Between 1745 and 1760 several Swiss families had settled on the upper waters of the South Branch of the Potomac River in what was then Virginia (now West Virginia). Among these were the Petersons, the Haglers, and the Heyers. The Shobes and the Reagers were two other Swiss families who had come to America with the Heyers.
The Peterson family was headed by Jacob Peterson Sr. His two oldest sons Jacob Jr. and Martin also appear in early records.
The Heyer (Hyer, Hyre, Hire) was headed by Leonard Heyer Sr. His two sons were Leonard Jr. and Rudolph (Rudy). (Accompanying the Heyers from Switzerland to Pennsylvania and later to Virginia were the Reagers and Shobes. However, they are not discussed in detail here.)
The Hagler family appears to have been headed by Jacob Hagler. His sons (or so it is presumed) were Sebastian (Bastian, Boston, Postine), Benjamin, and John. Jacob was killed by Indians, and after just a few years only Sebastian remained.
Detailed genealogies for each these of families can be found elsewhere. Below is a chronological presentation of their early years using principally contemporary documents.
SOME NOTES ON BOUNDARY CHANGES:
The original boundary between Augusta and Frederick County ran from the Fairfax stone at the head of the North Branch of the Potomac southeasterly, passing a bit north of present-day Moorefield, and continuing over North Mountain into and beyond the Valley of Virginia. Thus everything upstream of Moorefield on the South Branch lay in Augusta County. In 1754 Hampshire County was created from western part of Frederick County, and the new boundary between Hampshire and Augusta was made to coincide with the Fairfax line. This line ran, from the Fairfax stone, on a more southeasterly course so that it passed nearly through present-day Cabins and a bit south of Dorcas and then along the southeasternmost segment of the boundary between present-day Hardy County, WV and Rockingham County, VA. (Continuing on that same bearing across the Valley, the Fairfax line formed the boundary between present-day Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties.)
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Peterson
The surname was originally Bidert or Biedert. It was anglicized in English records to Peters and finally to Peterson, although up to the beginning of the 1800's the name Bidert could still be found in German-language church records.
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Swiss records
Here we rely on the information given in Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (Vol. 2) by Faust and Brumbaugh. The Biderts were from the Canton of Basel. They emigrated to America in 1736.
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220698
Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (Volume II): From the State Archives of Bern and Basel Switzerland
Compiled and Edited by Albert Bernhardt Faust and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh
Copyrighted 1925
p.81
V
STATE ARCHIVES OF BASEL
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p.86
VI
INTRODUCTION
THE CANTON OF BASEL AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS
INHABITANTS IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS
The Canton of Basel of the eighteenth century comprised both
the present Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Canton of Basel-Land
with the exception of a small strip of territory in the West. The
main part was sloping down from the crest of the Jura Mountains
to the Rhine and intersected by numerous valleys. Even to-day
one third of Basel-Land is covered with forests. Fruit trees
abound and vineyards still occupy one percent of the whole area,
which is much less than they formerly occupied.
Administratively the Canton consisted of the city and seven
country districts, called 'Aemter' or 'Vogteyen,' of very unequal
size: Amt Riehen and Amt Kleinhüningen, both of them very
small and to-day incorporated with Basel-Stadt, Amt München-
stein, then mostly spelt Mönchenstein, Amt Liestal, formerly also
Liechstal, Amt Homburg, and the two largest, Farnsburg, formerly
Varnspurg, and Waldenburg, formerly also Wallenburg.
...
p.94
1736
...
p.96
I . Emigrants recorded in MP [Manumissionsprotokoll, Manumission Register]
N.B.: Ages, dates, what follows after the financial statements and what is
put in parentheses is taken from other sources.
...
p.103
AMT WALDENBURG
Bärenwil
Bidert, Hans Joggi, of Bärenwyl, (son of Hans deceased).
Sara Mohlerin from Dieckten, his wife.
Their children :
1. Joggi, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Febr. 13, 1729
2. Hans Martin, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 20, 1730
3. Ursula, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 25, 1731
4. Sara, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 8, 1736
Has 170 pounds worth of property.
Pays: Ten percent tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.—
Manumission for himself and his wife . . . . . . . . . 20.— 37.—
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Has led an honourable Christian life.
Note: The hamlet of Bärenwil is just over a mile (by road) to the southeast of Langenbruck. "Dieckten", now called Diegten, is about five miles (as the crow flies) northeast of Langenbruck.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langenbruck
Langenbruck is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country (Basel-Landschaft) in Switzerland.
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The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, on the south side of the Oberen Hauenstein. It consists of the linear village of Langenbruck, the hamlet of Bärenwil and numerous individual farm houses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegten
Diegten is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
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The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in the Diegter valley. It consists of a 2 km (1.2 mi) long string of five linear villages; Ober-Diegten, Mühle-Diegten, Mittel-Diegten, Schloss-Diegten and Nieder-Diegten.
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For a map of Bärenwyl (and Lagenbruck just to the NW and Diegten to the north on Highway 2, see https://www.google.com/maps/place/B%C3%A4renwil,+Langenbruck,+Switzerland/@47.4107602,7.7904937,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x4790329fe567a185:0xb6d8c144b6038895!2sB%C3%A4renwil,+Langenbruck,+Switzerland!3b1!8m2!3d47.3426371!4d7.7859876!3m4!1s0x4790329fe567a185:0xb6d8c144b6038895!8m2!3d47.3426371!4d7.7859876
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http://books.google.com/books?id=jDgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA875
A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development, Volume 2
Lyle S. Evans (ed.)
Lewis Publishing Company, 1917
p.874
... John Jacob Peterson (Hans Yacob Bidert),
Bidert being incorrectly translated Peterson, was born January 7, 1706,
in Barenville, County of Langdenburg, Switzerland. He married Sarah
Mohlerin, February 15, 1728, and had nine children, the four oldest
born in Switzerland. He sailed for America, July 23, 1736. His pass-
port read as follows:
"The Burgomaster and Council of the City of Basil testify, herewith,
that in our city and region of country there is no contagious disease,
but by the grace of God we enjoy a pure air, free from all infection,
and we therefore manfully request that our former citizen, Hans Yacob
Bidert, who, together with his wife and four children, intend to travel
first by water to Rotterdam and thence per ship to the Island of Pennsyl-
vania, be permitted to pass and repass at all places, safely and without
hinderance. Such favors we are ready, promptly to return according
to our government custom.
"Given under the printed and smaller seal of our city, this twenty-
third day of April, 1736."
The family record, written by the pastor in "Old High German,"
tells of the marriage of Hans Yacob Bidert and Sara Mohlerin, also of
the names and dates of baptism of their children, with names of wit-
nesses.
"These dates are given under the hand and seal of the pastor of
the Reformed Church, John Frederick Weston."
The following certificate and address was given by the same minister
to Hans Jacob or John Jacob, on his leaving Switzerland. It is still
preserved in the original.
"Langenburg, April 21, 1736. This is to certify that Jacob Peter-
son has been an acceptable member of our church, and a citizen of
Langenburg. He with his beloved wife and family of four children
are moving from this place. After he may have found a pleasant home
to dwell in, we pray that the Lord will be merciful to him through our
Lord Jesus Christ. May he always rely on the strong arm of the Lord,
then it will be well with him and his children, and may all his future
conduct be such that whenever his friends in Langenburg shall hear from
him, they may have the comforting assurance that the Christian life
and character, which he bore while among them, shall still continue to
control his life and character in the New World, where by the will of
the Lord, he hopes soon to make his future home, and where he shall
bid adieu to friends most dear and to his native land, and he with his
dear companion and little children shall embark on the mighty ocean,
we pray the Lord to grant them a safe voyage to the land they hope soon
to dwell in. May the Lord, in His infinite goodness and mercy, lead
them in paths of righteousness, so that when life's voyage is past, they,
with us, shall land on the shore of a blessed immortality, is the prayer
of your pastor, John Frederick Weston."
John Jacob Peterson landed in Philadelphia, and then went to
Augusta County, Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his life.
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Pennsylvania records
The Biederts arrived in Pennsylvania aboard the ship Princess Augusta in September 1736.
https://books.google.com/books?id=YyJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&dq="Princess+Augusta"
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume 4
p.72
At the Courthouse of Philadia., September 16th, 1736.
PRESENT:
The Honble JAMES LOGAN, Esqr., President.
Thomas Laurence, Thomas Griffits, } Esqrs.
Ralph Assheton, }
William Allen, Esqr., Mayor the City of Philadia.
One hundred and twelve Foreigners from the Palatinate, and other
places, who, with their Families, making in all three hundred &
thirty persons, were imported here in the ship Princess Augusta,
Samuel Merchant, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, as
by Clearance thence, were this day Qualified as usual, whose Names
are as follows :
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p.73
[left column]
...
Hans Jacob Bietrab
...
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Here is another published passenger list for the Princess Augusta.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iEAOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA127&dq="Han+Jacob+Beitert"
Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and
State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775: With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808
William Henry Egle
E. K. Meyers, state printer, 1892 - Pennsylvania - 789 pages
p.126
List Of Foreigners Imported in The Ship Princess Au-
gustus [sic] , Samuel Merchant, Master, From Rotterdam,
Qualified Sept. 16, 1736.
...
p.127
[left column]
...
Han Jacob Beitert,
...
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[The original list is herewith given.]
Names of Men.
...
p.128
Name. Age.
...
Hance Jacob Biedert, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
...
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Here is yet another published passenger list for the Princess Augusta.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000007109121;view=1up;seq=234
Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808,
by Ralph Beaver Strassburger ... edited by William John Hinke ...
Published: Norristown, Penn., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934.
p.162
[List 42 A] [Palatines imported in the Ship Princess Au-
gusta, Samuel Marchant, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified
September 16, 1736.]
MEN TO BE QUALIFIED AGES
...
Hance Jacob Biedert 30
...
p.163
...
"At the Courthouse of Philadia, September 16th, 1736.
One hundred and twelve foreigners from the Palatinate, and
other places, who, with their families, making in all three hun-
dred thirty persons, were imported here in the ship Princess
p.164
Augusta, Samuel Merchant, from Rotterdam, but last from
Cowes, as by Clearance thence, were this day qualified as usual."
From the Minutes of the Provincial Council, printed in Colon-
ial Records, Vol. IV, p. 72.
[List 42 B] Palatines imported in the Ship Princess Augusta,
Samuel Marchant, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from
Cowes. Qualified the 16th Day of September 1736.
...
Hans Jacob Beitratt
...
p.165
...
[List 42 C] At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, Septr 16th
1736. Present The Honble James Logan, Esqr, Presidt.
Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Griffits } Esqrs.
Ralph Asheton, }
William Allen, Esqr, Mayor of the City of Philadia.
The Palatines whose Names are underwritten imported in
the Ship Princess Augusta, Samuel Marchant, Master, from
Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, did this day take & subscribe
the Oaths to the Government.
...
p.166
...
Hans Jacob Beitrat
...
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The Biederts lived for several years in Pennsylvania before moving to Virginia.
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5406217
Genealogical data relating to the German settlers of Pennsylvania and
adjacent territory from advertisements in German newspapers published in
Philadelphia and Germantown, 1743-1800
compiled by Edward W. Hocker
Publication: 1935
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p.1
PENNSYLVANISCHE GESCHICHTS-SCHREIBER
Published in Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Phila-
delphia, by Christopher Sauer (Saur, Sower). The name of
the paper was later changed to Pennsylvanische Berichte.
October 16, 1743
Jacob Biedert, Tulpehocken (Berks County).
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The baptism of Jacob Peterson Sr., his marriage to Sarah Mohlerin, and a list of their children
The following information was given in the "Peterson (Biedert) Family Record" by Clyde Boots (1979), pages 3A-3B [LDS film# 1036370 item 1]:
Page 3A
(from Clara G. Mark notes to Mrs. Mildred Kerr)
…
The following family record has been preserved in the family to the present
time.
Hans Jacob Bidert (Peterson) from Barenwyl, Langenburg[sic], was raised by Christ-
ian parents and baptised on the 7th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord 1706,
Witness-
Claus Bidert }
Claus Bidert, farm hand } all of Barenwyl
Miss Margareth Bidert }
Married on the 13th day of February in the year of our Lord 1728, Hans
Jacob Bidert and Sarah Mohlerin, with whom (with the blessing of God) he raised
the following children:
Jacob baptized the 13th day of November[?]** in the year of our Lord 1729. Witness-
Henry Hagler, Jacob Bidert, and Maria Bidert. All of Barenwyl.
**As shown above, Faust and Brumbaugh indicated that “Joggi” was baptized on “Febr. 13, 1729”.
Are the month and day in thegiven marriage date of Feb 13, 1728 correct, or could Clara G. Mark or Clyde Boots
have accidentally written the baptism month and day—namely, Feb 13—for the marriage month and day?
Hans Martin, baptized on the 20th Oct. in the year of our Lord 1730. Witness-
Hans Mohler, Claus Bidert, and Anna Fagerlin, all of Barenwyl.
Ursula, baptized on the 25th day of Dec. in the year of our Lord 1731. Witness-
Hans Jacob Bidert, Ursula Stroman and Elizabeth Reader, all of Barenwyl.
Sara, baptized on the 8th day of January in the year of our Lord 1734.
Witness- Henry Bidert, son of Matheson, Miss Elizabeth Baymiller, daughter of the
highly respected Lord and Oberfogt (manager) from Waldenburg; Solomon Winderin
from Basel.
Page 3B
The following children were born in America:
Anna Maria, born the 27th day of July in the year of our Lord 1738 and
was baptized. Witness- Jacob Neff and Maria Barbel.
M. Malona, born the 18th day of Dec. in the year of our Lord and
was baptized. Witness- Jacob Neff and Magdalene Dorning.
Hans Michael, born on the 1st of Oct. in the year of our Lord 1741 and was
baptized. Witness- Hans Michael Neff and Anne Maria Neff.
