Individual Details
Hans Adam RÖDER
(2 Jul 1706 - 18 Apr 1773)
See Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 11, page 239: Adam Rader (Roeder) of German origin lived on a plantation near Timberville, Rockingham County, VA. His mother (then 86 year old then) lived in Makuntsche (Macungie, now Emmaus, Lehigh County, PA). About 1 mile west of his plantation stood Rader's Church, which was known to be one of the oldest places of worship in Rockingham. From its beginning until 1879, this church was used jointly by the German Reformed and Lutheran denominations.
Appraiser in Augusta County, VA in 1749. In 1757, sold 100 acres of land on North River to Mathias Rader. In 1768, Henry Maze petitioned for a road to run as far as Adam Rader's place.
His will, April 18, 1773 left to his wife and true helpmate, to sons, Anthony, Mathias, George, and Adam Jr., and three daughters. Deeds to be made for lands sold. 20 pounds was to be shared by Elizabeth's children. The will was proved on May 18.
The first nown records of the Roder family in Pennsylvania are found in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church where Adam, son of Adam and Katharina Roder, was a member in 1731. Records from this church shows a Michael Roder becoming the 17th member of that church.
Adam and Anna Barbara came to the the new world about 1724 with Adam's mother and possibly his sister, her husband and their children. There is not ship record of the Roder family from 1720-1724. The New Goshenhoppen Church records in Pennsylvania gives the year of emigration as 1724.
They settled in Falkner Swamp, Hanover twp, PA. He was a deacon at the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church on January 6, 1740. February 26, 1744, is the last time his name appeared in the Pennsylvania Records. He was naturalized in Philadelphia on 22 September 1740.
Hans Adam and Anna Barbara Roder arrived in Virginia ca 1745, since the Revolutionary records show Adam's son, Anthony birth occurred in 1745 in Augusta County, VA. Adam is also found in the Augusta County Vestry book in 1746 and 1748 and in land transactions dating from 1747.
Between 1745 and the time of his death in 1773, Adam owner 1500 acres and operated a lead mine on the property.
Joseph Spangenberg and Matthew Reutz from Bethlehem, PA kept a diary of their journeys. It says...
"On the morning od July 26, 1748 they came to a marked path. It brought them to a salt lick which is frequented by the elks and where they are usually shot by hunters. A kind spirit led them to the right way which they continued their journey, till they came in the evening to a German plantation. Here Adam Roder lives, whose mother, 86 years of age lives at Makuntsche (Maucungie, now Emmaus, Lehigh Co., PA) and belongs to the Moravian congregation."
The missionaries were now in the vicinity of Timberville, Rockingham Co., VA. About one mile west of this place stands Rader's church, which is known to be one of the oldest places in Rockingham.
The diary of Rev. Charles Lange, pastor at Frederick, MD who visited the congregation 17 April 1768
see "Fathers of the Reformed Church", Vol 11, p 154
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia; Vol 2, pp 240-249 by Lyman Chalkley
When the War for Independence began Adam was too old to fight but his sons and grandsons joined the fight. His son Anthony is a Captain who fights at Williamsburg and Hot Watercreek, VA. His other son George was a private who preached daily and was given a copy of "Whitfield's Sermons" by Geroge
Washington. Conrad, Henry, Michael and Shadrach Rader, grandsons of Adam and sons of Adam and Margaret, all served and received pensions except Shadrack.
Adam Rader will, on file in the Augusta County Court House is signed "Hans Adam Roder". A translated copy of the will is in the Will Book 5, page 32.
"this is my last will, I, Adam Reader in this world had to do. The first, I recommend my soul to God that Created me and through his Beloved Son which redeemed me and my Body to the Earth from Whence I was taken. Further so shall my beloved wife and true help mate have the plantation as I had it. Also she is to have thirds of all the grain that is raised on the Plantation without being interrupted from making cider and dried apples, as much as she will. Also so shall my oldest son Mathias pay for his land as his father valued it. Also my son George Reader have his land paying for it as his father appraised it and my son Anthony shall have his land at athe price he paid for it and my son Adam shall have the plantation his father lived on. My Negro man shall have his choice to go to which of my youngest sons he chooses also each of my daughters shall have as much as one of my sons excepting the land. Also my son Adam Reader shall make deeds for three prieces of land, namely for Anthony Reeder's and for the fifty acres south to Nicholas Carn and for the land in the gap so no man shall have a right to drive my loving wife from the plantation and she shall have a home which she chooses on all the platation and my son Adam shall find her fire wood fetched home to her house as long as she lives. Also, if my son Adam wnats to sell the place, his brothers shall be the first and have the first right and if Adam shall want to sell it in the first, second and third years he shall let his brothers have it no highter than he had it and he shall not rent it out to strangers. Also my son Anthony shall have the place until six years be out. The Negro man shall be valued at forthy pounds to him that gets him. So shall Abram Bird and my son Adam pay 20 pounds that they received from Jacob Hite in the name of my daughter Elizabeth which is to be shared between her three children.
Witness Present
Jacob Cipliner
Anthony Reader
Jacob Mier
18th May, 1773--Translation proved by Jacob Moyer and will proved by Jacob Moyer and Jacob Kiplenger. Adam Reader qualified with Jacob Trumbo, Jacob Bear, Abraham Bird.
Deceased 18 April 1773; Adam Reader was administrator. Died on his plantation near Timberville. There is a small cemetery on his farm where he and Anna Barbara are probably buried. There are no records that they were members of or buried at Rader's Church.
The Rader last name is also found with the variant spelling Reader. Note that two sons of this family, Michael and Anthony, had descendants who rejoined the line - John McClung Herold and Margaret Alice Cutlip, parents of Dyer Fenton Herold.
