"Kegley's Virginia Frontier" by F.B. Kegley in 1938 reads:
"Whereas, Jacob Stover, a native of Switzerland, hath by his petition made suit to this board for leave to take up 10,000 acres of land on the West side of the great mountains, and on the second fork of the Shenandoah River, on both sides of the branches thereof, for the settlement of himself and divers German and Swiss families, whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two years space.
These lands were actually granted to Stover by two deeds dated Dec. 15, 1733, each for 5,000 acres. The place selected was the Indian Old Fields called Massanutton, and here was made the first permanent white settlement in the Valley."
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Jacob, a school teacher, was the son of Christian Stover/Stuber. His surname has also been spelt Stober and Stowber. Some suggest his mother was Margaret Anthoni and others suggest it was Magdelena Brubacher.
Jacob first married Margaret in Philadelphia Co., PA during 1705 when he was 17 years old. They had 6 children, the last born in 1714 when it is presumed that Margaret died as Jacob remarried the following year.
On 15 Mar 1715 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Jacob married Sarah Boone. She immigrated with her Quaker father, a blacksmith, and her brother to explore America before the emigration of the whole family (who emigrated to Philadelphia County in 1717) from England. She does not seem to have any affiliation with the Quakers as do some of her siblings.
His wife, Sarah, was the aunt of the famous "Daniel Boone". Some suggest that after Jacob's death in 1741 Sarah moved to her daughter's home, Sarah (Stover) Ellis, in Berks Co., PA. It is likely that she is buried there in the Exeter Friends Cemetery.
"Whereas, Jacob Stover, a native of Switzerland, hath by his petition made suit to this board for leave to take up 10,000 acres of land on the West side of the great mountains, and on the second fork of the Shenandoah River, on both sides of the branches thereof, for the settlement of himself and divers German and Swiss families, whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two years space.
These lands were actually granted to Stover by two deeds dated Dec. 15, 1733, each for 5,000 acres. The place selected was the Indian Old Fields called Massanutton, and here was made the first permanent white settlement in the Valley."
***** BIO *****
Jacob, a school teacher, was the son of Christian Stover/Stuber. His surname has also been spelt Stober and Stowber. Some suggest his mother was Margaret Anthoni and others suggest it was Magdelena Brubacher.
Jacob first married Margaret in Philadelphia Co., PA during 1705 when he was 17 years old. They had 6 children, the last born in 1714 when it is presumed that Margaret died as Jacob remarried the following year.
On 15 Mar 1715 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Jacob married Sarah Boone. She immigrated with her Quaker father, a blacksmith, and her brother to explore America before the emigration of the whole family (who emigrated to Philadelphia County in 1717) from England. She does not seem to have any affiliation with the Quakers as do some of her siblings.
His wife, Sarah, was the aunt of the famous "Daniel Boone". Some suggest that after Jacob's death in 1741 Sarah moved to her daughter's home, Sarah (Stover) Ellis, in Berks Co., PA. It is likely that she is buried there in the Exeter Friends Cemetery.
"Kegley's Virginia Frontier" by F.B. Kegley in 1938 reads:
"Whereas, Jacob Stover, a native of Switzerland, hath by his petition made suit to this board for leave to take up 10,000 acres of land on the West side of the great mountains, and on the second fork of the Shenandoah River, on both sides of the branches thereof, for the settlement of himself and divers German and Swiss families, whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two years space.
These lands were actually granted to Stover by two deeds dated Dec. 15, 1733, each for 5,000 acres. The place selected was the Indian Old Fields called Massanutton, and here was made the first permanent white settlement in the Valley."
***** BIO *****
Jacob, a school teacher, was the son of Christian Stover/Stuber. His surname has also been spelt Stober and Stowber. Some suggest his mother was Margaret Anthoni and others suggest it was Magdelena Brubacher.
Jacob first married Margaret in Philadelphia Co., PA during 1705 when he was 17 years old. They had 6 children, the last born in 1714 when it is presumed that Margaret died as Jacob remarried the following year.
On 15 Mar 1715 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Jacob married Sarah Boone. She immigrated with her Quaker father, a blacksmith, and her brother to explore America before the emigration of the whole family (who emigrated to Philadelphia County in 1717) from England. She does not seem to have any affiliation with the Quakers as do some of her siblings.
His wife, Sarah, was the aunt of the famous "Daniel Boone". Some suggest that after Jacob's death in 1741 Sarah moved to her daughter's home, Sarah (Stover) Ellis, in Berks Co., PA. It is likely that she is buried there in the Exeter Friends Cemetery.
"Whereas, Jacob Stover, a native of Switzerland, hath by his petition made suit to this board for leave to take up 10,000 acres of land on the West side of the great mountains, and on the second fork of the Shenandoah River, on both sides of the branches thereof, for the settlement of himself and divers German and Swiss families, whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two years space.
These lands were actually granted to Stover by two deeds dated Dec. 15, 1733, each for 5,000 acres. The place selected was the Indian Old Fields called Massanutton, and here was made the first permanent white settlement in the Valley."
***** BIO *****
Jacob, a school teacher, was the son of Christian Stover/Stuber. His surname has also been spelt Stober and Stowber. Some suggest his mother was Margaret Anthoni and others suggest it was Magdelena Brubacher.
Jacob first married Margaret in Philadelphia Co., PA during 1705 when he was 17 years old. They had 6 children, the last born in 1714 when it is presumed that Margaret died as Jacob remarried the following year.
On 15 Mar 1715 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Jacob married Sarah Boone. She immigrated with her Quaker father, a blacksmith, and her brother to explore America before the emigration of the whole family (who emigrated to Philadelphia County in 1717) from England. She does not seem to have any affiliation with the Quakers as do some of her siblings.
His wife, Sarah, was the aunt of the famous "Daniel Boone". Some suggest that after Jacob's death in 1741 Sarah moved to her daughter's home, Sarah (Stover) Ellis, in Berks Co., PA. It is likely that she is buried there in the Exeter Friends Cemetery.
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