Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Royer farm north of Rebersburg, PA

Notes:

Henry was 15 when his father bought the Rebersburg farm. (info from Josephine)

Name: Henry ROYER
Prefix: Col. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Birth: 6 APR 1796 in Bethel Twp., Berks Co., PA 9 10
Death: 8 JUL 1890 in Rebersburg, Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA 12 10
Burial: St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co., PA 12 10
Note: 1860 - age 64.
1870 - age 70.
1880 - age 83. States he has an "inflamed brain." Also in household, Eva Greninger, age 27.

Sources:
1. Type: Census
Title: 1860 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
2. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
3. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: written by enumerator as Mr. Royer Henry
4. Type: Book
Title: History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania
Author: John Blair Linn
Publication: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1883
Text: Col. Henry Royer, h/o Mary Gross
5. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Henry Royer, s/o John George & Elizabeth Shuey Royer, h/o Mary Gross
6. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: Co. Henry Royer
7. Type: Book
Title: Wills of Centre County, PA
Author: Col. Ira F. Fravel
Date: 19 Jan 1939
9. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Berks Co.
10. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
12. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909

From the History of Centre & Clinton Counties, PA: Henry Royer (Col.) came into the valley with his father, John G., in 1811, and now owns and occupies the old homestead. He is eighty-four years of age, and is in the enjoyment of good health. To his kindness and good memory the local historian is indebted for many facts relating to the history of Miles township. Mr. Royer is married to Miss Mary Gross, of New Berlin. They had five children, -- one son, George, who died about a year ago; four daughters: Elizabeth, married to Thomas Wolfe; Phoebe, married to Daniel Brungart; Elvina, married to Aaron Creep, Sugar Valley; and Isabella, who was married to J. P. Kryder. All the daughters are living. Elvina's and Isabella's husband's are dead.

http://books.google.com/books?id=IxYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA164&dq=%22colonel+henry+royer%22&ei=rZPmSNDZM43sswPN3eT2Bg#PPA165,M1
THE HISTORICAL JOURNAL: A MONTHLY RECORD OF LOCAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. BY JOHN F. MEGINNESS, ("JOHN OF LANCASTER.") VOLUME I. WILLIAMSPORT, PA.: GAZETTE AND BULLETIN PRINTING HOUSE. 1888. The Historical Journal By John Franklin Meginness

COLONEL HENRY ROYER, of Miles Township, Centre County. Pa., was 91 years old on the 16th of April, 1887. He is the picture of health and is in the enjoyment of all his faculties: liberal-minded and intelligent, he has always been to the front when anything was to be done to promote the educational, material, or religious interests of Brush Valley. As a repository of local history of Miles and Haines Townships, he has been invaluable to those of us who have endeavored to preserve all that was valuable in that direction.
Colonel Royer's grandfather, Christopher Royer, came from the Palatinate and settled in Lancaster County. The old great-grandmother came over at the same time. She felt sadly in coming to a new country where there would be no church or ministers. The captain of the vessel, a good man, consoled her by saying "one could worship in the heart under a tree." The first sermon she heard in the new country was under an oak tree on the present site of Lancaster City.
Christopher Royer and his wife were both buried at Rap's church, Lebanon County. Their son, John George Royer, born in Bethel Township, Berks County, December 12, 1750, came to Brush Valley in 1811, and died there July 30, 1822. Four of his children grew up: Catherine, who married John Kern; Elizabeth, married Josiah Gift; Christena died single, and Colonel Henry, born within four miles of Millerstown, Berks County (Bethel Township), April 6, 1796.
When they came to Brush Valley, in 1811, there was but one house in Rebersburg (beside the church), the house in which Judge Samuel Fraaks now lives. The hotel, which was older, was burned down.
Colonel Royer owns the old homestead and farm of his father. It lies west, north, and adjoining Rebersburg, being the home and place where Conrad Reber lived, who also laid out the western part of Rebersburg in 1809, and after whom the town was named.
In these seventy six years Colonel Royer has been an eye witness of all the important changes that have occurred in the valley. When he came little land was cleared; the trees between his home and the site of Rebersburg had boon "circled," and were dead. He remembers all the old settlers. But to relate his recollections would be only to go over what Professor Henry Meyer has so ably set forth in his contribution to the history of Centre County. The Colonel thinks himself well, physically, as he can walk up from town, half a mile, to his farm and back almost daily, and he drives to Millheim and Coburn, or out the valley, six or seven miles, to visit his daughter, Widow Kryder. His memory is good ; he gives exact dates and relates in detail all the incidents of his life with no apparent effort. He spends his time principally in reading: reads and writes both in English and German, and is without question one of the most remarkable men for absolutely unimpaired faculties that I have ever heard of. He expects to bury all us historians.
Colonel Royer was married in the holidays of 1821 to Miss Mary Gross, of New Berlin. She was born September 20, 1800, and died June 25, 1883. They had five children: George, who died in 1881 ; Elizabeth, married Thomas Wolf; Phoebe, married Daniel Brungart, of Rebersburg; Elvina, married Aaron Creep, of Sugar Valley, and Isabella, widow of J. P. Kryder.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60806835/henry-royer

