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Jacob² Hoover (Andrew¹) was born circa 1746, most likely in Ellerstadt, Germany. He died in 1800 sometime between the time the 1800 tax returns were recorded and 8 Sep 1800 when his will was probated.

Jacob married Anna Maria (___), most likely in Maryland.

Jacob Hoover was the eldest of the three Hoover brothers who went to the Fayette County, Pennsylvania area about 1769. Jacob settled at Dunkard’s Creek in Monongalia County, Virginia on land adjoining Nicholas Shinn. He was granted 400 acres by Virgina and the pre-emption to 1000 acres more based on his settlement of 1770 on 10 Sep 1781.¹

He sold the 1000 acres to Samuel Hanway that same day. He also sold 250 acres, now considered to be part of Washington County, Pennsylvania to John Lance on 30 Jul 1794.² This land had been surveyed on 29 Jul 1794, but the warrant had been granted by Pennsylvania on 26 Jan 1785.³ He also sold 126 acres on Dunkard’s Creek to John Lance on 13 Aug 1798. The deed for this sale states that the land was granted to Jacob Hoover by Virginia on 15 Jun 1784.⁴ It may have been part of the original 400 acres (if so, Jacob sold all of it to John Lance), but may also have been part of a later land grant.

However, there was a legal dispute over Jacob Hoover’s Monongalia County land in 1804 that provides additional clues. Matthew Hannon disputed the boundaries of the Lance’s property. Jacob Hoover, he claimed, had obtained a survey on 28 May 1784 for the 400 acres he held by right of settlement and, being given a certificate for 400 acres more, had ignored existing boundaries and claimed 50 acres more than his right when he surveyed the second 400 acres. The counter claim by Lance stated that Jacob had no more than 250 acres on the Pennsylvania side of this claim and 126 3/4 acres on the Virginia side of the claim, thus totalling less than 400 acres and that Hoover’s claim was older than Hannons or any of the others. Additional statements of the he said-he said variety ensued with the court eventually awarding for the defendants (ie., Lance).⁵ From this court case, we can deduce that the land sold to Lance was part of the second 400 acres Hoover was granted.

Jacob Hoover also had 184 acres on Brown’s Run in German Township. It was surveyed on 12 Mar 1785 for a warrant dated 26 Jan 1785.⁶ This property was called Hoover’s Valley and it is where Jacob and Mary made their home. Jacob can be found in German Township tax records from 1785 when he received the land through 1800 when he died.

When Jacob’s father Andrew died, he divided his Union Township property between three of his sons. Jacob kept this property until 5 Jul 1790 when he assigned it to his brother Henry. Henry, in turn, assigned it to James Rankin on 7 Jun 1791.⁷

Jacob left all his real estate and personal property to his wife Mary when he died in 1800. Each of his children was to receive five pounds from the estate.⁸ When Mary died in 1808, her Will gave her son George 100 pounds, her daughter Hannah 75 acres of the Hoover Valley property, her daughter Rachel about 30 acres of the property.⁹ Other heirs mentioned in her will include: her daughter Elizabeth Shins; her granddaughter Molly Shins; her granddaughter Elizabeth Hoover, daughter of Hannah and Joseph Hoover; her grandson Jacob Hoover, son of George Hoover; and her daughters Catherine Shoemaker, Madelina Shoemaker, Margaret Smith, Mary Chafin, Barbary [Barbara] Bacus, Rosannah Hoover, and Jemima Bowman. Her son George and son-in-law Joseph were co-executors of her estate.

Jacob and Anna Maria (___) Hoover had children, as follows:

1. Catharine³ Hoover married John Schumacher/Shoemaker. This family moved to Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Catharine died in Perry County, Indiana.
2. George Hoover married Elizabeth Garrison. They moved to Ohio County, Kentucky.
3. Mary Magdalina Hoover married Johann Adam Schumacher/Shoemaker. They moved to Ohio County, Kentucky.
4. Elizabeth Hoover married George Shinn, perhaps the brother of Nicholas Shinn who owned property adjacent to her father’s.¹⁰
5. Margaret Hoover married Unknown Smith, perhaps Godfrey Smith of Redstone, Pennsylvania. This family moved to Greenup County, Kentucky. Their daughter Emily married Jacob Baccus, son of Peter and Barbara (Hoover) Baccus.
6. Mary Hoover married Unknown Chafin.
7. Rosanna Hoover
8. Barbara Hoover married Peter Baccus. This family moved to Scioto County, Ohio. Their eldest son Jacob married Emily Smith, daughter of Godfrey and Margaret (Hoover) Smith.
9. Hannah Hoover, baptized on 11 Sep 1783 at Jacob’s Lutheran and Reformed Church in German Township, married circa 1800 Joseph Hoover, perhaps the son of one of her uncles, John or Andrew Hoover Jr.¹¹
10. Rachel Hoover married James Gray. This couple may have moved to Greenup County, Kentucky.
11. Jemima Hoover married Unknown Bowman.

I’ve purposefully not included the birth dates I have for these children. If they are correct, then either Jacob and Mary were married and started their family at a very young age or the birth date for Jacob is incorrect. Unfortunately, I’ve run in to the same problem with the birth dates of most of Andrew¹‘s grandchildren. Additional research is required to determine the truth of the matter.

