Display Patriot - P-163906 - Jacob GANO

Jacob GANO

SAR Patriot #: P-163906

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A043530

Birth: 1735 prob / / PA
Death: 07 Aug 1812 Warriors Mark Twp / Huntingdon / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. NSDAR cites
    • CAPT, MAJ JOHN SHAVER, LCOL HUGH DAVIDSON, BEDFORD CO MILITIA, 6TH CO, 2ND BATT, PA
    • SUFFERED DEPREDATION

Additional References:
  1. DAR Patriot Index, pg 259
  2. PA ARCH
    • 3rd Series, Vol 22, pg 220-221
    • 5th Series, Vol 5, pg 85, 87

Spouse: Elizabeth Armitage
Children: Jeremiah C; Samuel; Sarah; James
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1968-09-30 IA Unassigned Virgil Edward Gano (97528) Jeremiah   
1972-09-01 IA Unassigned Dennis Edward Gano (102933) Jeremiah   
1997-03-18 IA 202164 Jackie Lynn Gano (147937) Jeremiah   
1997-03-18 IA 202165 Jeffrey Stephen Gano (147938) Jeremiah   
2004-02-11 IA 18654 Michael Edward Gano (161974) Jeremiah   
2014-07-24 PA 59761 William Edgar Harry (191728) Samuel   
2014-07-24 PA 59762 Nathaniel Gabriel Harry (191729) Samuel   
2015-12-11 OH 67298 Franklin Roy Ganoe (197187) Jacob   
2015-12-11 OH 67299 Barry Lynn Ganoe (197188) Jacob   
2017-06-09 WA 75297 Samuel David Keeler (203185) Sarah   
2018-02-09 CA 78198 Harinder (Randy) Singh Dhindsa (202070) Sarah   
2019-12-06 CA 88273 Jackson Thiago Singh Dhindsa (205356) Sarah   
2019-12-06 CA 88283 Tighe Jameson Singh Dhindsa (205355) Sarah   
Burial:
Burket Cemetery (C-0373999)
Location:
Warriors Mark / Huntingdon / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44481
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
61871745
Marker Type:
Original Marble Upright
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Jacob Gano's gravestone photo with permission of Robert P. Addleman, PhD, as submitted by Eric Templeton, #210167
  • per Find-a-Grave
    • Died Aged 77 yrs 3 mos 7 dys
    • Capt., Rev. War


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: William E. Harry
Jacob Gano’s family’s surname was formerly Gerenaux. Frances’ Gerenaux was a member of the sect of Huguenots or French Protestants who were so bitterly persecuted in that country. In 1685, The Gerenaux’s Patriarch, after his family was destroyed, secretly made plans to reach the Island of Guernsey and by friends there was secreted in a shipping hogshead for a fortnight awaiting the departure of a sailing vessel bound for America.
Finally making it to Boston Harbor. He proceeded to New Rochelle, NY, where there was a colony of Huguenots. When upon reach that settlement he exclaimed. “I have been expelled from my birthplace and m property has been taken from me for one aggression - a love for the Bible and its teachings. Let my name change with the circumstances.” He adopted the name of Gano, the English pronunciation of Gerenaux, which has been used by the family ever since.
Jacob was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and was buried in Burket Cemetery, Warriors’ Mark, Huntingdon Co., Pa. Captain 1777 Pa. militia under Lt. Colonel Hugh Davidson and Major John Shaver in Huntingdon Twp. Bedford Co. 6th Co. 2nd Bn.
Jacob Gano was an early pioneer in central Pennsylvania, where he was reported to have been born 30 May 1735, on a farm, on Duck Creek, New Castle County, Delaware. Jacob Gano was in Bedford County as early as the Revolutionary War by the Penna.
According to reports, Jacob was still in Bedford Co. after the war," where a register Huntingdon in the olden Time-- The assessment of Huntingdon township, Bedford, Co. for 1782 gives the names of the following persons, owners of lots and taxable livestock,.....Jacob Gano 1 house, 2 lots, 1 horse, 1 cattle, and no sheep where in the same neighborhood, Jacob Gano lived and was one of the first settlers in the township".

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