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IV. HANNAH GLAUSER (J. Geo. 2, Hans1), dau. of John George and Susannah: b. July 8, 1767 (Same reference).
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V. HENRY CLAUSER (J. Geo. 2, Hans'), son of John George and Susannah: m. Odilla Heister dau. of Adam Heister. She is mentioned in her father's will as wife of Henry Clauser. Will made Dec. 28, 1805, Earl Twp. probated Apr. 5, 1806 (Berks Co. Will Bk. 4:343).
Henry Clauser of Earl Twp. made his Will Dec. 28, 1807, probated Mar. 11, 1808. Mentioned are: wife, Odilla, sons, George, Abraham, Henrich. Wife and son, George, executors (Berks Co. Will Bk. 5). Issue :
A. GEORGE CLAUSER (Henry3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), son of Henry and Odilla: died in 1884 over 80 yrs. of age; m. 1st do not have name; m. 2nd to Maria Moser.
Issue : By 1st wife, CHARLES CLAUSER, b. 1826, Shanesville, Earl Twp. Berks Co .; By 2nd wife, Maria: HENRY CLAUSER, HANNAH CLAUSER, MARIA CLAUSER, CAROLINE CLAUSER, WILLIAM CLAUSER, CATHARINE CLAUSER.
B. ABRAHAM CLAUSER (Henry', J. Geo. 2, Hans1), son of Henry and Odilla: m. Katharine Levengood of Douglas Twp. He may have married twice. Abraham was a linen weaver who spent his last years in Reading.
Issue : JOHN CLAUSER; ELIJAH CLAUSER; ENOCH CLAUSER m. on Jan. 24, 1847 to Anna M. Diellaphia at Falckner Swamp Ch .; MARY CLAUSER; AARON CLAUSER; MATTHIAS CLAUSER; HENRY CLAUSER b. Apr.
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10, 1826, m. Mar. 31, 1850, to Lernia Leh at Falkner Swamp Ch .; ELIZABETH CLAUSER; DANIEL CLAUSER; SARAH CLAUSER.
c. HENRY CLAUSER (Henry3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), son of Henry and Odilla: m. Elizabeth Yerger. Lived in Reading.
Issue : AUGUSTUS CLAUSER; HENRY CLAUSER; CATHARINE CLAUSER m. Frank Boyer.
VI.
MARY CLAUSER (J. Geo.' 2
, Hans-), dau. of John George
and Susannah: m. George Miller.
VII. PETER CLAUSER (J. Geo. - Hans1), son of John George and Susannah: d. Feb. 1857 aged 86 yrs .; m. Anna Maria Moyer who died at age of 35 (Hill Ch., Earl Twp.). Lived at Shanesville.
Issue :
A. TOBIAS CLAUSER (Peter, J. Geo. - , 3 2 Hans1), son of Peter and Anna Maria: b. Apr. 17, 1802; d. Feb. 9, 1868. Justice of the Peace, Leesport.
B. SAMUEL CLAUSER (Peter3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), son of Peter and Anna Maria: b. Oct. 9, 1807; d. Apr. 19, 1864; m. Sept. 10, 1837 to Lidia Herzog at Falkner Swamp Ch.
C. DANIEL CLAUSER (Peter, J. Geo. 3 2 Hans1), son of , Peter and Anna Maria: b. May 10, 1812; d. Apr. 26, 1878; m. on Sept. 22, 1833 to Sarah Brumbach (Falkner Swamp Ch.). Lived first at Shanesville, but in about 1852 moved to Friedensville, North- ampton Co., Pa. Issue :
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1. SIMON B. CLAUSER (Daniel4, Peter3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), son of Daniel and Sarah: b. July 17, 1837; m. Nov. 20, 1858 to Hannah Mathias at Falckner Swamp Ch., New Hanover. He managed the Clauser Hotel, Shanesville.
Issue : SUSAN CLAUSER m. William Yerger, Friedensburg; KATE CLAUSER m. James Ruppert, Oley; ALICE CLAUSER, single; PETER CLAUSER farmed the homestead.