If you have additional information on this family, you’d like to share, please leave a comment.

John² Hoover (Andrew¹) was born about 1744, probably in Ellerstadt, Germany, the eldest son of Andrew Hoover and his wife Catharine. John was alive at the time his father’s estate was settled. He likely died sometime after 2 Nov 1811 when a deed recording his sale of some Union Township land to James Fletcher was recorded.¹ No record of the settling of his estate has been found in southwestern Pennsylvania or Monongalia County, West Virginia.²

John Hoover married Mary (___), most likely sometime after 1764 in Maryland, when he would have been about 20 years old. However, no records for his marriage or the births of his children, if any, have been found. I have no birth date for Mary. A best guess based on census records puts her birth sometime around 1755. She died sometime after 2 Nov 1811, when she co-signed the deed with her husband (see above).

John Hoover was living with his family in Maryland in 1771 and was fined 2 shillings for not contributing to the war.³ He apparently went to Fayette County, Pennsylvania with his family, likely sometime around 1779.

When John’s father Andrew died in 1784, he divided his Union Township property between three of his sons. John, as eldest, got first pick. He sold this property to his brother Andrew, who, in turn, sold it to brother Henry and Henry Beeson, co-executors of their father Andrew’s will, on 16 Aug 1785.⁴ John appears in Springhill Township tax records for 1785 and 1786, and Union Township tax records for 1787 through 1789.⁵

A John Hoover appears in Union township for the 1790, 1800, and 1810 US Census enumerations, as follows:

1790 US Census, Fayette County (Union Township)

John Hoover household⁶

• 1 free male, over 16 (John² Hoover)
• 3 free males, under 16 (born since 1774)
• 1 female (Mary Hoover)

1800 US Census, Fayette County (Union Township)

John Hoover household⁷

• 1 male, 45+ (John² Hoover, age abt 54)
• 1 male 16-25 (born 1776-1784)
• 3 males, under 10 (born 1791-1800)
• 1 female, 26-44 (Mary Hoover, born 1756-1774)
• 1 female, under 10 (born 1791-1800)

1810 US Census, Fayette County (Union Township)

John Hoover household⁸

• 1 male, 45+ (John² Hoover, age abt 64)
• 1 male, 10-15 (born 1796-1800)
• 1 female, 45+ (Mary Hoover)
• 2 females, 16-25 (born 1786-1794)
• 1 female, 10-15 (born 1796-1800)

John Hoover [Jr.?] household⁹

• 1 male, 26-44 (John Hoover, born 1766-1784)
• 1 female, 26-44 (born 1766-1784)

Also in Union Township, living adjacent this second John Hoover was a Joseph Hoover with a household, as follows:¹⁰

• 1 male, 16-25 (Joseph Hoover, born 1785-1794)

Assuming, that all the children in the census households are, in fact, John and Mary’s children—and it’s quite possible that they’re not—then John and Mary had children as follows:

1. Son Hoover, born 1774-1790 (possibly John Jr., born 1766-1784)
2. Son Hoover, born 1774-1790 (possibly Joseph, born 1785-1794)
3. Son Hoover, born 1774-1790
4. Daughter Hoover, born 1791-1800 (or per 1810: 1786-1794)
5. Son Hoover, born 1791-1800
6. Son Hoover, born 1791-1800
7. Son Hoover, born 1791-1800

Those children born prior to 1779 were most likely born in Maryland. Those born between 1779 and 1785 could have been born in either Maryland or Pennsylvania, but most likely in Pennsylvania. Those born after 1785 were born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Luella Hoover believed that it was possible that John Hoover took his family west to Licking County, Ohio like his brother Henry. I found two John Hoovers in the Licking County in the 1820 US Census:

1. John Hoover, age 45+, in Franklin township (also listed Charles Hoover) ¹¹
2. John Hoover, age 45+, in Hartford township¹²

Tens years later in the 1830 US Census, I found three John Hoovers:

1. John Hoover, age 80-90, in Newark township (also listed Charles Hoover)¹³
2. John Hoover, age 60-70, in Hartford township¹⁴
3. John Hoover, age 30-40, in Hartford township (listed as John Jr. in 1840)¹⁵

The John Hoover in Franklin, then Newark townships could possibly be John² Hoover. The age 80-90 in 1830 puts his birth circa 1740-1750, perfect for our John’s birth circa 1744. This, however, does not prove that this John is our man. Additional research needs to be done.

The John Hoover in Hartford Township in Licking County was aged 82 in 1850, placing his birth circa 1768, making it possible that he was the son of John² Hoover. He died at age 88 in 1857. Additionally, he was born in Monongalia County, West Virginia placing him in the right area to be John Jr.¹⁶ But again, this does not prove the connection.

