Jacob a farmer and Mennonite Preacher was the son of Johann Anton Weber and Maria Margarethe (Herr) Weber of Switzerland. He came to America with his parents in 1710. In 1717 they moved to Weaverland, Lancaster Co., PA.
He married Anna Bauman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and they had 5 boys and 4 girls named: Samuel, John Jacob, Mary, Anna, Elizabeth, Henry, George and Barbara.
His wife was also his cousin as his mother in-law was his mother's sister.
At birth all of Jacob's brothers and sisters took their father's last name of Weber. But all of Jacob's children were given the name "Weaver". It is unknown if Jacob actually changed his own name during his life time.
He married Anna Bauman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and they had 5 boys and 4 girls named: Samuel, John Jacob, Mary, Anna, Elizabeth, Henry, George and Barbara.
His wife was also his cousin as his mother in-law was his mother's sister.
At birth all of Jacob's brothers and sisters took their father's last name of Weber. But all of Jacob's children were given the name "Weaver". It is unknown if Jacob actually changed his own name during his life time.
Jacob a farmer and Mennonite Preacher was the son of Johann Anton Weber and Maria Margarethe (Herr) Weber of Switzerland. He came to America with his parents in 1710. In 1717 they moved to Weaverland, Lancaster Co., PA.
He married Anna Bauman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and they had 5 boys and 4 girls named: Samuel, John Jacob, Mary, Anna, Elizabeth, Henry, George and Barbara.
His wife was also his cousin as his mother in-law was his mother's sister.
At birth all of Jacob's brothers and sisters took their father's last name of Weber. But all of Jacob's children were given the name "Weaver". It is unknown if Jacob actually changed his own name during his life time.
He married Anna Bauman in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and they had 5 boys and 4 girls named: Samuel, John Jacob, Mary, Anna, Elizabeth, Henry, George and Barbara.
His wife was also his cousin as his mother in-law was his mother's sister.
At birth all of Jacob's brothers and sisters took their father's last name of Weber. But all of Jacob's children were given the name "Weaver". It is unknown if Jacob actually changed his own name during his life time.
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New Gravestone Inscription: "Jakob Weber 1688 - 1747 Anna Bauman Weber 1703 - 1777".
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Jakob not Jacob on new tombstone. Old stone to the right on the new one.
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