Sebastian (Huber) Hoover (1723 - 1807)

Born 1723 in Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Husband of Catharina Eliesabetha (Mueller) Hoover — married 7 Feb 1744 in Reeds Church, Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1807 at about age 84 in Pendleton County, Virginia, United States

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This profile is part of the Hoover Name Study.

Biography

The Sebastian Hoover in this Biography is actually the second generation of the line of Sebastian Hoover to come to Pendleton County Virginia as noted in the two books referenced below.

From the book, "A compilation of the descendants of Sebastian Hoover of Pendleton County VA. (W. Va.)" by Walter L. Eye page - j - : ^[1]

"Sometime before 1753 Sebastian Hoover (ancestry not recorded) made his home in Highland County, Va. and Pendleton County, W.Va. By his wife, Susannah, he was the father of Sebastian, Peter, George, Michael, Thomas, Catherine, Jacob, Lawrence, and Nicholas."

"Of these, Sebastian was the father of Michael, Thomas, Jacob, Sebastian, Peter, Catharine, and others..."

On page 1, Walter Eye^[1] also cites the source, "A history of Pendleton County West Virginia", written by Oren F. Morton, (c) 1910, in compiling the genealogy for Sebastian Hoover shown in his own book. He also has transcribed the full verbiage of county records for legal transactions, etc. that he uses in his book before he shows the generations section.

A history of Pendleton County West Virginia, written by Oren F. Morton, (c) 1910

In the genealogies shown below, that were compiled by Walter Eye^[1] for his publication noted in the sources below, the letter refers to the generation: "A" meaning the first generation, "B" meaning the second generation, "C" meaning the third generation, etc. The number refers to each individual person within each generation, each person having his or her own number.

FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS

A-1 Sebastian Hoover the Older ( -1780) m. Susannah — Brandywine, W.Va.

• B-1 Sebastian the Younger ( -Oct. 1, 1811)
• B-2 Peter
• B-3 Thomas (abt 1758-1835)
• B-4 George (1763-1798)
• B-5 Michael ( abt 1753-1842)
• B-6 Lawrence
• B-7 Jacob ( -1835)
• B-8 Catherine (1775— )
• B-9 Nicholas

B-1 Postle Hoover m. _____ —Brandywine, W.Va.

Sebastian Hoover bought 200 acres of land from Robert Green in 1763 for the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), but was perhaps living here before 1753. He was killed in 1780 during the Tory disturbances.

Postle Hoover was at the same time a neighbor to Robert Davis. They were perhaps brothers and perhaps were related to Michael Hoover (Barbara ) who was living on Linville Creek in Linville in Rockingham County in 1765. Postle was living below Brandywine and Sebastian was living above Brandywine. In addition to the 200 acres mentioned above, other land acquired by Sebastian Hoover was as follows:

• 57 acres patented on the South Fork in 1769; 135 acres on the South Fork in 1761.
• Postle Hoover acquired 44 acres in one parcel and 65 acres in another parcel by patent in 1765; 46 acres near his home in 1785.
• George, Jacob, Lawrence, Michael, Peter, and Sebastian Hoover were on the 1790 tithables in Pendleton County. ^[2]

Walter Eye seems to show in his Genealogy Table that "Postle Hoover" is one and the same as Sebastian Hoover the Younger. This was also the conclusion of Oren F. Morton in his second book written in 1811, "A History of Highland County Virginia".^[3] He says, "Postel is another name used by Sebastian Hoover".

THIRD GENERATION

B-1 Sebastian Hoover the Younger ( -Oct. 1, 1811?) m. Catherine Muller on Feb. 7, 1744 at Reed's Church, Pa.— Pendleton County.

Marriage Feb 7, 1744 Sebastian Huber and Catarina Mueller Tulpehocken

NOTE: A son, John Wilhelm, has been omitted from the genealogy in the book by Oren F. Morton and also by the genealogy in the book by Walter Eye. The date of John Wilhelm's birth (ten months after the marriage of Sebastian Huber and Catarina Mueller in Tulpehocken), would easily make one assume that he was their child. There is no record that a John Wilhelm Hoover relocated in VA from Pennsylvania. It could be that he died young if he was in fact their son.

