c 1700 Cornelis Boumeester, View of Rotterdam.
A tile painting, composed of 33 Delft tiles (trimmed).
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [10]
1704 Jacob Oberholtzer was born about 1704, based on his age of 28 when he immigrated in 1732. However, the mother we have named would have been age 55 at this time, so something is wrong. [1] [2] He has been named as a son of Johannes Oberholtzer and Anna Frey. [3] [4] [5]
1725-1729 Jacob Oberholtzer married c 1725 in the Palatinate, Germany. His wife died after 1729. [6] [7]
1731 Jacob and Martin Oberholtzer were members of the Mennonite congregation on the Hershehoff. [8] Ernst Muller names them at Immelhauserhoff. [9]
1732 Jacob Oberholtzer sailed for Philadelphia from Rotterdam, via Cowes, England.
1732 Jacob Oberholtser, age 28, Elisabeth Oberholtster (age 5), and Sam'l Oberholtster (age 3), arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Samuel, commanded by Captain Hugh Percy from Rotterdam, last from Cowes, England. [12]
1732 Passengers from the ship Samuel, from Rotterdam, were qualified on August 11 at the courthouse in Philadelphia. Jacob Oberhaltzer was among them. [13]
1732 Jacob Oberholtser, age 28, arrived in America on August 11 on the ship Samuel, commanded by Hugh Percy [list 19A p 59], from Duren in the Upper Palatinate [16] [17] [18] [19] with children Elisabeth, age 6, and Samuel, age 3. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] He arrived with 60 florins. He had a brother and friends in Pennsylvania when he left. He was named as a widower with two children in Mennonite archives in Amsterdam in 1732. He had 70 guilders to cover his sailing expense and did not need assistance from the Amsterdam Mennonite Committee for Foreign Needs. Jacob Oberholzer was listed in the Philadelphia Council minutes, among Palatines who came on the ship Samuel. [30] [31] [32] Jacob from Dornen (south of Sinsheim) went to Cocalico, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania as widower in 1732 on ship Samuel with 2 children and 70 guilders. Children Elsbeth and Samuel. [33]
1732-38 Jacob Oberholtzer married his second wife, Barbara, in Pennsylvania. [34] [35]
1733 Jacob Overhulser received a warrant for a tract of 200 acres on Quittapahilla Creek, Tulpehoken, Lancaster County on March 11. No patent or survey was recorded for this warrant. [37]
1738 Jacob Oberhultzer received a warrant for a tract of 100 acres on Middle Muddy Creek in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, dated July 3. [38] A survey was made of the 174 acre tract on January 12, 1763, which showed an adjacent tract owned by Christian Carpenter [Zimmerman]. [39] A survey dated 1739 showed the tract at the headwaters of a branch of Muddy Creek in Cocalico Twp. [40] Adjacent vacant land was subsequently warranted by Balthaser Roadsmith for Hans Widower [41] and by Henry Brendle in right of William Adams [42]. A survey on March 23, 1749 showed the land belonging to John Overholtzer with neighbor Simon Huntzpacker and Christopher Kern. A survey made in 1751 showed George Heft for Rudolph Martz with land in Brecknock Twp adjacent to Jacob Oberholtzer. [43] Jacob Overhultzer did not receive a patent for the land during his lifetime. [44] His heirs received a patent for the 174 acre tract on December 22, 1764. [45] Two surveys made in 1797 showed the tract as belonging to John Overholtzer. [46] [47] A survey made in 1808 of land belonging to Rudolph Martz showed the adjacent lot belonging to "late Jacob Oberholtzer" and reported the township as Brecknock. [48] Hans and Anna (Anna Good born c 1712) Musselman and Jacob (born c 1712) and Susanna Guth, who also arrived on the ship Samuel, lived nearby. Some have suggested that Jacob Oberholtzer's first wife may have been related to one of these neighbors [49].
1748 Records of George Hantsch and Mr Brandmiller, Moravian church members, report a visit to the Oberholtzer, Muselman, and Guth households on a trip down Muddy Creek on July 11. [51]
On the way, we visited first, Jacob Oberholtzer, a Mennonite. We found him mowing in the field. He showed himself friendly toward us. We were able to speak quite reasonably with him. He said, too, that he had no objection to our visit, but that he liked it." [52] "Johannes Musselman, who gave them a friendly dinner even though he seemed to find their pietistic expressions a foreign language - Preacher Christian Guth, miller on the Muddy Creek (later Bowmansville), was also amiable and understanding of their conversation - when Guth brought up the topic of infant baptism, the missionaries decided that they did not want to become involved and made it as short as we could.
