Jacob Leiter and his brother Peter received the following specific bequests by the terms of their father's will:
- "Item. -- I give and bequeath unto my two youngest sons, Jacob Leiter and Peter Leiter, the place of land whereon I now live, containing 362 acres, more or less.
- "Item.-- I give and bequeath unto the said Jacob Leiter and Peter Leiter, my youngest sons, the sum of £100 current money of Pennsylvania, to be paid unto them after the land is appraised by six men that are to be chosen to divide and appraise the land, and the aforesaid £100 is to be allowed to these, my youngest sons, as the portion of their mother, my second wife".
Peter was a member of the Lutheran Church
He died 1792, leaving a widow Eve (who later married Peter Stightether) and two sons, Jacob and John
