Pvt. Jacob Hormell

Pvt. Jacob Hormell

Male 1737 - 1821  (84 years)

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  • Name Jacob Hormell 
    Prefix Pvt. 
    Born 1737  Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military 25 Apr 1782 
    Served as Private during the Revolutionary War in Captain Robert Sweeney's Company, Fifth Battalion 
    Census 1800  East Bethleham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1820  East Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 1821  Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Cause: of old age 
    Buried 1821  Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Address:
    Westland Cemetery 
    • Quaker section
    History / Bio 1882  [8
    History of Washington County Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), p766 

    • John and Jacob Hormel were among the earliest settlers of East Bethlehem township. John warranted a tract of land Feb. 16, 1786, which contained three hundred and ninety-three acres, and was surveyed June 1, 1786, and given the name of "Garland." Jacob Hormel resided upon the tract "Garland" until his death in 1821, and left it to his sons, William and John Hormel, Jr. William Hormel died in 1827, and John Hormel then purchased his share and still owns the whole property. Thus it has been in the possession of the Hormel family nearly one hundred years, John Hormel, Jr., was born in 1801, and is now past eighty years of age. Two younger members of the Hormel family, Robert and Nathan, served in the war of the Rebellion. Both enlisted Sept. 5, 1861, in Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, Robert serving until September, 1865, and Nathan receiving his discharge April 30, 1862.
    Person ID I6897  TangledRoots
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2021 

    Father John Hendrick Hermel,   b. 1715, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Maria Eva Felker,   d. 1745 
    Family ID F2789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Miller,   b. 1772, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1824, Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 1797  Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10

    • Their love affair was a peculiar one. Jane had been drying apples for Jacob on shares. When it was time to divide the apples Jacob exclaimed, "Thee need not divide the apples, if thee is willing thee can have them all." Jane being willing, they were happily married; Jacob being sixty years old at the time of the marriage. There were five children born to their union, two sons and three daughters. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz, 1981 Sarah Fenton Brown Hathaway, "History of the HorMell Family 1737-1924]
    Children 
     1. Katherine Hormell,   b. 16 Nov 1799, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1829  (Age 29 years)
     2. John Hormell,   b. 6 May 1801, Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1882, Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Nancy Hormell,   b. 15 Nov 1803, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Prudence Hormell,   b. 3 Feb 1804, Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1889, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. William Hormell,   b. 1806, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826  (Age 20 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F2791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart