Jacob Ream (1743 - 1814)

Born 16 Feb 1743 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 21 Feb 1814 at age 71 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Private Jacob Ream served with Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Ream Name Study.

Jacob Ream served as a private in Captain John Smuller's company (7th Company, 6th Battalion) in the Revolutionary War. He did not marry.

Research Notes

The only Jacob Ream to appear in the 1790 US Census for Pennsylvania is listed in Cocalico Township.^[1] ~ Scott Anderson 2 Feb 2019

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-WZK : accessed 2 February 2019), Jacob Ream, Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 175, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 568,148.

• William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., editor, Notes and Queries: Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.: The Daily Telegraph Print., 1887, Notes and Queries - II, pg 5. Cit. Date: 12 Jan 2016.
• Genealogical Card File, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), citing Der Reggeboge, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, p. 11. Cit. Date: 13 May 2017.