Anne, born on the 21st day of Aug. in the year of our Lord 1742, and was
baptized. Witness- Barbara Spering and Anne Spering.
Anna Maria Barbara, born on the 17th day of Sept. in the year of our Lord
1744, and was baptized. Witness- Hans Obenger and Maria Dungenson.
Trina Bettie, born on the 15th day of Mar. 1747. (In this case there is
no record of baptizm.) [Perhaps she was born in Virginia.]
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Virginia records
The family of Jacob Peterson can be recognized as living in Augusta County, Virginia by 1748.
In that year the names of Jacob Peterson (the father), and his two sons Jacob Jr. and Martin are found on a list of delinquent tax payers.
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court45.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, p 413-414
The following Lists of Delinquents in the Tax Levies are not copies of
the complete lists as returned to the Court, but contain only the names of
those for whose delinquency some reason is assigned by the officer in
making his return.
DELINQUENTS.
1748--John Allen, gone to Carolina; Wm. Armstrong, Constable, Wm.
Alexander, not found; Wm. Boile, not found; Moses Brown, not found;
Robert Gamble, gone to Carolina; Joseph Hallow, not found; Felix
Kennedy, not found; Felix Kennedy's son, not found; John Kennedy, gone;
Edward Hyns, gone to Carolina; James Carter, gone to Carolina; Thos.
Thornberry, runaway; Joseph Walker, gone to Carolina; Isaims Calach,
gone to Carolina; Edw'd Aharkin, not found; Joseph Alkin, not found;
John Ball, not found; Rob't Burnside, not found; Thos. Bues, Constable;
Joseph Ball, not found; Chas. Beaty, gone to Carolina; Thos. Carson, gone
to Carolina; James Calahan, not found; Nathan Clan, not found; Sam'l
Campbell, not found; Arch'd Crockett, under age; Frederick Carlock, not
found; Bathaser Cupp, not found; Philip Cable, runaway; David Dryden,
Constable; Rob't Davis, not found; John Dickson, not found; Henry Dunkhart,
not found; Jno. Edmiston, Constable; Thos. Eliot, not found; Henry
Erwin, not found; Walace Ashton, Constable; Mich'l Fitzgeril, not found;
Rob't Fryar, not found; Sam'l Forgeson, not found; David Goloway, not
found; John Givens, not found; Stephen Holston, not found; Benj. Hardin,
twice charged; Thos. Judson, not found; Wm. Johnston, no effects; Jacob
Johnston, not found; Rob't Kinkade, not found; Wm. Lockrage, Constable;
Robert Lowry, twice charged; Ralph Laferty, Constable; John Looney,
twice charged; Wm. McCreery, not found; Geo. Belfenberger, not found;
Wandle Brown, twice charged; Sam'l Barkley, not found; David Crage, not
found; Michael Catts, not found; Thos. Brown, not found; Wm. Calfen,
not found; John Armstrong, Quaker; John McClewrath, not found; Andrew
McCeny, not found; Wm. Maxanders, not found; Richard Nelson,
not found; George Renix, gone to Carolina; Jno. Henderson, Constable;
Rob't Stevenson, Constable; Uriah Shadwick, gone to Carolina; James
Mills, not found; Abraham Mire, not found; Sam'l Martin, not found;
Wm. Martial, twice charged; Lawrence Morein, runaway; Hugh Donel,
runaway; James Moore, not found; Wm. McClennay, not found; John
McCewn, Constable; Andrew Manley, not found; Hugh McBride, not
found; John Mire, not found; James Mitchell and son, not found; John
Dulph, not found; Jacob Rhodes, not found; Rob't Robinson, not found;
John Ramsey, Constable; Thos. Ramsey, not found; Josiah Ramsey, not
found; Precila Reves, not found; Richard Robinson, not found; Richard
Robinson, Jr., not found; Isaac Robinson, not found; Jacob Robinson, not
found; Wm. Robinson, twice charged; Wm. Smith, twice charged; Ro.
Stephenson, not found; Silas Stephenson, no effects; Jno. Shit the Helve,
gone; Wm. Sayers, runaway; Cornelius Toland, not found; Wm. Twany,
runaway; Wm. Wright, not found; Chas. Whiteker, not found; Bryant
White, not found; Jno. Warwick, twice charged; Walter Welsh, not found;
Chas. Welsh, not found; Thos. Wright, not found; Daniel Alen, not found;
Jno. Barnhisle, not found; Wm. Jackson, not found; Rob't Brooks, not
found; Reuben Begard, not found; Mathew Jones, not found; Jno. Keny,
twice charged; Wm. Knowles, not found; Henry Lawrence, not found;
Rudy Luther, not found; John Lynn, twice charged; Jas. McClooney, not
found; Jno. Chick, not found; Dan'l Cumings, not found; Petter Caldy, not
found; David Carlock, not found; Huncriff Carlock, twice charged; Jno.
Cravens, Constable; Geo. Calfenberger, not found; Jno. Chesewood, not
found; Wm. Dodson, not found; Jno. Dunkill, not found; Jno. Davis,
Constable; Roger Dyer, twice charged; Wm. Dyer, twice charged; Thos.
Dove, twice charged; Jno. Dunkan, twice charged; Petter Dyer, not found;
David Evens, twice charged; Geo. Furbush, not found; Rich'd Field, no
effects; Christian Evick, twice charged; Jno. Ewick, twice charged; Henry
Harris, not found; Wm. Hosk, twice charged; Wm. Harild, twice charged;
Jno. Harild, not found; Rich'd Haril, twice charged; Robt. Hull, not found;
Wm. Hull, not found; Wm. Hankins, not found; Christian Hoover, not
found; Isiah Herison, not found; Joseph Herison, twice charged; Christian
Houser, twice charged; George Hunt, twice charged; Petter Huse, twice
charged; George Hagar, not found; Philip Jones, not found; Petter Skeen,
not found; Wm. Stephenson, twice charged; Jacob Siver, not found; Adam
Shoop, not found; Marus Swadley, not found; Jno. Smith, twice charged;
Jacob Siver, twice charged; Adam Stroop, twice charged; Jeremiah Wriht,
not found; Jacob Wagoner, not found; Jno. Williams, not found; Wm. Walling,
no effects; James McCuell, not found; James McDaniel, twice charged;
Petter Mosey, twice charged; Geo. Mires, twice charged; Jno. Maniken,
not found; Pat. Morin, no effects; Wm. Mark, not found; Geo. Neel, no
effects; Jno. Overback, not found; Aron Oliver, not found; Geo. Larson,
not found; Stephen Philips, not found; Jno. Pickens, not found; Jacob
Patton, not found; Jacob Peterson, Jr., not found; Martin Petterson, not
found; John Patton, twice charged; Mathew Patton, twice charged; Jno.
Patton, Jr., twice charged; Sam'l Patton, twice charged; Mich'l Props,
twice charged; Robert Patrick, Constable; Charles Paterick, twice charged;
Jacob Patterson[sic-Peterson], twice charged; Jacob Patterson, Jr.[sic], twice charged; Martin
Patterson[sic], twice charged; Chas. Quella, twice charged; Jno. Rudle, Jr.,
Constable; Gilbert Reed, twice charged; Petter Snider, not found; Jno.
Snider, not found; Adam Stump, not found; Adam Sherrill, not found;
Sam'l Sherrill, not found; Adam Sherrill, Jr., not found; Wm. Sherrill, not
found; Abraham Sherrill, not found; Ro. Scarborough, not found; Felty
Thorn, not found; James Taylor, not found; Wm. Taylor, twice charged;
Wm. Taylor, not found; Jno. Noly, not found; Joseph Weest, not found;
Jno. Wood, not found; Stephen Wright, not found; John Waker, twice
charged; Jno. Wallace, no effects; Wm. Williams and his negro, not found.
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Jacob Peterson Sr., Jacob Jr., and Martin can next be found in 1750, when they were added to the list of tithables. Here they were listed as "Peters" rather than "Peterson".
In this same group of names are found the mangled names of Leonard Heyer Sr. and his sons Leonard Jr. and Rudy, and Martin and Jacob Shobe.
The Reagers are also listed.
Recall that the Heyers, Shobes, and Reagers had all sailed together from Switzerland in 1737.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or02_40.htm
or
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4xqt;view=1up;seq=47
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 1, p.41-42
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. II. (cont.)
AUGUST 28, 1750.
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Page
(421) Benj. Skoot, John Knowles, Joel Hornback, John West, Thomas
Crawford, George Baffenbarger, John Christian Carlock, David Craig, John
Walker, Jr., George Say, George Say, Jr., Simon Say, John Cunningham,
Wm. Cunningham, Henry Landcisco, John Colley, Burket Reager, Henry
Carr, Daniel Richardson, Nathaniel Clearey, added to list of tithables.
(422) Landred Hyard, Landred Hyard, Jr., Rudy Hard, Martin Job[Shobe],
Jacob Job[Shobe], Luke Collins, Jacob Peters, Jacob Peters, Jr., Martin Peters, John
Dunkill, George Dunkill, Peter Moore, Jacob Siver, George Muse, Henry
Faney, George Dove, Thomas Dove, Jr., George Yockham, Henry Spear,
Samue1 Henderson, added to list of tithables.
Page
(423) Abraham Vanderpool, Mathew Uter, Abell Westfall, Anthony
Bogard, George Osburn, Jeremiah Osburn, Jeremiah Osburn, Jr., John
Osburn, James Simson, Jacob Westfall, Leonard Neiff, John Westfall,
Hermanus Skout, Anthony Reger, Anthony Reger, Jr., Michael Rhyne, Peter
Reed, George West, Thomas lax, Robert Graham, added to list of tithables.
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http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court48.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VA; V. 2, p. 442
AUGUSTA PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Page 157.--27th November, 1755: Vestry met. Processioners designated
as follows,
as follows, viz (to report before 1st March next): ...
Page 164.--John Harrison, Jr., and Daniel Smith, in Captain Daniel
Harrison's Company. Thomas Moore and David Robinson, in Captain
Ephraim Love's Company, and to head of Brock's Gap. Mathew Patton
and Wm. Dyer, on South Fork of the Branch of Patowmack. Jacob Peters
and Henry Landcisco, on Mill Creek and Shelton's tract.
Text of actual record:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/698293?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Vestry book, 1746-1780
Authors: Augusta Parish (Augusta County, Virginia : Episcopal)
Vestry book, 1746-1780 Film 30165 DGS 7893696
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007893696?cat=698293
Film # 007893696
[Image 89 of 286]
page 157
At a Vestry held for Augusta Parish the 27th Day of Novr 1755
…
[Image 93 of 286]
page 164
Ordered that Jacob Peters and Henry Landisco
Procession all the surveyed and Patented Lands on
Mill Creek and Sheltons Tract sometime before the
last of March next and Return an Exact account
thereof to the Vestry together with the Persons Present
at the same with what Lands in their Precinct they
shall Fail to Procession with Particular Reasons
of such Failure according to Law.
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Jacob "Peeter" and Martin "Peeter" appeared in a list of delinquent tax payers for the year 1756.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court45.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, p 418-9
1756--In ye lower end of Augusta County: John Brown, Christian
Clemon, Evan Evans, Constable; Rubin Harrison, Constable; Andrew Hislep.
John Love, Jacob Lingle, Barnet Mathews, Valentine Mackey. Darby
Sullivan, Dan'l Sullivan, Wm. Smith, Jas. Sterns, Anthony Bogart, Thos.
Craford, Jno. Davies, Jno. Fowler, Geo. Fulls, Denis Henry, Nicholas Harbolt,
Rich'd Neely, Jacob Peeter, John Rechart, Ranl. McDonell, Constable;
Andrew Smith, Adam Weese, Jacob and John Yount, James Haris, Wm.
Fleming, Jno. Hutchins, Sr.; Jno. Noble, Thos. Meems, Constable; Wm.
Burnet, Jno. Barber, Patt Carigan, David Evins, Denis McAniney, Nicholas
Nutt, Mark Stalet, deceased; Mich'l Watson, James Hollas, Thos.
McClenachan, Jno. Neeley, Jno. Pott, Wm. Acres, Wm. Hughes, Mathias
Youkam, Nicholas Clause, David Crochan, Peeter Harmon, Wm. Hopwood,
Windle Evert, Mathias Lerth, Mich'l March, Jno. Morrey, Dan'l Ramey, no
distress; Patt Sullivan, Jno. Sleter, Fred'k Stoneberry, Robt. Scott, Jno.
Blar, David Carlock, Manus Deker, Pat Fitzpatrick, Jno. Fulton, Jno.
Havine, Judy Mason, Martin Peeter, James Ramsey, James McGill, John
Sheats, Jno. Theobald Magaham, Joseph and Geo. Weese, Chas. Sinclar,
James Bogan, Jos. Hall, Jno. Heague, Chas. Wilson, Jas. Barton, not found;
Geo. Bartley, Nicholas Carpenter, Thos. Dove, Jr.; Andrew Earnest, Thos
Mullen, Mich'l Penny, Jno. Sope, Jas., Walter and Hugh Crockett; Wm.,
Geo. and Thos. Harbeson; Jas., Jno., Thos., Wm. Montgomery.
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In July 1756, Jacob Peterson was living on North Mill Creek about two miles south of the Hampshire County line.
This is shown in the record of a war council held by the Augusta County militia officers on 27 July 1756.
They had proposed building a large fort (60 feet square) at Peterson's as one of a chain of forts across the Virginia
backcountry for the protection of the inhabitants against Indian attacks. The fort was never constructed.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mgw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28lw010191%29%29 [outdated link]
https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw4.030_0379_0381/?st=gallery [new link]
At a Councell of War held at Augusta Court House (in obedience to his honr.
the governors orders by the under named officers
...
Whereas his honour the governor has Sent Repeated orders to the
officers of the militia of this County to meet and consult on the most
proper places to build forts along the fronteers for the protection of the
Inhabitants. It is therefore unanimously agreed by the said council
that a fort be built at Peetersons on the south branch of Potowmack
nigh mill Creek at Some Convenient Spot of ground for a fort, which is
left to the Direction of the officers appointed for that Service, also another
fort to be built at Hugh mans mill on Sheltons track. ...
