Display Patriot - P-330656 - Jacob SAYLOR/SAILOR/SEILER

Jacob SAYLOR/SAILOR/SEILER

SAR Patriot #: P-330656

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Ranger / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A209346

Birth: 30 Jan 1715 / / Germany
Death: 15 Apr 1793 / Somerset / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Suffered Depredation
  2. Ranger on the PA Frontier
  3. Gunsmith, kept County arms in repair

Additional References:
  1. PA Arch, 3rd Ser
    • Vol 7, pg 25: "Jacob Seiler (Saylor) gunsmith, kept county arms in repair"
    • Vol 22, pg 253, 255
    • Vol 23, pg 277
  2. James B Wisker: Bedford Co, PA Archives, Vol 7, pg 30
  3. NSSAR #182178. Payment of the Federal Supply Tax of 1783
  4. Closson Press, Apr 1999, pg 154: Mother Bedford and the American Rev War

Spouse: Magdalina Stald
Children: John; Ann Nancy;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2009-10-09 AZ 36391 William Robert Aurand (152678) John   
2012-09-17 MI 49565 William Grant Erb (184870) John   
2013-07-08 PA 53715 Stewart Rodrick Saylor (182178) John   
2013-08-29 PA 54889 Donald Meyers Watson Jr. (188511) John   
2016-03-08 VA 68341 John Pierce Wenrich (189682) John   
Burial:
Saylor Burial Ground (C-0204526)
Location:
/ Somerset / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2406271
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
57190065
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Old flat rock on ground; mostly illegible
  • Images provided with permission from Laura Hostetler, Find-a-Grave member # 48140527


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

located on top of the 'second hill' of the original Three Hill's estate of John Seiler. The hill is part of a reclaimed strip mine, and sits among a clump of trees



Author: Stewart R. Saylor
Jacob Saylor, or Seiler, was born 30 January 1715 in Germany and died 15 April 1793 in Somerset County, PA.
Jacob Saylor is recognized as the first Mennonite minister in Somerset County, PA. So as you might expect, he did not serve in a military unit. However, he paid the 1783 Federal Supply Tax.
Jacob married Magdalena Stald 19 March 1739. Magdalena died 27 January 1784 in Pennsylvania. We believe Jacob arrived in America 15 September 1749 on the Ship Phoenix at the port of Philadelphia, PA. They settled first in Lancaster, now Lebanon, County, PA. Their only son, John, was born 26 May 1740 in Germany and he died 01 September 1822 in Somerset County, PA. John married Catherine Berkey 27 October 1761. John settled on what is still called Saylor Hill, overlooking Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA. Jacob also owned land on Saylor Hill; but, he is believed to have made the move after the death of Magdalena. A stone in the Saylor Hill graveyard can be identified for Jacob. Two of John’s sisters raised large families in Somerset County, PA. John and Catherine are also buried on Saylor Hill.
Jacob Saylor is the 6th great grandfather of Stewart R. Saylor. The Descendants of Saylor Hill, compiled by Stewart, (ISBN: 978-0-9886458-0-6) details nine generations of this Saylor family.

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