Burial

Find A Grave Memorial# 28168487

Notes

Arrived in PA in 1707 from Wolfsheim, Germany, settling first in Germantown, and later in the Skippack region of what is now Montgomery Co. He apparently married a second time, but wife's name is unknown. He and his brothers, Johannes, Henry and Martin, were all charter members of the original Mennonite church in Germantown. Built in 1708, the log meetinghouse was the first one in America. It was there in 1710 that Jacob and Sarah were married in the presence of the full congregation by Dirk Keyser (who, in addition to his duties in the Mennonite church, was also a successful silk merchant.) Although the original log structure no longer exists, its successor was built on the same grounds in 1770 and today remains an active Mennonite church. It is located at 6121 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, and is a historic landmark.

It was about 1709 when Jacob and his brothers moved to Skippack (then known as Van Bebber's or Bebber's Township), and were, along with three other men, all trustees to whom 100 acres of land were granted in 1717 by Matthias Van Bebber, for whom the township was named. The Skippack Mennonite Congregation, the second oldest in America, was established and the first building was erected in 1725. The building currently in use was built in 1844. Some of the stormiest phases of the Mennonite schism of the 1840s centered around this congregation, with the conservatives breaking off to form their own congregation, the Upper Skippack Mennonite Church. The original congregation, now known as the Lower Skippack Mennonite Church, has been served continuously for over 200 years by descendants of the original Kolbs. Jacob was among the signers of a petition for a road to be laid out in 1713. By 1734, Jacob was listed in the township of "Parkiomen and Skippake" as owning 150 acres.

Jacob died in a tragic accident at age 54, as described by his obituary notice: "On the 4th instant, October, 1739, Jacob Kolb of Skippack. As he was pressing cider, the beam of the press fell on one side of his head and shoulder and wounded him so that he languished about half an hour and then died, to the exceeding grief of his relatives and family, who are numerous, and concern of his friends and neighbors, among whom he lived many years in great esteem." At the time of his death, the tract of land surrounding the Kolb family homestead, located just north of the village of Skippack, occupied 226 acres. The land was equally divided between two of his sons, Dielman and Henry.

Source Larry Kirklen 'larrymkirklen@aol.com http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi -bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1059535&id=I1841

Will Abstract

KOLB, JACOB. Philadelphia County. March 2, 1737. December 5, 1739. F.1 41.

Wife: Sarah. Exec: Wife Sarah and son Isaac. Children: Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Elin, Henry, Mary, Dielman, Modlen and Sarah. Brother: Martin. Trustees: Martin Kolb, Julius Hassle and Jacob Grider.

Witness: Michael Ziegler (his mark), Christopher Hiemanger.

Note: Jacob was a weaver and a farmer. He was a trustee of the Skippack Mennonite Church. He was killed pressing cider when the beam of the press fell on him crushing, one side of his head and shoulder. He is probably buried in the graveyard adjoining the church.

Jacob Schumacher Kolb, born 21 May 1685 in Wolfsheim, Baden, Germany; died 04 Oct 1739 in Skippack, Montgomery County, PA; married Sarah Van Sintern 02 May 1710 in Germantown, PA (Old Log Mennonite Church).

Jacob KOLB

Born: 21 May 1685, Wolfsheim, Baden, Germany Married: 2 May 1710, Germantown, PA Died: 4 October 1739, Skippack, Philadelphia Co.,

Marriage Information:

Jacob married Sarah VAN SINTERN, daughter of Isaac VAN SINTERN and Neeltje CLAASEN, on May 2, 1710 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. They were married in the old Log Mennonite Church (name unknown). (Sarah was born on January 6, 1690 in the Netherlands. She died on April 25, 1766 in Pennsylvania)

Jacob and his brothers Martin and Henry left Germany came to Pennsylvania in 1707. He settled in Germantown. (Their Grandfather Peter Schumacher had already arrived at Germantown PA in 1685.) He removed to Skippack in 1709.

Jacob was a weaver and a farmer. He was a trustee and deacon of the Skippack Mennonite Church. In 1709 he moved to Skippack, Philadelphia County, PA. On May 2nd 1710, he moved to Germantown, Philadelphia County, PA.

