T He Origin of the Hiester Family Was the Silesian Knight

C oat of Arms of the Hieste F m l r a i y.

' ie r m re r o th e ie te r amil b Mr . . . . i ard e Cop d f o a co d f H s f y y H M M R ch s . of R ading, Pennsylvania . '

HE origin of the Hiester Family was the Silesian knight,

Premiscloros Hiisterniz ﬂ r 1 2 T , who ou ished about 3 9, held ﬁ and the of ce of Mayor, or Town Captain of the city of Swineford . “ 1 80 r A . D . 4 , the Pat ician and Counsellor of Swineford, Adol

‘ ’ hus o er p L uis , called d Hiester, obtained from the Emperor

F r au rederick, lette s patent whereby he and his posterity were — tho rized to use the coat- o i arms he had inherited fromhis anecs

e r h tors , to whom it was form rly g anted , wit the faculty of trans mitting the same as an hereditary right and privilege to all his descendants . “ ff u The Hiester family was afterward di used thro gh Austria, r i Saxony, Switzerland and other countries borde ing on the r ver

r Rhine . Seve al of the members were distinguished statesmen

e and ministers of religion and among the S nators of Homburg,

r B emen and Ratisbon , where many of the same name were found who afterward held the highest and most important ofﬁces in said cities .

The ﬁr t r t t et i tr t i f rom th e erm b . er s pa of his sk ch s a ansla on G an y G Von Wagn ,

1843 . July , ' e e r 1 6 r The Hi st r A ms , as used in 37 by Dr . Lawrence Hieste ,

r a distinguished Ge man surgeon of his day, are

r 'A A ms zure , a sun , or,

r ' e r e f é C est Betw en two ho ns , surmounting a helm t a front , a

r sun , as in the A ms . “ A r ob The Hiester rms , as used by the Ame ican branches, and tained r r n by them f om their ea ly a cestors , are

' A e r Arms zur , a . pair of horns p oper over a star of eight points , or,

'Be . Crest tween two horns surmounting a helmet afronte , the hor ns and star as in the Arms “ When we bear in mind the fact that in the early days o f “ ” heraldry it was customary for an attendant esquire to blazen or a blow a horn , to attr ct the attention of the audience whilst the armorial bearings of the contestants in tournaments were p ro claimed, and that hence , in Germany especially, it became the rule amongst the nobles to place their cr est between two horns sur

helmet the mounting the , we can readily see that the Arms of American Hiester family are practically the same as those in

r Europe , which possibly are correct . The slight disc epancies in the American Arms are doubtless owing to the emigration of the

e e . family, and their subs qu nt separation from the fountain head

The two horns in the ﬁeld of their escutcheon are unnecessary , not

r fﬁ being a part of the a morial bearings . It is su cient to have them as part of the crest . It ma y be probable that the eight pointed star ” of the American Arms is a corruption of the orig ‘ ’ ” r inal sun in the Eu opean Arms , which it so closely resembles .

‘ — r e z - - - te in r a t r r t on th e Ma l n e t . 19 1683 e a t e m te t Lo n Hols Bo n F ankfo , S p , ; di d H l s d , r 1 8 1758 . e r m r eo r e r r er a e met t f ro m 1720. He Ap il , A G an su g n , p of sso of su g y t H l w as the er m e r r r found of od n Ge man su rge y . C oncerning the N ame Hiester . I

o ie f rom etter wr itte b Mr . . . i r 'C p d a l n y H M M . R cha ds .)

' f HE original spelling o the name Hiester is Huster ,

which is pronounced the same . The latter is the Ger

man for m ; The former is merely spelled as we have it to “ i get the pronunciation of the original . The German word Hi s ” ter i r is the name of a Spec es of la k . Families get their names in “ ” “ many peculiar ways . We all know about the Smiths , Carpen “ ” ne m ters , etc O of our family names , Washington, ca e from

ess n ton . the town W y g , adjoining their original possessions In “ ” “ the same way Muhlenberg is derived from the old city Muhl ” s berg. It may be that the original Hii ter home had a number of these larks about it . - Brief Sket ch of di e Hiesrer Family.

' “ “ m ; 5 111 If mm m i Leh man arm 7. 3 m t u m. 5 3 ; u t m a t y nat urall v s e in the i e and l bor of its subjec s , the cheri h d

i i f r r . A r i y m nds of the r descen dants a lo ty spi it of f eedom cco d ngl ,

the Revolutio nar v \Var r r the r when b oke out , they we e among ﬁ st “ ” eﬁ cient to enroll themselves in the list of As socia ter s . The ser

i as it z o i r was o a i by vices of th s cl s of c i en s ld e s , which rg n zed

i tw r - al y elect ng o b iga dier gener s at Lan caster on the 4th of Jul ,

1 6 r r d in the ai n N ew r s y N ew 77 , afte ward endere , camp g s of Je e ,

Y e a e an d the s nn y v nia ork, D l war , lower part of Pe s l a , is a well

w a i r . ni n r s kno n m tter of h sto y Da el of Mo tgome y, John of Che ter and abr r the th e i l , G iel of Be ks , ree eld st sons of Dan e , entered

ic as el ﬁ r the tw o r wi the a k o e the serv e ﬁ d of ce s , forme th r n of c lon l

l w t \ illiam r t y t . V and the atter i h hat of major , the fou h and oung

i h o h e ro l did c u est son of Dan el , alt ug also n l ed , not , on ac o nt of his r e the r his a n s ext me youth and inﬁ mity of aged p re t , serve

r a n. s s r t r o r mo e th n one campaig Jo eph Hie te , af e ward G verno

y i o nl v n r sen i oe as of Penns lvan a, the son of John , e te ed the a

“ “ c i in F y in m v e i r apta n the l g Ca p , and ha ing be n made a pr sone

a t o an n e on oa o r u at the b t le of L ng Isl d , and co ﬁn d b rd the n to io s

e r r o i cw r was r his an ro J sey P is n Sh p , N Je sey, he afte exch ge, p

. A the his t wo moted to the rank of colonel fter war , he and

n i l an d e l e e the ran r - en cousi s , Dan e John , w re e ct d to k of majo g

l the i Th la it y era of m litia in their res pe ctive dis tricts . e popu r of

s me n a i bv h i ti coun tl i the e , g ned t e r devo on to y , and the publ c

ir rin n l t the i r y \V ar sp it du g the eve tfu s ruggles of Revolut ona ,

e r f the n t y en . A a c al l nev forsook them ter conclusio of pe e , he

bv s uﬁra e the r c ls j oyed the g of people, a large sha e in the coun i

the a r l ni l s was of St te an d gener al governm ent. Gene a Da e Hie ter

r t r s a i e r er the i the ﬁ s epre ent t v in Cong es s und present constitut on ,

r r i in a im com f om Be ks county , of wh ch he had the me nt e be e a

i . In 1 6 r r ain cit zen 79 he emoved to Ma yland , where he was ag re eatedl v am oﬁice r i r t o s d p elected to the s e , f om the d st ic s c mpo e