As you can see there is a great deal of work the still needs to be done to flesh out this family. Any clues, insights, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Andreas “Andrew” Hoover (Huber, Hubner), possibly the son of Gregor Jonas and Anna Maria (Kruetzer) Huber, was born 1 Jan 1723 in Ellerstadt, Bad Dürkheim, Germany and baptized 7 Feb 1723/5 in Ellerstadt, sponsored by Andreas Hartman. ^1,2 He died sometime between 25 May and 24 Jul 1784 in Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.³

Andrew married Catharine (___) probably about 1743, in Germany and quite possibly in Ellerstadt or a nearby village. Some family researchers have given her family name as Waymire, but I have seen no evidence to prove this and it’s possibly a confusion with the wife of another Andrew’s (1738, Two Sisters, Ittlingen) son Andrew, who married a Waymire.

Andrew Hoover emigrated—and likely his wife and several children—to the United States in 1754 aboard the ship Edinburgh, captained by James Russel from Rotterdam to Philadelphia. He took the oath of allegiance on 30 Sep 1754 at the Courthouse in Philadelphia.⁴ There was also a Johannes Huber on the Edinburgh, but at this time no relationship is known.

By Feb 1755, Andrew had obtained the “Cousins Obligation” in old Frederick County, Maryland near present day Leitersburg. He and his wife, Catharine, raised their family there until 1763, when Andrew sold this property to Jacob Retter.⁵ Andrew was a co-executor of the will of Jacob Leiter, founder of Leitersburg, in 1765, so likely remained in the area even after selling his property in 1763. On Nov 24 1772, Andrew purchased from John Snavely “Warm Weather” a tract of 28.5 acres.⁶ In 1776 Andrew witnessed the will of Leonard Stephen.⁷ On 28 Sep 1779, Andrew bought 140.5 acres from Francis and William Deahnis, a tract called “Resurvey on What You Know.”⁸ These latter two tracts were sold to Jacob Shank after Andrew’s death in 1784. Henry, Andrew’s “son and heir-at-law” and co-executor of his estate, completed this sale from Fayette County on 24 Feb 1785.⁹

Andrew and his family were possibly Mennonites and were therefore religious objectors during the Revolution. In 1776 Andrew and several members of his family (as well as several other Hoovers) were fined for not serving in or contributing to the war effort by the Committee of Observation for Elizabeth Town District (now Hagerstown).¹⁰ Fines were as follows:

John Hoover, 2 shillings (likely Andrew’s son)
Henry Hoover, 2 shillings (likely Andrew’s son)
Andrew Hoover, not fined, over 50 years (Andrew)
John Hoover, not fined, over 50 years (probably Hoover/Sweeper line)
John Hoover Jr., 2 shillings (probably Hoover/Sweeper line)
Jacob Hoover, 2 shillings (probably Hoover/Sweeper line)
Oulerich Hoover, 6 shillings (probably Hoover/Sweeper line, Ulrich)
Christian Hoover, 5 shillings (probably Hoover/Sweeper line)

John Huntzaker, 5 shillings (likely Andrew’s son-in-law)
Nicholas Huntzaker, 5 shillings (John’s brother)

Additionally, a gun was confiscated from five-year-old George Hoover. It’s possible—maybe even likely—that this George was the son of Henry and grandson of Andrew. A Henry Hoover “non associator” had a “Musket deliv^d to Captⁿ Samuel Hughes” in 1777.^[10]

About 1769, one of Andrew’s sons went west to land newly opened to settlers in Western Pennsylvania. Jacob was definitely in the area by 1770 as he had a settlement of 400 acres, as well as possibly another of 1000 acres on Dunkards Creek, Monongalia County, Virginia, adjoining the lands of Nicholas Shinn. Jacob was given this land by Virginia in 1781 (based on the 1770 settlement).¹¹ An early deed in “Youghiogini County,” Virginia named that county as the place Andrew Hoover [Jr.] lived.¹²

It is not known exactly when the other members of the family moved to Fayette County, but it was likely sometime around 1779. Andrew Hoover bought about 212 acres of land from John Waller on the Redstone Creek (possibly to the east of Uniontown) on 5 Nov 1779. His son Andrew Jr., millwright, and son-in-law John Huntzaker purchased 28 acres of land from John Waller close to Andrew Sr.’s land. Also, these two men received lots in Uniontown during a lottery in 1776.

Andrew and Catharine (___) Hoover had children, as follows:

1. John² Hoover, born ca 1744, Germany; married Mary (___); possibly moved to Licking County, Ohio sometime after 1810?
2. Jacob Hoover, born ca 1746, probably Germany, died bef 8 Sep 1800, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married Anna Maria (___).
3. Henry Hoover, born 1/4 Dec 1748, probably Germany, died 23 Sep 1823, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio; married Eve Hamline.
4. Maria Catharine Hoover, born ca 1750, probably Germany, died Maryland or Ohio; married >John Harbaugh before 1777 in Maryland
5. Elisabeth Hoover, born 10 Jun/Sep 1752, probably Germany, died 18 Apr/May 1791/2 by Indians on Hunsaker’s Knob, near Dunkard’s Creek, Monogalia County, Virginia; married John Hunsacker.
6. Andrew Hoover Jr., born ca 1755, old Frederick County, Maryland, died possibly before 1800 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married Maria Hans, daughter of Heinrich Hans of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
7. George Hoover, born ca. 1766, old Frederick County, Maryland, and died 20 May 1847 in near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married Rosannah (___) about 1796/7, presumably in Fayette County.
8. Anne Hoover, born in old Frederick or Washington County, Maryland, died sometime after her father’s Will was recorded in Jul 1784; no more is known.

