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• JH12: JH12:0016
• AAMG2007: AAMG:HS11427

Notes:

Name:
Katherine

Catherine Hostetler

Catherine married Lewis S. BAKER on 26 Nov 1863. Lewis (son of Stephen BAKER and Elizabeth BAKER) was born in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. W.E. BAKER
2. Mary Elizabeth BAKER was born on 17 Apr 1869.
3. C.L. BAKER
4. Arthur R. BAKER was born on 17 Jun 1874.
5. Stephen J. BAKER was born on 25 Apr 1886; died before 1912.
6. Alice J. BAKER was born est 1888; died before 1912.
7. George BAKER was born est 1890; died before 1912.
8. Alfred BAKER was born est 1892; died before 1912.

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• JH12: JH12:0008

Jacob married Mary Magdalena ECHENBARGER. Mary was born on 2 Aug 1814; died on 26 Feb 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• JH12: JH12:0004
• Occupation: 1825-1829; distiller

Notes:

Occupation:
He was assessed as a distiller 1825-9.

John married Elizabeth HINCKLE. Elizabeth was born est 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• JH12: JH12:0003
• AAMG2007: AAMG:HS11+
• Residence: 1779, Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Residence:
He appears on the tax list of Brothers Valley Tp. in what is now Somerset Co., Pa., in 1779.

Died:
May 17, 1813, he sold two farms to his son John and it is likely that he did not live long after.

Jacob married Barbara MILLER. Barbara (daughter of John “Indian John” MILLER, Sr. and Magdalena LEHMAN) was born in 1750; died in 1804; was buried in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AAMG2007: AAMG:ML21

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• JH12: JH12:0002
• AAMG2007: AAMG:HS1+
• Family Search link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBDQ-FR2
• Immigration: 1 Sep 1736, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

John Hostetler who lived near Roxbury on the now William Will farm, survivor of his family in an Indian massacre (see Historical Introduction of Hochstetler Family History page 29.)

Immigration:
According to tradition, John was about 3 years old when he came to this country with his father.

Died:
His will was dated Mar. 15, 1805, and was registered Apr. 15, 1805.

John married Catherine HERTZLER est 1750. Catherine (daughter of Jacob HERTZLER) was born est 1731; died in 1800; was buried in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AAMG2007: AAMG:HZ2
• Family Search link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD57-BHT

Notes:

Died:
after 1797

Notes:

his first wife

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• JH12: JH12:9146
• AAMG2007: AAMG:ML2+

Notes:

9146, John Miller, who was wounded by the Indians when they were taking the fam. of Jacob Hostetler into captivity, moved later to Somerset Co., where he d. Moses B. Miller, Geistown, Pa., wrote an account of John's fam.

Died:
1798

John married Magdalena LEHMAN. Magdalena was born in 1730; died in 1817; was buried in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Magdalena?

Notes:

his first wife

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• JH12: JH12:0001
• AAMG2007: AAMG:HS
• Family Search link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBDQ-TL7
• Immigration: 1 Sep 1736, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Birth:
1704

1712

Immigration:
He came to America, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 1736, on the ship Harle.

Died:
shortly before Feb., 1776

Jacob married LORENTZ est 1725. was born est 1705; died on 20 Sep 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Family Search link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVPQ-1LN

Notes:

Died:
d. Sept. 20-1, 1757.

Notes:

His wife was probably Miss Lorentz, and d. Sept. 20-1, 1757.

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• JH1885: JH1885:001
• JH52: JH52:0001
• AAMG2007: AAMG:HZ
• Immigration: 9 Sep 1749; Jacob Hertzler and family emigrated from France to America, taking the route via Rotterdam, Holland, and Plymouth, England. He came over in the ship St. Andrew, James Abercrombie, Master, from Rotterdam, landing in Philadelphia, Pa., Sep. 9th, 1749.
• Property: 9 Jan 1750, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Warrant granted to Jacob Hertzler, January 9th, 1750, for 182 acres, 30 perches of land surveyed May 14th, 1767. Price one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
• Property: 13 Oct 1752; a warrant granted Oct. 13th, 1752, for 110 acres, 130 perches.
• Property: 5 Aug 1765; a warrant granted Aug. 5th, 1765, for 36 acres, 36 perches
• Property: 2 Dec 1766; a warrant granted Dec. 2d, 1766, for 44 acres, 95 perches;
• Property: 23 Jun 1773; a warrant granted June 23d, 1773, for 30 acres, 33 perches.
• Property: 30 Aug 1773; On August the 30th, 1773, Jacob Hertzler divided his land between his children.

Notes:

Jacob Hartzler, who was born in 1703 of Swiss parents in Europe. See Hertzler's Genealogy page 15.

Name:
Jacob Hartzler

Property:
John received the farm near Moortown, in Centre T., Berks Co., Pa.; his son Jacob received 190 acres of the home farm; his son Christian received 169 acres of the home farm; his daughter Fanny, married to John Kauffman, received the residue of the home farm, with some more land joining by purchase.


Died:
Jacob Hertzler died in 1786, some time after March 20th.

Buried:
They are both (Jacob and Catherine) buried in the Amish Congregation Burying-ground, two miles west of Hamburg, joining the home farm. There are no tombstones to mark the graves where our progenitors lie.

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• AAMG2007: AAMG:ML