Jacob Leiter (1749 - 1814)

Born Jun 1749 in Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1814 at age 65 in Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Birth

Jacob Leiter was the son of Jacob Leiter and his second wife, Elizabeth, born 1749, presumably in Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where his parents were living at the time.^[1][2][3][4]

Jacob was about 15 years old when his father died, in 1764. Jacob and his brother Peter are named in their father's will as his two youngest sons by his second wife. They were to receive "the place of land whereon I now live, containing 362 acres, more or less" and £100 "as the portion of their mother". The family was living in Washington County, Maryland at the time.^[4][3]

Marriage and Children

Jacob married Juliana Fogle. They were the parents of seven known children:^[4][1][3]
Andrew
Jacob
John
Abraham
Susanna, who married Samuel Houser
Samuel
Catharine, who married Jacob Houser
Judith, who married Benjamin Hartman
Juliana, who married Peter Bell.

Residence

abt 1776, age: 27, Fredrick, Maryland. ^[5]
1778 No Township Listed, Washington County, MD. ^[6]
1790 Washington, Maryland, United States. ^[7]
1800 Elizabeth Hundred, Washington, Maryland. ^[8]
1810 Jerusalem and Upper Antietam Hundreds, Washington, Maryland, United States. ^[9]

Jacob was a member of the Lutheran Church.^[4]

Death

Jacob died on 22 Jul 1814 in Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United States at the age of 65. He is buried in the Leiter Family Cemetery near Leitersburg.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Jacob Leiter, Jr", Memorial # 83857052, created by Mike Hahn, 22 Jan 2012, Find A Grave, accessed 13 May 2016
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Leiter, John A. History and genealogy of the Leiter families : including Lighter-Liter-Lyter. (Portland, Oregon: Leiter, c1971, 1977)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Bell, Herbert C. History of Leitersburg District, Washington County, Md: including its original land tenure, first settlement, material development, religious, educational, political, and general history, biographical sketches, etc. (Leitersburg, Maryland: Herbert C. Bell, 1898), p. 184
5. ↑ Kinard, June, ed. Maryland, Colonial Census, 1776 [Index only on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000).
6. ↑ Jackson, Ron V, comp. Maryland Census, 1772-189. (Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984?), Available on Ancestry.com as Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
7. ↑ Washington County, Maryland. First Census of the United States, 179'0 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.Source) Digital image available on Ancestry.com
8. ↑ Washington County, Maryland. Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.) Digital Image available on Ancestry.com
9. ↑ Washington County, Maryland. Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). (Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.) Digital Image available on Ancestry.com