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    George Jacob Horter

    Male 1733 - 1806  (73 years)


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    • Name George Jacob Horter 
      Born 03 Jul 1733  Speyer, Oberlustadt, Germersheim, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
      Gender Male 
      Milit-Beg Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      • Revolutionary War
      Immigration 15 Sep 1749  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      • Ship "Phoenix", John Mason, master from Rotterdam.||
      Will 16 Jan 1804  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      • Title: Victualler, Sr. BookPage: 1:541 Remarks: Jacob Hortter, Senr. Germantown Township, City of Philadelphia. Victualler. Land in Germantown Township which Jacob Gorgas and Catharine his wife by indenture conveyed to me to be held by dau. Catharine Gorgas. Residue of estate to his five children, George Hortter, sd. Catharine Gorgas, Barbara Paul, Mary Smith and Jacob Hortter, Junr. Exec: Son George and son-in-law Frederick Smith. Codicil: Feb. 6, 1804. Increases amount to his grandchildren, children of dau. Catharine (names not given). Witnesses to codicil: Jacob Good and Jacob Keely.
      Occupation 1806  Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
      Victualler 
      Died 16 Aug 1806  Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
      Will Proved 28 Aug 1806  Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • House still stands in 2002 on 6643 Germantown Ave.

        Residence: Germantown Township, Philadelphia, PA Description: Decedent Date: 16 1 1804 Prove Date: 28 8 1806 Title: Victualler, Sr. BookPage: 1:541 Remarks: Jacob Hortter, Senr. Germantown Township, City of Philadelphia. Victualler. Land in Germantown Township which Jacob Gorgas and Catharine his wife by indenture conveyed to me to be held by dau. Catharine Gorgas. Residue of estate to his five children, George Hortter, sd. Catharine Gorgas, Barbara Paul, Mary Smith and Jacob Hortter, Junr. Exec: Son George and son-in-law Frederick Smith. Codicil: Feb. 6, 1804. Increases amount to his grandchildren, children of dau. Catharine (names not given). Witnesses to codicil: Jacob Good and Jacob Keely
      Person ID I5165  My Family Tree
      Last Modified 15 Feb 2010 

      Father George Horter,   b. Abt 1703, Speyer, Oberlustadt, Germersheim, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1764, Speyer, Oberlustadt, Germersheim, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
      Mother Anna Barbara,   b. Abt 1708, Speyer, Oberlustadt, Germersheim, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Bef 1729  [1
      Family ID F2362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Maria Magdalena Rausch,   b. 18 Dec 1734, Kassel, Hessen, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Dec 1796, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
      Married 18 Jul 1753  Germantown Reformed Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      Children 
       1. Johannes Horter,   b. 27 Dec 1755, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. Catharine Horter,   b. 09 May 1758, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1815, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
      +3. Barbara Ann Horter,   b. 18 Sep 1764, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1845  (Age 80 years)
       4. Maria Magdelena Horter,   b. 30 Jan 1767, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
      +5. George E. Horter,   b. 20 Oct 1769, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1840, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
       6. Jacob Horter,   b. 10 Feb 1773, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Jan 1845, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
      Last Modified 30 Apr 2020 
      Family ID F2164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBorn - 03 Jul 1733 - Speyer, Oberlustadt, Germersheim, Bayern, Germany Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsMilit-Beg - - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsImmigration - 15 Sep 1749 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsWill - 16 Jan 1804 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsOccupation - Victualler - 1806 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Aug 1806 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsWill Proved - 28 Aug 1806 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    • Sources 
      1. [S213] Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsy, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, (Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 112 & 114 North 12th St. Phiadelphia, PA, Jan 1895).

      2. [S131] Ancestral File, LDS.

      3. [S212] Early Pennsylvania Land Records- Minutes of the bo, William Henry Egle, (Originally published as Volume XIX, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives Harrisburg, PA 1893. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD 1976).

      4. [S210] Will of Jaco Horter, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania, Jacob Horter, (Will Book 1 page 541).