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     (?) Holcomb married Julia Olds, daughter of Samuel Old and Elizabeth (?).¹

     Susanna Holcombe married James Newton Moore.² Susanna Holcombe died on 29 Aug 1921 at Asheville, Bumcombe Couunty, North Carolina.³ She was buried at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina.⁴
     Susanna appeared with her husband James Newton Moore on the census enumeration of 11 Jun 1880 at Tallulah (Dist. 509), Rabun County, Georgia, as follows:
      , Susan A., 39, wife, married, keeping house, b. Georgia, father b. Georgia, mother b. South Carolina.⁵

     James Berryman Holder Sr. was born in Feb 1832.² He married Nancy Ann Bates, daughter of Elizabeth Hancock, c 1865.^3,4,1 James Berryman Holder Sr. died on 10 Jan 1903 at age 70.⁵ He was buried at Lebanon Cemetery, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.⁶
     James Berryman Holder Sr. appeared on the census of 29 Jun 1860 at Union County, South Carolina, as follows:
     575/473 James Holder, 25, farmer, b. S. C.
      Sarah, 21, b. S. C.
      Daniel, 2, b. S. C.
      Martha, 8/12, b. S. C.⁷
James Berryman Holder Sr. and Nancy Ann Holder appeared on the census of 5 Aug 1870 at Union Township, Union County, South Carolina, as follows:
     249/262 Holder, J. B., 39, farmer, $350 real estate, $250 personal, b. S. C.
      , Nancy, 45, keeping house, b. S. C., cannot read or write
      , Pinkney, 12, at home, b. S. C.
      , William, 3, at home, b. S. C.
      , Garry, at home, b. S. C.
      Tollerand, David, 15, black, farm hand, b. S. C.
[The next family listed was that of Thomas and Mary Burgess.]⁸
James Berryman Holder Sr. and Nancy Ann Holder appeared on the census of 26 Jun 1880 at Union Township, Union County, South Carolina, as follows:
     718/729 Holder, James B. Sr., 46, husband, farming, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , Nancy, 34, wife, keeping house, b. S. C., parents b. S.C.
      , William, 13, son, works on farm, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , Gary, 11, son, works on farm, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , Edward, 8, son, at home, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , Ruthy, 5, dau., at home, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , Nannie, 2, dau., at home, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
      , James jr., 11/12, son, at home, b. June, son, b. S.C. parents b. S.C.
      Little, Ruthy, 74, aunt, widowed.¹
James Berryman Holder Sr. and Nancy Ann Holder appeared on the census of 11 Jun 1900 at Pacolet Township, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, as follows:
     135/140 Holder, James, b. Feb 1832, 68, marr. 35 yrs, b. S. C., parents b. S.C., farmer
      , Nancy, wife, b. July 1845, 54, marr. 35 yrs, 7 children, 6 living, b. S.C., parents b. S.C.
[The next family, same house, is that of Edward Holder and wife Conie and the next is that of Thomas Burgess and wife Ruth.]²

     Ruth Missouri Holder was born on 25 Jan 1875 at South Carolina.^1,5 She was the daughter of James Berryman Holder Sr. and Nancy Ann Bates.^3,4 Ruth Missouri Holder married William Thomas Burgess, son of Henry Harrison Burgess, c 1891.¹ Ruth Missouri Holder died on 3 Dec 1941 at Glendale, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at age 66.⁶ She was buried at Glendale Cemetery, Glendale, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.⁷
     Ruth and William Thomas Burgess appeared on the census enumeration of 11 Jun 1900 at Pacolet Township, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.¹
Ruth Missouri Burgess appeared on the census of 2 May 1910 at Spartanburg Township, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, as follows:
     307/324 Burgiss, Ruth, head, 35, marr. once, 20 years, 1 child, 1 living, b. S. C., parents b. S. C., laborer in cotton mill
, Luther, son, 10, b. S. C., parents b. S. C.⁸
     While Ruth's death certificate fails to name her parents they are identified as Jas. B. Holder and Nancy Anne Bates, natives of Union County, on the death certificate of her brother Robert G. Holder.⁴
     The obituary of Ruth Missouri Holder appeared in the Greenville News on 8 Dec 1941.⁹

     Dorothy Holford was the daughter of Thomas Holford and Jane Booth. Dorothy Holford married John Bruen, son of John Bruen.

     Thomas Holford married Jane Booth, daughter of William Booth and Ellen Montgomery. Thomas Holford died on 4 Oct 1569.

     Jacob Andrew Hollingsworth married Annie Hipp, daughter of William Curtis Hipp and Cassandra Permelia Mullinax.¹ Jacob Andrew Hollingsworth was born on 23 Nov 1883.¹ He was buried at on highway 250 north, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina.² He died on 14 Nov 1957 at age 73.¹

     Frank Holman married Mary Alice Morgan, daughter of Dennis G. Morgan and Margaret Bowers, on 4 Oct 1892 at Richland County, Illinois.^1,2

     Christopher Holmes married Isabel Brooke, daughter of Robert Brooke and Katherine (?), on 5 Nov 1573 at St. Andrew Hubbard.¹ Christopher Holmes died in 1589.¹ He was buried on 29 Oct 1589 at St. Andrew Hubbard.¹
     He was a draper and had been an apprentice to his wife's first husband.¹

     Hannah Holmes was born on 19 Nov 1754 at Ashford, Connecticut.² She married Abel Simmons, son of Abel Simmons and Hannah Reed, on 3 Nov 1774 at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.¹ Hannah Holmes died on 16 Dec 1832 at age 78.³

     Emma Holt was born on 18 Jul 1861 at Bunker Hill Township, Ingham County, Michigan.^1,2 She married Frank William Olds, son of Norman A. Olds and Clarissa Eleanor Lindley, c 1879.^1,3 Emma Holt married (2) Alpheus C. Titus on 1 Dec 1927 at Munith, Jackson County, Michigan.⁴ Emma Holt died on 13 Jun 1952 at Henrietta Township, Jackson County, Michigan, at age 90.^1,5 She was buried at Munith Cemetery, Munith, Jackson County, Michigan.¹
     Emma Holt appeared on the census of Jun 1880 at Henrietta, Jackson County, Michigan, as follows:
     168/172 Holt, Squire, 42, farmer, b. New York, father b. Mass., mother b. Conn.
      , Hannah, 41, wife, keeping house, b. Mich., parents b. N. Y.
      , Emma, 18, dau., single, at home, b. Mich., father b. N. Y., mosther b. Mich.
      , Elmer E., 4, son, b. Mich., father b. N. Y., mother b. Mich.
      , Alley, 11/12, b. June, grandson, b. Mich., parents b. Mich.
[I have no precise record of the first marriage of Emma Holt. This child is later reported as Alley Olds.]⁶
Emma Olds and Frank William Olds appeared on the census of 12 Jun 1900 at Henrietta Township, Jackson County, Michigan, as follows:
     162/163 Olds, Frank W., head, b. Sep 1853, 46, marr. 21 yrs, b. Mich., father b. Vt., mother b. NY, hardware merchant
      , Emma, wife, b. July 1861, 38, marr. 21 yrs, 5 children, 5 living, b. Mich., father b N. Y., mother b. Mich.
      , Nellie, dau., b. Sept. 1881, 18, b. Mich., parents b. Mich.
      , Harry L., son, b. July 1888, 12, b. Mich, parents b. Mich., at school
      , Lutie A., dau. b. Feb 1892, 8, b. Mich., parents b. Mich.
      , Clara E., dau., b. Apr. 1898, 2, b. Mich., parents b. Mich.³
Emma Olds and Frank William Olds appeared on the census of 4 Jan 1910 at Henrietta Township, Jackson Counth, Michigan, as follows:
     190/193 Olds, F. W., 55. marr. once, 31 yrs, b. Mich., father b. Vt., mother b. N. Y., hardware, retail merchant
      , Emma, wife, marr. once, 31 yrs., 5 children, 5 living, b. Mich., parents b. N. Y.
      , Leutie, dau., 18, single, b. Mich., parents b. Mich., no occupation, deformed
      , Louine, dau., 12, b. Mich., parents b. Mich.⁷
Emma Olds and Frank William Olds appeared on the census of 2 Jan 1920 at Maple Avenue, Henrietta Township, Jackson County, Michigan, as follows:
     5/5 Olds, Frank W., head, 66, b. Mich., father b. Vt., mother b. N. Y., retail hardware merchant
      , Emma, wife, 58, b. Mich., father b. New York, mother b. Mich.
      Holt, Hanna J., mother-in-law, 80, widowed, b. Mich., father b. New York, mother b. N. J.⁸
     "Mrs. Emma Olds has as her guests for a few days her daughter, Mrs. Emil Reed, and little daughter, Doris, of Pontiac."⁹

