1754 Johann Jacob, son of Jacob Bortner and wife, was born on October 23. He was baptized on October 27, 1754 at Host Church (Tulpehocken Twp). [1] [2]
1779 Jacob Bordner was taxed in 1779 in Bethel Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [3] Jacob Bordner, single freeman was also taxed. [4]
Jacob Bordner married Anna Maria Brosz. [5] [6]
1782 Johann Jacob Bordner, son of Jacob and Anna Maria Bordner, was baptized on October 27, 1782, in Atolheo Altalaha Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [7]
1782 Jacob Bordner was taxed in 1782 in Bethel Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania as an inmate (occupier of land not owned) for 2 cows. [8]
1837 The will of Jacob Bordner, of Bethel Twp, Berks County, was written in German. Probate 17 February 1837. [9] A map showed 6 tracts of various men named Jacob and John Bordner, as well as naming neighboring landowners. [10]
1837 Jacob Bordner died on January 6 and was buried at Salem Reformed Church Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Bordner was born on November 13, 1754.[11] [12]
1839 Anna Maria Brosz Bordner died on October 6 and was buried at Salem Reformed Church Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Anna Maria Brosz Bordner was born on October 10, 1761.[13] [14]
A biosketch of descendant George C Bordner reports [15]:
Jacob Bordner, son of Jacob, was born in 1754, and spent his whole life on the homestead. He was married to Anna Marie Brosz, seven years his junior. They had a family of six children: Jacob, John, Catharine, Elizabeth, Julian, and Susanna. Jacob Bordner died in 1837, willing the homestead to his eldest son Jacob. The widowed mother survived her husband two years.
[1] Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (1911: J. L. Floyd & Co), 360, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Schuylkill Roots (Research team), Glenn P. Schwalm, Host "Tulpehocken" Church at Marion Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania: From the Library of Dr. & Mrs. Glenn P. Schwalm (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1991), 9, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (1911: J. L. Floyd & Co), 360, [GoogleBooks].
[6] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Will 7-421, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Will 7-424, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial 30816274, [FindAGrave].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial 30816287, [FindAGrave].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Morton Luther Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Chicago: Beers, 1909), 515, [InternetArchive].