Jacob DANNER 1
- Born: Bef 5/10/1728, , Lancaster, PA
- Christened: 5/10/1728, St. Matthews, Hanover, York, PA 1
- Marriage: Elizabeth BOECHTEL on 10/2/1750
- Died: 1799, Brownsville, , MD
 General Notes:
Jacob came with his family to America as a small child in 1733. He became a minister in Cordorus Church, York Co, PA in 1742 and was considered one of the outstanding early colonial clergyman. He was also a surveryor by trade. He took a large group of settlers from York Co, PA to Frederick Co., MD in 1760 where they settled near present day Woodsboro, MD on Indian Creek. The majority of these settlers eventually moved south on the Linganore Creek area. This creeks flows into the Monacy River. Jacob, himself, moved from Codorus to settle on the Linganor in 1770. He is listed as an Elder of the Pipe Creek Church in that year. In "The Church in the Valley" by H. Austin Cooper, c. 1993, it states "no person of that day had influenced more people of Pennsylvania to migrate south into Maryland than Elder Jacob Danner". He was likely the Jacob Danner who attended the 1789 Annual Meeting of the "Brethren" in York Co., Pennsylvania He was buried in the Old Cemetery, Brownsville Church with the simple initials J.D. on the top of a Marble stone marker. (CL-526) 1
Jacob married Elizabeth BOECHTEL, daughter of Samuel BOECTHEL and Unknown, on 10/2/1750. (Elizabeth BOECHTEL was born about 1729.)
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