Name:             Jacob HERMAN

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Birth:               abt 1693          Germany

Death:              May 1764        Virginia

 

Jacob HERMAN (abt 1693 - May 1764) & Catrina (abt 1700 - )

    Marie Elizabeth HERMAN (22 Oct 1742 - 17 Jan 1830) & George Adam MANN (16 Mar 1734 - 24 May 1821)

        John George MANN (20 Jul 1771 - 17 Oct 1846) & Elizabeth JONES (1773 - 16 May 1864)

            Jacob MANN (11 Oct 1796 - 2 Dec 1871) & Elizabeth EARLYWINE (19 May 1803 - 5 May 1865)

                Elizabeth Ellen MANN (21 Mar 1836 - 14 Dec 1906) & George Washington MACHLAN (1832 - 1912)

                    Joshua Newton MACHLAN* (17 Oct 1859 - 8 May 1936) & Mary Ellen ARNEY (1861 - 1935)

                        Linnie Ellen MACHLAN* (30 Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974) & Everett Elmer WALKER (1882 - 1948)

                            Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

 

Misc. Notes

Note that the history of the Herman family is closely related to that for the Mann family. See the bio for George Bernhart Mann for additional discussion. Note also that much of this material is taken from the book by Dorothy Knoff:

 

After the arrival of the Mann family in 1732, another group of Palatines arrived on September 28, 1733, aboard the Brigantine "Richard and Elizabeth". There were 43 families, with 137 persons, and included in the list of passengers was one Jacob Harmon, age 40. He was traveling with his wife Catherina, and children Dewald, Catherina, Barbara, Jacob, Hance, and Hance Peter. He also signed the oaths, but in his case it was with a mark instead of a signature. Based in part on the name, and in part on the names of those the family was traveling with, this family may have been of Swiss origin, and they may have settled in the Palatinate for one generation before moving to America.

 

We find "Jacob Herman" in the records of the same Trinity Lutheran Church as the Mann family. Jacob and his wife sponsor the baptism of one of the Mann daughters. And on December 21, 1742, George Bernhardt Mann and his wife  sponsor the baptism of the Hermans' daughter Maria Elizabeth, born October 22, 1742. This Elizabeth is also our ancestor through her ultimate marriage to the Manns' son, George Adam.

 

The Hermans moved to Virginia at about the same time as the Manns, and acquired adjacent lands – see the Mann family notes on land ownership and the involvement of the official Anglican church in civil matters. The Anglican church (Augusta Parish) also had the duty to assign orphans to suitable homes. Their records show that on May 21, 1750 the orphan Elizabeth Smith, age 4, was bound to Jacob Herman. And on September 18, 1758, orphan Philip Williams was also bound to him.

 

"In the settlements the first tradesman needed was the miller. One of the first, and possibly THE first miller in the settlement beside the Peaked Mountain, was Jacob Harmon. The mill was a gathering place for the community, a good place to catch up on the news and gossip and a center for meeting friends."

 

Jacob died in May of 1764. His will was entered into the court record on May 13, and reads in part as follows:

 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN September the 18th 1761 I Jacob Harmon Senr of the County of Augusta and Coloney of VirginiaÉ I give and BequeathÉ

To my wife Catrina Harman, two acres and a half between my dwelling house and where son Peter lives, etc.

To son Jacob Harman, one hundred thirty-four acres together with the millÉ

To my daughter Elizabeth HarmanÉ

To my wife the third part of my personal estate that remains after my debts are paid; the remainder to be equally divided among my four daughters and two grandchildren, Phillip William and Madlina Price that is to say divided into five parts and the one fifth into two parts for the two Grand Children.

To the use of the Church near the Meeting house now built two acres of Land forever.

I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Dearly Beloved wife Catrina and Peter Herman my Son my whole and Sole Exrs in this my Last will and TestamentÉ"

At a Court held for Augusta County May the 13th 1764 this last will and Testament of Jacob Hermon deced was provedÉ"

 

Spouse:           Catrina

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Birth:               abt 1700          Germany

 

Misc. Notes

Another source suggests name was ÒCaterina PauschenÓ. Another Catrina Mann. I have not found any real evidence either way. (LFC)

 

 

Children

Jacob HERMAN (abt 1693 - May 1764) & Catrina (abt 1700 - )

    Dewald HERMAN (abt 1720 - )

    Catherina HERMAN (abt 1722 - )

    Barbara HERMAN (abt 1725 - )

    Jacob HERMAN (abt 1727 - bef 1792)

    John ÒHanceÓ HERMAN (abt 1730 - )

    Catherine Barbara HERMAN (1733 - )

    Hance Peter HERMAN (abt 1733 - )

    Margaret HERMAN (abt 1734 - )

    Anna Maria HERMAN (29 Aug 1737 - )

    Marie Elizabeth HERMAN (22 Oct 1742 - 17 Jan 1830) & George Adam MANN (16 Mar 1734 - 24 May 1821)

 

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