Mathias Loy

   Note: Mathias, also known as Mathew, and sometimes Matthew or Mathias Ley spoke German and probably had some command of English.

Matthias' will, which follows, was proved Proved October 22nd, 1783 in Berks County, PA

       In the Name of God, amen. I Mathias Loy of Greenwitch Town Ship in the county of Berks and Province of Pennsylvania being weak in Body but of Sound Memory Blessed be God, Do this Day and in the year of our Lord one Thousand and Seven Hundred and Sixty two Make and Publish this my last will and Testament in Manner Following, that is to say I give Unto my Eldest Son George Loy one Hundred and Fifty acres of Land or there a Bouts, that is to Say the hole premises where I now Live in with the appurtenances there Unto to have and to hould for Ever and also the named Mathias Loy so Long as he liveth or his wife Marry Loy they are to have of the Said Land and Premises So Long as they liveth Ten Bushels of wheate and also Twenty Bushels of Rie one year and every year and also two cows that is good in Milk and the(n) a sone named George Loy is to find feed for the said two cows Every Year and also two (?) that each of them will way one Hundred pounds a pees this yeare (unreadable) every year and also Fifty pounds of Beef every Year and also two Hundred of Eggs every year and also one Bushel of Salt and also half a pound of allspice half a pound of peper Every year and also the third row of apple trees and also two sheep the Choice of all the flock and also one Quarter of Acre of Flax Land with the Seed thereof and also half the Kitchengarden and that to be (unreadable) Every Year as it wants and also the said George Loy must take his fathers grain to the mill and Home againe according as he wants it and also the Said Mathias Loy after his Death in Case that he should Die his wife Marry Loy is to have half the above said grain Cattle mate fruits as Long as She Liveth but in cause if she Should marry a Nother man then all these Fruits and Cattle to be void and also the said Mathias Loy and his wife Mary Loy has Liberty to Live in the new House as long as they live and the said George Loy is to previde firewood for the Said House as long as his Father and mother Lives and also I give unto my Second Eldest Son Michel Loy one Hundred and Fifty acres of Land joyning Martain Keffer and George Kreamer which Land is Reckned to be worth Forty fore pounds and also to my third Eldest Son Adam Loy forty pounds to be paid yearly out of my Estate as followeth, that is to Say my Son George Loy must pay him ten pounds the third Day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six and also the above Said George Loy must pay unto his Brother Adam Loy Ten pounds in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven and also two sheep and my son George Loy must pay unto his Sister Margret Loy after his Fathers Death Twelve pounds and ten Shillings and also the Next Ensuing hear Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also to his sister Catherine the next ensuing year Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also his Sister Susan Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also the next ensuing year Twelve and ten shillings and Two cows and Two sheep that is to say when she is maried and also to his Sister Mary Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also the next ensuing year Twelve pounds and ten shillings and Two Cows and Two Sheep that is to say when She maries In this my Will Contained and (unreadable) my loving frends Over Seers of this my will Contained take care and see the Same performed according to my true Intent and Meaning and for their pains I give each of them in witness whereof I the said Mathias Loy have to this my Last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal this 22nd Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & sixty two as and for his Last will and Testament in the Presence of Us who were Present at the Signing and Sealing thereof 

       Signed: Mathias Loy 

       Witnesses: 

       Georg Haal 

       Georg Spang 

       Note: According to "Early Palatine Emigration," by Knittle, a Lewis Leucht (pronounced loyct) emigrated from London to America with one son in 1709. This Lewis was a part of the earliest Palatine emigration. 

Note: We have much conflicting information on Matthias Loy/Ley. Some of it summarized here in haphazard fashion until we can get to the bottom of all of this.
Mathias' will was obtained from the Berks County Records Office in December of 1997 (see masterfile). It was made in 1762. In the will he provides for himself and his wife in their last years by giving the better part of his farm to his eldest son George, while they are to remain living there for there support. In the will he names his sons in order of birth as George, Michael, and Adam. George who gets 150 acres, and the house, and Michael who gets 150 acres of land, are to care for or divide property with their brother Adam, and sisters (probably named in order of age) Margaret, Catherine, Susan, and Mary. So it appears he gave up farming (possibly due to poor health) in 1762 becoming a tax collector, and living on another 21 years or so in the home he left to his eldest son, George.

