Hans Jacob (Lupfer) Luper (abt. 1725 - abt. 1803)

Born about 31 Oct 1725 in Birmensdorf, Dietikon, Zurich, Switzerland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Kumbert) Lupfer — married 1757 in Somerset, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 10 Sep 1803 at about age 77 in New Bloomfield, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jacob (Lupfer) Luper performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Lupfer/Lupher/Luper Families:

The American progenitor of this family was Hans Jacob Lupfer, born in Birmensdorf, Switzerland in 1725. The family has been traced back there to Mathias Lupfer, born about 1550 Hans Jacob came to America on the ship Phoenix, arriving in Philadelphia on 22 November 1752. There was apparently only one early immigrant with this name. He married Anna Gumbert (the name is also given as Kumbert and several other variants. Recent researchers are tending to agree that it was probably actually Gamber, a family that is found nearby, but not much is known about her family), who was also of a 'Pennsylvania Dutch' family, and they settled first in Berks County for a number of years. In 1787 they moved to Cumberland County, that part of it that is now Perry County, near the town of New Bloomfield. Jacob was a farmer and sawmill operator who apparently had amassed a considerable estate by the time of his death, most of which passed to his eldest son Caspar Lupfer, the progenitor of that branch of the family which remained in Perry County for several generations, and retained the original spelling. Jacob and Anna had eight children; the Bible in which their births were recorded has been preserved. Blacksmith by trade; very useful in a farming community - Brightstown (Summit Township,) Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried 10 SEP 1803. Church graveyard, New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA. ^[1]

Event: Anecdote AFT 10 SEP 1803. Note: #N288. ^[2] Military Begining. 1778 Oath of allegiance, Revolutionary War, Berk Co. Oaths of Allegiance, P. 145, Historical Soc. of PA.

Emigration: 22 NOV 1752.

"Military" Fought in Revolutionary War (Trained Recruits). Tradition has it that Jacob Lupfer, Sr., having had military service in Europe, took an active part in helping to train the raw recruits the beginning of the Revolutionary War. His own sons, Casper, John and Jacob Jr. were among those he helped to train. He, himself, to the Oath of Allegiance during the Revolutionary War before Dan Rothermel in Berks Co. on May 30, 1778. (Berks Co. Oaths of Allegiance, page 145, Historical Society of Pa.).

Hans Jacob Luper was a sturdy pioneer of strong character and influence, always ready to aid a good cause, eger to serve the young country, loyal to the church, industrious, thrifty, and honorable in his dealings with his fellows. He belonged to the German Reformed Church. When he died on Sept. 10, 1803, he left a goodly estate, but better than that, he left a good name to be honored by his descendants.

Sources

• FindAGrave.com memorial #98979282

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:STCJ-DNY : accessed 2015-02-04), entry for John /Lupher/.

• Lupfer Family Tree: http://janiceaf.home.netcom.com/luphome.html

• RootsWeb-14150

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3C12-X9Z : accessed 2016-07-28), entry for Hans Jacob /Lupfer/.

• S26 Allied Families: This sketch contains the names of some of the descendants of Andreas Volck-Foulke and Mathias Lupfer Sunshine Foulke Chambers

1. ↑ Source: #S26
2. ↑ Source: #S26 p 46

Notes

Note N285.

Note: #N286. Source: #S26

Note: #N285. #N287.

arrived in the colonies on ship "Phoenix", Nov. 22, 1752 from port of Rotterdam - source "a collection of 30,000 names of immigrants in Pennsylvania, p 298, 1727-1772.

Note N286.

Came to America on the ship Phoenix.

Note N287.

arrived on the ship Phoenix, Ruben Honor, Captain. From Rotterdam, last from Cawes. Arrived Nov. 22, 1722.

Note N288.