Jacob Shoemaker

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• Eby ID Number: 00112-6997

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Jacob Shoemaker, "the second eldest son of the old progenitor, was born in Pfaltz, Germany, March 31st, 1708. He was twenty-nine years of age when he, in company with his parents and the rest of the family came to America. After being in America for a year or so he formed an acquaintance with Susannah Schueler to whom he was married in the year 1740. She was born in Basle, Switzerland, February 19th, 1719, and died November 20th, 1789. They resided in Montgomery County, near Schiebach (Now spelled Skippack), where they had a family of eight children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob married Susannah Schueler 1740. Susannah was born 19 Feb 1719, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 20 Nov 1789. [Group Sheet]

1. Michael Shoemaker was born 27 Mar 1742, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Jul 1828.
2. George Shoemaker was born 1 Oct 1743, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Oct 1821, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
3. Gertrude Shoemaker was born 12 Aug 1745, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 Feb 1817.
4. Catharine Shoemaker was born 11 May 1747, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Nov 1801.
5. Elizabeth Shoemaker was born 12 Sep 1751, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 Sep 1823.
6. Jacob Shoemaker was born 27 Jul 1754, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Nov 1847, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Mary Shoemaker was born Abt 1756, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Anna Shoemaker was born Abt 1849, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: 00112-6996

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Jacob Shoemaker, "the old progenitor was born in Canton, Berne, Switzerland, and when a lad of twelve years of age he, in company with his parents and others, moved to Pfaltz, Germany, where they, with other co-religionists, were promised freedom to worship the God of their fathers according to their views of the Bible. After residing here some twenty years they were subjected to the same persecutions as they were in Switzerland. Owing to the continual persecutions by the state party for not conforming to the church of the state, the old progenitor after the decease of his parents turned his face towards America, to which place he emigrated, for he had full confidence in the proclamations of William Penn who had proclaimed that all could worship the God of their fathers according to their views of the teaching of His Word and the dictates of their conscience. Such privileges our worthy ancestor, Jacob Shoemaker, considered a complete recompense for all his losses and privations in forsaking his friends, acquaintances, and native home. In May, 1737, he landed at Philadelphia and settled for a few years in Germantown. In spring, 1743, he moved to Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. All attempts made to ascertain his exact date of birth, to whom he was married and when he died proved fruitless owing to the fact that the family Bible, together with other records, were burnt with the house in which his son resided. Tradition has it that he was married to Mary Kunder and that he was about seventy-five years of age when he died and that his death took place some time during the year 1751,(So the late D . S. Shoemaker of Three Rivers, Michigan, informed the writer that the Progenitor died three years before his grandfather was born which was in 1754), consequently he must have been born in the year 1676, and was therefore 61 years of age when he came to America. He had a numerous family but all, save four sons died in infancy. The names of these were"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob — Mary Kunder. Mary was born Abt 1680, Of, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Shoemaker
• Eby ID Number: 00112-6996.2