I I e A of Washington , Fred rick and llegheny counties , until the time

e of his decease, which occurred at Washington city in the s ssion

1 1 - 1 2 of 80 80 . “ Joseph Hiester was elected a member of the convention which

e 1 8 met in Philadelphia in Novemb r , 7 7, to consider and ratify or r eject the pr e sent constitution of the United States ; and in 1 789 he was a member of the convention which formed the second constitution of this State . Under that constitution , he and Gabriel

ee Hiester , who had also b n a member of the convention which

r r fo med the ﬁrst State constitution , were epeatedly elected to the

e L gislature , the latter continuing either in the Senate or House of

e r r r e r r R p esentatives , uninte upt dly for nea ly thi ty years . General

e e r e re Joseph Hiester, after the r moval of Dani l to Maryland , p

r sented his district , composed in pa t of Berks county, in Congress , and about the same time Gener al John Hiester was also chosen a

r r r t e membe of the same body f om Cheste county . Both were e f or r — 1 820 lected a se ies of years the former , until he resigned in ,

un when he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania, and the latter ” - e a re . til he declin d election, and retired to private life Hiester Record .

x t o tr ti r m the erm re r th e e ter m 'An e ac c py of a ansla on f o G an of a co d of Hi s fa ily , t e f rom er m r er e and Exo rt e tl on s r i te ak n an old G an P ay Book and Book of L ssons , p n d In e Cass l ,

e HIS beginning is mad in the name of the Lord . “ 1 1 Ist 7 3, on the of January, the father , Daniel Hiester ,

th r . was born , and on the 7 of Janua y he was baptized His father was Johannes Hiester and his mother Catharine Hies ter his birthplace was in Germany in the Borough (Dor f) Elssof

i en s in 1 2 2 th W t te . in the Grafschaft (township) g 74 , on the 9 of

e Sept mber he entered into wedlock , or was married to our moth er Catharine S chuler in e ; he lived in mar riage with her forty- six

e years . He di d, or exchanged this life with the everlasting, Sun

’ on th 1 r day, the night of the 7 of June , 795, a little afte one o clock — e r 82 . ther fore he lived in this wo ld years , 5 months and 7 days

r th He was bu ied on the following Tuesday, the 9 of June , at three ' ’ in o clock the afternoon , at which time his four sons were present ,

. Johannes , Daniel , Gabriel and Wilhelm , together with their wives

e Likewise his daught r Margaretha, his eldest child , with her husband , Philip Hahn , and also many friends , relatives and neigh bors and many strange persons . He was buried at the stone Bern

’ r church , in mothe s grave , which is to the left of him . They have t one gravestone together, with their respec ive inscriptions . His

r funeral sermon was p eached by the Rev . young Mr . Wilhelm

e e Tul ehockon . Hend l , preach r of the p and also of this community

d 2 th His funeral text was in the 73 of the Psalms of Asaph , the 5

‘ 26th l and verses (as follows ) If I on y have thee , I care nothing for heaven or earth . Though mine body and soul may die, still

1 3 ’ ’ O r thou, God , art my hea t s consolation and mine own . They

r r ﬁve t b ought fo th during their marriage sons and wodaughters ,

e . of whom the one son , Samuel by name , di d in his childhood

r r e r The youngest daughte , Catha in , who is ma ried to Jonathan

’ ’ Bischo ﬁ r , was not p esent at father s funeral . The children were

the ﬁw ere r born in the order y named above , only Catha ine and

e ee r e Samuel are b tw n Gab i l and Wilhelm the youngest child . I

r r and my brothe Daniel were p esent when he die d .

“ —011 the l e 1 Page 5 oth of Jun , 757, our son Wilhelm was

r bo n . “ — . Ou e 1 1 Page 7 the 3oth of S ptember , 75 , our daughter

K r s ata ina wa born . “ — . On 1 r 1 Page 7 the 7th of Ap il , 754, our son Samuel was born . “ — . On the 1 of 1 o ur r Was . Page 9 7th June , 749, son Gab iel born — 1 1 . Ou 2 th 1 our Page the 5 of June , 747, son Daniel was born .

“ 1 80 th r r e e e 4, the 7 of Ma ch , our b oth r Dani l Hi ster died in the

e e r e city of Washington , b ing a memb r of Cong ss from Washing

r he r e in r ton county , Ma yland ; was bu i d Hagerstown . He eached

‘

a e 6 e 8 1 0 . r his broth the g of 5 y ars , months and days (W itten by

b - er e er th r 1 8 1 1 . William Hi st , on the 7 of Ma ch , His a ove men

tioned e o ur r . birthday was writt n down by fathe , Daniel Hiester )

“ 1 — 1 th A r e Page 3 745, on the 9 of p il , our son Johann s was born .

“ 1 — 1 26th e Page 5 743, on the of Jun , our daughter Margaretha was born

“ ’ I — I 6 I th Page 7. 7 5 (or on the 7 of May, Dan s ﬁrst son was born, whose name is to be Martin .

I 4 ’ 1 — 1 6 1 6 was Page 9 77 , on the th of March , Betz s son Michael born .

“ ’ 1 —1 68 th Page 9 7 , on the s of November , Dan s daughter was

r bo n , whose name is Susan .

k (On las t page of boo. )

1 Susanna Hahn wrote this in the year 789.

(Loose s heet. )

This is done in the name of the Lord on the 28th day of De cember 1 , 799, as follows “ 1 l In the year of Christ 757, on the oth day of June , I , Wilhelm

in Go shenho en Solf or d Hiester , was born Old pp , in Upper town

at . Was ship , the time being in Philadelphia county My father

it enstein . Daniel Hiester, born in Germany in the Grafschaft W g

S chi ack Philadel My mother was Catharine Hiester , born in pp ,

e phia county ; her father was Gabriel Schuler, a low (nied r) Ger i man . I remained with my father n Go shenhoppen until I was seventeen years of age, when we moved to Reading, and here I stayed with my father until my marriage which took place on the

1 1 8 4th of March, 7 4, at which time I moved to Bern township ,

2d 1 and have lived there until this day, the of December , 799.

1 8 28th n 75 , on the of December , my wife An a Maria Hiester,

T ul ehockon s as was born in p , Lanca ter county. Her father w Isaac Meyer and was born a short distance from Lancaster ; her

M r T ul eho kon mother was Catharine eyer and was bo n in p c . 1 8 1 8th A 7 4, on the of March . I , William Hiester and nna Maria

’ r Hiester, were mar ied to each other in her father s house, between

chulsz twelve and one oclock, by the Rev . Mr . S , preacher in Tul

eho p ckon . On this occasion there were present my father Daniel

1 5 ~ Hiester , and my brother Gabriel Hiester . Her mother Mrs . Cath

’ ’ r r e a ina Meie ; my wife s brother Johann s Meier , and my wife s sisters Elisabeth, Catharine and Eva . “ — B . M N . y (William Hiester) baptismal witnesses were my

’ mother s brother William Schuller and his wife Elisabeth .