     Jack Holwerda married Frances Ann Linsner, daughter of Russell Gordon Linsner and Frances Marion Ridgely.¹ Jack Holwerda died in Aug 1988.¹

     Mary M. Hondheim was born in Dec 1860 at Ohio.¹ She married Frederick G. Olds, son of Charles H. Olds and Sarah E. (?), on 24 May 1882 at Grand Rapids, Michigan.^1,3 Mary M. Hondheim died in 1914.⁴ She was buried at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.⁵

     Marjorie Elizabeth Dunn Hook married Robert Chester Marshall, son of Chester Coulton Marshall and Mary Ellen Michael, in Nov 1990.¹ Marjorie Elizabeth Dunn Hook died in Mar 2002.¹ She may be the Marjorie E. Marshall who appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died on 8 Mar 2002 with the last place of residence listed as Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona. Marjorie Elizabeth Dunn's SSN was issued in Kentucky, and her birthdate is given as 12 Jn 1925.³

     Carol Alicia Hooper was born on 8 Aug 1884.¹ She married Marshall Keith Olds, son of Rinaldo Lawson Olds and Martha Jane Erskine, on 24 Nov 1910 at Dexter, Maine.¹ Carol Alicia Hooper died.² She was buried at East Lempster Cemetery, East Lempster, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.³

     Anna Hoover was born c 1803. She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman. Anna Hoover married Jacob Ulrich Brown, son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich, on 6 Jan 1829.^1,2 Anna Hoover died on 4 Jun 1873 at Ozawakie, Kansas.³
     Anna Hoover and Jacob Ulrich Brown appeared on the census of 7 Nov 1850 at Des Moines Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, as follows: They were both age 40, both born in Pennsylvania. The older children, including ten year old Nancy, were born in Pennsylvania. The younger children, including eight year old Jacob, were born in Iowa.⁴

     Barbara Hoover was born c 1810. She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.

     Catherine Hoover was born. She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.

     Elizabeth Hoover was born c 1803. She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.
     This must be the Elizabeth and David Boyer whose family, in the 1870 census of Bedford County, included twins, Martin and Mary, age 22. The twins were probably the children of Rudolph Hoover.

     Frances "Fanny" Hoover was born on 18 Jun 1809 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.² She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman. Frances "Fanny" Hoover married (1) Samuel Ulrich Brown, son of Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Ulrich, on 15 Mar 1827 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.^3,4 Frances "Fanny" Hoover died on 27 Apr 1891 at Polk County, Iowa, at age 81.^2,5 She was buried at Dunkard Cemetery, Des Moines Tiwnship, Polk County, Iowa.²
     On 30 June 1864, Fanny Brown sold some land in Milton, Jefferson County, Iowa, to Samuel H. Brown.⁶
     In a letter to Julia Hardin, Mary (Brown) Bowers wrote:

“ I will tell you a little more about Mother[.] She was not sick long she was able to walk across the floor yet on the 25 of April and on the same day she became unconcious and lay that way until the 27th in the night when she died[.] next day they took her to Jefferson County to John Smiths house and had a funeral preached and then Buried her by the side of Father[.] Mag wrote it was a large funeral for so short a notice Brother Sam Brown Amos West & Sam Goughenour & wife Dan Albaugh & wife Father Shank & Daughter are the ones that went along to Jefferson to Buier [sic] her. Shank Came to see her once in a while, when he found out she was sick he came to see her but she was dead before he got there.”

Another letter (2 Nov. 1891) says “they [Wests] had built her a house close to thier [sic] house she found what money it took now the house fell to Wests. Mag wrote that mother left a little money & Sam would send me my share as soon as he could settle up.”

Her estate was settled by her only surviving son, Samuel, who wrote the following letter to his sister, Mary Bowers, about the settlement:
                         “Elkhart Iowa Mar 29 94
Dear Sister:

I arived here at Mag’s House Monday 26th for the purpose of making a full and final Settement [sic] of Mother’s estate. I found the estate to amount

in all Total $1525.20
Expences allowed Mag for Board
and cair per weeak $1[.]47 for 172 weeaks amounting to     $ 252.84
House Built for Mother $ 368.10
Cash Expence & $ 454.43
S. H . Brown for Burial Tomb stones $ 100 00
Money sent you Some years back $ 50 00

Total Expence $1225.37
Total Estate $1525.20
“ Expenc allowed 1225.37
Balanc $ 299 83

I hav made the divident at the rate of $300.00 even which amounts to $50.00 per shair eaqual now I did not take in consideration any money that you had former received but have made you eaqual with the rest and hav don this in as just a way as I posibly could and hoping to be satisfactory I hav simply mad this Statement for your Satisfaction and I wll not add more as Mag will write you and forward you the amount of your Divident. I will leave for home in the mornig [sic] I hav now been here one day longer than I had expected to be when I come. hoping this may find you well     
                                   Your Brother     
                                   S H Brown”.
     Her obituary states:
     “Mrs. Fannie Shank died April 27, 1891, aged 81 years, 10 months and nine days. She was born June 18, 1809, in Lancaster county, Penn. When a child her parents moved to Morrisons’ Cove, Bedford county, Penn., and on the 15th of March 1827, she was married to Samuel Brown, by whom she had seven children -- five daughters and two sons. Her oldest daughter, Mary Bowers, lives in southern Illinois; her second daughter, Hannah, died Jan. 15, 1869, the wife of John G. W. Smith in Des Moines township, this county; her third daughter, Fannie Teeter, lives in Tuscola, Ill; her fourth daughter, Delilah Goughnour, lives in Polk County, this state, as does also her fifth daughter, Margaret E West. Her oldest son, Samuel H. Brown, lives in Fremont county, this state, and her second son, Daniel W. Brown, was killed by lightning in 1860, on his return from Colorado, in western Nebraska. Mrs. Shank, with her husband and family, came to Iowa in August 1847, and settled in Des Moines township, this county. Her husband, Samuel Brown, died Sept. 27, 1863. For the next nine years she lived the greater part of the time with John G. W. Smith, of Des Moines township. In January, 1872, she married Daniel Shank of Dallas county, with whom she lived about fourteen years. She then became too old and feeble to keep house and moved to her daughter’s, Margaret E. West, of Polk county, where she lived to the day of her death. She made a request to be buried by the side of her first husband in Des Moines township and her wish was faithfully complied with, all her children in this state being present. Very early in life she united with the church of her choice, the German Babtist [sic], known as the Dunkard, of which she was a faithful and devout member all her life. She leaves a husband, four daughters and one son and many grand-children to mourn her loss.”.²

