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Widow of Jacob's cousin, Jacob, son of Gabriel Carpenter and Apollina Herrmann
BIOGRAPHY: letter from Carol Jackson to "Mr. Yeiser"; 12/20/81; copy in possn of T.Mason (filed - Philip Yeiser); EXTRACTION: (Contains two pages of family records.) "The earliest record so far found of the Yeiser Family in the New World appears in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, published by the Pennsylvania German Society, under the heading: "A publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808."
Four brothers of this family, Germans of the Palatinate, arrived at Philadelphia, qualified, and took the Oath, crhronologically as follows:
08 JAN 1734 - Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia, in America.
1736 - Jacob Jayser, the olderst; Qualified 1 September 1736, having arrived from Rotterdam on the ship "St. Andrew" (Robert Brown, Captin)
1743 - Friederich Jayser, the youngest; Qualified 7 October 1743, having arrived from Rotterdam on the ship "St. Andrew" (Robert Brown, Captin)
1750 - Englehardt Jayser, the next to the youngest; Took Oath 30 November 1750, having arrived from Totterday on the ship "Sandwich" (Hazelwood Captin)
1752 - Wilhelm Gottlieb Jayser, the next to oldest; Took Oath 23 October 1752, haing arrived from Rotterdam on the ship "Rawley" (John Grove, Captin).
Two other members of the family, cousins of the above four brothers, also came to Philadelphia:
1752 - Johann Georg Jayser; Took Oath 20 October 1752, having arrived from Rotterdam on the ship "Duke of Wirtenburg" (Daniel Montpelier, Commander).
1753 - Johann Joachim Jayser; Took Oath 27 September 1753, having arrived from Rotterdam on the ship "Windsor" (John Goad, Captin). (Progenator of the "Lebanon County Yeisers.)
RESEARCHER:
(1) Kenneth Scott, "Genealogical Data from The Pennsylvania Chronicle 1767-1774," National Genealogical Society, pub., Washington, D.C. 1971. NOTE: Found in GA Dept. of Archives and History July 1993. "Yeister, Engilhard, of Lancaster (PN) - married Aug. 7 at Baltimore to Miss Catherine Keener (daughter of Melchor Keener, of Baltime) (8/16)."
(2) Howard Yeiser, Tucson, AZ. "Englehart was a 2nd Lt. in the American Revolution, an old inhabitant of Baltimore. Catherine (is she Englehart's mother or wife?) became sister-in-law to her own mother and Englehardt's son-in-law. Will 1807 March 5th."
1790 Baltimore Census: Englehart Yeiser. 2 males 16 and over, including father. 1 boy under 16. 7 females including mother. 1 slave.
(3) Chalkley, Lyman, "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, " Vol. II, Genealogical Pub., Inc, Baltimore, 1974.
A. page 138: "Williams vs. Yeizer - O. S. 168; N. S. 59 - Bill, 1808. Orator purchased interest in lands in Augusta County from Engelhard Yieger (Yeizer) of Maryland, who died intestate, leaving Catherine Maria Yiezer (widow), Eliza (daughter, wife of Joseph Williams of Augusta County), Rebecca (daughter, wife of Richard Kingsmore of Maryland), Catherine Magdalen Susanna Maria Hester, and Lidia Ann Yeizer (daughters). Hester has married Jonathan Slater.
B. page 186: "Williams vs. Yeiser's executors - O. S. 242; N. S. 85 - Cross bill of Cumberland Dugan Williams of Baltimore, filed 1812, says James Price has filed bill against Nicholas Brice, John Bourland, executors, and Catharine Yeiser, executrix of Englehard Yeiser, deceased; Joseph Williams and Elizabeth, his wife; Richard Kingsman and Rebecca, his wife; Rice Morris and Catharine, his wife; Jonathan Slater and Hester, his wife; Susan and Lydia Yeiser, heirs and representatives of Englehard Yeiser; orators, Benjamin, Samuel, Amos A. and George Williams. Will of Englehard Yeiser of Baltimore County. Wife, Catharine; children, Magdalene, Catharine, Susanna, Hetty and Lydia Ann, unmarried; daughter, Rebecca Kingsman; daughter Eliza Williams. Dated 5th March 1807. Recorded in Baltimore County 18th March 1807. This suit involves Mount Torry Furnace.