John Wilhelm Hoover

• C-1 Michael ( abt 1753-1842)
• C-2 Thomas (abt 1758-1835)
• C-3 Jacob
• C-4 Sebastian, Jr. (1789-1839)
• C-5 Peter (-1807)
• C-6 Catharine (1764-before 1830)
• C-7 Two others

Sebastian made bonds as guardian for Sebastian and Susanna Hoover, orphans, on Oct. 3, 1791.^[1]

Sebastian's estate, appraised as of Sept. 28, 1807:

• Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 pounds (including slaves)
• other . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296 pounds
• Sale total . . . . . . . . . .133 pounds
• Grand Total . . . . . . 1,212 pounds

Sebastian and Catherine moved to Pendleton County in the late 1740s or early 1750s along with Peter Schmidt and his wife Maria Margartha [May] (maiden name Huber), also in Tulpehocken.

Sebastian, along with Henry Stone, Gabriel Kyle, Henry Peninger, Woolrick Conrad and Mack Swadley, received Certificates for Naturalization in Augusta County^[4].

Sebastian Hoover Jr.'s will lists his father as heir. Jacob and Thomas are listed as heirs on the Pendleton County Survey of property left by Sebastian Hoover Sr.; listing of George, Jacob, Lawrence, Michael, Peter, and Sebastian Hoover; all together on the 1790 Tax Form for the "South Fork" and the lower half of the "South Branch."

Sebastian Hoover, Henry Stone and Henry Penninger were held on bond to appear before the grand jury to answer the charge of "throwing disgraceful reflections upon congress and of speaking words lending to deprecicate the Continental currency."^[5]

He passed away in 1807.

Research

Note from Patti Richey: In 2017, I received an email from Maurice Robinson with some interesting observations on the Hoovers (regarding the Third Generation B-1 Sebastian the Younger noted above):

Hi: I am a Wilfong (Wildfang) descendant from the family living in the 1740s and 1750s in Berks County, PA, in the Tulpehocken area north of Host Church, where its road going north, meets the road that goes west to Rehersberg, which is south-east of Bethel. It is west of New Scheffersville. The Wilfong family lived there, as the Huber family, as well as McGlovines I believe. Another family, the Gebards were there, too. I believe Reigels were nearby. I am not sure if they were all around the intersection, but they were neighbors. The Wilfongs appear to have been forced to leave in the French-Indian War. They were in the Sugar Grove, W V area at least by the early-mid 1760s. Their farm is still owned by Wilfongs, at St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Sugar Grove, land donated by George Michael Wilfong. His son, we call George Jacob, but records show him as Jacob and at tmes as George, he went to NC during or after the Revolution, then became a Tunkard type and moved to Canada in 1802. He fought for the Americans in the Revolution. He wanted to live in Lancaster, PA, but land was too expensive, so he moved to Waterloo (Doon-Kitchener), Canada. His brother John Wilfong killed Sebastian (Huber) Hoover. I would expect the Sugar Grove Hoovers come from the Huber people in Tulpehocken. Best wishes....keep on with your research........Maurice Robinson

More research is required to accurately show the genealogy of the correct Sebastian. Nearly every new generation introduces another Sebastian, Peter, George, etc. I beleive inside WikiTree (and other genealogy platforms) there is still some mixup when it comes to the genealogies of the Sebastian's.

Note - The Sebastian (Sebastian Hoover the Older who died in 1780 and was married to Susannah.) of the first generation with the names of the children who would be the second generation needs to be on a separate profile page if we ever learn more about him. Currently, we have no birth, death, marriage, etc. information on him with the exception of knowing he had a wife named Susannah.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "A compilation of the descendants of Sebastian Hoover of Pendleton County VA. (W. Va.)" Walter L. Eye, April 1990, Copyright Registration Pending. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/702043-a-compilation-of-the-descendants-of-sebastian-hoover-of-pendleton-county-va-w-va?offset=9664
2. ↑ Tithables for 1790 (Males over 16 or female heads of family)
3. ↑ "A History of Highland County Virginia", Oren F. Morton. Online book: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Highland_County_Virginia/ozctAAAAYAAJ?hl=en
4. ↑ Virginia, Order Book VII, Page 97
5. ↑ Rockingham County Court records dated March 23, 1779

• In the genealogies shown that were compiled by Walter Eye, the letter refers to the generation: "A" meaning the first generation, "B" meaning the second generation, "C" meaning the third generation, etc. The number refers to each individual person within each generation, each person having his or her own number.
• Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA, USA: n.p., 1896.
• Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785. Washington: G.P.O., 1908.
• Note in previous version of profile: "Since Sebastian Hoover Jr. died in 1780, we can assume that this Sebastian was the father of them all. Other Information, including the name of his daughter, Catherine, was furnished by Jeff Carr, a genealogist living in Virginia."
• Cemetery marker of a Sebastian Hoover who died 1807. Find A Grave Memorial ID #156623252. FindAGrave Find A Grave Memorial# 156623252