Jacob Shoemaker1

b. 7 March 1769, d. 19 August 1826
Family
FatherHenry Shoemaker1 b. c 1731, d. 18 Jul 1797
MotherBarbara Kepner1 b. c 1743, d. 17 Nov 1817
     Jacob Shoemaker was born on 7 March 1769 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3 He was the son of Henry Shoemaker and Barbara Kepner.1 He married Margaret Robb.4,3 He died on 19 August 1826 at age 57.2,3 He was buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2
     Jacob Shoemaker lived in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.5,6

Family

Margaret Robb b. 28 Nov 1768, d. 18 Nov 1859

Citations

  1. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 6 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Jacob Shumacher. Extracted information: Jacob Shumacher, s/o Henry and Barb., b. 7 Mar 1769, bp. 9 Apr 1769.
  2. [S1100] Find A Grave database and images, (www.findagrave.com: accessed 30 Apr 2020), memorial page for Jacob Shoemaker, created by Jeff Miller on 17 Jan 2008, citing Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Muncy Tp., Lycoming Co., PA, (photo added by Jeff Miller: Jacob Shoemaker, b. 7 Mar 1769, d. 19 Aug 1825, aged 57y, 5m).
  3. [S973] "Chalfant-Shoemaker Family History," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 2 May 2020), Henry Shoemaker Sr. family record; Mary Chalfant Ormsbee, Chalfant-Shoemaker Family History (Boulder, CO: 1971). Extracted information: pp. 24-25, Ref: Augusta Robb (Jacob Shoemaker, b. 7 Mar 1769, d. 19 Aug 1826, md. Margaret Robb, 9 children).
  4. [S1100] Find A Grave database and images, (www.findagrave.com: accessed 30 Apr 2020), memorial page for Margaret Robb Shoemaker, created by Jeff Miller on 17 Jan 2008, citing Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Muncy Tp., Lycoming Co., PA, (photo added by Jeff Miller: Margaret Robb, w/o Jacob Shoemaker, b. 28 Nov 1768, d. 18 Nov 1859, aged 90y, 11m).
  5. [S126] 1800 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Co., Muncy Creek Tp., Jacob Shoemaker household, National Archives, (2 males under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-44).
  6. [S128] 1820 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Co., Muncy Creek Tp., Jacob Shoemaker household, National Archives, (2 males under 10, 1 male 16-18, 3 males 16-25, 1 male over 45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female over 45).

Jacob Shoemaker1,2,3,4

b. 3 October 1730, d. 9 September 1783
Family
FatherSimon Shoemaker3,4,5
MotherAnna Elisabetha Kless3,4
     Jacob Shoemaker was born on 3 October 1730 in Odernheim am Glan, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.3,4,2 He was the son of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless.3,4,5 He married Maria Magdalena Lescher on 3 August 1756 in Zion (Moselem) Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.6,7,8 He married Anna Maria Becher say 1773.9 He and Anna Maria Becher were divorced on 25 September 1780 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.10 He died on 9 September 1783 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, at age 52.1,4,2 He was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Reading.4,2
     
Research Note:

Simon Shoemaker was the father of three Shoemaker brothers Jacob, Henry and Charles who immigrated to Berks County, Pennsylvania from Germany sometime around 1750. However, several secondary sources incorrectly conclude that these Shoemaker brothers were the grandsons of the Quaker German immigrant Jacob Shoemaker of Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. While other elements of those compliations can be verified by other primary sources, this connection to the Germantown Shoemaker family is in error. Unfortunately this error has been perpetuated broadly in a number of other compilation and now online media to include the family tree on Ancestry.com.11,12,13
     Jacob may have been the Jacob Schumacher who immigrated to Pennsylvania aboard the Ship Edinburgh in 1748.14
     Jacob was a taxpayer in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the years 1754, 1756, and 1757. He was a schoolteacher there.8 He appears on the tax lists for Windsor Township, Berks County, in 1760.15 He was an innkeeper in Windsor Township in 1765.8 He moved to Reading, Berks County, in 1765 where he was a "cordwainer" or a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather which is in the British tradition is distinct from a cobbler who repaired shoes.8,16 Jacob selected as Sheriff of Berks County in 1768 and remained in that role for most of his remaining life.8
     Jacob served as a Private in the 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion from January 1777 to 1778 during the Revolutionary War.2

