Jacob Hockensmith (abt. 1751 - aft. 1818)

Born about 1751 in Pennsylvania or Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Hockensmith — married [date unknown] in Maryland

Descendants

Died after 12 Oct 1818 after about age 67 in Frederick, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Jacob Hockensmith served with 3rd Battalion, Frederick County Militia, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.

Jacob Hockensmith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A056060.

Jacob may have been born about 1751. He served in the Revolutionary War service as Ensign of the Game Cock Company of Maryland Militia, raised from Emmitsburg, Maryland, and headed by Capt. William Blair. His brother George was 1st Lieutenant in the unit.^[1]

He married a daughter of George Smith (1720-1793). This relationship is indicated by a local history article in the Gettysburg Times that states that George Smith had four sons and seven daughters, that one of his sons was Sergeant in Captain William Blair's Game Cock Company in the Revolutionary War (a John Smith was one of the sergeants) and that his sons-in-law John Crabbe and Jacob Hockensmith were, respectively, Corporal and Ensign in that same unit.^[2]

Jacob Hockensmith, Conrad Hockensmith, and Michael Hockensmith (brothers) were among the buyers of lots when the town of Emmitsburg, Maryland, was laid out in 1785.^[3]

The 1790 U.S. Census recorded Jacob Hockensmith in Frederick County, Maryland. His household consisted of three free white males age 16 and up, three free white males under age 16, and six free white females.^[4]

The 1800 U.S. Census recorded Jacob Hockensmith in Emmitsburg, Frederick County. There were eight people in the household, all free white persons: one male and one female age 45 and and above, one male age 16 to 25, two females age 10 to 15, and two males and one female under age 10.^[5]

Jacob died about 1818 in Frederick County, Maryland, listing the following heirs in his will: Henry, Jacob, Peter, David, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary, Magdalena, Polly, George, John, and William.^[6]

He may be buried in Toms Creek Lutheran Cemetery in Emmitsburg. In 1976 the Frederick, Maryland, newspaper reported that local genealogist Mrs. Susanne Files Twentey said that 1st Lt. George Hockensmith, 2nd Lt. Michael Hockensmith, and Ensign Jacob Hockensmith were among the Revolutionary War veterans buried in that cemetery.^[7] This information is, however, called into question by indications that Michael was buried in Kentucky.

Sources

1. ↑ Founded in 1857 by Samuel Emmit, Emmittsburg had rich, varied history. Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 20 June 1957, page 1. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/50001/images/NEWS-PA-TH_GE_TI.1957_06_20_0017
2. ↑ Early Patents of Emmittsburg are dated 1727. Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 30 Sept 1943, second section, first page. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/50001/images/NEWS-PA-TH_GE_TI.1943_09_30_0009
3. ↑ Story of Founding of Historic Emmitsburg, Maryland. Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 17 Feb 1944, second section, first page. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/50001/images/NEWS-PA-TH_GE_TI.1944_02_17_0007
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-3SNB?cc=1803959&wc=3XTM-BZ2%3A1584070902%2C1584070911%2C1584070607 : 14 May 2015), Maryland > Frederick > Not Stated > image 29 of 62; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ United States Census, 1800. Enumeration sheet for Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland; Series: M32; Roll: 10; Page: 170; Image: 177; Family History Library Film: 193663. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7590/images/4185993_00177
6. ↑ Frederick, Maryland, Record of Wills, liber HS2, 1816-1822, p. 196-199. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S1-Z1X1?i=211&cat=1876656; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.com).
7. ↑ Local genealogist lists war vets. The News (Frederick, Maryland), 27 August 1976, page 6. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7237/images/NEWS-MD-NE.1976_08_27_0013

• Game Cock Unit History

• Clements, S. Eugene and Wright, F. Edward. The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War; 2006, Heritage Books, Inc., Westminster, Maryland 21157. p. 88.