Jacob Forney Sell, Sr

SELL, JACOB Ancestor #: A210377 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 12-10-1741 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA Death: 10-23-1825 GERMANY TWP ADAMS CO PENNSYLVANIA

Service Source: PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 21, PP 103,107, 310, 454, 560, 724, 727 Service Description: PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 

He was the son of Abraham and Charlotte Louisa Forney Sell. He inherited 200 acres of his father's farm, in Union Township, south of the Hanover-Littlestown highway near the Pine Grove Road [lat 39.752132 long -77.039949]. He constructed a saw mill on this property. He married Christina Hesson, daughter of Balser Hesson Sr. of Silver Run, Maryland, about 1772. He served in the York County Militia during the Revolutionary War. They had nine children: Abraham, Henry, John, Peter, Maria Keefauver, Jacob Jr., Daniel, David and Margaret Unger. They had 68 grandchildren. Only two of his children remained in the county. Four sons migrated to Ohio. [Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 3A, pp. 43-54]. Inscription: English translation: Here rests in God Jacob Sell. He was born in the year 1741 the 10th of December and died in the year 1826* the 23rd of October. His age was 83 years 10 months and 15 days.

Note: His death date is in error as the papers to settle his estate were filed on November 3, 1825.