~1720 - ?
Germany - Pennsylvania
Sources: Kay Schroy, Doris Mettler GedComs. Ancestry.com Birth, Marriage and Death records. Census records. Other sources as noted.
Researchers seem to agree on Jacob’s wife and children, but not upon his parents. One group has him the son of Hans Sigmund, who was the son of Wiegant; another has him the son of John Martin, brother of Hans S, son of Wiegant.
In favor of the Hans S theory:
He was married in the same church, on the same day as Hans’s son Melchior.
The John Martin people give both him and Lorenz the birthdate of Candlemas - one in 1718, one in 1723 - which seems a bit of a coincidence.
He was supposedly left behind in Germany when John Martin emigrated, and then came over by himself. A likely story? On the other hand, Hans S. never emigrated, so his sons would have had to make their own way(s).
He is not listed in the deed of 1763, which mentions all the heirs of John Martin.
In favor of the John Martin theory:
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His children:
Christian 1744 Berks [Bucks Lanc Phila] d. 1824 Union
Joh. Michael 13 July 1745 - bapt 18 July 1745 St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Philadelphia
according to Robert Lewis, not Jacob's son - son of Michael and Maria Margaretha Durr
however, he is listed as s/o
Jacob & Ann Margaretha in Humphreys's Pennsylvania Births
Maria Barbara 5 May 1747
?Barbara Derr m. Frederick Loesch 24 Oct 1774 Falkner Swamp
Elisabetha 5 May 1751 - bapt New Hanover
John 5 Aug 1753 Limerick Montgomery [Phila] d. 1846 Union
Henrich (John Henry) 2 Oct 1757 - moved to Bedford Co
Margaretha 3 May 1761
[Robert Lewis says this is a misreading - confused with Elisabetha 1751]
Margaretha 25 July 1763, bapt St Paul’s, New Hanover (New Goshenhoppen Lutheran)
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~1720 born
1738 - possibly emigrated
54) Sep 9, 1738. Palatines imported in the snow Two Sisters, James Marshall, Commander, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. - Forty-one men, thirty women, twenty- three boys and sixteen girls - in all 110
Under sixteen - Jacob Dur (umlaut)
Rupp, 30,000 Names p. 118
1745 - Jacob Durr m Maria Barbara Schlagel - 20 Nov 1745 - New Hanover Lutheran Church
- same day and place as Melchior - in what would become Montgomery Co
1744/5 son Christian b.
1745 son Michael b -
Durr (umlaut) Johann Michael 13 Jul 1745 Jacob & Ann Margaretha
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1747 daughter Maria Barbara b - baptized New Hanover Lutheran
Derr, Maria Barbara 2 Oct 1747 Jacob & Margareth Barbara
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1747 - Melchior’s daughter Margareth Barbara born - Jacob and Margaretha sponsors.
1749 - Melchior’s son Joh. Henrich b - 1747 - Jacob and Margaretha sponsors
1751 Berks Co formed from Bucks, Lancaster & Philadelphia
1751 dau Elisabeth b. - bapt New Hanover
Derr, Elisabetha 5 May 1751 Jacob & Margaretha Barbara
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1753 son John b - bapt New Hanover Lutheran
Derr, Johannes 15 July 1753 Jacob & Margaretha Barbara
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1754 - Jacob Doerr - sponsor to Jacob Freyer b. 11 Feb 1754
(Falckner Swamp Lutheran Church)
1757 son Henrich (John Henry) b - bapt New Hanover
Derr, Johan Heinrich 2 Oct 1757 Jacob & Margaretha Barbara
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1761 dau Margaretha b
Durr (umlaut) Margaretha 3 May 1761 Jacob & Margaretha Barbara
New Hanover Lutheran Church - Humphreys
1763 daughter Margaret b - bapt St Paul’s Lutheran, Red Hill, Upper Hanover (New Goshenhoppen Lutheran)
Jacob Derr and Margretha Barbara Had:
Margareth Barbara, b 25 July 1763, bapt 23 Oct 1763 - sp Nicholas Gist and Anna Elisabeth
St Paul's Lutheran, Upper Hanover, Montgomery - in Burgart
1769 tax Philadelphia
Proprietary tax list of Philadelphia County & city, 1769. Westminster, Md. : Family Line Publications, 1988. "Pertaining to the inhabitants of Philadelphia County (including that area which became Montgomery County in 1784), and the city of Philadelphia."
name acres horses cattle servants tax
Frederick Twp - George Swenk, assessor
35 Jacob Derr - 1 2 1 1.10.8
- Rev War?
Soldiers of the American Revolution, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, including Montgomery County / transcribed from the Pennsylvania Archives with record of services[and] alphabetically arranged by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams. Danboro, Pa. : Williams, 1977.
Durr, Jacob 1st Cl., Paschall's Co, 2nd Batt, above age, 1779...(s 6, v 1, 678)
1780 [57-60]- there is a Jacob in Berks Co
1782 - Montgomery Co formed from Philadelphia Co
1790 [67-70]- there is a Jacob Derr in the 1790 Montgomery Co census, but he has 2 sons under 16 (b after 1774) and 5 females
there is John Jacob Doerr in Philadelphia, but he has 3 sons under 16
1800 [77-80]- there is a Jacob in Northhampton over 45, but with 5 children under 10 (grandchildren???);
there is a Jacob in Philadelphia over 45, but with 2 children under 10
1810 [87-90]- there is a Jacob Derr in the 1810 Montgomery Co census, but he is in the 26-45 group (I think he is this Jacob's grandson, son of John);
there is a Jacob in Philadelphia Co, but in the 26-45 age group
1820 [97-00]- he really would be pretty old now.
There is a Jacob in Union County, but he is in the 26-45 age group (I think he is this Jacob's grandson, son of John).
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