2. MAHON B. CLAUSER (Daniel , Peter 4
2
3 J. Geo. ,
Hans-), son of Daniel and Sarah: b. Feb. 24, 1851; m. Dec. 17, 1874 to Catharine Froh- meiser.
Issue : ELIZABETH CLAUSER m. Thomas Kiefer, Oley; CHARLES CLAUSER, Reading; SALLIE CLAUSER m. Charles De Turk, Reading; DR. MONROE F. CLAUSER, Oley.
3. HANNAH CLAUSER (Daniel , Peter , 3 2
J. Geo. , Hans 31), 1 dau. of Daniel and Sarah: m. Frank Kaufman.
Issue : SALLIE KAUFMAN; ELIZABETH KAUF- MAN m. Charles Kruger; REV. DANIEL KAUFMAN, Lutheran; REBECCA KAUFMAN; MARY KAUFMAN; REV. ROGER KAUFMAN, Lutheran.
Remaining issue of Daniel and Sarah: CAROLINE CLAUSER m. Reuben Updegrove; PETER CLAUSER d. y .; LEVI CLAUSER, Bethlehem; ELIZABETH CLAUSER m. 1st Hiram Brumbach, 2nd
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Ephriam Weidner; ORLANDO CLAUSER, Northampton Co .; AMELIA CLAUSER m. Albert Snyder; CYRUS CLAUSER, Bethlehem; MARY ANN CLAUSER m. Elam Rhoads, Earl Twp .; REBECCA CLAUSER m. Frank Cleaver .
D. ESTHER (EDITH) CLAUSER (Peter3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), dau. of Peter and Anna Maria: m. John Brumbach.
E . MARY CLAUSER (Peter3, J. Geo. 2, Hans1), dau. of Peter and Anna Maria: m. David Koch, Earl Twp. 3
F. SARAH CLAUSER (Peter , J. Geo. .2, Hans1), dau. of
Peter and Anna Maria:
m. Samuel Bohr (Bar ?).
G. CATHARINE CLAUSER (Peter 3
, J. Geo. 2 Hans 1), dau.
of Peter and Anna Maria: m. Daniel Acker and moved to Ohio before 1848.
H. HANNAH CLAUSER (Peter ,
3 J. Geo. - , , Hans1), dau. of Peter and Anna Maria: d. before 1856; m. Samuel Brumbach.
Issue : MABRY BRUMBACH, DANIEL BRUMBACH, MARY BRUMBACH.
I. SUSANNA CLAUSER (Peter', 3 J. Geo. 2, Hans1), dau. of
,
Peter and Anna Maria: m. John Wetzel.
VIII. DAVID CLAUSER (J. Geo. 2, Hans-), son of John George
and Susannah: mentioned in his father's will as re- ceiving 100 acres in Earl Twp. He appears on the Earl Twp. tax lists 1788-1806.
Miscellaneous :
The following must be descendants of the Schuylkill
Branch. Clauser Church (Friedens ) Llewellyn.
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CHARLES CLAUSER and w. Catharina, a son, CHARLES, b. Apr. 27, 1847.
JOHN CLAUSER and w. Matilda. Issue : ELIZABETH M., 1860-1864; JOHN KILIAN b. Dec. 23, 1862.
JACOB CLAUSER and w. Eliza. Issue : DANIEL RUEBEN CLAUSER, b. Sept. 10, 1867; SALLIE CLAUSER 1871-1872.
Census 1850, Upper Tulpehocken, Berks Co .: JOHN KLAUSER, 44; MARGARET, 40; CATHARINE, 12; CASPER, 4; GEORGE, 2; LEVI, 3 mos.
JACOB CLAUSER, 1780, Fourth Battalion, Berks Co. Militia (Pa. Arch. Ser. 5, Vol. 5:186,248). Appears in index but not on page. This omission must be an error. Schuylkill Co. area.
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ABRAHAM KLAUSER m. Nov. 11, 1821, to Sarah Lantz (Trinity Tulpehocken Ch.).
