Proprietary Return, Reading Town, 1767

Name Houses Lots Horses Cattle Sheep Tax
Albert, George (taverner) 1 1       6
Alstadt, Peter (sadler) 1 1/2   1   4
Algeier, Michael (labourer)           1
Alder, Jacob (mason) 1 1       1
Alder, Frederick 1 1       1
Beyerly, Ludwig (fisherman) 1 1       3
Boeckley, Adam (taylor) 1 1       1
Beyer, Martin (labourer) 1 1 4 1   6
Balde, Jacob (shoemaker) 1 1       1
Baum, Jonas (butcher) 1 1 1 1   3
Bab, Conrad (tinman) 1 1/2   1   2
Buchard, Jacob (mason) 2 1   1   2
Baker, John 1 1   2   1
Braun, John (shoemaker) 1 1 2 1   3
Berrett, Joseph (carpenter) 1 1   1   2
Block, Michael 1 1   1   1
Bingeman, Henry (farmer) 1   4 3 4 18
Born, George 1 1   1   1
Buchman, Mathias (mason) 1 1 1/2   1   3
Boyer, Stophel 1 1       4
Bechtold, John 1 1       1
Burchardt, Jacob (weaver) 1 1   1   1
Blum, Anthony (labourer) 1 1   1   1
Brecht, Michael (sadler) 1 1 3 2 1 20
Brecht, Peter (taverner) 2 2 1 1   5
Blestein, Abraham 1 1       2
Berlet, Fredrick (carpenter) 1 1   1   1
Braun, Conrad 1 1   1   2
Brendlinger, Joseph 1 1   1   1
Barlet, Paul (carpenter) 1 1   1   1
Bernhard, George (skinner) 1 1   1   3
Baum, Peter (turner) 2 2 3 2   8
Biddle, Edward (esqr, atty at law) 1 1       12
Broatsman, Christian           1
Collier, John (taylor) 1 1/2 1 1   3
Chandlee, William (cutler) 1 1   1   2
Commerer, Jacob (taverner) 1 1 1 1   3
Commerer, Mathias (shoemaker) 1 1   1   1
Christ, Henry (Esqr, justice peace) 2 2 1/2 1 1   12
Diem, Peter (cordwainer) 1 1   1   3
Dietz, Yost           1
Dewees, Garret (labourer) 1 1       2
Deivil, Ludwig 1 1   1   2
Diem, Thomas 1 1       1
Dick, Nicholas (mason) 1 1/2   1   1
Drinckhouse, Adam (wagoner) 1 2 6 1   3
Degenhard, Henry (tinman) 1 1 1 1   4
Drury, Sarah           14
Diemer, James (esq, justice peace) 1 1 1/2 1 1   9
Eisenbels, George (mason) 1 1   1   1
Egee, Adam 1 1   1   1
Ermel, William (mason) 1 3 1 2   5
Egee, Martin 1 1       1
Erman, William (taylor) 1 1       1
Embler, Ludwig (blue dyer) 2 1 1 1   8
Fricker, Anthony (shopkeeper) 1 1 1 1   8
Figthorn, Michael 2 2   1   3
Felix, Nicholas           1
Fix, Lorentz (cooper) 1 1/2   1   1
Feather, Feather (taverner) 1 1 3 2   7
Fisher, Christian (cordwainer) 1 1       2
Fister, Durst (cordwainer) 1 1 1 1   2
Fox, David (cooper) 1 1   1   4
Fulweiler, John 1 1 1 1   3
Felix, Nicholas (shoemaker)       1   1
Figthorn, Andreas 1 1   1   1
Fillickey, Isaac (mason)           1
Fry, John (potter) 1 1 1 1   2
Godschall, Nicholas (locksmith) 1 1 1     1
Gibson, Francis (labourer) 1 1   1   1
Gross, Christopher (labourer) 1 1   1   2
Grous, Michael (baker) 1 1       3
Geisler, George (joiner) 1 1/2       1
Grove, Jacob (hatter) 1 1       3
Gross, John (bookbinder) 1 1       3
Gordy, Frederick (landlord) 1 1       3
Grouser, Bastian (carpenter) 1 1   1   2
Gosler, Henry (baker) 1 1 1/2   1   4
Graff, William (gunsmith) 1 1   1   6
Hartley, John (joiner)           1
Haga, Wolfgang (gunsmith) 2 2       5
Hoch, Leonard (yeoman) 1 1   1   4
Hardman, John (taylor) 1 1/2   1   2
Holtzeder, Peter (cooper) 1 1   1   4