1750-54 Jacob Oberholtzer was on the tax list for Brecknock Township with 50 acres and several animals. Son Samuel would have been age 21 in 1750, based on being age 4 in 1732 when the family arrived in America. [53]
1750 Jacob Overholts "able". Samuel Overholts "for head". Simon Hontiker and Jacob Frey [neighbors on the 1738 map] were also listed. [54]
1751 Jacob Oberholtzer. Sam'ell Oberholtzer "freemen". [55]
1754 Jacob Overholser. Jacob Fry and Simon Hunsicker were also listed. [56]
1752 The northeastern half of Brecknock Township became part of Berks county and the new county boundary cut across Jacob Oberholtzer's land. [57]
1753 Land in Cocalico Twp adjacent to land of Jacob Oberholtzer and John Carpenter was sold by Conrad Schriver to Daniel Benezet. This may refer to the land warranted in 1738. [58]
1754 Jacob Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [59]
1755 Jacob Oberholtzer died leaving 10 children. [60] Christian Guth helped appraise his estate. Jacob Oberholtzer's estate included a bible and several other books and various tools and household effects. [61]
1756 Widow Overhulser was taxed for 50 acres in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. Jacob Fri was also listed. [62] [63] [64]
1758 Borby (perhaps an shortened name for Barbara) Oberholtzer was named on the Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County tax lists. [65] [66]
1759 Widow Overholser was taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. [67] [68]
1758 Jacob Oberholtzer's estate was settled. [69]
On January 19, 1756, the widow Barbara Oberholtzer and Christian Zimmerman/Carpenter were made administrators of the estate. The administrators were joined by Jacob Gut/Good and Hans Zimmerman/John Carpenter in bonding themselves for the sum of £500. Barbara Overholtzer's mark was a cross, Hans Zimmerman marked with his initial "HZM", and the others signed their full names. On February 14, 1756, the inventory was filed in the Lancaster County Courthouse. The Lancaster accounts index shows that an account was filed in 1758.
after 1758 Several documents name Jacob Oberholtzer, apparently an adult. We report a birthdate of 1751 for son Jacob, in which case he would have been too young to be named as an adult in the documents. Perhaps the birthdate we have reported for son Jacob is incorrect.
1761 Andrew Miller sold land to John Shank. The land was on the Conestoga creek in Manheim Twp adjacent to land of Jacob Oberholtzer and Abraham Herr. [70]
1761 Jacob and Elizabeth Good of Warwick Twp, sold land to Jacob Oberholtzer of Lancaster County. The land was adjacent to lands of Michael Baughman, Francis Sipes, Jacob Leightner, Hans Adam Roves. Deed witnessed by Rudolph Miller and Jas Bickham. [71] A patent for the land had been issued to Jacob Good on December 17, 1747. [72] [73]
1762 Jacob Shearer sold several items (cow, bed, plates, dishes, spoons, iron pot, chests, spinning wheel, Dutch and English grammar books, ax, Dutch collers, and trousers) to Jacob Oberholtzer, both of Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, to settle a debt of 12 pounds. [74]
1762 The two oldest children (born in Europe), Elizabeth and Samuel, accepted 80 pounds each in lieu of land from Jacob Oberholtzer's estate. A deed was signed by the remaining 8 children. [75]
On December 22, 1762, Jacob Oberholtzer's two children born in Europe relinquished any further claim to their father's estate. Samuel Oberholtzer and Christian and Elizabeth Bowman signed a tripartitie deed which was never recorded. Samuel Oberholtzer signed with his initials "SO", Christian Bowman signed "CB", and Elizabeth Bowman signed with a cross. Together they acknowledged receipt of £80 from the administrators, and agreed that they would expect no more even if the other children died without issue [Unrecorded deed possessed by James A. Lessley of Ephrata, Pa.]
1763 The 1738 warrant for Jacob Oberholtzer's land was returned to the land office and a fee of 26+ pounds was paid so that the heirs could inherit and deed the land. [76] The land had been surveyed for Jacob Overhultzer on January 12, 1763. [77] Jacob Overhultzer, perhaps a son of Jacob, received a patent for the land on December 22, 1764 for 174 acres. [78]
1791 Six of Jacob Oberholtzer's eight American-born children signed a release giving ownership of the 174 acre family farm to John, Jacob's oldest son, as recounted in a deed dated 1802. The 1791 release to eldest son John Oberholtzer was reportedly signed by Christian Oberholtzer, Abraham Martin and Maria his wife, Peter Good and Anna his wife, John Heiger and Barbara his wife, Jacob Good and Veronica his wife, and Jacob Weaver and Magdalene his wife. Jacob's son Jacob was not named as signing the deed releasing his share to eldest son John. We have assumed that this list of heirs, together with son Jacob who is named in other transactions above, comprises all the children of Jacob Oberholtzer and Barbara Kilhefer. [79]
1802 The heirs of John Oberholtzer, late of Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were parties to a deed, dated October 16. Barbara Oberholtzer, Elizabeth Oberholtzer, Joseph Oberholtzer, Jacob Oberholtzer, Anne Oberholtzer, and Abraham Oberholtzer settled accounts for their six-sevenths shares of the estate with eldest son John Oberholtzer, all heirs of John Oberholtzer, deceased. The inherited land was in Cocalico Twp, now Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. The tract had been described in an indenture dated August 19, 1791, signed by Christian Oberholtzer, Abraham Martin and Maria his wife, Peter Good and Anna his wife, John Heiger and Barbara his wife, Jacob Good and Veronica his wife, and Jacob Weaver and Magdalene his wife. John Oberholtzer at the time of his death left issue seven children, the parties to the deed. [The 1791 deed has not been found, but the parties to that deed may have been heirs of Jacob F Oberholtzer and Barbara Kilheffer] [80] [81]
This indenture made the sixteenth day of October Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and two. By and between Barbara Oberholtzer, Elizabeth Oberholtzer, Joseph Oberholtzer, Jacob Oberholtzer, Anne Oberholtzer, and Abraham Oberholtzer, all of the township of Brecknock, county of Lancaster and state of Pennsylvania Children and Heirs of John Oberholtzer late of the said township of Brecknock, county of Lancaster yeoman deceased of the one part and John Oberholtzer of the same place, eldest son of the said deceased yeoman, of the other part.