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28th 1 . This is done in the name of the Lord , of December , 799

1 8 22d 7 5, the of June , our eldest son Isaac Hiester was born , ’ — between ten and eleven o clock in the morning his baptismal witnesses were his grandfather Daniel Hiester and grandmother

. 1 86 22d o i Catharine ; he was baptized in Reading 7 , on the No vembe r , our daughter Catharine was born , between eleven and

’ twelve o clock in the night . Her sponsor in baptism was Eva

1 d eb Meyer ; she was baptized in Meyersville . 789 , on the 3 of F

r uar . y, our daughter Elisabetha was born Her sponsors in baptism were my brother Gabr iel Hiester and his wife Elisabeth ; she was

a n b ptized in Bern tow ship, in Berks county, in our own house ;

a . . 1 0 l da she was b ptized by the Rev Wagner 79 , on the oth y of

’ t ou r son o Oc ober, , Wilhelm Hiester was born at three o cl ck in the afternoon . His sponsors in baptism were my brother Daniel Hies

his ter and wife Ros ina . He was baptized in Bern township ,

e n . 1 th B rks county, in our ow house 793 , on the 4 of March , our daughter Maria Catharine wa s born . Her sponsor in baptism was

Eva Meyer . She was baptized in Bern township, Berks county,

’ in our own hou se ; she was born at eight o clock in the morning.

’ 1 1 795, on the 3th of October , between one and two o clock in the morning, our son Daniel Jonathan Hiester was born . His Spon

r so s in baptism were my brother Daniel and his wife Rosina. He was baptized in Bern township , in our own house . 1 1 be 797, on the 4th of June our daughter Rebecca was born tween eleven and twelve o ’clock in the night in the sign of Aqua

r r . ius . She was baptized by the Rev . Wilhelm Hendel , J , and her spo nsors in baptism were my br other- in - law Johannes Meyer and his wife Catharine . “ 1 th 803, on the 9 of June, our son Johannes Philip Hiester was

’ born at ten o clock in the morning, in the sign of Aquarius . He was baptized on the 3 l st of July following. His sponsor s in bap

tis . m were the Rev . Wilhelm Hendel and his wife Margaretha

He was baptized in our house in Bern township . “ th 1 8 1 . This is done in the name of the Lord on the 4 of June , 7

2 1 5t 1 8 1 On Monday, the of April , in the year of our Lord 7,

’ dau hter Elisabeth our g . died between twelve and one o clock in

’ r T ul ehockon the mo ning, in her husband s house in p township ,

u . Berks co nty, Pennsylvania Her husband was Jonathan Miller , a son of Benjamin Miller . They brought forth together two daughters, with the youngest of whom she departed this life on earth and changed it for the everlasting life in heaven . She was

d 1 8 born on the 3 of February, 7 9 , consequently reached the age of

28 2 1 8 . o years , months and days Her funeral serm n was preach

m Tul ehockon. ed by the Rev. Wilhel Hendel , preacher in p The

’ text was the 1 8th verse of the 8th chapter of Paul s Epistle to the '‘ ff Romans, as follows For I reckon that the su erings of this pres ent time are not to be compared with the glory which shall be t e

’ vealed in us . “ — B . r N . Juliana Hiester Miller, her ﬁ st daughter, was born on

2 d r 1 8 1 . the 3 of Octobe , 3 She was baptized in the house of

’ Elisabeth Miller s father in Bern township . Juliana Hiester Miller ’s sponsors in baptism were Wilhelm Hiester and Maria

’ her Hiester, , Juliana s, grandparents . She was baptized by the

Re le Reverend Jacobus y y.

I7 r 1 th 2 1 8 . Ma ia, 793, 4 of March , died March 4, 45

1 1 e Daniel was born 795, the 3th of October ; di d March I st,

1 835.

e r r d 1 8 1 st Elizab th Miller , born Feb ua y 3 , 7 9 ; died April 2 ,

1 8 1 28 2 1 7, , 8 . , aged years months and days 7 J “ e I st 1 4 -2 th Dani l Hiester was born January , 5 , died June 7 ,

1 82 e r 795, aged y a s , 5 months and 7 days .

1 1 8 2 Catharine Schuler Hiester died August 7th , 7 9, aged 7 ” r 1 1 yea s , months and 7 days .

This ends the prayer book record . O rigin of Family

e m i i . r r The Hi ster fa ily is of Silesian or g n Th ee b others ,

Daniel , John and Joseph emigrated to Pennsylvania early in the

e eighteenth century, and th ir descendants have been prominent

e r in civil life . Dani l had seve al sons , viz

t 1 6 I s . John , of Chester county, born 74 , member of Congress

1 80 - 1 808 1 80 7 , resigned and was succeeded by his son Daniel , 9

1 8 10 ,

2d. r 1 Daniel , of Montgome y county, born 747, a representa

r 1 8 - r r tive in Cong ess from Pennsylvania, 7 9 97, and f om Ma yland ,

1 80 1 - 5. d 3 . Gabriel , of Berks county, for thirty years in the State Leg

islature .

th ' 4 . William , the youngest son , for a short time in the Conti nental r 1 1 a my, whose son William , born 79 , of Lancaster county,

r 1 8 - 1 1 8 was a member of Cong ess in 33 5, and died October 5th , 53,

r r m . and whose daughte Ma ia C . arried Edward T . The

ﬁr st— conven named, John , had a son Joseph , a member of the tion to ratify the Constitution of the United States ; repeatedly elected to the State Senate and House ; member of Congress 1 797

1 80 1 8 1 - 2 1 e 1 8 1 7, and 5 ; Governor of P nnsylvania , 9 ; died June

1 0th 1 8 2. f i , 3 Besides the above o f ces these gentlemen held many

’ Ru s others , a full account of which may be found in pp History

’ Lan m an s of Berks and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, and in — berde 1 2 . Ro al Dictionary of Congress } Genealogy, page 5 . z

0 i am e ter er e for one am in th e o t e ta r m om o 01 W lli Hi s s v d c paign C n in n l A y, C pany f a ’ “ ' e o i rot er or a rie R e te r B atall ion 1777. e s r e 2d G eo rg Wills , f h s b h Ma' G b l i s s of P nn A chiv s ,

r es V ol . 'IV . S e i , , p

I 9 FIRST GENERATION.

OHA N N E A N D ATH AR N E E TER J S C I HI S ,

Par ents of the three brothers who came to America . They were ' Elsoﬁ natives of the town of , in the Grafschaft , or county, of Wit

nstein . ge , province of West Phalia, in Silesia , Germany

SECOND GENERATION.

CH ILDREN or JOHANNES A N D CATHARIN E H IESTEB .

r the The ﬁ st of the brothers to reach America was John, eldest ,

1 2 e 2 th . who came over in 73 , b ing in the 5 year of his age He

Go shenho en M ont om settled in pp , then in Philadelphia, now in g ery county , Pa . He was followed by Joseph and Daniel on the “ ”

. r r o ship St And ew , from Rotte dam , who took the ath of alle gience at Philadelphia on September ediately joined their brother . Joseph Hiester time signed himself

H iister r H r r Jost . e e Daniel pu chased a farm already somewhat

r imp oved . Having thoroughly acquainted themselves with the

r r natu e of the count y, the brothers united in purchasing a tract

r of land from the P oprietary Government , between two and three thousand acres in size, in Bern township of the present Berks

Pa. county, , extending from the old stone Bern church to the Tul

ehocken p creek. On this property the two elder brothers located,

sh nho en 1 while Daniel remained temporarily at Go e pp until 774, whe n he also removed to Berks county and took up his residence in the town of Reading, Pa.

S E N D E ERATI CO G N ON (continued) .