The birth order and birth dates is fairly speculative. Andrew’s Will deeded his Union Township land to his three sons John, Jacob and George, stating that John, “being the elder of the three,” should have first choice. His other children are listed in this order: Henry, Andrew, Elizabeth Hoontzacker, Catherine Herbach, and Anne Hoover.

I find some of the birth dates of Andrew’s grandchildren to be problematic—their parents having to have become parents as teenagers. But that’s a story for another post. I’ll include more information as I post data about Andrew’s children. If you’ve got questions or—please, God!—additional information on this family, please let me know.

Joseph Hacker was born ca 1812/17 and died  sometime after 1880. He appears in the 1850 US census for Elizabeth township, Lancaster county; the 1860 US census for Ephrata; the 1870 US census for Stouchsburg, Berks county; and the 1880 US census for Lebanon (Ward 1), Berks county.

Circa 1845, Joseph married Susanna Bickel. She was born about 1825/27 and died after 1880, possibly on 9 Feb 1898 in Lebanon county. She may have been buried in Stouchsburg, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania.

According to census records, Joseph and Susanna had the following children:¹

1. Henry Hacker (1846—?) married Amanda (___)
2. Emma Hacker (ca 1848—?)
3. Susan Hacker (ca 1851—?)
4. Albert Hacker (ca 1853—?)
5. John B. Hacker (1854—aft 1930) married Mary Fessler
6. Elizabeth Hacker (ca 1856—?)
7. Ida Hacker (ca 1859—?)
8. Alice Hacker (ca 1862/3—?)
9. Beckie Hacker (ca 1871—?)

Jacob Hacker was born 28 Sep 1803, probably in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He died 26 Jul 1873, probably in Lancaster county, and was buried in Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery in Brickerville, Warwick township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. This is the church that my ancestor Johan Adam Hacker attended.

About 1841 Jacob Hacker married Maria Krieg, daughter of John Elias Krieg and Anna Maria Gibbens. Mary was born 5 Aug 1819 and died 22 Mar 1898, both in Pennsylvania, probably in Lancaster county. She, too, is buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery.

As far as I know, Jacob and Mary had the following children:

1. William Hocker (ca 1841—bef 1873)
2. Elias K. Hacker (1845—aft 1920)
3. Allen K. Hacker (1847—1928)
4. Martin K. Hacker (1850—1906)
5. Henry K. Hacker (1852—1925)
6. Benjamin K. Hacker (1856—1938)

George³ Hacker (Johan Adam², Christoph¹)  was the fifth son of Johan Adam and Maria Elisabetha (Weidman) Hacker. He was born 9 October 1766 and christened 12 October 1766 in the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Brickerville, sponsored by Lorenz Haushalter and wife (his uncle and aunt).¹ He died 12 September 1846 and was buried in the cemetery at Emanuel Lutheran Church.²

George married Christina Miller, daughter of Christopher Miller and Maria Barbara Stober of Cocalico township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, sometime before 15 May 1803 when they received communion together at Emanuel Lutheran Church.³ Christina was born on 1 January 1778 and was christened at Emanuel Lutheran.⁴ Her grandparents Valentin and Eva Elisabetha Stober sponsored her. She died 29 October 1858 and was buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery with her husband.⁵

Cocalico township, Lancaster county tax records show a George Hacker in 1791, his status “freeman.”⁶ I’m assuming that this is Johan Adam’s son George as Adam’s brother Johan George had moved his family to Erdenheim (outside Philadelphia) in 1763 and his brother Frederick’s son George  was an infant. He is listed in 1796—1799 tax records together with Frederick. In 1800, he’s listed separately, but in 1801—1803 they are listed together again. In 1805, George is listed as having 10 acres valued at $600, having 1 saw or grist mill. George, the miller, is also listed in 1806, 1807, and 1808. There my Cocalico township tax records for George Hacker end.

George and Christina (Miller) Hacker had five children baptized at Emanuel Lutheran Church between 1803 and 1813: Jacob, Elizabeth, Elizabeth (a second child), Peter, and Margaret Rebecca.⁷ They also served as sponsors for children of both the Hacker and Miller families: Johannes, son of GeorgeHacker and Elisabeth; Jonas, son of Leonhard Miller and Eva; Catarina, daughter of George Miller and wife; and Lea, daughter of George Scherb and wife Susanna [Haushalter].

