Family Massacre
Mrs Elizabeth (Yeiser) Foose, the mother of Anna, wife of George Brownmiller, was born in New York, and with three other children came to Berks county. Her father, mother and two children were murdered by the Tuscarora Indians in New York State, while the father was in the field plowing. The four children who escaped were in the woods when the Indians made their murderous attack, and seeing what was happening they fled through the forest to an old sawmill where the oldest buried the three younger ones in a pile of saw-dust and then ran on until the owner of the sawmill appeared. He took all four to a public house, where they were cared for. After coming to Berks county, Elizabeth lived as a servant in the family named Zacharias, near Kissinger's Bridge, in Bern township..
From History of Berks County Pennsylvania by Morton Montgomery, page 1704
Editor note: Mr. Montgomery refers to Elizabeth as Mrs. Foos. Also called Foose. This name was sometimes referred as Hughes which was used in various obituaries and newspaper stories including the obituary of George Brownmiller. Two sons for George and Anna each have a middle initial H. Elias Foose married Elizabeth Yeiser and their only known child was Anna. Another issue is Elizabeth's marriage to Henry Gehret in 1795, before the birth of Anna. Did Elizabeth have children with Henry Gehret? When did Elias Foos come into the picture. Why did Elizabeth not take his name but was buried Gehret?
End editor note
Petition to the Berks County Orphans Court for Ludwig Nunnenmacher as Guardian of "Jacob Jaiser and Elizabeth Jaiser minors above the age of fourteen years two of the children of Joachim Jaiser late of Northumberland County yeoman deceased"
1863 23 May — Age: 89 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death Notice from Reading Adler: Elisabeth Gehret, born Yeiser, 89 years 5 months, died in the home of her son-in-law George Braunmiller
Marriage to Elizabeth Yeiser
1795 16 Aug Berks, Pennsylvania
Record of Rev. William Boos, Schwartzwald Reformed Church: Marriage of Elisabetha Jeiser of Alsace Township and Henrich Gereth of Alsace Township
Link to Elias Hughes for reference only. Father of Anna under continued research.
Mrs Elizabeth (Yeiser) Foose, the mother of Anna, wife of George Brownmiller, was born in New York, and with three other children came to Berks county. Her father, mother and two children were murdered by the Tuscarora Indians in New York State, while the father was in the field plowing. The four children who escaped were in the woods when the Indians made their murderous attack, and seeing what was happening they fled through the forest to an old sawmill where the oldest buried the three younger ones in a pile of saw-dust and then ran on until the owner of the sawmill appeared. He took all four to a public house, where they were cared for. After coming to Berks county, Elizabeth lived as a servant in the family named Zacharias, near Kissinger's Bridge, in Bern township..
From History of Berks County Pennsylvania by Morton Montgomery, page 1704
Editor note: Mr. Montgomery refers to Elizabeth as Mrs. Foos. Also called Foose. This name was sometimes referred as Hughes which was used in various obituaries and newspaper stories including the obituary of George Brownmiller. Two sons for George and Anna each have a middle initial H. Elias Foose married Elizabeth Yeiser and their only known child was Anna. Another issue is Elizabeth's marriage to Henry Gehret in 1795, before the birth of Anna. Did Elizabeth have children with Henry Gehret? When did Elias Foos come into the picture. Why did Elizabeth not take his name but was buried Gehret?
End editor note
Petition to the Berks County Orphans Court for Ludwig Nunnenmacher as Guardian of "Jacob Jaiser and Elizabeth Jaiser minors above the age of fourteen years two of the children of Joachim Jaiser late of Northumberland County yeoman deceased"
1863 23 May — Age: 89 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death Notice from Reading Adler: Elisabeth Gehret, born Yeiser, 89 years 5 months, died in the home of her son-in-law George Braunmiller
Marriage to Elizabeth Yeiser
1795 16 Aug Berks, Pennsylvania
Record of Rev. William Boos, Schwartzwald Reformed Church: Marriage of Elisabetha Jeiser of Alsace Township and Henrich Gereth of Alsace Township
Link to Elias Hughes for reference only. Father of Anna under continued research.