Huth, Samuel (hatter) 1 1       1
Huber, George (weaver)           2
Heiner, Croft (baker) 1 2 1 1   9
Harff, John (labourer) 1 1   1   1
Holler, Henry (taylor) 1 2 1/2 1 1   6
Haag, Michael 1 1       1
Hughes, Thomas (carpenter) 1 1   1   2
Hoffman, Jacob (yeoman) 1 1/2 1 1   2
Haas, Peter (mason) 1 1   1   1
Hahn, Henry (blacksmith) 1 1 1 1   8
Hartman, John (miller) 1 1   1   5
Jerriger, John 1 1 1     4
Jerger, George (gent) 1 1   1   6
Josephson, Myer (shopkeeper) 1 1 2 1   10
Jacob, John 1 1       1
Judy, John (wagoner) 1 1 4 1   2
Jackson, Samuel (hatter) 1 1 1 1   4
Jager, Jacob (taverner) 2 1 1/2 2 2   6
Kauffeld, Nicholas (cooper)           1
Klinger, Alexander (taverner) 2 2   1   5
Klinger, Philip (taverner) 2 2   1   6
Koch, Michael 1 1   1   1
Koch, William 1 1   1   1
Kast, Frederick 1 1/2 1 1   2
Kraul, Jacob (taverner) 1 2 1 1   6
Kerber, Valentine (taverner) 1 1 1/2 1 1   8
Kerber, Abram 1 1   1   2
Kurr, Daniel Adam 1 1       1
Kuch, Conrad (potter) 1 1       1
Klein, Michael (shoemaker) 1 1 1 1   1
Keim, Nicholas (shopkeeper) 2 4 2 1   18
Keller, Henry (turner) 1 1   1   12
Kurtz, John 1 1 1 1   2
Kraft, Martin 1 1   1   2
Koehler, John           1
Kost, Martin 1 1   1   5
Kraft, Conrad 1 1/2       2
Keyser, Jacob 1 1 4 2   10
Krimler, Henry (potter) 1 1       2
Levan, Isaac (farmer) 2 3 1 1   14
Leibrand, George (brickmaker)           2
Lott, Isaac           1
Leibrook, Jacob (baker) 1 1   1   2
Leimbach, Benjamin (taylor)       1   1
Levan, Isaac, Jr. (tanner) 1 8 2 2   14
Lightfoot, Benjamin (storekeeper) 1 2 1 1   22
Leppley, Lorentz 1 1       1
Madery, Nicholas (mason) 1 1   1   2
Meyerly, Frederick (tobaconist) 1 1/2 1 1   2
Meyerly, Baltzer (mason) 1 1   1   3
Merge, John (labourer) 1 1       1
Miller, William (pumpmaker) 1 2   1   4
Maurer, Christian (taverner)   2   1   7
Merckle, Christian (blacksmith) 1 2 1 1   6
Meyer, Conrad 1 1       3
Meath, Philip (gent.) 1 1   1   5
Morris, Nicholas (yeoman) 1 1 1 1   2
Meyer, George 1 1   1   2
Meyerly, Conrad 1 1       2
Menkis, George 1 1   1   1
Maurer, George Ernest 1 1        
Miller, Peter 1 1   1   2
Marx, George (mason) 1 1   1   1
Meyer, Henry 1 1   1   1
Miller, Dewald           1
Marx, William (mason) 1 1       1
Meyer, Mathias 1 1   2   2
Morris, Isaac (joiner) 1 1       2
Neidley, Michael (joiner)           1
Naugle, Philip 1 1   1   1
Neithack, Jacob (shoemaker) 1 1       3
Neidley, Christopher (alehokeeper) 1 1/2 1 1   3
Naugle, George (cryer court) 1 1 1     2
Patton, John (Esq'r, justice peace) 2 1 1/2 1 2   15
Pearson, Benjamin (carpenter) 1 1   1   5
Pearson, Elijah (carpenter) 1 1   1   2
Parks, Benjamin (joiner) 1 1   1   2
Phillippe, John 1 1   1   2
Price, John (Esq'r, att'y at law) 1 3/4       7
Reeser, Leonard (labourer) 1 1       1
Rule, Henry (labourer) 1 1   1   1
Rush, Michael, Sr. (carpenter) 1 1   1   1
Rush, Michael, Jr. (carpenter) 1 1   1   2
Rowland, David           1
Rapp, Peter (butcher) 1 1 1 1   6
Rightmoyer, Michael (labourer)   1       1
Rightmoyer, Henry (wheelwright) 1 1/2   1   3
Rightmoyer, John (sadler) 1 1   1   2
