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Matthias Jacobs

Male 1787 - 1863  (75 years)


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  • Name Matthias Jacobs 
    Birth 11 Jul 1787  East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Jan 1863  Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5331  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

    Father William Jacobs,   b. 1743, Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 16 Jul 1816, Salem County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Drollinger,   b. 16 Dec 1748, Alloway Twp, Salem County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1833, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F1125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Potter 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1809  Georges Creek, Allegany, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Kelita (Kelite) Jacobs,   b. 1810, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864, Adams County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     2. Elizabeth Jacobs,   b. 1811, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. William Jacobs,   b. 23 Oct 1813, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905 (Age 91 years)
     4. Catherine Jacobs,   b. 27 Aug 1815, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, Marion County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     5. Asenath (Aseneth) Jacobs,   b. 24 Mar 1818, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1897, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Hezekiah Jacobs,   b. 4 Nov 1820, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1892, Ogle County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     7. Norman Jacobs,   b. 30 Aug 1822, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     8. Martha W. Jacobs,   b. 1823, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     9. Zilpha Althea Jacobs,   b. 1825, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863, Westernport, Allegany, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     10. Natha Jacobs,   b. 1829, Allegany County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F1793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Jul 1787 - East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Nov 1809 - Georges Creek, Allegany, MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jan 1863 - Allegany County, MD Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

    • Matthias Jacobs, the ninth child of WILLIAM JACOBS, SR., andELIZABETH
      DROLLINGER, was born in East Pennsboro Township of CumberlandCounty,
      Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1787. Soon after his birth, hisparents
      moved to virgin land on Dan's Mountain in the George's CreekHundred area
      of Allegany County, Maryland, near the present-day village ofLonaconing.
      Little is known of Matthias' early days on the family farm.However, on
      November 14, 1809, he was married to Margaret Potter by ReverendWilliam
      Shaw, a Methodist circuit-rider preacher. They were eventuallyblessed
      by having ten children: Kelite, Elizabeth, William, Catherine,Asenath,
      Hezekiah, Norman, Martha, Zilpha and Nathan.
      After her death in 1833, Matthias was appointed executor of theestate of
      his mother, ELIZABETH DROLLINGER JACOBS. As such, he eventualybought most
      of the family's 50-acre farm from his brothers and sisters. He
      eventually sold the farm on Dan's Mountain, described as Lot3795,
      to William Shaw, the son of Reverend William Shaw, for $252 in1847.
      Matthias apparently became a rather wealthy land owned in thearea, as
      deeds show him owning Military Lots No. 3763, 3764, 3765, which
      comprised the family's "home place," plus Lots No. 3767, 3768 and3769.
      On January 29, 1814, he bought Lot No. 3764, known locally as the
      "Addition" from John Dixon. Then on June 1, 1819, he proceededto buy
      50-acre Lot No. 3765 from John Spiker. In 1857, he bought "Comeby
      Chance" from John Muir, to whom it had been patented on May 25,1787.
      Matthias died on January 22, 1863. He was buried in the HanselCemetery
      on Laurel Run Road at Moscow Mills in Allegany County, Maryland.Nothing
      is presently known about the date of death or burial place of hiswife,
      Margaret.


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