     Harold Hoover was born on 25 Oct 1909.¹ He married Esther May Wetzell, daughter of Oscar Peter Wetzell and Orient C. Olds, on 27 Jun 1948 at Tampico, Illinois.² Harold Hoover died on 8 Jan 1980 at age 70.^3,4 He was buried at Tampico Memorial Cemetery, Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois.⁵
     His obituary states:
"Harold J. Hoover
"STERLING — Services for Harold J. Hoover, 70, 1209 5th Ave., who died Tuesday in his home of natural causes, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Behren-Blair Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Tampico Cemetery.
"Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.
"Survivors include his wife, Esther; a brother, Donald, Sterling, and a sister, Bernice Rhode, Coleta."⁴

     Henry Hoover married Catherine Good, daughter of Jacob Good.
     

Who were the Hoovers of Martic Township, Lancaster County, PA before 1800?

Many of the early Germanic families that settled this region were Mennonite. Two of their leaders were Martin Kendig and Hans Herr. They had come to the colonies in 1710 from Switzerland where Mennonites and others were suffering from significant discriminatory treatment by their governments. Kendig, with others, had obtained a warrant dated 10 Oct 1710 for 10,000 acres north of Pequa Creek in Chester County (now Lancaster County). Michael Shenk and Hans Huber can be added to list of settlers by 1715. "Martin Kendig and Hans Herr were the richest and most influential members of the colony, and much of the land for the new settlers was first taken up in the names of these two men." On 8 Feb 1717 it was agreed that Kendig and Herr could have 5000 acres "to be taken up about Conestoga and Pequea Creeks ..., it being for the settlements of several of their countrymen that are lately arrived here". Warrants dated 22 September [sic -- November] 1717 were then made to several individuals, including Michael Shenk but no Hoover. John Ulrich Huber is listed among the settlers before 1727.¹
When the Germans petitioned the Board of Property for this land in Sep 1717, they "were asked if they understood the Disadvantage they were under by their being born aliens, that therefore their Children could not inherit nor they themselves convey to others the Lands they purchase, according to the Laws of England, which may in such Case be extended hither. They answered that they were informed thereof before, however inasmuch as they had removed themselves and ffamilies into this Province they were, notwiths'g the s'd Disadvantage, willing to purchase Lands for their own Dwelling. It was further said by the Commissioners that it was their Business to sell and dispose of the Proprietors' Land to Such as would purchase it, yet at the same time they were willing to let them know, as they are aliens, the Danger that might ensue if not in Time prevented, also that some Years ago a Law was Enacted here and afterwards passed by the late Queen Ann. for enabling Divers aliens, particularly named therein, to hold and enjoy Lands in this Province, and that the like advantage might probably be obtained for those amongst themselves that were of good Report if a Petition were preferred to this present Assembly when they sit to do Business. With this advice they seemed pleased and desired to be informed with such a sitting of the Assembly would be, tnat they might preferr a Petition to them for such a Law as is above mentioned."²
The 5000 acre warrant to Kendrick and Hess is listed in the "Old Rights Index: Chester County" under the letter K, warrant no. 8. Since the land was to be taken up in several surveys, this index points to several entries in the Copied Survey Books. The one in Book D74, p. 32, shows the terms of the warrant given on 22nd "9br" [which would be November, not September as sometimes reported] 1717. On the reverse is recorded the return of several of the surveys, two of which (now, as corrected) name a Hoover. One is to John Hoover, returned 19 7br 1744, for 105 acres (see D82, p. 19) and the other is to Hans Hoober (see D82, p. 3)^{3 4}

A selected few of the "Dutch" (as opposed to English) names and property evaluations on the 1718 tax list (the first one known) for Conestoga Township, Chester (now Lancaster) County, Pennsylvania , are: Martin Kendig (50 pounds), Michael Shank, Jr. (8 pounds), "Woolrick Howry" (5 pounds), Jacob Hoover (5 pounds), and Michael Shank, Sr. (15 pounds).^5,6 For 1719/20 the list includes: Michael Shanke (17 pounds), Martin Kendich (100 pounds), Michell Shanke (22 pounds), Michael Shanke, Jr. (24 pounds), Jacob Huber (22 pounds), and Jacob Hoover (18 pounds). For 1720/21 the list includes: Woolrich Houser (30 pounds) and Jacob Houber (10 pounds). For 1721, the Hoovers in Conestoga were: Jacob Houber (10 pounds), John Jacob Houber (10 pounds), Woolrich Hoover (6 pounds.) and John Hoober (8 pounds). In 1722/23 East Conestoga had: John Jacob Hoover (12 pounds) and John Hoober (10 pounds). One wonders about such names as Henry Howry, Jacob Hobbin, John Howry, Meirick Wowser, and John Howry. They may not all be written or transcribed correctly. The 1724/25 list for Conestoga Township shows no assessment amounts but includes John Hoover, Jacob Hoover and Woolrich Houser. For 1725/26 the Conestoga tax list includes: John Hover (tax = 4s), Jacob Good (tax = 3 s 3p), Jacob Hoover (tax = 2s), John Hover tax = 3s), and "Woolrich Houser" (tax =3 s 3p). For 1726/27 the Conestoga tax list includes: Mart Kendrick & son (tax = 12s 6 p), Henry Hoover (tax = 3s), "H. Howery" (tax = 6s), John Hoover, (tax = 3s), "Noah Houser"⁷, Mich. Hoover (tax = 6s) , and Mike Shank (4s 3p).^5,8
John Woolrick Houver of Lancaster County is the only Hoover (unless John Houser should also be included) to sign a petition asking for the Act which was then passed 14 Feb 1719/20, to obtain rights equal to natural born citizens to hold and transfer land. These signers were men who had entered Pennsylvania between the years 1700 and 1718 as subjects of the Empire of Germany.⁹

In January, 1733 [a date shared by many warrants], three Hoober men ((A) Woolrich Hoober, (B) Jacob Hoover and (C) Henry Hoober, all below) obtained warrants for land in this area. Each name, however, may apply to more than one man, as shown well by Kris Hocker in the case of Henry Hoover.¹⁰

(A) Woolrich Hoober (Ulrich Hoover): On 22 Jan 1733 Woolrick Hoober was given a warrant for 226 acres on Pequea Creek, returned 21 June 1749 for 290 acres and patented to Woolrick, recorded in warrant book A15 p. 224 and a survey was copied into book A46, p. 222. The copied survey shows it to have been dated 27 Dec 1745 on a warrant dated 22 Jan 1733 and it also describes it as 290 acres belonging to Woolrich Hoover and located in Warwick Township. One bordering tract (copied survey C76, p. 63) is shown as warranted 23 May 1745 and surveyed for 99 acres on 6 Sep 1749. On the reverse it is marked "vacated for want of complyance &c and ordered to be Return'd for Ulrick Hoover by Warrt of the 21st of August 1751 & was accordingly Returned ye same day". The name Ulrick has been marked out and replaced with Jacob. Another bodering tract belonged to Jacob Hoober and the copied survey [D36, p. 277] shows two tracts of land with the first being for 174 acres warranted to Jacob on 22 Feb 1738 and the second for 69 acres warranted to Jacob on 9 July 1741 and added to his survey on 13 May 1743. This survey reported a neghboring tract as belonging to Hans Hoober. [The same tract that had belonged to Ulrick Hoober, above.] Another neighboring survey dated "16th 8br 1730" (Copied Survey Book D88, p. 130), describes this tract as belonging to John Ulrick Hoober. This is also true of Book A64, p. 211, dated 10 Apr 1734. So, Woolrick Hoober may have been John (Hans) Ulrich Hoover. Although fascinating, I am leaving this Warwick Township Hoover family unconnected for now.