OH N E TER J HI S , son of Johannes and Catharine Hiester, was

r the 1 0 r e 1 2 bo n in year 7 7, and emig ated to Am rica in 73 , from the “ Els oif . village of , in the province of West Phalia , Germany He

r oshen ho en located ﬁ st in G pp , then in Philadelphia , now in Mont

S r e gomery county . ome years afterwa ds he settl d in Bern town

Pa . r ship, Berks county, , where he was then ma ried to Mary Bar

r r one r ba a Epler, daughte of of the ﬁ st settlers of that section of

r r the country. He and his two b othe s Joseph and Daniel , took up lar ge tr acts of land comprising several thousand acres and

Tul ehockon extending from the Bern church to the p creek, and

r r 1 the e they carried on farming. John Hieste died In 757, aged

1 6 0 a . r 5 ye rs His wife , Mary Barbara Epler , was bo n August th ,

1 2 th 1 80 . 73 , died October 5 , 9 The remains of both were buried

r r in the graveyard appurtenant to the Be n chu ch . John Hiester had only one son , Joseph, afterwards Governor of Pennsylvania .

THIRD GENERATION.

‘E N D E CH ILDREN OF JOHN HIEST R A MARY BARBARA EPL R .

E E E O 1732 E E E CHILDR N OF MARY BARBARA PL R (B RN , DI D HI ST R.

E ER AN D . (WIDOW OF JOHN HI ST ) , CHRISTIAN RUTH

'Ca thar ine Hieste r and John Ruth had no childre n . )

FOURTH GENERATION.

CH ILDREN OF J OSEPH HI ESTE R A N D ELIZABETH WITMAN .

r We will car ry no further t he descendant s of John Hie st er and Mary Bar ba r a Eple .

SECOND GENERATION (Continued) .

O EPH IE TER 1 10 1 2 r J S H S , born about 7 , died about 77 , ma ried

S . 1 8 Elizabeth trunk Came to America in 73 , and ﬁrst went to live

2 1 shenho en . in Go pp , then Philadelphia, now Montgomery county Several years afterward Joseph and his br others John and Daniel united in purchasing from the Proprietary Government between two and three thousand acres of land in Bern township , Berks county, Pa . Here John and Joseph settled while Daniel remained h at the old homestead in Gos enhoppen .

n THIRD GENERATION (Co tinued) .

E E A N D E E CHILDREN OF JOSEPH HI ST R LIZAB TH STRUNK .

Member of Fam ily Bor n To Whom Married

e t . 25 1764 t r e l r t . John S p , Ca ha in A b igh John Chr ist ian Susan Rie ser Ca t ha r ine 1758 Nicholas Lie b

e . 5 1761 e e r t Dani l Nov , Magdal n Alb igh Ba r ba r a Kaufm an Susan A n m an Jaco b Van Reed E z e t e A r 16 183 0 li ab h B ck p . ,

r e t z Feb. 8 1828 Anna Ma ia B n ,

FOURTH GENERATION.

E N CHILDREN OF JOHN HIEST R A D CATHARINE ALBRIGHT.

n n FOURTH GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

E E E CHILDREN OF JOHN CHRISTIAN HI STER A ND SUSAN RI S R .

n n FOURTH GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

E OF E E E A N D E CHILDR N CATHARIN HI ST R NICHOLAS LI B.

n n SECOND GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

AN E E TE r 1 1 I s D I L HI S R, bo n in 7 3 , on the t of January, married

m e 2 th 1 2 th 1 . Catharine Schuler, Septe b r 9 , 74 , died June 7 , 795 Came to this countr y with his brother Joseph in 1 738 and settled

Goshenho en in pp , then in Philadelphia , now called Montgomery

e county . H re he at once purchased a farm which was somewhat

r imp oved . Afterwards he united with his brothers in purchasing from the Proprietary Go vernment between two and three thous

e o i and acr s land in Bern township , Berks county, Pa .

e As previously stated, Daniel Hiester remained in Montgom ry

1 He county until 774, when he removed to Reading, Pa. was a

shenho en member of the Reformed church of old Go pp , his name

r e 1 6 appea ing on the original roll of male members ntered in 74 ,

e e the i by Pastor G orge Micha l Weiss , on church reg ster , He

e e r wn e be liv d on a prop rty in Uppe Salford to ship , immediat ly

the e e low pres nt village of Sumn ytown , named after Isaac Sum

m . ney, who owned uch property in that locality He became a d foremost man in the neighborhoo . “ — In 1 757 he built a ﬁne two story brick mansion on the east

r . s ufﬁ side of the tu npike , close to Ridge Valley creek It was ciently pr ominent to be noted on the map of Pennsylvania pub

lished . by Nicholas Scull , the Province Surveyor , in 1759 It was a notable building in its day, and is still standing. A broad hall runs through the middle of the ﬁrst story, on each side of which are spacious par lors ; the second story is divided into bed rooms ; above this is the roomy garret of the olden time . Heavy eaves run along the gable roof, and a corresponding cornice forms the

r r lower part of the gable . It was o iginally p ovided with closets

1 in which to hide plate during troublous times . In 777 he was appointed a justice of the peace for Berks county where he was

25 — a e M r . . . the n living . Copied from Hiest r Record by H M M

r . Richa ds of Reading, Pa “ Daniel Hiester was buried at the stone Ber n church in his

’ wife s grave, which is to the left of him, and they have one grave

’ — r stone . Hieste Prayer Book .

S chuler in r e e Catharine (Schuler , or ) Hieste was born S ptemb r

l 1 1 chi ack A 1 oth , 7 7, in S pp , Philadelphia county, died ugust 7th ,

1 8 2 r 1 1 r 7 9, aged 7 yea s , months and 7 days , and was bu ied at the

r r r stone Be n chu ch . Her father was Gabriel Schule , a Nieder

r (low) German , or Nethe lander .

THIRD GENERATION .

CHILDRE N OF DANI EL AND CATHARIN E (SCHULER) HI ESTER .

Me m be r of Fa miLv Bor n Ma rr ied To Whom Mar r i ed —— L izl q r re t e 26 1743 M a 23 1 761 3 Ma ga ha Jun , y , Philip Hahn

A r . 9 1745 u John p . Hanna Pa ling e e 25 1747 1770 s e r Dani l Jun , Ro ina Hag r e e 1 7 1 748 1 773 E z e t m Gab i l Jun , li ab h Baus an t r e e t 30 1 751 t B isc ho ﬂ Ca ha in S p . , Jona han m e 1 7 175 Sa u l A p r .

m e 10 1 757 M a r . n r e e r Willia Jun , I A na Ma ia M y

r l Marga etha married Philip Hahn , who was born March 3 st ,

1 6 1 1 1 r A 6 82 . . 73 , died pril th They had ﬁve child en

FOURTH GENERATION (Con tinued) .

E CHILDRE N OF MARGARETHA HIEST R AND PHILIP HAHN .

r r 2 th John ma ied Hanna Pawling, who was born November 5 ,

1 r 2 th 1 822 . 747, died Novembe 5 , They had seven children . FOURTH GENERATION (Continued) .

CHILDRE N OF JOHN HI ESTER AND HANNA PAWLING .

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

'Daniel Hiester and Ro sina Hage r h ad no childre n . '

THIRD GENERATION (Continued) .