Whereas the said John Oberholtzer died intestate seized in fee of and in a certain messuage tenement plantation and tract of land containing one hundred and seventy four acres and the usual allowance (situate formerly in the township of Cocalico) but now in the aforesaid township of Brecknock, County of Lancaster, which said tract of land is bounded and limited as follows, to wit, … by land of Christian Zimmerman (alias Carpenter) … by a certain indenture of release bearing date the nineteenth day of August Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and ninety one, under the hands and seals of Christian Oberholtzer, Abraham Martin and Maria his wife, Peter Good and Anna his wife, John Heiger and Barbara his wife, Jacob Good and Veronica his wife & Jacob Weaver and Magdalene his wife. …
Research Notes:
There were several men named Jacob Oberholtzer named in documents in Pennsylvania during the same period. The accounts of children of this family are not consistent. Perhaps there is a missing generation. The Jacob Oberholtzer whose estate was administered in 1755 had a daughter Elizabeth married to Christian Bowman, according to an unrecorded deed dated 1762. Perhaps she was Elizabeth, age 5, who arrived in America with her father Jacob in 1732, as we show here. Sons Samuel, Hans, Christian, and Jacob first appear on tax lists about 21 years after the birthdates shown here.
1731 Jacob Oberholtzer was a member of the Immelheuser Mennonite congregation on the Hershehoff in the Upper Palatinate. Martin Oberholtzer was also listed. [Lancaster Historical Society Papers, p 41. To do: find reference of Muller, p. 209] A different Jacob Oberholtzer was listed in the Bockshaft congregation not far away [82]. It is unclear which was this Jacob.
Who was Jacob Oberhultzer of Philadelphia County?
1730 Jacob Oberholts was listed in the Philadelphia Council minutes, on September 5, among Palatines who came on the ship Alexander and Ann. [83]
1740 Jacob Overhultzer received a warrant for 20 acres of land in Franconia Twp, Philadelphia County, dated May 24. [84] He received a patent for 27.7 acres of land on April 23, 1762. [85] [86] The land was surveyed for Jacob Overhultzer. Adjacent lands were owned by Jacob Funk, Hans Nise, and Martin Kendig. [87]
1741 Jacob Overhultzer received a warrant for 50 acres of land in Salford Twp, Philadelphia County, dated May 13. [88] He received a patent for 27 acres of land on April 23, 1762. [89] The land had been surveyed for Hans Fretz and was assigned to Jacob Oberhaltzer. Hans Mier and J landis and H Fretz owned adjacent lands. [90] [91]
1743 Two Jacobs, Henry, and Jacob Jr, Oberholtzer [Overholser] of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, perhaps this one (but who was Jacob Jr?), were concientiously scrupled to take an oath of naturalization. [92] [93]
1755 The administration file for Jacob Oberholtzer of Francony Twp was recorded in Philadelphia. [94]
Who was Jacob Overholtzer of Warwick Twp, spouse of Catharine?
1768 Jacob Overholtzer and wife Catharine, of Warwick Twp, Lancaster County, sold land to Henry Miller. The land had been granted to Jacob by Christian and Margaret Huber in 1767. [95] See also Deed DD-199. [96]
Barbara Ford reports on Jacob Oberholtzer, identified as person JL. Names descendants, as shown here, mostly based on the PMH article about Six Goods and the Wenger book. "c1704-1755 Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County. He came on ship Samuel 8/11/1732 with his two children, Elisabeth and Samuel, from Dirnheim near Sinsheim in the Upper Palatinate region of Germany. Possibly the brother of Samuel Oberholtzer." [97]
Helen Overholser Turn reports that Jacob Oberholtzer, who immigrated on the ship Samuel with daugher Elizabeth and son Samuel is identified as dying in 1759 and marrying Susanna Scheuler and having 4 children by her. The descendants of those children are followed in Appendix C of this book. A different second wife, Barbara Kilheffer, is shown here. [98]
Grace Overholtzer Milligan named Jacob's second wife as Kilheffer and reported the names and spouses of his children. [99]
1739 Jacob Overhalser, perhaps not this one, warranted 169 acres on the bridge of Swatara Creek, in Bethel Twp, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on May 18. Adjacent lots were warranted by Matthias Crow, Peter Groff, Peter Fulke, Christopher Hower, John Reynolds, and Edmund Schnavely. The patent for 169 acres was issued to Martin Overholzer on July 20, 1773. [100]
Jacob Oberholzer was named as the father of Elizabeth, spouse of Christian Bowman. [101]
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