Section 1, Row 10, #16

Family/Spouse: Mary Gross. Mary (daughter of Henry "Henrich" Gross and Phoebe Havice) was born on 27 Mar 1801; died on 25 Jun 1883 in Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Royer was born on 17 Nov 1822 in Centre County, PA; died on 11 Dec 1904 in Bellwood, Blair County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.
2. Phoebe Ann Royer was born on 19 Feb 1825 in Centre County, PA; died on 16 Oct 1920; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.
3. John George Washington Royer was born on 08 Oct 1827 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 12 Jan 1881 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.
4. Elvina Catherine Royer was born on 21 May 1830; died on 13 Apr 1919 in Tylersville, Sugar Valley, Clinton County, PA; was buried in Tylersville Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Tylersville, Clinton County, PA.
5. Isabella Jane Royer was born on 19 Feb 1834 in Pennsylvania; died on 29 Mar 1909 in Miles Township, Centre County, PA; was buried on 1 Apr 1909 in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

Notes:

Royer, John S., was a native of Bethel township, Berks County. He came into Brush valley in 1811, and purchased the farm now owned by his son. Col. Henry Royer, from Conrad Reber. He was born Dec. 12, 1750, and died July 30, 1820.

Buried:
Buried Section 1, Row 12, #32. Old and new stones. Old stone has full dates 12 Dec 1750-30 Jul 1823. 72y 8m 11d. New stone has 1750-1823.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60806216/john-george-royer

Oldest son of Georg Christoph "Stophle" Royer;
Husband of Elizabeth Shuey;
Father of Henry, Catharine, Elizabeth and Christina.

John married Elizabeth Shuey about 1780. Elizabeth (daughter of Lewis Henry Schuy and Maria Elisabeth Greib) was born on 13 Jan 1758 in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, PA; died on 01 Dec 1830 in Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Shuey
Oldest daughter of Ludwig Shuey, was born Jan. 13, 1758, in Bethel township, Lancaster county, Pa. She was a member of the Reformed Church. She was married to John George Royer, a native of Lancaster, Pa., and they had seven children - three sons and four daughters. Three died in infancy. Those whose history if here given were: Henry, Catharine, Elizabeth and Christina, who was never married. They moved to the eastern portion of Center county, Pa. John George Royer died at Rebersburg, Pa., July 30, 1823. Buried in the Union cemetery. Elizabeth Shuey Royer died Dec. 3, 1830. Buried at Rebersburg, Pa.
History of The Shuey Family in America from 1732 to 1919. By Dennis Boeshore Shuey.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10477339/elizabeth-royer

Fifth (?) child of Ludwig Heinrich (Lewis Henry) Schuey & Maria Elizabeth Grieb. Spouse of John George Royer.

Buried Section 1, Row 12, #30. new stone in front of old stone (in German). Near husband John George Royer (1750-1823)

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1748, Germany

Notes:

The original Christopher Royer, whose genealogical history follows, was born at Rhine Pfaltz, South Germany, where he was also married. Their issue was one daughter. In 1748, the parents, with their only child, embarked for America. During the first part of their voyage, his wife became greatly distressed and troubled. She said, "In America all is wild, and there are no churches nor preachers," but the captain of the ship assured her that there was no need of troubling herself, that there were churches everywhere in America, which afterwards proved to be true, for the first sermon her husband heard was under a shady white oak tree, where the city of Lancaster now stands, which was then a small village. After receiving this assurance, she became more calm, apparently, but there must have been deep-seated anxiety in her mind, for some time later she become sick and died. She was buried in a watery grave, "the ocean," leaving her infant daughter in the care of her bereaved husband. This made the remainder of the journey very sad and lonesome. In due time, they landed at Philadelphia, Pa. He came to the locality, where the city of Lancaster now stands. His little daughter grew to womanhood among friends and at Pine Grove, Schuylkill Co. ,Pa., she married Jacob Gungle. While living at Lancaster, he married his second wife. Miss Catharine Royer, of American birth and of the same name, but so far as known there was no relationship between them. Here his oldest son, Johan George, was born.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60792966/georg-christoph-royer
Spelling of surname at time of burial was RYER.
Georg Christoph “Stophle” Royer.
Husband of Anna Barbara Degen (1st wife); Catharine Ryer (Royer) (2nd wife);
Father of Anna Margaretha by first wife and John George, Christian, Christopher Jr., Sebastian and Amos.

Georg married Catharine Royer. Catharine (daughter of Sebastian Royer and Agnes Elizabeth Flockwirth) was born in Sep 1728 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 28 Apr 1809 in Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Klopps Church Cemetery, Hamlin, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60801666/catharine-royer

Spelling at time of burial was RYER.
Daughter and youngest child of Sebastian Mathias Ryer (Royer) and Agnes Flockert;
2nd wife of Georg Christoph (Stophle) Ryer (Royer); Mother of John George, Christian; Christopher Jr., Sebastian and Amos.