...
It is Agreed that the Following number of Men is
necessary to be placed at Each fort
Men
...
At Trout Rock fort 50
At Hugh mans mill 50
At Peetersons 50
...
...
The Distance Between Each fort above mentioned or the places agreed
for them to be Built are as follows
(Viz) miles
From the County Line to Petersons 2 [The "County Line" was the boundary between Hampshire and Augusta Counties. It corresponded to the "Fairfax line".]
From Petersons to Hugh mans mill . . . . 18
from thence to Trout Rock 17
...
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Martin Peterson and several of his sisters (and possibly a younger brother Michael) were captured by Indians in February 1757.
Martin managed to escape and return after many weeks or several months.
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court54.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VA; V. 2, p.510-512
THE PRESTON PAPERS.
"A Register of the persons who have been either killed, wounded or taken
prisoner by the enemy in Augusta County, as also of such as have made their
escape".
...
1757 February.--Six children of Jacob Peters, at South Branch, prisoner,
1 escaped. ...
Note: Jacob Peterson was sometimes referred to as "Jacob Peters".
----------------------------------
In the Pennsylvania Gazette for March 10, 1757 a report stated that "the Week before last, Four Persons were carried off by the Indians from the South Branch of Potowmack ...":
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thursday, March 10, 1757
page 2, column 3
...
By a Gentleman from Virginia we learn, that the Week
before last, four Persons were carried off by the Indians
from the South Branch of Potowmack : That the same
Week seventeen Cherokee Indians came in to Augusta
County, and brought with them four Scalps, and a French
Prisoner : And that these Indians said, eighteen more of
their Nation might daily be expected, with more Scalps
and Prisoners.
...
Although the number of persons said to be captured is different from the Preston Register, this report might refer to the abduction of the Peterson children.
Alternatively, it may refer to individuals taken in Hampshire County at about the same time. The Preston Register recorded only those taken in Augusta County.
The fact that the Register included the news of Martin's escape suggests that the information about the Petersons may have been collected months later.
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Nicholas Frank, who lived on the upper South Branch, had been killed by Indians on 19 March 1758 along with Peter Moser and some others.
Jacob Peterson was appointed his administrator.
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court5.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p.51
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT.
WILL BOOK No. 2.
Page 282.--15th November, 1758. Jacob Peterson's bond (with Abraham
Smith, Ephraim Love) as administrator of Nicholas Frank.
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Jacob "Peters" was again a processioner in 1764.
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court48.txt
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VA; V. 2, p. 449
AUGUSTA PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Page 377.--Processioners appointed as follows, viz (1764): ...
Page 379.--James Scott, James McCay, Thomas Feemster, Wm. Black,
from the Head to the Mouth of the Cowpasture and waters thereof.
Hugh Hicklin and Saml. Wilson (Willson) in the Bull Pasture and waters thereof.
James Dyer and John Davies, Mark Swadley, Boston Hoover, on south Fork of Potowmack.
George Hammer, Joseph Skidmore, on the Branch.
Henry Landisco, Jacob Peters, for Great and Little Mill Creek.
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In 1764 Jacob Peterson was naturalized.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or09_114.htm#page 119
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. IX.
NOVEMBER 21, 1764.
(161) Jacob Peterson naturalized.
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In 1755 John Harrison patented a tract of 400 acres on the west fork of Mill Creek (later called North Mill Creek).
This tract had been surveyed by James Wood Sr. for Timothy Holdway (also written Holoway) sometime prior to 9 October 1747.
(Wood's draft of this survey is Item #638 of Box 3 (Draft Surveys, 1735-1762) in the James Wood Collection, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room,
Handley Regional Library / Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society .)
John Harrison died about 1763, and this tract was inherited by his sons Zebulon and Reuben Harrison.
On 21 November 1764, the Harrison brothers sold the land to Jacob "Peters".
Jacob Peterson had been living on this land since at least 1756 and perhaps had lived on it since he first settled in Augusta County, Virginia.
[old, outdated link: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=643&last=&g_p=P32&collection=LO Patent ]
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=643&last=&g_p=P32&collection=LO
Patent
Harrison, John, Jr.
10 September 1755.
See also the following surname(s): Harryson.
Location: Augusta County.
Description: 400 acres on a branch of the South branch of Potomack called the west fork of Mill Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 32, 1752-1756 (v.1 & 2 p.1-715), p. 643
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court8.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, P. 82
Will Book 3.
Page 296.--23d August, 1758. John Harrison, Jr.'s will, yeoman--
Brother Zebulon, eldest son of Jno. Harrison, tract on Smith's Creek, 400
acres; to Phel Harrison, eldest daughter of Zebulon; to sister Phebe Moore,
and her daughter; Ann Davison, and to her daughters; Phebe Davison; to
brother, Reuben. Executors, brothers Zebulon and Reuben. Teste: Jonathan
Douglass, Jno. Hopkins, James Breame (?). Proved, 15th November,
1763, by Jno. Hopkins, and 16th November, 1763, by Jonathan Douglass.
Executors qualified (Zebulon's mark ), with Danl. Love, Robt. Cravens.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court41.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, P. 416-7
Deed Book No. 11.
Page 738.--21st November, 1764. Zebulon ( ) Harrison and Reubin
Harrison, executors of John Harrison, deceased, to Jacob Peters, £90, 400;
acres on a branch of South Branch of Potomac called West Fork of
Mill Creek. Delivered: Moses Hinkle, 31st July, 1793.
Note:
When Rockingham County was established in 1778, the Hampshire County line was moved farther south and incorporated Peterson's 400 acres.
When Hardy County was created in 1786 from the southern part of Hampshire County, the tract became situated in Hardy County.
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http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/99-r17.pdf
Augusta County Road Orders, 1745-1769, by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. 270 pages, indexed.
p.109
21 March 1765, p. 251
Ordered that Nicholas Harplore Paul Shaver and Jacob Wees they being first sworn Veiw the
Ground on North Mill Creek from the Upper Tract to the County line below Jacob Peterson and
make a report of the Conveniances and Inconveniances thereof to the next Court
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Evangelical Reformed Church Frederick
Maryland German Church Records
Vol 5
Evangelical Reformed Church
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
1746-1789
Record's of Pastor Carolo Lange of the German Reformed Congregation
at Monocacy (Frederickstown).
[note: "the Gap" apparently refers to the Petersburg Gap, a mile-long narrow valley just east of Petersburg through which the South Branch flows .]
In the Gap
p.74
[These are the 4 catechumens
mentioned on p.88]
On November 10th, [1767] at the
South Branch, in the Gap.
men's names
Michael Busch
women's names
Anna Maria Heur
Eva Busch
Sara Busch
p.88
On November 10th, [1767] at the
South Branch, in the Gap, besides 4
catechumens [on p.74 above], the following were
present:
men's names
Conrad Jung
Henrich Kaufmann
Jacob Biedert Jr. [Jacob Peterson Jr.]
Jacob Biedert Sr. [Jacob Peterson Sr.]
Jacob Schmidt
Johannes Weiss [John Wise/Wyse]
Lienhard Heyrl Sr. [Leonard Hire/Heyer Sr.]
Leinhard Heyrl Jr. [Leonard Hire/Heyer Jr.]
Martin Beidert [Martin Peterson]
Mathia Deiss [Dice]
Peter Bossert [Bussard/Buzzard?]
Christoph Leeck
women's names
Barbara Scmidt
Cathina Ruchll
Clara Heyrl [Clara Hire/Heyer]
Elisabetha Biedert [Elizabeth Peterson; nee Harper Moser and wife of Jacob Jr.?]
Elisabetha Gaeck
Elisabetha Kaufman
Elisabetha Schaub [Shobe]
Eva Busch
Magdelena Stucki [Stookey]
Margaretha Femt
Margaretha Reichll
Maria Bossert [Bussard/Buzzard?]
Maria Schmidt
Sarah Biedert [Sarah Peterson; wife of Jacob Sr.?]
Total: 26
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Jacob Peterson Senior died intestate. His estate sale was dated 25 March 1785 and the settlement of his estate was dated 16 Dec 1790 (Hampshire County Will Book 2, p.242-244):
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 > Hampshire Co. Will book, v. 002 1780-1794,
pages 242-244 [Images 207-208 of 283]
p.242
An Accot. } A List of the Articles sold at Jacob Petersons Vendue
of the Admin } March ye 23d 1785
of Jac Petersons }
decd. Estate }
...
p.244
...
Agreeable to an Order for the County Court of
Hampshire to us Directed we have Examined
Stated and Settled the Estate of Jacob Peterson
Decst and find a balance in the hands of the
Executor of one hundred & sixteen pounds seventeen
shillings & nine pence Given under our hands
this 25th. Day of Sept. 1790
£ 116.. 17.. 9
Abel Randall
Job Welton
Conrad Carr
At a Court held for Hampshire County the 16th. day
of December 1790. This account of the
Administration & report of the settlement of the
Estate of Jacob Peterson deced. was returned,
and Ordered to be Recorded.
Test.And Wodrow Co: Cur:
Names of some of the purchasers listed on pages 242-244
Marget Peterson – purchased the most items. Presumably she was Jacob’s widow, namely Sarah Margaret Mohlerin Peterson
Jacob Peterson – Jacob Peterson Jr. (b.1729)
Martin Peterson – b.1730
Michael Peterson – youngest son of Jacob Peterson Sr.
Henry Carr
Martin Shobe
Rudolph Shobe
James Cunningham
Adom Moser – 10 pounds "Due By Adom Moser”
et al.
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Apparently Jacob Peterson Junior, being the eldest son, was the heir-at-law and thus inherited these 400 acres.
This could explain why on 10 June 1793, Jacob and his wife Eve sold the southern half (200 acres) to his brother Martin for the nominal price of 8 pounds (Hardy County Deed Book 3, p.37-38).
On 24 April 1800 Jacob and his wife Eve Elizabeth Peterson sold the northern half (200 acres) of the original 400 acres to their son Philip Peterson:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGJ-N7RD?i=9&cat=83165
Film # 008219245
Hardy County Deed Book 5
p.11-12 [Images 10-11 of 235]
24 April 1800
Jacob [Peterson] Senr and his wife to Philip Peterson his son
for [amount of money left blank], 200a on both sides of north mill creek
recorded 15 Oct 1800
...
p.12
...
“... In Witness whereof the said Jacob Peterson and Eve Elizabeth his wife
have hereunto Set their hands and seals the day and year first above written”
...
Also on 24 April 1800 Jacob and Eve Elizabeth Peterson sold 53 acres on the east side of North Mill Creek to their son Philip:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGJ-N75B?i=10&cat=83165
Film # 008219245
Hardy County Deed Book 5
p.13-14 [Images 11-12 of 235]
24 April 1800
Jacob Peterson Senr to Philip Peterson his son
for 300 dollars, 53 acres on the East side of north mill creek
recorded 15 Oct 1800
...
p.14
...
“… In Witness whereof the said Jacob Peterson and Eve Elizabeth his
wife have hereunto Set their hands and seals the day and year first above
written”
...
Jacob Peterson (now called Senior) wrote his will on 16 May 1803. It was proved 14 February 1815 (Hardy County Will Book 2, p.121). He did not mention his wife. Nor was his eldest son Philip mentioned in the will, presumably because Philip had already been provided for.
In June 1814, Philip and his wife Elizabeth sold 56 acres to Adam Ault:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGJ-27NF?i=330&cat=83165
Film # 008219234 did not
Hardy County Deed Book 7
p.90-92 [Images 331-332 of 652]
[blank] day of June 1814
Philip Peterson and his wife Elizabeth to Adam Ault
for 15 dollars, 56 acres “adjoining the Land of Boston Hagler on the South Branch Mountain”
recorded 29 Sept 1814
“… which said Tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances
was Conveyed to the said Philip Peterson by Robert Brock Esqr
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia the Sixteenth
day of September in the year of our Lord 1796 reference
being thereunto had will make it more fully appear …”
Recorded 29 September 1814.
On 1 September 1814, Philip and his wife Elizabeth (daughter of Sebastian Hagler) sold to his brother-in-law Leonard Hagler the 200 acres he had obtained from his father in 1800 plus another tract of 53 acres for 2000 dollars:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGJ-2767?i=329&cat=83165
Film # 008219234
Hardy County Deed Book 7
p.88-90 [Images 330-331 of 652]
1 September 1814
Philip Peterson and his wife Elizabeth to Leonard Hagler [Philip’s brother-in-law]
for 2000 dollars, 253 acres composed of two tracts of 200 acres and 53 acres on North Mill Creek
The tract of 200 acres was the lower end & northern part of a tract of 400 acres which was first patented to John Harrison September 10th 1755.
The tract of 53 acres was granted to Jacob Peterson by patent bearing date May 21st day 1790.
Recorded 6 September 1814.
Also on 1 September 1814, Philip and Elizabeth sold 53 acres to his younger brother Jacob Jr.:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGJ-27CJ?i=378&cat=83165
Film # 008219234
Hardy County Deed Book 7
p.187-188 [Images 379-380 of 652]
1 September 1814
Philip Peterson and Elizabeth his wife to Jacob Peterson Junior [Philip’s brother]
for 100 dollars, 53 acres on the northwest side of North Mill Greek
recorded 14 February 1815
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This 1907 newspaper article refers back to an earlier newspaper article of 16 November 1869. That earlier article represents the first known published history of the Peterson family.
Be aware that the information presented is not necessarily altogether accurate.
Xenia Daily Gazette, Wednesday, September 25, 1907, page 8
INTERESTING HISTORY
OF PETERSON FAMILY.
-----------
Was Prepared By Rev. P. C. Prugh Almost
Forty Years Ago and Was Read at a Recent
Reunion of the Family.
