Proprietary Return, Colebrookdale Township, 1767

Name Acres Horses Cattle Sheep Tax
Allenbach, Peter (farmer) 200 2 4 4 10
Bear, Conrad (farmer) 122 2 6 4 4
Bohm, Jacob (farmer) 172 3 3 3 4
Brendle, Andrew, Sr. (farmer)   1 1   2
Bowman, Casper (farmer) 118       2
Bealer, Martin (farmer)         1
Buckwalder, John (farmer) 290 4 7 7 15
Bucher, Casper (farmer) 130 4 4 6 5
Botty, Peter (farmer)     1   1
Eiss, Nicholas (farmer) 223 4 12 5 11
Earney, Fredrick (farmer) 120 2 4   5
Engle, Henry (farmer) 202 3 3   18
Eschbach, Christian 50       2
Eschenbach, Mary (widow) 210 3 3 7 3
Engle, William (labourer)     1   1
Feyck, Godfredt (shoemaker)     2   1
French, John (farmer) 75 2 3 2 2
Fertig, Michael (taylor) 27 1 2   2
Fucks, Adam (farmer) 212 4 4 4 12
Fryman, Philip     1   1
Fox, Joseph & Co. 2000       55
Fox, Adam 208       5
Gotschalk, Joacam (farmer) 109 2 1 3 3
Getz, George John (miller)   1 2   3
Gilbert, George (farmer) 150 3 4 6 6
Gerber, Adam (farmer) 36 2 2 4 3
Gerber, John (farmer) 138 2 3 5 8
Hartman, George (labourer)   1 2   3
Guldin, John (farmer, s.m.) 252 3 4 1 16
Gerber, Leonard (farmer)     1   1
Heltman, John (blacksmith) 206 1 3   1
Herth, Jacob (farmer) 135 2 2   5
Jerger, Michael (farmer) 75 2 2   5
Huntzer, Michael         1
Krumrine, Stephen (farmer) 300 5 6 6 15
Kusser, Michael (farmer) 152 3 3 6 6
Kepler, David (potter) 70 2 4 3 5
Kruss, Jacob (miller, g.m.) 25 2 1 3 2
Koch, John (farmer) 133 3 3 4 4
Loeg, Peter (farmer) 164 4 5 4 8
Levegood, Peter (founder)   1 1   1
Landes, George (farmer) 142 4 4 4 6
Lober, Peter (farmer) 200 4 7 4 9
Meisenhamer, Jacob (farmer) 24 4 4   13
Mechlin, Jacob (farmer) 236 4 12   11
Moll, Stophel (waggoner) 100 3 3 1 4
Mauck, Tobias (farmer) 118 3 5 6 3
Moyer, Elizabeth 50       2
Pheil, Daniel (farmer) 58 1 1   5
Ruther, Thomas (Esq'r, g.m., s.m.) 575 6 12 5 40
Rupp, Martin         1
Roads, Mathias, Jr. (farmer) 212 4 7 9 13
Roads, Mathias, Sr. (farmer) 201 4 6 6 7
Richard, Casper (farmer) 317 4 6 17 16
Road, Adam (farmer, g.m., s.m.) 128 2 4 3 8
Ritter, Paul (farmer) 318 4 8 5 18
Stouffer, John (farmer) 25       1
Stohl, Earhard (farmer)         1
Smith, Jacob (farmer) 154 3 4   6
Swinehard, George (farmer) 158 3 5 5 11
Snep, George (labourer)   1 1 3 1
Stouber, Abram, Sr. (farmer) 200 2 4 3 13
Swinehard, Andreas (miller, g.m.) 55   2   5
Sasamanhous, Manus (farmer) 234 4 6 6 22
Safred, Charles 100       2
Sleichger, John (labourer)         1
Schrem, Henry (labourer) 76 2 2   6
Smith, Nicholas (labourer) 91 1 2 2 2
Stauber, Abraham, Jr. (farmer) 199 4 3 4 7
Schaen, Peter (farmer, g.m.) 136 3 4 6 6
Schaen, Thomas (farmer) 128 2 2   3
Seibert, Jacob (farmer)     1   1
Trout, Baltzer (farmer) 4 1 1   2
West, Thomas (labourer)     1   1
Werstler, John (farmer) 111 3 6 6 6


Single Freemen

Name Shillings
Richard, Fredrick 15
Ritter, Mathias 15
Earney, John 15


Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 18. "Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Berks for the years 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785," edited by William Henry Egle, Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1898, pp. 14-16.

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