Rev. Jacobus James Van Buskirk

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Jacobus Van Buskirk

Also Known As: "James"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Death: August 05, 1800 (61)
North Wales, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacobus van Buskirk and Elizabeth Lawrence
Husband of Anna Maria Buskirk / Weber
Father of Lydia Singmaster; Christina Diana Craven / Grimm / Kline; Dr. George W. Van Buskirk; Esther Croll; Elizabeth Rex and 7 others
Brother of Lawrence Jacobus Van Buskirk; Jan John Van Buskirk; Maria Van Buskirk and John Jacobus Van Buskirk
Half brother of Andrew Van Buskirk

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About Rev. Jacobus James Van Buskirk

Jacobus Van Buskirk was a Patriot in the American Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania. His DAR Ancestor # is A117270.

~• not to be confused with his relative Jacobus Van Buskirk who fought as New Jersey volunteer for the British. Jacobus Van Buskirk is Rev. Jacobus James Van Buskirk's second cousin once removed.

A young Jacob Buskirk became an assistant at the Lutheran New Hanover parish in Pennsylvania (May 1762)

  • note: Rev. H.M. Mühlenberg later speaks of a Buskerk in the the spring of '79 in his journals (Mar-Apr)

performed many baptisms in 1762

at Zion Lutheran Church (Chester County PA, Pikeland Twp.)
https://www.chester.pa-roots.com/church/zion_lutheran_church.htm

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Rev. Jacobus James Van Buskirk's Timeline

1739
February 11, 1739
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
1765
July 24, 1765
1767
August 7, 1767
1769
October 23, 1769
1771
December 6, 1771
1774
July 14, 1774
1776
August 20, 1776