-----------
[column 1]
The following interesting his-
tory of the Peterson family was
published in the Gazette of No-
vember 16, 1869, and was read at
the annual reunion of the Peter-
son family, held on the farm of
Abel Peterson, Saturday, August
24th of this year. This sketch
was prepared by Rev. P. C.
Prugh, and comes to us through
the courtesy of Mr. J. S. Peter-
son, of Wilmington, who at pres-
ent is engaged in preparing an
exhaustive history, back to the
year 1706, of this well known
family, which he will have
printed in book form. Rev.
Prugh read the sketch in con-
nection with an address given
at a reunion of the Peterson fam-
ily in the year 1869. It is as
follows:
“ Martin[sic-Jacob] Peterson and his fam-
ily arrived safely in this country,
from Switzerland, in the year
1733[sic-1736], almost one hundred and
forty years ago, and settled in
Tulpenhocken county, Pa. Here
he first learned to endure the
hardships of pioneer life. Soon
his [Jacob's] daughter, Anna, was taken
prisoner by the Indians and sub-
his [Jacob's] daughter, Anna, was taken
prisoner by the Indians and sub-
jected to all the cruelties of sav-
age life. She was, however,
subsequently delivered to a
Frenchman, and carried to
France, where she was liberated
by the British and returned to
Philadelphia, where she after-
wards died.
“ After the capture of this
daughter, the father [Jacob], his wife [Sara Mohlerin],
two sons, Martin and Jacob, and
a remaining daughter removed
to the south bend of the Potomac
river, in Virginia. Here they
were compelled to live in forts,
going out only in companies,
and well armed, to clear off and
cultivate their lands.
“ Thus they continued to live,
enduring all the inconveniences
of surrounding circumstances,
for about five years, when Mar-
tin and his sister, while engaged
in the field, were surprised and
carried off by the Indians. The
sister remained a prisoner for
fourteen long years, embracing
all the habits and customs of In-
sister remained a prisoner for
fourteen long years, embracing
all the habits and customs of In-
dian life. Such an effect had
these upon her that it was quite
a long time after she was recap-
tured before she became accus-
tomed to her former civilized
life.
“ Martin was taken West,
across the Ohio river, and, from
the description of the country,
afterwards given, it is very prob-
able he traversed what are now
parts of Greene, Montgomery
Miami counties. If this sup-
[column 2]
position be true, then, the great
grandfather of the entire Peter-
son family of this country was
the first white man, so far as we
know, whose feet rested upon
these lands, now so rich and fer-
tile, but then a vast, unbroken
forest. This was more than a
hundred years ago. At the age
of 21 years he made his escape
from the Indians at Logtown, on
the Ohio river, 18 miles below
Pittsburg. Reaching home in
safety, he was married, and after
having reared a family of seven
children, died at the age of 90
years.
“ Jacob, one of his [Martin's] sons, being
now married, came with his
family, in the year 1815, to this
country and settled on a large
tract of land on the banks of
Caesarcreek, a good portion of
which is still held by his young-
est son, Felix, so well known to
most of the citizens of Greene
county. Indeed, the names of
this entire family, when men-
tioned, will be readily recognized
as constituting a prominent ele-
ment in that part of the country
where they lived. Most of them
are still living. The sons are,
Samuel, Joel, Moses, Jacob and
Felix. The daughters are Cath-
arine Boots, Mary Ketterman,
Jane Bargdal and Hannah Iman.
[note: The "Jacob Peterson, a son of the brother of Martin" mentioned immediately below
refers to the younger son of Jacob Peterson Jr. (b.1729) and Eve Elizabeth Harper.
His second wife was Hannah Stuckey. Among their children was Jacob Stuckey (J. S.) Peterson,
who compiled the earliest information on the history of the Petersons.]
“ Jacob Peterson, a son of the
brother of Martin
brother of Martin, came to An-
derson's Fork in the year 1818,
and by prudence and industry,
acquired possession of a large
tract of land lying partly in Clin-
ton and partly in this county.
He was known by most of the
people of this county as an hon-
est and upright citizen, and as a
pious and conscientious Chris-
tian. He died at an advanced
age, only two years since (1867).
His children who drank deeply
from the same fountain of truth
that nourished and supported
their parents, all survive him.
They are Abel, Jesse, Aaron,
Archibald, Jacob[i.e., Jacob Stuckey] and Abraham,
Elizabeth Nash, Annie Bush and
Hannah Jane Moore.
“ John Peterson, another son
of the same family [i.e., another son of Martin], came to Ross
county as early as 1806. From
thence, in the year, 1817 he re-
moved to this county and pur-
chased the beautiful farm after-
ward so long held by his son
Jonas, on the north bank of
Caesarcreek. This is the same
farm so many years devoted to
the use of the county for her
general musters in bygone years.
His family was composed of Sol-
omen, Martin, Jonas, John, Eliza-
abeth Harpole and Phebe Kiner.”
=========================
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Biography of Jacob Stuckey Peterson on his 86th birthday.
Xenia Daily Gazette March 21, 1910, page 8
EIGHTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY OF
JACOB S. PETERSON
Was Celebrated at Home of His Daughter,
Mrs. G. A. McKay, Saturday-All His
Children Were Present.
[column 1]
A most delightful social occa-
sion took place at the home of
Mrs. G. A. McKay, on North
King street Saturday, when the
eighty-sixth birthday of her
father, Mr. Jacob S. Peterson,
of Wilmington, was celebrated.
His children, grandchildren and
great grand children were pres-
ent, also a few other close rela-
tives, making thirty in all. An
elaborate dinner was served, the
guests being seated at one large
table. The room was darkened
and the table lighted with wax
candles, the main feature of the
decorations being a huge birth-
day cake bearing eighty-six
candles which made a brilliant
center piece. The day was one
of unusual pleasure to all and
especially to Mr. Peterson who
is still remarkably hale and
hearty for a man of his years
and able to enjoy the occasion to
the utmost.
A pleasant feature of the day
was the announcement of the
birth of a son the day before to
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Maynard
Peterson
Peterson, of Dayton. This ninth
great grandchild forms another
link in an interesting and un-
usual bit of family history, as
he has already been given the
name of Jacob Floyd Peterson,
thus being the eighth son of the
family to bear the name of Jacob,
and being the fourth Jacob now
living. The name has been borne
by an unbroken line for the last
two hundred years, the first
Jacob Peterson of the family
history being born in Switzer-
land, at Bavenville county, of
Gangdenburg, in 1796. Another
interesting fact in connection
with the family is that for the
two hundred years the family
have clung faithfully to the faith
of their ancestors,all being mem-
bers of the German Reformed
church into which the first Jacob
Peterson was baptised soon af-
ter his birth in 1706. An affec-
tionate letter of dismissal from
his church in Bavensville, Swit-
zerland, is one of the family's
[column 2]
treasured papers. Mr. Jacob S.
Peterson attended services at
the Reformed church in this city
Sabbath morning,of which church
his father was an early member.
Mr. Peterson was born March
19, 1824, being the son of Jacob
and Hannah Stuckey Peterson,
who emigrated to Ohio from Vir-
ginia in the year 1817. The most
of Mr. Peterson's life has been
spent on his farm adjoining bis
boyhood home on the border line
between Greene and Clinton
counties. For several years past
he has made his home with his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Colvin, of
Wilmington, O. He has six
children: Mr. Orville Peterson,of
Pamplin City, Va.,: Mrs. Emma
Middleton, of near Xenia, Mrs.
Horace McMillen, of Wilmington;
Mrs. J. E. Peterson,of West Car-
rollton,O.; Mrs. Frank Colvin, of
Wilmington, O.; and Mrs. G. A.
McKay, of this city. All were
present at the dinner Saturday.
Mr. Peterson's wife, who was
before marriage, Sarah Cathrine
Ellis, has been dead for several
years, her death being the only
break in the immediate family
circle.
Several of the guests stayed
over until Sunday evening at the
McKay home.
Those seated at the dinner
were: Jacob S. Peterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Colvin and two
daughters, of Wilmington; Mr.
O. E. Peterson, of Pamplin City,
Va.; Mrs. Horace McMillan and
two sons Esper and Carl, of
Wilmington; Mr. and Mrs.James
Middleton, of near Xenia; Jacob
Elmer Peterson, of West Carroll-
ton, Mrs. G. A. McKay, Mr. and
Mrs. Volcha Weaver and daugh-
ters Laura and Anna, of Xenia,
Rev. E. W. Thornton, of Los
Angeles; Misses Marie Hagler
and Elizabeth Ann Ballard, of
Washington C. H .; Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. McKay and little son, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Kell Martin and two
children,Mrs.Sarah Gillaugh and
Miss Nelle McKay.
======================
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Obituary of Jacob S. Peterson.
Xenia Daily Gazette January 22, 1912, page 5
[column 3]
OBITUARY.
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" He giveth His beloved sleep.''
Jacob Stuckey Peterson, son of
Jacob and Hannah Stuckey Peter-
son, was born March 19, 1824, and
died January 7, 1912, aged 87
years, 9 months and 12 days, and,
was the last surviving member of
his father's family of nine children.
He was born on his father's farm
on the boundary line of Greene and
Clinton counties, and here grew to
manhood.
On November 23, 1848, he was
married to Sarah Catharine Ellis,
and to this union were born six
children, two sons and four daugh-
ters: Mrs. James W. Middleton
and Mrs. George A. [Ada Irene] McKay, of
Xenia; Messrs Orville Ellis Peter-
son and Jacob Elmer Peterson, of
Virginia; Mrs. Horace G. McMillan
and Mrs. Frank S. Colvin, of Wil-
mington. He is also survived by
fourteen grandchildren and twelve
great grandchildren.
...
Xenia; Messrs Orville Ellis Peter-
son and Jacob Elmer Peterson, of
Virginia; Mrs. Horace G. McMillan
and Mrs. Frank S. Colvin, of Wil-
mington. He is also survived by
fourteen grandchildren and twelve
great grandchildren.
...
Note:
Ada Irene Peterson, second daughter of Jacob Stuckey and Catherine Ellis Peterson,
was born July 23, 1852. She married George Albert McKay on September 25, 1873.
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The 1936 Celebration of the Petersons' 200th anniversary in America.
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57581106/
August 26, 1936
Wilmington News-Journal from Wilmington, Ohio · Page 5
Wednesday, August 26, 1936 THE DAILY NEWS-JOURNAL—WILMINGTON, OHIO
Page Five
Social Happenings-Personals-News of Interest to Women
Peterson Reunion
An event of unique local historical interest occurred Saturday at the beautiful country home of Mrs. Horace G. McMillan in the Chester neighborhood when members of the Peterson family held their 69th annual reunion and at the same time celebrated the 200th anniversary of the arrival in America of the ancestors of the family. About 50 members of the family were present to enjoy the unusual occasion and to spend the day in informal visiting and reviving the long and interesting history which is treasured by the family. At noon a sumptuous picnic dinner was served at four long tables spread on the shady lawn about the McMillan home.
On display during the day were the old documents that have been preserved by the family during the 200 years the family has been in this country. Of special interest is the framed copy of the passport which was issued to Hans Jacob Bidert and family. April 23, 1736 which granted them passage to “the Island of Pennsylvania.” The passport was issued at Basil, Switzerland and at that time the geography of the distant new country was hazy in the minds of emigration officials. The translation of the passport is as follows: "The Burgomaster and Council of the city of Basil testify herewith in our city and this region of country there is no contagious disease raging; but by the grace of God we enjoy a pure air free from all infection, and we therefore manfully request that our former citizen, John Jacob Bidert, who together with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, intend to travel first by water to Rotterdam, and then by ship to the Island of Pennsylvania, be permitted to pass and repass at all places safely and without hinderance Such favors we are ready promptly to return according to our government custom. “Given under the smaller printed seal of our city this twenty third day of April, 1736." He with his family arrived safely in Philadelphia, and after residing for several years in Pennsylvania removed to Augusta County, Va. In 1818 Jacob Peterson III immigrated to Ohio and settled on An- derson’s Creek where the family have since been residents. Also of keen interest was the baptismal certificate of Hans Jacob Bidert, his wife, Sarah Mohlerin Bidert, and their four children which was dated April 21, 1736 Just two days before the passport was issued. This would prove that Hans Jacob Bidert and his wife realized the importance of preserving for posterity the heritage of pride of lineage and church loyalty which have characterized the history of the family in this country. The two oldest records of the family prove that the family name was originally Bidert and the change to the present name of Peterson is probably due to error in translating the name of Bidert into English. As the German letter B was pronounced P and as he spoke no English, Hans Jacob Bidert seems to have found himself bearing the name of Jacob Peters, which is the name appearing on a deed to a tract of land in Augusta County, Va., issued November 21, 1764. The name Jacob Peterson does not appear until on naturalization papers which were issued to Jacob Peterson by “Francis Farquier, Esq. His Majestey's Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, in the fifth year of the reign of our soverign Lord King George The Third," about 1765. As it was customary at that time for the eldest son of a family to sign his name as “son of," the addition of “son" to the translation of Peters gives the name Peterson which the family still bears. The old German family Bible, published in Germantown, Pa., in 1763, bears the family records from that daft and all from that date on are written as Peterson.
An unusual feature of the family history is the fact that during the 236 years covered by the dared family records the name of Jacob has been passed down from father to son in an unbroken line of succession— Jacob Elmer Peterson, of Lake Wrales, Florida, is the oldest living Jacob Peterson and is Jacob the 6th. His son Jacob Maynard. (Jacob 7th) lives at Alton, Ill., and Jacob 8th. Jacob Floyd Peterson, is living at Alton, Ill. Jacob the 6th and Jacob 7th were both present at the reunion Saturday. Of especial interest also is the fact that during the 200 years the descendants of the family have been active members of the German Reformed church. Among the most highly prized of the family documents is an affectionate letter of dismissal from the Reformed church in Switzerland to the church in America, signed by the pastor of the church at Barenville, Switzerland. A most interesting feature of the reunion Saturday was a paper read by Martin Luther Peterson, of Frankfort, describing a visit to the village of Barenville, Switzerland, which he made several years ago. He vividly described his trip through the mountains to the plateau where he found the Bidert family had made their home for many generations and where he saw an ancient stone house still occupied by a family bearing the name of Bidert.
