Jacob
Hershberger
Born in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Brother of
Peter Hershberger, John Hershberger, Abraham Hershberger [half], Christian Dilabaugh Hershberger, Christian Hershberger, Barbara Hershberger, Magdalena Anna Hershberger [half], Catherine (Hershberger) Miller and Henry Hershberger [half]
Husband of
Catharine Barbara (Summy) Hersberger
— married
about 1814 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Polly (Hershberger) Mast
Died
at age 64
in Cambria Co, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2016
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Biography
Jacob HERSHBERGER was born on 25 Oct 1789 <1> in Somerset, Pennsylvania.
He married Barbara Summy in about 1814; <1> after her death before 1826 in Somerset, PA he married Barbara Eash. <1>
He lived in Richland, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. <2>
He died on 20 Feb 1854 at the age of 64 <1> and was buried in Richland Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania. <3>
Sources
1. HF Gingerich and RW Kreider. Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies. Morgantown PA: Masthof Press, 2007: p. 122.
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44Y-NRF : 21 December 2020), Jacob Hankberger, Richland Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z51-Y787 : 10 June 2021), Jacob Hershberger, ; Burial, Richland Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Richland Cemetery; citing record ID 225042551, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~6.25%
Paul Mast
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Eric Mast :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZX3279768 [compare], yourDNAportal ERI9f898b26
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~3.12%
Betty (Miller) Marvin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Cheryl (Helmuth) Logan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HP6378860 [compare], yourDNAportal CHEb08069ef
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~0.78%
Jeff Knight :
23andMe, GEDmatch M258855 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
C. Winters :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A294755 [compare], Ancestry member WVsis
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B255556
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Richard Vredenburg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EM2646448 [compare], Ancestry member rilavr
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~0.39%
Kirk Fair :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M192438 [compare], Ancestry member nosanka
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~0.39%
Jenn Osborne :
23andMe, GEDmatch HF4630411 [compare], FTDNA kit #74388
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jraye32
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~0.39%
Joel Davis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member joel_davis1
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~0.39%
Brian Yoder :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal BRIaa31adef
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