Notes from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Gateway, 2009/04/29
1730 Eva was born in Flörsbach, Gelnhasuen, Hessen, Germany
1734 Jacob's birthplace is not known.
1755 Jacob was baptized by Daniel Schumacher on 29 Oct 1755, sponsored by
Anthony and Elisabeth Pettersheimer.
1754-59 Jacob was on the tax lists of Albany Twp in 1754, 1758, and 1759. In
1758, he was listed as poor.
Jacob married Anna Maria and had one daughter. Jacob's first wife Anna Maria
died.
c 1754 Eva Kleinfelter married Johan Gottleib Volck. Gottleib and Eva had a
daughter, Elisabetha. Johan Gottleib Volck died in 1759.
c 1759 Jacob then married Eva Elisabetha Kleinfelter , the widow of Johan
Gottleib Volck. Gottleib and Eva's daughter, Elisabetha, was mentioned in
Jacob's will in 1812 as Elizabeth Folk.
1765 Jacob moved to Shrewsbury Twp, York Co with his brother Daniel in 1765.
Jacob was a weaver and yeoman.
1767 On 16 Oct 1767, Jacob warranted 200 acres in Shrewsbury Twp. This land
was surveyed as 220.59 acres called Bald Faced Hills on 23 Sept 1758 and 197
acres on 31 May 1775. The 197 acre tract was patented to Henry Bailey on 19
Dec 1809.
1779 Jacob Bailey was taxed 15 pounds for 70 acres, 2 horses, and 1cattle in
Shrewsbury Twp, York Co, PA.
1780 Jacob Bailey was taxed for 100 acres, 2 horses, and 3 cattle in
Shrewsbury Twp, York Co, PA.
1781 Jacob Bailey was taxed for 100 acres, 2 horses, and 3 cattle in
Shrewsbury Twp, York Co, PA.
1782 Jacob Bailey was taxed for 50 acres, two horses, and three cattle
1783 Jacob Bailey was taxed for 100 acres and four inhabitants.
1776-78 During the Revolutionary War, Jacob served as a Private in the York
County Militia of Captain John Ehrman's Company in 1776 and 1778.
1783 Jacob Bailey was taxed for 100 acres and 4 inhabitants in Shrewsbury Twp.
1800 A Jacob Bailey age 45+ lived in Codorus Twp, York Co, PA with female age
45+, perhaps this one, but the township was not Shrewsbury.
1809 Eva died in Shrewsbury Twp on 24 June.
1810 Jacob Bailey age 45+ lived in Shrewsbury Twp, York Co, PA with male age
0-10, male age 16-25, 2 females age 0-10, 2 females age 10-15, 1 female age
16-25, and 1 female age 26-44.
1812 Jacob died. Jacob's will was dated May 22, 1809 with executors John Bely
and Henry Ruhl in Shrewsbury Township. The will mentioned wife Eva Bely and
children: George, Jacob, John, Margaret, Susanna, Rosina, and Elizabeth Folk
stepdaughter. They were buried in Fissel's cemetery.