This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: audianaq41 Surnames: TOBIAS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/126.300.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Re Ludwig TOBIAS's will: Ludwig also had a son Andrew who was named the executor. TOBIAS, LUDWIG, Bern. October 10, 1810 - November 24, 1810. Provides for wife Sophia. Names 6 children: Ludwig, John, Christian, Jonathan, Sophia wife of John SHERRER, and Elisabeth wife of John KISSINGER, 5 shillings each having received their share. Remainder to son Andrew. Exr: Son Andrew. Wits: John SPYKER and Jacob EPLER. In Hx of Berks Co, Montgomery also has a son Daniel who was a clergyman in Milton, PA. But the BIO does not have the daughters in it: p 1554: Ludwig Tobias was the ancestor of a large family that had its seat in Bern township, Berks county. He was born June 24, 1739, and came from the Old World with a brother George prior to the Revolution. He was a farmer, owning a large tract of land in Bern township, along the Schuylkill river. He died Sept. 27, 1810, and his wife, Sophia, born Dec. 10, 1734, died Feb. 18, 1821; they are both buried at Epler's church, of which they were members. Among their children were: (1) Ludwig, born July 12, 1763, died in Bern township Sept. 26, 1826. His wife was Elizabeth Strunck, and they had six sons and seven daughters, among these being Jonathan (1800-1803); and Jacob (1803-1883), whose son Charles was the father of Irwin. (2) Michael remained in Bern township. (3) Jonathan, born May 3, 1773, died April 23, 1855. (4) Christian, born March 5, 1775, died April 10, 1815. (5) Andrew, born April 30, 1778, married Catharine Lerch, had two sons and four daughters, and died Aug. 28, 1823. (6) John Jacob, born about 1781, died 1825, at Reading. (7) Daniel was a clergyman, and resided at Milton, Pennsylvania. In Deaths in the Reading Adler 9/16/1823 edition, son Andreas TOBIAS, of Bern Twp, died on the 28th of last August in his 46th year. Diana Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.