Jacob Hauser (1720)

Born Mar 1720 in Gundershoffen (67110 Niederbron-les-Bains), Alsace, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Anna Barbara Hauser — married 11 Jan 1746 in Gundershoffen, Basse-Alsace, France

Husband of Anna Maria (Rohrer) Hauser — married 1757 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

On his marriage to Anna Barbara Durrenberger in Gundershoffen (today 67110 Niederbronn-les-Bains, Alsace, France) in 1746, Johann Jacob Huser was called the son of the late Peter Huser. ^[1] He was probably the son of Peter Hauser (1690-1725) and Anna Oehler, who married in Gundershoffen on May 11, 1713, as that is the only Peter Hauser (or similar) found in Gundershoffen of the previous generation. Peter Hauser was killed by a falling tree on December 20, 1725 in Gundershoffen, and Anna Oehler then married Ulrich Billman/Bielmann on January 21, 1727. ^[2]

Jacob and Barbara had three children in Gundershoffen, who were baptized in the Gundershoffen Lutheran church:

1. Johann Peter in 1747;

2. Anna Barbara in 1749; and

3. Mara Salome in 1751. ^[3]

In 1751, Jacob and Barbara emigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship Edinburgh. It is not known whether any of the children survived to emigrate, as the Edinburgh ship lists do not include children. No sign of any of them has been found in Pennsylvania. Jacob’s signature by the baptisms of his children in Gundershoffen matches the immigrant’s signature as recorded in Pennsylvania German Pioneers, by Ralph Beaver Strassburger. ^[4]

Barbara and Jacob had at least two more children together in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, both of whom were baptized by Reverend Waldschmidt at Jerusalem Reformed Church in Weisseichenland, aka White Oaks, near Penryn, Lancaster County, PA:

4. Elisabeth Hausser, born December 4, 1752 (no baptism date is provided), baptized with godparents Elizabeth Kohe and Michael Stoetz ^[5];

5. Barbara Hauser. Born December 15, 1754 and baptized December 24, with godparents George Mueeler and Barbara Mueeler ^[6].

Barbara appears to have died soon after the birth of her daughter Barbara, as Jacob Hauser married Anna Maria Rohrer in about 1755 and had his first known child with her, Anna Maria, on May 2, 1756. ^[7] Further documentation that the same Jacob married both wives is needed, but no further record of Jacob's wife Barbara has been found after the baptism of Jacob's daughter Barbara.

Jacob’s children with Anna Maria Rohrer, all baptized in the First Reformed Church of Lancaster, were:

6. Anna Maria, born May 2, 1756;

7. George, born June 1, 1757;

8. Reinhard, born September 10, 1759; and

9. Christopher, born August 23, 1762. ^[8]

On July 24, 1753, Jacob warranted 85 surveyed acres in what is today Elisabeth Township, Lancaster County, PA. ^[9]

Jacob was still alive on December 1, 1768, when Anna Maria is referred to in the will of her father (Johannes Rohrer of Lampeter, Rohrer-69) as Ann, the wife of Jacob Howser. Had he died by then, typically she would have been referred to as his widow.

No death records have been found for either Jacob Hauser or Anna Maria Rohrer.

Lancaster County Hausers, online, is a good general source. ^[10]

Research Notes

There appears to have been another Jacob Hauser, in Lancaster County at the same time, who had children Laurentius in 1761 and Jacob in 1764 with wife Margaretha. Or possibly this is the same Jacob, and his wife's name Margaretha is a misreading (or misremembering by the pastor) of his wife Maria. ^[11]

No evidence has been presented that he was the father of Hauser-214, Hauser-216, Hauser-219, Hauser-221, Hauser-217 or Houser-2236, as shown here.

Sources

1. ↑ “Peter Huser, m. 11 Jan. 1746 Anna Barbara, daughter of the late Hans Georg Durrenberger, former citizen in Mertzweiler [67580].” Burgert, Annette Kunselman. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Picton Press. 1992. p. 274.
2. ↑ Sources needed. Certificates for these births, deaths and marriages were previously available on Geneanet, but are not now, as of 10/26/2022.
3. ↑ Burgert, p. 274.
4. ↑ Burgert, p. 274.
5. ↑ Elizabeth Hausser in the Records of Rev. Waldschmidt, in Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, available on Ancestry.com.
6. ↑ Barbara Hauser in the Records of Rev. Waldschmidt, in Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, available on Ancestry.com.
7. ↑ Anna Maria Hausser was born on Mary 2, 1756 and baptized at the First Reformed Church of Lancaster (no baptism date is provided). Parents Anna Maria Hausser and Jacob Hausser. Sp: Christopher Kraffort and Mrs. Christopher Kraffort. This same couple were also the sponsors of Jacob’s and Anna Maria's son Christopher in 1762. Baptized by Rev. Philip William Otterbein. Anna Maria Hausser in the Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, available on Ancestry.com.
8. ↑ Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, available on Ancestry.com.
9. ↑ Survey C90-129 available in the Pennsylvania Archives at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Books%20C1-C234/Book%20C090/Book%20C-090%20pg%20260.pdf.
10. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~colonialamerica/family/lancastercounty.html?_gl=1*vlodpg*_ga*NjQ5MjMzMTAzLjE2MzA2MjgzMTc.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2Njc4MDgyNC4yNjcuMS4xNjY2Nzk3NzI5LjU5LjAuMA..&_ga=2.172951402.830236695.1666665185-649233103.1630628317.
11. ↑ Lancaster County Hausers.

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