Return and Assessment, Reading, 1780

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Return and Assessment, Reading, 1780

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Return and Assessment, Reading, 1780
Name Acres Negroes Horses Cattle Tax
Arman, Wm. (taylor)       1 4.12 .6
Allgeier, Sebas’n. (cordw’n.)         2 .5 .0
Almold, Peter (bl’ksmith)     1 1 7 .2 .6
Assaner, Anth’y.         2 .2 .6
Bishop, Jno.         20.17 .6
Bird, Mark, Esq’r.         41.15 .0
Brown, John (cordwainer)     1 1 7 .7 .6
Barett, Joseph (joiner)         4.12 .6
Bearly, Henry (lab’r.)         2 .2 .6
Baum, Magdalene         12.10 .0
Brown, Henry (weaver)         2 .5 .0
Bob, Con’d. (tinman)       1 7 .0 .0
Brown, Con’d. (weaver)       1 7 .5 .0
Beyerly, Widow         10.10 .0
Bob, Mathew (tinman)       1 3 .0 .0
Beck, Con’d.       1 11.10 .0
Brossius, Nich’s.       1 3 .0 .0
Barenstein, Chri’r.     1 1 3 .0 .0
Bright, Jacob (brewer, b. h.)     1 2 23.12 .6
Bower, Nicholas 100   4 2 27.10 .0
Brunavel, Casper (butcher)         2 .5 .0
Beckly, Henry (taylor)       1 5 .0 .0
Baker, Godfrey (carpenter)     1 2 10 .2 .4
Bickly, Adam (taylor)       1 4 .7 .6
Barlet, Paul (carpenter)       1 6.10 .0
Bush, Nich’s.       1 8.12 .6
Brown, Mathew (weaver)       1 2.15 .0
Bright, Nich’s.     3 2 36 .7 .6
Breiner, Jacob (cordw’n.)       1 5.15 .0
Burkhat, Jacob, Sen’r. (weaver)         2.10 .0
Burkhat, Jacob, Ju’r. (weaver)         2.10 .0
Boyer, Jno. (weaver)       1 6.17 .6
Brown, Peter (weaver)         2 .5 .0
Bob, Anthony (gunsmith)     1   4.7.6
Bonzy, Chris’r.     1 1 7 .0 .0
Barlet, Eliz’a., widow       1 6.10 .0
Bloch, Mich’l.       1 2.15 .0
Bingeman, Henry 95   2 5 57.14 .0
Beeler, Paul     5 1 6.10 .0
Bathold, Jacob (mason)         2 .5 .0
Brendlinger, Joseph         2 .1 .8
Biddle, Eliz’a., widow   2     28 .2 .6
Biddle, Jones (attorney)   2     18.10 .0
Bright, Peter (inkeeper) 5   4 3 19 .2 .6
Bower, Con’d., estate 23       95 .7 .6
Benevil, Doc’r.         10.10 .0
Christein, Godlieb (butcher)     2 1 11.12 .6
Conrad, Nich’s.     1 1 9 .5 .0
Coleman, Wm. (wheelwright)         3.10 .0
Collier, Jno. (taylor)     1 1 4.17 .6
Christ, Henry, Ju’r.       1 4.10 .0
Collier, Joseph (sadler)     1   12 .2 .6
Christein, Fred’k.       1 4 .7 .6
Christ, Henry, Esq’r. (register)       1 22 .5 .0
Collody, Jacob (carp’r.)       1 4.15 .0
Daubert, Peter       1 1.10 .0
Dihl, Jno. (tanner) 30 1 1 1 28 .0 .0
Deamer, James (Doc’r.)       1 6.15 .0
Deam, Peter (cordwainer)     1 1 7 .7 .6
