"Phillip Lauer settled upon a tract of forty-seven acres of land which he bought April 10 A.D. 1810, from Nicholas Klein. This was a part of a farm of one hundred eighty acres which was surveyed and warranted to Casper Blylor, on the 29th day of April, 1746. It lies one mile east of the village of Alburtis, and is now occupied by his grandson, Jonas Lauer. May 28, 1827, Phillip obtained a patent thereof from the commonwealth upon giving an indenture of mortgage thereon for the sum of $141.29.
He was a tailor by trade, and was married to Elizabeth Wieand, of Montgomery County, by whom he had twelve children - George, Catherine, Peter, Jacob, Samuel, Henry, Daniel, Joseph, Judith, Jonas, Nathan, and Sarah. Jonas now resides in Ohio, Joseph at Philadelphia, and Nathan in Mercer County, this State. Sarah lives in Berks County, and is married to Ephriam Geary.
Daniel bought the homestead from his father, and in August, 1841, he moved thereon. He was married to Sarah Schwartz, a daughter of Daniel Schwartz, of Upper Milford. He was for a term of eight years road supervisor of his township, and served a term of three years as county commissioner. He was a prominent member of Lehigh Church, where he held from time to time various offices. He died March 12, 1878, at the age of seventy-two. He had a family of four children, - Eliza, married to George Desh, of Macungie; Caroline, married to Michael Miller, of Topton; Franklin, who resides with his family in Iowa; and Jonas, who lives on the homestead, which he bought from his father in 1875. The wife of Daniel is a hearty old woman of seventy-five years, and lives with her son Jonas on the homestead. Her father, Daniel Schwartz, took an active part in the opposition to the "house-tax" in 1789. He was taken prisoner and was tried at Easton, but was acquitted."

Will filed 25 Feb. 1833 (Original in Old German)
"...Second: it is my will that because my son Jacob has had an illegitimate child with Catharina Lauer, daughter of Philip Lauer, against the laws of God and against the laws of the land, a child for which I and my two sons, Peter and Gabriel have settled with Philip Lauer and have given him a bond of forty pounds with legal interest and we have paid until the present day all yearly interest and are obligated to pay such until the above-named bastard child has reached the age of 21: thus it is my will that my executors named below subtract 40 pounds with the interest of 5 years, namely the most recent 5 years, from the inheritance of my son Jacob, and in case these 40 pounds have to be paid before my death and from my property, so that my two sons Peter and Gabriel may pay these, in which case my executors shall pay to my sons Peter and Gabriel such 40 pounds with 5 years interest from the debts which they owe me."
Will for Jacob Klein signed 24 Oct 1832.

Appendix No. 14, pg. 465 Names of Early Settlers in Tulphocken, Berks & Lebanon Counties: Christian Lauer. Submitted to us by Kerry Kline, Clarion PA.

• Philip Lauer Dec 1771 Feb 1856 84Yahre 2 monate und 10 Tage
• Elizabeth Lauer geboren den 10 Januar 1775 und is gestorben den 22 Mar 1819 ihr alter war 74 jahre 4 Monate und 12 Tage
• Samuel Lauer geboren den 25 Mar 1802 ___den 25 December 1819 war alt 17 Jahre u. 9 Monate

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