WILLIAM KLAUSER m. Sept. 18, 1842 to Elizabeth Moyer (Trinity Tulp. Ch.).
SARAH CLAUSER b. Apr. 4, 1795; d. July 6, 1874; widow of John Weidenhauer, late wife of Daniel Klein (St. Peters Moselem Ch.).
PETER GLASER and w. Catharine, a dau. SALOME b. Apr. 4, 1795 (Zions Moselem Ch.).
PETER CLAUSER d. May 14, 1824 aged 36 yrs., 6 mos., 17 das., a wealthy resident ofRichmond Twp., Berks Co. (Read- inger Adler).
ABRAHAM, DAVID, and PETER CLAUSER, brothers, mother buried at a Hill Ch. Cem., probably from Oley Valley. ABRAHAM CLAUSER b. Nov. 8, 1796; d. June 21, 1849; m. Sarah
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Harp, who was b. Nov. 17, 1808; d. Apr. 6, 1883. Abraham buried at Swartzwald Cem., Exter Twp. Berks Co. Sarah m. 2nd to a Miller, moved to Canton, Ohio. Issue : MALINDA CLAUSER m. Frank Candle; MARIA CLAUSER m. Lewis Saxon; SARAH CLAUSER m. Rev. Sam Momberger; JOHN CLAUSER moved to Ash- land, Ohio; DAVID CLAUSER b. Mar. 5, 1827 m. Sophia Kline dau. of Henry Kline, Alsace Ch.
Issue of DAVID CLAUSER, son of Abraham and Sarah: ROSE d. y .; JOHN d. y .; SARAH, 1861-1891; WILLIAM d. y .; DAVID; ADAM, d. y .; IRWIN b. June 28, 1866, m. Gertrude Hollenbach, b. Nov. 1867, d. 1911, m. 2nd Laura Fasig 1862- 1938. Issue of IRWIN CLAUSER, son of David and Sophia: HAROLD, GEORGE, MIRIAM, ARTHUR, WARREN, NORMAN, RALPH.
Warren lived near Hamburg and had a dau. MAE CLAUSER. DAVID CLAUSER, brother of Abraham and Peter lived near Yodertown. Issue : ELIZABETH m. Flickner; SUSAN m. Frankhauser; LYDIA; SALLY m. Derr; DENA m. Stoner; JOHN m. Harriet Fisher; DANIEL m. a Hottel (From Mae Clauser).
JOHN L. GLASER, Hamburg, Berks Co. merchant, m. a dau. of Gov. Richard Howell of N. J. who died 1802 aged 48 yrs. His wife, Kezeah Howell, d. 1835 at Pittsburg. Howells had
five sons, three daughters. One dau. Sarah, m. James Agnew, another dau., Beulah, m. John L. Glaser. John Glaser, a Hamburg merchant, once resided in Philadelphia. Later he was in the iron and commission business into which he sunk a large fortune and finally returned to Hamburg (Pa. Magazine Vol .. 22:230). JOHN S. CLAUSER, sold Bassen- heim Furnace at Pittsburg and went into iron business in
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Westmoreland Co. He was the uncle of Daniel' Agnew (Pa. Magazine, Vol. 13:55).
JOHN GEORGE GLOUSER, Ruscombmanor, b. Aug. 3, 1805, in Baden, Germany; arr. in 1828; d. Sept. 11, 1892, buried at Pricetown, Berks. Co. Had eleven children, 3 sons, 2 daughters still living in 1892 (The Reading Eagle) .
JACOB CLAUSER, a Moravian, was found in 1749 at Lebanon, but neither the records of Lebanon nor Bethel refer to him again (Arch. of Moravian Ch.).
JACOB CLAUSER and wife were killed by the Indians north of the Schuylkill, Mar. 6, 1756, according to an un- published manuscript of a "History of Schuylkill Co. ", by Claude W. Unger. This item was taken from the Weiser Papers in the Pa. Hist. Society.
JACOB GLASSER, Census 1790, Maxatany Twp., Berks Co .: four males over 16; three females.