Degenhart, Henry (tinman)         6 .7 .6
Deibel, Geo. (brushma’r.)         2 .5 .0
Dick, Nich’s., Sen’r.       1 8.10 .0
Dick, Jacob (turner)       1 3 .0 .0
Derringer, Chris’r. (hatter)         3 .0 .0
Dewees, Wm. (cordw’n.)         2 .5 .0
Deam, Chris’r. (turner)       1 4.17 .6
Dewees, Sam’l. (cordw’n.)       1 4 .7 .6
Depler, Jno. (sadler)       1 9.12 .0
Dundass, Tho’s. (merch’t.)       2 17.10 .0
Depple, Peter (lab’r.)         1.10 .0
Drinkhouse, Adam     4 1 19 .0 .0
Egee, Adam       1 3 .5 .0
Eisenbeis, Geo.       1 3 .5 .0
Eisenbeis, Allex’r.       1 3 .0 .0
Eckert, Valentine, Esq’r. 3   5 2 29.12 .6
Epler, Jacob 5       26.10 .0
Engle, And’w.         3 .0 .0
Egee, Paul (lab’r.)         2 .5 .0
Frey, Jno. (potter)     3 2 12.12 .6
Fornwalt, Balzer (hatter)       1 9.10 .0
Feasig, Con’d. (silver smith)          
Fleisher, Jno. (skinner)       1 5 .0 .0
Fleisher, Casper (inkeeper)         6 .0 .0
Forrest, And’r. (apothecary)       1 6 .0 .0
Fricker, Anthony (innkeeper)       1 30.12 .6
Feather, Peter (innkeeper) 10   2 3 37 .5 .0
Feather, Isaac (millwright)         4.10 .0
Fix, Widow       1 4 .7 .6
Fehler, Leon’d. (sadler)     1 1 8.15 .0
Felix, Nich’s. (cordw’n.)       1 3.15 .0
Fisher, Chris’r. (cordw’r.)       1 3.15 .0
Federa, Stephen (taylor)       1 2 .5 .0
Fisher, Phillip (carp’r.)       1 7 .0 .0
Fichthorn, Mich’l. (hatter)       1 13.15 .0
Figthorn, And’w (gunsmith)       1 3 .0 .0
Freeman, Geo. (lab’r.)         2 .2 .6
Felix, Isaac (tobacconist)       1 6.17 .6
Fox, Jno., Ju’r. (bl’ksmith)         2 .5 .0
Freymyer, Wm.       1 14.15 .0
Felix, Martine         3 .2 .6
Fleisher, Geo. (b’smith)       1 9 .7 .6
Fox, Jno., Sen’r. (b’smith)       1 2 .5 .0
Fullweiler, Jno. (turner)       1 6.17 .6
Fulz, Valen’n. (mason)       1 3.15 .0
Filpert, Peter     4 1 9 .5 .0
Gardner, Geo. (weaver) 9       4.10 .0
Gossler, Fred’k.     3 1 2.15 .0
Goss, Henry (baker)       2 26.15 .0
Greese, Ernst (cordw’r.)         4.12 .6
Grayton, Alex’r. (attorney)         9.15 .0
Gobin, Cha’s. (inkeeper)       1 6 .0 .0
Geisler, Geo. (joiner)         4.12 .6
Greese, Didrich (tobacconist)         3 .0 .0
Geist, Conrad (inkeeper) 5   1 1 17 .5 .0
Graul, Jacob       2 3 .0 .0
Grove, Peter (hatter)       1 6 .0 .0
Greaff, Will’m. (gunsmith)       2 9 .5 .0
Gross, Jno. (bookbinder)         6.15 .0
Goodheart, Jno. (skinner)       1 9 .7 .6
Goodheart, Wm. (skinner)         2 .5 .0
Green, Wm. (merch’t.)       2 10 .1 .8
Goodheart, Henry (hatter)       1 3 .0 .0
