Henry
Jacoby was born in 1733 in Zweibruecken, Pfalz. This region was known as the Palantine,
an area of present day Germany which had been devastated by years of conflict and war. He was the son of Peter Jacoby (1709 – 1761) and Maria Elizabeth Jacoby (1708 –1790) who immigrated here in 1741 when Henry was a child of 8 years.
The
Jacoby family resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where they, like so many
German immigrants, made a living farming.
Sometime around 1760, Henry married Maria Kern, the daughter of
Frederick and Anna Margaret Kern.
She was born in 1742 in Rockhill township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Henry
Sylvester Jacoby, in his book, The Jacoby Family Genealogy, 1930 provides comprehensive detail of all
records regarding Henry and his family. Tax records show that he lived in several places as the family
migrated north out of Bucks County into Northampton County. In 1761 they were living in Springfield
Twp., Bucks Co., and from 1762 to
1772 various records locate the family in Salisbury township
where in 1766 the birth of his son Peter is recorded in the Jerusalem
Church. By 1775 he is found
in Lower Mount Bethel Township,
Northampton Co. where the tax list for January 1775 shows, “Henry Jacobe, 200
acres of land, 100 acres cleared, 20 acres sowed, 2 horses, 3 horned cattle, no sheep, 4 mills, no
inmates, no negroes and no bond servants.” (Jacoby, 99) While these records are referenced in the book, they can be located online through different sources like Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, and Family Serch.com
Henry
and Maria were the parents of six children who were: John, 11 December
11,1761; Peter, September
11, 1766; Catherine, August 31,
1769; Elizabeth, April 17,
1772; Mary, born in 1774; and Susanna, born about 1776.
Henry
was involved in service to the Militia throughout the duration of the
Revolutionary War. His name
appears many times with different spellings in the Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 8, p. 406, 412,426, 429, 559 and others. Henry Jacaoby,
private, 1st class, 3rd Company, 6th Battalion, Northampton Co. Militia,
Captain John Nelson, May 14, 1776. Henry Jacobie 1st class, in the Muster Roll of the 6th , Battalion of Northampton Co.
Militia, for May 14, 1778, 3rd Company, Capt. John Nelson. Henry Jacobe , Private, 1st class, 3rd Company, 5th Battalion, Northampton Co. Militia,
Captain Hugh Gaston, 1781. And Henry
Jacoby, 1st class, Capt. Hugh Gaston's, Company of
Militia, 5th Battalion
of Northampton Co.,1782 among others.
His service is recognized by both the DAR (Ancestor #: A061388) and The Sons of the American Revolution (membership # 75838)
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Henry
Jacoby is found on the Census records of Lower Mount Bethel for 1790 and 1800. He died November 12, 1809 and is buried in the Scotch Irish
Cemetery in Martins Creek, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Maria Kern Jacoby, died August 25, 1812 and is buried in the Warrior Run Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, near McEwensville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
“In
memory of Mary wife of Henry Jacoby who died August 25 , 1812 in the
71 year of age.” (Jacoby 104)
Their son Peter Jacoby, born 1766, also gave service in the Revolutionary War. Peter's daughter Mary married Joseph Snyder and had a daughter named Amanda. Amanda Snyder married Jacob Fangboner. They were the grandparents of Edna Frey Good. More about Peter on the next post.
Sources:
- Find A Grave Memorial# 11934648, http://www.findagrave.com
- Jacoby, Henry Sylvester. The Jacoby Family Genealogy - A record of the Descendants of the Pioneer Peter Jacoby of Bucks Co., PA,1930.
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