Jacob Souder (abt. 1740 - 1814)

Born about 1740 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Barbara (Funk) Souder — married [date unknown] in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 11 May 1814 at about age 74 in Pennsylvania

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Biography

Birth : An unsourced Findagrave record gives that Jacob was born in 1743.^[1] He was the son of Christian Souder and his wife Margaret, of Montgomery, PA.^[2]

Marriage and children : He married Barbara Funk, daughter of Henry Funck and Anna Meyer.^[2][3][4] They were the parents of :

1. Christian ^[3][4] m. Catharine Nice ^[2]
2. Susan ^[4] m. Henry Moyer ^[2]
3. John ^[4] m. [FNU] Clemmer ^[2]
4. Anna ^[4] m. Abraham Swartz ^[2]
5. Barbara ^[4] m. John Huttel ^[2]
6. Maria ^[4] m. Christian Yeakel ^[2]
7. Elizabeth ^[4] m. Isaac Bergey ^[2]
8. Catharine ^[4] m. Isaac Swartz ^[2]

1790 ^[5] : In Franconia, Montgomery, PA :

Jacob Souder (aged over 16)

6 females

2 males aged under 16

1800 ^[6] : In Franconia, Montgomery, PA :

Jacob Sauter, aged over 45

1 female aged over 45 (presumably Jacob's wife)

4 females aged 16-25

1 male aged 10-15

1 male aged under 10

He passed away in 1814.^[1]

Research Notes

The will of Jacob Souder of the Borough of Lebanon, County of Lebanon, PA was made on 28 January 1814 and recorded on 22 Aug 1814. It names his beloved wife, Anna Margaret, but does not mention children by name.^[7] It seems unlikely that the man who made his will in Lebanon in January, naming his wife as Anna Margaret, is the man who was buried in Montgomery in May and apparently married to Barbara.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} UNSOURCED Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47219658/jacob-souder : accessed 02 February 2022), memorial page for Pvt Jacob Souder (1743–11 May 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #47219658, citing Franconia Mennonite Church Cemetery, Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by N.D. Scheidt (contributor 47099775) . Includes image of original gravestone which records death date. Links to family are unsourced.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (Reel 661), citing Aldefer Bible Records. Viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5811549:2451 (image 220/728)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations" p.326. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, citing "Souder History, Stanley Souder". Viewed at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60592/images/44308_347537-03168
5. ↑ 1790 US census (The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 30; Family History Library Film: 0568149, image 16/25) viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/327591:5058
6. ↑ 1800 US Census (Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Series: M32; Roll: 41; Page: 123; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 363344, image 1/3) viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7590/images/4440908_00129?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=437250
7. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993". Wills, 1813-1881 ; Index to Estates, 1813-1935; Author: Lebanon County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Lebanon, Pennsylvania viewed at Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8802 #1653895 (accessed 11 June 2023) : Jacob Souder, 1814, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA.