Dedicated to Peter and Catherina (Trauger) Jacoby

This page is dedicated to
PETER
AND
CATHERINA (TRAUGER) JACOBY

Peter Jacoby was born on January 1, 1759 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Conrad and Johanna (Riegel) Jacoby.
Catherina (Trauger) Jacoby was born on September 29, 1763 in Nockamixon township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Johann Christian Dracker and Anna Barbara Stein.
Peter and Catherina were married around 1781 and were parents of eleven known children:
1. John Jacoby
b: ca 1781
d. Unknown
m. Unknown

2. Elizabeth Jacoby
b: Dec 08, 1782
d: May 09, 1859
m. George Hartman
b: Feb 27, 1776
d: Feb 24, 1838
m: Mar 20, 1803
Children of Elizabeth and George include:
2a. Rachel Hartman b: Jul 06, 1810 d. Unknown m1. Jonas Bissey m2. Edmond Jones m: 1844
2b. John William Hartman b: Mar 05, 1807 d: Mar 07, 1848 m. Susannah Fulmer b: Jun 30, 1811 d: Aug 21, 1895
2c. Catherine Hartman b: Dec 30, 1803 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2d. Maria Hartman b: Jun 14, 1805 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2e. Anna Hartman b: Oct 08, 1808 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2f. Joseph Hartman b: 1812 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2g. Elizabeth Hartman b: Mar 10, 1814 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2h. Jacoby Hartman b: Apr 20, 1816 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2i. Samuel Hartman b: Apr 24, 1818 d. Unknown m. Unknown
2j. David Hartman b: Jul 14, 1820 d. Unknown m. Unknown

3. Mary Jacoby
b: ca 1785
d. Unknown
m. Jacob Hartman

4. Benjamin Jacoby
b: Sep 09, 1786
d: Oct 29, 1850
m. Margaret Landes
m: 1809
Children of Benjamin and Margaret include:
4a. Peter L. Jacoby b: Feb 09, 1813 d: Jul 03, 1876 m. Barbara Shelly d: Jun 12, 1904 m: Aug 20, 1837
4b. Samuel Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. Unknown
4c. Catherine Jacoby b. 1812 d. 1897 m. Aaron Heckman
4d. Caroline Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. John Schlieffer
4e. Susannah Jacoby b. Unknwon d. Unknown m. Samuel Fulmer
4f. Anna Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. Unknown
4g. Benjamin L. Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. Unknown
4h. John L. Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. Unknown
4i. Levi L. Jacoby b. Unknown d. Unknown m. Unknown

5. Barbara Jacoby
b: ca 1788
d. "Died in early youth"
m. Unknown

6. Catherine Jacoby
b: Oct 11, 1791
d: Jan 08, 1862
m. Fredrick Laubach

7. Hannah Jacoby
b: Oct 26, 1794
d: Nov 17, 1849
m. George Overpeck

8. Sarah Jacoby
b: ca 1795
d. "died in early youth"
m. Unknown

9. Peter Jacoby
b: ca 1797
d. Unknown
m. Unknown

10. Samuel Jacoby
b: ca 1799
d. Unknown
m. Unknown

11. Susannah Jacoby
b: ca 1801
d. Unknown
m. Jacob Schleiffer

Peter Jacoby was a blacksmith and farmer. He had learned the blacksmith trade from his father. Peter either purchased or was given land to him by his father near Durham, Pennsylvania where he lived out his life. He was a member, trustee and elder of the Durham Reformed Church. In 1815, while serving as a juror, Peter turned ill and died.
Cathrina died on September 4, 1844 in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is buried in the Durham Church Cemetery.

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From the book "History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania," 1913:

"Peter Jacobi, the second son of Conrad and Hannah (Reigel) Jacoby, was born Jan. 1, 1759. He, like his father, was a blacksmith and farmer. He bought from his father, 70 acres of land in Durham township, in 1792, and subsequently purchased several additional smaller tracts. While attending court at Doylestown, the count seat, as a juror, he contracted a fever, from which he died on March 11, 1815.

Peter Jacoby married Catherine Trauger, born Sept. 29, 1763, and died Sept. 4 1844, daughter of Christian and Anna Trauger, of Bucks county. Issue: John, elizabeth, Mary, Benjamin, Barbara, Catherine, Hannah, Sarah, Peter, Samuel, and Susanna Jacoby. Barbara and Sara died in early youth."

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