Jacob Etzberger

Male 1688 - 1745  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Jacob Etzberger 
    Born Oct 1688  Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Oct 1688 
    Immigration prelist 
    Etzberger, Jacob - prelist
    Etzberger, Jacob - prelist
    Eighteenth Century Emigrants Vol 1 The Northern Kraichgau, Annette Kunselman Burgert
    Naturalization 19 May 1739 
    Died 18 Aug 1745  Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Estate 23 Aug 1745  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Will and Testament of Jacob Ertsberger
    Written: November 10th 1743
    Probated: August 18th 1745
    Heirs: Ertsberger
    Others: Reis, Klots / Glots / Gloss, Weiser, Herchelroad, Winerich, Diefenbach, Schaeffer, Rith

    In the Name of God Amen
    Whereas I Jacob Ertsberger of Tulpehockin in Lancaster County tooke it to heart That all men Must die and the uncertainty of the time, I thought fit to order my house having yet my perfect understanding and Memory Thanks be to The Almighty god who will for Jesus Christ sake take my Soul into the Everlasting rest and let my Body be a part taker in the resurrection of The Righteousness.
    What belongs to my little wordly Effects I give to my wife Dorothea a full third part of my Moveable Estate and a Third part of the plantation during her life time.
    Unto my Sons Jacob Ertsberger and Philip Ertsberger I give all my land with the Buildings and Improvements and all what belongs to it and all the rest of my Moveables for ever & ever to the use of themselves Their heirs and assigns to be Equally divided between my said sons notwithstanding one is the first Born. On Condition that my said sons Jacob & Philip pay to Each of My daughters to wit Magdalina Ertsberger, Anna Maria Ertsberger, Catrina Ertsberger and Margreda Ertsberger the sum of forty pound Currant money of pennsilvania within three years after they are Married it shall be paid to Each of them by my said Sons, I annul all former wills and testaments made by me and declare this to be my last will and testament only. And I ordain my loving friends Valentine Herchelroad and frants Winerich for my Executors to Execute this my last will In Consideration whereof I have set my hand & seal done in the year of Christ one tousand Seven Hundred and Forty Three. The tenth of November

    Signed Sealed and Declared
    For his last will & testament Jacob Ertsberger
    In the presence of us His Mark

    Michael Reis
    Ludwig Klots - Conrad Weiser

    A true Copy truly transcribed by Conrad Weiser


    It is the will of the Testator that if his wife Dorothea within Mentioned should happen to die before his youngest daughter Margreta become twelve years of age, ten pound over and above the within Mentioned Sum setled on her shall be paid to her out of his Estate on the same Condition. Witness his hand & seal the 18 of Nov. 1743

    Witnesses present his
    Michael Reis Jur Jacob Ertsberger
    Ludwig Glots absent mark
    Conrad Weiser

    Heidelberg 18 Aug 1745. Then personally appeared Mich?l Reis one of the witnesses to the foregoing will of Jacob Ertsberger deceased & a witness to the Codicil of the said Jacob to the said will subjoined & on his oath did declare he saw & heard Jacob Ertsberger the Testator therein named Sign Seal Publish & Declare the same will to be his Last will & Testament. & that at the doing thereof he was of Sound Mind Memory & understanding to the best of his knowledge and did hear him declare the Same Codicil for & as a part of his said Last will & Testament and that Lodwig Gloss the other Witness to this will & codicil did Sign his Name as a witness in the presence of & at the request of the Testator.
    Coram
    Conrad Weiser
    By authority from
    Wm Plumsted Reg. Gen. 
    Notes 
    • Listed in 18th century emigrants from Northern Kraichgau (~10 miles southwest of Heidelberg). Gives parents of Jacob and Dorothea. Marriage of Magdalena to Gottfried. Will lists Jacob, Philip, Catrina and Margaretha)

      Unresolved problem with children's birthdates as reported by Burgette and others.
    Person ID I008117  Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 

    Father Jacob Etzberger,   b. estimated 1660, Rütlingen, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elisabetha Krafft,   b. estimated 1660, Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Jan 1683  Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F03255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Dorothea Schöffer,   b. Jul 1698, Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 May 1722  Zuzenhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Philip Etsberger,   b. estimated 1726, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Jacob Etschberger,   b. 13 Feb 1724, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1806  (Age 82 years)
    +3. Maria Magdalena Etsberger,   b. 13 Sep 1724, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1810, Rehrersburg, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Catrina Etsberger,   b. about 1727, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Anna Maria Etsberger,   b. about 1729, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1816  (Age ~ 87 years)
     6. Margaretha Etsberger,   b. about 1730
    Family ID F02221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart


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