Census records don’t show George as head of household until 1810 when he is listed in Cocalico township.⁸ In 1815, Christina’s father died. In his last will & testament he left George “one hundred and twenty six pounds eight shillings and four pence which shall be paid out of the bond which I have of my son George Miller which shall be in full for his wifes portion out of my estate together with the bond which I have assigned over to him and together with which I have charged him in my Book.”⁹

On 21 July 1816, George and Christina had a child, Joseph, baptized in Shaefferstown at St. Luke’s church.¹⁰ They also sponsored baptisms at Shaefferstown for Christoph and Anna (Wolf) Miller’s sons Samuel in 1815 and David in 1817.¹¹ On 14 February 1817 George purchased land in Lebanon county with his brother-in-law Christopher Miller from John Strohm.¹² In Nov 1817, George sponsored another child’s baptism at Salem Lutheran church in Lebanon.¹³

George and Christina Hacker are listed in communion records at St. Luke’s Lutheran church in Shaefferstown in 1815, 1816, and 1820.¹⁴ He is in census records in Lebanon township in 1820, living alongside Christopher Miller, his brother-in-law.¹⁵ I have been unable to find him in either the 1830 or 1840 census records. Christopher Miller, however, was back in Lancaster county, in Elizabeth township in 1830 through 1850.

On 8 May 1823, George and Christina were sponsors for Cornelius, son of James and Eleonora Stellwell, at Salem Lutheran Church in Reamstown, Lancaster County.¹⁶ They received communion there on 6 November 1825 with their daughters Catharine and Elizabeth Hacker. On the same day, Peter, George and Lydia Hacker received confirmation.¹⁷ Of the three, I’ve only proven George and Christina’s relationship to Peter, their son.

Children of George and Christina (Miller) Hacker:

1. Jacob⁴ Hacker was born 28 September 1803 baptized 30 October 1803 at Emanuel Lutheran Church, sponsored by Jacob Hacker and wife Elizabeth.¹⁸ He died 26 July 1873 and was buried in the cemetery at Emanuel Lutheran Church.¹⁹ He married Maria “Polly” Krieg, daughter of Johan Elias and Anna Maria (Gibbens) Krieg, by 1833. She was born 5 August 1819 and died 22 March 1898.²⁰ Jacob and Maria (Krieg) Hacker had children, as follows:
   1. William Harvey Hacker
   2. Elias K. Hacker
   3. Allen K. Hacker
   4. Martin K. Hacker
   5. Henry K. Hacker
   6. Benjamin K. Hacker
2. Catharine Hacker (likely a daughter of George and Christina) was born about 1805. She took communion with George, Christina and their daughter Elizabeth on 6 November 1825 at Salem Lutheran Church in Reamstown. She never married and died sometime after the 1860 census enumeration.²¹ In 1850 she was living in Joseph Hacker’s household in Elizabeth township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.²²

3. Elizabeth Hacker was born in May 1807 and baptized 5 July 1807 at Emanuel Lutheran.²³ She was sponsored by Johannes Miller and his wife Susanna. She most likely died before 1809.
4. Elizabeth Hacker was born 30 March 1809 and baptized 14 May 1809 at Emanuel Lutheran, sponsored by Johannes Waechter and wife Elizabeth.²⁴ She died 3 March 1891.²⁵ On 18 November 1827, she married Samuel Bingeman.²⁶ He was born 8 May 1805 and died 16 June 1897.²⁷ They were both buried in Hopeland cemetery. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hacker) Bingeman had children, as follows:
   1. Levi Bingeman
   2. Daniel Bingeman
   3. George Bingeman
   4. Heinrich H. Bingeman
   5. Priscilla Catharine Bingeman
   6. Jacob H. Bingeman
   7. Samuel H. Bingeman
   8. Elizabeth Bingeman
5. Peter Hacker was born 3 September 1811 and baptized 6 October 1811, sponsored by Leonhard Miller and his wife Eva.²⁸ He died 9 May 1893 and was buried in Lincoln cemetery, Ephrata township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.²⁹ On 26 November 1835, Peter married Hannah Reinhold, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Walter) Reinhold.³⁰ She was born 31 October 1815 and died 22 June 1908 in Lititz.³¹ She, too, was buried in Lincoln cemetery. Wingeard incorrectly attributed Peter to the family of George and Elizabeth (Hassler) Hacker. Peter and Hannah (Reinhold) Hacker had children, as follows:
   1. Susanna Hacker
   2. Jacob Reinhold Hacker
   3. Mary Ann Hacker
   4. Levi R. Hacker
   5. Rebecca Hacker
   6. Elizabeth Hacker
   7. Samuel Hacker
   8. John Reinhold Hacker
6. Margaret Rebecca Hacker was born 8 November 1813 and baptized 12 December 1813.³² She was sponsored by Margaret Miller. She died sometime after 1880, most likely in Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. On 10 April 1834, she married Samuel Schlott at Emanuel Lutheran Church.³³ Samuel and Margaret (Hacker) Schlott had children, as follows, and possibly others:
   1. Samuel Schlott Jr.
   2. Lydia Schlott
   3. Imanuel Schlott
   4. Margaret Rebecca Schlott
   5. Martin Schlott
7. Joseph Hacker was born 3 July 1816 and baptized 21 July 1816 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Shaefferstown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, sponsored by his aunt and uncle Christopher and Anna (Wolf) Miller.³⁴ He died 1 Dec 1891 and was buried in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stouchsburg, Berks county, Pennsylvania.³⁵ He  married Susanna Bickel circa 1845. Susanna was born 5 July 1825 and died 9 February 1898. She was buried with her husband at Christ Lutheran Church cemetery.³⁶ Joseph and Susan (Bickel) Hacker had children, as follows:
   1. Henry Hacker
   2. Emma Hacker
   3. Susan Hacker
   4. Albert B. Hacker
   5. John B. Hacker
   6. Elizabeth Hacker
   7. Ida Hacker
   8. Alice Hacker
   9. Catherine Hacker
   10. Rebecca “Beckie” Hacker

