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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



redations of the Doane outlaws, wlio 

 did not hesitate to maltreat and torture 

 the families of tax collectors in order to 

 ascertain the hiding place of the public 

 money. In religion Andreas Schneider 

 was a member of the Lutheran church. 

 He had received more than the ordinary- 

 advantages in the way of education, and 

 took an active interest in the establish- 

 ment of schools in the community in 

 which he lived. He spoke the French 

 language fluently, and while living in the 

 neighborhood of Gerniantown was gen- 

 erally referred to as "the Frenchman." 

 He died on his Richland farm about the 

 year 1816. He married in 1765 Margaret 

 Jacobi, whose parents were also early 

 settlers in upper Bucks county, and they 

 were the parents of eleven children, 

 viz.; Frederick, who married a INIiss 

 Eckhart and had seven children; Eliza- 

 beth, who married Stephen Knizeley and 

 had five children; Catharine, who mar- 

 ried Isaac Bean and had five children; 

 Andrew Jr., who married Mary Mickley 

 and had five children; Margaret, who 

 married John Weisel and had ten chil- 

 dren; Magdalena, who married Jacob 

 Bean; Henry, who married a Miss Mes- 

 simer and had one child; George, who 

 married Mary IMickley and had ten 

 children; John, who married Elizabeth 

 Hinkle and had eleven children; Mary, 

 who married Philip Rumfield and had 

 four children; and Susanna who never 

 married. 



John Snyder was the seventh child of 

 Andreas and Margaret (Jacobi) Schnei- 

 der, and was born and reared in Rich- 

 land township. Bucks county. He was 

 a farmer and lived and died in Richland 

 township, his death occurrir"- pbnut 

 August I. 1844. His wife was Elizabeth 

 Hinkle, daughter of John Hinkle, who 

 owned and occupied a farm adjoining 

 that of Andreas Snvder,. in Richland. 

 The children of John and E'i7ibeth 

 (Hinkle) Snj'der were as follows: 

 William H.. who married Catharine 

 Heist and died befo.re his father, leav- 

 ing two children. Charles and ^^'^illiam; 

 John H.. the father of the subject of 

 this sketch, who married Anna Groov- 

 er; Tobiss H., who died unmarried; 

 Lydia, who died young; Sarah, v'- 

 also died unmarried; Amos H.. Avho 

 married Mary Blank: Andre"' H.. never 

 married: Carolina, who married George 

 Brnna:; Thnmas H., who married Sarah 

 Erdman; Catharine, who married .'^p" 

 lie! Cressman. and Joseph H., who never 

 married. 



Tohn H. Snvder, son of John and 

 Eliznbcth (Hinkle) Snvder. was born in 

 Richland townshin. May 20. i8t6. and 

 died in Philadelnhia. September .•^o. 

 187=;. When a lad he was apprenticed 

 to the shoemaker trade but was obliged 

 to relinquish it on account of ill hcnlth. 

 He entered the famous academy of Pro- 

 fessor Blech, at Bethlehem, and fitted 



himself for teaching school, and taught 

 for twelve years, 1839 to 1851, part of the- 

 time at Rufe's school in Durham towi 

 ship, later at Hellertown, Northampton 

 county, where he resided at the time- 

 of his marriage, and the last thrp. 

 years, 1848 to 1851, at Farmersville, 

 Northampton county, Pennsylvania. In 

 1851 he removed with his family to- 

 Richlandtown, Bucks county, where he 

 conducted the village hotel until March 

 21, 1861, when he removed to a farm 

 formerly owned by his wife's father, John 

 Groover, in Durham township. In 1873. 

 the family removed to Philadelphia, 

 where Mr. Snyder died September 30, 

 1873. Mrs. Snyder is sH:ill living. Anna. 

 (Groover) Snyder, wife of John H. Sny- 

 der, was born in Nockamixon township,. 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania March 29, 

 1821, and was a daughter of John and 

 Catharine (Miller) Kruger, (that being: 

 the original spellin,g of the name). Her 

 grandfather, Nicholas Kruger, is said t-^ 

 have been born in Germany, and died in 

 Nockamixon township in 1842. His- 

 grandfather. Nicholas Grouger (or Kru- 

 ger) was one of the earliest settlers on 

 the Tohickon, in Tinicum township, and 

 died there in 1773. leaving a widow Ul- 

 fronica and children Nicholas. Philip^ 

 Mary Barbara and Anna Elizabeth. 

 Nicholas Kruger. first above mentioned, 

 married Catharine Wolfinger and had 

 five children; Henry, who married Mary 

 Trauger; Elizabeth, who married Nicho- 

 las Younkin; Margaret, who married a 

 Fenner; John, who married Catharine 

 IMiller; and Nicholas, who married Susan 

 Rufe. John Kruger and Catharine Mil- 

 ler were the parents of five children: 

 Anna, the wife of John H. Snyder, and 

 the mother of the subject of this sketch; 

 William, who died in infancy; Charles,^ 

 who married Hannah Frankenfield; Sa- 

 rah, wife of George Harwick; and Sam- 

 uel, who died in childhood. 



John H. Snyder was a member of the- 

 Lutheran church, and in politics was a 

 Democrat. He was a master mason of 

 Philetus Lodsje. No. 527. F. & A. M., 

 at the time of his decease. He had five 

 sons,- — -Martin L.. John A., and Charles 

 A., who are living, and Robert J. and 

 Mat-cus F.. who died in infancv. 



Martin E. Snyder was born in North- 

 ampton county, where his father was 

 at that time teaching school, but his 

 parents removing to Richlandtown, 

 Bucks countj\ when he was less than a 

 year old. his earliest education was ac- 

 quired in the public schools there: he 

 later attended the Monroe school in 

 Durham township, and finished his edu- 

 cation at the Excelsior Normal Insti- 

 tute at Carversville, .Solebury township, 

 Bucks count}\ Pennsylvania. At the age 

 of sixteen years he be.gan teaching- 

 school and taught in the public schools 

 of Bucks county for three j-cars. At the 

 age of nineteen years he went to Phila- 