Grindling, James (taylor)         4.12 .6
Graydon, Rachel       1 18.10 .0
Hoffa, Henry (high sheriff)     1 1 5 .0 .0
Haller, Col. Henry     4 3 24.10.0
Heester, Col. Joseph   2 1   30.17 .6
Hoover, Peter (carter)         3 .0 .0
House, Geo. (lab’r.)     1 1 2.15 .0
Hardman, Jno. (inkeeper) 20 1 1 2 35 .1 .8
Harvey, Mich’l. (com’ry.)         6 .0 .0
Heaster, Dan’l. (tanner)   3 2 2 33.10 .0
Hoff, Jacob (inkeeper)       1 11.10 .0
Heabner, Jno. (carpen’r.)       1 2 .5 .0
Holseeder, Peter (cooper)     1   13.15 .0
Hassenplug, Yost (lab’r.)         2.10 .0
Henritzy, Balzer (hatter) 14   1 1 12. 5 .0
Huaff, Jno. (weaver)         2.10 .0
Heeman, Sam’l. (hatter) 12   1 1 12 .5 .0
Hausman, Martine     4 1 11 .5 .0
Haga, Wolfgang (gunsmith)     1 1 9.10 .0
Heist, Geo. (baker)       2 3 .5 .0
Hill, Jno. (cordwainer)         3 .0 .0
Hinkelman, Geo. (cordw’r.)         3 .0 .0
Hays, Mosses, Esq’r.     6 2 9.14 .0
Hehn, Henry (b’smith)     1 1 12.10 .0
Holseeder, Adam, estate         14.12 .6
Holseeder, Cath’a.         2 .2 .6
Heinor, Krafft (baker)       1 25.17 .6
Hardman, Jno. (miller)       1 8.10 .0
Hienor, Casper (shopkeeper)     1 1 15.15 .0
Jones, Geo. (lab’r.)         3 .8 .4
Jackson, Sam’l. (hatter)       2 14 .0 .0
Joder, Sarah, widow       1 4 .7 .6
Krone, Gabriel (cordw’r.)       1 8 .2 .6
Kepner, Bernard     4 3 27.17 .6
Klinger, Peter (joiner)         4 .5 .0
Keiser, Jacob (innkeeper) 5   2 1 18.10 .0
Kendle, Jno. (weaver)       1 13.10 .0
Keim, Jno. (clockmaker)       2 21.15 .0
Klinger, Jno. (joiner)       1 3.15 .0
Koch, Mich’l. (lab’r.)         3 .0 .0
Kidd, Jno. (coppersmith)       1 9 .7 .6
Koch, Ma’w.     1   7 .2 .6
Kremer, Phil. (sadle tree maker)     1 2 9.15 .0
Klein, Geo. Mich’l. (cordw’r.)       1 3 .0 .0
Klein, Mich’l. (butcher)         3 .0 .0
Keim, Nich’s. (gentleman)         27 .2 .6
Koch, Con’d. (potter)         9 .0 .0
Klinger, Alex’r.         3 .0 .0
Kemror, Chris’r. (cooper)         3 .0 .0
Knorr, Wm.       1 4 .5 .0
Krause, Chris’r.         16.15 .0
Leaman, Jacob (baker)         4 .0 .0
Leitheiser, Jacob (barber)     1 1 8 .2 .6
Leibrand, Eliz’a.     1 1 5 .0 .0
Lepo, Paul (b’smith)       2 8 .2 .6
Leinbach, Benj’n. (taylor)       1 5 .0 .0
Lewis, Wm. (innkeeper)       1 11 .0 .0
Lott, Nich’s. mason         4 .5 .0
Lott, Phil. (mason)         3 .0 .0
Leaman, Godfrey (potter)         3 .0 .0
Leffler, Chris’r. (taylor)         3 .0 .0
Levan, Dan’l. (Pro’y. and C., Esq’r.)     1 1 32 .5 .0
Laub, Mich’l. (cooper) 1/8       3 .0 .0
Lincoln, Mordacai (inkeeper)     4 4 16.10 .0
