Miscellaneous: Oath of Allegiance, "Northeastern Berks", 1778: Berks/Schuylkill Cos, PA This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dick Turnbach. DornB@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. _________________________________________________________________ Oath of Allegiance Of 300 persons from "Northeastern Berks" who took the Oath of Allegiance before Charles Shoemaker between May and September 1778, almost half appear on tax and census lists in Brunswick or Pine Grove Township [now Schuylkill County PA] during the War For Independence. Since persons taking the oath - on some of the days, lived what was then great distances from each other, Shoemaker could not have gone to them. It seems likely that they reported to locations in Northern Berks to take the oath. "A List of names who have taken the Oath and Same the Affirmation of Allegiance before me from the 10th Day of May [s] Charles Shoemaker 1778 May 10 John Sheffer 18 Frederick Beyer 20 Sebastian Bender Mathis Dornbach George Faust Peter William 21 Dewalt Billman 22 Christ Blatter 23 Jacob Alspach Mathias Treher Michael Unterkoffler Jeremie Chappelle 25 George Graul John Bock George Mertz George Marsteller George Holebubuch John Loeb Christian Wertz Conrad Hix John Hummel Henry Hummel George Tress Ptrlingengfelter Philip Boenig Nicholas Stam George Minnig John Runckel Christophel Lerch Nicholas Kirshner Martin Meyer Christofl Breining Jacob Runkel Henry Runkel Peter Lutz Jacob Struss Adam Gitting Simon Marburger Philip Schmit Joseph Scheneb Geo Wm Staut John Mayer Jost Fahl Henry Meyer Peter Confir John Ditrich Matheis Weber Christoffel Haffle Henry Bock Jacob Hummel Philip Henning David Moritz Paul Balde Henry Billig Jacob Glasse Philip Straub George Hinkel Jacob Meocel Chn Luckenbill Fredk Bensinger Jacob Seidel Henry Alspach George Hamoner Geo Bentzinger Henry Treher Michael Deibert George Shall Andreas Kreamer Aaron Terey.... Wm Bergheisser John Smith Adam Schweikert Conrad Keichert George Brane Peter Ladig George Lantzer Philip Michael Hans Bollenbach Abraham Wetstein Peter Kaub Thomas Gottschall Christian Kaub Frederick Bohn Andreas Miller Ludwig Zimmerman Jacob Buschy Ulrich Heiser John Heim Peter Staller Casper Proch Henry Lauter Mathias Kremer Henry Meyer Frantz Breininger Vitus Hirt Peter Proch Godfried Schmelcher Nicholas Holler Jacob Will David Holler George Runkel Danl Bentzinger Martin Greiner Adam Meyer George Rausch Reinhart Schnep Conrad Keiser Thomas Wenrich George Adam Wagner Michael Wagner Philip Henry Simon Kreischer 27 Mich'l Hollenbach George Yoh Jacob Yoh Adam Blatt 28 Jacob Hummel Daniel Schappel Rudolph Heiser Daniel Yoh John Geshwind Matheis Kerschner Michael Meyer Michael Emrich Peter Keiler Lucas Mayer 29 Andreas Humel Adam Schweiger Lenard Rothermel Conrad Gilbert Paul Heim George Orwig Adam Derr Jacob Wagner Conrad Mertz 30 Michael Dauber Michael Renschler William Webber John Kershner Jeremias Kierschner Jacob Reichert John Meyer Jost Schlappig Christ Altheuss Daniel Schlabig Michael Hoely Godfried Orwig Michael Mosser Marx Schwenk John Keely John Knoswell Jost Schlabig Jost Althaus John Rentschler Bernard Zweitzieg Burchhard Krebs Henry Kepner Mathes Best Philip Bausum Henry Seisamanhause Ludwig Seeman John Blattner Andres Runckel Conrad Jacoby Jacob Rahn George Dewalt Mathias Krauss John Maurer 31 George Miller Philip Miller Jacob Miller June 1 Philip Rahn Jacob Rahn Jr Philip Wagner Geroge Kolp George Heim Philip Bergheisser Frederick Mayer George Brach Christian Herring John Marolff Jeremiah Bacon Jacob Scholl Jacob Kuhlman 2 Philip Jacob Roth Mathias Roth Jacob Roth Jacob Lightner Jost Heck Peter Weiman Killian Freyer Nicholas Runckel Henry Wetstein Lorentz Yung Peter Bode 3 Adam Beiber Nicholas Beiber Jacob Hoffman John Richart John Tschudy Jr Jhn Adam Reichert . 