Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
John R. Hertzler
1729 - 1801 (72 years)
Person ID: I36910 Sharon Vitter's Ancestors & Descendants
1731 - 1800 (69 years)
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Name John R. Hertzler [1, 2, 3] Born 1729 Hinterwil, Uerkheim, Aargau, Switzerland 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 1 Apr 1801 Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Buried Kurtz Cemetery, Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Siblings ½ 1. Catherine R. Hertzler (ID:I42775), b. 1731, Bern, Switzerland , d. 1800, Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years)½ 2. Jacob Hertzler (ID:I44167), b. 1733, Bern, Switzerland , d. Apr 1795, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)½ 3. Christian R. Hertzler (ID:I44162), b. 1740, Palantine, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France , d. 18 Feb 1817, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)½ 4. Veronica Hertzler (ID:I50625), b. Europe , d. 1819, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Parents
Father Bishop Jacob Hertzler, Sr. (ID:I28579), b. 1703, Bern, Switzerland , d. 1786, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years) Mother ? ? (ID:I67048), d. DECEASED Parents
Family
Wife Veronica Reichenbach Yoder (ID:I44189), b. 1736, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland , d. Jan 1806, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years) Married 1756 Pennsylvania, USA [1, 4] Children 1. John Y. Hertzler (ID:I43746), b. 17 Jan 1757, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 22 Mar 1836, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)2. Barbara Hertzler (ID:I44173), b. 3 Sep 1759, Alsace, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 23 Mar 1838, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Tuckerton, Muhlenberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)3. Jacob Yoder Hertzler (ID:I44118), b. 26 Jul 1764, Alsace, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1824, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)4. Sarah Hertzler (ID:I44198), b. 1765, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1821, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)5. Elizabeth Hertzler (ID:I44190), b. 6 Jun 1766, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 6 Mar 1842, Leesport, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)6. David Y. Hertzler (ID:I44171), b. 26 Jan 1768, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 21 Oct 1855, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)7. Christian Hertzler (ID:I43710), b. Apr 1770, Caemarvon, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 30 Aug 1826, Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 56 years)8. Veronica Hertzler (ID:I43711), b. 1772, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Abt 1828, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)9. Catherine Hertzler (ID:I43714), b. 1776, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1817, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 41 years) -
Event Map
Born - 1729 - Hinterwil, Uerkheim, Aargau, Switzerland 
Married - 1756 - Pennsylvania, USA 
Died - 1 Apr 1801 - Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 
Buried - - Kurtz Cemetery, Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Documents Hertzler John R Document
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Source Citations
- [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 1301.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS.
- [S1251] Find A Grave, John Hertzler.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83034102/john-hertzler - [S1622] A Brief Biographical Memorial of Jacob Hertzler, Pages 13–15.
Memorial of Jacob Hertzler.
Jacob Hertzler was born in 1703, of Swiss par-
ents, in Switzerland, Europe. Occupation, farmer
and minister of the Amish Mennonite Church. He
married in Europe, and with his first wife had one
son named John. His wife died and was buried in
Europe. Jacob Hertzler then married his second
wife, Catharine ; the children by this marriage were
two sons and one daughter. Jacob Hertzler with
his family emigrated from Switzerland to the Palat-
inate, in France, and after residing there for
some years, during the reign of Louis XV, a king
of France, on account of being persecuted for his
religious faith, being a Mennonite, Jacob Hertzler
and family emigrated from there to America, taking
the route via Rotterdam, Holland, and Plymouth,
England. He came over in the ship St. Andrew,
James Abercrombie, Master, from Rotterdam,
landing in Philadelphia, Pa., Sep. 9th, 1719. J
From there he went to Berne T., Lancaster Co.,
* Palatinate, a province in the north east of France, on the
river Rhine, adjoining Baden. In 1815), when the allied armv
defeated Napoleon, the treaty of Peace signed at Paris, on the
20th of November, it was ceded to Baden. It is now a
province in Bavaria in the German Empire. See Markam's
History of France
# King Louis XV was one of the worst kings of his race. See
Markam's History ot France. Page 474.
i See autographical tiles of immigrants of 174?, in the Penn-
sylvania Historical Society, in Philadelphia, as to the time
when Jacob Hertzler declarecl his fealty to the province of
Pennsylvania, and the king of Great Britain and his successors.
