It has been surmised that Jacob could be his name, but as far as is known, there is no definitive proof that this is so. "Jacob" was from the Canton Bern in Switzerland and he died in 1742.

"Jacob" and his wife Barbara sailed on the ship "Francis & Elizabeth," along with their four sons and five daughters to America. They traveled from Rotterdam, by way of Deal, to Philadelphia, arriving September 21, 1742. George North captained the ship. It is not certain why or how, but Jacob died enroute, and Barbara, along with her two grown sons, Christian and Jacob, were left in charge of the family once they reached America.

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, edited by William John Hinke, Vol. I, pages 327-330, published by Genealogical Publishing Company.

Further corroborating evidence of the family's immigration is contained in "A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776," by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Reprint of the Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1980.

Barbara died about 1751 and it has been surmised that she was buried in "Old Bishop Hertzler's cemetery in what is now Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. (Yoder Newsletter, Issue #2 (yodernewsletter.org)).

--Submitted by Dawn Needles
6th great-granddaughter of "Jacob" and & Barbara Yoder

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
Name: Jacob Yoder
Relationship: Head
Death Date: 1742
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Jacob Yoder Head
Jacob Yoder Child
Barbara Yoder Spouse
Anna Yoder Child
Catherine Yoder Child
Michael Yoder Child
Christian Yoder Child
John Yoder Child
Magdalena Yoder Child
Barbara Yoder Child
Veronica Yoder Child