In 1710 Jacob purchased 150 acre tract in Skippack, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Will: March 2, 1737, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Named wife, Sarah. Named executor - wife Sarah and son Isaac. Named Children - Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Elin (Cornelia?), Henry, Mary, Dielman, Modlen (Magdalena?) and Sarah. Named brother Martin. Named trustees Martin Kolb, Julius Hassle and Jacob Grider. Witnesses Michael Ziegler, Christopher Hiemanger. The Will was probated on December 5, 1739.

Obituary: October 1739 "On the 4th instant, October, 1739, Jacob Kolb, of Skippack. As he was pressing cider the beam of the press fell on one side of his head and shoulder and wounded him so that he languished about half and hour and then died, to the exceeding grief of his relatives and family, who are numerous, and concern of his friends and neighbors, among whom he lived many years in great esteem."

Cassel, Daniel Kolb(, b. 1820-?), A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family and its branches in America, 1895 Publisher: Norristown, Pa. : Morgan R. Willis pg. 149-150. "A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family : and its branches in America, with biographical sketches of their descendants from the earliest available records ...".

"CHILDREN OF No. 5. JACOB KOLB of DILLMAN

• 3 1200 1 Isaac Kolb, b. March 28, 1711; m. Geertrauta Ziegler, and moved to Gwynedd township, Montgomery County, Pa., called North Wales, and had nine children ; he was an extremely strong man, and was known as "Der Grosse Isaac (Big Isaac)" or "der sehr starke man" (the very strong man). Incidents by Dr. John Overholt : — The Kulp ancestors were a strong, athletic people, some of them almost giants. It is related that Isaac Kulp (known as " Strong Isaac ") was a powerful man. It is said that when he was building a house, one day while at dinner, he was discussing with his workmen whether the cross beams could be hauled to the place with two horses, or whether four horses would be required. After dinner he walked out to where the timber lay, and shouldered it, and to the utter surprise of the workmen they saw him bearing the piece of timber on his shoulders. The • fame of his strength was heralded far and wide throughout the neighborhood round about. He was a peaceably disposed man, and would not fight, though often challenged. When on a certain trip to Philadelphia, he stopped at a hotel overnight, he came in contact with a bully, who challenged him to fight, which was declined, whereupon the bully branded him a coward and struck him in the face, which angered Mr. Kulp so that he grabbed the bully by both his arms near the shoulders and set him in a chair that squashed under him. When he arose from the floor both of his arms were powerless. The bully said he was satisfied with the experiment, and did not wish to fight with Kulp after that.
• 3 1201 2 Agnes Kolb, b 171 3; m. Michael Dirstein ; had eleven children.
• 3 1202 3 Elizabeth Kolb, b. June 23, 17 16; m. Valentine Hunsicker in 1735; he died March 30, 1 77 1 ; had seven children ; resided in Skippack township, Montgomery county. Pa. ; he was the father of Bishop Heinrich Hunsicker, and came from Switzerland in 1717 ; he was born in 1700.
• 3 1203 4 Nellie Kolb, b 17 19; m. Jacob Sabelkuhl.
• 3 1204 5 Henrich Kolb, b. 1721 ; m. Elizabeth Cassel May 10, 1744; had eleven children Jacob, Yelles, Isaac, Dillman, Elizabeth, Maria, Henrich (four more died unmarried) ; she was born 17 19; died 1798, and was a daughter of Julius (Yelles) Cassel, who came to Pennsylvania in 1727; He had a dyeing and fulling mill on the Ridge Valley creek, near Sumneytown, PA.
• 3 1205 6 Maria Kolb, b 1724; m. Joseph Detweiler had five children.
• 3 1206 7 Dillman Kolb, b. 1725 ; m. Susanna Krister; had four children.
• 3 1207 8 Magdalena Kolb,h. 1729; unmarried.
• 3 1208 9 Sara Kolb, b. 1732; m. Henrich Detweiler; had six children."

Birth: 21 MAY 1685 in Germany Death: 1 OCT 1739 in Skippack, Philadelphia Co (now Montgomery Co, ) PA - buried Germantown Menn Cem

Note: Arrived in PA in 1707 from Wolfsheim, Germany, settling first in Germantow n, and later in the Skippack region of what is now Montgomery Co. He appa rently married a second time, but wife's name is unknown. He and his brot hers, Johannes, Henry and Martin, were all charter members of the origin al Mennonite church in Germantown. Built in 1708, the log meetinghouse w as the first one in America. It was there in 1710 that Jacob and Sarah we re married in the presence of the full congregation by Dirk Keyser (wh o, in addition to his duties in the Mennonite church was also a successf ul silk merchant.) Although the original log structure no longer exist s, its successor was built on the same grounds in 1770 and today remai ns an active Mennonite church. It is located at 6121 Germantown Ave, Phil adelphia, and is a historic landmark.

