Jacob Frederick Alderfer

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ALDERFER, JACOB   Ancestor #: A006847  Service:  PENNSYLVANIA    Rank: PRIVATE  Birth:  1-5-1739    LOWER SALFORD TWP PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA  Death:  7-16-1797     LOWER SALFORD TWP MONTGOMERY CO PENNSYLVANIA  Service Source:  PA ARCH,6TH SER, VOL 1,P 853,854 Service Description:  1) CAPT ANDREW CAMPBELL,5TH BATT, 2) PHILADELPHIA CO MILITIA 

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Jacob Alderfer & Elizabeth Kolb

He was born 5/1/1739. Around 1770 he married Elizabeth, born 1749, and the daughter of "Strong Isaac Kolb" and Gertrude Ziegler. [Isaac Kolb, 3/28/1711-.7/23/1776, m. Geertrauta Ziegler. Children: Catharine, Jacob, Michael, Isaac, Elizabeth, Abraham, Dillman, Sarah, Susanna, Gertraut and Hannah. He was the son of Jacob Kolb, the son of Dielman and Agnes Kolb. See Descendants of Dielman Kolb and Agnes Schumacher of Wolfsheim, Germany for more details.] Isaac, Christian Funk, and Andrew Ziegler described the life of the Mennonite leaders in a 1773 letter to the Holland Mennonites. They said they had come to this country very poor and had to work hard at their livelihood, giving little time for writing. Their ministerial work was done without remuneration. They preached in German and followed the Articles of Faith adopted by the Mennonites in 1632.

Jacob and Elizabeth eventually owned a farm of 211 acres and a stone house. He and his brother enrolled in Captain Andrew Campbell's company during the war. He bought several farms in 1790 and 1792, had a total of 456 acres. He died suddenly 16/7/1797 without a will; his goods were inventoried in 1798 (copy on file). She died 1827. Both are buried in the Salford Mennonite Cemetary.

Children:

 # Frederick K., see next

# Isaac K., m (1) Hannah Oberholtzer; m (2) Elizabeth Oberholtzer
# Gertrude K., m. John Kinsey
# Ann K., m. Jacob Kinsey
# Jacob K., m. Margaret Van Fossen

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 16 2019, 5:36:57 UTC