Jacob Hoover (abt. 1754 - abt. 1821)

Born about 1754 in Pipe Creek Waters, Uniontown, Frederick, Maryland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Stutzman — married 1775 in Randolph County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about Apr 1821 at about age 67 in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Jacob was a Friend (Quaker)

Jacob Hoover was born in 1754 in Pipe Creek Waters, Uniontown, Frederick County, English province of Maryland. The area is now in Carroll County (formed 1837). He was the son of Andrew Huber / Hoover, and his wife, Anna Margaretha (Pfautz) Huber / Hoover, Quaker immigrants from the Palatinate in Germany's Rhineland. His father had "Anglicized" his name to "Hoover" on his arrival in America around 1744. He married Anna Margaretha Pfautz in 1745 in York County, Pennsylvania. His parents had at least 14 children; Jacob was their 4th child and 3rd son.^[1]

In the early 1760s, Andrew & Anna Hoover moved from Maryland to North Carolina, with other Quaker families. They first lived near the Uwharrie River, Rowan County, then moved north to Guilford County, N.C., where there was a Quaker Monthly Meeting. Jacob married his wife, Elizabeth Stutzman, b: 1755 in Chester, Pennsylvania, in April 1775 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Her father was a German immigrant from Wurttemberg. They had 10 children: ^[2]

1. Jacob Hoover, 1777–1856
2. Daniel Hoover, 1780–1821
3. John Hoover, 1783–1849
4. David Hoover, 1787–1835
5. Joseph Warren Hoover, 1788–1851
6. Mary Porry Hoover, 1791–1873
7. Elizabeth Hoover, 1793–1840
8. Nancy Hoover, 1794–1826
9. Samuel Clark Hoover, 1796–1876
10. Andrew Hoover, 1798–1839

In September 1776, Jacob Hoover served several months as a soldier in the American Continental Army, a regiment from his native Maryland. This was unusual for a Quaker but those living on the frontier tended to be strong colonial patriots and less fussy about the Quaker belief in non-violence than their urban counterparts in Philadelphia or New York.^[3]

Jacob Hoover passed away at his home in Randolph County, North Carolina, in April 1821. He was 66 years old.^[4] Probate in Randolph Co, NC.^[5] He was buried at the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA, indicating he had ceased to be an active Quaker, possibly due to his Revolutionary War military service.^[6] His wife survived his death. A few years later she moved to Indiana to live near her son, David Hoover, who had married Rebecca Bonine. Elizabeth (Stutzman) Hoover died at 85 years old in Boone County, Indiana, on 28 July 1840 and was buried at Eagle Creek Regular Baptist Cemetery, Boone, Indiana, USA, next to her son, who had passed away in 1835. ^[7]

Research Notes

In August 1821, Elizabeth Hoover filed a petition for dower with the Randolph County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, naming "Joseph Hoover & others" as defendants. The court noted that a number of the defendants - Jacob Hoover Jr, David Hoover, Jacob Hoover Sr, Daniel Hoover, Frederick Hoover, Mary Hoover, Sally Hoover, Susannah Hoover and Daniel Hutchins - were not resident in the state of North Carolina.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Hulda Hoover McLean, The Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, Revised and Expanded Edition, The Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch, Iowa, 1995, pp. 159-162.
2. ↑ Pedigree Resource File for Jacob Hoover on FamilySearch; cites 7 Sources, including 1790, 1800, and 1810 US Census records.
3. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-26P4 : 15 March 2018), Jacob Hoover, Sep 1776; citing Sep 1776, Maryland, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,313.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-M9WK : 16 March 2018), Jacob Hoover, 1821; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,070,948.
5. ↑ Record of wills, 1773-1964, with index: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970"
   Catalog: Record of wills, 1773-1964, with index Wills 1773-1829
   Image path: North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 > Randolph > Wills, 1820-1829, Vol. 05 > image 774 of 1016
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 27 January 2022)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( Find A Grave: Memorial #5064046 jacob-hoover : accessed 08 March 2022), memorial page for Jacob Hoover (1754–1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5064046, citing Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309) .
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #120300195
8. ↑ Weekly Raleigh Register 7 Sep 1821, p.1 col.4 viewed at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120081500/elizabeth-hoover-petition-for-dower-1821/

See also :

• Hulda Hoover McLean, The Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, Revised and Expanded Edition, The Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch, Iowa, 1995, pp. 159-162.