Person:Jacob Seyler (1)

Johann Jacob Seyler was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Will of Jacob Seyler

• Page 181.--20th April, 1785. Jacob Seyler's (Siler) (German) will (Sr.)--To wife, Dority, after her death to children; to eldest son, Philip, 6 shillings in lieu of birthright; to daughter, Magdalene at death of her husband, and her children; to son, Jacob; to second daughter, Mary Catherine, now married to Martin Yeakly; to daughter, Anna Catherine, now married to John David Griner; to daughter, Anna Mary, now married to Geighford (Geo. Eiford? Ayford?); to daughter, Elizabeth, now married to Monanel Herlis; to daughter, Dorothy, now married to Anthony Mustoe; to daughter, Anna Margaret; to daughter, Eve Margaret, now married to _____ Olinger. Executor, Hermon Levingood. Teste: Elijah McClenachan, Wm. Burk, Edward Burk. Proved, 20th October, 1789, by McClenachan and Burk. Executor refuses; Dorothy also refuses, and administration granted A. Mustoe and George Wiford.

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Jacob and Dorothea came to America in 1755 and settled in Fredericktown, Maryland. They moved to Augusta County, Virginia in 1772. Jacob was registered in Catholic Maryland as a German Protestant. Jacob furnished supplies to Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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