northampton co. spuder/sooder deed, 8 june 1782, sol for 200pds grantors; george good, whitehall twp grantee; john sooder, whitehall twp. oct 7, 1774, debt of 200pds mortgagor; michael morelock, weisenberg twp. mortgage; joseph schlosser, weisenberg twp. property, 34 acres, 140 perches, messuage, dwelling house, plantation, tract in weisenberg twp adjoining jacob shoemaker, adam shreader, george shreader, daniel stettler. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:42 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Berks County, PA Schroeder Family Dear Ms. Geri Brennan: I am Richard Lewis. My e-mail address is [email protected] I am descended from JOHN SODER SCHROEDER, my great-great grandfather (b. 9/2/1814, Reading, Berks Cty., PA., m. 10/15/1839, same place, Susan Easterly (Boyer) Schroeder, r. same place, d. 7/13/1891, same place). He was the son of GEORGE SCHROEDER, my great-great-great grandfather (b. 3/15/1784, Berks Cty., PA, m. _?_, Elizabeth (Soder) Schroeder, r. same place, d. 9/14/1839, same place). I am communicating with you because I have observed at one internet site that you seem to have significant and well-documented information about the Berks County Schroeder families, and even mentioned some of my above-referenced ancestors in the citations you provided. I hope that you do have Berks County Schroeder information available to you and are willing to share it with me. I have been unable to obtain any significant, verifiable information about my Schroeder ancestors past the George Schroeder / Elizabeth (Soder) Schroeder generation, and I have precious little information about those two, other than the fact that Elizabeth was the daughter of the Rev. War Captain John Soder (or Sooder). The only old Schroeder data I have been able to secure is the fact that John Soder Schroeder was the Reading Sheriff from 1848 to 1850, and the comments attributed in Montgomery's Berks/Reading Biographies to Damiel Schroeder (one of John Soder Schroeder's sons), in which he asserts that : "The [presumably "his"] Schroeders have been established in PA since 1720 or 1730, when three brothers, Anthony, Martin and Jacob, came from Germany and settled in Oley and Alsace," and that his "immediate forefathers . . . were farmers, [i.e.] his grandfather George, of Alsace, [and] his father, John S., of Exeter Township". I look forward, with hope, to your reply. Regards, Richard Lewis [email protected]