Jacob Kaufman1,2

M, #513, d. between 29 September 1804 and 19 November 1804
  • Marriage*: before 1758; Spouse=Hannah Hill4,5
  • Death*: between 29 September 1804 and 19 November 1804; Dates will written and proven.
Last Edited: 19 Aug 2021
Charts:
Ancestors of Elmira Seltzer

Parents:

Father: David Kaufman1,3 b. a 1695, d. b 6 Apr 1743
Mother: Veronica Hock1,3 b. c 1706, d. a 7 Jan 1763

Family:

Hannah Hill d. c 1825

Children:

Jacob Kaufman2 b. 10 Mar 1757, d. 27 Apr 1843
Samuel Kaufman2 b. c 1759
Peter Kaufman2 b. 1762, d. 1845
John Kaufman2 b. c 1763
Catharine Kaufman+ 2 b. 5 Sep 1766, d. 25 Oct 1842
David Kaufman2 b. 1775
Nicholas Kaufman2 b. 30 Apr 1779
Susanna Kaufman2 b. c 1781

Notes

  • Note*: Jacob Kaufman is named as a son of David Kaufman in the 1740 will of his grandmother Anne Kaufman of Germantown.

    Resided Oley Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania.6
  • Note: Probate:

    Will abstract:

    KAUFMAN, JACOB, Oley.
    September 29, 1804 - November 19, 1804.
    Provides for wife Hannah.
    To son Jacob my plantation whereon I live in Oley 354 acres, 144
    perches for £3000. All estate divided into equal shares among 8
    children, viz: Jacob, Samuel, John, Peter, David, Nicholas, Susanna
    wife of Robert CLARK, and Catharine wife of Jacob SELTZER.
    Exrs: Wife Hannah and son Jacob.
    Wits: Jacob GREESEMER, Sr., Jacob GREESEMER, Jr., and Philip DeTURK, Jr.

    Inventory dated 12 Dec 1804, £4420.16.0.

    Account dated 9 Nov 1805. Distributions £1677 to widow, £794 to each of eight children.7,2
  • Note: Payments:

    On 4 Oct 1805 six of the eight heirs of Jacob Kauffman acknowledged receipt of £794.8.8 apiece from the executors Hannah Kauffman and Jacob Kauffman, and released the executors from further claims. Those six were Robert and Susannah Clark, Jacob and Catharine Seltzer, and David, John, Nicholas and Peter Kauffman.
    Recorded 9 Nov 1805 Berks County Deed Book 21, page 290.

    On 7 Oct 1805 Samuel Kauffman of Indiana Territory Illinois grant Clark County Springwell Township yeoman acknowledged receipt of £794.8.8 from Hannah Kauffman and Jacob Kauffman executor of the estate of Samuel's father Jacob Kauffman late of Oley Township.
    Recorded 9 Nov 1805, Berks County Deed Book 21, page 289.8
  • Note: DAR Ancestor Search:

    KAUFMAN, JACOB SR
    Ancestor #: A063725
    Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
    Birth: CIRCA 1737 PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
    Death: POST 9-29-1804 OLEY TWP BERKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
    Service Source: OWEN, PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE IN BERKS CO PA, COLLS OF GEN SOC OF PA, VOL 268, P 234, FHL ROLL #20824; PA ARCH, 3D SER, VOL 18, P 253
    Service Description:
    1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, BERKS CO, 1778
    2) PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1779
    Residence: 1) City: OLEY TWP - County: BERKS CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA9

Citations

  1. [S95] Kaufman, Frank Llewellyn and Odette J. Mordant Kaufman, Kaufman-Kauffman : The House of Maidencreek (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), p. 17-18. Will of Anne Kaufman..
  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 1800-1850 Jones, Nicholas-Keim, George', folder ' "Kaufman, Jacob OL 1804", image 1304.
  3. [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. 85-86.   Croll--Annals-of-the-Oley-Valley.pdf
  4. [S96] Kaufman, Frank Llewellyn and Odette J. Mordant Kaufman, Kaufman-Kauffman : The House of Oley (Baltimore : Gateway Press ; Sacramento, CA, 1994, ), p. 29.
  5. [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 names daughters' husbands.
  6. [S95] Kaufman, Frank Llewellyn and Odette J. Mordant Kaufman, House of Maidencreek, p. 17-18.
  7. [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/willabs09.txt
  8. [S18] Berks County, Pa., Open Records, Recorder of Deeds, online https://www.countyofberks.com/departments/recorder-of-deeds, Book 21, pages 289, 290..
  9. [S50] Daughters of the American Revolution, Ancestor Search, online https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/…, Ancestor #: A063725.