Read, James (Esq'r, prot. Jus.peace 1 3 1     15
Reeser, William (gent.) 1 1 1 1   9
Rose, Earhard (taverner) 1 1   1   5
Ruppert, Philip 1 1   1   1
Ruppert, Leonard (alehokeeper) 1 1/2 1 1   3
Russell, Willilam (taylor) 1 1/2       1
Rein, David (glazier) 1 1   1   4
Rabbold, Jacob (brickmaker) 3 4 2 1 2 6
Reese, Josiah (shoemaker) 1 1   1   1
Seitzinger, Nicholas (innkeeper) 2 2 1 1   12
Seider, Jacob (labourer) 1 1 2 1   3
Spatz, Michael 1 1       1
Smith, Philip (joiner) 2 2   1   5
Schectelle, Michael 1 1   1   1
Steeff, Frederick (shoemaker) 1 1/2       1
Schryer, George (gunsmith) 1         1
Scheffer, Conrad 1 1       2
Senger, Henry (skinner) 1 1   1   6
Sands, James (joiner) 1 1   1   4
Sleagle, Adam (taylor) 1 1 1 1   7
Shoemaker, Jacob (taverner) 1 2 1 1   7
Shenck, Andrew (wheelwright) 1 1   1   4
Schultz, Samuel (blacksmith) 1 1   1   2
Seiber, Frederick 1 1       1
Shop, Gabriel (sadler) 1 1   1   4
Schilif, Peter           1
Stump, Michael (painter)           1
Scheirer, Henry (stocking weaver)           1
Slichter, Nicholas (mason) 1 1   1   2
Schumaker, Henry (mason) 1 1   1   2
Scull, James (surveyor) 1 2 1/2 2 1   5
Schreck, Joseph 1 1       1
Scull, John 1 1 1 1   7
Scull, Jasper (Esq'r, sheriff) 2 1 2 1   8
Smith, Christopher (butcher) 1 1       1
Schreit, John (gunsmith) 1 1/2 1 1   4
Snyder, George (mason) 1 1   1   2
Starr, James (brewer) 1 2 1 1   20
Shorb, John (shopkeeper) 1 1   1   2
Settely, Henry (farmer)     2 1   19
Shoppert, Nicholas 1 1   2   1
Straub,Thomas 1 1   1   1
Shauber, Andrew 1 1   1   2
Seitzinger, George (blacksmith) 1 1 1 1   4
Sensel, Frederick 1 1       4
Schultz, George (hatter & constable) 1 1 1 1   8
Strowhecker, Godlieb (labourer) 1 1   1   1
Urletig, Valentine (clock maker) 1 1   2   2
Wolf, Henry (shopkeeper) 1 1       4
Weiser, Peter (sadler) 2 2       4
Weiser, Samuel (clerk) 1 1/2   1   5
Winter, Jacob (labourer)       1   1
Wickersham, Isaac (joiner & goaler) 1 1/2 1 1   8
Witman, Christ'r (taverner & coroner) 2 2 1 1   10
Witman, Adam (storekeeper & rep.) 1 2 `1 1   80
Witman, Henry (shoemaker) 1 1 1     1
Wenrich, Francis (gent) 1 2 1 1   8
Weis, Philip (joiner) 1 1   1   2
Wunder, George (carpenter) 1 1 1 1   3
Whitehead, James (atty, com'r clerk) 2 4 3/4   2   20
Young, Martin 1 1   1   1
Youngman, Elias (hatter) 1 1/2 1 1   4
Young, Isaac (storekeeper) 1 1 1 1   5
Yarnal, Francis (mason) 1 2       3
Zimerman, Anthony            


Single Freemen

Name Shillings
Diem, Adam 15
Beyerley, Henry 15
Kreamer, Philip 15
Diem, Thomas 15
Boyer, Martin 15
Oswald, Jacob 15
Scherer, Nicholas 15
Brintz, John 15
Murray, Francis 15
Huling, John 15
Paine, William 15
Geis, Conrad 15
Grinding, William 15
Paul, Jeremiah 15
Madery, Samuel 15
Sourmilk, John 15
Grinding, James 15
Wessner, John 15
Filbert, Philip 15
Potteicher, Casper 15
Householder, Adam 15
Kuhn, John 15
Diem, Andrew 15
Wolf, Henry 15
Marge, Michael 15
Barger, Thomas 15
Spoon, John 15
Reener, William 15
Wunder, Christopher 15
Wolff, 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. 3-9.

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