 

Johan “Hans” Adam Hacker (Christoph¹, Stephen^A) was the third child and first son of Christoph and Anna Margaretha (Jock) Hacker. He was baptized on 28 October 1727 in Rußheim, Baden-Durlach, Germany. Adam immigrated to the Pennsylvania colony in 1749 aboard the Ship Ann. Like all émigrés, he denounced his loyalty to the German Sovereigns and “subscribed the usual Qualifications” at the courthouse in Philadelphia, 28 September 1749, just one month before his 22nd birthday.¹  He was the first of his family to emigrate. Adam died in 1782 and was most likely buried on the family farm in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

In 1752 when Adam was 24, he married Maria Elisabetha Weidman, daughter of Matthias Martin Weidman (circa 1712—before 6 June 1766) and Margaretha (___), in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Elisabeth’s grandfather, Matthias Martin Weidman, Sr., was an immigrant to Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from Gräben, Baden-Durlach, Germany.²

According to Warwick Congregation records, Elisabeth was born on 3 November 1733 in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.³  She was christened on 14 November 1733 in Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her sponsors were her grandparents Matthias and Maria Catharine Weidman.⁴ Elisabeth died after 1790, and like her husband, was most likely buried on the family farm.

For some reason, upon his arrival in the Pennsylvania colony, Adam settled in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County. It may have been that friends or relatives preceded him, urging the family to come. The Hauszhalters, who had been members of the Warwick Congregation long before Adam’s arrival, were possibly the link that brought him to the Colony.⁵

Ray A. Brehm, who compiled “The Hacker (Hocker) Family, 1936,” wrote about Adam’s arrival:

“There were 242 passengers on board all of whom were natives of Basil, Wirtemburg, Zyeybrecht, and Dormstad in Germany. John Adam Hacker took the oath of allegiance to the new country on the day of his arrival and he signed his name to the oath, Hans Adam Hacker. A photographic copy of his signature can be seen in ‘Strassburger’s list of immigrants to Philadelphia’ and ‘RUPP’ lists him on board this ship in his record of ‘Thirty Thousand Immigrants.’ Nine years after his arrival in America, John Adam Hacker resided in or near Brickerville in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The records of Emanuel Lutheran Church of Brickerville on file in the rooms of the Pennsylvania Historical Society at Philadelphia state that he was a member of that church and held the office of Trustee from 1769 to 1779. The baptismal records of this church state that all of his eleven children, save the oldest, were baptized here in 1756 and the last one in 1775. It is a certainty that he resided in this vicinity for at least nineteen or twenty years.

“Elizabeth furnace situated one mile north of Brickerville was a highly prosperous institution at this time and was owned and operated by Baron Heinrick Wilhelm Steigel who manufactured stoves here and later manufactured glass at five tenement houses (a few still standing) were erected in close proximity to the furnace site. This furnace began operating in 1757 and ceased operating in 1857.

“John Adam Hacker, if not engaged in agricultural pursuits during the years that he resided in this community was probably employed at this furnace and have been a tenant in one of the above mentioned houses. There is no record as to who was his wife.”

Adam and Elisabetha settled in Cocalico Township and, at some point, purchased property there. On 25 March 1758, he warranted a tract of 25 acres.⁶ (see image) He patented 24 acres 69 perches on 22 January 1762. On 13 March 1764, he patented 212 acres, which had been warranted to Ulrich Meschely on 29 May 1740.⁷

According his estate records, at the time of his death Adam owned two tracts of land, one of 212 acres and one of 7 acres.⁸ This land adjoined his brother George’s tract, as well as land of “Martin Whitman” [Weidman, his father-in-law], Philip Greenwalt, Adam Hacker [his other plot for which I did not find a patent], and John Weaver.

Adam died in 1782, but I found no record of his, or Elisabeth’s burial location. They and his parents may have been buried in a family plot on their farm. Adam died without making a will (intestate) and his eldest two sons—Frederick and John—were granted letters of administration by the Lancaster County Orphans Court. A petition to the court by his administrators on 4 March 1783 stated that:

Upon the petition of Adam Hacker [eldest son] and John Hacker [second son] of Adam Hacker, late of Cocalico Township in the County of Lancaster, yeoman, deceased setting forth that the said Adam Hacker died intestate, seized in fee of and in a certain plantation and tract of patented land in Cocalico Township containing about 212 acres and also a tract of land containing 7 acres, and left a widow and nine children, 5 of whom are still minors: petitioners are willing to hold and enjoy said land and pay the respective shares of the children according to an appraisement and valuation thereof, etc…⁹

Six of Adam and Elisabetha’s children were minors at the time of Adam’s death, however, only five were appointed guardians in 1783: Jacob and Elisabeth, whose guardian was their uncle Lorentz Haushalter; George, who’s guardian was George Ellick (husband of Adam’s wife’s cousin Elisabetha); Adam, whose guardian was his uncle George Waechter; and Martin, whose guardian was his uncle Jacob Weidman.¹⁰  Adam’s daughter Catharine would have also been a minor in 1783. The fact that no record of a guardian can be found seems to indicate that she died before her father.