Family 1

Maria Magdalena Lescher d. c 1773
Children

Family 2

Anna Maria Becher

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Administration Bond, dated 15 Sep 1783 (Petition from Henry Christ, Jr. & Catharina, his wife of Town of Reading, Berks Co., said Catharina, being the eldest dau of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq, dec., Charles Shoemaker, Esq., of Winsor, Brother of the said desceased...).
  2. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012," database, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), Burial Card for John Jacob Schumacher. Extracted information: John Jacob Schumacher, b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783, bur. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Reading, PA; Private, US Army, Revolutionary War, Jan 1777 to 1778 (Capt. Will's Co. and Capt. Schradle's Co., 3rd Co., 3rd Batn.); information given by G. H. Shappell Grave Registrar, 28 Feb 1936).
  3. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records in the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Jacob, s/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 2 Oct 1730, bp. 2 Oct 1730). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  4. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (reference to burial record of the Trinity Luterhan Church: "John Jacob Shoemaker b Oct. 7, 1730 at Clan Odernheim, Zweibrucken, Germany. Parents, Simon and Anna Elizabeth Shoemaker, new Kless. Died Sept. 8, 1783, age 52y, 11m."). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  5. [S1547] Rev. John Baer Stoudt, "Marriage Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. 1744-1758", The Pennsylvania-German 11 (1910): p. 713 (viewed at google.com/books on 18 Apr 2020), Johann Jacob Schumarher [sic], s.s. Simon Schumacher, and Magdalena Lascherin, s.d. Johann Nicolaus Lacher, 3 Aug 1756, by Schuhmacher.
  6. [S1547] Rev. John Baer Stoudt, "Marriage Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. 1744-1758", The Pennsylvania-German 11 (1910): p. 713 (viewed at google.com/books on 18 Apr 2020), Johann Jacob Schumarher [sic], s.s. Simon Schumacher and Magdalena Lascherin, s.d. Johann Nicolaus Lacher, 3 Aug 1756, by Schuhmacher.
  7. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Ana Cath. Schumacher. Extracted information: Ana Cath. Schumacher, d/o Jacob Shcumacher and Magd. Lescher, b. 27 Nov 1757, bp. 5 Dec 1757.
  8. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  9. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (Ref: Will of Frederick Becher, Manchester Tp., York Co., PA, dated 4 Aug 1781, dau, Anna Maria, w/o Jacob Shoemaker of Berks Co. [York Co. Wills E:370]; widow of Benedict Strohm, died without issue in 1773 [Berks Co Wills 2:138]. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  10. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 16 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 7-8 1734-1785; Deed Book 8:89. Extracted information: Anna Maria Shoemaker, wife of Jacob Shoemaker of the Town of Reading in the County of Berks... said Anna maria Shoemaker for some time past has parted from her said husband and does not hereafter intend to live with him again. Paid $2000 and renounces all claims to Jacob's estate. Dated 25 Sep 1780.
  11. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), pp. 167-168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  12. [S1539] Mrs. Charles Shoemaker Mohr, "The Shoemaker Family of Shoemakersville, PA", The Pennsylvania-German Vol. IX (1908): pp. 559-560 (Henry and Carl, sons of Jacob Shoemaker Jr. of Germantown).
  13. [S1549] Edwin MacMinn, On the Frontier with Colonel Antes (Camden, NJ: S. Chew & Sons, 1900), p. 473 ("The Shoemaker brothers, Henry, Charles, and Jacob, came to America at an early day.").
  14. [S852] Strassburger & Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975).
  15. [S1532] "[Berks Co., PA] Tax Lists, 1752-1856," images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 18 May 2020), images of Ruscombmanor Township 1753, 1774-1815, 1832 Union Township 1763-1815 Windsor Township 1760-1809. Extracted information: image 289, Windsor Tp., 1760: Jacob Shoemaker.
  16. [S225] Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. 18, William Henry Egle, M.D., editor, 1897. "Propietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Berks, 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785," p. 8 (Reading, 1767: Jacob Shoemaker, taverner, 1 house, 2 lots, 1 horse, 1 cattle); p. 401 (Reading, 1780: Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., 10 acres); p. 538 (Reading, 1781: Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., 10 acres).
  17. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  18. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardian of Christina, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, above the age of 14 years. Dated 6 Oct 1783.
  19. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  20. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Maria Christina Schumacher. Extracted information: Maria Christina Schumacher, d/o Jacobus Shcumacher and Maria Magdalena, b. 29 Sep 1759, bp. 21 Oct 1759.

