Jacob Gearhart

1735 - 1813  (78 years)

• Name	Jacob Gearhart  [1]
  Born	1735	Strasbourg, Alsace, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1753	America   [1]
  From Rotterdam, Ship Patience
  Property	Abt. 1760	Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Colony   [3]
  Residence	Bef. 1780	Warren County, New Jersey Colony   [1]
  Military Service	1775-1780  [4]
  Revolutionary War
  Began service with Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Company, part of the Second Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia commanded by Colonel Joseph Beavers.  He entered as a a private, and was later promoted to ensign and captain.  Jacob was one of the two New Jersey men chosen by General George Washington to take charge of the boats used in the crossing of the Delaware River on the night of 25 Dec 1776, when troops attacked the Hessian camp at Trenton, New Jersey.  After the crossing, these two men were placed in charge of the boats, with orders to destroy them should the attack fail.  In January 1777, Jacob served at Pittstown under Colonel Joseph Beavers.  In March 1777, he served at Millstone under Lt. Colonel Abraham Bonnell.  In October 1777, Jacob again served at Pittstown.  He took part in the battle of the Brandywine and spent the winter of 1777-78 with General George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.  In February 1778, Jacob served at Elizabethtown under Colonel Silvanus Seely.  In June and July 1778, he served in Monmouth County, New Jersey under Colonel Beavers.  He was on the rolls in July 1780 and served under Major Samuel Growyendyke that August. [4]
  Residence	Aft. 1790	Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Buried	1813	Mahoning Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Danville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  	This cemetery is now called Memorial Park. There is no evidence for the location of his grave.
  Died	14 Jan 1813	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Death Other	14 Mar 1813	Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I59317	Runkle
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family	Catherine Kline,   b. 22 Dec 1740, Switzerland ,   d. 29 Dec 1825, Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt. 1760	Hunterdon County, New Jersey Colony
  Children	+ 1. Jacob Gearhart,   b. 7 Jan 1763, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1841, Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
  Headstones		Jacob Gearhart and Catharine Kline, Memorial Jacob and Catharine are reported to have been buried in Mahoning Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Danville, Pennsylvania, which is now Memorial Park, but no record or trace of their grave sites exists. This monument was placed in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in 1948. Plot: Mt. Vernon Cemetery
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F22855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Immigration - From Rotterdam, Ship Patience - 1753 - America Property - Abt. 1760 - Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Colony Married - Abt. 1760 - Hunterdon County, New Jersey Colony Residence - Bef. 1780 - Warren County, New Jersey Colony Residence - Aft. 1790 - Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - 1813 - Mahoning Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Danville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 14 Jan 1813 - Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Death Other - 14 Mar 1813 - Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S265] The Runkle Family, Benjamin Van Dorn Fisher, (T.A. Wright, New York, 1899), pp. 64-66, Margaret Runkle. Transcribed by James H. Culbert [S906] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg, 19 Jan 2022. [S587] Jacob Gearhart's Smokehouse, Marfy Goodspeed, (Goodspeed House Histories, Flemington, New Jersey, U.S.A.), p. 6, 26 Feb 2007. Here it states that, about 1760, "Jacob and Catherine come into possession of land in Kingwood, later part of Joseph Bishop's 312 acres." On 2 Jun 1767 Daniel Coxe, Esq., of Trenton, sold 106 acres of woodland to Philip and John Grandin, of Lebanon, "lying over the [Raritan] river in Kingwood," which was bordered on the south by land owned by Jacob Gerhart. [Hunterdon Co. Historical Society Ms. Deed 0018/I-089]. This land was either purchased from Daniel Coxe, or conveyed to Jacob by his father-in-law, Herman Kline, who purchased it from Daniel Coxe. No deeds exist for this time period in order to clarify this. [S586] Families of Jacob Gearhart, Founder of the Family In America, And His Son, Jacob Gearhart II, Captain in the American Revolution (The), Edna Bonham Gearhart, (personal manuscript), LDS Film # 1036303., Certificate of Military Service of Jacob Gearhart, Office of the Adjutant General, State of New Jersey, Trenton, 30 Oct 1939. [S588] A Genealogist's Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Joseph A. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, (Joseph A. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser), Mount Vernon Cemetery, Riverside, Rush Township, Vol. II, pp. 63-65.