Individual Details
Jacob Showalter
(1702 - 28 Apr 1773)
IMMIGRATION: Arrived in Philadelphia with wife and eleven children on November 3, 1750, on the ship "Brotherhood", commanded by Captain John Thomson. Ship departed Rotterdam, with last port Cowes, England (Rupp, Brown). Settled in Whitehall Twp., Bucks Co., PA (11752 Whitehall Twp. to Northampton Co., 1812 Whitehall Twp., to Lehigh Co.) (Brown, Rupp p. 173, Hott p. 137). PROBATE - LAND: Henry & Barbara (Showalter) Funk granted over 400 acres south of Showalter homestead in 1767 will (probated 1773). Will P279-400, Philadelphia Co. Courthouse, Philadelphia, PA (cited in Brown article). BIRTHPLACE: Canton of St. Gall, Switzerland, in foothills of Alps (Hott notes). Unclear whether this is actual birthplace or ancestral home. BURIAL: Cementon, Northampton Co., PA (unmarked grave in cemetery maintained by DAR (Hott p. 137). SOURCES: Pamela A. Brown, article "The Showalters of Earl and Cocalico Twps., Lancaster Co. PA" in PA Mennonite Heritage Journal p. 18, date uncertain, obtained from Richard Hott, Adelphi, MD. I. Daniel Rupp, "A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in PA 1727 to 1776" Philadelphia 1876, reprint reprinted. Baltimore Genealogical Pub. Co. 1980 p. 173 (cited in Pamela Brown article). Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors, 1710-1984, Adelphi, MD, Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Court, Adelphi, MD 20783. Notes on Showalters obtained from Richard Hott, Adelphi, MD. Notes quote Charles Roberts (unid.), and Dr. W. J. Showalter, Chief Research Division of Nat. Geo. Mag. in August 7, 1935 Harrisonburg, VA Daily News Record.
Events
| Birth | 1702 | St. Gall Canton, Switzerland | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1721 | Mariah Saunders | |||
| Arrival | 1750 | Pennsylvania, British America | |||
| Burial | Apr 1773 | Mennonite Cemetery, Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, British America | |||
| Death | 28 Apr 1773 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Mariah Saunders (1706 - ) |
| Child | Valentine Showalter ( - 1803) |
| Child | Peter Showalter (1728 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Showalter (1730 - ) |
| Child | Christian Showalter (1732 - 1805) |
| Child | Barbara Showalter (1733 - 1824) |
| Child | Johannes Showalter (1734 - 1806) |
| Child | Joseph Showalter (1736 - ) |
| Child | Daniel Showalter (1740 - ) |
| Child | Ulrich Showalter (1742 - 1815) |
| Child | Margaret Showalter (1746 - ) |
| Child | Ann Showalter (1748 - ) |