Copied survey Book D88, p. 127, dated 20 Oct 1728, describes 226 acres on a branch of Pequea Creek in Lancaster County belonging to Woolrich Huber who was given a warrant to accept the survey on 19 7br [Sept] 1744. The adjacent owners were Jacob Hoober, John Dehoof, John Line and "vacant". Copied survey D88, p. 138 dated 10 May 1719, made for Hans Boyer, refers to this neighboring tract as Ulrich Hoover's land. Book D78, p. 4, dated 29 8br[Oct] 1728 calls D88, p. 127 vacant. Woolrick Hover died intestate and the land descended to his children, Jacob, Anna, wife of Henry Shank, Maria, wife of Jacob Boyer, Elizabeth, Woolrick, Henry and John, all of Lancaster County. When the heirs of "Woolrick Hover" sold his land on 23 Jun 1759 it was described as 226 acres which was patented to him on 20 Sep 1744¹¹ and was then in Conestoga Township.The deed released the property to the son, John Hover.¹² Book A83, p. 245 dated 14 Oct 1760, refers to neighbor "Ulrich" Hoover. Book B37, p. 235, dated 16 June 1761, refers to D88, p. 127 as John Huber's land in Conestoga Township. Book B4, p. 28 and Book C159, p. 287, both dated 23 Apr 1806 refer to the border with "lands late of William Hoover". On these surveys, many references to other copied surveys are not contemporary although the land name or description usually is.

(B) Jacob Hoober: On 24 Jan 1733 Jacob Hoober was given a warrant for 210 acres on a branch of Pequea Creek with no record of return or survey in the Warrantee Register for Lancaster County (see p. 85). However, Copied Survey Book D88, p. 135, does describe 210 acres on Pequea Creek as surveyed unto Jacob Hoober on 28 Jan 1733 based on a warrant dated 24 Jan 1733. Although a John Taylor had mistakenly requested and obtained a warrant for this land, Jacob Hoober had already purchased the right to 210 acres from Martin Kendrick and John Herr who had had 5000 acres granted to them. The Pequea Township Warrantee Map locates this tract and describes it as warranted to Martin Kendrick on 22 Nov 1717, surveyed 24 Jan 1733, and patented to John Jacob Hoober 22 Oct 1736¹³. According to the Pequea Township Warrantee Map, the neighbors for the survey copied to Book D88, p. 135 are: D88-139, C58-90, C185-218, D82-15, and D82-48. West Lampeter adds (nearby) a 24 Jan 1733 warrant to Henry Hoober that was patented to Joseph Bosler (Copied Survey Book C77, p. 249). The Providence Township Warrantee Map adds B8-89, C67-217 and C76-15.
In chronological order by survey date these are:
D82-15: 4 Jun 1718 to Michael Shank, 250 acres. 144 acres sold to Henry Hoober. Refers to neighbor Jacob Hoover.
D82-48: 4 Jun 1718 to Michael Shank, 250 acres. 106 acres sold to Jacob Good. Refers to neighboring Jacob Hoover's lands.
D88-139: 20th 8br 1729 to Samuel Boyer, 115 acres. This shows the name of Jacob Hoober on neighboring line
C76-15: 10 Nov 1731 to Jacob Good, 68 acres. This shows the name ofJ acob Hoover on neighboring line.
C58-90: 27 Jan 1733 to Jacob Goughnour, 105 acres. The bordering land across Pequea Creek is not named
C67-217: 21 Feb 1743 to Jacob Huber, 47 1/2 acres. "borders on Jacob Huber's other land"
B8-89: 14 Mar 1743 to Samuel Boyers, 79 acres.The border detail is not shown.
C185-218: 24 Apr 1759 to John Smith, 167 1/2 acres. This borders on Jacob "Hoyer's other land" with "other" struck out

There is another tract of Hoover land that seems to have been surveyed at least three times. In D88-140, it is one of four tracts surveyed "12th of 9br 1720" on the right of Kendrick and Herr containing 81 acres and 5 poles belonging to Jacob Hoober. Compared to later surveys, the boundaries are simple and the area reduced. On B8-89, it is described as 110 acres, surveyed 30 March 1738, belonging to John Hoover. On D82-19, it is described as 105 acres, surveyed 12 May 1719 on the right of Kendrick and Herr for Barbara, widow of Jacob Hoover, with a warrant to accept the survey given to John Hoober on 10th "7br" 1744. It is also mentioned as the neighboring "widow Hoober's Land" on survey D88-138, made 10th May 1715 for Hans Boyer. (This seems too early to mention widow Hoober, but this survey was not returned until 23 Nov 1739.) The tract is also reported on the warrantee township maps for Pequea (from D82-19) and for Providence (also from D82-19, wrongly given at one point as D88-19) where it is shown as 105 acres warranted to Martin Kendrick on 22 Nov 1717, surveyed 12 May 1719, and patented to John Hoover on 2 Oct 1744.
(C) Henry Hoober: On 24 Jan 1733 Henry Hoober was given a warrant for 160 acres on a branch of Pequea Creek, returned 28 March 1810 for 86 acres, 40 perches, but patented to Joseph Bosler.¹⁴ (Also see Copied Survey Book C77, p. 249) This warrant may have been used more than one time. Let's examine a set of five contiguous tracts associated with the name Henry Hoober. These are the tracts marked B1-B5 on Kris Hocker's map used above. They may also be viewed on the Warrantee Township maps for West Lampeter, Strasburg, Providence and/or Pequea Townships. These tracts are bounded, easterly, by a 3584 acre survey for Amos Stretel and westerly, in part, by the lands of Jacob Hoober discussed above. In chronological order by survey date, they are:
C76-15 (B4): Surveyed for Jacob Good on 10 Nov 1731, 68 acres. Warranted to him 24 Jan 1733 for 75 acres but, "he not complying with the conditions", warrant granted to Henry Hoober 14 Apr 1740. At the time of this survey, the neighboring tract to the north already belonged to Good, the one to the west belonged to Jacob Hoover, and the one to the south of this one was vacant (later surveyed as A46-77).
D82-15 (B2): Surveyed for Henry Hoober on 12 Apr 1740. Two hundred acres had been warranted to Michael Shank on 27 "7ber" 1717 and surveyed as 250 acres on 4 June 1718. Shank then sold this 144 acres to Henry Hoober and the other 106 acres to Jacob Good. At time of the survey, Jacob Hoober was the neighbor to the west, Henry Hoober to the north and Jacob Good to the south.
D82-48 (B3): Surveyed for Jacob Good on 12 Apr 1740. Two hundred acres had been warranted to Michael Shank on 27 "7br" 1717 and surveyed as 250 acres on 4 June 1718. Shank then sold this 106 acre portion to Jacob Good and the other 144 acres to Henry Hoober. The name on this tract is given as Henry Hoober, Jr. on the West Lampeter and Pequea Township Warrantee maps.
A46-77 (B5): Surveyed to Henry Hoober on 20 "10ber" 1744 by warrant dated 13 "9br" 1744, 171 acres. At the time of the survey, "Henry Hoober's old land" was to the north. On 15 Jan 1793, when neighboring tracts were surveyed (see C148-213 and C128-215), they referred to the "lands late of Henry Huber". On 7 Nov 1820, when a small piece to the northwest was surveyed (see D26-209), part of A46-77 was referred to as "Henry Hoober, now Simon Graft" and another part was marked "Adam Goughnour in right of Henry Huber".
C77-249 (B1 on Hocker's map): surveyed 3 Oct 1795 on warrant of 24 Jan 1733 to Henry Hoober, 86 1/4 acres, in Lampeter, Martic, and Strasburg Townships. Peter Rush was claiming this land in right of the Henry Hoober warrant, even though Frederick Doersh had a survey that included it and no survey had been made on the Hoober warrant. The 1795 survey refers to the tract to the south (D8-15) as belonging to Henry Hoover.
On 15 Apr 1740, Henry Hoover obtained patents to three contiguous tracts of land of 68 acres (Warrants A9, p. 178), 106 acres (warrants A10, p. 97) and 144 acres (warrants A9, p. 180) respectively. All three had previously been the property of Michael Shank.
Dale R. Shank describes these land transactions and places the land location in a modern setting:¹⁶

