404 ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
404 ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
 
Section 6.
 
VI. JOHN ROYER, p. 402, moved to Ohio later than Kindigs; m.
in Ohio, his wife having died some yrs. ago; farmer, now resides
on the old farm with his son; 3 ch., 1 son and 2 daughters.
-Chapter II. largely from Catharine Royer Harley, 1914.
 
CHAPTER III.
 
V. ELIZABETH ROYER, p. 397, was married to Jonathan Hertzler,*
b. in Berks Co., Pa., June 27, 1800 or 1; d. Dec. 25, 1887; farmer on
the Royer homestead near Richland; of Amish extraction but joined
the Brethren, his wife's church, of which he became a deacon.
Elizabeth died at the home of her son-in-law, Daniel Royer, in Rich-
land. Both she and her husband died on Christmas Day. She was
the mother of sixteen children:
 
Page Name Birth Death
405 VI. Eld. John Hertzler Sept. 10, 1826 Aug. 27, 1900
405 VI. Eld. William " Dec. 30, 1827 Feb. 10, 1896
406 VI. Sarah " Apr. 22, 1830 Nov. 9, 1905
406 VI. Levi " July 30, 1832 June 23, 1910
407 VI. Leah " Jan. 8, 1834 Apr. 16, 1913
408 VI. Elizabeth " Mar. 6, 1835 May 4, 1868
VI. Susan " __ __ Young
VI. Susanna " June 15, 1837 Jan. 19, 1860
VI. Jonathan " __ __ Young
408 VI. Mary Anna " Mar. 18, 1840
408 VI. Amanda " Feb. 28, 1842
409 VI. Jonathan " July 21, 1844 Sept. (?) 1915
 
*Ancestry of IV Jonathan Hertzler.
 
I. JACOB HERTZLER, b. in 1703, in Switzerland, migrated to Palatinate,
Germany, presented on account of religion, emigrated to America, via Rotter-
dam, Holland and Plymouth, England, in ship St. Andrew, James Abercrombie,
Master; landed in Phila., Pa., Sept. 9, 1749; went to Berne Twp., then Lanc.
Co., now Upper Berne, Berks Co., Pa., 2 mi. w. of Hamburg; purchased of Penns,
Jan. 9. 1750, 182 A., 30 P., price $1.25 per A., name "Contentment;" on Oct.
13, 1752; 110 A., 130 P.; Aug. 5, 1765, 36 A. 36 P.; Dec. 2, 1766, 44 A. 95 P.;
June 23, 1773, 30 A., 33 P. - total 404 A., 4 P.; Am. Men.; m. twice, 1 ch.
by 1st wife; m. 2ndly to Catharine __, d. between Aug. 30, 1773, and Mar. 4,
1774; 3 ch. by 2nd wife; he d. some time after Mar. 20, in 1786; buried in
Amish Cemetery, 2 mi. w. of Hamburg, joining his farm; ch.: II. JOHN; II.
Jacob; II. Fanny, m. John Kauffman; and II. Christian - each ch. inheriting a
farm. - Hertzler History pp. 13 and 14.
 
II. JOHN HERTZLER, b. in Switzerland; d. at Womelsdorf, Berks Co.,
Pa. Apr., 1801; buried in Adam Kurtz cemetery near Womelsdorf; m. Veronica
Reidenbach; farmer, moved from Alsace Twp. in 1750 to Caernarvon Twp.,
in 1773 to Upper Bern Twp., in 1785 to Caernarvon, and in 1795 to Heidel-
berg Twp.; Am. Men.; 8 ch.: III. John; III. Barbara, m. Jacob Reidenbach;
III. Catharine, m. Christian Zook; III. Jacob; Elizabeth, m. John Reidenbach;
III. David; III. Veronica, m. Stephen Kurtz; and III. CHRISTIAN. Hertzler
History, p. 16.
 
III. CHRISTIAN HERTZLER, b. Aug., 1770; d. Aug. 30, 1826, at Wom-
elsdorf; m. in 1799, to Sarah Weidman, b. in 1780; d. Dec., 1862; farmer;
Am. Men.; 8 ch.: IV. Lydia, m. John Forney; IV. JONATHAN; IV. Sarah, m.
John Kauffman; IV. Levi; IV. Ephraim; IV. Elizabeth, m. Abraham Bartler;
IV. Elias. Hertzler History, p. 176.
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