       THE WILL OF MATHIAS LOY 

       Proved October 22nd, 1783 

       Berks County, PA 

       In the Name of God, amen. I Mathias Loy of Greenwitch Town Ship in the county of Berks and Province of Pennsylvania being weak in Body but of Sound Memory Blessed be God, Do this Day and in the year of our Lord one Thousand and Seven Hundred and Sixty two Make and Publish this my last will and Testament in Manner Following, that is to say I give Unto my ELDEST SON GEORGE LOY one Hundred and Fifty acres of Land or there a Bouts, that is to Say the hole premises where I now Live in with the appurtenances there Unto to have and to hould for Ever and also THE NAMED MATHIAS LOY so Long as he liveth OR HIS WIFE MARRY LOY they are to have of the Said Land and Premises So Long as they liveth Ten Bushels of wheate and also Twenty Bushels of Rie one year and every year and also two cows that is good in Milk and the(n) A SONE NAMED GEORGE LOY is to find feed for the said two cows Every Year and also two (?) that each of them will way one Hundred pounds a pees this yeare (unreadable) every year and also Fifty pounds of Beef every Year and also two Hundred of Eggs every year and also one Bushel of Salt and also half a pound of allspice half a pound of peper Every year and also the third row of apple trees and also two sheep the Choice of all the flock and also one Quarter of Acre of Flax Land with the Seed thereof and also half the Kitchengarden and that to be (unreadable) Every Year as it wants and also the SAID GEORGE LOY MUST TAKE HIS FATHERS GRAIN to the mill and Home againe according as he wants it and also the Said MATHIAS LOY after his Death in Case that he should Die his wife MARRY LOY is to have half the above said grain Cattle mate fruits as Long as She Liveth but in cause if she Should marry a Nother man then all these Fruits and Cattle to be void and also the said Mathias Loy and his wife MARY LOY has Liberty to Live in the new House as long as they live and the said GEORGE LOY is to previde firewood for the Said House as long as his Father and mother Lives and also I give unto MY SECOND ELDEST SON MICHEL LOY one Hundred and Fifty acres of Land JOYNING MARTAIN KEFFER and GEORGE KREAMER which Land is Reckned to be worth Forty fore pounds AND ALSO TO MY THIRD ELDEST SON ADAM LOY forty pounds to be paid yearly out of my Estate as followeth, that is to Say my Son GEORGE LOY must pay him ten pounds the third Day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six and also the above Said GEORGE LOY must pay unto his Brother Adam Loy Ten pounds in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven and also two sheep and my son GEORGE LOY must pay unto HIS SISTER MARGRET LOY after his Fathers Death Twelve pounds and ten Shillings and also the Next Ensuing hear Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also to HIS SISTER CATHERINE the next ensuing year Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also HIS SISTER SUSAN Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also the next ensuing year Twelve and ten shillings and Two cows and Two sheep that is to say when she is maried and ALSO TO HIS SISTER MARY Twelve pounds and ten shillings and also the next ensuing year Twelve pounds and ten shillings and Two Cows and Two Sheep that is to say when She maries In this my Will Contained and (unreadable) my loving frends Over Seers of this my will Contained take care and see the Same performed according to my true Intent and Meaning and for their pains I give each of them in witness whereof I THE SAID MATHIAS LOY have to this my Last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal this 22nd Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & sixty two as and for his Last will and Testament in the Presence of Us who were Present at the Signing and Sealing thereof 

       Signed: Mathias Loy 

       Witnesses: 

       Georg Haal 

       Georg Spang 

       Greenwich Township, where Matthias made his will, was settled in 1749; incorporated in 1755 from Albany Township. 

       The Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania by Morton L. Montgomery in two volumes and published by J. H. Beers & Company of Chicago in 1909. In Montgomery's profile of a certain Walter S. Loy he states the following family tradition which confuses us a little more. 

       Walter S. Loy, a prosperous farmer and justice of the peace of Perry township, was born Nov. 8, 1850, in Windsor township, near Windsor Castle, Berks county, son of Joseph and Catherine (Smith) Loy. 

