Christian Yoder
Christian was born in 1728 to his father Christian and mother
Barbara Yoder. He had
three brothers (John born in 1732, Yost born in 1734 and Jacob born
in 1740) and 4 sisters (Barbara born in 1725, Magdalena born in
1726, Elizabeth born in 1729 and Veronica born in 1738).
Christian was married twice.
His first marriage occurred sometime before 1753 when he
married Barbara? They
had four children:
1.
Veronica born in 1753 married 1st
to a Rickenbach and then to John Troyer
2.
Barbara born in 1756 and married to
Christian Troyer
3.
Christian born in 1758 and married to
Magdalena Troyer (he was an Amish Bishop)
4.
Jacob born in 1760 and married 1st
to Elizabeth Yoder and 2nd Barbara Wenger
Christian’s second marriage was to Barbara Hooley, whom he
married in about 1762.
Eleven additional children were born to Christian and Barbara (7
boys and 4 girls).
1.
David born in 1763 married Barbara
Livengood
2.
Yost born in 1765 married Magdalena
Rickenbach
3.
Jonathan born in 1766 married
Elizabeth Schmidt
4.
Magdalena born in 1769 married Peter
Blough
5.
John born in 1772 married Barbara
Yoder
6.
Elizabeth born in 1774 married Henry
Blough
7.
Solomon born in 1776 married Barbara
Miller
8.
Gertrude born in 1779 married Yost
Miller
9.
Jeptha born in 1780 married Elizabeth
Zug
10.
Esther born in 1780 married Peter
Bomgardner
11.
Henry born in 1782
Christian and his father Christian warranted four adjacent tracts
in Penn and Centre Township, Berks County, PA.
They were for:
160 acres (warranted in 1751) called “Contentment”, 29 acres
(warranted in 1755) called Blatt’s Palace, 158 acres (warranted in
1755) and 44 ½ acres (warranted in 1766).
These holdings amounted to nearly 400 acres. Christian the
younger sold his tracts in 1774 before moving to Bedford County
(Somerset) that same year.
He warranted a 300 ¾ acre tract on December 2, 1773 in
Brothersvalley Township, Bedford County (then Quemahoning, then
Stonycreek Township).
The land was called “Middleton”.
In October of 1775, he took up additional land as referenced
in a deed from that year.
He acquired many additional acres over his lifetime and
conveyed much of it to his sons.
Christian is shown in the 1774, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1781 and 1783
tax rolls for Bedford County.
He is also listed in the 1790 census for Bedford County and
the 1800 & 1810 censuses for Somerset County.
He paid the Supply Tax for 1781 and 1783 in Quemahoning
Township, Bedford County.
Christian died in 1816 in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County and
is buried in the old Yoder Cemetery in Stonycreek Township.