Jacob (of Orange Co VA) Stover

Male 1688 - 1741  (53 years)


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  • Name Jacob (of Orange Co VA) Stover 
    Born 1688  Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1688 
    Jacob Stover's surname is also found in records as Stauffer, Stauber, Stober, Stowber. 
    Emigration Bef 1713  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Stover came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland before 1713, when he patented 510 acres in Oley Creek (now Berks County, PA). 
    Possessions 8 Feb 1713  Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    8 Feb 1713 Jacob Stover purchased a patent for 510 acres in Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, next to Edward Evans. Source: Trekking Stover Cousins. 
    Possessions 1723  Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob sold 72 acres of his land to John Leinbach or Germantown. The deed recorded his name as Jacob Stauber. Source: Trekking Stover Cousins. 
    Residence 1729  Massanutten, Shenandoah County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Stover came to Massanutten in 1729 or before. He was baptozsed on 14 Mar 1741 by Rev John Craig of Augusta Stone Church (Presbyterian). Jacob died the same year. Ref: A Short History of page County, VA, 1952 pg 368. 
    Death 27 Nov 1740  Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    27 Nov 1740, the estate of Jacob Stover, dec'd, was sold (Orange Co., VA Will Book 1, pages 202-206). Purchasers were: Jacob Stover Jr., Capt. Patten, Jacob Castle. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7076745/person/292243150648/facts 
    Will 1741  Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Stover's estate. Exec: John Bowen Admr. Aug 1746. Ref: Forerunners; History of the Strickler Family, pg 406. 
    Buried 1741  Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Old Augusta Stone Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, VA, however no marker has been found.
    Died Mar 1741  Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Jacob Stover of Massanutten died in Orange Co in 1741. His son, Jacob Jr, qualified as admr on 22 Mar 1741. His wife's name was Ruth. Ref: Forerunners; History of the Strickler Family, pg 406.
    Baptism 14 Mar 1741  Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Stover the pioneer was baptized by Rev. John Craig of Augusta Stone Church on 14 Mar 1741. Presumably shortly before his death. Ref: A Short History of Page County VA, pg 64. 
    Death 17 Mar 1741  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alternate: Died 17 Mar 1741. Buried in Old Augusta Stone Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, VA. Source: Trekking Stover Cousins. 
    Death 20 Jun 1741  Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death listed as 20 Jun 1741 in Stauffer descendant register, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stauffer/510 
    Person ID I292243150648  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father Ulrich (of Eggiwil) Stauffer,   b. 4 Aug 1652, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1717, Mannheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F6361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Boone,   b. 18 Feb 1689, Bradninch, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1744, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1715  Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Barbara (m. Martin Kaufman) Stover,   b. 1712,   d. 1749  (Age 37 years)
     2. Jacob Jr Stover,   b. Abt 1716, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth Stover,   b. Abt 1718, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Abraham (of Franklin Co VA) Stover,   b. Abt 1723, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1780, Carter County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F3870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ref to: Stover Genealogy (Bertha Hughey) pg 221.

      It is generally accepted (but not proven) that this Jacob Stauffer (Stover) had brothers Hans and Christian (pg 224) and that this Jacob Stover, is the Jacob who married Sarah Boone 15 Mar 1715 in Pennsylvania, aunt of Daniel Boone. Jacob and Sarah had nine children in Pennsylvania. After Sarah's death, it is believed Jacob left his children with the Boone in-laws and traveled to explore the "Valley of Virginia."

      It is also speculated that Bishop William Stover (abt 1725-1800) was closely related to Jacob, the Pioneer of the Valley of Virginia and other Stovers.

      Ref: A Short History of Page County, Virginia 1952, pg 368. Jacob Stover m. Sarah Boone.


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