Christian Jost Yoder, I

• Name Christian Jotter, Arrival Year 1742 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Primary Immigrant Jotter, Christian with wife and family
• Source Bibliography SLABAUGH, JOHN MARK. "Early Amish Yoder Immigrants." In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society), vol. 4:2 (Apr. 1981), pp. 20-22.

Christian Yoder (born Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland), married Barbara Gerber, daughter of Hans Gerber & his wife Katrina Schertenlieb Gerber had the following children:

• 1 Barbara Yoder b 1725
• 2 Magdalena Yoder b 1726
• 3 Sweitzer Christian Yoder b 1728
• 4 Elizabeth Yoder b 1729
• 5 John Yoder b 1732
• 6 Yost Yoder b 1734
• 7 Veronica Yoder b 1738
• 8 Jacob Yoder b 1740

21 Sept 1742 the ship "Francis & Elizabeth" out of Rotterdam by way of Deal & captained by George North arrived Philadelphia, PA. He came with his wife, children, brother Jacob & family, his widowed mother Barbara & other family members.

This ship also had aboard many other 1st Amish families that settled in the Northkill area. 1st American Amish Settlement, Northkill Settlement, was on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This area ran from Northkill Creek's mouth in Northkill Gap, Blue Moutain nr Shartlesville, PA to the confluence with little Northkill Creek nr Bernville, Jefferson Twp at the edge of the Blue Mountain. This was a large isolated area, the edge of Pennsylvania's frontier.

• *Deutsch German word kill = stream

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Christian Yoder Born Europe

Children 1 Barbara Yoder b 1725 2 Magdalena Yoder b 1726 3 Sweitzer Christian Yoder b 1728 4 Elizabeth Yoder b 1729 5 John Yoder b 1732 6 Yost Yoder b 1734 7 Veronica Yoder b 1738 8 Jacob Yoder b 1740

21 Sept 1742 the ship "Francis & Elizabeth" out of Rotterdam by way of Deal & captained by George North arrived Philadelphia, PA. He came with his wife, children, brother (died at sea--name not known but speculated by many) his brother's widow Barbara and her children

This ship also had aboard many other 1st Amish families that settled in the Northkill area. 1st American Amish Settlement, Northkill Settlement, was on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This area ran from Northkill Creek's mouth in Northkill Gap, Blue Moutain near Shartlesville, PA to the confluence with little Northkill Creek nr Bernville, Jefferson Twp at the edge of the Blue Mountain. This was a large isolated area, the edge of Pennsylvania's frontier.

• *Deutsch German word kill = stream

(There are many who speculate that he was married to a Barbara Gerber.. but there is no evidence of this .. there was a Barbara Gerber and Christian Yoder marriage in an earlier generation- we at the Yoder Newsletter have seen no evidence that Christian's widow died in 1782-- would love to see something to substantiate this- if you have proof, write cyoder@tds.net)

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 19 2018, 1:08:27 UTC

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It has been surmised that Jacob could be his name, but as far as is known, there is no definitive proof that this is so. "Jacob" was from the Canton Bern in Switzerland and he died in 1742.

"Jacob" and his wife Barbara sailed on the ship "Francis & Elizabeth," along with their four sons and five daughters to America. They traveled from Rotterdam, by way of Deal, to Philadelphia, arriving September 21, 1742. George North captained the ship. It is not certain why or how, but Jacob died enroute, and Barbara, along with her two grown sons, Christian and Jacob, were left in charge of the family once they reached America.

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, edited by William John Hinke, Vol. I, pages 327-330, published by Genealogical Publishing Company.

Further corroborating evidence of the family's immigration is contained in "A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776," by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Reprint of the Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1980.

Barbara died about 1751 and it has been surmised that she was buried in "Old Bishop Hertzler's cemetery in what is now Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. (Yoder Newsletter, Issue #2 (yodernewsletter.org)).

--Submitted by Dawn Needles 6th great-granddaughter of "Jacob" and & Barbara Yode

It has been surmised that Jacob could be his name, but as far as is known, there is no definitive proof that this is so. "Jacob" was from the Canton Bern in Switzerland and he died in 1742.

"Jacob" and his wife Barbara sailed on the ship "Francis & Elizabeth," along with their four sons and five daughters to America. They traveled from Rotterdam, by way of Deal, to Philadelphia, arriving September 21, 1742. George North captained the ship. It is not certain why or how, but Jacob died enroute, and Barbara, along with her two grown sons, Christian and Jacob, were left in charge of the family once they reached America.

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, edited by William John Hinke, Vol. I, pages 327-330, published by Genealogical Publishing Company.

Further corroborating evidence of the family's immigration is contained in "A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776," by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Reprint of the Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1980.

Barbara died about 1751 and it has been surmised that she was buried in "Old Bishop Hertzler's cemetery in what is now Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. (Yoder Newsletter, Issue #2 (yodernewsletter.org)).

--Submitted by Dawn Needles 6th great-granddaughter of "Jacob" and & Barbara Yoder