Appraiser in Augusta County, VA in 1749. In 1757, sold 100 acres of land on North River to Mathias Rader. In 1768, Henry Maze petitioned for a road to run as far as Adam Rader's place.
His will, April 18, 1773 left to his wife and true helpmate, to sons, Anthony, Mathias, George, and Adam Jr., and three daughters. Deeds to be made for lands sold. 20 pounds was to be shared by Elizabeth's children. The will was proved on May 18.
The first nown records of the Roder family in Pennsylvania are found in the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church where Adam, son of Adam and Katharina Roder, was a member in 1731. Records from this church shows a Michael Roder becoming the 17th member of that church.
Adam and Anna Barbara came to the the new world about 1724 with Adam's mother and possibly his sister, her husband and their children. There is not ship record of the Roder family from 1720-1724. The New Goshenhoppen Church records in Pennsylvania gives the year of emigration as 1724.
They settled in Falkner Swamp, Hanover twp, PA. He was a deacon at the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church on January 6, 1740. February 26, 1744, is the last time his name appeared in the Pennsylvania Records. He was naturalized in Philadelphia on 22 September 1740.
Hans Adam and Anna Barbara Roder arrived in Virginia ca 1745, since the Revolutionary records show Adam's son, Anthony birth occurred in 1745 in Augusta County, VA. Adam is also found in the Augusta County Vestry book in 1746 and 1748 and in land transactions dating from 1747.
Between 1745 and the time of his death in 1773, Adam owner 1500 acres and operated a lead mine on the property.
Joseph Spangenberg and Matthew Reutz from Bethlehem, PA kept a diary of their journeys. It says...
"On the morning od July 26, 1748 they came to a marked path. It brought them to a salt lick which is frequented by the elks and where they are usually shot by hunters. A kind spirit led them to the right way which they continued their journey, till they came in the evening to a German plantation. Here Adam Roder lives, whose mother, 86 years of age lives at Makuntsche (Maucungie, now Emmaus, Lehigh Co., PA) and belongs to the Moravian congregation."
The missionaries were now in the vicinity of Timberville, Rockingham Co., VA. About one mile west of this place stands Rader's church, which is known to be one of the oldest places in Rockingham.
The diary of Rev. Charles Lange, pastor at Frederick, MD who visited the congregation 17 April 1768
see "Fathers of the Reformed Church", Vol 11, p 154
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia; Vol 2, pp 240-249 by Lyman Chalkley
When the War for Independence began Adam was too old to fight but his sons and grandsons joined the fight. His son Anthony is a Captain who fights at Williamsburg and Hot Watercreek, VA. His other son George was a private who preached daily and was given a copy of "Whitfield's Sermons" by Geroge
Washington. Conrad, Henry, Michael and Shadrach Rader, grandsons of Adam and sons of Adam and Margaret, all served and received pensions except Shadrack.
Adam Rader will, on file in the Augusta County Court House is signed "Hans Adam Roder". A translated copy of the will is in the Will Book 5, page 32.
"this is my last will, I, Adam Reader in this world had to do. The first, I recommend my soul to God that Created me and through his Beloved Son which redeemed me and my Body to the Earth from Whence I was taken. Further so shall my beloved wife and true help mate have the plantation as I had it. Also she is to have thirds of all the grain that is raised on the Plantation without being interrupted from making cider and dried apples, as much as she will. Also so shall my oldest son Mathias pay for his land as his father valued it. Also my son George Reader have his land paying for it as his father appraised it and my son Anthony shall have his land at athe price he paid for it and my son Adam shall have the plantation his father lived on. My Negro man shall have his choice to go to which of my youngest sons he chooses also each of my daughters shall have as much as one of my sons excepting the land. Also my son Adam Reader shall make deeds for three prieces of land, namely for Anthony Reeder's and for the fifty acres south to Nicholas Carn and for the land in the gap so no man shall have a right to drive my loving wife from the plantation and she shall have a home which she chooses on all the platation and my son Adam shall find her fire wood fetched home to her house as long as she lives. Also, if my son Adam wnats to sell the place, his brothers shall be the first and have the first right and if Adam shall want to sell it in the first, second and third years he shall let his brothers have it no highter than he had it and he shall not rent it out to strangers. Also my son Anthony shall have the place until six years be out. The Negro man shall be valued at forthy pounds to him that gets him. So shall Abram Bird and my son Adam pay 20 pounds that they received from Jacob Hite in the name of my daughter Elizabeth which is to be shared between her three children.
Witness Present
Jacob Cipliner
Anthony Reader
Jacob Mier
18th May, 1773--Translation proved by Jacob Moyer and will proved by Jacob Moyer and Jacob Kiplenger. Adam Reader qualified with Jacob Trumbo, Jacob Bear, Abraham Bird.
Deceased 18 April 1773; Adam Reader was administrator. Died on his plantation near Timberville. There is a small cemetery on his farm where he and Anna Barbara are probably buried. There are no records that they were members of or buried at Rader's Church.
The Rader last name is also found with the variant spelling Reader. Note that two sons of this family, Michael and Anthony, had descendants who rejoined the line - John McClung Herold and Margaret Alice Cutlip, parents of Dyer Fenton Herold.
Events
| Birth | 2 Jul 1706 | Mutterstadt, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | Aug 1724 | Anna Barbara Bender PAINTER | |||
| Death | 18 Apr 1773 | Timberville, Rockingham County, VA | |||
| Burial | Fort Run Home Plantation Cemetery, Timberville, Rockingham County, VA | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Barbara Bender PAINTER (1708 - 1773) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Anthony RADER (1745 - 1822) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Johann Adam RÖDER (1669 - 1721) |
| Mother | Anna Katharina TAUBER (1670 - 1751) |
Endnotes
1. "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFL4-K74 : 25 March 2020).
2. findagrave.com.