Ludwig, Jno., Esq’r.     2 3 3 .0 .0
Lightfoot, Eliz’a. 235 1   1 59.10 .0
Leitheiser, Hardman (cordwainer)         3 .0 .0
Levan, Isaac (tanner) 5   4 3 22 .5 .0
McMurry, Joseph       1 3 .0 .0
Morris, Ezekiah   1   1 9 .0 .0
Merkle, Chris’r. (b’smith)       2 22 .2 .6
Messersmith, Dan’l.     2 2 31 .5 .0
Madery, Nich’s (mason)       1 8 .5 .0
Machomor, Wm. (blue dyer)     1 1 12 .5 .0
Miller, Widow     1 1 16.17 .6
Miller, Dewald       1 3 .5 .0
Miller, Jno. (miller)       1 3 .0 .0
Myerly, Fred’k.     2 2 22 .5 .0
Marx, Geo. (sadler)         3 .0 .0
Moyer, Ma’w (joiner)         6 .5 .0
Meyerly, Balzer (mason)       1 12.15 .0
Miller, Jno. (mason)       1 3.15 .0
Miller, Sam’l.         4 .5 .0
Moyer, Melchor         4 .5 .0
Merkle, Jno. (weaver)       1 5 .0 .0
Madery, Chris’r. (turner)       1 3 .0 .0
Mock, Jno.       1 3 .5 .0
Madery, Casper (mason)       1 3 .0 .0
Madery, Mich’l. (mason)         3 .0 .0
Moor, Wm.       1 30 .5 .0
Mears, Jno. (inkeeper) 6     1 33 .5 .0
Moritz, Nich’s.         3 .0 .0
Mifflin, Sam’l., Esq’r.   1 4 3 77 .0 .0
Miller, Henry (weaver)       1 9 .2 .6
Morriss, Jno.       3 41 .5 .0
Morgan, Jacob 50       33 .7 .6
Madery, Sam’l.         6 .5 .0
Miller, Philip (inkeeper)     2 1 10.10 .0
Nagel, Peter (hatter)   1   1 18.10 .0
Nagel, Phil.         4 .5 .0
Nagel, Fred’k. (mason)         6 .5 .0
Norbeck, Henry (nailer)         3 .0 .0
Nagel, Phil., Ju’r.         3 .0 .0
Neidly, Chris’r.       1 17 .0 .0
Otto, Jno. (Doc’r.)     1 1 17 .3 .0
Ottenheimer, Peter (butcher)     1   4.10 .0
Oswalt, Jacob (taylor)       1 7 .0 .0
Prozman, Chris’n.       1 7.10 .0
Pearson, Benj’n. (carp’r.)     1 1 14 .0 .0
Phister, Geo. (hatter)       1 4.10 .0
Phister, Dorst (butcher)     1 1 19 .0 .0
Phlieger, Geo. (blue dyer)         13.10 .0
Phillips, Jno. (nailer)         8.15 .0
Prince, Jno. (stocking weaver)       1 4.15 .0
Phillipi, Jno., Ju’r. (b’smith.)         4.15 .0
Petry, Jacob (weaver)         9 .0 .0
Park, Benj’n. (joiner)       1 4.15 .0
Phister, Jno. (butcher)         4 .0 .0
Potts, Jon’a., Esq’r.   2 3 1 84.10 .0
Pearson, Elijah (carp’r.)       1 7.10 .0
Patton, Jno., Esq’r.         25 .0 .0
Price, Rebecca       1 23 .2 .6
Ruppert, Phil. (cordw’r.)       1 7.17 .6
Rabold, Jacob (innkeeper)       1 24 .0 .0
Rose, Erhard (innkeeper)       1 30 .5 .0
Ruppart, Lean’d. (inkeeper)         13 .6 .8
Row, Henry (barber)         3 .0 .0
Reeser, Wm. (gent.)         16.15 .0
Rightmyer, Geo. (wheelright)       1 3 .0 .0
