1756 Heidelberg taxables
In 1756, the following were
assessed and returned as taxables of Heidelberg township, many of whose
descendants are still the owners of the lands first possessed by the first
settlers. Heidelberg then embraced Upper and Lower Heidelberg, having
since 1830, been divided.
| Philip Weiser |
Frederick Weiser |
Andrew Boyer |
John Oorth |
John Boyer, jr. |
| John Eckert |
Michael Schauer |
Henry Fitler |
George Deer |
Leonard Groh |
| Nicholas Ried |
Jacob Klein |
John Zerbe |
Peter Hoffman |
George Lauch |
| Henry Shuger |
Henry Gruber |
Adam Schauer |
Casper Hoehn |
Joseph Felsmayer |
| Gabriel Radgee |
Antonie Faust |
Adam Spohn |
Thomas Jones |
Lodowick Deer |
| Eliezar Evans |
Michael Malle |
Peter Betz |
Wilhelm Fuser |
Peter Eberle |
| Dieterich Marschall |
Frederick Koble |
John Koble |
Peter Bricker |
Christian Daube |
| Sebastian Obald |
Jacob Boyer |
Conrad Scharff |
Peter Knop |
Ullerich Michel |
| Valentine Frei |
Henry Staer |
Michael Lauer |
Tobias Bickel |
Conrad Ernst |
| Martin Barteberger |
Michael Kaiser |
Joseph Hetterich |
Peter Riedi |
Conrad Finck |
| Lorentz Storck (Strong) |
Michael Miller |
Melchoir Knauer |
Dietrich Scholl |
Jacob Kreiter |
| Henry Deckert |
John Doutrick |
Simon Bimoch |
Adam Hoehn |
Frederick Gerhart |
| John Kohler |
John Disler |
Henry Boyer |
Nicholas Bechtel |
Paul Engle |
| Lazarus Wengert |
Peter Fege |
Christian Hoehn |
George Hoehn |
Frederick Hoehn |
| Peter Newman |
Adam Brown |
W. Mauntz |
Jacob Sensebach |
Samuel Nickel |
| Jacob Cull |
Andrew Gross |
Francis Bosman |
Henry Spohn |
Michaael Busch |
| John Klinger |
Nicholas Schaeffer |
Christian Miller |
Peter Warner |
Conrad Smith |
| Christian Freimeier |
Christian Frantz |
Christian Paffenberger |
Frederick Stump |
John Bayer, jr. |
| Mathias Jacobi |
Ulrich Brunner |
Adam Boniwitz |
Baltzer Wenrich |
John Planck |
| Jacob Orths |
William Jones |
John Riegel |
Henry Martin |
George Boeshor |
| John Strohschneider |
Charles Bomberger |
George Newman |
John Mayer |
Jacob Spatz |
| Martin Linck |
Ludwig Held |
John Dieter |
John Rose |
Nicholas Glatt |
| John Fischer |
Casper Scheffer |
Abraham Kessler |
Mathias Schallhorn |
Michael Overhouse |
| Michael Kessler |
Henry Prince |
Joseph Fuchs |
Ulrich Rickert |
George Hetterick |
| Michael Kurtz |
Christian Michel |
Leonard Schnell |
Christopher Mohr |
Dieterich Steinbrecher |
| Peter Haas |
Christopher Witmer |
Henry Hetterick |
Michael Borger |
George Michael Hehl |
| John Shuger |
Henry Seitel |
Martin Long |
George Brindel |
Jacob Slauch |
| Jacob Fischer |
Christian Everhart |
Michael Scheffer |
Peter Bolender |
John Heckert |
| Nicholas Schweigart |
George Aumiller |
Abraham Stover |
Antonie Crandelberger |
Jacob Schwob |
| Peter Riegel |
Henry Dock |
Peter Schoenfelter |
John Walter |
Philip Zerbe |
| Joiacham Schmit |
Rudolph Schmaltz |
Peter Foltz |
Da Miller |
Henry Gerverd |
| George Rabb |
Frederick Schwartz |
Jacob Minig |
Henry Christ |
Baltzer Koenig |
| John Hartman |
Peter Fischer |
William Allen |
Peter Werle |
Michael Schneider |
| Adam Potteiger |
Martin Armheld |
John Servey |
Andrew Ruhl |
Christian Plank |
| Charles Plank |
Samuel Boyer |
Adam Gruber |
John Lesch |
Henry Sohl |
| Thomas Jones |
Christopher Lerch |
Mathias Miller |
Jacob Erntt |
Casper Conrade |
| John Zerbe |
Henry Minig |
Peter Smith |
George Manntz |
Nicholas Yung |
| Philip Baner |
Henry Weaver |
Henry Seidel |
Henry Deckert |
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Hiedelberg township is bounded on the north
by upper Tulpehocken township; north-east by Penn, a recently organized
township; south-east by lower Heidelberg; south-west by Lancaster county,
and west by Marion township-about being formed out of part of Heidelberg
and lower Tulpehocken; contains between eighteen and nineteen thousand
acres of good land, much of it level; more than one half of it limestone
soil, the other gravel, and when tilled, highly productive.
History of Berks and Lebanon Counties
by I Daniel Rupp
pp191,2,3
© Brenda Creasy