(4) Fulton and Mylin, "An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1729 - 1850," Genealogical Publishing, Inc., Baltimore, 1974, page 110. Intestate records list Englehart Yaiser (sic) 1762.
(5) KY Court of Appeals, Deeds and Grants. "Englehart Yeiser, Baltimore, MD. Deed Date 11-18-1799. 69,000 acres, Book D, Page 56 Watercourse BR-M-FK-Liking.
Englehart Yeiser, Baltimore, MD. Deed Date 11-18-1799. 92,000 acres Book D, Page 56 Watercourse Main Licking.
Englehart Yeiser, Heirs - Residence of Virginia, Deed Book 11-13-1845, Book 28 Page 39.
(6) Beverly G. Yeiser, Sr. Correspondence 17 Jan. 1998.
"Englehart was one of 10 children, a 2nd Lt. American Revolution, an old inhabitant of Baltimore. Will 1807 March 5th. Died 9 Mar. 1807 Staunton, VA."Lancaster Co., PA Wills, 16 Apr 1787. "Testatrix: I Magdalena Shitz... . I give and bequeath unto my Nephews Englehard Yeizer and Philip Yeizer (Sons of my brother Frederick Yeizer deceased) all that my House and half lot of Ground situate in the Borough of Lancaster adjoining in front on King street and West by Jacob Stuffs Lot North to a fourteen foot Alley and East by George ____ Lot, together with all other the Buildings Rights Liberties and Priviledges there belonging or in any wise appertaining To hold the same to them my said nephews Englehard Yeizer and Philip Yeizer their Heirs and assigns forever as ___nanto in common. And I do also hereby give and bequeath unto my said Nephews Englehard Yeizer and Philip Yeizer all and singular the Rest Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate And Household furniture of what name soley and to their heirs and assign forever they paying unto the said Mary John & Jacob the Legacies to them herein bequeathed in manner and form herein mentioned And it is my Will and I do hereby that all the rest of my Relations and kindred be entirely excluded & debarred of and from having or claiming any Share or Shares of into and ____ of my Estate real and personal.
And Lastly I do hereby nominate made and appoint my ____ Nephew Englehard Yeizer whole and Sole executor of this my last Will & Testament having hereby void all other Wills by me heretofore made declaring this & no other to be my Last Will and Testament Witness my hand & Seal this sixteenth day of April One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. Magdalena Shitz [Seal]
SOURCE: 1) Howard Yeiser, Tucson, AZ. see father's will 6Mar1798. Will 13Aug1818.
SOURCE: (1) Howard Yeiser, Tucson, AZ. Frederich married his second cousin. They had nine children. He was a butcher, supplied beef ration to State Militia, Revolutionary War. Lived near Griffith bridge Baltimore. He is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Baltimore.
(2) "Archives of Maryland Muster Rolls and Other records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution 1775 - 1783." Published by Authority of the State, Under the Direction of the Maryland Historical Society, Genealogical Publishing, Inc., Baltimore, 1972 page 182. "Continental Congress, 25 September, 1776. The committee appointed to settle the rank of the captains and subalterns in the German battalion, reported the same as follows, which was agreed to: ----- Second-lieutenants,---Frederick Yeiser, etc." "The German Regiment was regarded as one of the additional 16 Regiments raised under Resolutions of Congress 17 December, 1776.
SOURCE: 1) Howard Yeiser, Tucson, AZ. Susanna is a first cousin to Catherine Carpenter who married Frederich Christian Yeiser.
SOURCE: From The Pennsylvania German Society Proceedings and Addresses, "Pennsylvania German Church Records," Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983, p. 114.