A feature that was studied with much interest by the family in attendance at the reunion was a large and carefully drawn family tree displayed by Sherman and William Haines, of Bloomingburg, tracing the various lines from 1706. Among those from distances attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Peterson, Pamplin, Va ; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Elmer Peterson, Miss Nelle G. McKay, Lake Wales. Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Maynard Peterson, daughter, Mary, and son, John, Alton, Ill.; Mrs. Mae C. Hull, Mrs. Flora Fudge Maxey, Mrs. Helen Maxey Hite, Columbus: Mrs. Marie Hegler McLean, Miss Bess Blue, Mrs. Lyda McLean Fabb, Miss Ann Robinson, Washington C. H,; Mrs. Richard Van Pelt, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hecker, sons Arthur and Peter, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McCann, Mrs. Anna Lee Stinson, Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs, Pearl Harshfield, Omar Harshfield, Misses Allie and Lula Harshfield. East Liberty; Sherman Haines, William Haines, Bloomingburg; M. Luther Peterson, Willard Peterson, Frankfort; William Briggs, D. W. Briggs, Leslie Briggs, Mrs. Jane May, Mrs. Lena James, New Holland. Mrs. Mary Bateman Paxton, Miss Annamelia Paxton, South Charleston; Mrs. Myrta Tresslar Hooke, Robert Hooke, Albany, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Bryan, Howard, Jr., Willard and David, Mrs. Grace P. Colvin, Delaware; Mrs. John B. Murry, Milledgeville. Mrs. Orville E. Peterson was Miss Evelyn Green, formerly of Wilmington, and Mrs. Jacob Elmer Peterson, Miss Viola Farquhar, of this city.
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This article from another newspaper about the 1936 Peterson reunion is briefer and so not quite as informative:
Xenia Evening Gazette August 28, 1936, page 5
[column 2]
...
PETERSON REUNION
IS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Approximately 150 persons, in-
cluding a number from Greene
County, attended the sixty-ninth
annual reunion of the Peterson
family and at the same time cele-
brated the 200th anniversary of
the arrival in America of ances-
tors of the family, at the home of
Mrs. Horace G. McMillan, near
Chester Church, Clinton County,
Saturday.
On display during the day were
old documents which have been
preserved by the family during the
200 years the family has been in
this country. Of especial interest
was a framed copy of a passport
issued to Hans Jacob Bidert and
family, April 23, 1736, which grant-
ed them passage to the “island of
Pennsylvania." Also of interest was
the baptismal certificate of Hans
Jacob Bidert, his wife. Sarah Moh-
lerin Bidert, and their four child-
ren, dated April 21, 1736, Just two
days before the passport was is-
sued. The two oldest records of
the family prove that the family
name was originally Bidert and
the change to the present name of
Peterson was probably due to er-
ror in translating the name of B-
idert into English The name Peter-.
son does not appear until on nat-
uralization papers issued to Jacob
Peterson about 1765.
An unusual feature of the family
is the fact that during the 236
years covered by the dated family
records the name of Jacob has
passed from father to son in an
unbroken line of succession--Jacob
Elmer Peterson, of Lake Wales,
Fla., being the oldest living Jacob
Peterson and is Jacob the 6th.
A picnic dinner was enjoyed on
the lawn of the McMillan home at
noon and the afternoon was spent
socially.
==========================
The Jacob lineage:
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
Jacob Peterson + Eve Elizabeth Harper
Jacob Peterson + Hannah Stuckey
Jacob Stuckey Peterson
Jacob Elmer Peterson
Jacob Maynard Peterson
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The story of an American family, 1706-1957 : the Peterson family history
Authors: Peterson, J. Maynard (Main Author), McKay, Nelle Grace (Added Author)
Note: Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Location Film: FHL US/CAN Film 1036619 Item 6
Notes:
"The Ellis Family History [published in 1900] incorporated a section devoted to the Peterson family."
Jacob Stuckey Peterson was born in 1824 near Lumberton, Ohio. He married Sarah Catherine Ellis in 1848,
and died in 1912 in Wilmington, Ohio, and was buried near Lumberton.
Apparently Jacob Maynard Peterson used his grandfather's notes to prepare a Peterson family history.
The authors' lineage:
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin [m. 1728]
Jacob Peterson + Eve Elizabeth Harper [m. 14 Apr 1866]
Jacob Peterson + Hannah Stuckey [m. 12 Mar 1809]
Jacob Stuckey Peterson + Sarah Catherine Ellis [m. 23 Nov 1848]
where
Jacob Stuckey Peterson + Sarah Catherine Ellis
| |
Jacob Elmer Peterson (b. 20 Sep 1862) + Viola Maria Farquar [m. 8 Sep 1887] Ada Irene Peterson (b. 23 July 1852) + George Albert McKay [m. 25 Sep 1873]
Jacob Maynard Peterson (b. 31 Mar 1888) + Mary Jessie Floyd [m. 16 Jun 1909] Nellie (Nelle) Grace McKay (b. 7 Aug 1881)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32340796/j.-maynard-peterson
J. Maynard Peterson
BIRTH 1888
DEATH 1986 (aged 97–98)
BURIAL
Glen Oaks Memorial Park
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32340796
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38557024/nellie-g.-mckay
Nellie G. McKay
BIRTH Aug 1881
Ohio, USA
DEATH 1962 (aged 80–81)
BURIAL
Woodland Cemetery
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
PLOT Section A, Lot 122-N, Grave 3
MEMORIAL ID 38557024
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Lineages of Some Peterson Researchers
An important reference is "Peterson Family Record" by Clyde S. Boots (1979) [LDS film# 1036370 item 1]
Boots excerpts letters and notes from Clara Gould Mark, Mildred Kerr, Martha Arnett, and Albert S. Hidy.
Their lineages are given below:
Clyde Solomon Boots (24 Dec 1899 - 17 Aug 1984)
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
|
Martin Peterson (1720-1820) + Rosina Teter Adam Stieffel/Boots
| |
Elizabeth Peterson (1770-1830) + Garrett Boots
|
John Boots (1788-1855) + Rhoda Ann Mann
|
Aaron Boots (1819-1865) + Nancy Wirt
|
Solomon Boots (1849-1926) + Sarah Elizabeth Tinkle
|
Riley Edwin Boots (1873-1953) + Olive Grace Meairs
|
Clyde S Boots
Clara Gould Mark (23 Jan 1882 - 22 Sept 1966)
Leonard Heyer + Clara Lutzler Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin Philip Harper + Elizabeth Kauffmann
| | | |
Anna Barbara Heyer + Jacob Shobe Eve Heyer + Sebastian Hagler Jacob Peterson Jr. + Eve Elizabeth Harper
| | | | |
Elizabeth Shobe + John Martin Powers Leonard Hagler + Susannah Peterson Elizabeth Hagler + Philip Peterson Susannah Peterson + Leonard Hagler
|
Catherine Powers + Leonard Bush
|
Elizabeth Bush + John Kirkpatrick
|
Hannah Kirkpatrick + Mathew W. Mark
|
Peter Lewis Mark + Mary P. Humphrey
|
Clara Gould Mark
Another connection (but please verify):
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
|
Peter Mark + Mary Legore Leonard Bush Sr + Catherine Stingley Jacob Peterson (b.1729) + Eve Elizabeth Harper
| | | | |
Mathew W. Mark + Hannah Kirkpatrick Joseph Mark + Naomi Bush Abraham Bush + Phebe Peterson
|
Peter Lewis Mark + Mary P. Humphrey
|
Clara Gould Mark
Mildred Peterson (13 Aug 1907, IN - 14 Apr 1997, NC)
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
|
Martin Peterson (1730-1820) + Rosina Dieter
|
John Peterson (1769-1839) + Mary Harper [dau of Adam Harper (d.1820)]
|
Solomon Peterson (1790-1851) + Susan Wisehart
|
Solomon W. Peterson (1835-1916) + Jane Dains
|
Hugh W. Peterson (1878-1968) + Vecia Velma Rakestraw
|
Mildred Peterson Shelby Kerr
Martha Arnett (24 Sept 1903, Dayton, OH - 6 July 2002, CA)
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
|
Martin Peterson (b.1730) + Rosina Dieter
|
John Peterson + Mary Harper [dau of Adam Harper (d.1820)]
|
Martin Peterson + Elizabeth Coyner
|
Mary Jane Peterson + William F. Haines
|
Martha B. (Mattie) Haines + James Jefferson
|
Ethel M. Jefferson + William Rhynsburger
|
Martha Rhynsburger + Mahlon Edward Arnett
Albert Stanley Hidy (1888-1982)
Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin
| |
Martin Peterson (1730-1820) + Rosina Teter Sarah Peterson (1734-1800) + Henry Karr (1721-1814) John Hidy + Christina Ann Trexler
| | |
Barbara Peterson (1775-1860) + Peter Huffman Mary Carr (1795-1879) + Joseph Hidy (1783-1878)
| |
Amos Huffman (1804-1869) + Nancy Thomas Humphrey Hidy (1819-1879) + Parmelia Higby
| |
Ida Frances Huffman (1858-1944) + Alfred Hidy (1857-1946)
|
Albert Stanley Hidy (1888-1982) + Annabel Stanford
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Hagler
Abraham Hegler (as he spelled the name) was a grandson of Sebastian Hagler. In January 1860, he wrote a brief "History of the Hegler Family" from tradition and memory. Abraham is quoted on page 11 of Melville F. Hegler's The Genealogy of the family of Jacob Hegler of the Canton of Basle, Switzerland and of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Hampshire and Hardy Counties, Virginia, now West Virginia (1948). On the origin of his family Abraham wrote:
The Hagler family was originally a native of the Canton of Basle, Switz-
erland from whence my great-grandfather-whose name I do not know-emigrated
about the year 1750. After sailing six weeks they arrived in America and
settled in the State of Pennsylvania where they resided some time. He had
a large family and several of his sons married and remained there. His old-
est son married in Switzerland and being in the employ of the King, he re-
mained there. One of his daughters was also married there to a Mr. Weisz
who came to America with them. They afterward removed to Virginia and set-
tled on Mill Creek in Hampshire County and Hardy.
...
No ship's passenger list has been found for when the Haglers arrived in Pennsylvania. Nor have any records been found regarding their time in Pennsylvania. However, they had no doubt settled on the South Branch in Virginia by 1756 (or 1757 at the latest).
https://books.google.com/books?id=2jEwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq="Hagler"
or
https://books.google.com/books?id=F6cTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq="Hagler"
or
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-09.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER 1758−−32d GEORGE II.
p.179
The SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
To the Militia of the County of Augusta, and for
Provisions furnished by sundry Inhabitants of
the said County, viz.
...
p.184
...
To Jacob Peterson, Jacob Wiece, Joseph Wiece, Ben-
jamin Hagler, John Hagler, John Wizer, Postine
Hagler, Henry Carr, Jacob Hagler, Martin Pe-
terson, Jeremiah Cooper, 16s. each,
...
Note 1: At present there is some ambiguity in how some of the later records can be interpreted. The above Jacob Hagler was either the father of Postine (Sebastian), Benjamin, and John or, alternatively, the brother of Sebastian, and the others. (See "IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION" below.)
Note 2: In this "SCHEDULE" Augusta County residents were paid either for supplying provisions or for serving in the county militia (or both). The fact that all the above men were each paid the same amount suggests that they were being paid for their militia service. Militia privates were paid one shilling per day, which indicates that they all must have served in the Augusta County militia for a period of sixteen days--presumably at the same time and in the same company. Their military service most probably would have been in 1756 or 1757 since this was when many Augusta County militia companies were active.
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Boston [Sebastian] Hagler was appointed administrator of the estate of Jacob Hagler. Jacob's estate was appraised on 10 March 1760 by Martin Job [Shobe], Jacob Peters {Peterson], and George See. His inventory and appraisement were recorded in Hampshire County on 12 March 1760.
http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28007
Hegler, Melville F. The genealogy of the family of Jacob Hegler of the canton of Basle, Switzerland and of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Hampshire and Hardy Counties, Virginia, now West Virginia
Chicago, Ill.: unknown, 1948, 80 pgs.
p.13
...
... "Jacob Hagler's inventory and appraisement were filed 3/12/1760.
These records are in the Virginia Room at the University of West Virginia
Library at Morgantown. The papers state that he was buried on a farm near
Petersburg."
...
It should be noted that in 1760 the town of Petersburg did not yet exist. Thus it would seem that statement that "he was buried on a farm near Petersburg" would not found in a contemporary document but in some paper prepared at a later date. This would make the statement more subjective and speculative. The paper needs to be reexamined.
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This posting provides additional info about Jacob Hagler's estate:
http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/HAGLER/1999-06/0928724884
From: Nedra Dickman Brill <brillnd@pacifier.com>
Subject: [HAGLER-L] Early Haigler imigrants
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 20:08:04
...
2. Jacob Hagler [father of Sebastian] died prior to 13 February 1759 when
Boston Hagler was appointed administrator of his estate, with Michael
Harness and Henry Lanciscus his securities for the administrator's bond.
Boston's original signature is on the bond, thus he could write his own
name. Jacob's estate was appraised 10 March 1760 by Martin Job, Jacob
Peters, and George See and recorded in Hampshire County on 12 March 1760.
Copies of these papers are currently located in Hampshire County, WV,
Records, Bundle 5, Archives and Manuscript Section, WV Collection, WVU
Library, Morgantown, WV26506. This bond and appraisal are available on
microfilm at your local LDS FHC or via inter-library loan from WVU
Archives, Morgantown, or WVU will also make copies and send them to you (if
no one has borrowed the microfilm <G>). There was no will nor list of the
heirs, nor does it state any relationship between Boston and Jacob Hagler.
...