1 8 Daniel , in 7 4, was elected to the Supreme Executive Council

1 8 of Pennsylvania , and in 7 7 a commissioner of the Connecticut

r r h land claims . Afte the Revolutiona y War e returned to Berks

county, and was elected a member of the ﬁrst, second, third and

r fourth Cong esses of the United States . After this he removed

to Hagerstown , Maryland, and was elected from that State a

m e at ember of the s venth and eighth Congresses . During his

e t C . t ndance upon the eighth Congress , he died at Washing on,D . ,

r Q and was buried at Hagerstown, Ma yland . He was one of those

who voted for locating the seat of government on the Potomac .

e 1 0 Daniel Hiest r was married in 77 to Rosanna Hager, who was

h 1 10 2 1 5t 1 2 1 1 t 8 . born April , 75 , and died January , She was the

r nee daughter of Captain Jonathan Hage (and his wife Elizabeth ,

Kr ischner ) , who was a prominent citizen of Maryland , and found

In 1 62 7 , of the town of Hagerstown , ﬁrst called by him Eliza

thtown . , after his wife, then later Elizabeth Hagerstown

THIRD GENERATION (Continued) .

GABRI EL HI ESTER was married in 1 773 t o Elizabeth Bausman

r r 1 2th 1 1 8 1 8 2 . who was bo n Septembe , 75 , died May th , 3 She

e 8 1 5t . surviv d him eight years , dying in the year of her age FOURTH GENERATION (Continued) .

E E E E E CHILDR N OF GABRI L HI ST R AND ELIZAB TH BAUSMAN .

n FOURTH GENERATION (Conti ued ) .

E T E E E CHILDR N OF CA HARIN HI ST R AND JONATHAN BISCHOFF .

n n e THIRD GENERATION (Co ti u d) .

W L A E TER Go shenho en IL I M HI S was born in old pp , in Upper

r Salfo dtownship , where he remained with his parents until he was

e . sevente n years of age , at which time they moved to Reading, Pa He went with them to Reading and live d with them until

- e he was twenty seven y ars old , at which time he moved to Bern

r r r township , having been ma ied to Anna Ma ia Meyer , March

1 8 1 8 see r . A th , 7 4 ( Hiester Praye Book) nna Maria Meyer was

r T ul ehockon 28th 1 8 e bo n in p , Lancaster county, December , 75 , di d

h 2 r e who r t 1 8 2. H e Octobe 4 , . father was Isaac Myer (or Mei r) h r . t was the founde of Myerstown , Pa He was born January 4 ,

1 0 1 0 r 73 , Shot July 5, 77 , and is bu ied at Myerstown at the Tulpe

r hockon church . His other children were John (who mar ied — r Mr . . . Catharine Hahn) , Elizabeth, Catha ine and Eva . H M

r M . Richa ds .

William Hiester served for one campaign in the Continental

Ar the my, in company of Captain George Wills , of his brother ’ — Major Gabriel Hiester s Battalion of 1 777 . Penna . Archives ,

2 e 'I . d . V 2 S ries , Vol , page 55 n nue FOURTH GENERATION (Co ti d) .

E OF A E E E E CHILDR N WILLIAM N D ANNA MARIA (M Y R) HI ST R .

Me mber of Fa m il y Bor n To Whom Married Died

e 22 1785 A r 10 1810 e te r e e r e t . 12 1855 Jun p . , H s Muhl nb g S p , t r e Eva 1865 Ca ha in Nov. Oct . 7 . El z e t h Feb. J on ma n ll er A r . 21 1617 i ab a Mi p . m Oct . c E m e r O t . 15 18 53 Willia ys ll ak c ,

r th eri e M r 1793 l i m m r M a r . 24 1845 a . J une Ed w e Ma ia Ca n , T lgh an Cly ,

e t a Oct . 13 1795 M a r 1 183 5 Dani l Jona h n . . .

e e e 14 1 797 m E er t e t . 22 1857 R b cca Jun , Willia ck S p ,

nne 9 e t . 15 1854 John Philip J , m Hahn S p , e e a J un 20 1846 Pho b R nch e . r me r . 15 1875 Ca oline A lia Musse Sept .

ISAAC HI ESTER was a practicing physician and the ﬁrst presi

o i E isco dent the Reading Gas Company, a member of Christ p l pal Church , and one of the origina members of the Charles Evans

r Cemetery Company, of which he was p esident at the time of his

e th 1 1 2 8 . d ath, September , 55 His wife was a daughter of General

o I st 1 8 z l st Peter Muhlenberg, was b rn April , 7 5, and died July ,

‘ 1 8 2 88 r 7 , in the th year of her age . (See P ayer Book record . )

ZABETH E TE r ELI HI S R mar ied Jonathan Miller, son of Benjamin

e Miller and his wife Catharine (P pper) Miller, and both are

r buried at Cha les Evans Cemetery at Reading, Pa . Jonathan

r 2 th 1 . Miller died Ma ch 4 , 868 (This last date was given me by

Mrs . . é . N T Biddle , San Jos , Cal . (See Prayer Book record . )

A H E TER WILLI M I S resided at New Holland , Lancaster county, and was a Congressman from that district from 1

- Prayer Book record . ﬁ M M W MARI A CATH ERI N E HI ESTER married Edward Ti mer, and lived on a farm in the Conestoga Valley near Morgan

r Pa . 18 town , Be ks county, , until December, 39, when she moved to Reading Pa.

’ r Mr s r ' Extract f om . Ma ia C . Clymer s diary In December ,

’ 18 u 39, we went to Reading into Uncle John s ho se . Uncle Wil

. K r and liam brought A itty, Ma y, George , myself up in his car r i age . Hiester had come up some time before to stay with his

Uncle John .

29 r n Mrs . Clyme was an active manager of the Reading Be evo lent Society from the time of her r emoval to Reading until her

. e e r e e e death For sev ral y ars she p sid d as directr ss of the board , and was regar de d with that aff ection and respect that her pro

r ie t e r e p y of d portment eve command d . To a j udgment always to be r elied upon was added a gentle ness of manner and ﬁr mness of ” — r purpose that peculiarly ﬁtted her f or the othee . Ext act from

e r El venth Annual Repo t of Reading Benevolent Society, Decem

0 1 8 . ber 3 , 45

She died in Reading and was burie d in the bu r ial ground of St .

’ r r Thomas Chu ch (Episcopal ) , Mo gantown . The funeral sermon

r . D . D . r 1 Cor . 2 . was p eached by the Rev Levi Bull , , f om 5

H r . . . e Funeral services were performed by the Rev R U , Morgan

er r r r body was aft wa d emoved to Cha les Evans Cemetery, Read

P r her a . ing, , as we e also those of husband and infant son , Weid

’ no r r . , and her husband s father and mothe (See Prayer Book record . ) DAN I EL JONATHA N HI ESTER was a practicing lawyer in Read

Pa . e ing, , until a Short time b fore his death , when he went to live

M r s . e r . with his sister, Maria Heister Clym , wife of Edward T

er r Clym , in the Conestoga Valley, nea Morgantown , Berks county ,

Pa . While at her home he was taken Sick and died . (See Prayer

r Book reco d . )

EBECC E ER r e R A HI ST was mar ied to William Eck rt of Reading,

P . th 1 6 1 6 2 . a , who died June 4 , 8 , aged 5 years and 3 days (See

r e P ayer Book r cord . ) JOH N PH ILI P HIESTER was a pr acticing physician and one of the most scholarly m en that Be rks county has pr oduced (Mont

’ om er s r C . g l / A y Histo y of Berks ounty) e f ” h ﬁ t , r r r r to a ditir He was ma ied th ee times . Fi st, J Hahn, who died

r I St 1 8 . . Octobe 3 , 39 They had no children Second , to Phoebe

SI'TH GENERATION.