Row 6 #12

Other Events:

• Immigration: 9 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; Philadelphia, on the ship Johnson, from Rotterdam

Notes:

Alternate spelling - Shuey.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jshuey44&id=I00201
Shueyfamily.org

Name: Lewis Henry Schuy 1
ALIA: /Ludwig/
Birth: 12 OCT 1726 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU 2
Death: 25 FEB 1775 in Bethel Township, Lebanon Co, PA 3
Baptism: 15 OCT 1726 Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU 2
Burial: 1775 Klopp's Church Cemetery, Hamlin, PA 3
_ELEC: 15 DEC 1774 Elected to Lancaster Co. Committee of Inspection from Bethel Twp.
Immigration: 9 SEP 1732 Philadelphia, on the ship Johnson, from Rotterdam.

Note: Lewis Henry Shuey is listed on the passenger log of the ship Johnson as "Lodawick Schwe". He arrived in Philadelphia on 19 Sep, 1732, traveling with his mother and father from Rotterdam. He was not quite six years of age.

"Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania 1727 -- 1776" by I. Daniel Rupp, and Pennsylvania Archives: Series 2, Vol 17
He is listed on the 1751 Assessment List of Bethel Township (then in Lancaster County) in the Pennsylvania Colony as "Ludwick Schuhy".
"History of the Counties of Berks & Lebanon" by I. Daniel Rupp

The 1771 Bethel Township Tax List includes "Shewey, Ludw". He is listed as owning 400 acres, five horses, and six cows.

Pennsylvania Archives: Series 3, Volume 17

Ludwig is listed in the "D.A.R. Patriotic Index", Centennial Edition, Vol III.

Sources:
1. Title: Will of Daniel Schuy
Publication: Will Book C, Pages 474-476, Lancaster County, PA
Repository:
Media: Official Document
2. Title: Reformed KirchenBuch: Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
Repository:
Media: Church Record
Page: Book 1, Page 73
3. Title: Tombstone: Klopps/St. Paul's Cemetery, Hamlin, PA
Author: John Shuey, Nov 1997
Repository:
Media: Tombstone

http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shplst12.htm
German Pioneers to Pennsylvania
Passenger Ships' Lists
Includes People from the Palatine
THE JOHNSON GALLEY

[List 21 A] A List of Palentines arrived in the Port of Philadelphia on board of the Johnson Galley of London, David Crockatt, Commander, September 18th, 1732.

Boys Under 16 Lodawick Schwe
Girls Under 14 Margeretta Schwe
Men Above 16 Years Daniel Schwe
Women Above 14 Maria Schwe

Name:
Ludwig

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10792509/ludwig-heinrich-schuy

Inscription: Hier liegt in seiner ruhe der Leichman von Ludwig Heinrich Shüy. Geboren den 12d October, 1726. Gestorben Februar den 25, 1775. Alt 48 Yahre 4 Monat und 13 Tage. Source: D. B. Shuey, "History of the Shuey Family in America, From 1732 to 1919," 2nd Ed., Publ. D. B. Shuey, Galion, Ohio, 1919, p. 39.

Lewis married Maria Elisabeth Greib between 1745 and 1746. Maria was born on 20 Apr 1726; died on 20 Feb 1792 in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Klopps Church Cemetery, Hamlin, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Maria Elizabeth Greib - need confirmation of her name - this name is from findagrave
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10792494/maria-elizabeth-schuy

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10792494/maria-elizabeth-schuy

Plot Row 10 #4

Spouse of Ludwig Heinrich (Lewis Henry) Schuy (Shuey)

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135483046/sebastian-mathias-royer
findagrave has photos of the family bible.
Sebastian Mathias Royer
BIRTH: Oct 1676 Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
DEATH: 13 Aug 1758 (aged 81) Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL: Brickerville United Lutheran Church & Cemetery Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania


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 thought 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 has 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.


s/o Hans George Rheyer & Maria Magdalena
h/o Agnes Flockerth

This link doesn’t have photos: http://rickroyer.tripod.com/SReyerBible.htm
The bible of Sebastian Reyer was printed in 1713. The text within it is written in German. In 1997 the book is now 284 years old. The bible seems to have been passed down to Sebastian's daughter, Maria Catrina or Maria Catherina, who married Jacob Conrad. We find in an old list of land owners, that a Jacob Conrad in 1779 owned in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, 100 acres of land. The bible then followed in the hand of Joseph Conrad, then to John Conrad.
The text on the inside cover of the bible was entered in 1742. One would have to wonder if Sebastian came to America with this German bible. Sebastian Royer is said to have been naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia, Apr. 11-13, 1743 .It is quite likely that his buying land of the Penns at this time led to his naturalization.
The bible is now owned by Vic Leininger of Pennsylvania. The bible was purchased from an estate sale by Vic's grandfather. Upon his grandfather’s passing, Vic's mother asked him if there was anything special from his grandfather's estate that he especially wished to have. Vic asked her if he might have the Sebastian Reyer bible. I can just imagine the look on Vic's face when his mother graciously gave him the bible. I know I would have been overwhelmed just to be able to hold it in my hands as Sebastian had over 250 years ago, let alone be the new caretaker as Vic then became at that moment in time. I know Vic will take very good care of the bible, and am more than delighted that he has supplied the Royer Data Collection Center with photographs of the bible, so it could be shared by all. Thank You very much for your contribution. We all will owe you a great debt for sharing and caring for this rare part of our Royer History.
The transcribed text from the inside cover.