JACOB GLASSER'S dau. d. Dec. 9, 1791 in Berks Co. Rev. John Henrich Helffrich (Gen. Soc. of Pa. Vol. 5, No. 1:21).
MICHAEL CLAUSER, tax lists, Alsace Twp., Berks Co., 1759, 1767-1781.
JOHN CLAUSER, Census 1790, Dauphin Co., one male over 16; one male under 16; two females.
Census 1850, Earle Twp., Berks Co .: JONATHAN CLAUSER, 25; SUSAN, 29; SARAH, 10; ANNA E., 2. DANIEL CLAUSER, 32; KATHARINE, 27; FRANKLIN, 2.
Census 1850, Oley Twp., Berks Co .: BENJAMIN CLAUSER, 37; ELIZA, 30; FRANKLIN, 7 mo.
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TRACTS OF CHRISTIAN ALTHOUSE BERN, UPPERBERN now TILDEN and CENTRE TIPS.
74A. War. 236
(Chris. Althouse) JOHN CLAUSER 8-5-1765
& TRACTS given to ANNA MARIA ALTHOUSE w. of P.A. CLAUSER In 1786.
By Deed of Release TO JACOB CLAUSER in 1825.
58A.
16A. 11-1-1754 Pat. 6-12- 1767
3-12- 1766
40A. 120P. 6-13- 1751 6-13- 1767
Pat. 6-12-1767
48A.
4-28-1752 1750
146A.
28A. 90 p. 3-31-1785 Pat. 1785
GIA. 61 P.
1-5 - 1739 / 5- 23- 1750 This tract had no neighbors in 1739.
Part of No. 6 11-1-1754 Pat. 6-12- 1767
TILDEN TWP.
CENTRE TWP.
AIA. 7P. Part of No. 6
11-1-1754
22A. 1743
-
Pat. 6-12-1767
NOT PAT.
Census 1850, No. Annsville Twp., Lebanon Co .: DAVID CLAUSER, 36; ELIZABETH, 38; DANIEL, 11; SARAH, 9; POLLY, 6; ELIZABETH, 3; LEAH, 2.
Census 1850, New Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co .: REUBEN CLAUSER, 47; ELIZABETH, 51; HAENSY ?, 9.
Bindnagle Church, Lebanon Co. DAVID CLAUSER and ELIZABETH, a dau. ELIZABETH, b. July 28, 1826.
Althous - Althouse
JOHN CHRISTIAN ALTHOUSE, JOHN GEORGE ALTHOUSE and JOHN ALTHOUSE arrived Oct. 27, 1738 on the ship Andrew, Com. John Steadman, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. Palatines (Pa. Ger. Pion. Vol. I:237).
JOHN CHRISTIAN ALTHOUSE settled in Bern Twp., Lancaster
Co. which became Berks Co. in 1752. His land extended across what is now the boundary line between Centre Twp. erected in 1842, and Tilden Twp. formed in 1887, both taken from the original Bern Twp. Christian was the first to settle in this area for he had no neighbors when he received his first warrant on Jan. 5, 1739 for 146 acres.
Other warrants issued to him were: No. 80, Apr. 28, 1742 for 48 acres; No. 70, Aug. 30, 1742 for 157 acres; No. 98, Dec. 27, 1743 for 22 acres, the only tract not patented to him; No. 125, May 13, 1747 for 60 acres, 120 perches; No. 175, June 3, 1751, for 40 acres; No. 6, Nov. 1, 1754 in three surveys, 41 acres, 16 acres, 61 acres; No. 17, Mar. 12, 1766, 58 acres: No. 34, Mar. 31, 1785, for 28 acres. Christian Althouse appeared on the Bern Twp. tax list 1759 (Hist. of Berks Co. : 1128); on the Bern Twp. tax lists 104
of 1767, 1768, 1779 (Pa. Arch. Ser. 3, Vol. 18:81, 108, 199).