E MUELLEN B ERG E E CHILDR N OF WILLIAM HI ST R AND JULIA ROLAND.

E E E E CHILDREN OF FRANK MUHL NB RG HI ST R AND ELLA V . LAUMAN .

SEVENTH GENERATION.

ES E H OOGERWERFF. CHILDREN OF E DWARDINE LAUMAN HI T R AND JOHN A .

We have decide d that it will be less confusing to the reader to car r y down in direct succession as many generations as there are of the childr en of William Hiester and Anna Mar ia (Meyers ) Hiester r ather than to give all the generations of the families as has been the plan followed out in part of this record .

FIFTH GENERATION (Continued) .

E N H E CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH HIEST R A D JONAT AN MILL R.

J U LIA N A HI ESTER MILLER was baptized in her grandfather

’ H i ster s Pa. her William e house in Bern township, , by a cousin of

. M . V . . mother , James Reily, D , of Hagerstown , Maryland Her sponsors were William Hiester and his wife Anna Maria Myers .

Pa . She was sent to a Moravian school at Lititz , , ﬁnishing her

’ M cKan e s o r education at Judge b a ding school , which was called “ ” S The Gothic Mansion , and was on Chestnut treet, Philadelphia ,

e m 6th 1 8 2 between Eighth and Ninth stre ts . On Nove ber , 3 , she

r was ma ried to James Huy Van Reed, by Rev . Mr . Hendel , of

Millbach, Pa . Their groomsmen were his brother Joshua Van A Reed and John Jones, and their bridesmaids her cousins , nna

1 8 Hiester and Julia Shultz . In 54 they moved to San Francisco,

. d Cal , where they ma e their home for a number of years , spending

e th ir summers at Mountain View Ranch . Mr . Van Reed died

A l th 1 88 Ist 1 8 2 ar e ugust g , 4, and his wife died May , 9 , both

r é bu ied at Oak Hill Cemetery, San Jos , Cal . , where lies the body of their son Eugene .

' SI TH GENERATION (Continued) .

E CHILDR N OF JU LIANA MI LLER AND JAM ES IIU Y VAN REED.

Eugene Miller Van Reed was ﬁr st Consul General of the Sand w r r 1 866- 1 8 ich Islands to the Cou t of Japan , f om 73, when he died “ ” aboa rd the Japan in the middle of the Paciﬁc Ocean on his voy

age home . He was buried in the Masonic Cemetery at the foot of

36 al in Lone Mountain, San Francisco, C a beautiful spot looking westward through the “Golden Gate to the setting sun and the “ ” “ ” Silent Land, the Land of the Departed . His life has been a

—s benediction to us all o loving and kind .

' an R 186 l Margaret Pepper V eed was married 5, to Nobe T . Bid

die . , a lawyer from Elkton, Maryland The ceremony was per

in Pa . formed the First Presbyterian Church, Reading, ., by Dr

E. J . Richards , who used the Episcopal service , and her cousin , s h Hie ter Clymer, gave her away . She went with her usband to

’

theirf ur . Elkton, Maryland , to live, and there o children were born

1 8 8 Mr . Noble T . Biddle was born in 3 , at White Hall , Third

District, near Elkton , Maryland , and was the second child of

Noble Biddle and Francina Miriam Pugh . He attended the school

m 1 8 of Mrs . James Woodford, then Elkton Acade y, and from 53

18 . 54 New London Academy. He read law with Colonel John C

Groome, father of James B . Groome, Governor of Maryland, who was studying at the same time . He was admitted to the Elkton bar in 1860 opened a law ofﬁce in Elkt on in 1 867 ; was elected State

r Attorney for four years, county commissioner, and especial audito

s é of the Circuit Court in Equity in 1 87 1 . Went to San Jo , Cal ., 188 1 , where he continued the practice of law until the time of his

28 1 02. death, which occurred at Paciﬁc Grove , Cal ., November , 9 He was a Democrat and carried the banner of his party to his last

1 2 e campaign , 90 . Was a nominee for Supr me Judge by the Dem ocratic 1 02 party in 9 , but was defeated .

William Edward Van Reed lived in San Francisco, Cal ., and

’

r th . was a reti ed captain of the s U . S . Art y He died August , 1 896. SEVENTH GENERATION (Continued) .

E E E EE E RIDDLE . CHILDREN OF MARGAR TTA P PP R VAN R D AND NOBL T.

EIGHTH GENERATION.

OF E CE VA N EE RIDDLE A N D E E CHILD FLOR N R D B NJAMIN RICK TS .

Con nue FIFTH GENERATION. ( ti d )

I E OF C. E E A N D E . E CH LDR N MARIA HI ST R DWARD T CLYM R .

Membe r of Family Bor n To Whom Ma r ried

r e Ma r . 3 1 18 19 e e r Danie l Robe d au . . D lia Pi son

m i e te r Oct . 9 1 820 e r m t Willia H s , Val ia S i h w r e r 1 6 1822 E l r e t z Ed a d My s July , l a Ma ia Di W e id no r M ay 12. 1 824

ter 19 1825 l i m . mer Mar y Hies July , Wil a B Cly

3 1 827 E z e t . r e Hiester Nov . , li ab h M B ook

M rs . . e me J B . Cl ns

E w r (inn . 8 183 0 e re w t G eor ge d a d , Alic Ca y S if

r Daniel Roberdeau Clymer, eldest son of Ma ia Catherine Hies ter and Edward Tilghman Clymer, was born at the Clymer home

in Pa . 1 1 8 1 . stead Caernarvon township , Berks county, , March 3 , 9

en ~ After receiving his education at Lititz, Lancaster county , he P a. gaged in the mercantile business in Reading, , which he pur

- 1 8 2 . 1 8 1 8 sued until 5 From 53 54 he was mayor of Reading, and some years later held a position in the East Pennsylvania Rail r in 1 86 oad Company, which he resigned 9, after which time he

r i was not in business . He was also a lawye , having been adm tted

20th 1 8 t to the bar August , 57, but was never engaged in the ac ive

. r 1 5t practice of the law He was married at Me cersburg March 3 ,

1 8 6 r 4 , to Delia Pierson , daughter of Silas and Sarah Pie son , of

r r . . m Mo istown , New Jersey Mrs Cly er was born January 8th,

1 82 1 1 86 1 . . . 4, and died June 4th , They had ﬁve children Mr Clymer was well known over the whole State and highly es teem

a r ed by large ci cle of friends . He was a devout member of the

r Episcopal chu ch , and was looked upon as a faithful and upright

r n r r Ch istian gentlema . His death occu ed after a short illness at — Pa . th 1 his residence in Reading, , May 5 , 889 . Extract from a newspaper article published at the time of his death .