One Henry Hoover's will (made 1757, probated 1758) named no wife, but left his estate to his son John and his daughter Elizabeth Boyers and mentioned his friend Henry Huber.¹⁷

Although Lancaster County was formed in 1729, available county tax records do not begin until 1751.¹⁸ In 1751, the only Hoovers on the Martic tax list¹⁹ were Jacob and John Hoover [A Henry is included by Hocker], but in 1754 there was another Jacob and a Henry, and in 1756 there were three Jacob Hoovers, a John, a William and a Henry. In 1757 one Jacob Hoover was "Senior". In 1758, one Jacob Hoover was a weaver and one (of three) was "the Bigg". William and one Henry are missing but a John has appeared. In 1759 Jacob Hoover's widow is listed. He had died in 1759 and had sons Jacob, Mathias, John, Martin, Christian -- some of his children were married but not all.
"These Hoover families (4~5 families) have been referred to as the Byerland Hoovers because of their proximity to the Byerland Meeting house in Martic Township. They lived in southeastern Conestoga Township (now Pequea Township) and northwestern Martic Township (now Providence Township). The original settlers included Ulrich Huber (ca 1703—1757), Jacob Huber (ca 1698—bef 23 Nov 1739), Henry Huber (bef 1712—1758), Henry Huber (bef 1719—1767/69), and Jacob Huber (ca 1698—1759), son of Hans Huber of Earl Township."²⁰
The 1779 tax list of Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA, shows a Martin Hoover twice and that of Strasburg Township shows a Jacob Hoover twice. A Jacob Huber is also listed in Cocalico Twp. (1779) and in Lancaster Borough (1781).²¹

The 1787 Martic list contains Jacob Hoover "single [perhaps this says Senior], Jacob Hoover "hemp [hill]", Jacob Hoover, John Hoover, John Hoover "B C", John Hoover "junr", Christian and Petter Hoover's land, Christian Hoover and Hendry Hoover.
In 1789, Jacob Hoover's widow appears on the list as well as Christian B.C., John little, Henry, John jr., Christian and Peters Land, Jacob -?-, and Christian jnr. The 1790 list shows: Jacob's widow taxed £0-6s-8p; Christian B. C. 0-12-4; Jno. Little 0-7-10; Henry 0-1-4; John Jr. 0-3-8; Christian and Peter's land 0-9-4; Jacob hemp 1-6-0; amd Christian Senr 0-12-0. In 1792, we have: widow Hoover, Christian Hoover B.C., John Hoover little, Hendry Hoover, John Junr, Christian & Peter, Jacob Jun., Christian "Conestoga", Jacob "Hemphill", and Christian Sen.
The federal census of 1790 shows: page 56, Christn Huber 1 - 2- -, Christian Huber 1 - 2 - -; p. 61 Christ Huber 2 1 1 - -; p. 64: Jacob Huber 2 2 5 - -, widow Huber 3 1 2 - -, John Huber Senr 2 - 2 - -, John Huber Junr 1 3 6 - -, and Henry Huber 1 4 3- -. ²²
The Hoovers on the lists (one list for property, another for tax) in 1793 were:
Christian Hover “B. C." 140 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, Tax: 1£-2-6
     [His name should be John as indicated on other lists and on the summary list for 1793 where the given name Christian is crossed out and replaced by John. The indicator B. C. is attached to him for years in the lists.]
John Hover “Littell” 100 acres 2 horses 4 cows, 0£-12-8
Hendry (Henry on the tax list) Hover -- acres, 2 horses, 2 cows. -£-3-9
John Hover “Juner” 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, 0£-7-9
Christian Hover Land 100 acres. 10£-3-9
-----[Some intervening, non-Hoover, names appear here. The listing is grouped by first letter of the surname (all H’s together) but there may have been two groups of Hoovers in Martic, separated by geography or family]----
Christian Hover 57 (perhaps 51) acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 0£-10-0
Petter (Peeter on tax list) Hover 57 (perhaps 51) acres, 1 horse, 2 cows. 0£-9-0
Jacob Hover Juner, 2 cows, 0£-14-0
Hendry Hover “frod Towne?” (Henry Hover Frog Town on tax list), --acres, 2 horses, 2 cows,-£-3-6
Jacob Hoover “Hemp Mill” (Senior? on tax list) 290 acres, 4 horses, 6 cows, 1 mill, 1£-2-6
[Hemp Mill has been marked out and replaced by Senor in the summary list]
Christian Hover Senr(?) 160 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, 1£-2-6

The next tax list from Martick (1796) shows:
widow Hoober 15 acres, 1 house, 0 barn, 1 horn cattle, 100 value (her heirs appear in 1801)
John Hoober (B C) 140 acres, 2 houses, 1 barn, 1 blind mare, 2 horned catttle, 1000 value (his widow appears in 1809)
John Hoober (Little) & Son Trade: B. Smith, 100 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 4 horned cattle, 1600 value
Henry Hoober 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 125 value
Henry Hooober Jr. 90 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 275 value
John Hoover Jr, Weaver, 100 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 300 value
Christian Hoober 51 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 325 value
Peter Hoober, 51 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 325 value
Jacob Hoober Senr, 97 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 5 horned cattle,550 value
Christian Hoober Senr 80 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 1 horse, 2 horned cattle, 500 value
Christian Hoober, Jr. 1 horse, 2 horned cattle, 75 value
Martin Hoober 130 acres, 1 house, 1 barn, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, 600 value
Abraham Hoober 10 acres bottom, 38 acres hill, 250 value
Freemen (i.e. at least age 21 and single): Martin Hoover, House Carpenter

The 1797-98 list is the same except Abraham Hoober is missing.
There appears to be no 1798 federal direct tax list for Martic Township.
The 1799 list is the same except that Peter Hoover is now missing, Jacob Hoober, Senr and Christian Hoober, Jr. are missing and Abraham Hoober's land is listed.
Widow Hoober is not in the 1800 tax list, and "Martan Hover", joyner is no longer a freeman (i.e. he was married). The others listed are: John Hoober, mason; John Hoober, farmer; Henry Hoober, farmer; Henry Hoober, Junr, farmer; John Hoober, Weaver; Christian Hoober, Snr., farmer; Peter Hoober, farmer; Jacob Hoober, Snr, farmer; Christian Hoober, Jr., farmer; and Martan Hoober, farmer.¹⁹ The 1800 census, however, does show widow Hoober who was over 45 years old.
     WARNING: I HAVE NO DIRECT EVIDENCE, OTHER THAN THE LAND, OF A LINK TO "MY" MARTIN HOOVER but Kris Hocker has shared a careful analysis of a Henry Hoover who appears to be a prime candidate for the lead postion in this pedigree.

