Jacob was born in 1757 in Strassburg, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Rhein, Germany, the son of Christian Luther Sr and Maria Christina Kelp.
He died in SEP 1836 in Clay County, Indiana.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Sarah Linton, who he married in ABT 1786 in Frederick Co. MD. Their eight known children were Jacob J (1786-1866), Barbara (c1797-?), George (c1789-1858), Alllie (c1800-?), Samuel (1802-1872), Michael (1803-1864), Thomas (1804-1839) and Mary Polly (1815->1880).
His second wife was Elizabeth , who he married in 1785 in Frederick, Maryland. They had no known children.
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| Birth | 1757 |
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| Death | SEP 1836 |
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Note 1
4x GGrandfather
Note found on LDS Family Search Center:
Managed a wagon train that supplied the infantry company his brothers served in during the Revolutionary War.
Note 2
found on familysearch.org:
All of the information for this family came from Roberta Hofman, 3115 North Alice, Batesville Arkansas, dated October 1980. She didn't saythe source of her information. I also found a Family Group Sheet inthe LDS Archives, submitted by Elden Russell Kenison of Los Angeles ,CA, abt 1958. He quotes a Family record of Dovea Meyers and a letter by Peter Luther of Brazil, Indiana, to Clifford Luther, dated 28 Aug1913. Mr Kenison's ancestor was Marilda or Allie who married Jacob Kendall, but he has her birth date as 1827, which must surely be an error. On 30 October 1832, Jacob appeared before the Clay County circuit court, to apply for a pension for Revolutionary War service. At that time he was a resident of Bowling Green. He first entered the service in December, 1770, at the time the Hessians were defeated. He was awagoner for the military. He volunteered at Fredericktown MD in Captain William Duvold's Co.. He was marched to Philadelphia, PA, then with other wagoners ordered by land to Trenton, the troops having gone by water to said place. He remained in the service at that time until March 1779. He also served several additional short terms. The last term appears to have been in the year 1781 when he with his wagon and team was again pressed into service by Captain Coleman of Staunton, VA, at Georgetown Maryland to carry baggage and provisions to Fredericktown, where he was again discharged. He said that he had no papers to support this service.However, Wesley Jones, James Downing, Mordecai Denney, and David Thomas testified that they were well acquainted with Jacob, and that he had the reputation of a revolutionary soldier in the neighborhood.
(Unfortunately, no family information was included with this deposition. He did say he was 75 years old, from which we know that he was born in 1757. We also learned from this that he lived in Fredericktown MD during the war.)
One of the officers named in the affadavit was a Capt Hillary, for whom, it is thought, his son and grandson were named.
Note 3
All of the information for this family came from Roberta Hofman, 3115 North Alice, Batesville Arkansas, dated October 1980. She didn't saythe source of her information. I also found a Family Group Sheet inthe LDS Archives, submitted by Elden Russell Kenison of Los Angeles ,CA, abt 1958. He quotes a Family record of Dovea Meyers and a letter by Peter Luther of Brazil, Indiana, to Clifford Luther, dated 28 Aug1913. Mr Kenison's ancestor was Marilda or Allie who married Jacob Kendall, but he has her birth date as 1827, which must surely be an error. On 30 October 1832, Jacob appeared before the Clay County circuit court, to apply for a pension for Revolutionary War service. At that time he was a resident of Bowling Green. He first entered the service in December, 1770, at the time the Hessians were defeated. He was a wagoner for the military. He volunteered at Fredericktown MD in Captain William Duvold's Co.. He was marched to Philadelphia, PA, then with other wagoners ordered by land to Trenton, the troops having gone by water to said place. He remained in the service at that time until March 1779. He also served several additional short terms. The last term appears to have been in the year 1781 when he with his wagon and team was again pressed into service by Captain Coleman of Staunton, VA, at Georgetown Maryland to carry baggage and provisions to Fredericktown, where he was again discharged. He said that he had no papers to support this service.However, Wesley Jones, James Downing, Mordecai Denney, and David Thomas testified that they were well acquainted with Jacob, and that he had the reputation of a revolutionary soldier in the neighborhood.
(Unfortunately, no family information was included with this deposition. He did say he was 75 years old, from which we know that he was born in 1757. We also learned from this that he lived in Fredericktown MD during the war.)
One of the officers named in the affadavit was a Capt Hillary, for whom, it is thought, his son and grandson were named.