       The popular tradition that two brothers came from the Rhine Valley in Germany, is confirmed in this case by record, and tradition also has it that they were still single. On the same ship on which Matthias Loy emigrated in 1733 to the land of his adoption, was Anna Maria Ley (Loy), who is supposed to have been his sister, and who was then twenty-four years old. The other brother's name was Hans Jurick (George) Ley, who was then, in 1733, recorded as twenty-eight years old. He settled in Windsor township, and owned the farm of 220 acres now in possession of Joseph L. Smith. His wife was Barbara Bossart, of Windsor township, and they had children: Susanna, m. to John George Focht, who purchased Mr. Loy's farm; Molly, who died single; Jacob, m. to a Miss Billig, and father of Leah, Charles and Nathan; Charles, m. to Deborah Leiby, and father of Catherine, Henry W. and Alfred W. (m. Esther Anna Folk, and had two sons, Alfred B. and William D. F.). 

       This page was downloaded from the Internet November 1997 and NOT confirmed. 

       Immigrant's surname: LOY/LEI/LEY 

       Immigrant's given name(s): Mathias 

       Ship name: Samuel (from Rotterdam) 

       U.S. arrival date: 17 AUG 1733, PA 

       Port: Philadelphia 

       Place of origin: Palatinate 

       Source: Philadelphia Palatinate "The Family of John Tressler and Elizabeth Loy Tressler," by George Tressler Scott (Loysville, PA), p. 7. 

       Notes: 

       The family was originally Huguenot and fled France for the Palatinate according to family tradition. Mathias and his wife Anna Maria first settled north of Pottsville, Pa and by 1755 were residents of Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA where he was tax collector in 1763. Their farm was between present Bethel Zion Church in GrimsvilLe and the Wessnersville churches (Stony Run). His will was proved 23-OCT-1783 in Perks Co.; both buried at Friedens Church in present Albany Twp. For genealogy and further information, see "Briner Family History, " by Forrest D. Myers and Jerry A. Clouse (Harrisburg, PA: 1984) 

       Submitted by: Albert E. Myers (aem@ezonline.com) 

       5341 Windsor Road Barrisburg, PA 17112-3425 

       And this also from Meyers: 

       Mathias (Lei, Ley?) LOY 

       BIRTH: 22 FEB 1706, Germany 

       DEATH: 26 AUG 1783, Berks Co., PA 

       Family 1: Anna Maria DAY 

       MARRIAGE: Germany? 

       Georg (Johann Georg?) LOY 

       Susannah LOY 

       Johann Adam LOY 

       Sybilla Margaretha LOY 

       Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY 

       Michael (Sr). LOY 

       Maria Margaretha LOY 

       Notes 

       His wife's name is Anna Maria Day; she was born 27 February 1711 and died 14 December 1786 in Berks Co., PA. They left Rotterdam for London with a party of French immigrants on the Ship Samuel, 17 August 1733; he was then age 28 and she 

       age 24. [Their son Michael (1740-1823) m. Margaret Lempert (1743-1809).]{Ref. Pa. German Pioneers, by Ralph B. Strassburger and Wm. John Hinkle, Vol. 1 (1727-75), pp. 106-07.} Mathias was warantee for 100 acres in Philadelphia County in 1742 and before 1750 resided at Colebrookdale; in 1758 he was warantee for 50 acres in Berks County, residing midway between the present Bethel Zion's Church in Grimsville, Greenwich Twp. and the Wessnersville Church on the present paved road north from Krumsville (Schucker's Public School was on farm in 1949). His will dated 22 February 1762 was proved 23 October 1783; her will was signed 

       16 November 1786. He was tax colletor in 1763. 17 August 1733 he and his wife and his elder brother George "did this date subscribe to the oath of the Government" in court at Philadelphia. 

       A Loy family Internet site: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/paddington/63/ 

       This Albert Meyers was contacted, but seemed to know little about Mathias Loy. 

       Mathias' will was obtained from the Berks County Records Office in December of 1997. It was made in 1762. In the will he provides for himself and his wife in their last years by giving the better part of his farm to his eldest son George, while they are to remain living there for there support. In the will he names his sons in order of birth as George, Michael, and Adam. George who gets 150 acres, and the house, and Michael who gets 150 acres of land, are to care for or divide property with their brother Adam, and sisters (probably named in order of age) Margaret, Catherine, Susan, and Mary. So it appears he gave up farming (possibly due to poor health) in 1762 becoming a tax collector, and living on another 21 years or so in the home he left to his eldest son, George. 

