Friederich Seyler 1702 - bef 1770 Binningen, Switzerland

Friederich Seyler 1702 - 1770
Binningen, Switzerland

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The information below was given to Randy Saylor in 1998 by Jack Saylor of South Bend, IN.

"The Seyler/Sailor Boys"

The book "Lists of Swiss Emigrants In The Eighteenth Century To The American Colonies" by Faust and Brumbaugh, briefly tells of Fridlin (Friederich) Seyler, the son of Theodore, deceased, and his wife Anna Catharina Spaar, a widow, and their three children:
1.    Matthies, baptised Dec. 16, 1738
2.    Hans Ulrich, baptised July 7, 1743
3.    Hans Jacob, baptised April 17, 1746
Children in those days were baptised very soon after birth, usually only a matter of a day or two.
The Seyler family "clandestinely and fraudulently" emigrated to the American Colonies in 1752 from Bottmingen (Muchenstein), Switzerland.
The name is spelled Fridlin Seyler in the Kirchenbucher Parish Register showing the baptismal dates. However, the Manumission Register spells the Fridlin Sailer.
In 1769-1770 Jacob Schaffner, a storekeeper in Lebanon (PA), returned to Switzerland and succeeded in collecting the inheritance of the "Seyler Boys". The date of their Manumission and release of their property is recorded as March 28, 1770. At this time the record shows that they are living in Carlisle, PA. All are married, their father deceased and their mother living with them. One is a tinner, one a locksmith, and the third is a saddler.
It should be noted at this point that the name "Hans" is often translated to John or Johann and the name "Matthies" is translated to Matthew.
The 1780 Tax List shows Jacob Sailor, a tax payer in Carlisle, Cumberland County.
A deed is on file in the Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle showing the sale of a property on Pomfret Street to Jacob Sailor in 1775. Another deed shows that Jacob Sailor and his wife Francis sold the Pomfret Street property to Adam Cope on January 18, 1790 and moved to Washington County, PA. Witnesses to the deed are Henry Saylor and Matthew Saylor.
Source: From The Desk Of: Jack R. Saylor Date: 24 March 1993.

Friederich Seiler and Anna Catharina Spaar

Friederich or Fridlin Seyler was born March 12, 1702 in Bottingen, Switzerland. He married Anna Catharina Spaar, Sparr on January 25, 1734 in Binningen. He died before 1770 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pa. His surname of Seiler/Seyler became Sailor/Saylor.

Friederich and Anna left Switzerland with their three sons under "fradulent and clandestine" circumstances without permission from the Council.

Children:
1. Matthies Sailor, Born: 16-Dec-1738  in: Bottmingen, Switzerland, Died: 02-Sep-1826 in: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa
Buried: in: Trindle Spring Lutheran Cemetery
Occupation: Tinner
Matthies/Mathias Sailor enlisted in Captain Perry's Company, one of the first of the PA companies in the Provincial service, and served five years against the Indians & French, being with Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. He was Captain of the First Company, First Battalion, Cumberland Co. militia, commanded by General Shoufler & Colonel Ephraim Blaine. He was assessed for nine acres of land in Pennsboro Twp. Cumberland Co. His brother Jacob (1746-1816) also served with Cumberland Co. PA Militia in Rev. War - Rank of Ensign. Wife: Mary Margreth Meyer , Died: Ol-Sep-1826
Their Children:
1    Maria Margreth Sailor Born: 04-Jan-1764 in: Carlisle, Pa, Died: 15-Jan-1764  in: Carlisle, PA
2   Cathrina Sailor #Born: 16-Feb-1765 in: Carlisle, Pa, Died: 20-Sep-1768 in: Carlisle, PA
3   Jacob Sailor Died:   -  1838 in: Perry County, Pa
4   John Sailor Born: 10-Oct-1769  in: Cumberland Co. Pa, Died: 05-Oct-l 828 in: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co. PA
5. Henry Sailor, Born 1779 in Cumberland Co., Pa

