Jacob Hunsicker 1 2

1745 - 1797

  • Born: Between 1744 and 1745, Schalbach, Rauweiler, Nassau, Germany 3

  • Marriage: Anna Catharina Arner on 5 Nov 1771 in Union (Or Schlossers) Church At Neffs, Northampton, Pennsylvania

  • Died: Abt 1797 3

  General Notes:

Jacob served in the Northampton Co Militia, 3rd Battalion 7th Company, 6th Class. In the History of Lehigh Co. his name is spelled Jacob Hundsinger.

He is named as a trustee along with Casper of his fathers will. In Johannes will it states
"Further, I bequeath to my son Jacob Hunsicker in Heidelberg Township Northampton County a piece of land of two hundred and fifty acres more or less in Endig, for which he shall pay to me John H. Sr. or my heirs two hundred Pounds as the notes, twenty pounds annually come due. Within this deal his inheritance of two-hundred Pounds is thereby deducted. Furthermore, my son Jacob H. will pay for other necessities for myself and my wife as detailed in another written agreement. Above land borders on Johannes Handwerker, Jr., Adam German and the land of others."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Patriot From Pennsylvania. 4


Jacob married Anna Catharina Arner, daughter of Felix Arner and Maria Elizabeth, on 5 Nov 1771 in Union (Or Schlossers) Church At Neffs, Northampton, Pennsylvania. (Anna Catharina Arner was born about 1755 in Northampton (Now Lehigh) Co., Pennsylvania and died about 1789.)


Sources

1 Hunsicker Family of Leigh County by Ray Hollenbach.

2 Reform Records, Union (or Schlossers) Church at Neffs (Print out sent to me by Al Rauch 3/15/2001), pg 1.

3 LDS Family Ancestral File (note: ANY INFO FROM THIS SOURCE MUST BE VERIFIED).

4 edited by Pauline Moser Shook 1986, Johannes Hunsicker (1710-1800) of Heidelberg Twp.