Sebastin Reyer

Living at the present time in the Township Warwick,
Lititz in the Province of Pennsylvania,
Written in the year of our lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, that is 1742 to the highest One be the Honors
Amen
Search the Scripture for in them ye think ye have
eternal life, for they are they that testify of me Matthew 5

http://www.genealogycenter.info/ellingham/getperson.php?personID=I94262&tree=Ellingham
Given Name: Sebastian Mathias
Surname: Rheyer
Birth: 1676 in Metz, Lorraine, France
Death: 1758 in Brickerville, Lancaster, PA
Burial: 1758 Luthern Cem. Brickerville, Lancaster, PA
BOOKS:
The Henry Royer and Sebastian Royer Families by Helen Robertson 1987
Genealogical Records of the Royer Family in America by Michael Zug
The Royer Family Ironmasters of Blair County W. Ray Metz 1951
Father: Hans George RHEYER b: ABT 1640 in Metz, Lorraine, France
Mother: Maria MAGDALENA b: ABT 1656 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany

Marriage 1 Agnes FLOCKIRTH b: ABT 1678 in Schifferstadt, Bayern, Germany
Married: 15 FEB 1707 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Children
Johann Emig (Emic) (Amos) ROYER b: 16 DEC 1707 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Johann George ROYER b: 24 AUG 1710 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Samuel ROYER b: 1711 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Johann Martin RHEYER b: 3 OCT 1716 in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Johann Heinrich ROYER b: 15 OCT 1721 in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany

Marriage 2 Felice NIGNOU b: ABT 1691 in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Germany Married: 1669
Children
Maria Magdalena RHEYER b: 4 JUN 1713 in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Anna Margeretta RHEYER b: 4 JUN 1713 in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Bayern, Germany
Maria Catarina RHEYER b: 23 SEP 1725 in Bohl, Bayern, Germany
Anna Catharine RHEYER b: 20 SEP 1725 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Name: Sabastian Mathias ROYER Sex: M Birth: 1676 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany
Death: 1758/1759 in Brickerville, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Note:
Sebastian Royer [Reier or Ryer], with four sons, emigrated from the Palatine, Germany, to America in 1718. He was born near the city of Metz, but retiree to the Palatinate about the Revocation Period [1685]. His sons persuaded him to come to America.

Father: Hans Georg ROYER b: 1655 in METZ, LORRAINE, France
Mother: Maria Magdalena
Marriage 1 Emik Married: ABT 1700
Children
John Emick ROYER b: 18 DEC 1707 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany
George ROYER b: ABT 1709 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany
Samuel ROYER b: ABT 1711 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany
Henry ROYER b: BEF 1721 in Bohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany
Marriage 2 Agnes FLOCKERTT
Children
Margaret ROYER
Maria Catarina ROYER
Catharine ROYER b: SEP 1728 in Brickerville, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania



http://www.brumbaughwise.com/families/royer-family
I. Sebastian Royer
I. Sebastian Royer, with four sons, emigrated from the Palatinate, Germany, to America in the year 1718. He was born near the city of Metz, but retired to the Palatinate about the Revocation Period (1685). He likely accompanied his father, for at this time Sebastian was likely only a youth, otherwise he was a very old man when he died in 1758. A number of Royers are said to fled to the Palatinate at this time. It is said that his sons persuaded him to come to America. The two oldest were young grown men. They had a long and tedious journey, and despaired of ever reaching the New World; but the ship finally landed in safety at Philadelphia.

It is claimed that he stopped for a time in Royersford, on the Schuylkill River, and that the place was named after him. On this point there are grounds for doubt. According to Rupp, a Bastian Royer settled in Lancaster County in 1719. This was certainly our Sebastian. So his coming to Lancaster County followed almost immediately on his arrival.

His wife had died in Germany, but after his arrival in America he remarried. The name of his second wife was Agnes; her maiden family name has not been learned. It seems that his three daughters were by the second wife. She was a member of the Reformed Church, while he was not only a Lutheran, but also a deacon in said church. On account of these conditions in his family it is said that he donated two tracts of land at Brickerville, one for The erection of a Lutheran and the other for a Reformed church(+). But it is established by the deed that the trustees of the Lutheran church bought the land direct from the Penns, yet Sebastian may have supplied the money. He is not mentioned in Lutheran church records at Brickerville. This church property ran along Sebastian's land, and may have been secured by the trustees before Sebastian had his deed from the Penns. But it is also established by deed that he did give land for the erection of a Reformed Church, designated as Zion Reformed, but long known as Royer's. This church stands on the hill up from the side-wooded ravine in which nestled the home of Sebastian Royer. A stone might have been thrown by a single cast from the church to the Royer home. Although this land was bought by Reformed trustees in 1747, yet it was still a part of the Royer estate in 1759, when the heirs deeded the estate to the Brubakers.

