Jacob Wolff (1700)

Born 1700 in Oberhochstadt, Hochstadt (Pfalz), Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Descendants

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Biography

Jacob was born about 1700, probably in Oberhochstadt. He married Anna Margaretha there about 1725 and they had at least 10 children in Oberhochstadt.

Immigration: He came to America on 4 October 1751 on the sailing ship "Queen of Denmark". He and his family settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

He married Anna Margaretha. One secondary source says her name was Meyer; a duplicate profile for Anna Margaretha says her name was Straley. The lists of children appear identical in all sources identified, which all cite the children listed in Hochstadt book identified by Annette K Burgert. All children born in Oberhochstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany:

1. Johann Peter (1726- )
2. Maria Elisabeth (1728-1805) m George Jacob Ulrich (1725-1787); 9 children
3. Daniel (1732- )
4. Friederich (1730- ) m Eva Barbara Moyer (1730- ); 9 children
5. George (1734- )
6. Anna Margaretha (1736- )
7. Eva Elisabetha (1738- )
8. Anna Margaretha (1739- )
9. Maria Barbara (1741- )
10. Maria Catharina (1744- )

Sources

• Our Tulpehocken Roots
• Strausstown Roots
• The Hochstadt Origins of Some of the Early Settlers at Host Church by Annette K. Burgert (1977) AKB Publications, p. 31

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Mike Arledge for creating Wolff-420 on 14 Sep 2013.