1800 Census Columbia Co, Pennsylvania
1850 Census Warren Co., Mississippi
SOURCE: Howard Yeiser. Never married.
SOURCE: Howard Yeiser. No name, dates, etc.
Simple, hard-working, well-to-do burghers, their ancestors having lived in the Bernese Oberland valley for many successive generations.
Wattenwyl is a small parish in the district of Seftigen, Canton Bern, in a small plain watered by the Guerbe, and is meadow land and orchards. It is twenty-six kilometers from Bern. Children were sent to the village school, for public instruction had been instituted in Switzerland some short time before 1676.REFERENCE: "The German Ancestry of the Jansen Daughters"
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Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz give Rufener as "old" citizens (i.e. prior to 1800) in Blumenstein and Sigriswil (both BE). Rufiner have been in Eyholz, Valais. The Swiss Genealogical Index (LDS# 1183607) asserts that the Rufener family from Blumenstein first appears as Hans Rufener in der Polern in 1535, and came earlier from Wallis. It is asserted that they are closely related to Zen Raffinen zur Leuk, a family with similar heraldic devices. The family flourished in Blumenstein, with 30 baptisms between 1560 and 1600, and 90 between 1600 and 1650, and 150 from 1650 to 1700, spreading out to neighboring towns and villages. Most are townsfolk, with numerous veterinarians, physicians and officials among them. In the Bauerkrieg they were not in the first ranks, but generally supported the uprising, led by those with war expertise who had fought in France, such as Joseph Wenger (and Heinrich Zimmerman.)
Gabriel Carpenter or Zimmerman
First Naturalization List in Lancaster County (Some men from Philadelphia County). The following list includes those who became citizens in 1729....Section I - Be it enacted by the Honorable Patrick Gordeon Esquire, Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, etc., by and with the advice of the freeman of the said Province, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That..... Henry Carpenter, Emanuel Carpenter, Gabriel Carpenter..... be and shall be to all intents and purposes deemed, taken and esteemed His Majesty's natural-born subjects of this province of Pennsylvania as if they and each of them had born within said province.... (Passed February 14, 1729. Apparently never considered by the Crown but allowed to become law by lapse of time, in accordance with the Proprietary Charter.
Taught surveying and to be a "scrivener" or to draw deeds, wills
and other official papers when a young man. Was a spare man, over six feet tall, with black hair and eyes. Furnished a team and flour for the Braddock expedition.From "A Carpenter Family of Lancaster" Gabriel Carpenter of Earl
Township, born in 1704, the second son of the pioneer Heinrich, was a large landholder, the owner of a mill and a surveyor. Gabriel was not as prominent in county affairs as his elder brother Emanuel, but he exerted some influence. The second house built by Gabriel, located at the forts of Graff and Carpenter Runs, still stands, after having
weathered the storms of nearly 180 years. Some additions have been made, which are easily discernible, but it is still in possession (If the author Casanova is using the date of 1910 as judging the age of Gabriel's house this is now 2001 and the house still stands, making it 271 years old. It is being used as a storage shed but the original logs are still in excellent shape).Taught surveying and to be a "scrivener" or to draw deeds, wills and other official papers when a young man. Was a spare man, over six feet tall, with black hair and eyes. Furnished a team and flour for the Braddock expedition.
From "A Carpenter Family of Lancaster" Gabriel Carpenter of Earl Township, born in 1704, the second son of the pioneer Heinrich, was a large landholder, the owner of a mill and a surveyor. Gabriel was not as prominent in county affairs as his elder brother Emanuel, but he exerted some influence. The second house built by Gabriel, located at the forts of Graff and Carpenter Runs, still stands, after having weathered the storms of nearly 180 years. Some additions have been made, which are easily discernible, but it is still in possession (If the author Casanova is using the date of 1910 as judging the age of Gabriel's house this is now 2001 and the house still stands, making it 271 years old. It is being used as a storage shed but the original logs are still in excellent shape).
The records of Sherylynn Jones lists 6 different children.
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