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Jacob Crigler

Also Known As: "Jacob Crigler"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Germany
Death: 1734 (29-38)
Germanna, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Martin Kriegler and Mrs Kriegler
Husband of Susanna Yager
Father of Christopher Crigler; Susanna Utz; Nicholas Crigler; Elizabeth Yager and Michael Crigler

Managed by: Tiffany Beesley Brock
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About Jacob Crigler

Biography

Jacob Crigler was born circa 1700 in Germany. His parents are not listed in the Germanna Foundation database as of 26 October 2021.

Jacob married Susanna Yager (Klaar) before 1721 in Virginia. Together they had the following 5 children:

  1. Christopher Crigler;
  2. Susannah Utz (Crigler);
  3. Nicholas Crigler;
  4. Elizabeth Yager (Crigler);
  5. Michael Crigler.

He died in 1734 in Germanna, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA.

Notes
Member of the 1717 or Second Germanna Colony

4 September 1723 sued by Alexander Spotswood, continued 2 October 1723, settled 3 March 1724 (Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A: 51, 56, 62)

Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A: 51
4 September 1823
In an action of a case brought by Colonel Alexander Spotswood plt against Jacob Crigler defendant for thirty four pounds eighteen shillings & four pence Special bail being required, was granted then defendent pleaded in Custody & craved __ which was granted

Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A: 56
2 October 123
In the action of the case brought by Col Alexander Spotswood plt vs: Joseph Crigler, the defendant having put ina plea for plaintiffs motion, time is granted hom to consider same.

Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book A: 62
3 March 1724
In the action on a case brought by Colonel Alexander Spotswood plantiff against Jacob Crigler derendant, the said suit is dismissed by Consent of said parties. The defendant offering to pay cost of the suit.

24 June 1726 Jacob Crigler and Michael Cook joint 4000 acre patent. (Virginia Land Office Patent Book 12: 480.)

Sources

1 [S0042562] The Jacob Crigler Family, Part 1, Cynthia Crigler, (Name: Beyond Germanna, Volume 9 No. 4, July 1997, p 511-512;).

2 [S0042523] The German Colony of 1717 - Part 3, Arthur Leslie Keith, (William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, First Series, XXVI, no. 4, (April 1918): 234-249), 239.

3 [S0041561] Before Germanna #4: The Ancestry of the Weaver, Utz and Folg Families, Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, (Name: Boutiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990;), 22.

4 [S0042219] Second Germanna Colony of 1717, (Name: The Germanna Record #6, Memorial Foundation of the GermannaColonies in Virginia, June 1965;), 23-25.

5 [S0042522] The German Colony of 1717 - Part 2, Arthur Leslie Keith, (William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, First Series, XXVI, no. 3, (January 1918)), 191.

6 [S0042219] Second Germanna Colony of 1717, (Name: The Germanna Record #6, Memorial Foundation of the GermannaColonies in Virginia, June 1965;), p 23.

7 [S0043080] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications,1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 ).
Birth date:
Birth place: Germany
Death date: 1734
Death place: Culpeper, Virginia
Residence date:
Residence place: United States

8 [S0042523] The German Colony of 1717 - Part 3, Arthur Leslie Keith, (William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, First Series, XXVI, no. 4, (April 1918): 234-249).
p 237 says Susanna Creagler gave bond as admx of estate on 3 Apr 1734

9 [S0042562] The Jacob Crigler Family, Part 1, Cynthia Crigler, (Name: Beyond Germanna, Volume 9 No. 4, July 1997, p 511-512;).
Susannah Cregler appointed his administratix on 3 Apr 1734

10 [S0042522] The German Colony of 1717 - Part 2, Arthur Leslie Keith, (William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, First Series, XXVI, no. 3, (January 1918)), p 191.

11 Citation Text: Estimated date of their first child's birth.

Per Germanna Foundation: http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I025524&tree=tree1

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Jacob Crigler's Timeline

1700
1700
Germany
1721
1721
Virginia
1721
Germanna, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
1723
1723
Virginia
1728
1728
Orange County, Virginia
1734
1734
Age 34
Germanna, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
1997
October 8, 1997
Age 34
2001
September 6, 2001
Age 34
2002
February 15, 2002
Age 34