Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
David Yoder (I46391)
Abt 1763 - 1820 (~ 57 years)
1762 - 1827 (65 years)
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Name David Yoder [1] Relationship 
with Albert Leopold Vitter Birth Abt 1763 Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 
[1] Gender Male Death 1820 Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA [1] Siblings 5 brothers and 5 sisters 1. Jacob Yoder, b. 1745, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1827, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
▻Veronica Hochstetler, b. 24 Jun 1762, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 31 Dec 1827, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years), m. Abt 1781, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA 2. Christian Yoder, b. 1747, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. DECEASED3. Elizabeth Beiler Yoder, b. 1749, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Jan 1791, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years)
▻Christian R. Hertzler, b. 1740, Palantine, Doubs, Franche-Comté, Franced. 18 Feb 1817, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years), m. 1764, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 4. Barbara B. Yoder, b. 1751, Upper Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Apr 1821, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)
▻Jacob Hertzler, b. 1733, Bern, Switzerlandd. Apr 1795, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years), m. 1773, Pennsylvania, USA 5. John Beiler Yoder, Sr., b. 1 Jan 1753, Tilden, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Apr 1821, Shanesville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 68 years)
▻Magdalena Stutzman, b. 2 Feb 1753, Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 19 Apr 1825, Shanesville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 72 years), m. 1773, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 6. Veronica B. Yoder, b. 1755, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Sep 1821, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
▻Johannes Miller, Jr., b. 1752, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 13 Jun 1802, Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years), m. 1771, Pennsylvania, USA 7. Joseph Yoder, b. 1757, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Oct 1833, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)
▻Elizabeth Jutzi, b. 1760 d. DECEASED, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA , m. 1781 8. Henry Yoder, b. 1759, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1821, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
▻Barbara Yoder Kauffman, b. 1759, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 1832, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years), m. Abt 1785, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 9. Anna Yoder, b. 1 Jan 1761, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1807, Shanesville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 45 years)
▻Jacob Stutzman, b. 25 Jan 1760, Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 1820, Shanesville, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 59 years), m. UNKNOWN 10. David Yoder (current person), b. Abt 1763, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1820, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 57 years)
▻Jacobina Esch, b. 23 Jul 1769, Pennsylvania, USAd. 1817, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 47 years), m. Abt 1790, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 11. Catherine Yoder, b. 1765, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Jan 1840, Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years)
▻John Miller, b. 1 Jan 1765, Berks, Pennsylvania, USAd. 1840, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA (Age 74 years), m. Abt 1785 Person ID I46391 Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Sharon Vitter's Relative Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father Christian Yoder, b. 1722, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland d. 2 Jan 1772, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years) Mother Barbara Beiler, b. 1723, Bern, Bern, Switzerland d. 1 Sep 1781, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years) Marriage 1743 (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Family ID F28297 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacobina Esch, b. 23 Jul 1769, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1817, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 47 years) Marriage Abt 1790 Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Children 1. Daniel Yoder, b. 1791, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1851 (Age 60 years)2. Rebecca Yoder, b. 18 Oct 1793, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. DECEASED3. Rev. Jonathan E. Yoder, b. 2 Sep 1795, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Jan 1869, Congerville, Woodford, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)4. Joseph E. Yoder, b. 17 Sep 1797, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 31 Dec 1887, McLean, Illinois, USA (Age 90 years)5. Magdalena Yoder, b. 23 Apr 1799, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1834, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 34 years)6. Veronica Yoder, b. 11 Apr 1802, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Mar 1856, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)7. Mary E. Yoder, b. 11 Apr 1804, Pennsylvania, USA d. DECEASED, Comins, Oscoda, Michigan, USA 8. Leah Yoder, b. 8 Dec 1806, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Jan 1889, Butler, Kansas, USA (Age 82 years)Family ID F35138 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1763 - Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 
Marriage - Abt 1790 - Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 
Death - 1820 - Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1251] Find A Grave, David Yoder.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44501126/david-yoder - [S1199] Yoder Newsletter, (Location: Goshen, Indiana, USA;), "Hamburg Christian Yoder," Issue No. 30, October 1997, page 1.
For years the story was handed down that one Barbara Yoder, whose husband died at sea,landed in America some time before 1720. with nine small children--eight sons and a daughter--and that they settled in the Oley Valley, where sons Hans and Yost became well- known. Eventually an alert descendantpublicized a discrepancy in the story and family historians began to chip away at this garbled mixing of two lines of Y oder immigrants.
Although there has never been any documentation available about the "Widow Barbara", it is agreed that she did exist.We know that "Widow Barbara" arrived not prior to 1720, but on September 21, 1742, on the Francis and Elizabeth. Three Yoder men signed the ship list upon their docking in Philadelphia. Through the efforts of Dr. Hugh Gingerich, we now know there were eight Amish Yoder men of the first generation, and we know that two of these 1742 signatories (Jacob and Christian Joder) were sons of "Widow Barbara" , We now know that Barbara did indeed have nine children (seeYNL 2, Oct. 83), but only four of those sori5 were hers. The other four belonged to the other Yoder family aboard ship. This second Yoder family was once said to have been that of "Strong Jacob" Yoder, but now we know the head of the second family was the Christian Jotter on the ship list . For some reason a clerk wrote Jacob's name for him and it appears directly above that of his older brother, who wrote his name Christian Joder (SeeYNL 20). It is interesting to see this mix of spelling---Joder ,the spelling used by their Swiss forebears,and Jotter, a spelling adopted by some of the family in Alsace and also in Eppstein, Germany (YNL 10)
The older Christian Jotter located in Berks County on land situated where the present day township sof Upper Bern, Center, and Penn come together, but Barbara's family settled closer to the village of Hamburg, which is no doubt the reason that her son was known as
"Hamburg Christian" to distinguish him from the others. As these sons became of age they took farms of their own, Christian "on the twenty-ninth day of the eighth month, 1743" and Jacob on October 28, 1147. One old diagram in the archives at Harrisburg shows Christian's land bounded by the farms of Isaac Kauffman, Stephen Kauffman. Hans Ilertzler and vacant land. Soon afterward the map shows that the farms of his brother Jacob, and Christian Fisher (apparentty a brother-in-law), adjoining his. The Hertzler property was now in the name of Jacob Hertzler.
By 1767 Jacob Yoder was living farther south, in Lancaster County, but as far as we know, Christian stayedon his original farm as long as he lived. Hamburg Christian's wife was named Barbara. Dr. Gingerich felt it was probable that Barbara was the daughter of Jacob Beiler and that her sister married his brother Jacob Yoder. There is no proof of this, but it seems possible given the known connections and proximity of the families. Christian and Barbara reared eleven children in this home, but as time went on most of them left the community. The chief reason was probably the lure of more and cheaper land' but the tensions of the American Revolution no doubt exerted an influence as well.
Hamburg Christian" died in his fifties (probably in 1772, although some records say l77l). His will was dated December 10, 1771.The scribe wrote it out in beautiful English script. From the details in this will, in which Christian reflected his concern that his beloved Barbara be well-cared for after his death, we can get a glimpse of how the pioneers in his time were living.
https://www.yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL30.pdf
- [S1251] Find A Grave, David Yoder.
