1790. He obtained his father's homestead. He was elected and served as county commissioner of Lehigh County. He left several children, of whom Charles, born May 2, 1826, received the homestead, which is now in pos- session of his son, Edwin.
George Rupp was born Aug. 11, 1721, in the village of Wimmeran, in Lower Alsace. His parents' names were Ulrich Rupp and Margareta (Holtzin). George Rupp married, Jan. 28, 1750, Ursila von Peterholtz, who was born Aug. 17, 1722, in the town of Rab- schwiern, duchy of Zweibrueken, Upper Al-ace. They emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1750, and settled near the present village of Chapmans, in Upper Ma- cungie, on a farm containing several hundred acres. George and Ursila Rupp had nine children, as follows : Maria Clara (married to Faringer), Margareta (married to Meitzler), Anna Margareta (died single), Adam Iler- man, John George, Andrew, John, Maria Susauna, and Anna Maria married to Schumacher.
Adam Herman Rupp was the oldest son of George
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Rupp. He was born in Upper Maenngie, Nov. 7, 1756. He served four years as a sokhier in the Revo- lutionary war. Ile took an active part in the militia organization of the county, hokling the rank of brig- adier-general. He inherited his father's homestead, on which he lived until the time of his death. He was married to a daughter of a Mr. Berer, and was blessed with one son, Jacob.
Jacob Rupp was a farmer by oeeupation, and in- herited his father's farm, on which he lived until his death. He was married to Maria Fogel, and was blessed with six children, viz .: Sarah, married to John S. Gibbons, one of the ablest attorneys during his time at the Allentown bar ( he was the father-in- law of the Hon. John D. Stiles, of Allentown ) ; Mary, married to David Schall, of Trexlertown, father of John R. Schall, of Allentown; Hon. George B. Schall (deceased), of Allentown; and James Sehall ; Eliza, married to Victor Blumer, of Allentown, who pub- lished the Friedens Bote; Herman Rupp, who lived on his father's homestead in Upper Macungie (at one time a member of the State Legislature, and a justiec of the peace of his township, in which capacity he served until the time of his death) ; Benjamin Rupp, the father of George Rupp, Esq., a noted attor- ney of Allentown, was engaged in farming near Chap- man's Station, in Upper Maenngie; and Tilghman Rupp, who was engaged in the jewelry business at Philadelphia.
John George Rupp was born Feb. 28, 1758, in Upper Macungie. He married a daughter of a Mr. Guth. He lived for some time in Upper Macungie and then moved away.
Andrew Rupp was the third son of George Rupp. He was born in Upper Macungie, March 26, 1760. He served for four years with distinction in the Rev- olutionary war. He was a carpenter by trade. He at first lived near Chapman's Station, Upper Macun- gie, but moved to Weissenberg, and lived for twenty- one years where the present village of Seipstown is. Ile was married to Anna Maria Hoffinan, and was blessed with seven children, viz .: Andrew, John, Solomon, Emanuel, Catharine (married to Daniel 1 Christman), Hetty (married to Wieder), and Mrs. I township. Solomon F. studied at Palatinate College, Kelchner.
Andrew Rupp, Jr., the oldest son of Andrew Rupp, Sr., was born in Upper Macungie, April 4, 1784. He was a carpenter by trade. Ile was married to Mag- dalena Muthard, and was blessed with three chil- dren, viz .: Catharine (who died single), Solomon, and Maria (who died single).
John Rupp, second son of Andrew Rupp, was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Hart- man. This union was blessed with two children, viz. : Anna (married to Joseph Kuhns) and Judith (married to Israel Benner). After the death of his first wife he married Catharine Wieand, by whom he had one son, named Daniel. John Rupp was a gun- smith by trade.
Solomon Rupp, third son of Andrew Rupp, Sr., lived in Weissenberg township. He was a carpenter by trade. He was never married. He lived with George Barner. With his death is connected a mys- tery which probably will never be explained. He was out one night, and the next morning when Mr. Barner came into his barn he found him lying on the thrashing-floor at the point of death. Several bun- dles of straw lying elose to him which had slipped from the loft suggested the idea that he had fallen from that place, but on examination it was discovered that his watch and pocket-book were missing, an indieation that he had been robbed.
Emanuel Rupp, youngest son of Andrew Rupp, lived in Lynn township. He was married to Maria Danner, of Weissenberg, and had four children, viz. : Solomon, John, Catharine, and Maria.
Solomon Rupp, son of Andrew Rupp, Jr., was born in Lowhill township, Feb. 15, 1813. He was married to Maria Frey, a daughter of Peter Frey and his wife, Maria Barbara (Moser). Solomon Rupp lived in Weissenberg township. In his youth he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for a con- siderable time, but later he engaged in farming. He lost his life at Allentown on the 5th of February, 1854, while engaged in loading coal from a large heap in one of the coal-yards of that place. He had eight children, viz .: William, John, Benjamin, Louisa E., Solomon F., Sallie Anna, Henry F., and Alvin. William, the oldest son of Solomon Rupp, graduated at Franklin and Marshall College, and then studied theology at the Mercersburg Theolog- ical Seminary, was ordained as a Reformed minister, and is located at Manchester, Md. John, the second son, studied at Franklin and Marshall College, and later at the Allentown Seminary, then studied law in the office of the Hon. Adam Woolever, of Allen- town, and is now engaged in the practice of his pro- fession at Allentown. Benjamin attended the Allen- town Seminary, also the academies at Quakertown and Carversville, read law, but died of typhoid fever before he was admitted to practice. Louisa E. is married to Benjamin Fries, and lives in Weissenberg
Myerstown, Pa., and is engaged in teaching school and farming in Weissenberg. Henry F. attended the Kulpsville Academy, and is now engaged in farming and teaching school in Weissenberg. Sallie Anna died young. Alvin studied at Palatinate Col- lege, Myerstown. During the last two years he has had charge of the Macungie High School. He now lives in Upper Saucon. John Rupp, the youngest son of George Rupp, was born in Upper Macungie, July 2, 1762. He married A. Fleekser's daughter, and moved away.
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