Jacob Harmon (1727 - 1776)

Born 1727 in Germany

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Died Mar 1776 at about age 49 in Augusta, Virginia

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Biography

Note: Anna Catherina Pauschen may not be his mother; needs more investigation.

German Palatine Immigrant - Corporal in the American Revolution.

On September 28, 1733, at the approximate age of six or seven, Jacob Herman arrived at the Port of Philadelphia. It is believed that he arrived with his parents and siblings. Only the names of male members of the family were listed. HIs father and brothers who were under the age of sixteen: Dewald (Theobald) Herman, Hans Herman, and Hans Peter Herman. He sailed to America from Rotterdam via Plymouth , England on a ship known as "The Richmond and Elizabeth".

In 1734, his father owned land in Colebrook, that is now an unincorporated community in South Londonderry Township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,

Jacob served as a Corporal in the Northampton Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War.

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• WikiTree profile Harmon-1088 created through the import of Gareau.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by William Malo. See the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.

• Source: S2199378659 Repository: #R2410172077 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=29167581&pid=458
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• A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. by Rupp, I. Daniel Published 1876. Pages 91-92. https://archive.org/details/collectionofupwa00ruppuoft/page/90/mode/2up?q=page+91
• Revolutionary War Payroll . Service Number R4621.1782
• Tax Lists: 1734 Philadelphia County Taxables: Berks County portion. http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/berks/taxlist/tax1734.txt