When Sebastian Royer first bought land in Lancaster County, we have not ascertained for a certainty. He owned land in Leacock Twp, Lanc. Co. in 1735. From here he likely moved to Brickerville, Warwick Twp., same county. He bought 64 acres from the Penns, Aug. 25, 1742; and 222 acres, Jan. 26, 1743,--the latter
tract had been bought by a Moyer, who failed to meet conditions, and the tract had reverted to the Penns. June 20, 1754. Sebastian deeded to his son Samuel 136 acres of the latter tract. The heirs deeded to the Brubakers the paternal estate on 192 acres in 1759. It will thus be seen that Sebastian owned as much as 328 acres near Brickerville, Lancaster County, or 42 acres more than the two tracts above, bought from the Penns. Tradition credits him with as much as 500 acres. George Royer, doubtless Sebastians's son, George, owned 200 acres of land in Warwick Township in 1759; and Henry Royer, doubtless also Sebastian's Henry, was a taxable in Elizabeth Township in 1758, the year after the township was organized out of a part of Warwick. From the location of these lands, in Elizabeth and Warwick Townships, they might have previously been a part of the paternal estate. This matter is as yet undetermined.
Sebastian Royer is said to have been naturalized at a meeting of the Supreme Court in Philadelphia, Apr. 11-13, 1743 (+) It is quite likely that his buying land of the Penns at this time led to his naturalization. Sebastian Royer died near Brickerville, in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1758 or 1759. This we have from the fact that letters of administration were taken out by his oldest son Emig, Feb. 24, 1759, and his last will was executed Aug. 3, 1758. Where his remains rest is not known. It is presumed, however that he was buried in the large Lutheran cemetery in East Brickerville.

Writes A. H. Huber: "Sebastian's will is dated Aug. 3, 1758, and was admitted to probate Feb. 14, 1759. The court granted letters of administration to John Emig Royer, whose sureties on the bond were George and Samuel Reier. No account of the estate is on file as it appears that in those days the practice was to divide and convey the whole estate in the life time of the parent. In this will it is stated that "John Emick is the oldest son and shall have the sum of five pounds for his two shares, and that the property shall be divided between his brothers and sisters, share and share alike, as one child is to us like the other. So shall you divide in peace and be satisfied. "The instrument viewed in the light of modern wills is somewhat quaint and peculiar, but throughout the whole paper there breathes the spirit of paternal love and Christian piety. It is signed by both husband and wife, or father and mother, each of whom make their mark."

I. Sebastian Royer had seven children. We give their names in the order in which they appear in the deed transferring the father's estate. If he had children who died before himself, of course they are not included in this list. Emig's name comes first, and as he was the oldest, the names are likely in the order of birth.
Name Birth Death
II. Emig (Amos) Royer Dec 18, 1707 Apr. 2, 1769
II. George Royer Likely about 1709
II. Samuel Royer About 1764
II. Henry Royer
II. Margaret Royer
II. Maria Catarina Royer
II. Catharine Royer Sept. , 1728 Apr. 28, 1809

The Will of Sebastian Royer. Warwick Township, Lancaster County, In the Name of God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Whereas me Bastian Ryer and his Wife Angnes, hath Laid us Town by Crossing Sickness, so they sought to Make and Leave Peace behind by their Childrens, by their Life, and is This their Married People. Their Eareestly Will and Desire That after their Decease, John Emick Reyer, the oldest Son, shall have the Sum of Five Pounds for his Two Shares Which he would have in forehand of his Brothers and Sisters, and if the said John Emick Ryer, have received The Five Pounds, Then all the Brothers and Sisters shall Divide in Equal Shares, and none shall have further as one of the others, and wee old aged Bodies Hopes That our beloved Children will be satisfied with These our Last will, For it is one Child to us Like the others, and you shall Divide in Peace, and be Satisfied with That, That we left behind us for you, and by This our Last Will you Stand, and neither put anything thereof Nor thereto, Then the Lord God will Bless you in this and everlasting Life, and by This Writing Which Wee Left before your eyes after our Decease, Keep that and be in Peace, and Let father and Mother rest in the Earth and shleep and being satisfied therewith, and we are in Conscion shure That it is Right, Which we Think That you beloved Childrens May acknowledge, and Take it in peace and Lastly we weesh you all the peace of God in your harts Through Jesus Christ, Amen--Dated August 3rd Anno 1758 Witness His Johannes Neigy (Seal) Bathe Reyer II
Mark
Johanne Michael Butz Her
Georg Martsen (Seal) Agnes X
Reyer Johannes Martin Mark A True Copy Translated from the Original
"Abea Myer"
Remark--The translation was likely made for the Register at Lancaster. The copy on the books there can scarcely be read: but the editor copied this from the original translation, preserved in Lancaster, which is much more legible.