     Jacob Hoover was the son of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.
     He was dead when his father's will was written in 1854. He had two children, Jacob and Elizabeth. Liebegott says that this Jacob Hoover married Susanna Shadle but a Jacob W. Hoover (with wife Susanna Shadel) is mentioned in a history of Blair County, Pennsylvania, which says he was about 18 months old when his father died and that his mother later married a Mr. Brown.¹ If so, he was not the one in Martin Hoover's will. Jacob W. Hoover [a Civil War Soldier who died in 1891 and m. (1) a Miss Rice and had a daughter Maria and married (2) Susanna Shadel, dau. of John, and had (among others): Levi, b. 1861, who married Mary J. Strayer in 1897; Jemima who married William G. Diehl; John W; George W; Ellen; Mary E. who married Samuel R. Clapper; Sarah A. who married John Alexander Brubaker; S. Blair Hoover, born in 1871; Jacob W Hoover, born in 1875; and Nancy Wyant] may have been the son of Martin Hoover’s deceased son Jacob.²

     Jacob Hoover Sr. married Barbara (?). Jacob Hoover Sr. was born b 1736. He was the son of Henry Hoover and Catherine Good. Jacob Hoover Sr. died bt 13 Mar 1788 - 9 Jun 1788.
     He left a will on 13 Mar 1788 at Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"Will: Jacob Hoober (1788) 15 Sep 2010
"Jacob Hoober (aka Huber) wrote [h]is will on 13 Mar 1788; it was proven on 9 Jun 1788. His executors were his brother John Huber and his brother-in-law Jacob Hoober. He names his wife Barbara and six children: eldest son Henry, daughter Barbara, sons Jacob, Christian and John, and youngest son Martin.¹


"Footnotes [also by Hocker]
"1 Jacob Hoober will (1788), Lancaster County Will Book F:23, Pennsylvania State Archives, records group 47, roll 2354."¹

     After youngest son Martin turned 16, Jacob Hoover's executors were able to sell Jacob's land. The deed, made on 25 Aug 1790, from John and Jacob Huber of Martick township, Lancaster County, to Adam Gochenauer of the same, was filed in Lancaster County Deed book 17, pp. 657 - 660. As executors of Jacob Huber, deceased, John and Jacob had been directed to sell Jacob's land after the youngest son, Martin, became 16. The property was described as "situate and being in the township of Martick aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, to wit, Beginning at a post in a line of John Huber's land, thence by the same West by South one hundred and sixty perches to a post, thence by Jacob Huber's land South by East thirty two perches to a hickory, South twenty four degrees East fifty eight perches to a chesnut tree, East by north fifty one perches to a post and South by east sixty six perches to a post thence by land of Ulrich Huber, East South East one hundred and twenty perches to a post, thence by John Huber's Land, north north west one hundred and thirty six perches to a post, East by north fifty six perches to a chesnut tree and north north East forty perches to a black oak standing at the side of Beaver Creek, thence down the said creek about five perches to a post, thence by Peter Musser's Land west by South fifty four perches to a post and north by west about fifty perches to the place of the beginning containing one hundred and thirty seven acres and one hundred and forty eight perches and the usual allowance on one hundred & twelve acres thereof (be the same more or less) [It being the same Tract of Land (all to six acres and twelve perches) which Henry Huber and Catharin his wife by three Indentures each dated the sixth day of June 1767 after reciting as therein is recited, and for the consideration therein mentioned, granted and confirmed unto the said Jacob Huber deceased his heirs and assigns for ever, as by the said Indentures may appear] And whereas the said Jacob Huber being so seized in fee of the Lands and Premises aforesaid, made his last Will and Testament in writing and thereof appointed the said John Huber and Jacob Huber, Executors, and in and by his last will and testament having given to his wife Twenty acres of Land adjoining Samuell Winter during her natural life, did order and impower his said Executors to sell all his estate, real and personal and that as soon as his youngest son Martin Huber should attain the age of sixteen years at public Sale and to make a good Deed or Title for the same to the purchaser, as in and by the said last Will and Testament duly proved & remaining in the Register's Office, at Lancaster may appear. And whereas the said Executors agreeable to the directions of the said last will and Testament, and after the said youngest Son Martin had attained the age of sixteen years, did at public vendue, sell the above described Tract of Land (being the residue of the real estate of the said deceased) with the Appurtenances unto the said Adam Gochnauer for the sum of Seven hundred and sixty one pounds Specie. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said John Huber and Jacob Huber for and in consideration of the said Sum of Seven Hundred and sixty one pounds, Specie, to them in hand well and truly paid, by the said Adam Gochenaur at and before the execution hereof ...."
Signed John Hoover, Jacob Hoover
Certified by a Justice of the Peace on 25 Aug 1792. Recorded 7 Oct 1819.²
     The land sold to Adam Gochenauer in 1790 by the heirs of Jacob Hoover can be located on the township warrantee maps of Providence, Pequa, Strassburg and West Lampeter townships of Lancaster County.³ The land had been in Martic Township when the Hoovers acquired it. (Martic had been formed in 1729 when Lancaster County was created from Chester County.)
It is taken from land that had belonged to Henry Hoover. Starting on a patent made to Henry Hoover, 15 Apr 1740 (see copy in book D82 p. 48 for reference to original warrant made to Michael Shank), draw a new line, W by S 160 perches across this tract to meet the line with John Jacob Hoober, then S by E 32 perches to a hickory on a corner with another survey made for Jacob Good (C76 p. 15, 10 Nov 1721, but voided and resurveyed for Henry Hoober 14 Apr 1740. Continue along the border of this survey, jogging around the edge of a survey made for Martin Hoover, and along the line of Heny Hoober's survey.

