Jacob Heckman (1771 - 1854)

Born 16 Aug 1771 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Overholtz) Heckman — married 13 May 1793 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1854 at age 82 in Lanier Township, Preble, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Jacob Heckman was born on August 16, 1771 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Province of Pennsylvania, son of Johann Jacob Heckman (1749–1789) and Anna Barbara Meyer (1745–1818).

"Jacob Heckman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1771, emigated from Virginia to Ohio in the winter of 1811. He settled where his son, Isaac Heckman, now lives, and died there in 1854. Mary Heckman, his wife, died some fifteen years before. They were the parents of six children: Anna [Hannah], Helen, David, Catherine, Isaac, and Barbara. Anna [Hannah] was the wife of Abraham Wimmer; Catherine is now the widow of Joseph C. Harter, and resides in Indiana; Barbara became the wife of John Werkley; Isaac, who has ever since occupied the old farm where his father settled in 1811, was born January 9, 1803. He married in 1825 to Mary Young who was born in Maryland in 1807. Mr. and Mrs. Heckman had ten children, nine of whom are still living." -- History of Preble County, Ohio (H.Z. Williams and Bros, 1881), p. 280.

Jacob (21) married Mary Overholtz (24) (born on November 22, 1768 in Colony of Virginia) on May 13, 1793 in Franklin, Virginia, United States. Their children were:

• Hannah Heckman (1795–1848)
• Helen Heckman
• David Heckman (1796-1866)
• Catherine Heckman (1801-1888)
• Isaac Heckman (1803–1882)
• Barbara Heckman (1806-1878)

In 1850, Jacob (78) was living alone in Lanier Township, Preble County, Ohio.^[1]

Jacob died on August 15, 1854 in Lanier Township, Preble, Ohio, United States, aged 82. He was buried in Eikenberry Cemetery, Wheatville, Preble County, Ohio.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850". database with images, FamilySearch "1850 United States Census". accessed 21 December 2020, Jacob Heckman, Lanier Township, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31570789/jacob-heckman: accessed), memorial page for Jacob Heckman (16 Aug 1771–15 Aug 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31570789, citing Eikenberry Cemetery, Wheatville, Preble County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Michael Kent Hickey (contributor 47370788).