It was about 1709 when Jacob and his brothers moved to Skippack (th en known as Van Bebber's or Bebber's Township), and were, along with thr ee other men, all trustees to whom 100 acres of land were granted in 17 17 by Matthias Van Bebber, for whom the township was named. The Skippa ck Mennonite Congregation, the second oldest in America, was established a nd the first building was erected in 1725. The building currently in u se was built in 1844. Some of the stormiest phases of the Mennonite schi sm of the 1840s centered around this congregation, with the conservativ es breaking off to form their own congregation, the Upper Skippack Mennoni te Church. The original congregation, now known as the Lower Skippack Men nonite Church, has been served continuously for over 200 years by descenda nts of the original Kolbs. Jacob was among the signers of a petition f or a road to be laid out in 1713. By 1734, Jacob was listed in the townsh ip of "Parkiomen and Skippake" as owning 150 acres.

Jacob died in a tragic accident at age 54, as described by his obitua ry notice: "On the 4th instant, October, 1739, Jacob Kolb of Skippac k. As he was pressing cider the beam of the press fell on one side of h is head and shoulder and wounded him so that he languished about half a nd hour and then died, to the exceeding grief of his relatives and famil y, who are numerous, and concern of his friends and neighbors, among wh om he lived many years in great esteem." At the time of his death, the tr act of land surrounding the Kolb family homestead, located just north of t he village of Skippack, occupied 226 acres. The land was equally divid ed between two of his sons,

Dielman and Henry. (Source: Larry Kirklen; larrymkirklen@aol.com; http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi -bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1059535&id=I1841)

Will abstract: KOLB, JACOB. Philadelphia County. March 2, 1737. December 5, 1739. F.1 41. Wife: Sarah. Exec: Wife Sarah and son Isaac. Children: Isaac, Agnes, Eli zabeth, Elin, Henry, Mary, Dielman, Modlen and Sarah. Brother: Marti n. Trustees: Martin Kolb, Julius Hassle and Jacob Grider. Wit: Michael Ziegler (his mark), Christopher Hiemanger.

Birth: May 21, 1685, Germany Death: Oct. 4, 1739 Skippack Montgomery County Pennsylvania, USA

Jacob was born in Wolfshiemer, Germany. He was the son of Dielman Kolb and Agnes Schumacher. He immigrated to America in 1707. He and his wife Sara Van Sintern were the first to marry in the log cabin in Germantown, PA on 2 May 1716. He was killed when a beam from the cider press fell on him. The family was of the Mennonite faith. His children were: Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Nellie, Henrich, Maria, Dielman, Magdalena and Sarah.

Birth: May 21, 1685, Germany Death: Oct. 4, 1739 Skippack Montgomery County Pennsylvania, USA

Jacob was born in Wolfshiemer, Germany. He was the son of Dielman Kolb and Agnes Schumacher. He immigrated to America in 1707. He and his wife Sara Van Sintern were the first to marry in the log cabin in Germantown, PA on 2 May 1716. He was killed when a beam from the cider press fell on him. The family was of the Mennonite faith. His children were: Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Nellie, Henrich, Maria, Dielman, Magdalena and Sarah.

GEDCOM Note

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3B6-D5L

Jacob was born in Wolfshiemer, Germany. He was the son of Dielman Kolb and Agnes Schumacher. He immigrated to America in 1707. He and his wife Sara Van Sintern were the first to marry in the log cabin in Germantown, PA on 2 May 1716. He was killed when a beam from the cider press fell on him. The family was of the Mennonite faith. His children were: Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Nellie, Henrich, Maria, Dielman, Magdalena and Sarah.

Jacob was born in Wolfshiemer, Germany. He was the son of Dielman Kolb and Agnes Schumacher. He immigrated to America in 1707. He and his wife Sara Van Sintern were the first to Marry in the log cabin in Germantown, PA on 2 May1716. He was killed when a beam from the cider press fell on him. The family was of the Mennonite faith. His children were Isaac, Agnes, Elizabeth, Nellie, Henrich, Maria, Dielman, Magdalena and Sarah.