Jacob Blough Sr. 1380
- Born: 1736, Berne, Bern, Switzerland 1380
- Marriage (1): Anna Maria Kauffman
- Died: 3 Sep 1810, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 74 1380
- Buried: Keim Cemetery (Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA) 1804
General Notes:
Jacob came to Philadelphia in 1750 on the ship Brotherhood with his father, brother Christian and sisters Elizabeth and Freena. Jacob served in the Revolutioary War from 1778-1782 as a private, serving for Pennsylvania. On May 6, 1772, he received a warrant for 60 acres in Lancaster Co., PA. In 1782 he paid tax on 150 acres. On January 29, 1788 he purchased 100 acres from Thomas Vickery of Bedford County, PA in what is now Quemahoning Twp., Somerset County. Jacob Blough's descendents are known as the Quemahoning branch of the family. This distinguishes them from the Berlin branch who descended from his brother, Christian Blough.
Jacob Blough was said to have been a large man, six feet tall, and weighing over 300 pounds. D.D. Blough believed that Anna Kauffman was Amish and that Jacob joined the Amish church. But he left that church and joined the Mennonites after he was expelled "because on one occasion when the men's side of the church house was full he sat on the women's side, and was not willing to acknowledge any error on his part when brought before the church authorities."
Source: The Blough Family History, Marjorie Blocher Kinsey, Evansville, IN 1989 1380
Life Events:
1. Military: Revolutionary War (Private), 1778-1782. 1380 According to DAR Lineage Book, V. 96 pp. 207-208 Jacob Blough served from 1778-1782 as a private in the Pennsylvania troops during the Revolutionary War, in Captain Patrick Hays Company, and Col. John Rodgers Regt.
Jacob married Anna Maria Kauffman, daughter of John S. Kauffman and Anna Bomberger. (Anna Maria Kauffman was born in 1736 in Berne, Bern, Switzerland,1380 died in 1815 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA 1380 and was buried in Keim Cemetery (Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA) 1805.)
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