St. Andrew-Capt John Steadman, 1734, 81 males and 83 females or about 40 families of whom a dozen or more have children by their side. Tobias Hartrnaft brought five children; Christoper Schubert, three, Rev. Balzer Hoffman, three, George Dresher, three, Christopher Kriebel, four, Widower David Yeakel,, six, Widow Regina Yeakel, five, Widow Susanna Schultz, four, Widow Susanna Weigner, three. Other familes have one or two children. There are also orphans, as for instance the three Schultz brothers. The more common family names are; Anders, Dresher, Hartranft, Heydrick, Hoffman, Kriebel, Mestchter, Neuman, Reinwald, Schultz, Yeakel. (42). Abraham, Balzer and Hans Heinrick, sons of David Yeakel and Gregorius Schultz, a son-in-law, wended their way past the sources of the Perkiomen over the hills into the Macungie vally, where they establised homes and acquired considerable land. (47) In 1757, Balzer Yeakel, of Macungie bought of Michael Schell in the Hosensack valley 120 acres. In Nov. 1761 Gregorius Schultz of Macgungie bought of Abraham Yeakel 125 arcres in Upper Hanover township, and in Dec Hans Heinrich Yeakel, the third and last of the Schwenkfelders, who had settled beyond the present Macgungie, bought the Hamilton tract of 500 acres and the usal allowance, the garen of the Hosensack valley which he later divided and sold to his 4 sons. "Nordhamton" County-Milford township Balthasar Jackel, Sohn Hans Jackel, Vater George Jackel, Sohn Jeremias Jackel, Sohn Daniel Yeakel In Schippach Balthasar Jackel, Hans Jackel Goshenhoppen Christoph Jackel (49) Chistopher Yeakel, died in Chestnut Hill, Phila. Co. On the 31st Aug 1733, a propietary patent was granted to James Steel for said tract of 500 arcres, with the reservation to pay a yearly quit-rent of one shilling per each hundred acres. James Steel sold this tract on Feb. 8, 1741 to James Hamilton, of Phila., for one hundred fifty pounds, who sold Dec. 23, 1761 to Hans Henry Jackel (Yeake) for twelve hundred fifty pounds. (Lehigh County) Balzer Yeakel-warrant issued for thirty five acres fifty perches March 22, 1766. A patent was granted for the same, Feb. 5, 1771, to said Balzer Yeakel, and was called Yeakel's Rock, situate on the east side of Bald Hill in Lower Milford. Zeller, (now Zellner) Christian, of Milford township (now Lower Milford) settled in 1761. Died about 1820 he left 4 sons, Conrad, John, Christian and Charles, and 4 daughters, Anna Maria married Joseph Yeakel, Leah, married John Adam Wieder, Rebecca married Jacob Hilligass. Jackel, Hans Heinrich (or Yeakel) emigrated in 1734, with his father, David Yeakel, four brothers and two sisters to this county. He married Susanna Heydrick in 1735. He had gone with his brother-in-law, Gregorious Schultz, to the Jordan, in North Whitehall township, but the location being too much exposed on account of Indian depredations, he returned in a short time, and settled , in 1762, permanetly in Hosensack Valley. He purchased Dec.23,1761, the Hamilton tract from James Hamilton. He had 4 sons, Jeremiah, George, Balthaser, and Melchior Yeakel and three daughters, Susanna, married Balzar Krauss, Maria, married Christopher Schultz, Anna married Matthias Gerhard. In 1756 he divided the real property into equal shares among his four sons. Jeremiah Yeakel, maried Susanna Wrigner and died in 1800, leaving 8 children, one son John Yeakel (one of the first commisioners of Lehigh county), and seven daughters. George Yeakel, married Rosina Schubert, He died June 1, 1812, and left 3 sons, Abraham, Jacob, and George, and two daughters, Anna, and Maria Balthasar Yeakel, married Susanna Krauss, and died Oct12, 1797, age 64, he was bline for the last 28 years of his life. He left 2 sons, David and Andrew, and 3 daughters,Rosina, Sarah, Barbara, and Susanna Melchoir Yeakel, married Regina Schultz, and died May 18, 1831, aged over 89. He left 9 children; Sons, Solomon, Christoper, Daniel, and Issac Yeakel, daughters Rosina, Susanna, Maria, Christiana, and Catharine. The descendants of Hans Heinrich Yeakel are quite numerous, and much of the property is still in their possession (1884) Lehigh county Resident 1781 Baltzar, Melchior, George, Jeremiah and Casper Jaeckel. (Upper and Lower Milford, Northampton County) Residents in 1812, Andrew, Christoper, David Jr., David Sr., George Jr., George Sr., Jeremias, John and Melchior Jaeckel (Upper and Lower Milford, Lehigh County) Best Wishes, Geri