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Jacob Schneider

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Birth  1727/1730  Pfalz, Bayern, Germany  [1
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-5813 
Person ID  I2 
Last Modified  17 Jul 2004 
 
Father  Hannes (Johannes Jacob) Schneider, b. Abt 1697, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany 
Group Sheet  F1 
 
Family 1  Maria Herschi, b. Abt 1732 
Married  1 Apr 1755  Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  [2
Children 
 1. Barbara Schneider, b. 16 Feb 1756, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 2. Annie Schneider, b. 21 Mar 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 3. Christian Schneider, b. 28 Aug 1758, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 4. Mary Schneider, b. Nov 1759, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 5. Elizabeth Schneider, b. 15 Mar 1766, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 6. Mary Schneider, b. 2 Sep 1762, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 7. Jacob (Yoch) Schneider, b. 24 Jan 1764, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 8. Peter Schneider, b. 28 Dec 1765, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 9. Veronica Schneider, b. 24 Jul 1767
 10. John Schneider, b. 16 Jun 1770, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 11. Joseph Schneider, b. 24 May 1772, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 12. Henry Schneider, b. 7 Dec 1773, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 13. Anna Schneider, b. 3 Sep 1775, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 14. Catharine Schneider, b. 17 Jun 1777, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 15. Henry Schneider, b. 25 Dec 1778, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Group Sheet  F2 
 
Notes  Jacob Schneider "was born in the Palatinate, in 1727 or 1730, came to this (USA) country when a mere lad and was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When some twenty years of age he was married to a Maria Herschi (now Hershey), a descendent of Andrew Hershey who settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1719. This marriage took place on April 1st, 1755. They had a family of fifteen children,..."
 
Sources  1. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 266   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 266   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Artifacts
Schneider Homestead
Schneider homestead in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Documents
Bible
A rare Froschauer Bible printed in Zurich, Switzerland in 1560 records eight generations of Schneiders beginning with Hannes Schneider (born 1534).
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