     Martin Hoover was born on 10 Aug 1776 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Jacob Hoover Sr. and Barbara (?). Martin Hoover married Maria Eshleman, daughter of Martin Eshleman and Elizabeth Groff, on 23 Apr 1799 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.² Martin Hoover died on 28 Mar 1855 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania, at age 78.³ He was buried at Replogle Cemetery, Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.³
     Several sources provide evidence for the date of Martin's birth. His tombstone gives the calculated date which I have used -- 10 Aug 1776.⁴ The dates published by Brumbaugh, which may also be the source used by Kathryn Hough and others may give a slightly earlier birth date. Martin's age of 76 from the 1850 census of Middle Woodberry Township, implies a birth date from 2 June 1773 through 1 June 1774 (based on the official census date), although his page was not recorded until 22 Oct 1850 and so might imply 23 Oct 1773 through 22 Oct 1774.
Chris Hocker had this to say in an e-mail of 1 May 2011: "Martin, b. 1772-1774 [<16 in 1788, <16 at time of census (as of 2 Aug 1790), >16 by 25 Aug 1790—so maybe born bet 2-25 Aug 1774, if calculated correctly & census is correct age bracket]".
This is based on the following: When Jacob Hoover wrote his will on 13 March 1788, his youngest son Martin was not yet 16, so was born after 13 March 1772. In 1790, widow Huber of Martic Township had 1 male under 16 in her household, possibly her youngest son, Martin, who was thus born after 2 Aug 1774. [2 Aug 1790 was the official date of the 1790 census.] Jacob Huber's executors, waiting until Martin was age 16, sold Jacob's real estate on 25 Aug 1790, implying that Martin's birth was before 25 Aug 1774.
While this conclusion does not agree with the year calculated from the tombstone, I have often found such disagreements between earlier and later records and I impressed that the MONTH of birth agrees. To me, this is further evidence that "our" Martin Hoover was the same as this Jacob's son.
     According to Liebegott⁵, he was a son of a Jacob Hoover of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who did name a son Martin in his will.⁶ Additional evidence is needed, especially in view of the fact that the names Jacob and Martin Hoover apply to several different men at this time. The Jacob of Bedford County was there long before “our” Martin arrived and others have claimed descent from his son Martin who appears to be different from our ancestor.

Another piece of evidence provides at least anecdotal support for connecting Martin Hoover to Jacob. Jacob Hoover, who "died March 13, 1788", is shown as "Great-Great-GreatGrandFather", the father of "Great-Great Grandfather" Martin Hoover, b. 1776, died 17 March 1855,⁷ in "Kathryn's Family History". This sheet also shows that Martin Hoover married Maria Eshleman but gives her dates as 1778 - 6 Oct. 1868⁸. The author of this sheet of information was Kathryn (Hoover) Hough, b. 8 Dec. 1907, daughter of Levi Hoover, and granddaughter of Jacob Hoover who was a son of "our" Martin Hoover. The source of her information is still unknown, but this is a reference to the Jacob Hoover whose will was made in 1788.⁹
     Our Martin Hoover’s first known appearance on the public record is on the 1796 tax list of Martic Township, Lancaster County, PA, where he appears among the freemen (single men, age 21 or more) as a House Carpenter. The most recent Martic Township list prior to that was for 1793 and this Martin Hoover does not appear. Thus, our Martin Hoover seems to have come of age in a community of Hoover families in Martick Township. There appears to be no 1798 direct federal tax list for Martic Township. Unfortunately the 1800 tax list apparently does not show property ownership but it lists: Martan Hober, Joyner; John Hoober, Mason; John Hoober, Farmer, Henry Hoober, Farmer, Henry Hoober, Junr, Farmer, John Hoober, Weaver & Farmer, Christian Hoober, Jnr, Farmer; Peter Hoober, Farmer; Jacob Hoober, Snr, Farmer; Christian Hoober, Jr, Farmer, Martan Hoober, Farmer.

The 1800 federal census shows:
John Hoober     1 1 2 1 -      :: - - 1 - 1
John Hoober     - - - 1 -      :: - 3 - 1 -
John Hoober - 1 2 - 1     :: 3 - 3 - 1 consec. listing
widow Hoober     1 - - - -     :: - - 1 - 1 “ ”
Martin Hoober     2 1 - 1 -     :: - 1 1 1 “ ”
Henry Huber     4 - - 1 - :: 1 - 1 1 - “ ”
Jacob Huber Senr     1 - - - 1     :: - - 1 - 1 “ ”
Martin Hoover     1 - 1 - -     :: - - - 1 -
Christian Hoober     - - - - :: - 1 - - 1
Peter Hoober     1 - 1 - -      :: 4 - - 1 -
Christian Hoober     1 1 - - 1     :: - - - 1 -.
     The 1810 census of Lancaster County includes at least three Martin Hoover/Hoober families.
Martin Hoover, Earl Township: 2,2,-,-,2 :: -,2,2,-,1
Martin Hoover, Martic Township: 1,1,1,1- :: 5,-,-,1,1
Martin Hoober, Martic Township: 3,2,-,1,- :: 1,1,-,1,-
In 1820, Martin Hoover of Manor Township is listed as
Martin Hoover, -,1,1,1,-,1 :: 3,1,1,1,-,
Our Martin Hoover seems to have come to Bedford County shortly after the 1820 census. Martin Hoover is on the 1822 tax list for Woodberry Township. His tax was $2.16 and that for Samuel Hoover was 41 cents while David Hoover was charged 6 cents.¹⁰ On 20 April 1829 when letters of administration on the estate of Jacob Hoover of Woodberry Township were granted to Henry Fluck, Martin Hoover and John Snider were sureties. ¹¹
     The 1830 census of Bedford County shows this Martin Hoover, age 50-60, with his wife, age 40-50, 1 boy age 5-10, 2 boys age 15-20, and two girls, age 10-15. In the 1840 census of South Woodberry Township, Martin Hoover is listed as age 60-70, with his wife, age 50-60, 1 female age 20-30, and 1 male age 15-20. By the time of the 1850 census, Martin, age 76, and Mary, age 71, were living alone in Middle Woodberry Township, near their son Rudolph. Another Martin Hoover, age 50, and wife Mary were living in the same township.

     Martin Hoover made his will on 19 June 1854. It was probated 21 April 1855, and is filed in Bedford Co. Will Book 4, p. 153. It was signed Martin Hoover Sen. by his mark and witnessed by Edward Pearson and Joseph Keagy. Both witnesses appeared for probate in June, 1855.

" I Martin Hoover of the Township of Middle Woodberry County of Bedford and state of Pennsylvania, do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any tme heretofore made, I direct that my body be decently interred in the burying ground of the Mances Church in the Township aforesaid according to the rites and ceremonies of said Church, and that my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my estate and situation in life, and as to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to intrust me with, I dispose of the same as follows, I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as possible out of the first money that shall come into the hands of my Executors from any portion of my estate real or personal, also I order and direct that my loving wife Maria, shall have my frame dwelling house and stable with all the lots attached supposed to be six in number situate on the west side of the Turnpike road in the Town of Woodberry, known as the Diehl property, with all the household furniture now or may be in our possession, shall be and remain the absolute property of my beloved wife, if she shall be living at the time of my decease, and further I order that my Executors shall collect all rents interest on bonds notes &c as they come due &c on any claim that may come to their notice and pay the same annually to my beloved wife, and after the decease of dear wife, my estate shall be disposed of as follows, I give to my two grandchildren namely Jacob and Elizabeth, children of my son Jacob Hoover deceased, two hundred dollars each, and I give and bequeath to my beloved children, namely, Martin, Elizabeth, intermarried with David Boyers, Susanna, intermarried with Samuel Eshleman, Barbara, intermarried with Christian Hetrick, Anna, intermarried with Jacob Brown, Frances, intermarried with Samuel Brown, Mary, intermarried with Michael Fishel, Catherine, intermarried with Samuel Bosler and Rudolph Hoover, each heir share and share alike, considering my son Rudolph Hoover, having received one thousand dollars of his legacy already in pay of his farm. It is also my will that my wife in addition to the aforesaid shar have privilege of getting wood fuel &c of the barrens or ridge tract of land, and I do hereby make and ordain, my son Rudolph Hoover and Samuel Bosler, my son in law, sole Executors of this my last will and Testament -- In witness hereof, I Martin Hoover, the Testator have to this my will written on one sheet of paper set my hand and seal the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand and fify four -- The words two hundred dollars each was interlined before Signing."¹²

Martin Hoover died 28 March 1855, age 78 y., 7 m., 18 d. Maria, who was listed as age 88 in the 6 July 1870 census of Bedford County, died 6 Sept. 1870, age 89 y., 2 m., 19 d., and they are buried in the Replogle Cemetery, just north of Woodbury, in Bedford County, where their death dates and ages may be seen on their stones.