Pruzman, Widow         16.15 .0
Rightmyer, Chris’r. (wheelright)       1 11.10 .0
Reinfsnyder, Mich’l. (hatter)       1 4.10 .0
Reiffsnyder, Jno. (gunsmith)       1 4.10 .0
Rightmyer, Jno. (sadler)       1 13 .5 .0
Rapp, Fred’k. (hatter) 1 1/4   1 1 16.12 .6
Rapp, Peter (butcher) 1 1/2   3 3 46 .0 .0
Rapp, Mich’l. (butcher)     1   10.10 .0
Rosh, Mich’l. (carp’r.)       1 4.15 .0
Rosh, Stephen (cooper)       1 4.15 .0
Roehr, Ma’w. (cordw’r.)       1 3 .0 .0
Roehr, Nich’s. (cordw’r.)       1 3 .0 .0
Read, Collinson (attor’y) 5 1 1 1 28 .6 .8
Roland, David (tanner)     1 1 7 .7 .6
Riem, David (glazier) 5       16.15 .0
Rose, Daniel (clock’r.)     1 1 19 .0 .0
Reese, Jno. (mason)         4.12 .6
Rodermel, Jno.         4.12 .6
Rexrode, Zachariah (b’smith)         5.12 .6
Read, James, Esq’r.         4 .5 .0
Seizinger, Nich’s. Ju’r.         3 .0 .0
Simpson, Jno. (taylor)         3 .0 .0
Scull, Wm.         4.10 .0
Stealy, Jacob (taylor)       1 9 .2 .6
Scull, Jasper’s widow         8 .7 .6
Scull, Edw’d. (attorney)         4.10 .0
Spoz, Mich’l.       1 3 .0 .0
Seeder, Jacob         3 .0 .0
Setterly, Henry 300   5 4 81 .5 .0
Sheanor, Wm. (gunsmith)       1 3 .0 .0
Shulz, Geo. (hatter) 5     2 38.17 .6
Sherrer, Chris’n. (cordw’r.)       1 9 .0 .0
Seaver, Phil. (hatter)     1   4.10 .0
Shero, Wm. (taylor)         3 .0 .0
Stiles, Henry (silversmith)         3 .0 .0
Scull, James’s widow       1 4.10 .0
Sheyrer, Adam (innkeeper)   1     13.12 .6
Seyder, Eliz’a.       1 2 .5 .0
Sweyer, Henry         4.10 .0
Shell, Nich’s. (doc’r.)       1 4.15 .0
Seaver, Fred’k.         2 .2. 6
Shreffler, Henry (stocking weaver)       1 3.10 .0
Shreffler, Chris’r. (stocking weaver)       1 5 .0 .0
Shoemaker, Jacob, Esq’r. 10     1 29 .7 .6
Slagel, Adam       1 11.12 .6
Senger, Henry (skinner)     1 2 17 .0 .0
Straup, Valen’n. (millright)     2 1 12.15 .0
Sherror, Nich’s. (cordw’r.)       1 13 .2 .6
Slichter, Nich’s. (mason)       1 6.17 .6
Stealy, Jacob (innkeeper)     1 1 22.10 .0
Shoemaker, Geo. (mason)       1 6.17 .6
Shoppert, Eve, widow         5 .5 .0
Summers, Leon’d. (coachmaker)       1 6 .5 .0
Shaber, And’w. (turner)     1 1 7.10 .0
Silvius, Barb’a.       1 8.10 .0
Shreffler, Henry, Ju’r. (stock-w’r)     2 2 8 .0 .0
Steiff, Fred’k. (cordw’r.)       1 4.15 .0
Seizinger, Nich’s. Ju’r. (b’smith)         3 .0 .0
Settely, Chris’n. (mason)       1 4.10 .0
Seider, John (lab’r.)       1 3 .0 .0
Senzel, Fred’k       1 9 .7 .6
Seiz, Geo. (mason)       1 3 .0 .0
Strohecker, Godlieb (mason)       1 2 .5 .0
