Jacob Peterson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Concord, Ross Co, Ohio

Notes:

John Martin Peterson was born in Switzerland, as already stated, May 20, 1730, and came to this country with his parents July 23, 1736. After they had been in this country some time, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, as were also his three step-sisters and a Mr. Moser, and his wife, formerly Eve Elizabeth Harper. The others who had been in the party were killed by their captors, but John M., managed to escape. He made his way back to North

Carolina, and then married Miss Teeter, by whom he had
three sons and three daughters: Jacob, John (father of the subject of our sketch), Joseph, Elizabeth, married to Garrett Boots; Barbara, -married to Peter Hoffman, and Rosanna, married to David Hoffman. To return to our captives a short time: Mr. Moser was killed by an Indian with a tomahawk, while he was sitting on a log with his wife; she was kept six years a prisoner and slave, and then exchanged by the French and Indians at Upper Sandusky. She afterward was married to Jacob Peterson. After fourteen years, Anna Maria was delivered to her brother, Jacob. She went back to Virginia, and afterward to Ohio, where she died in Ross County, and was buried on the north fork of Paint Creek. The other two girls were given to the French. Annie Maria Barbara married a Frenchman named Lewis, and it is thought Lewis, the Pocky Mountain explorer, was a son of hers. Trina Bettie was taken to France, but afterward returned to Philadelphia, where she died of the mcasels. The period of the death of John Martin Peterson and Teeter Peterson is also lost, but we have assurance they lived to quite a good age.

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A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development, Volume 2
Lyle S. Evans
Lewis Publishing Company, 1917 - Ross County (Ohio)

John Martin Peterson, and he came from the State of Virginia to Ohio and identified himself with the very early settlement of this state. It is said that he first located in the wilderness where the city of Columbus now stands. That was a very unhealthy region, and on that account he moved to Ross County, and lived several years in Concord Township. Finally he moved to Indiana and spent his last years there.

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John married Rosina Teeter, (immigrant). Rosina died about 1804 in Brady Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 21 Apr 1736, Langenburg, Switzerland; certificate from church
• Immigration: 23 Jul 1736, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Bef 20 Nov 1765, Augusta Co (later Hardy Co), Virginia; oath of Allegience to King

Notes:

Jonas Peterson, sr., retired farmer, Xenia, was born in Hardy County, Virginia, September 8,1800. His great-grandfather, John Jacob Bidert, afterward corrupted into Peterson in the translation into English, was born in Barenville County, Basol-of-Laugenburg, Switzerland, January 7, 1706, of Christian parents, who were devoted to their adherence to church discipline. The early school advantage of young Hans or John were such as the poorer classes received at that day in Switzerland. August 13,1728, he was married to Sarah Mohlerin, a near neighbor girl, and by her had nine children, four of whom were born in Switzerland: Jacob, John Martin, Michael, and Sarah. July 23, 1786, he sailed for America.

History of Greene County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest and the State of Ohio
R. S. Dills
Odell & Mayer, 1881 - Greene County (Ohio) - 1018 pages

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Other-Begin:
The family record, written by the pastor in "Old High German," tells of the marriage of Hans Yacob Bidert and Sara Mohlerin, also of the names and dates of baptism of their children, with names of witnesses.

"These dates are given under the hand and seal of the pastor of the Reformed Church, John Frederick Weston."

The following certificate and address was given by the same minister to Hans Jacob or John Jacob, on his leaving Switzerland. It is still preserved in the original.

"Langenburg, April 21, 1736. This is to certify that Jacob Peterson has been an acceptable member of our church, and a citizen of Langenburg. He with his beloved wife and family of four children are moving from this place. After he may have found a pleasant home to dwell in, we pray that the Lord will be merciful to him through our Lord Jesus Christ. May he always rely on the strong arm of the Lord, then it will be well with him and his children, and may all his future conduct be such that whenever his friends in Langenburg shall hear from him, they may have the comforting assurance that the Christian life and character, which he bore while among them, shall still continue to control his life and character in the New World, where by the will of the Lord, he hopes soon to make his future home, and where he shall bid adieu to friends most dear and to his native land, and he with his dear companion and little children shall embark on the mighty ocean, we pray the Lord to grant them a safe voyage to the land they hope soon to dwell in. May the Lord, in His infinite goodness and mercy, lead them in paths of righteousness, so that when life's voyage is past, they, with us, shall land on the shore of a blessed immortality, is the prayer of your pastor, John Frederick Weston."
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Immigration:
July 23, 1786 [sic], he sailed for America. His passport was made out in due form, and on it his destination was marked as the "Island of Pennsylvania." Prior to sailing, he was presented by his pastor, N. John Fredrick Westein, with a letter recommending him and his wife and four children to the kind mercies of the people on this side of the Atlantic; asking the blessing of the Ruler of all upon them, both spiritually and temporally, and the prayer of this divine man seems to have been answered in all respects, for the family is noted for piety, and their temporal wants are fully supplied. He landed in Phildelphia, and remained in Pennsylvania some few years, and then removed to Augusta County, Virginia.

Immigration year 1786 clearly wrong.
Another book, A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of ..., Volume 2, by Lyle S. Evans,
Lewis Publishing Company, 1917 - Ross County (Ohio),
says he immigrated 23 Jul 1736. If births of children are correct, this too is maybe an error.

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also:
He married Sarah Mohlerin, February 15, 1728, and had nine children, the four oldest born in Switzerland. He sailed for America, July 23, 1736. His passport read as follows:

"The Burgomaster and Council of the City of Basil testify, herewith, that in our city and region of country there is no contagious disease, but by the grace of God we enjoy a pure air, free from all infection, and we therefore manfully request that our former citizen, Hans Yacob Bidert, who, together with his wife and four children, intend to travel first by water to Rotterdam and thence per ship to the Island of Pennsylvania, be permitted to pass and repass at all places, safely and without hinderance. Such favors we are ready, promptly to return according to our government custom.

"Given under the printed and smaller seal of our city, this twenty third day of April, 1736."

A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development, Volume 2
Lyle S. Evans
Lewis Publishing Company, 1917 - Ross County (Ohio)


Residence:
He landed in Phildelphia, and remained in Pennsylvania some few years, and then removed to Augusta County, Virginia?this county was afterwards divided, and their home was in Hardy County. In this country they had born to them five more children: Anna Maria, Trina Bettie, Annie Maria Barbara, and two children who died in infancy. In Virginia he took an oath of allegiance to Our Sovereign Lord, King George III., by the grace of God, King of Great Britain. This instrument was signed in the presence of Frau Fauquire, November 20, in the fifth year of the aforesaid sovereign's reign.
(George III took throne 25 Oct 1760; so 5th year would be 1765))

Hans married Sarah Mohlerin (Mohler or Moler), (immigrant) on 13 Feb 1728 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. Sarah (daughter of Marti (Martin) Mohler (Moler), (As-DNA-5th-8th) and Barbara Hoffinger, (immigrant)) was born in 1711 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland; died in 1787 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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another Mohler website
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mohlerfamilytree/wills/article.htm

Marti married Barbara Hoffinger, (immigrant) in 1697 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. Barbara was born in 1675 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland; died after 1720 in Hardy, Bedford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]