S ' C n n I TH GENERATION ( o ti ued) . L E OF E E E ME A N E E CHI DR N DANI L ROB RD AU CLY R D D LIA PI RSON .

SEVENTH GENERATION (Cont inued) .

E CHILDREN OF SARAH ANNA M OORE CLYME R AND EDWARD BROOK .

A on n e EIGHTH GENER TION (C ti u d) .

E E CHILDREN OF ANNIE CLYM R BROOKE AND BLAIR LE .

E E E E E E CHILDR N OF G ORG CLYM R BROOK AND RHODA FULL R MORRIS .

F O C n n FI TH GENERATI N ( o ti ued) .

William Hiester Clymer, second son of Maria Catharine Hies

- C f . 4 ter and Edward Tilghman Clymer, was born at the lymer home £ 7 r r r count stead in Caerna von township, near Mo gantown , Be ks y¢m

Pa . e th 1 820. e , Octob r 9 , His father dying while the childr n were

m c all s all , the subje t of this sketch was placed in charge of his

a uncle, William Hiester, of New Holland, L ncaster county, where

’ he was in his uncle William s store for a short time and subse

Quently sent to Lititz to school . He afterwards came to Reading he and and his brother, Daniel R . Clymer, opened a dry goods

18 . store at 5 Penn street Later they moved their . store to the

on t n building the sou hwest corner of Fifth and Pe n streets, which property they bought. Some years after William Clymer sold out

e an 1 6 his int rest in the store to his brother D iel , and , in 84 , he and his brother Edward M . Clymer purchased the charcoal furnace

. e c m . m re at Mt Laurel , B rks ounty, where he, Willia H Cl y er ,

1 882 two m sided until with the exception of about years , f ro

49 1 86 - 1 1 866 . 860 4 , when he lived in Reading In he and his broth

r a r ers purchased the Old Oley cha co l furnace near Friedensbu g,

one of the oldest charcoal furnaces in the United States , and m com enced mining iron ore extensively. . The Temple furnace ,

a lar ge and perfectly equipped anthracite furnace adjoining the

East Pennsylvania Railroad at Temple, ﬁve miles north of Read 41 . 51 ing, was built by William H Clyme r and Company run by /2 1 8 0 r them until 7 , when the Temple I on Company was organized

1 880 the with William H . Clymer as its president . About Cly

n mer brothers had the Mt . Laurel fur ace changed from a char

c a coal to an anthracite furna e and a railroad, one and a h lf miles

n in length, was built from the East Pennsylva ia Railroad at Tem

“ ple to the furnace . After these improvements were made the brothers organized the Clymer Iron Company, a corporation which included in its operations the Mt . Laurel furnace, Oley

’ e furnace, extensive lim stone quarries at Bower s Station , iron ore m mines near Pricetown , and a nu ber of mines along the East

Penn . Railroad . This corporation, of which William H . Clymer was president, was entirely independent of the Temple Iron Com

o ar b pany, of which he was also the president. Ab ut a ye efore his death Mr . Clymer resigned the presidency of these companies on account of ill health and was succeeded by his brother Hiester

Clymer . He, however, retained the presidency of the First Na

tional k 1 8 6 t . Ban of Reading, which he held from 7 until his dea h ~

Pa. e 1 882 He removed with his family to Reading, , Sept mber, ,

a6th 1 88 . and died there July , 3 He had a large acquaintance and

a was greatly respected for his sterling ch racter . Was a man of excellent judgment, and his advice was frequently sought upon

r many important matters . He was b ought up an Episcopalian , and was a member of Christ church , Reading, at the time of his

1 2th 18 death . On June , 55, he married Valeria, eldest daughter

Was rn r 1 1 828 of Levi B . Smith . She bo Ma ch 4th , , and died

“ ’ 1 th 1 0 1 ehildern August 7 , 9 . Their family consisted of six , all

of whom survived,

' N RAT N n n e SI TH GE E IO (Co ti u d) .

E OI“ E E E ER M CHILDR N WILLIAM HI ST R CLYM R AND VAL IA S ITH .

Mem be r of Fam ily Bor n marr ied To Whom Married E m m t 16 1866 ﬁ / ily S i h July , y

E w r m . 8 1857 . 5 1896 r d a d Tilgh an Aug , Aug , Ada Bu no

m e te r Ma r. 21 1860 Willia Hi s ,

1 t ié l . e i m t A r . 2 1303 e 1 1 189 China R e L v S i h p , Jun , Ma ilda g

er E z e t A r . 29 1865 e 21 1899 m e m t B i . Val ia li ab h p , Jun ; Sa u l S i h ll M D re e r e ter Ma 2 1869 F d ick Hi s y ,

SEVENTH GEN ERATION (Continued) .

T E CHILDREN OF LE VI SMITH CLYMER AND CLARA MA ILDA RIEG L.

E E CHILDREN OF VALE RIA ELIZAB TH CLYM R AND SAMUEL SMITH HILL. M . D .

n n FIFTH GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

r h Edward Myers Clyme , third son of Maria Cat arine Hiester and Edward Tilghman Clymer , was born at the Clymer home

i r r r stead n Cae na von township , near Mo gantown , Berks county,

P 1 1 22 l l h a . , July 6th, 8 . He went to the oca sc ools in his early r the in youth , and afterwa d to Abbeville Academy Lancaster

. county, and to the academy of Joshua Hoopes , at West Chester

u He then selected the law as his profession , and after p rsuing his

n . legal studies for a while under William Stro g, Esq , he entered

r 1 8 . the Harvard Law School , f om which he was graduated in 45 Upon his return to Reading he was admitted to the bar on August f th 1 8 . n 4 , 45 He then ope ed a law o ﬁce and soon acquired a lucra

e 1 8 tive business , which he continu d until 57, at which time he

57 became thoroughly interested in projecting the East Pennsylvania f Railroad from Reading to Allentown . His e forts in this enter prise were entir ely successful and he became the ﬁr st president of the company and continued in this ofﬁce until the road was leased

1 8 to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company . In 74 he was chosen president of the Coal Company belonging to the New Y ork , Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, which it owned

r and ope ated in Pennsylvania , and he held this position until his

' Y 1 r 2 88 . death , which occu red in New ork City May 5, 3 He was popular in social and business circles and united to a more than

e - e common business sagacity an abundance of w ll directed en rgy, qualities which received marked development in the building of

r the East Penn . Rail oad and the proposed continuation of a sys

Y . tem of underground railway under Broadway, New ork He

e 2 th 1 86 was marri d on January 4 , 4, to Ella Maria Dietz , daughter

Y . e of William H . Dietz , of New ork City Th y had one child, a

r r b 6th 1 86 r son , Edwa d Mye s Clymer, orn May , 9 , who su vived “ — r him , as did also his widow . Info mation gained from Rober

r deau Genealogy , by Roberdeau Buchanan ; also extracts f om ” e History of B rks County, by Morton Montgomery, and news

e at pap r clippings published the time of his death .