CHRISTIAN ALTHOUSE took the Oath of Allegiance on May 30, 1778 before Charles Shoemaker, Berks County (Original Oath of Allegiance Bk .: 36. Hist. Soc. of Berks Co.).
A Deed, written in German by Christian Althouse on Nov. 19, 1785 was given to his daughter, Anna Maria Klauser, for tracts of land in Bern Twp., translated as follows :
To all people to whom these presents shall come: Christian Althouse of Bern Twp., yeoman, sends greetings: Said Christian Althouse for divers good causes and considerations and five shillings to him in hand paid by my daughter, ANNA MARIA, of said Township, wife of PHILIP ADAM KLAUSER do grant, bargain, sell and release to said daughter the four following tracts in Bern Twp. of 168 acres.
No. 1, patented June 12, 1767, Pat. Bk. AA-8-353; No. 2 patented June 12, 1767, Pat. Bk. AA-8-353 (sic); No. 3 patented June 13, 1751, Pat. Bk. AA-8-178; No. 4 patented 1767, Pat. Bk. AA-8-357, with all buildings and improve- ments, to be for my daughter Maria in her own name, and then the heirs of her body as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. Signed, John Christian Althouse. Recorded 7 November 1786. (Deed Bk. 9:489, Berks Co. C. H.).
Christian Althouse made a Will on June 14, 1786 which
was probated Apr. 14, 1788. (Will Bk. 212:81, Berks Co. C. H. Abstract :).
Mentioned are: daughter, ANNA MARIA, whose full share is five
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shillings; daughter, MARY ELIZABETH, to receive 400
pounds ; son, JOSEPH, to receive the remainder of the estate. No wife mentioned. Executors : Son, JOSEPH
ALTHOUSE, and nephew, JOST ROOTH, of Bern Twp. Witnesses : John Schock and Eberhard Seaman.
The Deed of Nov. 1785 explains why Anna Maria, who received four tracts at that time, was remembered with only five shillings in the Will.
Issue :
I. ANNA MARIE ALTHOUSE (Christian-), dau. of Christian: bap. Oct. 27, 1751 at Bern Church. Sps. Bastian Roth and wife (Gen. Soc. of Pa. Vol. 5, No. 1). Married Philip Adam Klauser who was b. Mar. 10, 1748. Issue : PHILIP ADAM CLAUSER; GEORGE CLAUSER; JOHN CLAUSER; WILLIAM CLAUSER; JACOB CLAUSER; MARIA CLAUSER m. PHILIP LONG; CHRISTINA CLAUSER m. ISAAC MILLER; SARAH CLAUSER m. GEORGE SEAMAN; CATHARINE CLAUSER m. DANIEL KELCHNER; ELIZABETH CLAUSER m. BENJAMIN LONG. See Clauser line.
II. MARY ELIZABETH ALTHOUSE (Christian ), dau. of Christian: b. May 27, 1756; d. May 1, 1799; m. May 27, 1776 to John Christian R. Albrecht, who was b. Jan. 1, 1748; d. Feb. 28, 1820. His second wife was Anna Maria Kaufman, widow of Joseph Althouse. Issue : MARIA CATHARINE ALBRECHT m. GEORGE WAGNER; ANNA MARIA ALBRECHT m. JACOB SCHERTEL b. 1780; ANNA MAGDALENA ALBRECHT m. GEORGE MICHAEL KAUFMAN; GEORGE ALBRECHT; JOHN ALBRECHT: SOLOMON ALBRECHT; GABRIEL ALBRECHT;
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ELIZABETH ALBRECHT m. JACOB KAUFMAN, 1792. JOHN JACOB ALBRECHT m. ANNA MARIA SCHERTEL. See Albrecht line.
III. JOSEPH ALTHOUSE (Christian-), son of Christian: b. Nov. 18, 1757; d. at age of 39 yrs .; m. Anna Maria Kaufman who was b. Mar. 11, 1754; d. Feb. 22, 1827. Joseph had nine children, six dead, three survive, (St. Mich. Ch.). Anna Maria's second husband was John Christian R. Albrecht, widower of Mary Elizabeth Althouse, sister of Joseph.
