Individual Details
Jacob Hershberger Senior
(1 Nov 1695 - 30 Nov 1762)
Jacob Hershberger, a weaver and a miller, in Boehl, Palatinate in 1724. On 18 November 1736 he bought 275 acres in Cocalico Township, and on 7 September 1748 Jacob added 200 acres on a branch of Conestoga Creek.
Events
| Birth | 1 Nov 1695 | Sissach, Basel, Switzerland |  | ||
| Death | 30 Nov 1762 | Cocalico, Lancaster, PA | |||
| Alt name | Hans Jakob Hirschberger | ||||
| Burial | Hershberger Family Graveyard, Cocalico, Lancaster, PA |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Catharine (1699 - ) |
| Child | Christian Hershberger ( - 1810) |
| Child | Jacob Hershberger Junior ( - 1782) |
| Child | John Hershberger Senior (1725 - 1765) |
| Child | Joseph Hershberger ( - 1770) |
| Child | Abraham Hershberger ( - 1828) |
| Child | Isaac Hershberger ( - 1793) |
| Child | Christina Hershberger ( - ) |
| Child | Anna Hershberger (1735 - 1822) |
Endnotes
1. Allan A Garber, To God AloneThe Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgan Town, PA: Masthof Press, Third Edition, 2020), 266.