4 John Reichert George Zechman John Zechman Nicholas Meyer George Heuner George Wagner Geo Wm Wagner Michael Schock Peter Weirly Jacob Wagner Jr George Munch 5 John Schwartz William Roth Math's Bollenbach Peter Kutz 6 Yost Strack Daniel Brion John Ganger Chrstffel Schneider Michael Zuber 8 Conrad Strasser Michael Schloer Nicholas Grett Jacob Wagner Stoffel Wagner Conrad Ferner 9 Christian Albrecht Nicholas Kretner Wilhelm Christ 10 Henry Wetstein John Buschy Lenerd Albrecht Henrt Ketterer 11 Hans George Roth Valentine Kaufman Philip Kaufman Jost Kaufman Abraham Bucks Michael Riehle Christoffel Wagner George Taeutloff 13 Philip Faust Jr Jacob Faust George Erll 15 Peter Kirschner Lenard Schnep 23 Michael Unger Henry Scheirs Conrad Yerman 27 John Klein Peter Klein Peter Yoh John Miller 29 Kraft Volckel John Beber Martin Mohr July 2 John Heimbach Jacob Blatt 3 Jacob Kaufmann 4 Henry Werner Christian Keck 6 George Neu Henry Achen 7 Godfried Pisterer John Eberhard Thobias Gardner 11 Zacharias Bahret 12 Daniel Miesse Jacob Schenck 14 James Potter Peter Wood William Davis 20 Issac Bacon Samuel Wright 21 Jacob Roesch 23 Frederick Reber 24 Henry Bossert Aug 1 Valentine Koch 10 Conrad Allwein John Shomo 18 Isaac Updegrove 19 George Prang John Connady 20 John Bacon 24 Jeremiah Bacon Jr 29 Timothy Jennings Sep 1 John Chn Koch Abraham Lantzer 28 Christian Kaup "The following took the affirmation" June 12 Philip Faust John Faust July 13 Thomas Tomleson 14 Richard Willits James Wilson 17 Ellis Ellis 24 David Beyler 25 Wilhelm Bossler Sep 1 Ellis Hughes "I do hereby Certify of the names of the foregoing List to the number 291 have taken the oath of allegiance, and up to the number of 300 have taken the Affirmation of allegiance before me the subscriber as witness my hand and seal the..th day of October A.D. 1778 Charles S Shoemaker [seal]" "Recorded, and this record and the Original Diligently Compared and do agree exactly word for word and figure for figure This 22nd Day of Oct'r a.d. 1778 Henry Christ, recorder" Among the hundreds who took the oath before Peter Spycker, the following appear on contemporary tax lists in Brunswick and Pine Grove Townships [now Schuylkill County]: Philip Feit Stophel Deiber Henry Holler Leonard Read George Huntzinger Geo Huntzinger Jr Bernard Huntzinger Bern'd Zimmerman Simon Bressler Hannes Braun Valentine Schuller Adam Christ Samuel Boyer Jac Schmeltzer Stephan Diel Jacob Leiman Peter Bressler Jacob Ulrich Jacob Leininger Anreas Kraft Peter Schmidt Daniel Angst, Jr Philip Bordner Daniel Zerben Jacob Smith Martin Lehman Geo Adam Zerbe Christ'n Stutzman Nicholas Neufang Jacob Schock J Valt'n Schuller Hannes Abfel Henry Abfel Christian Zerbe Frederick Schaffer Michael Keiser Johannes Zerbe Peter Brickly Christian Pfaffenberger Michael Bretz Among others who took the Oath before Samuel Ely, Jacob Shoemaker, John Ludwig, Daniel Rothermeland other Justices, the following appear as taxpayers in what is now Schuylkill Co: Andrew Sweinhard John Dornbach William Dornbach Philip Alspach Henry Alspach Andrew Bolich Martin Karcher Abr'm Luckenbill Bernard Kepner Nich'l Seitzinger Godfried Dreher Balser Bock Assimus Boyer Henry Orwig Adam Heiser Peter Zerbe Benjamin Webb Other data on these individuals and their families can be found at : http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/berks