Remarks on the Family of I. Sebastian Royer. It is practically certain that all of the sons of Sebastian Royer came with him to Lancaster Co., and there established homes. If either George or Henry moved away, they did so after their father's death. We herewith give a statement of the case.
First, all were present to sign the deed conveying away the old homestead. This of course does not have much weight, for if living at a distance, their signatures would have been necessary and would have secured. But the signatures prove, as does the body of the deed, and the attest (*) to it, that all four of his sons were living May 17, 1759. The same also prove that the names of the sons were Emig (corrupted by the English scribe into Amos, George, Samuel, and Henry. Emig Royer, according to a survey given A. H. Huber of Westminster, Md., by Mr. Cope, owned land in Leacock Twp., Lanc. Co., in 1735, which land joined land owned by his father. He bought his land on the Middle Creek, same county, in 1747, and died there in 1769. All of his sons owned farms in Lane, Co., in which county and in Leb. his descendants are numerous, also in Union and Franklin Counties, Pa., and in Carrol Co., Md. They also are scattered more or less liberally through the Middle West, especially in Stark Co., Ohio We find from an old list of land owners that a George Royer in 1759 owned 200 acres of land in Warwick Township, Lanc. County. This was the township in which Sebastian settled. The evidence is practically conclusive that this George was George the son of Sebastian. Whether he died in Lancaster Co. we do not know. The tide of immigration was strongly westward soon after Sebastian's death. George's full name may have been Hans George, (John George) as this was a very common combination among the early Germans, and he may have been the son John who tradition says inherited a part of the paternal estate, was unfortunate and moved west of the Susquehanna. (+) A George Royer, likely this one, bought a tract, not an expensive one, Antrim Twp., Cumb. Co., now Franklin Co., Pa., Apr. 22, 1772 (See Records at Chambersburg.) He seems to meet all the requirements of the traditional unfortunate John.


Name:
Sebastian Mathias Rheyer

Birth:
Metz

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23085514/sebastian-mathias-rheyer

Sebastian married Agnes Elizabeth Flockwirth on 15 Feb 1707 in Bohl, Pfalz, Bayern Lande, Germany. Agnes was born on 4 Dec 1688 in Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany; died in 1769 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Brickerville United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Brickerville, Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Agnes was the daughter of John Wendall and Johanna Flockwirth. She married Sebastian Mathias Rheyer on Feb 15, 1707 in Bohl, Pfalz, Bayern Lande, Germany. He emigrated to America while she remained in Germany. He then went back and brought the family here as well. Her husband became a very prosperous farmer in Lancaster Co.,Pa. They were staunch members of the German Zion Reformed Church where Sebastian later was a deacon. He had donated land for the church. Their home is no longer standing but after repairs the church they attended is still standing.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89820593/agnes-elizabeth-rheyer

Other Events:

• Immigration: 9 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; Philadelphia, on the ship Johnson, from Rotterdam

Notes:

Alternate spelling - Shuey
from shueyfamily.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jshuey44&id=I00192

Name: Daniel Schuy
Name: Born Daniel Juis
Birth: ABT 6 APR 1703 in Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU 1
Death: MAY 1777 in Bethel Twp, Lancaster Co., PA 2
Baptism: 9 APR 1703 Oggersheim Reformed: David Juy & Maria, sponsors 3
Immigration: 9 SEP 1732 Philadelphia, on the ship Johnson, from Rotterdam.
Note: In spite of the claims of other family historians, Daniel was baptised, not born, on 9 Apr, 1703. (Reformed KirchenBuchen, Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU.) Given the usual practice of the German Reformed community of the day, that would place his birth sometime between 03 Apr and 06 Apr of 1703.
Daniel Schuy arrived in the Pennsylvania Colony on 19 Sep, 1732, aboard the Johnson from Rotterdam. Apparently unable to write his name, he was originally listed as Daniel "Schwe" (an inadvertent Anglicazation of "Juis"?) on List A (Passenger List), then recorded as Daniel "Schew" (An accidential transposition of the original mistake?) on List B (Signers of the Oath of Allegiance), and finally, on List C (Signers of the Oath of Abjuration) he appears as Danl Schuhl. With Daniel were Maria Margaretha (Schilling), his wife, "Lodawick" - the clerk's bungled attempt at "Ludwig", the nickname of Lewis Henry, a son, and Anna Maria, their eldest daughter. The name of his younger son, Johannes, is absent from the list.

