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Jacob
(Jacob)
Wolf
aka Wolff, Wolfe
Born in Oberaurbach, near Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna Catherine (Schmidt) Wolf
— married
[date unknown] in Unterauerbach, near Zwiebracken, Germany
Descendants 
Father of
Johan Jacob Wolfe, Anna Eleanor (Wolf) Kauffelt, Augustine Jacob Wolfe, Susannah Wolf, Anna Clara (Wolfe) Kauffelt and Margaretha (Wolfe) Funkhouser
Died about
at about age 91
in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Mar 2019
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Biography
Jacob Wolf performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Jacob Wolf is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A211188.
Jacob was born 31 May 1707 in Oberaurbach, near Zweibrücken, Germany. On 7 Septembe, 1729 he and Anna Catherine Schmidt, daughter of Jacob of Schmidthausen, married. Two children, John Jacob and Elenora (1731, 1734) appear in the records before they migrate to PA in 1737 on the Virtuous Grace. They had four additional children, Augustine, Anna Clara, Susannah, and Margaretha. These children most likely were born in York Co., PA. They seem to have had an association with what became Cacadochly Church, Lower Windsor Twp. Augustine may have been born in Germany.
Jacob Wolfe obtained a land grant in 1754 based on a land survey that he authorized in 1751. It was not unusual, however, for a family to begin establishing its rights to a parcel of land before the survey. This land is located along both sides of Stony Creek. It is at the foot of the state road that crosses the Great North Mountain at Wolfe Gap. It is about 30 miles from Moorefield WV and just under 200 miles to Wheeling, WV. This is pertinent because many members of the Wolfe family went to what is now Preston County WV, when this was the distant frontier.
Ebenezer Zane and his brothers went from Moorefield to the Wheeling area in 1769 or 1770. Their uncle, Isaac Zane of Marlboro Iron Works on Cedar Creek, owned land adjacent to Jacob Wolf. Zane apparently was obtaining land and prospecting for iron. This may have provided a connection for Jacob Wolf's sons to consider pioneering in WV. Jacob Wolf (b. 1731) apparently was in Preston County in the 1770s along with his son "Mountain Jake."
Sources
- DAR record A211188
- https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/wolfe/4052/
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~1.17%
Ronald Moomaw
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WT3087936 [compare], Ancestry member rmoomaw1
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~0.78%
Barb (Plum) Steves :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
RD Larrick :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Duane Poncy :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T677993 [compare], FTDNA kit #352815
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~0.39%
Gary Cameron :
23andMe
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~0.39%
V. Speck :
23andMe, GEDmatch M284270 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lori (Wolfe) McClain :
23andMe, GEDmatch M505623 [compare]
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~0.39%
Christie Lemasters Hedrick :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A588215 [compare], Ancestry member ChristieHedrick
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~0.39%
Valerie Shahan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member valerieshahan1
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~0.39%
Julie Fowler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Wagsky
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~0.39%
Al Clements :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a628351 [compare], Ancestry member scrollsaw65
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~0.39%
Victor de Jarnette :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Carolyn Sines :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member carolynsines4837
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~0.39%
Jon Sines :
AncestryDNA
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T Wolfe
Hi Ron, I noticed you mentioned all 6 children in the Bio, but I don’t see Elenora ( who was George Coffelt’s first wife) or Susannah who was married to Johan William Kelp listed in the very top info. From the Rhine to the Shenandoah by Daniel Bly tells us that George and Elenora likely had a young son and the child and his mother died. George Coffelt later married Elenora’ sister, Anna Clara. This couple had a son, Johan Adam Coffelt. This is the Adam that is mentioned in Jacob (the Elder’s) will.
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