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About Hans Jacob Wild
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Our first proven ancestor on American soil is Johann "Hans" Jacob Wild. Hans is the nickname for Johann. He was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1767, the fifth and last child of Georg Wild and Anna Barbara Kreis. He was baptized by the 3rd day of his birth, so Johann Jacob was probably born in late March. HIs godparents were Pancrat Rietmann and Magdalena Rausperger, the wife of Leonhard Rausperger.
Hans Jacob's early years were hard He hardly knew his father, who was banished from the city in September 1766, seven months before Hans Jacob was born.
The story of Hans Jacob's family and what is known about his early childhood in Switzerland is recorded in earlier articles about Georg Wild, Joann Jacob Wikd, and his brother Felix Wild.
The St. Gallen Archives record that on 29 July 1783 Hans Jacob received "the usual allocation" from the city council to learn the trade of tailor (City council records, St. Gallen Ratsregister, Volume VI, page 589). He became a tailor apprentice and lived in a master tailor's house where he worked and received room and board. The name of the master is not listed.
According to St. Gallen archive records (City council records, Ratsregister Volume VI, page 589) Hans Jacob petitioned the St, Gallen city council for permission to emigrate The request was granted 16 March 1786. The records state that he received the "usual 6 Gulden for travel clothing." His brother Felix had left St. Gallen in 1777m nine years before Hans Jacob's emigration. It may be presumed that he had stayed in contact with Felix and the Steveley family, who probably were already settled in America. An intensive search of ships' passenger lists produced only one John Jac. Wild, listed in the book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Ralph Beaver Strassburger. This John Jac. Wild 10 October 1787. This is one year and seven months after he petitioned the St. Gallen city council for permission to emigrate. It is possible that this is our Johann Jacob Wild, but there is no proof.
Hans Jacob married Mary Christina Waver, daughter of Jacob Weaver and Margaretha Herbold, about 1789. She is mentioned in her father's will, written 5 April 1788 in Lincoln Co. NC, as Mary Chresteenah. She was still single at that time. The marriage may have taken place at the St. Paul's church in Lincoln County, NC, since Christina and her sister were both confirmed in this church. Jacob Weaver was a potter and schoolmaster. According to M.A.Hilton he was one of the first potters in Jugtown, NC, and responsible for pottery-making becoming such an important industry in the state. Jugtown was located in Catawba County (Source: A History of Catawba County, and Turners and Burners by Charles G. Zug III).
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Hans Jacob Wild's Timeline
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April 2, 1767
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Saint Gallen, St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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1790
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| 1792 |
January 16, 1792
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NC
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1793
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North Carolina, United States
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1794
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North Carolina
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1796
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Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
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1800
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| 1803 |
August 12, 1803
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McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1807 |
October 14, 1807
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Burke County, North Carolina, United States
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1807
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North Carolina
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