berks co. history jeremiah w. royer, subject of marion twp. was born july 13, 1852 in jackson twp., lebanon co., s/o benjamin and mary ann (white) royer. the royer family of pa. traces its ancestry back to 1720, when sebastian royer and his 4 sons came to america the first settlement of this family being made on the bank of a fordable river in montgomery co., where the town is named royersford. here two of the sons settled, but the father settled in was elizabeth town, lancaster co. his youngest son amos settled in cocalico twp, now epharta. he had 4 sons, abraham, jonathan, joseph and benjamin. abraham had a son jacob, who was a farmer in west cocalico twp., where he died nearly 77. he married elizabeth stuber and they had chilren; william, jacob, john, henry s., who was born sept. 25, 1829, married margaret weaver and had 3 children, lizzie, george and dr. jacob of terrehill lancaster co; samuel of mt. joy and abraham. history of lancaster co. abraham royer, of lancaster. he was twice married, and had several children, among them samuel, who resided near strasburg, lancaster co; and jacob, the father of abraham. jacob royer, a farmer of west cocalico twp., where he died when almost 77. he was a lutheran. he married elisabeth stober, who died age 50. children; william of west cocalico, jacob died young, john a tailor samuel of mt. joy and abraham. henry royer, was born sept. 25, 1829, he married in 1855 to margaret weaver, d/o george weaver. she was born in earl twp., they had 3 children; lizzie, w/o menno good, of bowmansville, george and jacob, a dr. in terre hilll. jacob w. royer, m.d. was born may 4, 1867, s/o henry s. and margaret weaver royer. dr. royer married in 1895 to vinetta swarr, d/o jacob and alice swarr of lititz. children, erla and mary. bucks co. hon. joseph royer, born near trappe, feb. 1784, lived his whole life in providence, was a member of the legislature, 1821-22, assoc. judge of montgomery co. two of his sons have since represented the county in the state senate. horace royer, sentor in 1864 and lewis royer in 1878 lewis royer, m.d. 3rd s/o judge joseph, was born at trappe, march 31, 1822. he engaged in teaching in berks co, he then returned to the office of dr. jacob treon, of rehrersburg. dr. royer married in 1841 to isabella d/o dr. jacob treon, of berks co. children; emma w/o william jansen of cincinnati, ohio, bella w/o william ahenfelter of pottstown, ettie, w/o jacob v. gotwaltz of norristown, horace t. married kate, d/o henry w. kratz and louis c,., who married lillie, d/o rev mr. graybill, of lancaster co. j. warren royer, m.d. of the genealgy of the royer family very little is known. it is reputed, however, to be of german origin, though tradition warrants the belief that its ancestors were french, driven into germany as protestants fleeing the persecution which existed in their own county in the 15th and 16thc, and especially during the reign of charles IX, and the vicious and demoralizing policy of his queen mother, catharine de medici. sebastian royer, originally reyer, emigrated about 1718 with 4 sons to pa. john royer, next in descent, grandfather of j. warren, married anna catharine apfel, among their children, judge joseph royer, who was born feb. 1814 two miles west of trappe, in providence twp, then in the co. of phila. he married in 1813 to elisabeth, d/o david and mary catharine dewees. children, francis, j. warren, lewis j. dewees, c. john, horace, henry and josephine, w/o m.l. kohler, esq. of phila. warren j., married in 1863 to anna d/o henry herbert of frankford, phila. co. children, may, ralph, carl, joseph warren, jessie and henry herbert. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: geri brennan Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 10:25 AM To: paberks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PABERKS] Jacob Royer & Elizabeth Barrett/Bassett aug. 23, 1823-rev. f.w. geisenhainer, jacob wisimer, upper providence to sarah royer, of vincint date, samuel traut, berks co. to sarah royer, of montgomery co. newspaper aug 20, 1823 feb. 13, 1825, joseph smith of montgomery co. to rebecca royer of berks co., no date, john walker of vincent to elizabeth royer-not named, newspaper, april 5, 1826 northampton co. 20 dec. 1753 guardian for 3 minor children of adam kock ( 7 children, 3 under 14) pet; george boyer on behalf of orphan children. widow; mary, now wf of fredericxk royer "who lately absconded being indebted to sundry person in divers sums of money who are about to seize the estate" children, henry, christian, elisabeth. guardian, frederick seits berks co. johannes kern, s/o peter, nov. 27, 1792, sp. jacob royer and wf magdalena blogin,, catharina, born nov. 8, 1729, died nov. 2, 1793, buried nov 3., 1795, age 64y less 6d, widow formely koeperin nee reier (royer) born in rohrbach near sinzheim, palatinate; d/o michael reier and anna maria; married 1st to valentine koeper and lived 26y and bore him 11 children, she had 18 granchildren and 4 gr-grandchildren, after being a widow 4y, she married again to michael blog and lived with him 3y. war of 1812 royer george, srv capt blackburn, ohio mil henry, wf elisabeth, srv capt. jacob fryer, pa. mil john, wf rachel, srv capt. james robinson, pa. mil john, wf sarah, srv capt jacob freyer, pa john, srv capt adam hansbarger, va. mil samuel, srv jacob collom, , pa. mil Best Wishes, Geri ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== PABERKS@rootsweb.com To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message