Jost Blickenstaff

Yost Blickenstaff
Birth
2 Sep 1735
Kohlhof, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
13 Feb 1826 (aged 90)
Wolfsville, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Blickenstaff Family Cemetery
Ellerton, Frederick County, Maryland, USA

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Jost - or Yost, as the English write the name - was the youngest son of the Anabaptist, born at the Kohlhof, in the Palatinate, February 2, 1735. He came to America in company with his brother, Christian, landing in Philadelphia September 29, 1753, from the ship Rowand, Arthur Trau master, from Rotterdam, via Cowes. Both brothers signed the usual declaration of allegiance to the king of England then required of all immigrants to Pennsylvania, the originals of which are preserved in the colonial records at Harrisburgh. Yost's autograph is "Jost Blickensdorffer." Tradition says Yost would not consent to accompany his brother to America until he was promised a rifle. This, considering he was then a lad of 18 years of age, is not improbable.

Of Yost's first years in America little is known. He probably spent much of him time with Christian, who first settled near Philadelphia, but subsequently removed to the vicinity of Lititz, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. At a later date Yost seems to have spent some time in York county, but finally drifted to Frederick county, Maryland, acquiring land and making his home near where Wolfville is located.

About the year 1766 or 1767 Yost married Elizabeth Ochs, but it is not known when nor where she was born. In 1776, during the war of the revolution, Yost visited his brother, John, residing on or near the Holston river, somewhere in Western North Carolina, and spent some time with him; but subsequently returned to Maryland. His first wife died about 1780-89, the date unknown, and he remained a widower until some time in 1797, when he married again. His second wife was Margaret Fuller, who was born in 1778 and died February 18, 1830. He continued to reside on his farm in Maryland for the remainder of his life and died July 13, 1826, aged over 91 years. He lies buried in a private graveyard on his old farm near Wolfsville.