Anna Elisabetha Kless1

Family
FatherPhilip Heinrich Kless2 d. b 1728
ChartsAncestry of David Kipp Melat
     Anna Elisabetha Kless is the daughter of Philip Heinrich Kless.2 She married Simon Shoemaker on 2 December 1728 in Staudernheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate.2

Family

Simon Shoemaker
Children

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records in the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Karl Freiderich, s/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 30 Dec 1741, bp. 1 Jan 1742). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  2. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to marriage record from the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Staudernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Simon Schumacher and Anna Elisabeth, dau. of the late Philip Heinrich Kless, former inhabitant of that place, 2 Dec 1728). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  3. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records in the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Jacob, s/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 2 Oct 1730, bp. 2 Oct 1730). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  4. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (reference to burial record of the Trinity Luterhan Church: "John Jacob Shoemaker b Oct. 7, 1730 at Clan Odernheim, Zweibrucken, Germany. Parents, Simon and Anna Elizabeth Shoemaker, new Kless. Died Sept. 8, 1783, age 52y, 11m."). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  5. [S705] Northumberland County Deeds, DB C:410 (Article of Agreement between George Cahoon and Henry Shoemaker, Windsor Tp., Berks Co., yeoman, and Charles, his brother, of same place, tanner, Dated 23 Jul 1774, Recorded 8 Feb 1787), Courthouse, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, (viewed at FamilySearch.org, accessd 7 Apr 2020). Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Deeds.
  6. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (references to Jacob and Charles being sons of Simon (Jacob and Charles referred to as sons of Simon in Lutheran church records, Odernheim, Germany; Zion's Lutheran Church, Moselem Springs, PA; and Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  7. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Samuel, s/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 3 Nov 1732, bp. 7 Nov 1732; d. 1 Oct 1735). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  8. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Sophia Dorothea, d/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 10 Oct 1734, bp. 13 Oct 1734). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Philip Heinrich Kless1

d. before 1728
Family
     Philip Heinrich Kless died before 1728 in Staudernheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate.1

Family
Child

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to marriage record from the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Staudernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Simon Schumacher and Anna Elisabeth, dau. of the late Philip Heinrich Kless, former inhabitant of that place, 2 Dec 1728). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Johann Samuel Shoemaker1

b. 3 November 1732, d. 1 October 1735
Family
FatherSimon Shoemaker1
MotherAnna Elisabetha Kless1
     Johann Samuel Shoemaker was born on 3 November 1732 in Odernheim am Glan, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.1 He was the son of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless.1 He died on 1 October 1735 at age 2.1

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Samuel, s/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 3 Nov 1732, bp. 7 Nov 1732; d. 1 Oct 1735). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Sophia Dorothea Shoemaker1

b. 10 October 1734, d. 1796
Family
FatherSimon Shoemaker1
MotherAnna Elisabetha Kless1
     Sophia Dorothea Shoemaker was born on 10 October 1734 in Odernheim am Glan, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.1 She was the daughter of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless.1 She married George Zerr on 1 April 1755 in Zion (Moselem) Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.2,3 She was still living in 1796 when her husband George wrote his Will in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.4
     Sophia and George lived in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.5