Elisabetha died in Pennsylvania some time after the 1790 census where she was listed as a widow.¹¹  Like her husband, she was probably buried on the family farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Records show that Adam and Elisabeth had eleven children. According to the “Hocker Bible Record (PA, Ohio, Etc.),” Adam and Elizabeth had the following children:

Christian Hocker, born 19 Jan 1754; Frederick Hocker, born 17 Jan 1756; John Hocker, born 27 Jan 1758; Christopher Hocker, born 21 Feb 1760; Christiana Hocker, born 19 Apr 1762; John Adam Hocker, born 20 Feb 1764; George Hocker, born 19 Oct 1766; Martin Hocker, born 21 Oct 1768; Catharine Hocker, born 21 Jan 1771; Elizabeth Hocker, born 23 Feb 1773; Jacob Hocker, born 17 Apr 1775.¹²

While it does not say that the Bible was that of Johann “Hans” Adam Hacker, comparison of it against estate records leaves little doubt that it was his. Brumbaugh gives no indication of where, or from whom, he obtained this Bible, or record of it.

There is some debate as to the eldest child’s name. The Hocker Bible Record lists a Christian, born 19 January 1754.¹³  Ray A. Brehm lists a Christina, while others say Christiana. I found no official record and so we cannot be sure. The others listed in the Bible Record, except for Jacob, who Brehm lists in his Family Record, I found in other sources. Jacob’s baptism does not appear in the church book that I purchased, but Brehm said he was baptized at Emanuel Lutheran according to his findings. Additionally, George was born 19 October 1766 in the Bible Record but 9 October 1766 in the Church record. Since the church record lists his date of baptism as 12 October, 7 days prior to the Bible Record date, I believe the Church Record to be correct.¹⁴

Adam and Elisabeth (Weidman) Hacker had the following children, all born in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania:

1. Christianna/Christian³ Hacker was born on 19 January 1754 and died in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania some time prior to the birth of the second Christianna in 1762.
2. Frederick Hacker was born 17 January 1756 in Cocalico Township.¹⁵ He died on 26 January 1812.¹⁶  He was buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery in Brickerville, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On 26 October 1799 he married Catharina Fuchs in Reiher’s Reformed Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.¹⁷
3. Johannes “John” Hocker was born 27 January 1758 and christened in Emanuel Lutheran Church.¹⁸  Johannes probably died in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania circa 1801/1802. He was married 11 July 1784, when age 24, at Christ Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Eva Catharine Scholl.¹⁹
4. Christopher Hocker was born 21 February 1760 and was baptized, shortly thereafter, in the Emanuel Lutheran Church.²⁰ Christopher may have died some time after 1830, possibly in Union County, Pennsylvania. Christopher Hocker married Catharina Mueller, born 1766/1774, probably in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
5. Christianna Hacker was born on 19 April 1762 in Cocalico Township and was christened in Emanuel Lutheran Church.²¹ She was married on 26 June 1781 in Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Henry Vetter/Fetter/Feather.
6. Johan Adam Hocker Jr. was born on 20 February 1764 and was christened in Emanuel Lutheran Church.²² Adam died in Derry Township, Dauphin County circa 1821. He is buried in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Hummelstown. Adam married Sophia Maria (Hershey?) circa 1788.
7. Johan George Hacker was born on 9 October 1766 and was christened on 12 October 1766.²³ George died on 12 September 1846 at the age of 79 years, 11 months, 3 days.²⁴ He was buried on 12 September 1846 in Emanuel Lutheran Church cemetery. George married Christina Mueller, daughter of Christopher Mueller and Maria Barbara Stober. Christopher Mueller’s will of 1815 mentions his son-in-law, George Hacker.²⁵
8. Martin Hocker was born or either 2 April or 21 October 1768.²⁶ He was christened on 29 November 1768 in Emanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. J. Nicholas Kurtz. Martin died in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 25 April 1862.²⁷ He was buried in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. Martin was married twice, first to Christianna Beinhauer, daughter of Peter Beinhauer and Christina Stober, on 22 Mar 1799 in Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church²⁸; and second to Barbara Smith.
9. Catharine Hacker was born on 21 January 1771.²⁹  She was christened on 27 January 1771 at Emanuel Lutheran Church. Catharine died in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania some time before the settling of her father’s estate in 1783. No more is known about her.
10. Elizabeth Hacker was born on 23 February 1773 and baptized at Emanuel Lutheran church.³⁰ She died  at age 79 on 27 Sep 1852 in North Lebanon Township, Lebanon County and was buried in Kimmerlings Cemetery, Avon.³¹ She married about 1794 Johannes Laber.
11. Jacob Hacker was born 17 May 1775.  He died in Ohio on 8 April 1836.³² Before Aug 1802, he married Elizabeth (___).

