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Immigrant Jacob ELLER, Sr.

Immigrant Jacob ELLER, Sr.

Male - 1782

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  • Name Jacob ELLER 
    Prefix Immigrant 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born German Palatinate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1782  Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3  Jacob Eller
    Links To This person is also Jacob ELLER, Sr. (I3352) in the Christian Eller tree on this site  
    Links To This person is also John Jacob ELLER (I15) in the Matthes Eller tree on this site  
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 

    Family 1 Maria Eva GETCHEY (KETCHEY / Goettgen),   b. 17 Aug 1732, Palatinate Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 11 Dec 1753  Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • in St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
    Children 
     1. John Jacob "Jake" ELLER, Jr.,   b. Abt 1754 or 1755, Montgomery County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. John Melcher (Michael, Melker, Melchior) ELLER, Sr.,   b. 1856, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1841, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Christian ELLER
     4. Christina ELLER
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Barbary ? 
    Notes 
    • There is general agreement that Eve Eller is one of Jacob's children by the second wife, Barbary. Other research suggests children Elizabeth and Frederick. They are, however, not mentioned in Jacob's will.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth ELLER,   b. 1772/73
    +2. Frederick ELLER,   b. Abt 1767, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1832, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    +3. Eve Getchey Eller,   b. 1780-1781, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835, Fayette County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 14 May 2020 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Eller, Johann Jacob (abt 1705-1782)     		Eller, Johann Jacob (abt 1705-1782)
    Will and other court documents

    EFA Research - Other
    German Naming Customs    		German Naming Customs
    Why there might be more than one child in a family with the same first name.
    'The Eller Family in Germany: Who, Where and When?'    		"The Eller Family in Germany: Who, Where and When?"
    by Harvey Powers
    A look at published research on Eller ancestors in Germany
    The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road     		The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
    The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road and the associated Wilderness Road were the most important frontier roads in western North Carolina during the eighteenth century.

    EFA Research - People
    Eller, Jacob Sr. and related families of Henkel, Biffle and Ketchey.    		Eller, Jacob Sr. and related families of Henkel, Biffle and Ketchey.
    A major research article on the Jacob Eller, Sr. Line presented by J. Gerald Eller to the EFA 1993 Conference in Oregon.
    'Descendants of Casper Eller'    		"Descendants of Casper Eller"
    Research by Rebecca Banks posted on Genealogy.com. This traces the line from John Jacob Eller to the Banks family. Contact: hollyhock1@mindspring.com

    Maps
    Rowan County, North Carolina map    		Rowan County, North Carolina map
    Map of Rowan County, NC showing the land of Jacob, Melchior & Christian Eller. From a 1953 map produced by David Rendleman based on property-owners in 1786.

    Web Links
    Eller, Jacon (Immigrant)    		Eller, Jacon (Immigrant)
    My Heritage Webpage --
    Hammarquist Web Site --
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    Eller, Jacob (Immigrant)    		Eller, Jacob (Immigrant)
    Wiki Tree Website --
    Griffin Database ---
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    Eller, Jacob (Immigrant)    		Eller, Jacob (Immigrant)
    WikiTree Webpage --
    Joseph Eller Family Tree --
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  • Notes 
    • Some time between 1753 when he married in Montgomery County,Pennsylvania, and 1761 when his deed for land in Rowan County, NorthCarolina, was recorded, he traveled with his family down the GreatWagon Road to colonial North Carolina. The date of his arrival inNorth Carolina is unrecorded but probably came a few years before1761.