Family Massacre
Mrs Elizabeth (Yeiser) Foose, the mother of Anna, wife of George Brownmiller, was born in New York, and with three other children came to Berks county. Her father, mother and two children were murdered by the Tuscarora Indians in New York State, while the father was in the field plowing. The four children who escaped were in the woods when the Indians made their murderous attack, and seeing what was happening they fled through the forest to an old sawmill where the oldest buried the three younger ones in a pile of saw-dust and then ran on until the owner of the sawmill appeared. He took all four to a public house, where they were cared for. After coming to Berks county, Elizabeth lived as a servant in the family named Zacharias, near Kissinger's Bridge, in Bern township..
From History of Berks County Pennsylvania by Morton Montgomery, page 1704
Editor note: Mr. Montgomery refers to Elizabeth as Mrs. Foos. Also called Foose. This name was sometimes referred as Hughes which was used in various obituaries and newspaper stories including the obituary of George Brownmiller. Two sons for George and Anna each have a middle initial H. Elias Foose married Elizabeth Yeiser and their only known child was Anna. Another issue is Elizabeth's marriage to Henry Gehret in 1795, before the birth of Anna. Did Elizabeth have children with Henry Gehret? When did Elias Foos come into the picture. Why did Elizabeth not take his name but was buried Gehret?
End editor note
Petition to the Berks County Orphans Court for Ludwig Nunnenmacher as Guardian of "Jacob Jaiser and Elizabeth Jaiser minors above the age of fourteen years two of the children of Joachim Jaiser late of Northumberland County yeoman deceased"
1863 23 May — Age: 89 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death Notice from Reading Adler: Elisabeth Gehret, born Yeiser, 89 years 5 months, died in the home of her son-in-law George Braunmiller
Marriage to Elizabeth Yeiser
1795 16 Aug Berks, Pennsylvania
Record of Rev. William Boos, Schwartzwald Reformed Church: Marriage of Elisabetha Jeiser of Alsace Township and Henrich Gereth of Alsace Township
Link to Elias Hughes for reference only. Father of Anna under continued research.
Mrs Elizabeth (Yeiser) Foose, the mother of Anna, wife of George Brownmiller, was born in New York, and with three other children came to Berks county. Her father, mother and two children were murdered by the Tuscarora Indians in New York State, while the father was in the field plowing. The four children who escaped were in the woods when the Indians made their murderous attack, and seeing what was happening they fled through the forest to an old sawmill where the oldest buried the three younger ones in a pile of saw-dust and then ran on until the owner of the sawmill appeared. He took all four to a public house, where they were cared for. After coming to Berks county, Elizabeth lived as a servant in the family named Zacharias, near Kissinger's Bridge, in Bern township..
From History of Berks County Pennsylvania by Morton Montgomery, page 1704
Editor note: Mr. Montgomery refers to Elizabeth as Mrs. Foos. Also called Foose. This name was sometimes referred as Hughes which was used in various obituaries and newspaper stories including the obituary of George Brownmiller. Two sons for George and Anna each have a middle initial H. Elias Foose married Elizabeth Yeiser and their only known child was Anna. Another issue is Elizabeth's marriage to Henry Gehret in 1795, before the birth of Anna. Did Elizabeth have children with Henry Gehret? When did Elias Foos come into the picture. Why did Elizabeth not take his name but was buried Gehret?
End editor note
Petition to the Berks County Orphans Court for Ludwig Nunnenmacher as Guardian of "Jacob Jaiser and Elizabeth Jaiser minors above the age of fourteen years two of the children of Joachim Jaiser late of Northumberland County yeoman deceased"
1863 23 May — Age: 89 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania
Death Notice from Reading Adler: Elisabeth Gehret, born Yeiser, 89 years 5 months, died in the home of her son-in-law George Braunmiller
Marriage to Elizabeth Yeiser
1795 16 Aug Berks, Pennsylvania
Record of Rev. William Boos, Schwartzwald Reformed Church: Marriage of Elisabetha Jeiser of Alsace Township and Henrich Gereth of Alsace Township
Link to Elias Hughes for reference only. Father of Anna under continued research.
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