Stone, Jno. (innkeeper)     2 1 19 .0 .0
Settly, Henry, Ju’r.       1 3 .0 .0
Smith, Phil. (joiner)       2 8 .0 .0
Stump, Godlieb (joiner)       1 4.15 .0
Stoy, Doc’r. Wm.     1 1 4.10 .0
Scull, Mary, widow         2 .2 .6
Strohecker, Jno. (mason)       1 4.15 .0
Shoemaker, Jno. (mason)       1 4.15 .0
Shenfelder, Jno. (tinman)         3.10 .0
Spoon, Jno. (gent.)   1 2 2 49 .2 .6
Snell, Jno.     1 1 21.17 .6
Tallman, Wm.         10 .8 .0
Uhrledig, Valentine (clock’r.)       1 4.15 .0
Voght, Henry (clock’r.)       2 6 .0 .0
Vanderslice, Henry         5 .7 .6
Wagstaff, James (silversmith)       1 4.10 .0
Witman, Henry (butcher)       1 3.10 .0
Wood, Joseph         10.10 .0
Witman, Jno.       2 17.15 .0
Way, Conr’d. (cooper)       1 9 .7 .6
Weis, Philip       1 6.10 .0
Wickersham, Isaac (joiner)       1 6.10 .0
Winter, Henry (taylor)     1 1 3 .0 .0
Wolf, Henry (lab’r)       1 3 .0 .0
Witman, Adam, Esq’r.     1 4 59.17 .6
Wonder, Geo. (joiner)       2 17.10 .0
Weiny, Jacob (gentl’n)         14 .0 .0
Wilcox, William   1 3 1 22 .5 .0
Witz, Cha’s. (whitesmith)       2 10 .7 .6
Weiser, Eve       1 9.10 .0
Whitehead, Sussanna       2 14.17 .6
Weidman, Abr’m (inkeeper)       2 15.15 .0
Weimest, Peter (taylor)         3 .0 .0
Witman, Barb’a.         3 .0 .0
Wolf, Henry (taylor)       2 12 .2 .6
Yerger, Jno.         3 .0 .0
Yeager, Henry (wheelright)       1 8 .2 .6
Yeager, Jacob 20   2 1 13 .5 .0
Yeager, Geo. (wheelright)       1 8 .2 .6
Young, Isaac     4 4 21.10 .0
Younkman, Tho’s.     1 1 9 .7 .6
Yeager, Geo. (tanner)       1 4.10 .0
Zimmerman, Chris’r.         3 .2 .6
Zimmerman, Anthony (staymaker)       1 8 .5 .0

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Return and Assessment, Reading, 1780
Name Amount of Tax
Brown, Geo. 7.10 .0
Hahn, Henry 7.10 .0
Dringle, Jno. 7.10 .0
Yoder, Jacob 7.10 .0
Baldy, Henry 5 .0 .0
Fix, Law’ce. 3 .0 .0
Klingman, Jacob 6 .0 .0
Miller, Peter 7 .0 .0
Philippi, Geo. 2.10 .0
Dick, Nich’s. 7.10 .0
Kendle, Joseph 7.10 .0
Bower, Geo. 7.10 .0
Scott, And’w. 10 .0 .0
Ottenheimer, Balzer 7.10 .0
Young, Isaac 7.10 .0
Ashton, Peter 15 .0 .0
Worrel, Jno. 4.10 .0
Smith, Peter 4.10 .0
Wickersham, Abr’m. 4.10 .0
Settely, Jacob 4.10 .0
Gradon, And’w. 10 .0 .0
Ermold, Wm. 4.10 .0
Shreffler, Godlieb 4.10 .0
Heaster, Wm. 10 .0 .0
Lot, Nich’s. 4.10 .0
Young, Jacob 16 .0 .0

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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. 394-403.

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