Here are the actual records mentioned above:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/347235?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Hampshire County, (West) Virginia
Court records, 1736-1927
Envelopes 2-12 1736-1785 Film 186352 DGS 7616761
Film # 007616761
Images 28-29 of 298
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9VT-QSBK?i=27&cat=347235
Boston Hagler's bond (for being appointed administrator of Jacob Hagler’s estate)
Image 28 of 298
Env. 4
County Court Hampshire Co. 1759
Re: Hagler, Boston, Admr. Of
Hagler, Jacob, Dec.
bond.
Know all men by these presents that We Boston Hagler
Michael Harness & Henry Lanciscus, are held and firmly bound unto
James Simpson Solomon Hedges Nathaniel Kuykendall & Benjamin Kuykendall
Justices of the Peace for the County of Hampshire
for and in behalf and to the Sole use and behoof of the
Justices of the Said County and their Successors in the Sum of five
hundred Pounds . . . . . . to be paid to the Said James Simpson
Solomon Hedges Nathaniel Kuykendall & Benjamin Kuykendall
heirs Executors Administrators and assigns to the which paymt. Well and truly
to be made we bind ourselves and every of us our and every of our heirs executors
and Administrators Jointly and Severly jointly by these presents Sealed
with our Seals and dated this 13th. day of February 1759
The Condition of this Obligation is Such that if the above bound
Boston Hagler administrator of all the goods Chattels and Credits of Jacob
Hagler deceased ... [continued legalese] ...
Accordingly if the sd. Boston being thereunto required to Render up
his letters of Administration Approbation of Such testament
being first had and made in the sd. Court then this Obligation
Image 29 of 298
[rightmost paper]
To be void of none Effect or Else to remain in full force
And virtue
Sealed and Delivered { boston Häglar
In presence of { Michael Harness jr. X (his mark)
Jas Keith Henry Lansisco
Jacob Hagler’s Appraisment
Images 51-53 of 298
NOTE: The appraisement pages are out of order.
The list of items appraised begins with the two full-size pages in Image 52, continues with the two full-size pages in the previous image (Image 51),
then concludes back in Image 52 in the small separate paper at the left, which lists the total and shows the signatures of the three appraisers.
In Image 53 is a duplicate of the two full-size pages shown in Image 52.
Also in Image 53 is a small separate paper at left which lists the names of the appraisers and orders the appraisment to be recorded.
Image 51 of 298
Env. 5
County Court Hampshire Co. 1760
Re: Hagler, Jacob, Dec.
Appraisment.
…
The two pages labelled “Continuence” are the list of appraised items continued from the next image.
Image 52 of 298
small separate paper at left:
Continuance
...
Signatures:
Martin Job
The Totall £ . S . D Jacob Biedert
134 . 8 . 0 Görg Zes
The two full size pages at right are the start of the appraisment:
March ye 10th 1760
An Apraisment of the Esteat
of Jacob Hagler Deceased
...
Image 53 of 298
small separate paper at left:
Martin Job }
Jacob Peters } the Appraisers
George See }
At a Court continued and held for Hampshire
County the 12th Day of March 1760
This Inventory & Appraisment of the Estate of
Jacob Hagler decd was returned and Ordered
To be Recorded
Test Gabriel Jones Co. C--
Note: The two full size pages at right in Image 53 are the same appraisment pages shown in the previous image (Image 52):
March ye 10th 1760
An Apraisment of the Esteat
of Jacob Hagler Deceased
...
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According to the Preston Register, the last Indian attacks on the South Branch (in Augusta County) occurred in March and April 1758, culminating in the destruction of the Upper Tract fort and Fort Seybert on April 27th and 28th. It can be guardedly concluded that Jacob Hagler was most likely killed during this time period, although his death could have been earlier. If Jacob was killed in Hampshire County rather than Augusta, then his death may have gone unrecorded since attacks in Hampshire County were not registered in such detail.
Abraham Hegler (a grandson of Sebastian Hagler) wrote that he did not know the name of his great grandfather (i.e., the father of Sebastian), but he did also write that "My great-grandfather was killed by the Indians while returning to the fort where he had placed his family for safety." Thus it can be inferred that Jacob Hagler was the father of Sebastian Hagler--and presumably the father of Benjamin Hagler and John Hagler as well.
Below is the whole story of his great grandfather's death (as quoted in Melville Hegler's Genealogy of the family of Jacob Hegler, page 11):
My great-grandfather was killed by the Indians while returning to the
fort where he had placed his family for safety. When he was shot his horse
wheeled and ran back leaving a stream of blood for about one hundred yards
where he fell from his horse and was scalped. The Indians plundered his
farm, burned his wheat stacks but strange to relate they did not burn his
dwelling house, the remains of which I saw many times. They burned his
spring house, the coals of which I often saw. My grandfather's name was
Sebastian; he was 15 years old when they came to America. I often heard
him speak of sailing down the River Rhine.
...
The county line separating Hampshire to the north from Augusta to the south corresponded to the Fairfax line. The Haglers must have lived close enough to the line--on one side or the other--so that they could serve in the Augusta county militia and yet have Jacob's estate recorded in Hampshire County.
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At the third vendue for Peter Moser's estate held on 3 October 1760, it was recorded that money was received from John "Hagleer".
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court6.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, P. 62-63
Will Book 3.
Page 28.--28th June, 1758. Peter Moser's estate settlement, by Michael
Mallow, allowed 19th May, 1761--To Cathron Moser, Jno. Hopkins, Danl.
Love, James McDole, Jno. Wright, Fardrick Kestor, Jacob Harper, Andrew
Arewen, Powl Shaver, Eaform Love, Nickles Hofman, Edward McGary.
(2nd vendue held 8th November, 1758?) To Alex. Miller, James McGill,
Jno. McCoy. (3d vendue held 3d October, 1760.) Credit by Patterkole
money received on Peter Moser's account. From Jno. Madison, from
George Caplinger, from Henry Carr, from Captain Cartley (Keartley), Capt.
Abraham Smith (patterole money), from Captain Smith, for provender;
from Captain Smith, on account of Wm. Wood; from Jno. Hogleer [actual text says "John Hagleer"]; from
Capt. Ephraim Love, for provender and paterrole (patrol) money; from
Capt. Smith, patterole money. Paid Jacob Rolman, paid Daniel Smith for
clorking, paid Fredk. Opp for schooling, paid Fredk. Easter for salt and
store goods, paid Johnson Hill for weaving, paid John Hughes, paid Stephen
Conrad, the blacksmith. ...
...
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In the sale bill for Jacob Sivers [Seybert's] estate dated 19 August 1761, money was received of "Benj. Hagler".
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court6.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, P. 65
WILL BOOK No. 3.
...
Page 75.--19th August. 1761. Daniel Smith's settlement of estate of
Jacob Sivers approved--Paid Woolrick Conrod, Gabriel Kyle; paid 1
clerk's note for swearing into your commission; paid Jno. Wright for
crying the vendue; paid Henry Pircy for liquor; paid David Rule; paid
Christian Lower (Sower?); paid Paul Shaver; paid Horrical Hufman;
paid Henry Baninger; paid Sarah Harrison for liquor for vendue; paid
Margaret Johnson for appraising the estate. Sale bill, viz: To John McCoy,
Valentine Butcher, Henry Smith, Wm. Snodon, Saml. Briggs, Robt.
Gragg, Jno. Dunkle, Ludwick Waggoner, Jno. Skidmore, Jonas Friend,
Nicholas Havener. Received of Benj. Hagler, Robt. Minnis, Henry Penigar.
...
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http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court40.txt
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, P. 405
Deed Book No. 11.
Page 463.--25th May, 1763. Same [i.e., William Green, &c.] to Boston Hugler, £30, 400 acres on
Mill Creek, part of 1650 acres above. Delivered: Andrew Johnston, 1767.
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Hegler, Melville F. The genealogy of the family of Jacob Hegler of the canton of Basle, Switzerland and of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Hampshire and Hardy Counties, Virginia, now West Virginia
Chicago, Ill.: unknown, 1948, 80 pgs.
p.13
...
The record shows in Augusta Co., Va., Deed book 11-p.462-11/16/1763
"Jacob Heighler paid in person £30 for 400 acres for Sebastian Hagler at
the Court House at Staunton, Va. The land was located on Mill Creek and
the south branch of the Potomac. William Green sold the land to Boston
Heighler, the same that Jacob paid £30 for."
...
AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION:
A reexamination of both the lease and release of this sale from William Green makes it apparent that the name "Jacob" was in this one place accidentally written instead of "Boston". In all other places in the lease and release only the name "Boston" appears.
The actual text in the release says "Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of Thirty pounds Current Money of Virginia to the sd. William Green in hand paid by the said Jacob Heigler at or before the sealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof release acquit and discharge the said Boston Hagler ..."
In this context, "said" means "previously mentioned", but "the said Jacob Heigler" was never previously mentioned.
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Nothing more is known of Benjamin after 19 August 1761 or Jacob after 16 November 1763.
Many believe that the John Hagler who settled in Anson County, North Carolina was Sebastian's brother.
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Abraham Hegler recorded the names of his paternal aunts and uncles and whom they each married (Melville Hegler, Jacob Helger, p.11):
Grandfather [Sebastian] intermarried with Eve Hyer-now spelled Hire. They had two
sons named Jacob and Leonard and six daughters named respectively--Klorie,
Elizabeth, Mary, Eve, Susannah and Magdaline. My Father's name was Jacob
and he married Mary Dice. They had three sons- Abraham, Issac and Jacob-
and three daughters- named Mary Ann, Hannah and Elizabeth.
Uncle Leonard married Mary Peterson; Aunt Klorie married George Sting-
ley; Aunt Elizabeth married Phillip Peterson; Aunt Mary married George
Bergdall; Aunt Eve married John Shook; Aunt Susannah never married and Aunt
Magdalene married David Shook.
...
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Heyer
There are a number of spelling variations for in records, the most common being Heyer, Hyre, and Hire. By the beginning of the 1800's, "Hire" had become the standard spelling.
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Swiss records
Here we rely on the information given in Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (Vol. 2) by Faust and Brumbaugh. The Heyers were from the Canton of Basel. They emigrated to America in 1737 in the company of the Shobes and the Reagers.
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220698
Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (Volume II): From the State Archives of Bern and Basel Switzerland
Compiled and Edited by Albert Bernhardt Faust and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh
Copyrighted 1925
p.81
V
STATE ARCHIVES OF BASEL
...
AA = Auswanderung A, Emigration A, is a collection of documents
relating mainly to emigration to the American Colonies,
such as partial lists of emigrants, reports of commissions,
letters of application on behalf of emigrants written by
district officials, testimonials by pastors and others, letters
from the Colonies, official examinations of returned emigrants,
etc.
...
FAF = Finanz-Acten F, Revenue Records F, which contribute
some itemized accounts of fees paid by emigrants.
...
p.82
KB = Kirchenbücher, Parish Registers, furnishing (apart from
marriage and funeral dates) baptismal dates alone more
frequently than both birth- and baptismal dates. The
huge volumes of the city of Basel do not distinguish
between the two and head their columns: 'Geburts-oder
Tauf tag.' Births and baptisms occurred sometimes on
the same day and at least with very short intervals
between. The parish registers of Basel-Land are now
found mostly united in the Staatsarchiv of Liestal. Some
registers, e.g. those of the parish of Waldenburg, Niederdorf
and Oberdorf, are partly or entirely missing.
...
p.86
VI
INTRODUCTION
THE CANTON OF BASEL AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS
INHABITANTS IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS
The Canton of Basel of the eighteenth century comprised both
the present Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Canton of Basel-Land
with the exception of a small strip of territory in the West. The
main part was sloping down from the crest of the Jura Mountains
to the Rhine and intersected by numerous valleys. Even to-day
one third of Basel-Land is covered with forests. Fruit trees
abound and vineyards still occupy one percent of the whole area,
which is much less than they formerly occupied.
Administratively the Canton consisted of the city and seven
country districts, called 'Aemter' or 'Vogteyen,' of very unequal
size: Amt Riehen and Amt Kleinhüningen, both of them very
small and to-day incorporated with Basel-Stadt, Amt München-
stein, then mostly spelt Mönchenstein, Amt Liestal, formerly also
Liechstal, Amt Homburg, and the two largest, Farnsburg, formerly
Varnspurg, and Waldenburg, formerly also Wallenburg.
...
p.110
1737
Considerable time before the beginning of the year some eighteen
subjects from Biel-Benken, Arisdorf and other places had come to
Basel and expressed their desire to go to Carolina, but the Mayor
had denied them the Chancery order to their Obervögte, and the
Council had upheld his action (RP 108, Oct. 20, 1736). Still
earlier the Council had learned of some 'plotting' at the house of
the 'Lehnsmann,' fief holder or sub-tenant Lienert Heyer on the
Rütihard, and ordered the Obervogt to look into the matter. The
result of his investigation, embodied in his report of Sept. 4, 1736
(AA), was in substance as follows:
Lienert Heyer's brother and Antoni Rieger of Benken and
Jacob Küntzlin, a carpenter, and Hans Kapp, a wagon-maker, of
Münchenstein had discussed emigration to Pennsylvania. They
had been actuated to do so partly by the letter of Gondy1 in praise
_______
1 This letter of Antony Gondy was printed for the first time in the American
Historical Review (1916), Vol. XXII , pp. 115-117, among the Documents in Swiss
Archives relating to Emigration to American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century,
contributed by A. B. Faust.
p.111
of Carolina, written in Charleston, S. C, in 1733, but only lately
come into their possession through a man of Grenzach across the
Rhine, and partly by their own unfavorable circumstances. The
carpenter [Küntzlin] and the wagon-maker [Kapp] had complained of the growing
competition in their trades and all of them had arrived at the
conviction that their heavy debts and the 5 percent interest they
had to pay in consequence of the mandate (see Introduction)
combined with the tithes of grain and wine made it impossible for
them to sustain themselves here any longer.