"Thirty thousand Names of Immigrants to Pennsylvania 1726 -- 1776" I. Daniel Rupp
Pennsylvania Archives: Series 2, Vol 17 (Passenger Ship Lists)
"German Immigrants" Strassburger, et al

To date, there is an 8 1/2 year gap between the arrival of Daniel and his family in Philadelphia abt. 19 Sep, 1732 and the next time his name appears in the public record. On 18 Jun, 1741, Daniel Schuy and wife Anna Maria served as sponsors at the baptism of Anna Margaret Matern -- dau. of Thomas and Anna Margaret Matern -- at Swatara Reformed Church, in Bethel Twp, in what is now Lebanon, but was then Lancaster Co, PA.

Father: Daniel Juis b: 20 MAY 1675 in Moselle, France
Mother: Judith\Judique L'Avenant b: ABT 1682 in Dirage, Picardie, FR

Marriage 1 Maria Margaretha Schilling b: ABT 1703 in Either Weidenthal or Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
* Married: 16 OCT 1725 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU 4

Children
1. Lewis Henry Schuy b: 12 OCT 1726 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
2. Anna Margaretta Schuy b: 12 FEB 1728/29 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
3. Johannes Schuy b: 24 NOV 1730 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
4. Martin Schuy b: ABT 1732 in PA
5. Peter Schuy b: 1734 in Bethel Twp, Lebanon Co, PA
6. Margaret Elizabeth Schuy b: 1736 in Lancaster Co., PA
7. Barbara Schuy b: BEF 25 JUN 1741 in Lancaster Co., PA
8. Daniel Schuy III b: 11 NOV 1743 in Bethel Twp, Lebanon Co, PA
9. Catharine Elizabeth Schuy b: BEF 8 JUN 1747 in Bethel Twp, Lancaster Co, PA

Sources:
1. Title: Reformed KirchenBuch: Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU
Media: Church Record
Text: Baptism...9 Apr...Daniel....Daniel Juy and Judith...David Juis & Maria Bartholomai
Note: Reformed KirchenBuch: Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU, Baptism...9 Apr...Daniel....Daniel Juis and Judith...David Juis & Maria Bartholomai.
2. Title: Will of Daniel Schuy
Publication: Will Book C, Pages 474-476, Lancaster County, PA
Text: Will was signed 08 May, 1777, and filed 21 May, 1777.
3. Title: Reformed KirchenBuch: Oggersheim, Pfalz, DEU
Media: Church Record
4. Title: Reformed KirchenBuch: Dannstadt, Pfalz, DEU
Media: Church Record
Page: Book 1, Page 87

http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shplst12.htm
German Pioneers to Pennsylvania
Passenger Ships' Lists
Includes People from the Palatine
THE JOHNSON GALLEY
[List 21 A] A List of Palentines arrived in the Port of Philadelphia on board of the Johnson Galley of London, David Crockatt, Commander, September 18th OS, 1732.
Boys Under 16 Lodawick Schwe
Girls Under 14 Margeretta Schwe
Men Above 16 Years Daniel Schwe
Women Above 14 Maria Schwe



According to Daniel Shuey's will, which is recorded in the office at Lancaster, Pa., bearing date May 8th, 1777, we find that Daniel had nine children. The names are as follows: Ludwig, Peter, Elizabeth, Daniel, John, Martin, Anna Margaret, Catharine and Barbara.