Family

George Zerr d. 1801
Children

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Sophia Dorothea, d/o Simon & Anna Elisabetha Schumacher, b. 10 Oct 1734, bp. 13 Oct 1734). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  2. [S1547] Rev. John Baer Stoudt, "Marriage Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. 1744-1758", The Pennsylvania-German 11 (1910): p. 713 (viewed at google.com/books on 18 Apr 2020), Johannes Georg Zerr, s.s. Christian Zerr, and Sophia Schumacherin, s.d. Georg [sic] Schumacher, 1 Apr 1755 by Schmid.
  3. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Jacobus Zern. Extracted information: Jacobus Zern, d/o Joh. Georg Zern and Sophia Dorothea, b. 8 Apr 1761, bp. 1761.
  4. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for George Zerr, Berks Co., 1801; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will, dated 16 Nov 1796, entered into probate 10 Jun 1801.
  5. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 Apr 2020), image of Hereford Tp. residents, 1800. Extracted information: George Zerr entry, yoeman.
  6. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for George Zerr, Berks Co., 1801; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will, dated 16 Nov 1796, entered into probate 10 Jun 1801 (wife Sophia, two sons: Jacob and George; three daughters: Catharine, w/o Conrad Fink; Magdalena, w/o John Bickel; Mary, w/o Jacob Kiefer).
  7. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Ana Catharina Zerr. Extracted information: Ana Catharina Zerr, d/o Joh. Georg Zerr and Sophia Schumacher, b. 12 Jan 1756, bp. 25 Jan 1756.
  8. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Magdalena Zerr. Extracted information: Magdalena Zerr, d/o Joh. Georg Zerr and Sophia Schumacher, b. 10 Mar 1759, bp. 18 Mar 1759.

Anna Catherine (?)1

Family
     Anna Catherine (?) married Simon Shoemaker.1

Family

Simon Shoemaker
Child

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Karl, s/o Simon & Anna Catherine Schumacher, b. 2 Sep 1728, bp. 5 Sep 1728). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Johann Karl Shoemaker1

b. 2 September 1728
Family
FatherSimon Shoemaker1
MotherAnna Catherine (?)1
     Johann Karl Shoemaker was born on 2 September 1728 in Odernheim am Glan, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.1 He was the son of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Catherine (?)1

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 167 (reference to baptismal records of the Lutheran Parish of Odernheim am Glan, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Johann Karl, s/o Simon & Anna Catherine Schumacher, b. 2 Sep 1728, bp. 5 Sep 1728). Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Maria Magdalena Lescher1

d. circa 1773
Family
     Maria Magdalena Lescher married Jacob Shoemaker, son of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless, on 3 August 1756 in Zion (Moselem) Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.2,3,1 She died circa 1773.1

Family

Jacob Shoemaker b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
Children

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  2. [S1547] Rev. John Baer Stoudt, "Marriage Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. 1744-1758", The Pennsylvania-German 11 (1910): p. 713 (viewed at google.com/books on 18 Apr 2020), Johann Jacob Schumarher [sic], s.s. Simon Schumacher and Magdalena Lascherin, s.d. Johann Nicolaus Lacher, 3 Aug 1756, by Schuhmacher.
  3. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Ana Cath. Schumacher. Extracted information: Ana Cath. Schumacher, d/o Jacob Shcumacher and Magd. Lescher, b. 27 Nov 1757, bp. 5 Dec 1757.
  4. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  5. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardian of Christina, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, above the age of 14 years. Dated 6 Oct 1783.
  6. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  7. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Maria Christina Schumacher. Extracted information: Maria Christina Schumacher, d/o Jacobus Shcumacher and Maria Magdalena, b. 29 Sep 1759, bp. 21 Oct 1759.

Catharina Shoemaker1

b. 27 November 1757, d. 14 March 1820
Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1,2 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1,2 d. c 1773
     Catharina Shoemaker was born on 27 November 1757 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1,3 She was the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1,2 She married Henry Christ Jr., son of Johann Heinrich Christ and Apollonia Richter.4 She married Conrad Foose on 8 November 1785 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.5 She died on 14 March 1820 in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania, at age 62.6 She was buried in Foose-Gottshall Cemetery, Nuremberg, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania.6