C n n FIFTH GENERATION ( o ti ued) .

r r Mary Hiester Clyme , only daughter of Maria Catha ine Hies

r r ter and Edwa d Tilghman Clyme , was born at the Clymer home

r r h 1 82 . e Pa . l t stead in Caerna von township , B ks county, , July g , 5

r l 1 8 2 She was ma ried August oth , 5 , in Christ Church , Reading,

P r a . . , by the Rev Milton Lightner , recto , to her cousin , William

a e e Bingh m Clym r , the eld st son of Henry and grandson of

r Inde end George Clymer, one of the signe s of the Declaration of p ence . (See this family in the Lloyd and Carpenter Genealogy,

58 . . Es . . r e by C P Smith, q) Mr Clyme was born at the hom stead ,

e near Trenton , Bucks county, Pennsylvania ; his mother having b en

Mary Willing. He received a liberal education , graduating with

r r credit at P inceton College ; and studied law , but never p acticed. When quite young he assumed the management of the Bingham I . n 1 8 2 estate 4 , was appointed general agent for the northern

1 8 counties of Pennsylvania, and in 45, established the general oﬂi e ce of the estate at Wellsboro . His managem nt of the large

was e 1 86 property highly succ ssful , so that in 7 he was appointed

' r r a t ustee . He ever ca efully considered the rights and interests

all e of , and njoyed the conﬁdence of the trustees , while his cour

r e r tesy, kindness and pe fect int g ity commanded the respect of the

r a . . r r tenants and othe s on the est te Mr and Mrs . Clyme esided

“ for a time at Wellsboro , Tioga county, where all their children were born with the exception of the third, who was born in Phila

er . . delphia . Their children w e all baptized by Rev Mr Marple ,

r r r r 1 86 recto of Ch ist Chu ch, Wellsbo o . In July , 9, they sailed

r f or for Eu ope , taking all their children the advantages of educa

28th 1 8 . C tion ; and while abroad , on the of May, 73, Mr lymer

e . e r e di d of apoplexy in Florence, Italy The family th n retu n d to

’ r Philadelphia in the autumn . Mr . Clyme s remains were sent

r Ce home and are interred in Cha les Evans metery, near Reading,

er 1 8 8 . Pa . In Novemb , 7 , Mrs Clymer and her children left

e America with the int ntion of settling on the continent, but she

r and two of her child en , Richard and Maria , were drowned in the English Channel before they reached their destination ; the vessel

e e er 2 th 1 8 8 . in which they took passage having be n lost Nov mb 6 , 7 “ r e e Eu (Copied from the Robe d au Genealogy, by Roberd au

1 6 1 chanan , pages 7 and 77 ; also newspaper notices published at the time of accident . ) ' n n SI TH GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

E E A N D E . CHILDRE N MARY HI EST R CLYM R. WILLIAM BINGHAM CLYM R

Bor n Ma rr ied To Whom Mar ried Died

e 10 1853 . 2 1854 Jun , Nov ,

D ec . 13 1854 e t . 18 1884 e m r t , S p , Gugli l o G an De c . 9 . 1856 Mar . 30, 1858

r 10 1858 . 26 1878 Ap il , Nov ,

Fe b. 1 1 1862 26 1878 , Nov . .

e t . 19 1865 S p ,

n n e FIFTH GENERATION (Co ti u d) .

e r r Ed Hiester Clym r , ﬁfth son of Ma ia Catha ine Hiester and ward Tilghman Clymer , was born at the Clymer homestead in

d 1 82 . r Pa . Caernarvon township , Be ks county, , November 3 , 7 He

r received a liberal education , g aduating from the College of New

1 8 Jersey in 47, and taking up the study of the law , was admitted

r 6th 1 to the bar of Berks county Ap il , 849, after which he prae

d 1 8 6 ticed in Reading and Pottsville . He was married April 3 , 5 ,

r to Elizabeth M . B ooke , daughter of Matthew Brooke , of Birds

e boro , Pa . They resid d in Reading where their two children

r er b th we e born and died, and wh e Mrs . Clymer died Octo er 9 ,

1 8 0 7 . He was a delegate to the Democratic Convention at Charle s

in 1 860 m ton , and in the same year was a ember of the Revenue

— h e r e 1 860 1 866 . t Commissione s . S rved as State Senator Became

the Democratic candidate for governor in latter year, but was de

r r 1 feated by Governo Gea y . In 870 he was appointed by the

n or Gover or a member of the Board of Public Charities , then j ust

n ize 1 8 e r ga d. In 73 he was elected a r p esentative to the Forty

r u third Cong ess from Berks co nty, as a Democrat ; and served on the committee on the Revision of the Laws , on Public Lands

re— r - and on the Library . He was elected to the Fo ty fourth Con gress and was placed on the committee on Expenditures of the t ~ War Departmen , and the Joint Standing Committee on the Li

- br r re n r 1 8 6 1 8 8. 1 880 a y. Also elected to Co g ess in 7 and 7 In

n FIFI B N R Con i ued) , . GE E ATION ( t

r o a Geo ge Edward Clymer, youngest child f Maria Cath rine t e Hiester and Edward Tilghman Clymer, was born a the Clym r

ho i P . n mestead in Caernarvon townsh p, Berks county, a , Ja uary

8 1 8 0 e e th, 3 . H was sent to the Reading Academy and from th re

ri he a to P nceton College , from which institution gradu ted in

1 8 e h i d 49. He th n became associated with his brot ers W lliam , E

r - n i i i n wa d and Hiester i the ron bus ness n Eastern Pe nsylvania ,

r owning the Mt . Laurel and Oley furnaces and other prope ty con

nect ed with the iron business . In 1 858 he went to Mexico and joined a party who surveyed the route f or a railroad from Vera

1 86 1 . Cruz to the city of Mexico. In the summer of Mr Clymer

raised a co mpany of cavalr y which became attached to the 6th u w Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel R . H . R sh, of hich Mr. Cly

- a 1 862. 1 86 1 868 mer was made major in M rch , During 5 he was

. 1 8 0 occupied in mining in Nevada and Chihuahua, Mexico In 7

M r lmer . Cy severed his connection with his brothers in the iron

a business and removed to Cincinnati , where he bec me interested K in the Swift Iron and Steel Works of Newport, entucky, of

- - ia t. Mr . which his father law was presiden _ Clymer was elected

- 1 8 h N o . vice president in 74 , and removed wit his family to ewp rt In 1 884 he returned to Reading and again became interested in i the ron business , and after the death of his brother Hiester,

t . u c bought the M Laurel f rnace property, and operated the furna e

two . his n ac e until years before death whe he retired from, tiv busi

ness and settled in Reading. Maj or Clym er was ma rried June

2 th 1 868 A 9 , , to W daughter of lexander Swift , of l 1 Cincinnati . She died in Jacksonvil e, Florida , February 4th ,

1 8 . l 73, leaving two children Mr . Clymer died in Reading Ju y

th 1 i 62 7 , 895. He was the Worsh pful Master of Lodge No . , dur

64 1 8 1 8 6 ing the years 55 and 5 , and was also a member of the Sons of the Revolution and of the Loyal Legion . Information in this sketch was taken from the Roberdeau Gen ” l a ea ogy, by Roberde u Buchanan, and newspaper articles pub l ished at the time of his death.

SI'TH GENERATION (Continued) .

E AN D E CHILDRE N OF GEORG E EDWARD CLYM R ALIC CARY SWIFT.

n n FIFTH GENERATION (Co ti ued) .

E OF E E A N D E E E CHILDR N JOHN PHILIP HI ST R CAROLIN AM LIA MUSS R .