Individual Details

Property

"Yellis, or Julius Rosenberger, as he is often called in the old deeds, inherited the trading, money-making disposition of his father, and the records of Bucks county show that he bought and sold many different properties in that county." (Rosenberger/Swartley Family History, pg 24.)

"There is a tradition concerning a large tract of land in Rockhill, which, in those days, was held by non-resident owners. It comprised, along with arable land, much of the Rockhills. Several squatters had settled on this land, among whom was a Rosenberger. They were ordered to vacate, but refused, and were only dispossessed by a Sheriff's posse. The latter came 'with a band of soldiers,' as the story goes, in the absence of Rosenberger. The women folks at home were very belligerent and prepared to scald the intruders. The Sheriff finally broke down the door and got possession. The writer has no dates as to the time of this transaction or which family were engaged." (ibid, pg. 25)

Will

"In this he bequeathed to his son Benjamin the 'plantation where I now live' containing 130 acres, then bounded by lands of Andrew Schlichter and Abraham Stoud. He also owned fourteen acres of woodland. His daughter, Ann received 1000 [pounds] and the other daughter Rebecca, a farm in Springfield where John Bissey lived.The son Henry had already received is portion....In 1795 [Yellis] bought 70 acres in Rockhill of Christian Dotterer,m which just before his death in 1808, [Yellis] sold to his son Henry..."