Person:Jacob Steiner (6)

Information on Jacob Steiner (Stoner)

Jacob Steiner (1713-1748) and his descendants appear in a careful genealogy. (Lewis H. Steiner and Bernard C. Steiner, 'Genealogy of the Steiner Family,' 1896). This Jacob was buried at the Reformed Church in Frederick Town. He is certainly the person who was naturalized in 3 May 1740: ' Patent of naturalization issued in Common form to Jacob Stoner a native of Germany but now of Prince George's County [now Frederick Co.] and to his Children John and Jacob.' (Council of Maryland, Commission Book 82, p. 81). The son John became a prominent supporter of the Revolutionary War, and operated a mill on the Tuscarora Creek near Frederick Town. The son Jacob evidently did not survive his father; the 11 May 1748 ' Maryland Gazette', Annapolis, records the following, which is probably about this Jacob's son Jacob:

'the 10 or 12 year old son of Jacob Stoner, died when his father's house at Manockosy burned to the ground, Mon. se`eennight.'

Volume 46, Page 22 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 11, 1748.

Read the Petition of Jacob Stoner of Prince Georges County Praying that an Allowance of one hundred Pounds Currency may be made him out of the Loan office, he having lost that sum in the fire which Consumed his Dwelling house, Rejected Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock

Jacob Stoner's arrival in America and his early years have not been documented. He may have been the unmarried Jacob Steiner who arrived at Philadelphia on September 10, 1731 with Friedrich Wulheit and Jacob Mumm but if so and if his gravestone birth date has been read correctly, he was then only 18 years of age. In 1740 Jacob Stoner was naturalized in Maryland, along with his sons John and Jacob [Jr.]. In October of 1744 he purchased "Isaac's Inheritance," located at the mouth of Linizanore Creek, from Isaac van Metre then of Frederick County, Virginia. This land later devolved on Jacob’s son Benedict Stoner, who had it resurveyed into "Stoner's Luck." In 1742 Jacob Stoner was one of the Germans who signed the petition to divide Prince George's Parish. On October 16, 1746 Thomas Cresap surveyed 75 additional acres for Jacob Stoner along the north border of “Tasker's Chance" and therefore near “The Barrens.” This land, called "Stoner's Chance," also went to son Henry Stoner and later to Baltis Getzendanner. In 1748 Jacob Stoner, Frederick and John Yerdress and Abraham Miller borrowed L40 and 489 pounds of tobacco from Philip Crever [Grilber], but before the year was out Jacob Stoner had died. He left no will, and his widow Magdalin became his administratrix. On December 9, 1749 she declared herself a "dissenter" (i.e., Mennonite?) as had Hoffman, Abraham Miller and others on "Tasker's Chance." This may explain the absence of the Stoners from the early records of both Reformed and Lutheran Churches and why sons Henry and Benedict were confirmed in 1773 as married adults.

Because at least three of Jacob and Magdalin Stoner’s children were minors at the time of their father’s death, the March Court of 1754 appointed Benedict Esleman as their guardian. Those children who survived their father included John Stoner (husband of Catharina Elisabetha Ramsburg), Anna (wife of Baltis Getzendanner), Henry (husband of Elisabeth Link) and Benedict Stoner (husband first of Maria Sibylla Loy and then of Anna Barbara Thomas). In another generation, five grandchildren married grandchildren of Jacob Stoner's next door neighbor Stephen Ramsburg. John Stoner had served in his father-in-law Stephen Ramsburg’s Militia company in 1757 as had Balzer Getzendanner. In 1767 the elder Stoner’s lands were divided among his children, with John Stoner keeping "Mill Pond" where he continued to operate his father's mill on Tuscarora Creek...

[Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/y/e/Ron-C-Myers/GENE31-0046.html]

1. ↑ Tracey, Grace L, and John P. (John Philip) Dern. Pioneers of old Monocacy: the early settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987).

   Jacob Stoner (1713-1748) and his family were mainstays on "Tasker's Chance". With five other Germans -- Abraham Miller, Daniel France [Frantz], John George Loy, Peter Laney [Lehnich] and Joseph [Jost] Smith -- Jacob Stoner originally sought to purchase the entire tract from Benjamin Tasker. For an initial £200, Tasker on June 11, 1737 did assign it to them, but thereafter, as previously related, the Germans were unable to raise the full £2000 purchase price and were forced to agree to Tasker's conveying all 7,000 acres on January 13, 1744 to Daniel Dulaney. Of the original six, only Stoner and Abraham Miller remained on July 28, 1744, to receive deeds for Dulaney for their original parcels. When Miller left "Tasker's Chance", only Stoner's heirs were left from the original 1737 group.
   
   Jacob Stoner's arrival in America and his early years have not been documented. He may have been the unmarried Jacob Steiner who arrived in Philadelphia on September 10, 1731 with Frederich Wulheit and Jacob Mumma, but if so and his gravestone birthdate has been read correctly, he was then only 18 years of age. In 1740, Jacob Stoner was naturalized in Maryland, along with his sons John and Jacob [Jr.]. In October of 1744, he purchased "Isaac's Inheritance", located at the mouth of Linganore Creek, from Isaac Van Metre, then of Frederick County, Virginia. This land later into Jacob's son Benedict Stoner, who had it resurveyed into "Stoner's Luck". In 1742, Jacob Stoner was one of the Germans who signed the petition to divide Prince George's Parish. On October 16, 1746 Thomas Cresap surveyed 75 additional acres for Jacob Stoner along the north border of "Tasker's Chance" and therefore near "The Barrens". This land, called "Stoner's Chance", also went to son Henry Stoner, and later to Baltis Gertzendanner. In 1748, Jacob Stoner, Frederick and John Verdress and Abraham Miller borrowed £40 and 489 pounds of tobacco from Philip Crever [Grüber], but before the year was out Jacob Stoner had died. He left no will and his widow Magdalin became his administrix.