Jacob Roth Killed by Indians

Ancestor is a victim of the hazards that existed on the harsh Colonial Frontier.

The following chronology outlines some historical facts pertaining to Conrad

Roth’s father, Jacob Roth, and his death by the Indians.

-- Jacob Roth (my 5th grgrandfather), came to America on the ship "Dragon".

arriving at Philadelphia Sept. 26, 1749. This ship had "Foreigners from

Palatinate and Zwiebrucken". A friend, George Hartlieb, was a fellow passenger

on this voyage from Germany.

-- Jacob settled in Plainfield Twp., Northampton Co., and his son Conrad

was born August 27, 1752. His god-father was Conrad Bittenbender.

--The names of Jacob Roth, George Hartlieb, and Conrad Bittenbender all appear on the

list of settlers who were assigned to various "Frontier Forts of PA" (Northampton County)

during the 1750-1760 period.

--Jacob Roth and Bittenbender were both killed in an Indian attack May 2,

1757, in Hamilton Twp., Monroe County, PA. Account of this incident is related in

a book "Frontier Forts of PA", by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, 1916. Excerpt from this

boo appears in RootsWeb, PANORTHA-L Archives.

-- After the death of Jacob Roth, George Hartlieb was appointed guardian of

Conrad (age 5) and his siblings, by the Orphan’s Court, Northampton County.

-- Anna Elizabeth Roth, "widow of Jacob Roth, who was killed by the Indians

beyond Blue Mountains", returned to Moore Twp. She remarried Sept. 8, 1758 to

George Stolze.

Sources:

Ship’s List, Rootsweb/USGenWeb/PA

Frontier Forts of PA, USGenWeb/PA

Records of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Lehigh County, PA, 1750-

1764, page 533.

Pennsylvania Vital Records, Volume 1

"Frontier Forts of PA", Thomas Lynch Montgomery

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