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Facts and Events
Biography of Jacob Hauschildt.
Parentage:
With the information that Jacob Hauschildt was listed as a Trustee in the Will of Kasper Hauschilt [1][2], we assume that he is then a son of this man, however it is also possible that he was a brother. Since we have nothing to tell us how old each brother was at death, it is the idea that the eldest son would have been the trustee for his father (or for a brother), which leads at least this researcher to believe that Jacob is the elder of the family group that includes brothers Johannes and Mathias and father Kasper. Unfortunately this is far from a proven fact.
Birth data:
The guess of a birth year is based on the above information along with known information about the Wills left by each brother (WILLS presented with sources on each brother's profile page). Originally that guess left us at “around 1700”. Normally this is good enough, but some jostling has occurred with respect to the question, “Which one is older.” As such, at least one researcher believes that a grave marker kept by the Hunterdon County Historical Society is the grave marker of Johannes, which places his birth at 1698 (see discussion on the profile page for Johannes). If this is truly the marker of the grave of Johannes, and if Jacob is the elder of the two, then this conservatively bumps his birth to “about 1696”. BUT until a more accurate evaluation can be made, he should be viewed as born 'about 1700' to cover the +/- 4 years that may be appropriate.
Of course, all of this information points to the idea that Jacob was born outside of New Jersey and probably in the area where his family originated. An act of the New Jersey Provincial Legislature where on July 8, 1730 [3] , where he, his brother Johannes, and several others are conferred with with rights concurrent with being natural born citizens seems to confirm a foreign birth.
Solid data of his existence:
- Jacob is first mentioned (along with his brother Johannes and others) in 1730 under an act by the New Jersey Provincial Legislature[3] whereby he is given the right to own land (was not called ‘naturalization’).
- The first mention that I have found of Jacob’s wife Catherina is in the September 9, 1739 listing of Baptisms at the Readington Church in Hunterdon County [4]. (note that what appears to be Johannes and wife Neeltje appear first with various spellings of their surname, and then Mathias without listing for wife, then Jacob). Jacob and Catherina Hanselt are listed on September 9, 1739 with witnesses Pieter Lieffelaer and Antje Hanselt for the baptism of their son Pieter. They appear again on November 25, 1744 for the baptism of Martien (listed on that same day are: Hendrick and Maria Van der Zaal with their daughter Maria; Wilhelm and Catherina Bullisvelt with son Johannis; and Andries Van Sickelen and Lea Krom with their child Jan).
- In 1741, Jacob and his brothers are listed as Freeholders in Hunterdon County, New Jersey[7]
- By the History of East Amwell, page 42[5], he owned lands north of Ringoes: “A farm extending across the Ringoes to Flemington Road, now 202-31...” By this work, the house of that property eventually passed into the hands of Jacob’s son Mathias, and it is this house and this Mathias (not his uncles house, who is still alive at the time) who is involved in the Amwell skirmish where British Coronet Geary is killed and buried on the property.
- Aside from the incomplete baptismal records found, we also have the WILL of Jacob Houshal,[6] filed on 5 March 1761 and probate on 4 April 1761, to tell us more about the family of Jacob Houshal. The WILL lists son Matthias Houshell, son-in-law Jacob Case, son Peter, daughter Marey (‘when she is 18’) and son Martin (‘when he is 21’). The WILL also lists Jacob’s brother Mathias HOUSHAL as well as Peter Lleffler (note: see also baptismal record) as ‘hole and sole executors’. Finally, a witness named Jacob Houshell is listed. We believe this to be Jacob son of Mathias. In other words, a nephew of Jacob deceased 1761.
Children
Through the record of his WILL[6] and also the baptismal records we have found[4], we know that Jacob and Catherine had at least the following children:
- Mathias Houshell
- Peter (aka Pieter) Hauselt
- Martin Hauselt (not yet 21)
- daughter married to Jacob Kase (perhaps named Rachel, but no certainty)
- Marey Howshell (not yet 18)
another child that some have tried to tie to this family:
- Katherine Housel, wife of Simeon Pownall.
Notes
His brother Johannes Hauschildt lists Jacob and brother Mathias as executors of his WILL sealed on 5 February 1761 indicating that Johannes expected Jacob to live beyond the demise of Johannes.
Sources
- ↑ History of East Amwell, 1700-1800, in East Amwell Bicentennial Committee (New Jersey). A History of East Amwell, 1700-1800. (Flemington, New Jersey: Hunterdon County Historical Society, 1979)
p. 77.
