1780 Jacob Rohrer was born north of Bridgeport, east of the Conestoga Creek, in Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3]
1788 Anna Hartman was born. [4] [5]
Jacob Rohrer married Anna Hartman, daughter of Christian Hartman. [6] They had five children. [7]
1812 Jacob Rohrer, perhaps this one, laid out Mount Joy Borough in 1812 and lots were disposed of by lottery. [8]
1815 Jacob Rohrer, perhaps this one, was commissioner of Lancaster County in 1815. [9]
Jacob Rohrer served in 163rd Ohio Company.
1822 The will of Christian Hartman named eight children: Joseph Hartman, Hannah wife of Abraham Hurst, Mary wife of John Hurtz, Susanna wife of George Lefever, Catharine wife of George Rudisill, Ann wife of Jacob Rohrer, and Sarah Hartman, and daughter Elizabeth wife of Isaac Stoner. [10]
1835 On October 19, Jacob Rohrer, perhaps this one, and others, owning land on a proposed railroad between Harrisburg and the town of Lancaster, sold land to the Harrisburg Mount Joy Portsmouth and Lancaster Railroad for $1 each. [11]
1840 or 1866 Jacob Rohrer died. [12] [13] [14]
1869 Anna Hartman Rohrer died. [15] [16]
Jacob and Anna Rohrer were buried at Mellinger's Cemetery. [17]
Research Notes:
A biosketch of son Abraham Rohrer reports [18]:
Our subject is the son of Jacob and Anna (Hartman) Rohrer, and was born in East Lampeter Township, this county, August 4, 1813. The family is of Swiss origin, the first representative settling in America many generations ago. Grandfather Isaac Rohrer was a farmer in the above township and married Miss Elizabeth Groff, by whom he became the father of the following children: Jacob, John, Martin, Isaac, Henry, Abraham and Mary. Christian Hartman, the maternal grandfather of our subject, lived to be eighty-seven years of age, dying in 1829.
Jacob Rohrer was also born in this township, in the year 1780, and spent his entire life here, passing away in the year 1866. He was a farmer and owned a tract of two hundred acres, which he industriously cultivated, making it one of the best in the locality. In politics he was a stanch Republican and took an active part in public affairs, serving for many years as Trustee of the School Board. Like his ancestors, he belonged to the Old Mennonite Church and wielded a decided in?uence throughout his community and even beyond the vicinity of his home
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The mother of our subject was the daughter of Christian Hartman, and by her union with Jacob Rohrer there were born three daughters and two sons. Maria is the widow of the late Christian Johns; Elizabeth was the next in order of birth; Abraham is the subject of this sketch; Anna is the widow of Peter Johns, of this township, and Jacob is the fifth. The mother lived to be eighty-one years of age, and died in 1869.
See also: [19]
[1] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F124, [FHLCatalog].
[2] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E44.
[3] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 14, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F124, [FHLCatalog].
[5] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E44.
[6] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F124, [FHLCatalog].
[7] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 14, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Jacob I. Mombert, An Authentic History of Lancaster County (1869), 378, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[9] Jacob I. Mombert, An Authentic History of Lancaster County (1869), 439, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[10] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will P-430, FHL film 21360, image 714, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book E6, 78-78, [78], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F124, reports death in 1866, [FHLCatalog].
[13] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E44, reports death in 1840.
[14] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 14, reports 1886 death at age 86, [GoogleBooks].
[15] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F124, [FHLCatalog].
[16] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E44.
[17] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 14, [GoogleBooks].
[18] Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Chapman Publishing, 1894), 680, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[19] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Research Report A8 2005 ID 129, [Website].