While Jacob Küntzlin and Hans Kapp gave up the thought of
emigration for the present and did not go till three years later, [see p.124-5]
Lienert Heyer and Antoni Rieger actively pushed their preparations
and succeeded in obtaining the consent of the government. They
claimed to have friends in the vicinity of Mannheim in the Palat-
inate and, if they did not find their fortunes there, they would
seek it in another country. The following table of their families
and their property is based on FAF and supplemented from AA
and KB.
Benken [AMT MUENCHENSTEIN]
FAF Saturday, May 11, 1737. From
Rudolf Lützler, of Benken, (60 years of age),
Lienert Heyer, his son-in-law from there, (41 years of age), and
Clara Lützler, his wife, (32 years of age), who also intend to go to the Palatinate,
Pro manumissione at lb. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.—
Tax on lb. 1200 worth of Rudolf Lützler's property at
10 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.—
Tax on lb. 200 worth of Lienert Heyer 's property at 10
percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.— l70.—
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Children of Lienert and Clara :
1. Anna Barbara, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Febr. 22, 1724
2. Elisabeth, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17, 1725
3. Leonhard, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 25, 1727
4. Hans Rudolf, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29, 1729
5. Hans Ulrich, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 29, 1731
6. Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/2 years old
Ibidem. From
Anthoni Rieger, [KB Anthone Rüeger], of Benken, (47 years of age),
Barbara Würtzin, (from Wittinsburg), his wife, (also aged 47), and
Elsbeth Scholerin, (from Zunzgen), her mother, (72 years of age),
who intend to go to the Palatinate,
Pro manumissione at lb. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.—
Tax on lb. 500 worth of property drawn away at 10
percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.— 80.—
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Children of Anthoni Rieger by Juditha Schaub, his first wife:
1. Anthoni, shoemaker, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 8, 1713
2. Burkhard, tailor, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 19, 1717
3. Barbara, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 5, 1719
p.112
His children by his present wife:
1. Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 years old
2. Hans Jacob, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 22, 1734
Ibidem. From the deceased Jacob Schaub's (and Barbara Würtz's) children of
Wittisberg,
1. Jacob, shoemaker, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 9, 1714
2. Anna, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 31, 1719
3. Martin, bapt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 27, 1721
Tax on their lb. 130 worth of property at 10 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.—
Another daughter, by the name of Elsbeth, bapt. Dec. 20, 1716, did not
emigrate, for according to KB of Ramlingen she came to Waldenburg in 1743
though her family in America longed very much for her.
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Pennsylvania records
The Heyers, Shobes, and Reagers arrived at Philadelphia aboard the ship Virtuous Grace in September 1737.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080821103218/http://www.palproject.org/pa/1737virt.htm
Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists
Palatine German Immigrant Ships to Philadelphia 1727-1739
24 September 1737 Virtuous Grace
[List 46 A, B, C] Virtuous Grace
Captain: John Bull
From: Rotterdam
By Way of: Cowes
Arrival: Philadelphia, 24 Sep 1737
Name, Age | Place of Origin (Town, Province) | Source | Remarks (USA, Spelling Variations, Occupation, Relationships, etc.) |
Antoni Rüger, 48 | | | Reigel
Antoni Rüger, 24 | | | Reigel
Burckhart Rüger, 21 | | | Reigel
Jacob Schaub, 24 | | |
...
Leonhart Heier, 40 | | | Lenhart Hier
Rutolf Lützler, 60 | | | Rudolf Litzer
...
Also
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000007109121;view=1up;seq=249
Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, by Ralph Beaver Strassburger ... edited by William John Hinke ...
Published: Norristown, Penn., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934.
p.175
[List 46 A] A List of Palatine Men Passengers of Sixteen
Years of Age & Upwards Imported in the Vertuous Grace, Jn°
Bull, Master, from Rotterdam & Cowes. [Qualified September
24, 1737.]
AGES
Anty Reigel 48
Anty Reigel 24
Burgt Reigel 21
Jacob Shoub 24
...
Lenhart Hier 40
Rudolph Litzer 60
...
p.176
[List 46 B] Palatines imported in the Ship Virtuous Grace,
John Bull, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, as
by Clearance thence. Qualified the 24th day of September 1737.
Antoni Rüger
Antoni Reüger
Burckhart Rüger
Jacob (O) Shaub
...
Leonhart Heier
Rutolf Lützler
...
p.177
[List 46 C] At the Courthouse of Philadia, Septb 24th, 1737.
Present: The Honb1e James Logan, Esqr, President, Clement
Plumsted, Thomas Griffits, Wm Allen.
The Palatines whose Names are underwritten, imported in
the Ship Virtuous Grace, John Bull, Master, from Rotterdam,
but last from Cowes, did this day take & subscribe the Oaths
to the Government.
Antoni Rüger
Antoni Reüger
Burckhart Rüger
Jacob (O) Shaub
...
Leonhart Heier
Rutolff Lützler
...
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https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1220698
Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies (Volume II): From the State Archives of Bern and Basel Switzerland
Compiled and Edited by Albert Bernhardt Faust and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh
Copyrighted 1925
p.112
...
The further experiences of the two families [Heyer and Rieger] are known through a
letter by Lienert Heyer written two years after his emigration and
an entry in RP 129, Aug. 7, 1756. Lienert Heyer lost his youngest
child, Clara, by the smallpox in England and the next youngest,
Hans Ulrich, in America, but had another son Antoni. In 1739 he
and Antoni Rieger were living at 'Dolben Hagen,' apparently
meant for Tulpehocken, Pa. In 1756 the Junt brothers attest his
presence in Virginia and report his willingness to renounce his
claims to an inheritance in favor of his son-in-law who stayed in
Switzerland.** Besides it can hardly be amiss to recognize him in
the Lieni who renders such generous assistance to Jacob Pfau, the
writer of the unsigned letter of Sept. 17, 1750, printed by A. B.
Faust, Jahrbuch der Deutsch-Amer. Hist. Ges. von Illinois, 1918-19.†
He took his fellow-villager with his family and his things all the
way up from the coast to Frederikstown, Virginia.
...
**Lienert's son-in-law must have been the husband of his daughter Orsilla, whom he mentioned in his will.
† Faust, Albert B., “Unpublished Documents on Emigration from the Archives of Switzerland” in Deutsch-amerikanische Geschichtsblätter:
Jahrbuch Der Deutsch-Amerikanischen historischen Gesellschaft von Illinois, Jahrgang 1918-19 (Vol. XVIII-IXX), Chicago (1920), p.7-68.
https://books.google.com/books?id=1mTXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=1750#v=onepage&q=1750&f=false
German-American historical review, Volumes 18-19
Die Gesellschaft, 1920 - Germans
Note: Jacob Pfau's letter (No. 9) appears on pages 28 to 31. It was written using poor German grammar and is printed in that hard-to-read Gothic script.
p.9
UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS ON EMIGRATION
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF SWITZERLAND.
By Professor Albert B. Faust, Cornell University.
...
p.10
...
Number 9 begins a series of letters from settlers in Amer-
ica. ...
p.11
...
Letter No. 9 (1750) was written by a person of very little edu-
cation. His sentences are incoherent, his spelling is confusing,
yet his meaning is clear and penetrating, he is getting along
well and hopes that others may follow his example.
...
p.28
No. 9.*) 17. September 1750.
[ *) Staatsarchiv Basel, Auswanderung A.]
...
p.31
... androsen auch hat der Liene geleih der Rüdi mit
geschickht mit 4 pfärde mein Weib und kinder und wasz ih hab abzu=
holen und der Rudi wahr mit 4 Pfard 5 wochen von häim uf der
räisz und hat mich in Firginia in Fridrigsdaun geführt szie wohnen
80 Meihe höhe im land dan Ih. ...
An English translation:
"... Also Liene sent Rudi, who was sent with four horses to pick up my wife, children and belongings;
he was with 4 horses for 5 weeks away from home and led me to Frederickstown [presumably Winchester]
in Virginia. They live 80 miles further back in the country than I. ..."
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Jacob Schaub and Barbara Heyer by Rev. Casper Stover in Tulpehocken on 3 July 1743.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mt4_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA60&dq="Heyer"
Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever: Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1779
Johann Casper Stoever
Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1896 - Church records and registers - 77 pages
p.60
1743.
July 3. Jacob Schaub and Barbara
Heyer, Tulpehocken.
...
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Virginia records
On Wednesday, March 30th 1748, a sixteen-year-old George Washington surveyed two lots on the South Fork of the South Branch for Anthony Reager.
The Diaries of George Washington. Vol. 1. Donald Jackson, ed.; Dorothy Twohig, assoc. ed. The Papers of George Washington. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976.
A Journal of my Journey over the Mountains began Fryday the 11th. of March 1747/8
p.16
...
Wednesday 30th. This Morning began our Intended Business
of Laying of Lots. We began at the Boundary Line of the North-
ern 10 Miles above Stumps & run of two Lots & returnd to Stumps.
On this day the party surveyed tracts for Peter Reid, Anthony Regar, Har-
mon Shoker, and Elias Cellars (surveying notes, DLC:GW).
...
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=131&last=&g_p=GG&collection=NN
Grant
Reagar, Anthony. grantee. ["of the County Hampshire". Michael Stump, who recived Lot No. 3 on 8 Sept 1749, was also of Hampshire County. But Peter Reed, who recieved Lot. No. 1 on 7 Sept 1749, was "of the County of Augusta".]
Land grant 4 October 1748. ["fourth day of October . . . in the Twenty Second Year of the Regin of our Sovereign Lord George the second"]
Location: Frederick County. [sic-probably should be Augusta County]
Description: 375 acres Lot No. 5 upon the south fork of the Wappacomo or Great South Branch of Potomack.
Source: Northern Neck Grants G, p. 131
http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=273&last=&g_p=GG&collection=NN
Grant
Regarr, Anthony. grantee. ["of the County of Augusta"]
Land grant 15 August 1749.
Location: Frederick County.[sic-Augusta County]
Description: 498 acres Lot No. 6 on the south fork of the South Branch of Potomack.
Source: Northern Neck Grants G, p. 273
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The presence of the Heyers and Shobes as well as the Reagers on the South Branch a few months later is indicated in "A List of the Inhabitants in the Lower Part of the
Manor of Wappacomo, taken the 18th day of August 1748." The best discussion of this list is in this old post:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA/1999-02/0919361749
From: "George M. Williams" gmwill@hereintown.net
Subject: CENSUS-1748-Old Frederick Co, Va
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:15:49 -0500
This is from a newspaper clipping - probably Winchester Star in the 1920's
ARE YOU AMONG THE F.F.V'S IN FREDERICK?
Official Copy of First Census Taken in 1748 is found in Court Records
Mr. Fred... M..., the historian came across .......of what is the first
census ever taken of the inhabitants of this section. The paper upon which
the enumeration is written is in a good state of preservation and it has
been presented to the Handley Library by him.
The paper was found while cleaning up the room on the second floor of the
Circuit Clerk's office.
The paper is headed "A List of the Inhabitants in the Lower Part of the
Manor of Wappaco..., taken the 18th day of August 1748."
The list contains the names of the housekeepers, the time of residence
here, those that rent, those that ...., those that...., and from where the
inhabitants came.
There is a total of 57 names among who is one widow woman. The list was
probably prepared by direction of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, as several
footnotes are directed to him by the census taker.
The Manor of Wappacomo was in Frederick County on the south branch of the
Potomac river in what is now Hampshire Co., W. Va.
The names on the list are:
Henry Van Meter
Peter Casey
Michael Higther [Heider/Hider/Hyder]
James Williams
Noah Hampton
Stephen Osborn
Garrett Decker
Jno. Crouch
Jacob Mills
Jacob Forelle
Wm. Miller
Joseph Van Meter
Jonathan Coburn
Samuel Howard
Peter Cas...
John Turner
Thos. Rennicks
The Widow Reid
Cobus Hornbiek
John DuBrothern
Cornelius Curtright
Blandener Westfall
Peter Thorn
Geo. Adam Shupe
Abel Westfall
Anthony Bogard
Mathias Yoakum
George Yoakum
Jacob Tebebaugh
Michael Harness
Coonrat Harness (son)
Peter Snider, cooper
Daniel Richardson
Margett Thorn
Jno. Cunningham
Enock Cornwall
John Wood
Ben Pennington
Wm. Tucker
Neal Thompson
Jno. Williams
Wm. Zennes
James Coburn
Jacob Westfall
Abraham Vanderpool
John Colley
Burkett Rezan [Burkhart Reager, son of Anthony]
Martin Shoob [Martin Shobe]
Jacob Shood [Jacob Shobe]
Lenuard Heigther [Leonard Hire]
Wm. Knowles
Alex. Scott
John Welton
Jno. Scott
George See
Frederick See
Henry Carr
The places from whence they came are denominated as Holland, Ireland,
Dutch, Maryland, Northward, High Dutch.......
Would some one in the Winchester area look this paper up in the Handley
Library and fill in the blanks....., please.
A copy of the newspaper clipping was found at the Hardy Co, WVa Library in
Moorefield, WVa.
It appears to me that this census is in the area in Hardy Co from the
Trough south, up the South Fork and up to Petersburg Gap.
George M. Williams
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The mangled names of Leonard Heyer Sr. and his sons Leonard Jr. and Rudy, and Martin and Jacob Shobe are found in the 1750 Augusta County list of tithables. (Note that Jacob Peterson Sr., Jacob Jr., and Martin were also added to the list of tithables. Here they were listed as "Peters" rather than "Peterson".)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or02_40.htm
CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 1, p.41
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. II. (cont.)
AUGUST 28, 1750.
...
(422) Landred Hyard, Landred Hyard, Jr., Rudy Hard, Martin Job[Shobe],
Jacob Job[Shobe], Luke Collins, Jacob Peters, Jacob Peters, Jr., Martin Peters, John
Dunkill, George Dunkill, Peter Moore, Jacob Siver, George Muse, Henry
Faney, George Dove, Thomas Dove, Jr., George Yockham, Henry Spear,
Samue1 Henderson, added to list of tithables.