Family 1

Henry Christ Jr. d. c 1784
Children

Family 2

Conrad Foose b. c 18 Apr 1745, d. 28 Mar 1820
Children

Citations

  1. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Ana Cath. Schumacher. Extracted information: Ana Cath. Schumacher, d/o Jacob Shcumacher and Magd. Lescher, b. 27 Nov 1757, bp. 5 Dec 1757.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  3. [S1100] Find A Grave database and images, (www.findagrave.com: accessed 17 Apr 2020), memorial page for Conrad Foose, created by Jennifer Boone on 11 Sep 2008, citing Foose-Gottshall Cemetery, Nuremberg, Schuykill Co., PA, (photo added by Jennifer Boone: Conrad Foose, d 28 Mar 1820, aged 74y, 11m, 10d (calculated birthdate c. 18 Apr 1745)).
  4. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Administration Bond, dated 15 Sep 1783 (Petition from Henry Christ, Jr. & Catharina, his wife of Town of Reading, Berks Co., said Catharina, being the eldest dau of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq, dec., Charles Shoemaker, Esq., of Winsor, Brother of the said desceased...).
  5. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Misc. Records of Rev. Carl Friedrich Wildbahn. Extracted information: Marriage of Conrad Fuss and Catharina, widow of Henry Christ, Jr., 8 Nov 175, Reading, PA.
  6. [S1100] Find A Grave database and images, (www.findagrave.com: accessed 17 Apr 2020), memorial page for Catherine Shoemaker Foose, created by Jennifer Boone on 11 Sep 2008, citing Foose-Gottshall Cemetery, Nuremberg, Schuykill Co., PA, (photo added by Jennifer Boone: Catherine, wife of Conrad Foose, d 14 Feb 1820, aged 62y, 10m, 27d (calculated birthdate c. 18 Mar 1757)).
  7. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardians, dated 27 Sep 1785, by Catharina Christ: three children under the age of 14 yrs.: John, Henry, & Benjamin.
  8. [S1548] Rosalie Fellows Bailey, "The Foos Family of Pennsylvania and Ohio," in Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982), pp. 615-616.

Maria Christina Shoemaker1

b. 29 September 1759
Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1,2 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1,2 d. c 1773
     Maria Christina Shoemaker was born on 29 September 1759 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1 She was the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1,2
     
Research Note:

Maria Christina Shoemaker could be the same person as an unknown person , who was listed as a daughter of Jacob married to Henry Rau in the 1788 settlement of Jacob's estate, but could not be an unknown person an unknown person , a minor daugther of Jacob above the age of 14 in 1783 when she petitioned the Berks County Orphan's Court for a guardian. Alternatively, it is possible that Maria Christina, born 1759, died before her father's death in 1783 and that Mary Shoemaker Rau and Christina Shoemaker mentioned in the 1788 estate settlement are additional daughters of Jacob.3,4,5

Citations

  1. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 15 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Maria Christina Schumacher. Extracted information: Maria Christina Schumacher, d/o Jacobus Shcumacher and Maria Magdalena, b. 29 Sep 1759, bp. 21 Oct 1759.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  3. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  4. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardian of Christina, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, above the age of 14 years. Dated 6 Oct 1783.
  5. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA, Orphan's Court Records] Minutes and probate court records, 1751-1792, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 10 May 2020); p. 162 [image 234], original record: Orphan's Court Docket 3, pp.46-47. Extracted information: Petition for Guardian of Peter Shoemaker (above 14), only son of Jacob Shoemaker; Christien Shoemaker (above 14) son of Jacob Shoemaker; Sophia Shoemaker (above 14), dau of Jacob Shoemkaer, 14 Oct 1783. NOTE: Original record in Orphan's Court Docket 3, pp. 46-47, states Christina, above age of 14, daughter of Jacob.

Anna Maria Becher1

Family
     Anna Maria Becher married John Kurtz.2,3 She married Benedict Strohm.1 She married Jacob Shoemaker, son of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless, say 1773.1 She and Jacob Shoemaker were divorced on 25 September 1780 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.4

Family 1

John Kurtz d. c 1778

Family 2

Benedict Strohm d. 1773

Family 3

Jacob Shoemaker b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (Ref: Will of Frederick Becher, Manchester Tp., York Co., PA, dated 4 Aug 1781, dau, Anna Maria, w/o Jacob Shoemaker of Berks Co. [York Co. Wills E:370]; widow of Benedict Strohm, died without issue in 1773 [Berks Co Wills 2:138]. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  3. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for John Kurtz, Berks Co., 1778; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will of John Kurtz, leaves everything to his wife Anna Maria; nothing to his children.
  4. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 16 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 7-8 1734-1785; Deed Book 8:89. Extracted information: Anna Maria Shoemaker, wife of Jacob Shoemaker of the Town of Reading in the County of Berks... said Anna maria Shoemaker for some time past has parted from her said husband and does not hereafter intend to live with him again. Paid $2000 and renounces all claims to Jacob's estate. Dated 25 Sep 1780.

