ROYER Families

Germany to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

My great-grandparents Mariah ROYER 1856-1898 Wabash County to Whitley County, Indiana and Jonas ZEIGLER 1858-1902 Whitley County, Indiana. They are buried in the Round Lake Cemetery in Whitley County, Indiana.

Mariah's parents Samuel ROYER 1819-1877 Montgomery County, Ohio to Servia, Wabash County, Indiana and Mary HINSEY 1823-1895 Pennsylvania to Montgomery County, Ohio to Wabash County, Indiana.

Samuel's parents were George ROYER lived 1786-1876 almost 90 or 100 years old Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Montgomery County, Ohio to Huntington County to Whitley County, Indiana and Sarah SWANK 1797 to 1855-1856 Pennsylvania to Montgomery County, Ohio to Huntington County, Indiana. George is buried in Tunker Cemetery and may have been born in 1776 and was just weeks short of 100 years old. His tombstone is a 20th century replacement and his obituaries give different ages and birth dates. Their land in Montgomery County, Ohio is now part of Sycamore State Park.Unknown where Sarah Swank is buried in Huntington County, Indiana. George went to live with daughter Catherine WISE in Whitley County, Indiana after her death.

George's father is thought to be Christopher Daniel ROYER born after May 4, 1749 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who may have died young. The ROYER book page 616 discusses HOLSAPPLE'S as perhaps half-siblings indicating Christopher's wife remarried and lived near Trotwood, Montgomery County, Ohio where he lived before moving to Indiana. I am still trying to understand the HOLSAPPLE connection with the family. Any help is appreciated.

An interesting twist in early 2009 was an email pointing to A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois in 1900, pages 494-495 about Philip YOUNG married to Elizabeth ROYER claimed to be the daughter of Henry ROYER and Susan SWENK, who besides Elizabeth had sons Henry ROYER and my George ROYER who married a SWANK. This implies my George is not the son of Christopher Daniel ROYER above as stated in the Rev. J. G. Francis book page 615. But Francis does speculate that George could be a son of a Henry ROYER on bottom of page 602 a son of Samuel, son of Sebastian, who the ROYER book does not cover. This Susan SWENK raises the possibility of another connection with my SWANK families. More research will have to occur to confirm or refute this information. Christopher C. YOUNG son of Elizabeth ROYER and Philip YOUNG is buried in Round Lake Cemetery in Whitley County, Indiana where my ancestor ZEIGLER and ZUMBRUN families who helped start the Blue River German Baptist Brethren church in the 1850's and are also buried in this cemetery. An interesting discussion concerning Christopher C. YOUNG on the YOUNG message board led to this discovery. It turns out their daughter Sarah Ann YOUNG married Jeremiah EGOLF and their marriage was performed by my ancestor Joseph ZEIGLER the first elder of the church.

Christopher's parents were George ROYER 1710-after 1772 Bohl, Germany to Berks County now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Elizabeth who died before 1769.

George's parents were Sebastian ROYER 1688 to 1758-1759 Bohl, Germany to Berks County now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Agnes FLOCKIRTH 1685-1758 Bohl, Germany to Berks County now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania daughter of Johann Wendel FLOCKIRTH. Early members of the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

Sebastian's parents were Hans George and Anna Margarethe of Bohl, Germany according to Winfried Seelinger of Germany.

George's father was Wilhelm who was Burgermeister or Mayor of Bohl, Germany before 1686 and Anna Margarethe KARCH from Royer Rootsweb Mailing List.

• Emanual Lutheran Cemetery Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsyvlania

ROYER Trivia

Fourth cousin three times removed Joseph ROYER a confectioner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania taught Milton Hershey, the chocolate king, how to make candy. This is confirmed by various sources such as the M.S. Hershey Foundation, Milton Hershey School and many other web sites. Joseph was also said to have the first glass front store in Lancaster and the first delivery wagon.

History of Royersford, Pennsylvania named for a family not related to my ROYER's.

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