Person:Jacob Zent (2)

About Jacob Zent, Jr.

1790 Census, Dauphin County, PA lists: Jacob Zent, 1 male 16+, 2 males under 16, 2 females. (Note: listed next to Daniel, Conrad and Abraham Howser)

Jacob Zent names in his will: (probated 1845) Samuel Zent and Jacob Bowman of Stark County, Ohio, the land on which daughter Susanna and her husband Jacob Snider now live; in trust for said Susanna and her children; Samuel Cover, married to daughter Elizabeth, $300, to purchase land in Crawford County, Ohio; children of son John, dec'd, his son Jacob; children of daughter Catherine Myers, dec'd, her son Samuel Miller; son Samuel; daughter Sarah, married to Samuel Spoonhour; Polly Wingert married to John Wingert; daughter Mary married to Jacob Bowman; daughter Nancy, lately married to John M. Green and now dec'd; Nancy's children; Son John, dec'd., has 4 children; the clothing belonging to me or my deceased wife are to be disposed of be my executors amony my heirs at private sale, if that cannot be done, then to the poor. Executors: Grandson Samuel Miller, son of my daughter Catherine, dec'd and Samuel Myers married to my grandaughter Susanna, being a daughter of my son John Zent, dec'd. An additional executor was Jacob Eberly, married to my grandaughter Polly, daughter of my son John Zent, dec'd. (Penn. Achives, 5th series, Vol. 7, p. 561)

Jacob was incorrectly identified as serving in the Revolutionary War under Captain Michael Moyer, 1778-1779 in "American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania". This is unlikely since he would have been 15 years old at the time. (This was his father, Jacob.) However, he most probably was the Jacob Zent that served in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1784 with Capt. Reams 6th Battallion, 3rd Class (Penn. Archives 6th series, Vol. 3, p. 541,548), and "Return of Male" 4th Compamy, 1st Battallion of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1786 (Penn. Archives 6th series, Vol. 3, p. 359). Since Dauphin County was established in 1785 (previously part of Lancaster County), this would explain the different locations.

From IGI Records:

Jacob ZENT Sex: M

Marriage(s): Spouse: Susanna HIRSCHBERGER Marriage: 3 May 1785 Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Source Information:

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Batch number: 7410821 Sheet: 74

From World Family Tree, Cd#15, Tree #611:

From :"History of Stark County, Ohio - 1881" "---Chapel 1829-30, Assession of New Members from Franklin Coounty, Pennsylvania: Abraham Bowman and family, Samuel Zent and Family"

Zent's 1844 will mentions : Susanna Snider of Wayne County OH 11 twp, Rane 10, she owns 122 acres of section 3

1844 Will also mentions the following names:

Susanna Snider

Elizabeth

John Zent - and 4 children: dau: Susanna, Polly

Catherine Myers

Samuel Zent

Sarah Spoonhour

Mary Bowman (Jacob Bowman)

Nancy Green

"American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania:, DAR Chapter, Chambersburg, PA 1944 JACOB ZENT served as a private in Lancaster County Penna, under Captain Michael Moyer 1778-79. His wife, Susanna, born April 30, 1765 died March 13, 1841, is buried in the White Church graveyard in Guilford twp, Franklin County and it is probable he is beside her, but has no stone. The will of Jacob Zent is dated and probated 1844-45. He names Samuel Zent and Jacob Bowman of Stark County Ohio , the land on which Susanna and husband Jacob Snider now live; in trust for said Susanna and her children; Samuel Cover, married to daughter Elizabeth $300, to purchase land in Crawford County Ohio, children of son John, dcd., his son Jacob; children of daughter Catherine Myers, decd, her son Samuel Miller; son Samuel; daughter Sarah married to Samuel Spoonhour,Polly Wingert married to John Wingert; daughter Mary married to Jacob Bowman; daughter Nancy, lately married to John M. Green and now deceased, Nancy's children, son John decd, has 4 children. The clothing belonging to me or my deceased wife are to be desposed of by my executors among my heirs at private sale if that cannot be done, then to the poor. Executors: GrandsonSamuel Miller, son of my daughter Catherine, dcd, and Samuel Myers, married to my grandaughter Susanna, being a daughter of my son John Zent, decd. An additional executor was Jacob Eberly, married to my grandaughterPolly, daughter of my son John Zent, decd. From : Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Volume 7, p. 561

1800 Census Pa- Dauphin County' ZENT, Jacob

1820 PA Census ZENT- Jacob, John, Samuel, All Franklin County

1830 Census Ohio ZENT Daniel Knox County 251 John Knox 251

Record in Franklin County, Pennsylvania:

HOUK, Jacob. B.431. Catherine Houk, widow renounces her right to administer on the estate of her husband Jacob Houk, 8 Nov 1810. Letters of administration granted to Jacob Zent, 8 Dec 1810. Sureties: Jacob Leidr and John Bender.

HAUK, Jacob. C.143. 28 Jul 1813. Letters of adm. on the estate of Jacob Hauk granted to John Stump and Frederick Hess.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 World Family Tree, Cd.
2. ↑ Margaret Eleanor (Evans) Sica. Evans Genealogy, Descendants of William and Parthenia (Hill) Evans. (1983, Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO 64658).

   Date listed is November 13, 1844. Other sources cite a gravestone in St. Michaels cemetery, Baughman Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, reads: Jacob Zent, d. 28 Oct, 1845, 82 years, 8 months, 28 days.

3. ↑ Wayne County, Ohio Tombstone Inscriptions
   pg. 32.

   Zent, Jacob d. Oct 28, 1845 @@82 yr, 8mo., 28 da.

4. ↑ Frye, Mrs. Doris, 1820 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, Ohio 44904 (419) 884-0959.
5. ↑ Thomas Lynch Montgomery, editor. Pennsylvania Archives. (Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1907)
   Sixth Series, Volume VIII, pg. 901.