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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),   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. Jacob ELLER, Jr.,   b. Abt 1754 or 1755, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania or Rowan County, North Carfolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Melchior (Michael, Melker, Melcher) ELLER, Sr.,   b. Between 1755 and 1758, 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  (Age ~ 86 years)
     3. Christian ELLER
     4. Christina ELLER
     5. 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)
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 21:54:32 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Barbary ? 
    Children 
     1. Eve Eller,   b. Abt 1775, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth ELLER
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 21:54:32 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    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.

    EFA Research
    Jacob Eller, Sr. and related families of Henkel, Biffle and Ketchey.    		Jacob Eller, 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.

  • 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.