Jacob immigrated to Pennsylvania about 1723.
He appears as a freeman on the tax list on the Conestoga area of Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1724.
Jacob Funkhouser was about thirty and Verena Fronika was about twenty-three when they married in 1730 in Pennsylvania.
They had two young children when they moved to Virginia in 1737, and settled at a fork in Tumbling Run about a mile west of the present day community of Fisher's Hill.
Lord Fairfax, a proprietor of this region opened an office to survey and grant land to settlers in 1749. On September 4, 1750, Jacob applied for a survey warrant for 260 acres where he was living and had made improvements. The survey was completed on October 14, 1751 and his son, Jacob Jr. helped mark the lines. The actual patent was received on January 26, 1761.
Jacob and wife, Frances conveyed this entire tract to his oldest son, Jacob Jr. on March 2, 1767.
Jacob and his family were members of the Reformed Church and he was apparently lay leader among the unorganized Reformed families in the Strasburg area.
Their children:
Barbara Funkhouser (b.1733 d.1790)
Jacob Funkhouser (b.1735 d.1804)
Susanna Funkhouser (b.1738 d.1802)
Christian Funkhouser (b.1740 d.1793)
Isaac Funkhouser (b.1742 d.1797)
Abraham Funkhouser (b.1746 d.1825)
Christina Funkhouser (b.1748)
There is no will or estate settlement for Jacob Sr. but the family history states he died in 1771. Also, he and Verena were buried in the old family graveyard near their home. The burial ground is no longer evident but older family members recall its existence and several stones from later generations have been recovered. Most of Jacob's orginal farm remained in possession of direct descendents until 1974.
Jacob lived to about age 71.
He appears as a freeman on the tax list on the Conestoga area of Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1724.
Jacob Funkhouser was about thirty and Verena Fronika was about twenty-three when they married in 1730 in Pennsylvania.
They had two young children when they moved to Virginia in 1737, and settled at a fork in Tumbling Run about a mile west of the present day community of Fisher's Hill.
Lord Fairfax, a proprietor of this region opened an office to survey and grant land to settlers in 1749. On September 4, 1750, Jacob applied for a survey warrant for 260 acres where he was living and had made improvements. The survey was completed on October 14, 1751 and his son, Jacob Jr. helped mark the lines. The actual patent was received on January 26, 1761.
Jacob and wife, Frances conveyed this entire tract to his oldest son, Jacob Jr. on March 2, 1767.
Jacob and his family were members of the Reformed Church and he was apparently lay leader among the unorganized Reformed families in the Strasburg area.
Their children:
Barbara Funkhouser (b.1733 d.1790)
Jacob Funkhouser (b.1735 d.1804)
Susanna Funkhouser (b.1738 d.1802)
Christian Funkhouser (b.1740 d.1793)
Isaac Funkhouser (b.1742 d.1797)
Abraham Funkhouser (b.1746 d.1825)
Christina Funkhouser (b.1748)
There is no will or estate settlement for Jacob Sr. but the family history states he died in 1771. Also, he and Verena were buried in the old family graveyard near their home. The burial ground is no longer evident but older family members recall its existence and several stones from later generations have been recovered. Most of Jacob's orginal farm remained in possession of direct descendents until 1974.
Jacob lived to about age 71.
Jacob immigrated to Pennsylvania about 1723.
He appears as a freeman on the tax list on the Conestoga area of Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1724.
Jacob Funkhouser was about thirty and Verena Fronika was about twenty-three when they married in 1730 in Pennsylvania.
They had two young children when they moved to Virginia in 1737, and settled at a fork in Tumbling Run about a mile west of the present day community of Fisher's Hill.
Lord Fairfax, a proprietor of this region opened an office to survey and grant land to settlers in 1749. On September 4, 1750, Jacob applied for a survey warrant for 260 acres where he was living and had made improvements. The survey was completed on October 14, 1751 and his son, Jacob Jr. helped mark the lines. The actual patent was received on January 26, 1761.
Jacob and wife, Frances conveyed this entire tract to his oldest son, Jacob Jr. on March 2, 1767.
Jacob and his family were members of the Reformed Church and he was apparently lay leader among the unorganized Reformed families in the Strasburg area.
Their children:
Barbara Funkhouser (b.1733 d.1790)
Jacob Funkhouser (b.1735 d.1804)
Susanna Funkhouser (b.1738 d.1802)
Christian Funkhouser (b.1740 d.1793)
Isaac Funkhouser (b.1742 d.1797)
Abraham Funkhouser (b.1746 d.1825)
Christina Funkhouser (b.1748)
There is no will or estate settlement for Jacob Sr. but the family history states he died in 1771. Also, he and Verena were buried in the old family graveyard near their home. The burial ground is no longer evident but older family members recall its existence and several stones from later generations have been recovered. Most of Jacob's orginal farm remained in possession of direct descendents until 1974.
Jacob lived to about age 71.
He appears as a freeman on the tax list on the Conestoga area of Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1724.
Jacob Funkhouser was about thirty and Verena Fronika was about twenty-three when they married in 1730 in Pennsylvania.
They had two young children when they moved to Virginia in 1737, and settled at a fork in Tumbling Run about a mile west of the present day community of Fisher's Hill.
Lord Fairfax, a proprietor of this region opened an office to survey and grant land to settlers in 1749. On September 4, 1750, Jacob applied for a survey warrant for 260 acres where he was living and had made improvements. The survey was completed on October 14, 1751 and his son, Jacob Jr. helped mark the lines. The actual patent was received on January 26, 1761.
Jacob and wife, Frances conveyed this entire tract to his oldest son, Jacob Jr. on March 2, 1767.
Jacob and his family were members of the Reformed Church and he was apparently lay leader among the unorganized Reformed families in the Strasburg area.
Their children:
Barbara Funkhouser (b.1733 d.1790)
Jacob Funkhouser (b.1735 d.1804)
Susanna Funkhouser (b.1738 d.1802)
Christian Funkhouser (b.1740 d.1793)
Isaac Funkhouser (b.1742 d.1797)
Abraham Funkhouser (b.1746 d.1825)
Christina Funkhouser (b.1748)
There is no will or estate settlement for Jacob Sr. but the family history states he died in 1771. Also, he and Verena were buried in the old family graveyard near their home. The burial ground is no longer evident but older family members recall its existence and several stones from later generations have been recovered. Most of Jacob's orginal farm remained in possession of direct descendents until 1974.
Jacob lived to about age 71.