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Pa., now Upper Berne T., Berks Co., Pa., two
miles west of Hamburg, on the direct road leading
to Harrisburg. and purchased from the proprieta-
ries of Pennsylvania, Richard and Thomas Penn,
in Philadelphia, warrant granted to Jacob Hertzler,
January 9th, 1750, for 182 acres, '"^0 perches of land
surveyed May 14th, 1767. Price one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre. This tract was named
Contentment. Also a warrant granted Oct. 13th,
1752, for 110 acres, 1 30 perches ; a warrant granted
Aug. 5th, 1765, for 36 acres, 36 perches ; a warrant
granted Dec. 2d, 1766, for 44 acres, 95 perches;
and a warrant granted June 23d, 1773, for 30 acres,
33 perches. These several contiguous tracts in the
whole contained 404 acres, and 4 perches, and an
allowance of six per cent, for roads, all set with
timber in a wilderness, which he improved.
On August the 30th, 1773, Jacob Hertzler di-
vided his land between his children. John received
the farm near Moortown, in Centre T., Berks Co.,
Pa. ; his son Jacob received 190 acres of the home
farm; his son Christian received 169 acres of the
home farm ; his daughter Fanny, married to John
Kauffman, received the residue of the home farm,
with some more land joining by purchase.
Catharine Hertzler died between August 30th.
1773, and March 4th, 1774. Jacob Hertzler died
in 1786, some time after March 20th. They are
both buried in the Amish Congregation Burying-
ground, two miles west of Hamburg, joining the
home farm. There are no tombstones to mark the
graves where our progenitors lie.
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1. FIRST GENERATION.
Jacob Hertzler, post office address when he
died, was Hamburg, Berks Co., Pa.; his children
born in Switzerland, and Palatine, a province of
France, Europe, are,
(1) John Hertzler married to Veronica Reich-
enbach.
(2) Jacob Hertzler, married to Barbara Yoder.
(3) Fanny Hertzler. born ; died in 1819:
married to John Kauffiiian, born ; died in
1843 ; occupation, farmer. Their children are, two
sons and four daughters. John Kauffiiian and
family moved from Upper Berne T.. Berks Co.,
Pa., to Somerset Co., Pa., removed to the vicin-
ity of Dayton, Ohio. Where their descendants
are residing is not known to the writer.
(4) Christian Hertzler, married to Elisabeth
Yoder.
* .John Hertzler was a sun of Jacob Hertzler by his
first marriage. His first wife's name not known to the
writer and his second wife's maiden name
https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-hertzler/a-brief-biographic-memorial-of-jacob-hertzler--and-a-complete-genealogical-fami-tre/1-a-brief-biographic-memorial-of-jacob-hertzler--and-a-complete-genealogical-fami-tre.shtml - [S1037] Family Database of James C. Hostetler, James C. Hostetler, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Veronica Reichenbach Yoder.
Name Veronica Yoder
Born 1736 Europe
Gender Female
Died 1806 Mifflin Co., PA
Person ID I5906 Wiegand Database
Last Modified 18 Jun 2020
Father ------ Yoder, b. 1695, Europe, d. 1742, At Sea (Age 47 years)
Mother Barbara ------, b. Abt 1696, Europe, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F2513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Hertzler, b. 1729, Switzerland, d. Apr 1801, Berks Co., PA (Age 72 years)
Children
1. John Hartzler, b. 17 Jan 1757, Berks Co., PA, d. 22 Mar 1836, Mifflin Co., PA (Age 79 years)
2. Barbara Hertzler, b. Berks Co., PA, d. 23 Mar 1838, Berks Co., PA
3. Jacob Hartzler, b. 25 Jul 1764, Berks Co., PA, d. 1824, Mifflin Co., PA (Age 59 years)
4. David Hartzler, b. 26 Jan 1768, Berks Co., PA, d. 21 Oct 1855, Mifflin Co., PA (Age 87 years)
5. Christian Hertzler, b. Apr 1770, Berks Co., PA, d. 30 Aug 1826, Berks Co., PA (Age ~ 56 years)
6. Veronica Hertzler, b. 1772, Berks Co., PA, d. Abt 1828, Mifflin Co., PA (Age 56 years)
7. Catherine Hartzler, b. 1776, Berks Co., PA, d. Mifflin Co., PA
8. Elizabeth Hartzler, b. 27 Jun 1766, Berks Co., PA, d. 6 Mar 1842 (Age 75 years)
Last Modified 18 Jun 2020
Family ID F492
- [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 1301.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS.