Johann Jacob Harbaugh

Name: Jacob Harbaugh

Sex: M

Name: Johann Jacob Harbaugh

Birth: 5 FEB 1729/30 in Europe

Birth: 5 FEB 1732/33

Death: 28 APR 1818

Residence: Harbaugh Valley, MD

Christening: 15 FEB 1732/33

Burial: Jacob Harbaugh farm, Sabillasville, MD

Note:

He came to America with his father. He moved to the Valley shortly after marriage, and settled on the land on which he lived and died in the upper end of the Valley. various parts of his farm were called Sweet Land, Peace the Best, Jacob's Last Chance, Sugar Tree Valley, Tired Dog, and Mount Olivet. He was tall and stout in person. He had one eye, as a result of some malicious men, who fell foul of him at Money's Tavern, which, it seems, was a place of justice, and while he defended himself, one man struck him with a stone. Late in life, a cataract made him blind for a year until an operation restored his sight. He was a very strict disciplinarian. During winter evenings, he sat at a table and read, but not a whisper came from the family, each in his usual place. While eating, the children stood around the table. The food was plain and simple. They ate soup for breakfast, no meat, and fruits in season. They ate meat at noon. In the evening, soup and potatoes were served, no meat. Mush and milk was used often, and buttermilk was the drink, except on the Sabbath when they had coffee. (Notes from 1856 Annals, p. 40)

--Harbaugh History, by Cora Bell Harbaugh Cooprider, 1947, pp. 198-9

Jacob Harbaugh, the great-grandfather [of a Mr. Johnston], was born Feb. 5, 1730, and was six years old when the family emigrated. He came to Harbaugh Valley, Md., in 1761, the year he married, having previously purchased land in Frederick county, and there he passed his life, dying April 28, 1818. In April, 1761, he married Anna Margaret Smith (born April 3, 1740), daughter of George Smith; she died March 8, 1803. The children of this marriage were:

1. Anna Margaret

2. Jacob

3. John

4. Susannah

5. Catherine

6. Barbara

7. Anna Maria

8. Henry

9. George

--From "Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania", prepared in part by George O. Seilhamer, published by Genealogical Pub. Co., Chicago, 1905, p. 567. Sent by mail by Cathy Pentola, 7/5/05

Father: Yost Harbaugh b: APR 1699 in Aspach, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Mother: Maria M. Klein b: ABT. 1707 in Ulmey, Palatinate, Germany

Marriage 1 Anna Margaret Schmidt b: 3 APR 1740

Married: 1 APR 1761

Children

Anna Margaretta Harbaugh b: 27 JAN 1762

Jacob Harbaugh b: 21 MAR 1763

John Herbaugh b: 27 MAY 1764

Susannah Harbaugh b: 6 NOV 1765

Catherine Harbaugh b: 6 MAR 1767

Barbara Harbaugh b: 12 MAR 1768

Juliann Harbaugh b: 21 JUN 1769

Anna Maria Harbaugh b: 17 MAR 1771

Henry Harbaugh b: 22 AUG 1772

George Harbaugh b: 17 MAR 1774

Yost Harbaugh b: 21 JAN 1777

Yost Harbaugh b: 17 MAR 1778

Frederick Harbaugh b: 1 NOV 1779

Joseph Harbaugh b: 2 DEC 1780

Elias Harbaugh b: 1 JAN 1782

Birth: Feb. 5, 1730, Germany Death: Apr. 28, 1818 Sabillasville Frederick County Maryland, USA

"He came to America with his father, Yost Harbaugh. He moved to the Valley shortly after marriage, and settled on the land on which he lived and died in the upper end of the Valley. Jacob Harbaugh's lands were extensive Various parts of his farm were called Sweet Land, Peace the Best, Jacob's Last Chance, Sugar Tree Valley, Tired Dog, and Mount Olivet. He was tall and stout in person. He had one eye as the result of some malicious men, who fell foul of him at Mooney's Tavern, which it seems was a place of justice, and while he defended himself, one man struck him with a stone. He was a very strict disciplinarian. During winter evenings, he sat at a table and read, but not a whisper came from the family, each in his usual place. While eating, the children stood around the table. The food was plain and simple. They ate soup for breakfast, no meat, and fruits in season. They ate meat at noon. In the evening, soup and potatoes were served, no meat. Mush and milk was used often, and buttermilk was the drink, except on the Sabbath, when they had coffee." He married Anna Margaret Schmidt on April 1, 1761. They had 15 children between 1762 and 1782. (Per Harbaugh History, publish 1947 (page 199) He also purchased the farm of Valentine Shockey, near present day Rouzerville in Washingtown Township, Franklin County, PA, and later conveyed the same to his son George.

