Jacob Keagy Sr. (1719 - 1788)

Born 13 Sep 1719 in Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 28 Dec 1788 at age 69 in Heidelberg, York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

"Jacob Keagy was m. to Feronica Stehman ... and had three sons and one daughter." - Franklin Keagy, "A history of the Kägy relationship in America" Page 46 [1]

The date provided by Mr. Keagy is definitely wrong, but otherwise this information fits with other sources.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

History of Lancaster Co PA, Ellis & Evans, 1883

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Personal Files of Prof. K. Edward Lay:

Richard W. Davis: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/e/n/Carole-Henson-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0436.html He wrote his will on 10 Nov 1787 and it was proved 14 Feb 1789. He married first by 1756, Fronica Stoneman, daughter of Joseph Steinman. His wife at the time that he made his will was Barbara. He left his book of Martyrs to his son Jacob by will. He names his children in his will, John, Jacob, Abraham and Anna wife of Jacob Forrer. He was a Mennonite. He was called the eldest son in his father's will in 1748. The father left his land in York County to Jacob and his brother Rudolph to share equally.

https://ia801408.us.archive.org/8/items/historyofkgyre00kaeg/historyofkgyre00kaeg_djvu.txt Jacob Keagy was m. to Feronica Stehman about 1770 and had three sons and one daughter. The old family Bible thus records his death: 'Tell asleep in Jesus on the 28th of De- cember, in the year of Lord Jesus Christ 1788, aged 69 yrs., 3 m. and 15 d." His children were John, Jacob, b. April 21, 1760; Abraham, b. , and Anna. John Keagy, the eldest son of Jacob, was b. 1716, or thereabout. He was m. to Sarah Sneider, who was b. in Canada. To them were born six children, one son, Jacob, and five daughters, Alariah, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1781, in York Co., Pa., and Eve. In the spring of 1783 John Keagy moved from York Co., Pa., to Bedford Co., Pa., near where Myersdale City, now in Somerset Co. John Keagy was a Dunkard preacher and held the first Liebensmohl com- munion meeting west of the Allegheny mountains. This was in the year 1783. At this time there was only eight to ten families living in that region. John Keagy sought out these families and appointed a day and place of meeting, and a church was organized ; the society prospered and multiplied, and the settlement took the name of "Bruderthal," that is "Brother's Valley." Years afterward, when this section was laid out in townships, one of them was named Brothers Valley township.. The society thus began in 1783, has increased and divided, and subdivided, and to-day numbers nearly thirty distinct organizations of brethren or Dunkards. In 1810 John Keagy moved from Somerset Co., Pa., to Montgomery Co., Ohio, with his son-in-law, John dinger, where he soon afterward died, beloved and respected by all who knew him for his kindness and exalted Christian charac- ter. His wife d. about 1835, in Montgomery Co., Ohio. Jacob Keagy, the only son of John, was b. about the year 1770. He m. Susan Markley and they had a son whom they called John, who was b. about 1705. Jacob Keagy is said to have been a genius, a natural-born mechanic Edward and Sarah Mesee Keagy. and could mould and fashion anything that he undertook to make either in wood, stone, iron or steel. He d. quite young, at about 30 yrs. of age.

1. ↑ Keagy-36 was created by Holly Semmens through the import of Semmens Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

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• JACOB KAGEY, "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994" YORK WILLS 1779-1789 Vol. G, Pages 357-360 [[2]]
• Keagy, Franklin. "A History of the Kagy Relationship in America: From 1715-1900." Harrisburg, PA., Harrisburg, Publishing Company. 1899.