Joseph Althouse appears on Bern Twp. tax lists in 1780, 1784, 1785 (Pa. Arch. Ser. 3, Vol. 18:574, 705).
The three children of Joseph and Anna Maria were mentioned in the Will of their grandfather, Jacob Kaufman, made Sept. 8, 1800. They received their mother's share of his inheritance. The children were JOSEPH, DANIEL, and ANNA MARIA. See Kaufman line. Issue :
A. JOSEPH ALTHOUSE (Joseph2, Christian ), son of Joseph and Anna Maria: b. July 22, 1788; d. May 25, 1849; m. 1st Anna Maria Becht; m. 2nd Rebecca who was b. Sept. 22, 1807; d. June 24, 1884. Issue : JOHN ALTHOUSE, ANNA MARIA ALTHOUSE, DANIEL ALTHOUSE, JOSEPH ALTHOUSE, WILLIAM ALT- HOUSE, BENJAMIN ALTHOUSE, REBECCA ALTHOUSE, PRISCILLA ALTHOUSE, MATILDA ALTHOUSE, GEORGE ALTHOUSE. See Kaufman line.
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B. DANIEL ALTHOUSE, son of Joseph and Anna Maria: b. Nov. 14, 1790; d. June 5, 1859; m. Jan. 2, 1819 to Maria Wensel, who was b. Sept. 5, 1798; d. Oct. 6, 1853, (St. Mich. Ch.). Issue : SARAH ALTHOUSE, MARIA ANN ALTHOUSE, ESTHER ALTHOUSE, WILLIAM ALTHOUSE, REBECCA ALTHOUSE, JOSEPH ALT- HOUSE, CATHARINE ALTHOUSE, ELIZABETH ALTHOUSE. See Kaufman line.
c . ANNA MARIA ALTHOUSE, dau. of Joseph and Anna Maria.
Miscellaneous :
JOHN ALTHOUSE received warrants in Bern Twp. May 13, 1747 and Aug. 30, 1749; patented June 23, 1763 and July 18, 1765. John and his wife, Elizabeth, sold to their son, Daniel, 314 acres for 449 Pounds in Bern Twp. on July 4, 1789 (Pat. Bk. AA, Vol. 6:440, Phila.).
Issue of John Althouse and Mary Elizabeth: Daniel Althouse b. June 1742; John George Althouse b. Apr. 1744 whose dau., Margaret, was b. May 1785 (Bern Ch. Rec., Gen. Soc. of Pa., pp. 39, 49).
Kauffman - Coufman
JACOB KAUFFMAN arrived Sept. 9, 1749, on the ship Phoenix, Master John Mason. It sailed from Rotterdam, last
from Cowes. Zweibruken, Nassau, Wurttemberg, Palatinate (Pa. Ger. Pion. Vol. I:404, 407). On this same ship arrived
Christian, Peter and Joseph. Christian and Jacob, believed to be brothers, settled in Bern Twp. now Upper Bern Twp. £ A
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Peter appears on the 1751 tax list of Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co .; is listed as living near Harrisburg in 1754; appears on the 1759 tax list of Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co. A Joseph lived at Norristown, a Catholic, who married two Protestant wives. Jacob and Christian were staunch Lutherans.