DANIEL SHUEY'S WILL.
In the name of God amen I Daniel Shuey, Senior, of Bethel Township in the County of Lancaster and in the Province of Pennsylvania being sick and weak of Body but of perfect Understanding and Memory Thanks be to God for the Same, and calling to Mind my Mortality, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, I will order and make this my Last Will and Testament, in the first of all I recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, who gave it me, and my Body to the Earth, as the mother of us all, to be buried in a christian Burial Place, at the Discretion of my Family and Executors, not doubting a general Resurrection of the Dead by the Almighty Power of God. And concerning my temporal Estate wherewith God has blessed me in my Lifetime, I bequeath the same in Manner and Form following. Imprimis I will that all my just Debts shall be paid of immediately after my Death. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Peter Shuey One Shilling lawful money, over and above of what he hath received of me already and no more, which said Shilling my executors shall pay unto him after my Death, he having before in my Lifetime received his share from me. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son in Law Henry Moser likewise One Shilling lawful Money and no more, which shall also be paid to him by my Executor when demanded after my Death ; and what the said Henry Moser is indebted to me in Bonds or Notes he shall pay to my Executors. Item I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Ludwig Schuy or to his left Heirs the Sum of Five Pounds lawful Money, which said Sum shall be for his first Birthright, which shall likewise be paid by my Executors after my Death. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Shuey One Shilling lawful Money to be paid to him by my Executors after my Death, and he shall demand no more of my Estate because he has received much in my Lifetime of me. Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Mary Martha the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds lawful Money, to be paid to my said Wife by my Executors immediately after my Death, or to give her Security for it : further my said Wife shall have and keep all the Household Goods what is mine in my Dwelling whatsoever it may be named shall be her own and shall have and hold her free Habitation in my Dwelling house and Garden, and so She may provide herself, and have her Livelyhood of the Two Hundred Pounds aforesaid during her Life after my Death and no Body shall be hindering her to enjoy what I give and bequeath her, and she shall have Liberty to give and bequeath the same how, and to whom she will at her Decease, all the moveables which her own, and none shall make a Pretension to any Thing against her Will. Item my Will is further that after the above bequeathing is paid and Distributed as aforementioned by my Executors, which I shall name hereafter, that then the Remainder of my Estate shall partly be divided amongst my Heirs in equal Shares, their being six in number viz. Ludwig Schuy or in his stead his Heirs, John Schuy and Martin Schuy my Sons, and my Three Daughters viz. Anna Margaret the Wife of Nicholas Pontius, Catharine the Wife of Jacob Giger and Barbara the Wife of George Feesers. Now these mentioned Six in Number Shall divide my left estate amongst them in equal shares as aforesaid. Item, yet it is further my will in Respect of my Daughter Elizabeth and her son Christian Moser, whom she got with her husband Henry Moser, as also the Heirs of my Said Son Peter Shuey, whom I will remember yet in this my Last Will, and so I bequeath unto them a Sum of Two Hundred Pounds lawful Money as it is current now in Pennsylvania which said sum of Two Hundred Pounds will be due to my Estate according to a Bond in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four, which is the last Term due to me, of my Sold Plantation which said Sum of Two Hundred Pounds I now bequeath in Form and manner following. The Heirs of my Son Peter Shuey shall have thereof One Hundred Pounds lawful Money, which my Executors shall pay them, when the money is come in, in equal Shares, when they shall be arrived to their full ages but not sooner, No Body shall make any Pretensions, save his bodily Issues or Children, as many as there are. Item it is farther my Will in Respect of my Daughter's Son Christian Moser. I give and bequeath unto him Fifty Pounds lawful Money of the above sum, and he shall have the above sum of Fifty Pounds as a legacy from me, which shall likewise be paid to him by my Executors, tho' not sooner till be is arrived to his age, and no more under his Guardians is. But if he should come to die before he should come to his Age, than the said Fifty Pounds shall fall to the said Six Heirs, and be divided by them amongst them, in equal Shares. Item farther in Respect of my Daughter Elizabeth it is my Will that She shall have of the above Sum Fifty Pounds lawful money but in no other Wise than in the following Form and Manner, that if She my said Daughter Elizabeth should come into a poor State of Widowhood, or for her Person in other miserable Circumstances, that she should suffer that than and in such a case my Executors shall give her as Necessity shall require of the aforesaid Fifty Pounds, but the full sum She shall not have in her Hands at once, and no Body shall make any pretension or seek a right to the said money ; and if it cannot be proved that my Daughter really finds herself in said Circumstances and that she has her Livelyhood without this, than the said Fifty Pounds shall also be divided amongst the aforesaid Six Heirs in equal Shares. Item it is further my Will in Respect of the said Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, if they come into the Executors' Hands that they shall put it out upon Interest if they can, what they not lay out, and such Interest shall also be divided according to the Legacies to those to whom it belongs, as is mentioned and described and not other wise. And Lastly I appoint and constitute my Son Martin Schuy and the left Son of my deceased Son Ludwig named Martin Schuey the Younger to be my trusty Executors, of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking hereby and annul all former Will and Testaments, and all other Executors which I made and appointed heretofore, be they who they will. And declare and con- firm this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said Daniel Shuy the Elder have this my Will with my own Hand subscribed, and sealed it with my Seal, this Eight Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy and Seven. Signed sealed published pronounced and his declared by the said Daniel Shuy the DANIEL Q SHUY Senior Elder as his Last Will and Testament mark [LS] in the Presence of us Henry Hautz John Michael Beoker
This will was proven in the office in Lancaster, on the 21st day of May, 1777, and the executors were sworn at this date.



Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76786955/daniel-shuey

Son of Daniel & Judique L'Avenant Jouy
No stone found.

Daniel married Maria Margaretha Schilling on 16 Oct 1725 in Dannstadt, Pfalz, Germany. Maria (daughter of Benedictus Schilling and Anna Barbara Hoffman) was born in 1705 in Either Weidenthal or Dannstadt, Pfalz, Germany; died in 1800 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Klopps Church Cemetery, Hamlin, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 9 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; Philadelphia, on the ship Johnson, from Rotterdam

Notes:

http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shplst12.htm
German Pioneers to Pennsylvania
Passenger Ships' Lists
Includes People from the Palatine
THE JOHNSON GALLEY

[List 21 A] A List of Palentines arrived in the Port of Philadelphia on board of the Johnson Galley of London, David Crockatt, Commander, September 18th OS, 1732.

Boys Under 16 Lodawick Schwe
Girls Under 14 Margeretta Schwe
Men Above 16 Years Daniel Schwe
Women Above 14 Maria Schwe

Name:
Maria Margaretha “Mary” Schilling

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76787175/maria-margaretha-shuey

Daughter of Benedict & Barbara Anna Hoffman Schilling.
No stone found.

Died:
21 May 1777