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From: (geri brennan)
Subject: Re: [PABERKS] Roth/Rhoads
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:59:27 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: gerifelker@webtv.net (geri brennan)'s message of Sun, 7 Jul2002 04:41:36 -0400 (EDT)


The early spelling of the name Roth, but the school teachers of the
children of the family was changed to Rhoad early in the 19th century.
The ancestor to PA Rhoadses must have come to America about 1710. In a
manuscript history of Oley township, Berks County, now preserved by the
PA Historical Society at Phila., is the following. "About 1725 three
brothers named Rhoads or Roth, also prospected this section of the
county for a home. As they threaded their way through Oley, on day the
halted at the beautiful spring where now stands the farm house of Jaboc
K. Kauffman near the Yellow House. They finally took up land on All Sort
Range, in Amity and settled thereon, and many families of that nam have
decended from them, some of whom are still in possesion of the ancestral
estates." These three brothers were Mathias, Jacob and John. A John
Rhoads is buried in the old graveyard at Amityville, just east of the
present church buildings. The inscription on his stone reads "John
Rhoads, who departed October, the 19, 1767". Catharine Rhoads, a widow
to John Rhoads who died in 1767, made a will Nov. 20, 1784, probated
Aug. 6, 1786, in which she mentions sons, Adam, John, and Mathias, who
married Mariet _____, and had daughters Susanna and Catharine. In this
article there are two seperate lines, one showing from 1 Jacob and 1a
Mathias.

1. Jacob Rhoad on Dec. 28, 1812 made his last will, probated July 8,
1814. His wife name was Susan or Susanna, and their four children were
John, born 1775, died 1850, married Mary Weaver, born in 1781 and they
had three sons and three daughters; Hannah, married Abraham Hill;
Elizabeth, and Daniel, born in 1752 and died March 12, 1825, his wife
Magdelana, born in 1760 and died Dec. 11, 1813, children; Jacob, born
1784, John, born 1787, Samuel born 1796, Solomen born 1798, Abraham,
born 1802, Mary born 1792.




1a. Mathias Roth (Rhoads) the ancestor of many of the name in Berks
county, was a native of the Rheinpfalz, Germany, was born Nov. 8, 1717,
prehaps a son of one of the three brother referred to in the foregoing.
He died at Colebrookdale township, March 18, 1795. Last will was made
Nov. 14, 1786. He made ample provision for his "dearly beloved" wife,
Anna Elizabeth. His children; Jonathan, born March, 1751, died 1819,
married Dorothea Elizabeth Linn, born Dec 12, 1756, died April 16, 1
824, and had 8 children; Solomon; Catharine, who married Thomas Wilson,
of Pottsgrove; Barbara, who married Peter Yeager; and Anna Elizabeth who
married Peter "Bastress", at his death Mathias left a large estate.

Roth-Lehigh County
Peter, son of Daniel, and Anna Margaret, bp. July 27, 1737

Rhoads, the ancsestor of this family is Peter Rhoads, son of Daniel
Roth, a native of Switzerland, who arrived in America Aug. 28, 1733. He
settled in Whitehall township, where he died in April, 1737, his widow,
Anna Margaret, died Feb. 25, 1757.

Peter Rhoads was educated among the Quakers and changed to the name to
Rhoads.. He married Nov. 23, 1762 to Sabina Kolher, d/o Jacob Kolher of
Egypt, of Whitehall township.
He married 2nd to Eva Catharine Miller, a sister to his first wife, and
the widow of John Miller.
children of 1st wife, 4 died young, a son in
1764, Elizabeth, born 1767, died 1768, Adam, born 1775, and Daniel,
1783-1783, George,born 1769; Peter; John; and Catharine


Daniel Roth, of Whitehall, Swiss origin, the family resided in the city
of Basel for four hundred years since 1372. Hartman Roth was the
Burgomeister and in 1444, Johannes Both was also Burgomeister, both
knights, rescued

the citzens of Basel from a dangerous position in the battle of St.
Jacob, and in 1446 was the Count Ludwig of the Palatinate to the city of
Constance. Peter Ruth, Burgomeiser of Basel in 1456 was a knight of
Jersalem and was captain in the commad of 800 citizen of Basel of
Grandson, and over 2,000 foot soldiers and 1200 horseman at the battle
of Murten in 1746. In the same year he was envoy to the meeting between
the Count of Savoy and the citzens of Genff. Jacob Roth was born 1638
and he died in 1703.

Daniel Roth of this family, born in 1703, sailed from Rotterdam, Holland
with a wife and two children and his sister Anna Magdalena, and her
husband John Jacob Schreiber, having left Neiderbroon on May 4, 1733,
where his sister was married April 28, 1733. Arrived at Phila., Aug 28,
1733.

The Roths and Schrieber families lived for some time in Skippback
township, Montgomey County, but moved to Whitehall in 1737. Daniel Roth
and Peter Rhoads were the only surviving issue of Daniel Roth.

Best Wishes, Geri

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