Christina² Hacker (Christoph¹, Stephen^A) was born on 25 December 1723 in Rußheim, Baden-Durlach, Germany.¹ On 8 November 1746 when Christina was 22, she married Johan Michael Lang, in the Evangelisch Kirche (Lutheran Church) in Rußheim. Michael was born in Rußheim on 25 November 1721 to Johannes Diebold Lang and his wife Margaretha Neeß.²

Michael and Christina (Hacker) Lang entered Philadelphia on the ship Rawley on 23 October 1752, accompanied by Christina’s parents, and her sister and brother-in-law, Lorentz and Margaretha (Hacker) Haushalter/Householder.³  Michael took allegiance to the King of England that same day. Christina was not quite 29 years of age when they came and we do not know whether they brought any children with them. Only the adult males were registered when boarding the ship.

The couple settled in Cocalico Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, probably near Christina’s parents and brothers. Christina and Michael likely died some time between 1780 and 1790. A Michael Lange and wife appear in a list of communicants for Emanuel Lutheran Church in Brickerville, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County for the “First Sunday after Trinity” 1780.⁴  Since their son Michael Jr. did not marry his wife Christina until 1781, it is likely that this entry refers to this couple.

Additionally, a Michael Lang/Long also appears as a landowner in the tax records of Lancaster County from 1756 and 1759, then again in 1779 and 1780.⁵ A Michael Lang/Long also appears in the tax records from 1783 through 1802. However, since both father and son were married and living (presumably) in Cocalico Township, the fact that only one of them appears in the tax record leads me to believe that the father had died. No burial location for Christina and Michael is known.

To my knowledge, Michael and Christina (Hacker) Lang had two children, a son and a daughter, as follows:

1. Johann George³ Lang was born 6 November 1747 in Rußheim, Baden-Durlach, Germany. He immigrated to the Pennsylvania colony in 1752 with his parents.
2. Christina Lang was born 18 December 1751 in Rußheim. Christina immigrated to the Pennsylvania colony with her parents in 1752. Either she died prior to 18 February 1754 or the information regarding “Anna Christina Lang” is incorrect and there was only one daughter named Christina.
3. Anna Christina Long was born 18 February 1754 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and baptized 15 April 1754, sponsored by Anna Barbara Brent wife of Andreas Brent, Anna Christina Moser, daughter of Paul Moser, and Christoph Reitenauser, single son of Hannes Reitenauer, confirmed.⁶ She died in Centre County, Pennsylvania on 19 June 1827 and was buried in Wolf’s Chapel Cemetery, also known as Stover Cemetery. She married Johan Wilhelm Stober sometime between 27 August and 25 November 1775, most likely at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Brickerville.
4. Johan Michael Long was born 15 October 1757 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was baptized on 13 November 1757 in Emanuel Lutheran Church.⁷  Michael died in June of 1802. About 1780, he married Christina Stober, daughter of Johan George and Eva Elisabeth (Elser) Stober.

In subsequent generations, the spelling of the family’s surname LANG (pronounced Long) was anglicized and changed to Long.

John² Hocker (Unknown¹) was born 6 July 1815 in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died 21 January 1882 in Churchville, now Oberlin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin, Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.¹ John’s occupation, according to census records, varied from brick-maker to farmer to shoemaker.

He married on 3 December 1835, probably in Hummelstown, Sarah Beinhower, daughter of Peter Beinhower (30 November 1787-25 November 1853) and Mary Ann Smith (8 April 1790-4 April 1877).² She was born 12 January 1814 in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and died of pneumonia on 12 November 1901 in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania where she had gone to visit relatives.³ Sarah was buried 15 November 1901 in the Churchville Cemetery, Oberlin, Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with her husband.⁴

John Hocker’s will states:

“I, John Hocker, of Churchville, Swatara Township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah, all my estate real, personal and mixed for her use during her natural life, to use the same or any part thereof for her support and whatever is left at her died is to go to the children of my deceased daughter, Mary Ann, share and share alike.”⁵

Sarah Hocker’s illness was news in the local papers in Middletown.

“Mrs. Hocker Very Sick— Mrs. Hocker, widow of the late John Hocker, of Oberlin, came to visit her grandaughter, Mrs. C.P. Longenecker at East Middletown bridge, a week ago last Sunday. While there she took sick and her trouble soon developed into pneumonia. At this writing there are no hopes for her recovery. Mrs. Hocker is 87 years old and for many years resided near Good’s fulling mill in Lower Swatara.”⁶

“Mrs. Hocker, an aged and highly respected lady of this place, and widow of the late John Hocker, died on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the 89th year of her age. Mrs. Hocker has gone to visit relatives near Middletown, and while there contracted an attack of pnuemonia which resulted in her death.

The funeral which took place from her late residence in this place on Friday morning at 9:30 was attended by many. Services were held in the United Brethren church, of which she was a consistent member for many years. Interment was made in the cemetery of this place.”⁷

John and Sarah (Beinhower) Hocker had one child:

1. Maria Anna/Anna Maria³ Hocker was born 2 January 1840, baptized 2 April 1840 in the Zion Evangelical Church, and died 11 September 1873 or 1883.⁸ She married Christian A. Gingerich circa 1864.