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Troyer (Treyer, Treier, Dreier), a Mennonite family name of Swiss origin. Hans Treyer, an early [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] leader and one of the first Anabaptists executed in Bern, died on 8 July 1529. Peachey also names a Hans Treyer, a peasant at Laufen, Baselland, active as an Anabaptist 1529-30, and an Anna Dreyer, the wife of a peasant, probably the wife of the former. [[Treyer, Jakob (16th century)|Jakob Treyer]] was an early Anabaptist of Laufen, near [[Basel (Switzerland)|Basel]]. The name was found among the refugees in the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]] after 1664 who later came to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. Beginning ca. 1733 some Treyers (now Troyer) from the canton of Bern, Switzerland, moved to Pennsylvania, settling in [[Berks County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Berks County]]. These were all [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]]. By 1752 the brothers Michael and Andreas Troyer were listed as members in the Northkill Amish congregation in Berks County. The Troyer family spread westward to [[Somerset County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Somerset County]], Pennsylvania, and to [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]] and [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]], in which states by far the heaviest concentrations of the family name are found, although Amish and Mennonite members of the family are also represented in [[Illinois (USA)|Illinois]], [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], [[Nebraska (USA)|Nebraska]], and [[Kansas (USA)|Kansas]], as well as in Mennonite communities in at least six other states and in [[Canada|Canada]]. In 1957 at least 53 men bearing the name of Troyer were serving as ministers in Mennonite churches. Of these, 39 were Old Order Amish preachers, 25 of whom were in [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]]. Jonas Troyer (1811-1897) was a leading bishop in the [[Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Indiana-Michigan Amish Mennonite Conference]]. David A. Treyer (Treier) was an Amish bishop, whose <i>Hinterlassene Schriften</i> were published in 1923 (repr. 1925). He also left a manuscript on the dissensions among the [[Old Order Amish]] 1850-1861 in Ohio. [[Troyer, Amos P. (1856-1935)|Amos P. Troyer]] (1856-1935) was one of the leading Mennonite (MC) bishops in the Pacific Coast conference. D. D. Troyer (1870-1953) of [[Goshen (Indiana, USA)|Goshen]], Indiana, was a well known bishop and served as president of the [[Mennonite Publication Board (Mennonite Church)|Mennonite Publication Board]] (Mennonite Church). N. E. Troyer (1879-1954) of [[West Liberty (Ohio, USA)|West Liberty]], Ohio, was a bishop (MC) and an evangelist. [[Troyer, George D. (1890-1969)|Dr. George D. Troyer]] (1890- ) served as a medical missionary in [[India|India]] and served in the Puerto Rico Mennonite Mission (MC). His son Dr. Dana Troyer also served as a medical missionary in India. [[Troyer, Emanuel (1871-1942)|Emanuel Troyer]] (1871-1942) was for many years a leading bishop in the Central District Conference. His son Maurice Troyer was vice-president of International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. Lotus Troyer is a Mennonite (General Conference Mennonite) minister at Meadows, Illinois, and served as president of the Central District Conference. Menno M. Troyer of Conway, Kansas, was a minister in the West Liberty (MC) church and was secretary of the [[South Central Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|South Central Conference]].
= Bibliography =
Bender, Harold S. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature: a Bibliography of Mennonitica Americana 1727-1928.</em> Goshen, IN : Mennonite Historical Society, 1929: 60, 84.Yoder, Kate. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Descendants of Jephtha A. Troyer, 1825-1957.</em> Berlin, Ohio, 1957.

Geiser, Samuel. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Taufgesinnten-Gemeinden. </em>Karlsruhe, 1932: 162, 170 f., 181.

Gratz, Delbert L. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Bernese Anabaptists. </em>Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1953: 8, 16, 20, 168.

Peachey, Paul. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die soziale Herkunft. </em>Karlsruhe, 1954: 45, 119 (No. 219), 140 (Nos. 707, 708).

Troyer, Eli J. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Troyer</em> <em class="gameo_bibliography">Family record: Genealogy of David Troyer. </em>Howe, IN, 1927.
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