...
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Abraham Hegler told an interesting story of Rudolph Heyer during the French and Indian War (Melville Hegler, Genealogy of the family of Jacob Hegler, p.11):
During the Indian war, the Indians committed depredations on the inhab-
itants of Hampshire County making prisoners of many. Upon one occassion
they made an attack on a small fort on Mill Creek; the fort was attached
to a large hewed log house. I often saw the bullet holes in the logs of
that house. During the siege Rudolph Hyer--a brother to my grandmother [Eve who married Sebastian Hagler]--was
sitting on his horse with his rifle in his hands, about forty rods distant
from the fort watching the movements of the savages; he saw an Indian approach
the fort, saw him strike fire, saw the smoke rise. He drew the sight of his
trusty rifle upon the Indian and fired. The Indian crawled away; the Indians
discovering there was an enemy outside and not knowing it was a single in-
dividual, they withdrew, and the fort and inmates were saved; blood was dis-
covered where the Indian was kindling the fire.
...
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Leonard Hire was among the inhabitants of Augusta County who were reimbursed for supplying provisions during the French and Indian War.
https://books.google.com/books?id=6kwwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq="Leonard+Hire,+for+do."
or
https://books.google.com/books?id=qDUMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq="Leonard+Hire,+for+do."
or
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-09.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER 1758−−32d GEORGE II.
p.179
The SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
To the Militia of the County of Augusta, and for
Provisions furnished by sundry Inhabitants of
the said County, viz.
...
p.181
...
l. s. d.
To Abraham Smith, for provisions, 8 1 1
p.182
Mathew Patton, for do. 1 5
Joseph Shidmore, for do. 1 17
Ledowick Folk, for do. 7
George Mouse, for do. 5 16 3
Peter Moses, for do. 2 15 5
Philip Harper, for do. 1 13 6
George Hamener, for do. 3 2 6
Nicholas Huffman, for do. 2 8 11
Henry Penninger, for do. 1 18 9
Peter Veneman, for do. 1 17 7
Michael Erhart, for do. 1 6 4
Nicholas Frank, for do. 7
Henry Laurel, for do. 2 3 4
John Wilson, for do. 16 4 3
Nicholas Haven, for do. 4 16 10
Michael Freeze, for do. 1 8 7
Roger Dyer, for do. 2 9 4
Michael Props, for do. 3 9 8
Adam Weese, for do. 12 4
Jacob Peterson, for do. 7
Leonard Hire, for do. 10
Henry Carr, for do. 13
Jacob Harper, for do. 2 3
Valentine Kyle, for do. 15
Jacob Goodman, for do. 15 1
Woolry Coonrod, for do 9 6
George Coplinger, for do 2
John Dunkel, for do 4 6
William Dyer, for do. 10 10
Matthias Tyce, for do. 11 3
Michael Mallow, for do. 11 6
Jacob Sivers, for do. 2 11 4
Abraham Smith, for do. and horse hire, 2 8 9
...
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https://books.google.com/books?id=wk8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65&dq="Looney+Higher"
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p.65
Will Book No. 3.
Page 64.--18th August, 1761. Mark Miller's estate to Peter Vaneman,
administrator--Due to Elizabeth Vaneman, Henry Barringer, Michl. Arehart,
Mathias Dice, Henry Puckett, George Mouse, Borket Rider [Burkhardt Reager], Geo.
Harris, George Caplinger, Looney Higher [Leonard Hire], Jacob Jobe [Shobe], Philip Huffman.
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Will of Leonhard Hire Sr.
(written 13 March 1768, proved 12 May 1772)
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Hampshire County, (West) Virginia
Court records, 1736-1927
Envelopes 2-12 1736-1785 Film 186352 DGS 7616761
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Film # 007616761
Image 3 of 298
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
WEST VIRGINIA
COURT RECORD
1736 - 1735
Box 1
Images 127-128 of 298 – Leonard Hyer's bond
Image 127 of 298
Env. 8
Hampshire County Co. 1772
Re: Hyer, Leonard
Job, Martin, Execs.
Hyer, Leonard, Dec.
Bond.
“Leonard Hyer and Martin Job Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Leonard Hyer, Deceased, ...”
Images 190-193 of 298 – Leonard Hire Sr.’s will
Note: Images 191 and 192 are (better) duplicates of Image 190
Image 190 of 298
Env. 10
County Court Hampshire Co. 1778
Re: Hiers, Leonard, Dec.
Will.
In the Name of god amen I Leonhard
Hire of Hampshire County of Virginia
Being weake in body But of sound
Memory Blessed be god this 13th day of
march 1768: I make and publish
This my Last will and Testament in
manner following that is To say first
I will To my wife Clara house and Land
and all my goods and Chattles Belonging To
me her Life: Time and after her Deceas To
be Devided among my six Children Leonhard
Rudolph Barbara Elizabeth Eve
Magdelen equily among Them and To my
Daughter Orsilla Fifteen Pounds for
her Part of my Estate and my son Leonhard
shall have my Plantation after his mothers
Deceas and he Paying one hundred Pound To
his Brethren and if I Pay for the Land in
my Life Time or his mother in her Life Time
he shall Pay more according To The Cost of The
Land To his brethren I apoint my son Leonhard
an[d] my son in law Martin To be my Executors
of my Last will an[d] Testament
Jacob Hankle
Jacob Ragan Leonhart Hire (seal)
Image 193 of 298
At a Court held for Hampshire County the 12th Day of May 1772
This Last Will & Testament Leonard Hier deced was presented in Court by Leonard
Hier & Martin Shob the Executors therein named proved by Jacob Hankle &
Jacob Ragan Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be recorded ...
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Calendar of Virginia state papers and other manuscripts, from April 1, 1781 to December 31, 1781. Volume II. (1881)
p.686
686 CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS.
1781. Hampshire Co.
"Petition of Jacob Brake and others," for pardon for having through
ignorance, and the persuasion of others, joined in the late " Conspiracy
against the State the object of which was to refuse payment of Taxes,
and to oppose the Act of Oct: 1780 for raising Troops for the Service"—
Setting forth the same reasons given in John Claypole's application,
why they should enjoy Executive clemency, and adding, that they
"have been instrumental in detecting and bringing in some of the Prin-
cipal Conspirators to Justice &c"— . Signed by— Jacob Brake, Adam
Rodebaugh, John Mace, Michael Algrie, Isaac Brake, John Mitchell,
Saml: Lourie, Leonard Hier, Jacob Hier, George Peck, John Casner,
Jacob Yeazle, Thos: Nutler, Thos: Stacey, John Rodebaugh, Henry
Rodebaugh, Jacob House, Jeremiah Ozburn, Jacob Crites, Anthony
Reager, Josiah Ozburn, George Lites, Charles Borrer, Jacob Pickle,
John Wease, Adam Wease, & Adam Wease Jur: —
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Here is a tree showing some interconnections between the Shobe, Heyer, Hagler, and Peterson families:
Leonard Heyer + Clara Lutzler Jacob Peterson + Sarah Mohlerin Philip Harper + Elizabeth Kauffmann
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Barbara Heyer + Jacob Shobe Rudolph Heyer + Nancy(?) Eve Heyer + Sebastian Hagler Jacob Peterson Jr. + Eve Elizabeth Harper
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“Little” Rudolph Shobe + Magdalene Heyer { Elizabeth Hagler + Philip Peterson } siblings
{ Leonard Hagler + Susannah Peterson }
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Additional Notes
21 May 1791, Indenture of Lease, Denny Fairfax to Jacob Peterson, 70 acres
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Hardy Co., WV, Deed Book, v. 2, p.327-330
21 May 1791
Denny Fairfax (lately called Denny Martin of Leeds Castle in the County of Kent
and Kingdom of Great Britain) by his attorney and brother Thomas Bryan Martin
doth Demise Grant and to farm lett to Jacob Peterson of Hardy County
a Certain Lot of Ground on the East
Side of the South Branch of Potowmack, in the Said County
of Hardy, and Part of his Lordship’s South Branch Manor
Containing Seventy Acres as by a Survey made thereof by
George Murray and Bounded as follows: ... To have
and To hold without Impeachment of the Waste the said
Seventy Acres or Piece of Land to the Said Jacob Peterson
his Heirs, Assigns, for and during the natural lives of
Jacob Peterson Junr. Philip Peterson his Sons & Joseph
Peterson his Brother’s Son, and the longest liver of them
Renewable unto the Said Jacob Peterson his Heirs or
Assigns forever, Subject Nevertheless to the Covenants
and Conditions hereafter Expressed: First that the
Said Jacob Peterson his Heirs and assigns, yield and Pay
to the Said Denny Fairfax, his Heirs, or his or their certain
attorney or agent, the yearly Rent of Twenty Shillings
Sterling Ooney of Great Britain for every Hundred Acres
of the Said Piece of Land; and so in Proportion for a lesser
quantity, at or upon Michaelmas-Day in every year
During the Continuance of this Lease: the first Pay-
ment or yearly Rent to be made and Commence on
Michaelmas-Day next ensuing the Date of these Presents;
...
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of – } Denny Fairfax (LS)
Rudolph Shob }
Leonard Shob } Jacob Peterson (LS)
Christopher Huffman
At a Court for Hardy County the 12th Day of Sepr.
1791 This Indenture was Proved by the Oaths of the
Witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded
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NOTE: The original document was placed on sale on Ebay. See these links, which may become outdated at some time in the future:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hardy-county-west-virginia-fairfax-1916015346
HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA FAIRFAX PETERSON MARTIN SHOBE HISTORY DOCUMENT 1791
PRICING & HISTORY
Type: Legal Document (printed and handwritten).Indenture of Lease: Denny Fairfax (1726-1800) to Jacob Peterson (1729-1814).
Location: Hardy County, Virginia [today West Virginia]Date: May 21, 1791 and September 12, 1791. Pages: 1 (with writing on back). Size: 7 3/4 x around 13 inches.
Description: This indenture of lease is between Denny Martin (aka Denny Fairfax) and Jacob Peterson. ...
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Provenance: This document comes from a small collection of papers related to the Peterson-Ketterman-Harness Family from Hardy County, West Virginia.
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A close-up of the original Indenture can be seen in two pieces:
upper part of Indenture
lower part of Indenture
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Document contributed to the Indiana State Library by Mrs. Samuel W. Kerr
MARTIN PETERSON FAMILY NOTES
OF
VIRGINIA,
NORTH CAROLINA (SOUTH CAROLINA?)
AND
INDIANA
The text below is handwritten.
Page 1
A comment written vertically in the left margin says: Loaned for xeroxing by Mrs. Samuel W. Kerr, R. R. 2,
Waynetown, Ind.
Martin Peterson
Second son of John Jacob
Peterson of Switzerland,
was married in North
Caroline to a Lady by
the names of Teter,
after which he returned
to Virginia ware he
resided, the remained the
rest of his life, and
rais a family of six
children three sones
and three daughters.
The names of the
sons was John, Jacob
and Joseph, the daughters
Elisabeth, Barbara, & Rosanna.
Page 2
John Peterson and Jacob
Peterson, brothers, Married
two sisters by the name
of Harper, Mary and
Sarah Harper, Daughters
of Adam Harper.
Rosanna Peterson Married
Daniel Huffman
Elisabeth Married Garrett
Boots, Barbara Married
Peter Huffman
Jonas Peterson married
Miss Susanna Coiner and by
her raised a family
of 6 sons and four
Daughters named
as follows
Page 3
Sons, John, Daniel,
Farris, Martin,
Jonas and Christopher &
Daughters, Jane,
Hannah, Elisabeth,
and Sarah,
Martin Peterson of
Ross Co Married Miss
Elisabeth Coiner, sister
of Jonas Petersons wife
Solomon Peterson
Moved to Indianna with
his father about the year
1830. have no record of
his family
John Peterson went to Indiana
with his Father at the same date
Page 4
There was also two daughters
of John Peterson’s family
by the name of Phebe and
Elisabeth,
Phebe Married Michael
Coiner, Elisabeth married
Wm Harpole
Jacob Peterson whoes wife
was a sister to John Petersons
wifis the Miss Harpers raised
a family of four sons and
three daughters, names of sons
was, Samuel, Moses, Phelix
and Jacob the daughters
ware Catharine, Mary
and Hannah
Page 5
This page clearly continues with a story which
must have begun on another, missing page.
It appears to be a separate account of the same
information given above in pages 1 to 4.
From another source, the missing text is as follows:
A sketch of John Martin Ancestry,
his Father John Jacob Peterson was united in
Mariage on the 13th day of Feb 1728 Their
son John Martin was born the 20th day of
October in the year of our Lord 1730.
In the year 1736 John Jacob Peterson with his
family cosisting his Wife and and four children
emigrated to America Landing in Philadelphia
After living in Pesylvania some years, he then
with his family Moved to Virginia setteled in
Augusta County. After a few years he moved
into Hardy County
Whare he purched a farm
of four hundred acres for
which he paid ninety
pounds, making about five
hundred dollars.
Here he lived in peace
and plenty until the
Indians tried to drive them
from their homes by making
raids killing the settlers and
taking prisoners, John Martin
was taken prisonor and was
prisoner six months , with them
with . He finally made his
escape. He then went to South
Carolina, while there he made
the aqaintence of a Lady by the
name of Teter. He maried her.
He then returned to Vergenia
Whare he spent the
remainder of his life
Page 6
And raised A family of
Six children three sons
and three daughters
The names of the childrin
was Jacob, John and
Joseph. Names of Daughters
was Elisabeth, Barbara,
And Rosanna.
Jacob son of Martin Peterson
and John, his brother,
Married two sisters by
the names Mary, and
Sarah Harper, Daughters,
of Adam Harper
The daughers Married as
follows, Elisabeth Married Garret
Bootes, Rosanna Married
Daniel Huffman,
Barbara Married Peter Huffman
END OF TEXT