Benedict Strohm1

d. 1773
Family
     Benedict Strohm married Anna Maria Becher.1 He died in 1773.1

Family

Anna Maria Becher

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (Ref: Will of Frederick Becher, Manchester Tp., York Co., PA, dated 4 Aug 1781, dau, Anna Maria, w/o Jacob Shoemaker of Berks Co. [York Co. Wills E:370]; widow of Benedict Strohm, died without issue in 1773 [Berks Co Wills 2:138]. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Mary Shoemaker1

Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1 d. c 1773
     Mary Shoemaker is the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1 She married Henry Rau.1

Family

Henry Rau d. c 1787

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

Hannah Shoemaker1

Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1 d. c 1773
     Hannah Shoemaker is the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1 She married Christian Nagle.1

Family

Christian Nagle

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

Sophia Shoemaker1

Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1 d. c 1773
     Sophia Shoemaker is the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

Peter Shoemaker1

b. 30 June 1766, d. 8 March 1818
Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1 d. c 1773
     Peter Shoemaker was born on 30 June 1766.2 He was the son of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1 He married Anna Margaret Heiner.2,3 He married Hannah Rapp on 14 July 1810.2 He died on 8 March 1818 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, at age 51.2
     Peter Shoemaker lived in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.4,5

Family 1

Anna Margaret Heiner
Child

Family 2

Hannah Rapp

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  2. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  3. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  4. [S247] 1790 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Berks Co., Reading, Peter Shoemaker household, National Archives, (1 male over 16, 2 females).
  5. [S127] 1810 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Berks Co., Reading, Peter Shoemaker household, National Archives, (1 male over 45, 1 female 16-25).
  6. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (references baptismal record at the Schwatzwald Church, Berks Co. in 1788. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Henry Rau1

d. circa 1787
Family
     Henry Rau married Mary Shoemaker, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1 He died circa 1787 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.2

Family

Mary Shoemaker

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  2. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Rau, Berks Co., 1787; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Administration Bond, dated 20 Nov 1787 (Petition from Mary Rau, Borough of Reading, widow of Henry Rau, barber, deceased, Peter Shoemaker, same place, Jacob Moyer, Cumru Tp.).

Christian Nagle1

Family
     Christian Nagle married Hannah Shoemaker, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1

Family

Hannah Shoemaker

Citations

  1. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

Henry Christ Jr.1

d. circa 1784
Family
FatherJohann Heinrich Christ2 b. 27 Jan 1721, d. c 1789
MotherApollonia Richter2 d. c 1806
     Henry Christ Jr. was the son of Johann Heinrich Christ and Apollonia Richter.2 He married Catharina Shoemaker, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1 He died circa 1784 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.3

Family

Catharina Shoemaker b. 27 Nov 1757, d. 14 Mar 1820
Children

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Administration Bond, dated 15 Sep 1783 (Petition from Henry Christ, Jr. & Catharina, his wife of Town of Reading, Berks Co., said Catharina, being the eldest dau of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq, dec., Charles Shoemaker, Esq., of Winsor, Brother of the said desceased...).
  2. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Esq., Berks Co., 1789; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition to despose of real estate, dated 14 May 1790 (Petition from Appolonia Christ, widow and nine children: Jacob, eldest surviving son; John; Daniel; Barbara, w/o John Gallanstine; Maria, w/o George Spangler; Catharine, w/o Jacob Graub; Margaret, w/o Jacob Zimmerman; Susannah, w/o Frederick Gossler, dec.; Magdalena, w/o Michael Lutz; three grandchildren of son Henry, deceased: John, Henry, and Benjamin).
  3. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Administration Bond, dated 25 Feb 1785 (Petition from Catharina Christ, of Town of Reading, Berks Co., widow and relict of Henry Christ, Jr.).
  4. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardians, dated 27 Sep 1785, by Catharina Christ: three children under the age of 14 yrs.: John, Henry, & Benjamin.

