Person:Jacob Snider (13)

Watchers
Jacob Snider, of Botetourt County, VA
b.1755 Germany
  • HJacob Snider, of Botetourt County, VA1755 - 1821
  • WRebecca _____Bef 1764 - Bef 1795
m. Bef 1781
  1. Philip SniderAbt 1781 - 1867
  2. Mary Polly Snider1782 - 1850
  3. Rebecca Snyder1785 - 1863
  4. Valentine "Felty" Snider1787 - 1864
  5. Margaret Snider1787 - 1855
  6. John Snider1789 - 1863
m. 18 Jun 1795
  1. Eve Snider1795 - 1871
Facts and Events
Name Jacob Snider, of Botetourt County, VA
Gender Male
Birth? 1755 Germany
Marriage Bef 1781 to Rebecca _____
Marriage 18 Jun 1795 Botetourt County, Virginiato Margaret B. Wineman
Death? Sep 1821 Botetourt County, Virginia

Discrepancy

Several Ancestry Member Trees and other internet sites claim that this Jacob Snider died 1808 in Botetourt County, Virginia, but the record below clearly shows that he died prior to Sept. 1821 when his will was probated.


Will Abstract

Snider, Jacob. Will probate Sept. 1821.
Names children by 1st wife. Elizabeth Kelly, Mary, Molly, Felty, John, George, Christian, Barberry and Eve.
Names Jacob, Flany, Nickolas and Lilly, relationship not given, but possible children of last marriage.
[Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 63].
References
  1.   United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

    Name: Jacob Snider
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Botetourt, Virginia
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
    Number of Household Members: 3

  2.   Lineage book of the charter members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Washington, District of Columbia: DAR, 1906)
    Vol. 76, Pg. 294.

    Mrs. Madeleine Hobson Bennett. #75772
    Born in Christianburg, Va.
    Descendant of Lieut. Jacob Snider.
    Daughter of Augustus Anderson Hobson (b. 1832) and Ellen Snider (b. 1835), his wife m. 1859.
    Granddaughter of John Snider (1789-1863) and Lucy Dempsey (1794-1877), his wife m. 1810
    Gr-Grandaughter of Jacob Snider and Rebecca ____, his wife.
    Jacob Snider served as 1st Lieutenant, 7777, in the 13th Regiment, Pennsylvania militia, under Col. Walter Stewart. He was born in Germany; died in Virginia.