Display Patriot - P-346509 - Johann Jacob STEINBRENNER
Johann Jacob STEINBRENNER
SAR Patriot #:
P-346509
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 08 Jun 1730 Lachweiler / Wurtemberg / Germany Death: 24 May 1797 Lovettsville / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid Supply Tax in 1782 and 1783 in Loudoun County, Virginia
Additional References:
Patricia B. DuncanLoudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, Maryland. Westminster: Willow Bend Books, 2004
1782B, pg 21
1783A, pg 37
Spouse: Anna Eva Beck Children: Johann Peter; Johann Friedrich; Maria Barbara; Johann Jacob Jr; Maria Dorthea; Johann Gottlieb; Margaretha; Johann Daniel; Anna Maria;
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Johann Jacob Steinbrenner was born about 8 June 1730 in Lachweiler, Jagstkreis, Wurtemberg, Germany.1 He was a son of Johann Jacob (1705-1756), and Maria Magdalena (Sommer) Steinbrenner (1700-1746).
He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship St. Andrew on 23 September 1752 and took the Oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania.
Johann Jacob was married to Anna Eva Beck around 1757 in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Their known children:
Johann Peter was born in 1758.
Johann Friedrich was born in 1759.
Maria Barbara was born in 1761 and married Frederick Spring.
Johann Jacob, Jr. was born in 1762.
Anna Maria was born in 1764.
Maria Dorothea was born in 1765.
Johann Gottlieb was born in 1766.
Margaretha was born in 1768.
Johann Daniel was born in 1769.
Anna Maria was born in 1771.
All the children except the last were born and baptized in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Anna Maria (born 1771) was probably born and baptized in Loudoun County, Virginia; her baptism was recorded in the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick, Maryland, which maintained the church records for its daughter congregation in Loudoun County, Virginia, until 1784.
Johann Jacob first appeared on the Loudoun County Tithable list in 1771.
During the American Revolutionary War, he paid the supply tax in 1782 and 1783, as evidenced by his appearance on the Personal Property Tax Lists as “Jacob Stoneburner Sr.”2
He appeared on the 1787 Tax List (known as the “1787 Census of Virginia”) as “Jacob Stoneburner Sr.”3
Johan Jacob had a lease for lives from the Earl of Tankerville dated 1 March 1789. He likely lived on and farming the property for many years before the lease was formally executed, as this was the pattern in this community known as “The German Settlement.”
Jacob’s wife, Anna Eva, was buried on 10 January 1796 at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, aged 65.4 The Patriot was buried on 24 May 1797 at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church at age 67 years, two months, and 16 days.5
Sources:
Biographical data is from Steinbrenner/Stoneburner Family Files maintained by the Lovettsville Historical Society. Note: Some sources say that Johann Jacob was born in 1730, but others say 1736. But calculating his birth date from the data in the burial record yields a birth date of 8 March 1730.
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists Maryland. Westminster: Willow Bend Books, 2004.1782B, page 21, and 1783A, page 37.
1787 Loudoun County Personal Property Tax list. (This list is referred to as the “1787 Census of Virginia,” because it was the first time that the tax commissioner was directed to call on every taxpayer; prior to this, taxpayers took their payment to the commissioner.) Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census of Virginia, Loudoun County (Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987), “Preface” and page 35.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, “Burials,” 10 January 1796.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, “Burials,” 24 May 1797.
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