Jacob Kauffman received Warrant No. 206, July 3, 1750 (Sur. Bk. C, Vol. 177:15). This tract was north of Mill Creek, then Kauffman Creek, through which the present boundary line between Upper Bern and Tilden now runs. On April 24, 1754, he received War. No. 39 for a tract called Tallyho. This tract of 141 acres was patented to Valentine Kaufman on June 2, 1810 (Pat. Bk. H, Vol. 3:558). The Patent read as follows :
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye, That in consideration of the Monies paid by Hans Gnage and JACOB KAUFMAN for the Warrants hereinafter mentioned, and the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-seven cents in full, since paid by VALENTINE KAUFMAN of Berks County into the Treasury office of this Common- wealth - there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto the said VALENTINE KAUFMAN, a tract of land called Tallyho situate in Bern Township, Berks County Beginning at a stone thence by land of JOSTE KAUFMAN, south eighty-six degrees west sixty-two perches to a stone, thence by the same and land of ADAM KAUFMAN south twenty degrees west one hundred fifty-two perches and a half to a stone, thence by said ADAM KAUFMAN'S land south sixty- nine degrees west one hundred eleven perches and three quarters to a stone, thence by land of
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I 1
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1
Frederick
Moyer
Ist. Fred. Long 1755
S . Lininger
I
C- 151- 162
VTI A. C - 128 - 193
12 - 16 - 3.26
JACOB
JACOB KAUFMAN
later
Apr. 24, 1754 C-67-138
Hoover
M.
GEORGE
66A. Pat. BK. H.
166 A.
KAUFMAN
3-550 JOST
Ist. Jacob Kaufman C-87- 248
VALENTINE
KAUFMAN
KAUFFMAN,
IST. Chris Beyler, 1754
John Soock 1754,
ADAM and. Jac. Kaufman, 1760 C-24- 58
1750
KAUFMAN
Kauffman Creek in 1777 Now Mill Creek.
C- 67- 139 Ist. Harts
C - 24-47
6- 28-18
Gnage 1747.
14IA.
- Indi Jacob Kaufman 1754
1
JACOB Stutzman
1754
Distribution of JACOB KAUFFMAN tracts ca. 1807 in Upper Bern Twp. as indicated by Survey C-67-138 and Patent Book H-3-558.
PHILIP KAUFMAN HANS ZIMMERMAN
1746
124 A.
KAUFM
23 AT+50
AN
Platners - - 1747.
83.A.
Paul Hyme
GEORGE KAUFMAN north thirteen degrees . East one hundred forty-nine perches to a post north seventy-six degrees west, thirty perches to a stone, thence by land of FREDERICK MOYER'S north three degrees west, thirty-three perches and a quarter to a post, thence by land of PHILIP KAUFMAN north seventy-five degrees. East two hundred eighty perches to a White Oak, and thence by one HOOVER'S land, south fourteen degrees East fifty-two perches and a half to the Beginning Containing one hundred forty- one acres, thirty-eight perches and a half and allowance of six percent ... Which said tract of land is part of a survey made in pursuance of a warrant dated 30th September 1747 granted to the said HANS GNAGE, and the whole of a survey made in pursuance of a warrant dated the 24th April 1754 granted the said JACOB KAUFMAN whose rights to the same by virtue of sundry good conveyances became vested in the said VALENTINE KAUFMAN with the Appartenances .... Signed by Richard A. Erain, Deputy Secy. Land Office on June 2, 1810.
Jacob Kaufman owned at least five tracts of land. In 1760 he bought a tract from his neighbor, Christian Beyler. This warrant was dated May 29, 1754 (C-24-58) . Joseph, son of Jacob, inherited this place but he sold it in 1796. In 1765 Jacob Kaufman and his wife, Anna Maria, sold a site for a small dam to John Schock.
This Indenture Made the seventeenth Day of June in the Year of Our Lord one thousand' seven hundred and sixty-five Between Jacob Caufman of the township of Bern, in the county of Berks, and province of Pennsylvania, Taylor, and ANNA MARIA, his wife of the one part,
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and John Schook of the same place, Joiner, of the other part ... the said John Schook hath made through the land of the said Jacob Caufman with a Free Board or Passage on both sides of the said Race which Free Board or Passage is three Feet in Breadth on the upper side of the same Race or Water- course and fourteen feet in Breadth on the lower side of the said Race or Watercourse ... with the privilege of making the said Mill Dam so much higher than it now is ... Schook then given the right to pass up and down the Race and round the Mill Dam, and Jacob Caufman the right at his expense to build a fence across the Mill Race, erecting Gates. (John Shock and his heirs), Yielding and paying on the first day of March Yearly and every Year, one Pepper Corn if Demanded.
