Jacob Y King, I

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Jacob King, married to Barbara Zug, moved his family from Lancaster County to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in 1806. He, with his brother, John, bought a large tract of land of 2000 acres including the present town of Allensville. It is still owned by a descendant of Jacob King, Timothy Peachey, a great-great-grandson of Yost Hartzler. - In 1779, he is taxed as a single man. Lived first in the Reading church but in 1791 moved to the Pequea church. In 1792, bought a 200 acre place from George Bressler just north of Gordonville where the Amish cemetery is in Leacock Twp. (AmHom p.130 - Jacob and his brother John purchased land where Allensville is now from Benjamin Chew for 10,000 English pounds. This 1,710 acres was called Sharron Manor. Deed is dated April 12, 1804 and recorded in Book "A", page 352. - He first built a cabin by the stream about 1/4 mile east of Allensville and later (1809-1810) built a stone house. Menn Heritage Center has the wooden plaque from the gable end of the house. - Kore Hostetler owned the house built by Jacob & Barbara (Zug) King in 1812. The barn burnt around 1919 and was replaced by another one. There was a well (around 35 ft deep) dug out of solid limestone around 20 feet from the house, probably done this first then used the stone to build the house. (Notes of Jacob Kanagy) - His gravestone is the oldest in the Allensville Menn Cem - On April 12, 1804 Jacob King and his oldest son John (son and grandson of 1744 immigrant Samuel König/Koenig) came from Berks or Lancaster County to make an extraordinary land acquisition at Armagh. Together they purchased 1,710 acres of the Mifflin County 'Sharron tract' for 10,000 pounds. This sum was equivalent to the modern buying power of $888,000. The land was then in Armagh. Part of the acreage was sold to Chris Allen in 1806 and became Allensville; some of the remainder was sold to other Amish Mennonite families and later became part of Menno. Mifflin County is 124 miles northwest of Berks County (measuring from Union Mills to Mohnton). (www.tcghs.org p. 144-149)* Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: Aug 24 2017, 1:40:40 UTC

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