Martin and Mary Hoover had sold some land to their son Rudolph on 28 March 1854 which was mortgaged by Rudolph to Martin. After Martin's death, Rudolph sold some of that land and needed a clear title. In Deed Book AJ, pages 211-213, are recorded the quitclaims from the other heirs. They were: David Boyer and Elizabeth, his wife, of Bedford County; Christian Hetrick and Barbara, his wife, of Bedford County; Samuel Bassler and Catherine, his wife, of Blair County; Jacob Furry as attorney in fact for Jacob U. Brown and Anne his wife of Jefferson County, Kansas; Martin Hoover of Wayne County, Ohio; Samuel Eshleman and Susan, his wife, of Jefferson County, Iowa; Samuel Brown and Frances, his wife of the same county; Mary Fishel, widow, of the same county; the said Elizabeth Boyer, Barbara Hetrick, Catherine Bassler, Anne Brown, Martin Hoover, Susan Eshleman, Frances Brown and Mary Fishel being children and heirs of Martin Hoover, dec'd.

     I am still seeking additional proof of the parentage of the Martin Hoover whose chronology I have updated below. Although this appears to point to a connection with a colony of Hoovers living in Martic Township, Lancaster County, PA, and this colony is mostly included in the Huber-Hoover History¹³, I have been unable to identify our line in that book.

1776 Aug. 10 birth date of Martin Hoover, calculated from tombstone
1781 June 17 birth date of Maria Eshleman, calculated from tombstone, dau. of Martin Eshleman & Elizabeth Groff
1796 Martin Hoover of Martic Township, Lancaster County, appears on tax list as a house carpenter
1799 Apr. 23, Martin Hoover m. Maria Eshleman in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA
1800 Martin Hoover of Martic Township appears on tax list as a Joyner
1800 est. birth of son Martin Hoover (named for Maria’s father?)
1800 census Martin Hoover, Martic Twp, Lancaster Co, man & woman under 26, male under 10
1802 estimated birth of son Jacob Hoover (named for Martin’s father?)
1803 estimated birth of daughter Elizabeth Hoover Byers (named for Maria’s mother?)
1803 Martin Hoover, joyner, on tax list of Martic twp, Lancaster Co.
1804 19 Nov. birth of daugher Susannah Hoover Eshleman (apparently not named for Martin’s mother?)
1806 estimated birth of daughter Barbara Hoover Hetrick
1808 estimated birth of daughter Anna Hoover Brown
1809 June 18 birth of daughter Frances Hoover Brown
1810 census, one Martin Hoover of Martic Twp had 5 girls under ten and also a boy under 10 [Jacob?], one 10-16 [Martin?] and one 16-26; unable to explain the oldest boy. Also, there was a woman aged over 45 in the house and this could have been Maria’s recently widowed mother. Man and wife, age 26-45.
1814 21 March Martin Hoover, house carpenter, bought lots 23 & 24 in Millersburg from George and Margaret Wyand
1815 Dec. __ estimated birth of daughter Mary Hoover Fishel
1818 estimated birth of daughter Catherine Hoover Bassler
1820 4 Jan. Martin Hoover and wife Mary sold lots 23 & 24 in Millersburg, Manor twp, Lancaster co. to John Lintner
1820 24 Jan John Lintner & wife Barbara, of Manor twp, Lancaster Co., sold 235 acres, 136 perches, in Morrison’s Cove, Woodberry twp, Bedford Co., to Martin Hoover of Manor twp., Lancaster Co.
1820 census, Manor twp., age 45 or more, wife age 26-45, son 10-16 [Jacob?], son 16-18 [Martin?], son 16-26 [Martin?], 3 dau. [Catherine, Mary, and Frances] under 10, 1 dau. 10-16 [Anna or Barbara?], 1 dau 16-26 [Susannah]
1820 17 Dec. birth of son Rudolph Hoover
1822 taxed in Woodberry Township, Bedford County
1830 census, Martin Hoover, age 50-60, Woodberry twp., Bedford Co., PA; woman, age 40-50, boy, age 5-10 [Rudolph], two boys age 15-20[Jacob?, Martin?], 2 girls age 10-15 [Mary & Catherine?]
1840 census, 3 Martin Hoovers in North and South Woodberry Townships. The one in South Woodberry has the best age matches: 1 m. 15-20, 1 m. 60-70, 1 f. 20-29, 1 f. 50-60
1850 census, Martin Hoover, age 76, Middle Woodberry Twp, Bedford Co., PA, with wife Mary, age 71, living alone but near [son] Rudolph Hoover.
1854 28 March Martin & Mary Hoover, Middle Woodberry twp, sold land they had from John & Barbara Lintner to Rudolph Hoover, 243 acres 145 perches.
1854 19 June, Martin wrote his will, Middle Woodberry Twp.
1855 March 28, Martin died at age 78 yr, 7 m., 18 d.
1855 21 April, will probated Bedford Co., PA
1860 census --- Have not found Maria Hoover
1870 census, Maria "Hover", age 88, Middle Woodbury Twp., Bedford Co., PA
1870 6 Sept., widow Maria Hoover died at age 89 y, 2 m, 19 d.

     Martin Hoover was born c 1800. He was the son of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.
     Perhaps he is the Martin Hoover, age 50, in the 1850 census of Bedford County. He went to Wayne County, Ohio.

     Mary J. Hoover married Michael Fishel.¹ Mary J. Hoover was born in Dec 1815.² She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman. Mary J. Hoover died on 5 Apr 1895 at age 79. Her tombstone is the one marked Mary J. Troy, died Apr. 5, 1895, aged 79 y., 3 m., 9 d. and it is from this that her dates have been taken. Children of M. and M. J. Fishel are also buried here.²
     ToDo: Find reference for the marriage of Mary J. (Hoover) Fishel and Mr. Troy.

     Rudolph Hoover married (1) Catherine Brumbaugh.¹ Rudolph Hoover was born on 17 Dec 1820.² He was the son of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman. Rudolph Hoover died on 21 Jul 1899 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania, at age 78.² He was buried at Replogle Cemetery, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
     ToDo: Find reference for marriage of Rudolph Hoover to Elizabeth Baird Cole.
The 1850 census of Bedford County shows Rudolph Hoover, age 31, wife Caty, age 30, with twins Martin and Mary, age 3, included in their family. The 1860 census, in Woodbury Township, shows Rudolph, age 39, and Catherine, age 34. The 1870 census, in Middle Woodbury Township, shows Rudolph, age 49, and (presumed) wife Ann, age 35.

     Susannah Hoover married Samuel Eshleman.^2,3 Susannah Hoover was born on 19 Nov 1804.¹ She was the daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman.¹ Susannah Hoover died on 14 Dec 1873 at age 69.¹
     Susannah and Samuel were natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and were married there. He was a farmer and stone mason. They removed to Iowa in 1847 and are buried in the Dunkard Cemetery in Jefferson County, Iowa.¹

     Alice Hopkins was baptized on 20 Mar 1577 at Upper Clatford, Hampshire, England. The date is, of course, Old Style.¹ She was the daughter of John Hopkins and Agnes Borrowe.¹