Gen. Jacob OYSTER^[1]

1736 - 1780  (44 years)

• Name	Gen. Jacob OYSTER
  Prefix	Gen.
  Born	1736	New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  Alt Birth	1736	New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA
  Alt Death	1780	Maryland.
  Reference Number	127
  _UID	EAE23540A60841D1A824958D9837FE3FFBC2
  Died	1780	Maryland
  Person ID	I127	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Johan George OYSTER,   b. 1 Mar 1703, Wurtemberg, ,   d. 31 Aug 1789, District Township, PA.  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Catharine ARENDTS,   b. Abt 1708,   d. Bef 1789, District Township, PA  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	Abt 1728
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Alt Death: 1780 Maryland. Alt Birth: 1736 New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA Alt Birth: 1736 New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA Alt Birth: 1736 New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA Married a Magdalena Burkhouse and about 1761 moved to Abbottstown, York County, PA. He was a wagon captain during the Revolutionary War. In 1780 he left his older children in Abbottstown, his wife had died, he went to Adamstown in Lancaster County and left two younger children with relatives there. Jacob then left for Virginia to buy a farm but never returned. It was rumored later that a man was murdered on the Baltimore Road, and the family presumed it was him. Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] The Eyster Family, Anita L. Eyster, (Published in 1935 in the Historical Review of Berks County.).