John Christ1

Family
FatherHenry Christ Jr.1 d. c 1784
MotherCatharina Shoemaker1 b. 27 Nov 1757, d. 14 Mar 1820
     John Christ is the son of Henry Christ Jr. and Catharina Shoemaker.1

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardians, dated 27 Sep 1785, by Catharina Christ: three children under the age of 14 yrs.: John, Henry, & Benjamin.

Henry Christ1

Family
FatherHenry Christ Jr.1 d. c 1784
MotherCatharina Shoemaker1 b. 27 Nov 1757, d. 14 Mar 1820
     Henry Christ is the son of Henry Christ Jr. and Catharina Shoemaker.1

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardians, dated 27 Sep 1785, by Catharina Christ: three children under the age of 14 yrs.: John, Henry, & Benjamin.

Benjamin Christ1

Family
FatherHenry Christ Jr.1 d. c 1784
MotherCatharina Shoemaker1 b. 27 Nov 1757, d. 14 Mar 1820
     Benjamin Christ is the son of Henry Christ Jr. and Catharina Shoemaker.1

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Henry Christ, Jr., Berks Co., 1785; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardians, dated 27 Sep 1785, by Catharina Christ: three children under the age of 14 yrs.: John, Henry, & Benjamin.

John Kurtz1

d. circa 1778
Family
     John Kurtz married Anna Maria Becher.2,1 He died circa 1778.3,1

Family

Anna Maria Becher

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for John Kurtz, Berks Co., 1778; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will of John Kurtz, leaves everything to his wife Anna Maria; nothing to his children.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  3. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret, since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

George Zerr1

d. 1801
Family
     George Zerr married Sophia Dorothea Shoemaker, daughter of Simon Shoemaker and Anna Elisabetha Kless, on 1 April 1755 in Zion (Moselem) Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.2,3 He died in 1801 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.4
     George and Sophia lived in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.5

Family

Sophia Dorothea Shoemaker b. 10 Oct 1734, d. 1796
Children

Citations

  1. [S820] Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., PA: Marriage record of Johannes Georg Zerr, single son of Christian Zerr, and Sophia Schumacherin, single dau. Georg [sic] Schumacher, 1 Apr 1755 by Schmid, DAR Library, Washington, D.C.
  2. [S1547] Rev. John Baer Stoudt, "Marriage Record of Zion Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. 1744-1758", The Pennsylvania-German 11 (1910): p. 713 (viewed at google.com/books on 18 Apr 2020), Johannes Georg Zerr, s.s. Christian Zerr, and Sophia Schumacherin, s.d. Georg [sic] Schumacher, 1 Apr 1755 by Schmid.
  3. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Jacobus Zern. Extracted information: Jacobus Zern, d/o Joh. Georg Zern and Sophia Dorothea, b. 8 Apr 1761, bp. 1761.
  4. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for George Zerr, Berks Co., 1801; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will, dated 16 Nov 1796, entered into probate 10 Jun 1801.
  5. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 Apr 2020), image of Hereford Tp. residents, 1800. Extracted information: George Zerr entry, yoeman.
  6. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for George Zerr, Berks Co., 1801; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will, dated 16 Nov 1796, entered into probate 10 Jun 1801 (wife Sophia, two sons: Jacob and George; three daughters: Catharine, w/o Conrad Fink; Magdalena, w/o John Bickel; Mary, w/o Jacob Kiefer).
  7. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Ana Catharina Zerr. Extracted information: Ana Catharina Zerr, d/o Joh. Georg Zerr and Sophia Schumacher, b. 12 Jan 1756, bp. 25 Jan 1756.
  8. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Magdalena Zerr. Extracted information: Magdalena Zerr, d/o Joh. Georg Zerr and Sophia Schumacher, b. 10 Mar 1759, bp. 18 Mar 1759.