2. John Ulrich Sailor, Born: July 7, 1743 in: Bottmingen,

Switzerland

Occupation: Locksmith
Wife: Elizabeth Wolf #599
Married: 18-Sep-1766

Their Children: - all born in Carlisle County, Pa

1    Frederich, Bom: June 6,1768
2   Catherine Sailor, Born: abt 1769
3   Mathias Sailor, Born: abt 1773
4   John Sailor II, Born: abt 1775
5   Jacob Sailor, Born: abt 1777
6   William Sailor, Born: abt 1779
7 Emmanuel Sailor, Born abt 1783
8 Samuel Sailor, Born abt 1783
9 Sarah Sailor, born abt 1791 and died abt 1836.

3. Jacob Sailor Born: 17-Apr-1746 in: Bottmingen,

Switzerland

Died: 19-Jun-1816 in: Buffalo Twp.Wash.Co.PA
Buried: in: Buffalo Twp.Wash.Co.PA
Occupation. Saddler, Farmer
Jacob was commissioned as an Ensign, 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Cumberland County (PA) Militia per a Battalion Return dated July 11, 1777. Residence is ascribed to Carlisle Twp. He served a tour of active duty in Captain Matthew Gregg's Co. of the 1st Class under Order of Council dated July 20, 1777. In 1790 Jacob & Frances sold their house (Lot #59 on W. Pomfret St.) in Carlisle & moved to Wash. Co. Mar. 20, 1793 obtained warrent for 200 acres in Buffalo Twp. Tract called "Remainder" - Surveyed: 8-19-1808; Patented: 9-20-1808.
Wife: Frances Sharp #50
Married: 03-Jul-1767   in: Carlisle,Cumberland Co.,PA
Ref: Cumberland Co. PA marriages, 1761-1817, compiled by Susan Penrod, pub. by Southwest PA Genealogical Services, P.O. Box 253, Laughlintown, PA 15655, Copyright 1983, page 32.

Their Children:
  1   Margreth Sailor Born: 28-Jul-1768 in: Carlisle, PA
2   Frances (Fannah) Sailor Bora: 24-Mar-1774 in: Carlisle, Cumberland Co.,PA, Died: in: Euclid, Ohio
3   Keterin Sailor Born: ABT 1770 in: Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA
4   Mary (Polly) Sailor, Born Dec 14, 1778 and died Sept 19, 1851 in Newark, Licking County, Pa.
5   Samuel Sailor, Born Dec 23, 1781 in Cumberland Co., Pa, died March 16, 1872 in Sharon Tp., Noble,Co, OH.
6 Elizabeth Sailor, Born 1786 and Died 1864.

From Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies, Zurich to Carolina and Pennsylvania by Albert Faust and Gaius Brumbaugh, 1925.

Fridlin Seyler, Friederich, Bottmingen, son of Theodor, deceased. Anna Catharina Spaar, Sparr, his wife. Their children:
1. Matthies, bap Dec 16, 1738
2. Hans Ulrich, bap July 7, 1743
3. Hans Jacob, bap Apr 17, 1746
Several entries in show that the Council occupied itself repeatedly with his clandestine and fraudulent emigration. Nevertheless his three sons obtained in 1770 the release of their property and their manumission. The entry is as follows: ' Matthias, Ulrich and Hans Jacob Seyler, legitimate sons of Fridlin Sailer and Catharina Sparr of Botmingen, who have settled in Pennsylvania, have been manumitted together with their still living mother, who is also staying with them, by Our Gracious Lords March 28, 1770.
At that time the sons were all married and located in Carlisle, Pa., the one being a tinner, the other a locksmith and the third a saddler. Their stepbrother Leonhard Low, whom we meet in 1763, seems to have emigrated with them in 1752 and gone back to live in the Canton of Basel once more until 1763.