Sebastian Mathias Rheyer (Royer), son of Hans Georg & Maria Magdalena Rheyer (Royer), was born 1676 in Bohl Pfalz, Germany. He is our first direct ancestor in America. On Feb. 15, 1707 he married Agnes Flockirth, daughter of Johann Wendell Muller. Sebastian & Agnes were the parents of eight children born in Bohl and registered in the Hassloch Reformed Church records. Their youngest daughter and ninth child was born in Lancaster County, PA.
(I'm listing the eight children: Emig (Amos), George, Maria Magdalena, Anna Margaretha, Martin, Samuel (the authors' link), Henrich, Maria Catharina & Anna Catherine).
Sebastian came to the United States (sic) in 1718. It is though he returned and possibly brought his family later because Henry was born in Bohl in 1721. In the book, Ships Passengers of "Delaware" 1641-1823, it lists Sebastian 1726. He was naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia April 11-13, 1743.
On Jan. 26, 1743, Sebastian received a patent from grant of William Penn family for 281 acres of land in Warwick Township, Lancaster, County, PA and Feb. 20, 1757, he bought 153 acres from John Wilson. He later had 500 acres, in all, about 30 miles north of Lancaster, PA about one mile south of Brickerville, 1 mile east of 501 on Brubaker Road then left on Rief-Snyder Road. The trustees from the German Zion Reformed Church where Sebastian later was a deacon, accepted 2-1/2 acres of this land for a church and a cemetery on Sept. 21, 1747. Another tract went to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church were Agnes attended.
The Zion Reformed Church still stands on the hill up the ravine in which Sebastian's home nestled. The home is now gone but the church as been restored and is used several times a year.
Sebastian was a prosperous and strict churchman. He died near Brickerville in Warwick Township, Lancaster County in 1758. His last will was executed Aug. 3, 1758. It is thought he is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in East Brickerville, PA.
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s/o Hans George Rheyer & Maria Magdalena
h/o Agnes Flockerth
(I'm listing the eight children: Emig (Amos), George, Maria Magdalena, Anna Margaretha, Martin, Samuel (the authors' link), Henrich, Maria Catharina & Anna Catherine).
Sebastian came to the United States (sic) in 1718. It is though he returned and possibly brought his family later because Henry was born in Bohl in 1721. In the book, Ships Passengers of "Delaware" 1641-1823, it lists Sebastian 1726. He was naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia April 11-13, 1743.
On Jan. 26, 1743, Sebastian received a patent from grant of William Penn family for 281 acres of land in Warwick Township, Lancaster, County, PA and Feb. 20, 1757, he bought 153 acres from John Wilson. He later had 500 acres, in all, about 30 miles north of Lancaster, PA about one mile south of Brickerville, 1 mile east of 501 on Brubaker Road then left on Rief-Snyder Road. The trustees from the German Zion Reformed Church where Sebastian later was a deacon, accepted 2-1/2 acres of this land for a church and a cemetery on Sept. 21, 1747. Another tract went to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church were Agnes attended.
The Zion Reformed Church still stands on the hill up the ravine in which Sebastian's home nestled. The home is now gone but the church as been restored and is used several times a year.
Sebastian was a prosperous and strict churchman. He died near Brickerville in Warwick Township, Lancaster County in 1758. His last will was executed Aug. 3, 1758. It is thought he is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in East Brickerville, PA.
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s/o Hans George Rheyer & Maria Magdalena
h/o Agnes Flockerth
Sebastian Mathias Rheyer (Royer), son of Hans Georg & Maria Magdalena Rheyer (Royer), was born 1676 in Bohl Pfalz, Germany. He is our first direct ancestor in America. On Feb. 15, 1707 he married Agnes Flockirth, daughter of Johann Wendell Muller. Sebastian & Agnes were the parents of eight children born in Bohl and registered in the Hassloch Reformed Church records. Their youngest daughter and ninth child was born in Lancaster County, PA.
(I'm listing the eight children: Emig (Amos), George, Maria Magdalena, Anna Margaretha, Martin, Samuel (the authors' link), Henrich, Maria Catharina & Anna Catherine).
Sebastian came to the United States (sic) in 1718. It is though he returned and possibly brought his family later because Henry was born in Bohl in 1721. In the book, Ships Passengers of "Delaware" 1641-1823, it lists Sebastian 1726. He was naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia April 11-13, 1743.
On Jan. 26, 1743, Sebastian received a patent from grant of William Penn family for 281 acres of land in Warwick Township, Lancaster, County, PA and Feb. 20, 1757, he bought 153 acres from John Wilson. He later had 500 acres, in all, about 30 miles north of Lancaster, PA about one mile south of Brickerville, 1 mile east of 501 on Brubaker Road then left on Rief-Snyder Road. The trustees from the German Zion Reformed Church where Sebastian later was a deacon, accepted 2-1/2 acres of this land for a church and a cemetery on Sept. 21, 1747. Another tract went to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church were Agnes attended.
The Zion Reformed Church still stands on the hill up the ravine in which Sebastian's home nestled. The home is now gone but the church as been restored and is used several times a year.
Sebastian was a prosperous and strict churchman. He died near Brickerville in Warwick Township, Lancaster County in 1758. His last will was executed Aug. 3, 1758. It is thought he is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in East Brickerville, PA.
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s/o Hans George Rheyer & Maria Magdalena
h/o Agnes Flockerth
(I'm listing the eight children: Emig (Amos), George, Maria Magdalena, Anna Margaretha, Martin, Samuel (the authors' link), Henrich, Maria Catharina & Anna Catherine).
Sebastian came to the United States (sic) in 1718. It is though he returned and possibly brought his family later because Henry was born in Bohl in 1721. In the book, Ships Passengers of "Delaware" 1641-1823, it lists Sebastian 1726. He was naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia April 11-13, 1743.
On Jan. 26, 1743, Sebastian received a patent from grant of William Penn family for 281 acres of land in Warwick Township, Lancaster, County, PA and Feb. 20, 1757, he bought 153 acres from John Wilson. He later had 500 acres, in all, about 30 miles north of Lancaster, PA about one mile south of Brickerville, 1 mile east of 501 on Brubaker Road then left on Rief-Snyder Road. The trustees from the German Zion Reformed Church where Sebastian later was a deacon, accepted 2-1/2 acres of this land for a church and a cemetery on Sept. 21, 1747. Another tract went to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church were Agnes attended.
The Zion Reformed Church still stands on the hill up the ravine in which Sebastian's home nestled. The home is now gone but the church as been restored and is used several times a year.
Sebastian was a prosperous and strict churchman. He died near Brickerville in Warwick Township, Lancaster County in 1758. His last will was executed Aug. 3, 1758. It is thought he is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in East Brickerville, PA.
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s/o Hans George Rheyer & Maria Magdalena
h/o Agnes Flockerth
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