Conrad Foose1

b. circa 18 April 1745, d. 28 March 1820
Family
     Conrad Foose was born circa 18 April 1745.2 He married Catharina Shoemaker, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher, on 8 November 1785 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1 He died on 28 March 1820 in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania.2 He was buried in Foose-Gottshall Cemetery, Nuremberg, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania.2

Family

Catharina Shoemaker b. 27 Nov 1757, d. 14 Mar 1820
Children

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881," database, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Misc. Records of Rev. Carl Friedrich Wildbahn. Extracted information: Marriage of Conrad Fuss and Catharina, widow of Henry Christ, Jr., 8 Nov 175, Reading, PA.
  2. [S1100] Find A Grave database and images, (www.findagrave.com: accessed 17 Apr 2020), memorial page for Conrad Foose, created by Jennifer Boone on 11 Sep 2008, citing Foose-Gottshall Cemetery, Nuremberg, Schuykill Co., PA, (photo added by Jennifer Boone: Conrad Foose, d 28 Mar 1820, aged 74y, 11m, 10d (calculated birthdate c. 18 Apr 1745)).
  3. [S1548] Rosalie Fellows Bailey, "The Foos Family of Pennsylvania and Ohio," in Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families From the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982), pp. 615-616.

Anna Margaret Heiner1,2

Family
     Anna Margaret Heiner married Peter Shoemaker, son of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1,2

Family

Peter Shoemaker b. 30 Jun 1766, d. 8 Mar 1818
Child

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.
  3. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168 (references baptismal record at the Schwatzwald Church, Berks Co. in 1788. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Hannah Rapp1

Family
     Hannah Rapp married Peter Shoemaker, son of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher, on 14 July 1810.1

Family

Peter Shoemaker b. 30 Jun 1766, d. 8 Mar 1818

Citations

  1. [S1543] Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution (Germantown, PA: Benjamin H. Shoemaker 3rd, 1975), p. 168. Hereinafter cited as Shoemaker Pioneers.

Christina Shoemaker1,2

Family
FatherJacob Shoemaker1,2 b. 3 Oct 1730, d. 9 Sep 1783
MotherMaria Magdalena Lescher1,2 d. c 1773
     Christina Shoemaker is the daughter of Jacob Shoemaker and Maria Magdalena Lescher.1,2

Citations

  1. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., Berks Co., 1783; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Petition for Guardian of Christina, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker, deceased, above the age of 14 years. Dated 6 Oct 1783.
  2. [S1532] [Berks Co, PA] Deeds, 1734-1866; Indexes, 1752-1926, images, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Deeds v. 12-13, 1779-1793; Deed Book 13:16. Extracted information: Deed for sale of lots in Reading by Peter Shoemaker, eldest son of Jacob Shoemaker, Esq., dated 8 May 1788, recorded18Jul 1792. Jacob died intestate leaving widow Anna Margaret [sic: Anna Maria], since intermarried with John Kurtz, and children: Peter Shoemaker (and wife Margaret), Catherine, wife of Conrad Foos; Mary, late the wife of Henry Rau; Hannah, the wife of Christian Nagle, Christina, and Sophia.

Magdalena Zerr1

b. 10 March 1759
Family
FatherGeorge Zerr1 d. 1801
MotherSophia Dorothea Shoemaker1 b. 10 Oct 1734, d. 1796
     Magdalena Zerr was born on 10 March 1759 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1 She was the daughter of George Zerr and Sophia Dorothea Shoemaker.1 She married John Bickel.2

Family

John Bickel

Citations

  1. [S1532] "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, viewed at Family Search (familysearch.org, accessed 17 Apr 2020), Zion Moselem Church, Richmond Tp., Berks Co., Baptismal record for Magdalena Zerr. Extracted information: Magdalena Zerr, d/o Joh. Georg Zerr and Sophia Schumacher, b. 10 Mar 1759, bp. 18 Mar 1759.
  2. [S973] "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993," database and images, viewed at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Apr 2020), image of Estate File for George Zerr, Berks Co., 1801; original files in Registrar's Office, Berks Co. Courthouse, Reading, PA. Extracted information: Will, dated 16 Nov 1796, entered into probate 10 Jun 1801 (wife Sophia, two sons: Jacob and George; three daughters: Catharine, w/o Conrad Fink; Magdalena, w/o John Bickel; Mary, w/o Jacob Kiefer).