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m. 7 Mar 1754
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m. Bef 1784
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John was a teenager during the Revolutionary War, but his name does not seem to be on war lists, so he may not have taken part. He was a tanner by trade and seems to have spent his early life in Berks County. He went to more western Pennsylvania with his sons, at least for a few years, at the turn of the 19th century. John was a teenager during the Revolutionary War, but his name does not seem to be on war lists, so he may not have taken part. He was a tanner by trade and seems to have spent his early life in Berks County. He went to more western Pennsylvania with his sons, at least for a few years, at the turn of the 19th century. During this time he became a landowner in Union and Centre Counties and within a few years sold these pieces of property to his sons. Philip Cole was the first settler on the site now known as Hartleton, Pennsylvania. The land was surveyed on 25 June 1773. He sold the land to Thomas Hartley, left and never returned. Hartley put Peter Kiester on the land as a tenant and the place was known as "Kiester's" until Col. Hartley, as he was known to his neighbors, laid out the town of Hartleton (Union County, PA.) on the land. For many years, the bulk of the trade and travel of the lower part of Penn's Valley went through this village. It was here that our John Yerger/Yarger came in 1804 to keep a tavern . Hartley's administrators were instructed to sell all Hartley's land on Hartley's death. They sold 220 acres of land to John Yerger for $6282.42. The deed of 6 April 1814 was recorded 12 Feb. 1822 at Lewisburg, Union County, PA between Hartley's administrators (Martin and John Kreber) and John Yerger of Bern Township, Berks County, PA. This piece of land would stay in the Yarger family, through John's son Jacob Yerger and his heirs, until the end of the 19th century. A local historian . says "John Yerger came there (to Hartleton) in 1804. He and his son, John Jr., commenced keeping tavern there the same year and in 1814 was still there." Another source says Hugh Wilson opened the first tavern in Hartleton in 1773, succeeded by Martin Selton in 1778, then John Yerger and John Yerger, Jr. The tavern was located on the post road established 1 April 1798 from Northumberland to Bellefonte. The assessment list of 1796 described the tavern as a "hewed log house, round log barn and 300 acres in the place". John's religious faith was important enough to him that he was involved in helping to start a new church congregation near Jacksonville in 1811. The Union Church of Marion Twp. was organized in that year by the Rev. Henry Rassmon and John seems to have been one of the first trustees. The church was composed of Reformed Protestants and Lutherans, hence the name "Union". In these early days they had no regular pastor and took whoever they could get, regardless of creed. There was no meeting house until 1816. In that year Henry Hoy deeded to Melchoir Dunkle and Joseph Baker, as trustees, one acre of ground for $12. The deed stipulated the ground be used "for German Calvinistic and Lutheran Evangelical purposes, and converted to no other use whatever." A small log meeting-house was built which was used until 1851. We know John purchased land in Walker township in 1814. We know the boundaries of the townships changed as more people settled in the area. So this land could very well have been in the area where the church was founded. A short time later, 21 June 1815, John Yerger Sr., and wife, Catarina, sold land in Centre County to John Yerger, Jr. This is probably the land purchased from Margaret and William Elder the year before. The witnesses are Philip Yerger (brother of John Jr.?) and John Reegae of Bucks County. . John sold his Hartley land in Union County to his son, Jacob Yerger, as of 14 June 1818, as soon as Jacob made a down payment. Jacob was still listed as a resident of Upper Bern Twp, Berks Co., PA. We don't know how long John and Catherina stayed in western Pennsylvania, but certainly long enough to see that their sons were well provided for as far as land goes. He would have been about 63 years old. Certainly time to "retire", although they probably never did retire in those early days. Maybe they returned to Reading after selling the land to Jacob. John's estate was settled back in Reading, PA after his death, about 1831. He had not made a will, but was listed as a resident of the Burrough of Reading. From: [email protected] - Judy Morgan Subject: Re: digging roots of Yarger/Yerger/Jurger/Joerger Date: September 11, 2006 6:33:25 PM MDT To: [email protected] Hi Earl Went digging and just found the research packet from a while back. In one of the Berks Co Hist Soc packets I received they included a few photocopies of pages from Frieden's Lutheran Church (Old Northkill Lutheran Church) It is mostly info for my line, but your George's birth info is there. ______________________________________________________ The front cover says "The Records of Frieden's Lutheran Church (Old Northkill Lutheran Church), Bernville, Penn Baptisms 1770-1905 Deaths 1858-1935 Marriages 1858-1935 Compiled from Xerox copy of the original furnished by Jeffery Howell Translated and arranged by Raymond E. Hollenbach 1981. Reindexed & Index Retyped by David M. Hollenbach - 1997 __________________________________________________ Parents:Johannes Jorger & Catharina Child: Johan Georg b. April 1, 1781 bap. May 27, 1781 No sponsor listed There is a John Jerger enumerated in Bern in the 1800 census. Bern is in the vicinity of where we can expect Johannes and Catharine Jörger in 1800. Ages are presumably their ages on 4 August 1800 when the census started. John Jerger (head) 4 males under 10 years (b. aft. 4 Aug 1790) (Phillip Jörger b. 12 Sep 1791) (Samuel Jörger b. abt 1792) (unknown Jörger) (unknown Jörger) 2 males 10 thru 15 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1790 and aft. 4 Aug 1785) (Jacob Jörger b. 4 May 1789) (unknown Jörger) 2 males 16 thru 25 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1785 and aft. 4 Aug 1775) (Johan Georg Jörger b. 1 Apr 1781) (Johannes/John Jörger b. 1785) 0 males 26 thru 44 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1775 and aft. 4 Aug 1755) 1 male 45 or over (presumable John b. 14 Jan 1755) (b. bef. 4 Aug 1755) 0 females under 10 (b. aft. 4 Aug 1790) 1 female 10 thru 15 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1790 and aft. 4 Aug 1785) (unknown Jörger) 1 female 16 thru 25 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1785 and aft. 4 Aug 1775) (unknown Jörger) 1 female 26 thru 44 (b. bef. 4 Aug 1775 and aft. 4 Aug 1755) (unknown Jörger) 1 female 45 or over (b. bef. 4 Aug 1755) (Catharine b. 25 Oct 1750)
John's wife, Catharine, might have married when John was 21 (she would have been abt 25). This would have been 1875. Might need to advance her marriage by one year to 1874 when she was abt 24 to accommodate the oldest female child (unless this person in the enumeration is a servant). The youngest child is perhaps 2 years old born in 1798 but might be 4 years old b. 1796. I.e., the four youngest could be born in 1791, abt 1792, 1794 and 1796. So, Catharine would have been 40 years old at time of last child. Possible, but time for her to stop May have been more children who died or have left home.
Is this the right family? Maybe. The family is consistent with the known facts and speculated members. If it is the correct family then there may be at least 3 more males and 3 more females that we have not located. Are there other candidate John-Yerger-families for this enumeration? Are there other enumerations which could be the family of John and Catharina? References
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