Jacob Wildfong^[1]

1753 - 1830  (77 years)

• Name	Jacob Wildfong
  Born	1753	Of, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	pioneer, story, slavery
  Died	CA 1830	Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario   [2]
  Eby ID Number	000131-8078
  Person ID	I13450	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Wildfong,   b. Abt 1725,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Ruth,   b. Abt 1760, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Michael Wildfong,   b. 1786, , North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jonas Wildfong,   b. 20 Oct 1790, , USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   3. Benjamin Wildfong,   b. 1792, , North Carolina ,   d. 1871, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   4. Joseph R. Wildfong,   b. 23 Dec 1796, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 23 Jun 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   5. Elias Wildfong,   b. 1800, , North Carolina ,   d. 16 Feb 1882, Laporte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States  (Age 82 years)   6. Elizabeth Wildfong,   b. 22 Apr 1803, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1891  (Age 88 years)   7. Sarah Wildfong,   b. 24 Aug 1807, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Wildfong, "was born in 1753. After he had attained the age of twenty years he was married to Susannah Ruth. During the latter part of the last century when the question of slavery was brought up and sanctioned by the state government, these Moravians were strenuously opposed to the measure, so much so that numbers of them left the state (North Carolina) and moved to Pennsylvania, "the Quaker State", while others left some years later after the independence of the thirteen colonies was declared. Among the latter number was old Jacob Wildfong, the pioneer settler (of that name) in this country. About the year 1796 he, with his wife and family of three or four children, moved north to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for six years, then he, in company with others, moved to Canada in 1802 and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west band of the Grand River a little below the Toll Bridge, on the farm now owned by Ferdinand Miller. Here he resided until his son, Jonas, took possession of the farm then he moved a little west of what is now Strasburg where he died probably as early as 1830. His family consisted of seven 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 641. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 60.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1753 - Of, North Carolina Died - CA 1830 - Near Strasburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth