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- {geni:about_me} * 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)
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Jacob Yoder
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
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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 Yoder
- ID: I144
Name: Christian (JOTTER) YODER
Given Name: Christian (JOTTER)
Surname: Yoder
NSFX: Sr.
Sex: M
Title: Sr.
Note: GK #YR2 - information not proven. See also Gingerich-Kreider footnoteA (1), page 489.
Birth: 1700 in Europe
Death: NOV 1775 in Berks Co., PA
Immigration: 1742
250th Anniversary of Amish Yoder Arrival
Two Hundred and fifty years ago, on Sept. 21, 1742, the following record was made at the Courthouse in Philadelphia, List 94C, witnessed by William Till and Robert Strettell, Esquire:
"The Foriegners whose names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Francis and Elizabeth, George North, Master, from Roterdam, but last from Deal, did this day take the usual Qualifications to the Government, viz.,"
Among the passengers whose names appeared on this registry were three who are now seen as representing the families of the first Amish Yoder arrivals in America. The first listed was Christian JOTTER, believed to be YR2. Next was a Jacob YODER (marked with an "X" and signed by the English clerk) and lastly a Christian YODER. The latter two folks are now believed to be sons of "the widow Barbara" and her husband who died at sea (YR1).
Three Signatures
C.Z. Mast, a well known genealogist of the Amish, maintains that Jacob Yoder was ill at the time of landing and the "X" was due not to lack of education, but to his not being available to sign in person.
There are several different works which present listings of the names in the registry. It is known that the Yoder names appear in sequence in the actual handscribed listing. The one source which seems to follow this sequence is the book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers".
Three interesting features appear in this copy of the list. First, the group of most recognizable Amish passengers have their names together (although "Johanes Qnag" marks the beginning of the "B list"). It could well be imagined that the Amish heads of household all hung together as they went to the Courthouse to make the official registry. The second item for some interest is that Christian Jotter is at the head of the Amish group. Does this signify some particular leadership of the group? It's possible. And third, the first Yoder to sign wrote his name "Jotter", followed by the English clerk signing for Jacob as "Yoder" (the sound in English). Did the last of the three Yoders on the list (believed to be Christian, son of the "widow Barbara") really spell his name with a "Y" and a "d"? Or did he just copy the spelling used on the line above him for his (presumedly absent) brother?
Here are the names as they appear in "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" (with AAMG codes added when known or suspected):
----------Christian-Jotter-(YR2)---
----------Jacob-(x)-Yoder--(YR14)---
----------Christian-Yoder--(YR12)----
----------Fredri-(K)-Meyer--
----------Christian-(+)-Miller-
----------Johanes-Qnag-
----------Moritz-Zug-
----------Christian-Zug-
----------Johannes-Gerber-
----------Jacob-Kurtz-(KZA2)-
----------Johannes-Zug-
----------Uhllerich-(+)-Stally-(SAB?)-
- Died at Sea. One of two brothers who immigrated on the "Francis and Elizabeth" out of Rotterdam (MFH Jan '93) by way of Deal, and captained by George North. They arrived in Philadelphia September 21, 1742.
Jacob died at sea in transit, leaving his wife Barbara a widow with 9
children.
- from Rotterdam, Holland to New York(presumed destination?)on the ship Francis &Elizabeth - sailed Rotterdam 21-Sep-1742.
FROM ROTTERDAM NETHERLANDS TO PHILADELPHIA PA ON SHIP FRANCIS AND ELIZABETH 21 SEP 1742.
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1699 - 1775 (76 years)
, d. 1742 (Age 43 years) 
