Born 1805 in Germantown, Phila. PA; Died June 26, 1893; Son of Christopher Bockius (1755-1841) and Sybilla (Lasch) Bockius (1757-1849). Married: 1) Hannah Duey on March 23, 18372) Elizabeth Jane Marple Tennis Marple on March 22, 1877 Father of: George Lambert Bockius (1837-1922); Emily Bockius (1841-1843); and Sybilla Bockius (1845-1899). Jesse was an ingenious mechanic who constructed a machine by which fulling for stocking manufacturer could be done by steam power. Later he used this power for sawing lumber. (Keyser. "History of Old Germantown" pg. 283). Bockius found his fulling and planing mills more profitable than his farm, so he quit farming and gave his entire attention to the mills. It is related that when Bockius started his planing mill the carpenters of Germantown were intensely angry with him, fearing his mill would rob them of their means of earning a livelihood, as all woodwork was done by hand at that time. There were threats to burn his mill, and for a time men were placed on guard at night to protect the building." (Source: Article in the 'Bockius Box', Germantown Historical Society.)
Plot: Lot 854, Sec K, Area 165. Grave includes Jesse Bockius, Hannah Bockius, Emily Bockius, Emma Bockius Chaffee, Frank Chaffee, William Knipe, and Mary Knipe.
Plot: Lot 854, Sec K, Area 165. Grave includes Jesse Bockius, Hannah Bockius, Emily Bockius, Emma Bockius Chaffee, Frank Chaffee, William Knipe, and Mary Knipe.
Born 1805 in Germantown, Phila. PA; Died June 26, 1893; Son of Christopher Bockius (1755-1841) and Sybilla (Lasch) Bockius (1757-1849). Married: 1) Hannah Duey on March 23, 18372) Elizabeth Jane Marple Tennis Marple on March 22, 1877 Father of: George Lambert Bockius (1837-1922); Emily Bockius (1841-1843); and Sybilla Bockius (1845-1899). Jesse was an ingenious mechanic who constructed a machine by which fulling for stocking manufacturer could be done by steam power. Later he used this power for sawing lumber. (Keyser. "History of Old Germantown" pg. 283). Bockius found his fulling and planing mills more profitable than his farm, so he quit farming and gave his entire attention to the mills. It is related that when Bockius started his planing mill the carpenters of Germantown were intensely angry with him, fearing his mill would rob them of their means of earning a livelihood, as all woodwork was done by hand at that time. There were threats to burn his mill, and for a time men were placed on guard at night to protect the building." (Source: Article in the 'Bockius Box', Germantown Historical Society.)
Plot: Lot 854, Sec K, Area 165. Grave includes Jesse Bockius, Hannah Bockius, Emily Bockius, Emma Bockius Chaffee, Frank Chaffee, William Knipe, and Mary Knipe.
Plot: Lot 854, Sec K, Area 165. Grave includes Jesse Bockius, Hannah Bockius, Emily Bockius, Emma Bockius Chaffee, Frank Chaffee, William Knipe, and Mary Knipe.
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