Jacob Christman's Original Farm and Homestead
Based on the research of a Charles Kerchner, the marked locations in the below images show the actual location of the original land of Jacob Christman born c1711, probably in Germany, died 1761 in PA. The actual location of his original land is shown on Beryl Road on the right side of the images. On the left side of the images is shown where the "Christman Mill" is located on Weaver Road north of "Five Points", Hereford Township, Berks Co PA. This was an existing mill and property purchased in 1801 by Philip Christman (1755-1825), a son of Jacob Christman from Peter Keyser. Philip Christman then later sold this mill property to his son Henry Christman. This mill property is not the original property. The original land and farm is located on Beryl Road and Crow Road straddling the Lehigh (then Northampton) and Berks Counties PA line. The same road is named Beryl Road in Lehigh County and is Crow Road in Berks County. A great-grandson of the immigrant Jacob Christman named John George, aka George Christman (1797-1866) built a substantial home at that location in 1848, part of the original land which is right on the county line. However, based on the specifics of the residence's location it is taxed in Lehigh County PA. But most of the farm land is in Berks County PA. The current address for the residence is 7661 Beryl Road, Zionsville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County PA. Since 1976 and as of 2007 the property is owned by the Fleming family.
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