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Jacob Presley Blessing II 1756–1830 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Feb 1756

Birth Location: Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 27 Feb 1830

Death Location: Seven Mile Ford, Smyth, Virginia, USA

Father: Jacob Sr

Mother: Elizabeth Blessing

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Blessing

Children(s): Elizabeth Smith, Jacob Blessing, Rebecca Rowen, John Blessing, David JP, John Blessing, Abraham Blessing, Susannah Byars, Mary Wheeler, Isaac Blessing, Catharine Blessing, Ann Byars, John Blessing

The story of Jacob Presley Blessing II began in 1756 in Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1800, Jacob Presley Blessing II established residence. In 1810, Jacob Presley Blessing II established residence. Jacob Presley Blessing II married Elizabeth Messersmith Blessing, and had children including Abraham Blessing, Ann Blessing Byars, Catharine Caty Blessing, David Blessing Jp, Elizabeth Blessing Smith, Isaac Blessing, Jacob Prestley Blessing, John Blessing, John Solomon Blessing, John W Blessing, Mary Eliabeth Blessing Wheeler, Rebecca Blessing Rowen, Susannah Blessing Barnett Byars. Jacob Presley Blessing II passed away in 1830 in Seven Mile Ford, Smyth, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Jacob Presley Blessing II began in 1756 in Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1800, Jacob Presley Blessing II established residence.
  • In 1810, Jacob Presley Blessing II established residence.
  • Jacob Presley Blessing II married Elizabeth Messersmith Blessing, and had children including Abraham Blessing, Ann Blessing Byars, Catharine Caty Blessing, David Blessing Jp, Elizabeth Blessing Smith, Isaac Blessing, Jacob Prestley Blessing, John Blessing, John Solomon Blessing, John W Blessing, Mary Eliabeth Blessing Wheeler, Rebecca Blessing Rowen, Susannah Blessing Barnett Byars.
  • Jacob Presley Blessing II passed away in 1830 in Seven Mile Ford, Smyth, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Sr
1728–1790
Birth Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
JS
Elizabeth Blessing
1738–1800
Birth Location: Oberhoffen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
EB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Blessing
1765–1835
Birth Location: Botetourt, or Shenandoah Co., Virginia, United States
EB

Children(s)

Elizabeth Smith
1807–1883
Birth Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States
ES
Jacob Blessing
1798–1830
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
JB
Rebecca Rowen
1794–1853
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
RR
John Blessing
1805–1858
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
JB
David JP
1802–1864
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
DJ
John Blessing
1811–1863
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
JB
Abraham Blessing
1785–1833
Birth Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
AB
Susannah Byars
1804–1875
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
SB
Mary Wheeler
1786–1865
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
MW
Isaac Blessing
1790–1821
Birth Location: Washington, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA
IB
Catharine Blessing
1788–1868
Birth Location: Washington, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA
CB
Ann Byars
1810–1870
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
AB
John Blessing
1800–1880
Birth Location: Washington County, Virginia, USA
JB

Jacob II's Ancestors

Self
Jacob II
1756–1830
Birth Place: Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Jacob Blessing Sr
1728–1790
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Elizabeth (Ritschard) Blessing
1738–1800
Oberhoffen, Canton Bern, Switzerland
Grandparents
Johann (Georg) Blessing
1704–1768
Schlat, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Anna (Maria) Wüst
1711–1774
Holzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Christian (Ritschard (Immigrant)) II
1709–1790
Oberhoffen, Canton, Bern, Switzerland
Magdalene Wolff
1703–1766
Oberhoffen, Canton, Bern, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
Andreas Bleßing
1681–1744
Ursula Koser
1682–1754
Johann Wüst
1683–1748
ANNA LINK
1682–
Christen Rittschart\Ritschard
1682–1750
Johannes Wolff
1675–1729
Anna Wanner
1683–1731
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes Blessing
1646–1706
Margarethe Rapp
1651–1725
Georg Koser
1640–1719
Ursula Blessing
1647–1747
MICHAEL (Wüsten)
1656–1713
ANNA SEYBOLD
1662–
JAKOB Link
1640–
EVA GASS
1660–
Michel Rittschard
1640–1704
Dorothea Oswald
1644–1700
Johann Wolff
1650–1692
Maria Kolb
1643–
Hans Wanner
1654–1701
Agnes Wanner
1659–1731