The Deed was signed in German script by JACOB KAUFFMAN and two of the witnesses, Herman Hoffinger and Andreas Hagenbach before Henry Christ, Aug. 13, 1766, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace of Berks County.
Benjamin Lightfoot of the Town of Reading in the same County, Mer- chant, upon his solomon Affirmation according to law (he being one of the People called Quakers) declared above Deed as correct. James Read, Esq. as one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace signed, and as Recorder, recorded the Deed Dec. 21, 1769.
The above Deed gives the name of Jacob Kaufman's wife, and also reveals that Jacob, besides being a farmer, was also a taylor.
Jacob Kaufman's plantation of about 700 acres was located about a mile east of Shartlesville and a little
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over a mile north of the road. In recent years, Samuel B. Kaufman, a descendant, and his wife, Ellen, lived on the tract where the mill was located. In 1957 the old mill was in good repair but the watercourse was gone since such mills are no longer in use. £ Kaufman's Mill was located on the stream known as Kaufman's Creek, and is shown on the old map of Pennsylvania of 1777. Wagner's Mill, now Fish- bach, was further down on this same Creek. Both of these were here in Pre-Revolutionary days. Below Wagner's Mill on the same stream was Kepner's Mill. Now the stream is known as Mill Creek. Incidentally, the early millstones were imported from Germany.
The Indians were troublesome between the years 1754 and 1764. For this reason Jacob built a cellar under his house particularly adapted for defense against the Indians. His grist mill was used as a fort. In Major Asher Clayton's Report, June 1, 1764, is mentioned Kauffman's Mill of Bern Twp., with Sergeant Jacob Kern and fourteen men stationed there (Hist. of Berks Co., p. 107). Jacob's brother, Christian, and a neighboring family, that of Moyer, were killed by the Indians. Roger Moyer of Reading, a descend- ant of this neighbor, Frederick Moyer, sent me the following story in 1922.
Frederick Moyer and his wife were massacred by the Indians while engaged in peaceful pursuits. He was mowing the grass near his house with children playing near him when suddenly the Indians came upon him. He took the youngest child, possibly two years old, in his arms and tried to escape only to be shot down
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and scalped. The child was shot through an arm and thrown into the ditch of water that came from a spring in the meadow, but fortunately for the infant the water only came to its mouth.
A man by the name of Jacob Kaufman who lived in the vicinity heard the shots when the Moyers were murdered. Surmising that someone Was in peril, he seized his gun, and hastened in the direction from whence the sound of the shots came .
He arrived at the scene of the tragedy after it had been enacted. He saw the child in the ditch where the Indians had thrown it and picked it up. It was still alive and by his care and nurture it became the nucleus of the present Moyer family. All of the other members of the family were killed. The surviving child remained in the Kaufman family. At the age of 21 he took over the Moyer homestead.
Brunner in his book, The Indians of Berks County, refers to this tragedy as having occurred in June 1754.
In a Petition for Soldiers, Mar. 15, 1758, by Bern Twp., Berks County inhabitants to Gov. Denny urging that more help be sent to the forts along the Blue Mountains, is found the signature of JACOB KAUFFMANN. See Introduction.
Jacob Kaufman appears on the tax lists of Bern Twp. in 1759, 1767-1785 (Hist. of Berks Co., p. 1128; Pa. Arch. Ser. 3, Vol. 18:83, 201, 320, 449, 576, 707). Census 1790, Jacob Kaufman, churchman, one male over 16; one female over 16. This implies that there were two adults, and the children were grown.
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Jacob Kaufman appears on the list of Lutheran members of St. Michael's Church in 1769. In the Records of John Casper Stoever 1730-1779 this church is referred to as "the church Kauffman Michael" on the 1772 baptismal list. This term means St. Michael's Church near Kauffman.
Jacob Kaufman, Senior, took the Oath of Allegiance before Jacob Weaver, July 31, 1778. Witnessed by Henry Christ, Recorder (Original Record Bk. D, Vol. I:60, Hist. Soc. of Berks Co.).
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