Jacob Peter 1 21751 - 1804
Notes on his Revolutionary War Service
Jacob Peter was listed as a member of the 3rd Battalion of the Northhampton County Milita, 5th Co. May 1778. In 1780 he appears in the general roll for the 6th Battalion (Lt. Col. Henry Giger), 5th Company under Capt. Conrad Reader, and he is also listed as being in the 6th Battalion, 7th Company under Capt. Geo. Smather (possibly transfered). He is listed as 'willing to march' as of May 18, 1781 with the 6th Battalion Northampton County Milita, 5th Company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources for above: Electronic Source, FTM, Old Heidelberg cemetery, Peter Jacob, Pvt, 5th Co., 6th Batt, PA Militia, Rev War. Mar 22, 1751-Apr. 22, 1804 Electronic Source: Hatcher, Patricia Law: Abstract of Graves of Rev Patriots, Jacob Peter, Vol. 3, p. Serial: 10468-A; Vol. 23, Jacob Peter Electronic Source: Rev War Militia Organization: Northampton Co., PA, pp. 1, 3, 4 Electronic Source: Google Books, PA Archives, 5th Series, Vol. III. Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Harrisburg, PA, 1906, pp. 1, 78, 79, 233, 234, 423, 448,449,450, 450, 451, 452, 464, 465, 509, 510, 513, 514 Electronic Source: Rev War Military Abstract Card File Indexes, Archives, State of PA, Pater, Jacobs, Oct 26, 1780, Oct 26, 1780, July 11, 1781, 7 Jan 1766, 20 May 1785, 14 May 1778 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes: From the Peter Family History by W.K. Peter Noted events in his life were: • Naturalization, 15 Oct 1765, Heidelberg Twp. Pennsylvania. 4 • Military, 1776, Patriot From Pennsylvania. Jacob married Susanna Rex, daughter of Georg Rex and Anna Margaretha Knauss. (Susanna Rex was born on 21 Jan 1751 in Heideberg Twp, , Pennsylvania, died on 23 Aug 1823 in Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania 3 and was buried on 23 Aug 1823 in Heidelberg Cemetery Old Sect Row 12.) |
Sources
1 Wilson K. Peter, History of Peter Family (1908), Page 14.
2 Church Records, Heidelberg Union Church 1710-1783, Records 1766-1833 LDS Film 1305846 (Handwritten notes).
3 Heidelberg Union Church Cemetery
5187 Irvin Rd Slatington Pennsylvania.4 M.S. Giuseppi, Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (Vol XXIV The Huguenot Society of London 1921), page 126.