Jacob Burner Sr (abt. 1724 - bef. 1790)

Born about 1724 in Luzern, Switzerland [uncertain]

Husband of Magdalena (Bumgarner) Burner — married about 1732 in Frederick County, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died before 30 Dec 1790 before about age 66 in Beckford Parish, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jacob Burner Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A017450.

Jacob Burner Sr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 331234
Rank: Patriotic Service

Jacob Burner Sr performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

The Burners seem to have been here as early as the Bumgardners, or perhaps earlier. Jacob Burner settled at the lower end of the Massanutten tracts, near Luray in Page County, where he acquired a large acreage along the Shenandoah River. His farm was located on the wes side of the river, just above the "White House" and the bridge on highway #211. In attempting to discover a bit about the early Burner family, I chanced upon this information. The Pennsylvania Historical Society has a letter, dated September 7, 1758, and signed by Michael Kauffman, Samuel Boehm, Daniel Stauffer(Stover) and Jacob Burner. This letter was written in behalf of thirty-nine Mennonite families in Virginia, who were forced to appeal for aid from their brethern in Holland, for Indian raids had left them in desperate circumstances. In Augusta County records, as early as 1747, there were a number of legal transactions that list these men as associates--especially Daniel Stauffer and Jacob Burner. The historian, Wayland, locates these early Mennonites in the present counties of Page or Warren. This requires more research but evidently the early Burners must have been Mennonites. .

Notes

Note: will in will book C folio 236 Shenandoah County Clerk's office,on

Jacob Burner. Will was probated Dec. 30, 1790

Member of the Mennonite church

date of death is date of will prove

• Born in Lucerne Switzerland

•Immigration: Came to America with 2 siblings •Will: Proved: 12/30/1790 19 JUL 1790 •Residence: Settled in the Massanutten section

Immigrated Aug. 30, 1743. Foreigners imported in the ship Francis and Elizabeth

Named recorded by clerk at the time as "Jacob Boumer".

Original Burner Name was German "Barner" or "Borner"

Burners from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia are descendants of either Jacob and Magdalena Burner who lived in what is now Page County Virginia or from Earhardt and Anna Burner who lived in Powell's Fort Valley of what is now Shenandoah Co. Va.

Mennonite

Jacob Burner obtained land on the left bank of the river in 1777 not far from the Mouth of the Hawksbill

Marriage

Magdalena Bumgardner b: 1734 in Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

NAME, BIRTH, DEATH {http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80310613&ref=acom]

MILITARY [U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 ] RESIDENCE [ Strickler, Harry Miller.. Massanutten, settled by the Pennsylvania pilgrim, 1726 : the first white settlement in the Shenandoah Valley. unknown: unknown, c1924. ]

DAR #A017450 for PATRIOTIC SERVICE FURNISHED SUPPLIES

• WikiTree profile Burner-43 created through the import of GerkeFam.ged on Jun 14, 2012 by Matthew Gerke.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 February 2015, 05:27), entry for Jacob Burner(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LV6L-Q6B); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 November 2017, 17:23), entry for Jacob Burner(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L63T-2TL); contributed by various users.