An American Family History

Eva Elizabeth Bloss Seidel was born about 1748 in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Johann Conrad Bloss and Anna Magdalena Reber.

On December 10, 1771 Eva Elizabeth Bloss and William Peter acted as sponsors for Eva Elizabeth, a daughter of Michael and Catherine Greenewalt.

She married Peter Seidel. they lived on a farm two miles west of Best Station, Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. A Peter Seidel appeared on the list of those who helped form the Heidelberg Church in 1757.

On July 3, 1792 Peter Seidel received a land warrant for 25 acres and one for 50 acres in Northampton County, Pennsylvania and on March 11, 1794, Peter Seidle, received a warrant for 400 acres in Northampton.

In 1800 the Peter Seidel family appeared in "Heydelberg" Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man and a woman between 26 and 44, a woman over 45, a woman between 16 and 25, a girl between 16 and 25, a boy and a girl under 10. The older woman was Elizabeth's mother, Magdalena Bloss, who lived with Peter Seidel from 1798 until her death in 1803. He was also the administrator of her estate.

In 1820 Peter Seidel appeared in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man older than 45 and a woman between 26 and 45.

In 1833 a Survivor's Pension Application File for Peter Seidel was filed in Pennsylvania.

from "Bloss Family" from History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania compiled by Clinton J. Bloss.

Eva Elizabeth Bloss, daughter of Conrad, was born in Washington township. The first mention we find of her is Dec. 10, 1771, when Eva Elizabeth Bloss and William Peter acted sponsors for Eva Elizabeth, a daughter of Michael and Catherine Greenewalt.

She married Peter Seidel; they lived on a farm two miles west of Best Station as late as 1816.