Gen. Jacob OYSTER

Male 1736 - 1780  (44 years)


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  1. 1.  Gen. Jacob OYSTER was born 1736, New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; died 1780, Maryland.

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    • Alt Birth: 1736, New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., PA
    • Alt Death: 1780, Maryland.
    • Reference Number: 127
    • _UID: EAE23540A60841D1A824958D9837FE3FFBC2

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    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