       Pennsylvania church records for the Friedens Union Church in Berks, Co., Pennsylvania record this baptism of a grandaughter of Matthias and Anna Maria: 

       Anna Maria Breiner daughter of Geo. Michael and Catharine, b. Easter 

       Sunday, bapt. May 18, 1777. Sponsors: Matthew Ley and Anna Maria, 

       grandparents. 

       Here is another version from the Internet site listed above by Al Meyers. 

       Matthias Loy (22 February 1706 Baden, Germany-26 August 1783 Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA) md. Catherina Anna Kumpf (27 February 1711 Baden, Germany-14 December 1786 Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA) d/o Johan Conrad and Anna Maria Kumpf. The Kumpfs arrived on the same ship as Matthias: their other daughter Maria Elizabetha Kumpf married John Heinrich Loy. Matthias arrived in PA from Germany on the ship "Samuel" 17 September 1733. His will was dated 22 February 1762, proven 22 October 1783. 

       Their Children: 

       George Loy 

       Sybella Margaret Loy 

       Michael Loy 

       Maria Margaret Loy 

       Adam Loy 

       Catherine Loy 

       Susanna Loy 

       The above updated 1/23/1999 [DBS] 

       Another version: 

       John Heinrich Loy (1720 Baden, Germany-1798 Frederick Co., VA) md. Maria Elizabetha Kumpf (b.1711/1715 Baden, Germany-d. Frederick Co., VA) d/o Johan Conrad and Anna Maria Kumpf. The Kumpfs arrived on the same ship as Matthias Loy: their other daughter Catherina Anna Kumpf married Matthias Loy. John Heinrich arrived in PA from Germany on the ship "Elizabeth" 27 August 1733. He came at age 13 with older brother Hans Jurich Loy and sister-in-law Maria Elizabeth (Troud) Loy. 

       Their Children: 

       #1 Maria Elizabeth Loy 14 January 1751 Lancaster Co., PA Frederick Co., VA md. Samuel Hott 1741 Lancaster Co., PA 1810 Fredrick Co, VA 

       Frederick Co., VA 

       #2 Daniel Loy 1755 Lancaster Co., PA 1840 Hampshire Co., VA md. 1776 Christina Millslagle 1760 Berks Co., PA died Hampshire Co., VA 

       #3 Maria Loy 1756 Lancaster Co., PA 

       #4 Christina Loy 1758 Lancaster Co., PA 1820 Pickaway Co., OH md. Henry Hott died 1805 Frederick Co., VA 

       #5 Catherine Loy 3 August 1760 Lancaster Co., PA md. John Moyer 

       #6 Mary Elizabeth Loy 1765 Berks Co., PA 1790 Frederick Co., VA md. 21 May 1787 Frederick Schultz 

       #7 Madeline Loy 1767 Berks Co., PA 

       #8 John Loy 1770 Berks Co., PA 1856 Frederick Co., VA md. Catherine Largent 

       #9 Conrad Loy 6 May 1771 Berks Co., PA 1758 Frederick Co., VA md. 29 December 1791 Catherine Hannum 1772 PA died Fredrick Co, VA 

       Matthias Loy (22 February 1706 Baden, Germany-26 August 1783 Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA) md. Catherina Anna Kumpf (27 February 1711 Baden, Germany-14 December 1786 Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA) d/o Johan Conrad and Anna Maria Kumpf. The Kumpfs arrived on the same ship as Matthias: their other daughter Maria Elizabetha Kumpf married John Heinrich Loy. Matthias arrived in PA from Germany on the ship "Samuel" 17 September 1733. His will was dated 22 February 1762, proven 22 October 1783. 

       Children: 

       #1George Loy born Berks Co., died PA Lancaster Co., PA md. Rebecca Bossert 

       #2 Sybella Margaret Loy 1734 Berks Co., PA 

       #3 Michael Loy born Berks Co., PA died Perry Co., PA md. 1762 Margaret Lampert born Wurttemberg, Germany 

       Perry Co., PA 

       #4 Maria Margaret Loy bonr Berks Co., PA died Perry Co., PA md. 1769 John Andrew Dressler, Jr. born Wurttemberg, Germany died Berks Co., PA 

       #5 Adam Loy born Berks Co., PA died Berks Co., PA md. Susanna Focht 

       #6 Catherine Loy born Berks Co., PA 

       #7 Susanna Loy born Berks Co., PA md. Michael Breiner 

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