“Phillip RINGO and Christopher SEARCH sign as wittnesses a note under date 26, November 1739, which reads in part, '...I Jacob RACE of Amwell County of Hunterdon and Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, labourour, do acknowledge myself to stand indebted unto Court CULE and Jacob HOUSHALL, both of the township and county afforesaid, Trustees to the estate of Kasper HOUSHELL, deceased, the sum of one pound eight shillings...' "
- ↑ Debt Record of Jacob Race of Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ, in Jacob Race. Debt Record of Jacob Race of Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ
26 November 1739.
“Phillip RINGO and Christopher SEARCH sign as wittnesses a note under date 26, November 1739, which reads in part, '...I Jacob RACE of Amwell County of Hunterdon and Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, labourour, do acknowledge myself to stand indebted unto Court CULE and Jacob HOUSHALL, both of the township and county afforesaid, Trustees to the estate of Kasper HOUSHELL, deceased, the sum of one pound eight shillings...' "
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Provincce of New Jersey; Sedgwick, Theodore, 1780-1839; Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey & etc. (from 17 April 1702, to 14 January 1776): from the surrender of the government to Queen Anne, on the 17th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1702, to the 14th day of January 1776. To which is annexed, the ordinance for regulating and establishing the fees of the Court of Chancery of the said province : with three alphabetical tables, and an index / compiled and published under the appointment of the General assembly, and compared with the original acts. (New Jersey: Burlington [N.J.] : Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey, , 1776)
p. 98, 8 July 1730.
"CHAP. CXLIX. An Act for the better enabling divers Inhabitants
of the Province oſ New-Jerſey to hold Lands, and inveſt them with Privileges
of natural born Subjects of the ſaid Province."
"The following are the Perſons naturalized by this Law-Godfrey Peters, Hendrick Boſt, Johnan Willem Snoek, Nicholas Signe, Johannes Laux, Willem Guiſe, Jacob Moore, Hieroninus Keyſer, Joſeph Boſt, Rudolph Herly, Anthony Habback, John Moor, Johan Ludowick Rightmier, Jacob Houſelt, Johannes Yager, Johannes Peter Yagar, Paul Flag, Jacob Peer, Hendrick Dirdorf, Chriſtian Cornelius, Carel Hierlogh, Bartholomeus Melſbagh, Hendrick Yager, Jacob Eigh, Chriſtian Haſell, Johan Houſilt, Johan Philip Kaes, Johan Peter Rockcfelter, and his two Sons, namely, Peter Rockefeltcr and Johannes Rockefelter, Perter Bodine, Jacob Engle, Jacob Sartor, and his two Sons, namely, Johannes Sartor and Hendrick Sartor, Johan William Berg, and his: three Sons, namely, Johannes Berg, Pieter Berg and John Berg, Johan Gerig Miller, Johan Young, Martin Fiſher and his two Sons, namely, Jacob Fiſher and Philip Fiſher, Koenraet Keiel, Hendrick Snock, William Han, Chriſtopher Snider, Jacob Gerhart, William Engle, Pieter Fiſher, Pieter Young, Herbert Homer, Koenraet Henerigh, Adam Homer, Willem Bellesfelt, Willem Kaes, Paul Kole, Hieronimus Ilorin, Matteys Smith, Carel Maret, Johannes Giddeman, and his Son Henderick Giddeman, Mattys Kaalfitt, Hendrick VVeever, Ann Hagg, Anthony Dirdorf, and his four Sons,namely, Peter Dirdorf, John Dirdorf, Anthony Dirdorf, and Chriſtian Dirdorf."
"Theſe laſt eight Acts were paſſed july 8, 1730."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Somerset County Historical Quarterly. (Somerville, New Jersey: Somerset County Historical Society)
Vol IV, 1915.
Readington Church Baptisms since 1720
- p215; 1734 Aug 4;
Hansel, Johannis and Neeltje -- Johannis
- p216; 1736 Nov 28:
Housel, Johannis and Neeltje -- Pieter
- p218; 1738 Dec 24;
Hanselt, Matthys and ----, --- Christienje
witness: Judick Engel
- p218; 1739 Sep 9;
Hanselt, Jacob and Catherina -- Pieter.
Witnesses: Pieter Liffelaer and Antje Hanselt.
- p302; 1744 Nov 25;
V: der Zaal, Hendrick and Maria -- Maria.
Bullisvelt, Willem and Catherina -- Johannis
Houselt, Jacob and Catherina -- Martein.
V:Sickelen, Andries and Lea Krom -- Jan.
- ↑ East Amwell Bicentennial Committee (New Jersey). A History of East Amwell, 1700-1800. (Flemington, New Jersey: Hunterdon County Historical Society, 1979)
p. 42, paragraph 3.
"Jacob Houshell owned land north of Ringoes, a farm extending across the Ringoes-Flemington Road, now 202-31, where Hunterdon Concrete and Peachey's Restaurant are now located. His house may have been an old Dutch Colonial structure at the corner of the road to the Copper Hill Nursery, remembered by some of the older inhabitants and torn down when the highway was widened."
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The WILL and Inventory of Jacob Houshall (1761).
Click link to see the transcribed WILL.
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Will of Jacob Houshal 
- ↑ Wittwer, Norman C. Hunterdon County Freeholders, 1741. The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. (The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, May 1962).
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