Children: Anna Margaretta Harbaugh, married Henry Snyder, Jacob Harbaugh Jr., married Mary Magdalena Mong; John Harbaugh Sr., married Elizabeth Winters; Susannah Harbaugh, married John Jacob (Hoover) Huber; Catharine Harbaugh; Barbara Harbaugh, died unmarried; Juliann Harbaugh, died unmarried; Anna Maria Harbaugh, married Henry Schriver; George Harbaugh, married Anna Snyder; Henry Harbaugh; Yost Harbaugh, died young; second son named Yost Harbaugh, Married Elizabeth Mong; Frederick Harbaugh, died young; Joseph Harbaugh, died young; Elias Harbaugh, married Ann Catharine Pentz.

(bio by: Mike Hahn)

Jacob2

Harbaugh (Yost1 ) was born February 05, 1729/30 in Switzerland, and died April 28, 1818 in Sabliiesville, Maryland. He married Anna Margaret Smith April 1761, daughter of George Smith. She was born April 03, 1740, and died March 18, 1803. Notes for Jacob Harbaugh: Annals of The harbaugh Family From 1736 To 1856: Lived on land at the upper end of Harbaugh Valley. The tract of land was known as "Mount Olivet," "Sweet :and," and "The tied Dog." He, at one time, was a constable. He was an altercation at Money's Tavern - which seemed to be the place of Justice, when he got into a fight with an individual who sturck him in the eye with a stone in his fist. this caused the entire destruction of the eye. He was a member of the German reformed church and worshiped at Apple's Church. Notes for Anna Margaret Smith: Once got into a fight with a wildcat. She became ill from the scratches but survived. Children of Jacob Harbaugh and Anna Smith are: 25 i. Anna Margaretta3

Harbaugh, born February 27, 1762; died in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. She married Henry snyder. + 26 ii. Jacob Harbaugh, born March 21, 1763; died December 16, 1842. + 27 iii. John Harbaugh, born May 27, 1764; died June 18, 1834 in Harbaugh Valley, Maryland. + 28 iv. Susannah Harbaugh, born November 06, 1765. 29 v. Catharine Harbaugh, born November 06, 1767. 30 vi. Barbara Harbaugh, born March 12, 1768; died October 06, 1809. 31 vii. Julian Harbaugh, born June 21, 1769; died November 11, 1817. Notes for Julian Harbaugh: One day, whole engaged in washing clothes, a splinter from the washtub penetrated one of her fingers. It became very sore, so that she at length died from the injury. + 32 viii. Anna Maria Harbaugh, born March 17, 1771; died March 03, 1843. 33 ix. Henry Harbaugh, born August 22, 1772; died November 11, 1844. + 34 x. George Harbaugh, born March 17, 1774. + 35 xi. Yost Harbaugh, born January 21, 1776; died August 18, 1877. + 36 xii. Yost Harbaugh, born March 17, 1778; died April 28, 1817. 37 xiii. Frederick Harbaugh, born November 01, 1779; died November 14, 1779. 38 xiv. Joseph Harbaugh, born December 02, 1780; died December 05, 1780. + 39 xv. Elias Harbaugh, born January 01, 1782; died August 04, 1854.

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Jacob who was the third son of the elder Yost Herbach. Dr. Harbaugh, though brought up on his father’s farm, was a student while a plow boy, and it is said a carpenter; from his very childhood he was religiously inclined and by dint of his own rigid application and perseverance he became an eminent scholar and theologian, and the author of several well written books: 1. “Heaven, Or an Earnest Scriptural Inquiry into the Abode of the Sainted Dead.” 2. “The Heavenly Recognition, Or an Earnest and Scriptural Discussion of the Question, “Will We Know our Friends in Heaven?” 3. “The Heavenly Home, Or the Employments and Enjoyments of the Saints in Heaven.” 4. “The Future Life.” (three vols.) 5. “The Birds of the Bible.” 6. “The Fathers of the German Reformed Church in Europe and America.” 7. “Union With the Church, the Solemn Duty and Blessed Privilege of All Who Would be Saved.” Their very titles show the ruling feature and bent of his mind, and that he lived, so to speak, rather in the future than in the present world. There was, however a humorous as well as a pathetic side to his nature. He was a poet, but courted the Muse only too seldom; yet he wrote quite a number of fine pieces in verse, chiefly in the Pennsylvania German (his native dialect) which, since his death, have been collected and published in a neat little volume entitled Harbaugh’s Harfe.

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