Jacob Counterman (abt. 1710 - 1792)

Born about 1710 in West Camp, Ulster, New York Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1792 at about age 82 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

He supposedly died in Heidelberg Twp. in Dauphin Co, PA. A date of death of 16 Dec 1792, but it is certainly known that it was after 23 Jan 1781. He composed a will dated 23 Jan 1781 when he was living in Heidelberg Twp. in Lancaster Co, PA. However, the will was not probated until 4 Sep 1793, by which time (in 1785) the area encompassing the family farm became part of the new Dauphin Co. In his will Jacob names Christian apart from his other children; if his widowed mother remarries, Christian is to receive 20 shillings, whereas the other children are to "share and share alike" the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of Jacob's real estate. The other children are 6 boys (Fredrick, Jacob, John, Adam, Michael, and Leonhard) and 2 girls (Maria Elizabeth and Maria Barbara).

Sources

• *Family history.
• Tschopp Family Tree," Ancestry.com
• "The last will and Testament of Jacob Countryman, dec'd., translated from the German Language," Will No. 1, 4 Sep 1793, Dauphin Co Courthouse, Harrisburg, PA, photocopied by Margaret Counterman, 1 Aug 2001.