Jacob Hill1

M, #501, b. September 1704, d. 22 February 1770
Last Edited: 5 Jun 2021
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Ancestors of Elmira Seltzer

Family:

Catharine (?) d. c 10 May 1790

Children:

John Hill7
Jacob Hill7
Catherine Hill7
Mary Hill7
Elizabeth Hill7
Hannah Hill+ 7 d. c 1825
Susanna Hill7

Notes

  • Name Variation: Jacob Hiel4
  • Immigration*: 23 September 1741; Ship Marlborough5
  • Note*: Immigration:
    Jacob Hill: Ship Marlborough, Thomas Bell, master, Qualified Sept 23. 1741.

    It is not known whether he and his wife Catharina were married in Germany and immigrated together, or whether they were born in Pennsylvania.5
  • Note: Owned a large tract of land in District township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania4
  • Note: Three gravestone photos are posted on FindAGrave. Abstracted information: Jacob Hill, born September 1704, died 22 Feb 1770, 653
  • Note: Probate:

    Abstract of will from USGenWeb:

    HILL, JACOB, of the Western District.
    May 29, 1767 - March 1, 1770. Vol 2- 70.
    To oldest son John, the House and plantation he now lives on and £5.
    To wife, not named, interest of £500 and House Furniture, etc.
    To youngest son Jacob, plantation where I now live and Farming utensils.
    For dau. Catherine, her husband Teeter MATHEW, the house and 30 acres of land they now live on, at £78.
    To my 5 daus, viz, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah and Susanna, £1000 to be evenly divided, 1/2 at wife's decease.
    Exrs: son Jacob and friend John OLD.
    Wit: John HUNTER, William STAPLETON, Moses ROBERTS.

    Probate file timeline:
    9 May 1767 Will written.
    1 Mar 1770 Mr. Kerling & Mr. Kaufman object to administration of the will.
    2 Mar 1770 Will proved.
    9 Mar 1770 Inventory submitted. Totaling £1545.3.0.
    16 May 1770 Petition of Catharine Hill, widow & relick, stating will had been cancelled. Denied by court.
    16 July 1773 Account. Includes distribution of £100 each to named husbands of five daughters.
    30 Jan 1787 Petition of daughters and their husbands. Asking for final distribution. Widow deceased over 12 months.
         Dietrich Mathew & Catharine his wife
         Tychicus Weidner & Mary his wife
         John Kerlin & Elizabeth his wife
         Jacob Kaufman & Hannah his wife
         Henry Bleiler [Plyler] & Susannah his wife1,6

Citations

  1. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Berks Co., 'Estates 1752-1799 Held, Ludwig-Huyett, Ludwig'. Folder 'Hill, Jacob DI 1770'. images 481-505.
  2. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks Co., 'Estates 1752-1799 Held, Ludwig-Huyett, Ludwig'. Folder 'Hill, Jacob DI 1770'. images 481-505. 16 May 1770 Petition of Catharine Hill, widow.
  3. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online , Jacob Hill Sr. 1770 Berks Co. Penn. Memorial ID 48794317. Gravestone photos..
  4. [S48] Croll, Rev. P. C., Croll, Rev. P. C., Annals of the Oley Valley in Berks County, Pa.: Over Two Hundred Years of Local History of an American Canaan. Reading Eagle Press, Reading, Pa., 1926. [Sutro] (n.p.: Reading Eagle Press, Reading, Pa., 1926. [Sutro]), p. 86.   Croll--Annals-of-the-Oley-Valley.pdf
  5. [S207] Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, Pennsylvania German Pioneers : A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808 (n.p.: Vol I reprinted Genealogical Publ. Co. 1966; Vol. 2 reprinted Picton Press, 1992), p. 293, 294, 295 Lists 82A, 82B & 82C.   Strassburger--Penn-German-Pioneers.pdf   Strassburger--Penn-German-Pioneers--Graff.pdf
  6. [S161] Pennsylvania, various counties. Abstracts of wills and administrations. Posted on the web by USGenWeb Archives Pennsylvania. Presumably transcriptions of those 'abstracted under the auspices of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s'. URL http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/berks/wills/willabs02.txt
  7. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks Co., 'Estates 1752-1799 Held, Ludwig-Huyett, Ludwig'. Folder 'Hill, Jacob DI 1770'. images 481-505. Children of Jacob Hill listed in will and 1787 petition.