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Jacob Good

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Jacob Good

Birth
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Aug 1797 (aged 74)
Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Jacob Geetha Guth/Good the son of Peter Guth and Margaretha Gut/Good her maiden name has not been established, married Elizabeth Garber.

Contributor: dob GOOD (47703794) Grandson of Hans Heinrich Guth/Gut/Good 1653-1745 and Anna Leeinburg.

One of the first Mennonite settlers in Leitersburg district, Washington county, MD., as early as 1765. In 1770 Jacob leased "Huckleberry Hall," a tract of two hundred forty acres on the Little Antietam creek, located on the Popular Grove Road, near the old Charles Mill, between Smithsburg and Leitersburg, which he purchased in 1772. Here he resided until his death.

Jacob Good and his wife Elizabeth had nine children, some of whom were already married when Jacob moved to Maryland. From Jacob's will (Washington County Wills Liber A/W 364), they are known to have been the following.

Children: Anna Good, married Peter Longenecker; Elizabeth Good, was the second wife of Joseph S. Long, John Good; Barbara Good, married Peter Whitmer; Catharine Good, married Peter Newcomer; Jacob Good, married Mary Snively; Mary Good, married Christian Hershey; Christian Good, married Barbara, her maiden name has not been established, and Abraham Good.

Source: Antietam Ancestors.
Volume IV, 1991
A Good Family.
Todd Andrew Dorsett, Editor and Publisher
Waynesboro Historical Society
138 West Main Street
Waynesboro, PA. 17268

Compiled By Mike Hahn 46770538
Jacob Geetha Guth/Good the son of Peter Guth and Margaretha Gut/Good her maiden name has not been established, married Elizabeth Garber.

Contributor: dob GOOD (47703794) Grandson of Hans Heinrich Guth/Gut/Good 1653-1745 and Anna Leeinburg.

One of the first Mennonite settlers in Leitersburg district, Washington county, MD., as early as 1765. In 1770 Jacob leased "Huckleberry Hall," a tract of two hundred forty acres on the Little Antietam creek, located on the Popular Grove Road, near the old Charles Mill, between Smithsburg and Leitersburg, which he purchased in 1772. Here he resided until his death.

Jacob Good and his wife Elizabeth had nine children, some of whom were already married when Jacob moved to Maryland. From Jacob's will (Washington County Wills Liber A/W 364), they are known to have been the following.

Children: Anna Good, married Peter Longenecker; Elizabeth Good, was the second wife of Joseph S. Long, John Good; Barbara Good, married Peter Whitmer; Catharine Good, married Peter Newcomer; Jacob Good, married Mary Snively; Mary Good, married Christian Hershey; Christian Good, married Barbara, her maiden name has not been established, and Abraham Good.

Source: Antietam Ancestors.
Volume IV, 1991
A Good Family.
Todd Andrew Dorsett, Editor and Publisher
Waynesboro Historical Society
138 West Main Street
Waynesboro, PA. 17268

Compiled By Mike Hahn 46770538


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  • Created by: Mike Hahn
  • Added: Dec 20, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32307013/jacob-good: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Good (21 Sep 1722–19 Aug 1797), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32307013, citing Good Cemetery, Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Mike Hahn (contributor 46770538).