Jacob II's Descendants

1.
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Jacob (Presley Blessing) II (Feb 1756–27 Feb 1830) m. Elizabeth (Messersmith) Blessing (1765–20 Feb 1835)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Blessing) Smith 1807–1883 m. Absalom Baugh 1807–1888
    1. 1. John (Jackson) Baugh 1825–1907 m. Louisa (Betty Lindamood) Baugh 1828–1887 m. Nancy (J) Cumbow 1826–
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane) Baugh 1853–1925 m. Thomas Warner 1841–1921
        1. 1. Nancy ("Nannie" Ida) Warner 1874–1931 m. Charles (Milburn Dixon Twin) R-M467 1873–1917
        2. 2. William (Jackson) Warner 1869–1948 m. Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Wallace 1875–1951
        3. 3. Charles Warner 1876–1961 m. Jane (Rebecca) Hughes 1886–1960
        4. 4. Mary (Ellen Warner) Fields 1879–1946 m. Joseph (F) Fields 1878–1956
        5. 5. Daisy (Elizabeth Warner) Fields 1890–1948 m. Hugh (D) Fields 1884–1947
        6. 6. John (Henry) Warner 1882–1960
        7. 7. Martha (Jane) Warner 1885–1936
        8. 8. James (Dover) Warner 1886–1940 m. Ollie (May) Carpenter 1891–1919
        9. 9. Arch (Vincill Archie) Warner 1888–1963
        10. 10. Louisa Warner 1875–1959 m. Charles (James) Johnson 1869–1911
        11. 11. Rosa (Lee Warner Warner) Elswick 1893–1963 m. Alexander (Baylor AB) Elswick 1889–1961
        12. 12. Stephen Warner 1872–1956 m. Blanch (E McCauley) Warner 1876–1950
      2. 2. William (A "Will") Baugh 1846–1922 m. Laura (Artaminta) Mooney 1850–
        1. 1. Polly (Ann) Baugh 1873–1945
        2. 2. Rebecca (J) Baugh 1871– m. James (H) Breeding 1864–
      3. 3. James (Harvey) Baugh 1852–1853
      4. 4. Sarah (Catherine or Katherine) Baugh 1857–1926 m. James (Oliver) Mooney 1855–1942
        1. 1. Sarah (Delaware) Mooney 1879–
        2. 2. John (P) Mooney 1884–
        3. 3. Sankey (C) Mooney 1884–
        4. 4. George (T) Mooney 1889–1970
        5. 5. Jackson (Bubby) Mooney 1891–1974
        6. 6. Robert (Russell) Mooney 1893–1952
        7. 7. Thomas (J) Mooney 1897–1983
        8. 8. Delaware Mooney 1877–
        9. 9. Martha Mooney 1881–1881
        10. 10. James (W) Mooney 1883– m. Sylvia (Alice P) Lambert 1887–
        11. 11. J (C) Mooney 1885–
        12. 12. Columbus Mooney 1888–
      5. 5. Mary (Ann) Baugh 1854–1925 m. James (Alexander) Strouth 1845–1919
        1. 1. J (A) Strouth 1872–
        2. 2. William (A) Strouth 1872–
        3. 3. John (Henry) Strouth 1873–
        4. 4. Mary (Causley) Strouth 1875–1945
        5. 5. Virginia (E) Strouth 1878– m. C (W) Puckett 1867–
        6. 6. Andrew Strouth 1879–1970
        7. 7. son Strouth 1880–
        8. 8. daughter Strouth 1880–
        9. 9. Louisa (J.) Strouth 1882–
        10. 10. Eliza (J) Strouth 1882–
        11. 11. Joseph (Jackson) Strouth 1884–1947
        12. 12. Rebecca (Lucretia) Strouth 1888–
      6. 6. Nancy (Wagner Baugh) Meade 1861–1942 m. David (William) Meade 1859–1921
        1. 1. Mary (“Pollie” Anna Meade Hawkins) Taylor 1885–1973
        2. 2. Cassie Meade 1890–1930
        3. 3. Lucy Meade 1894–1930
        4. 4. Alfred Meade 1897–1930
        5. 5. William (Noah) Meade 1881–1931
        6. 6. Marshall (Thomas) Meade 1883–1955
      7. 7. Margaret (Ellen) Baugh 1863–
      8. 8. John (Crissman Jno) Baugh 1866–1914 m. Fatina (Cilvesta "Tiney" Fuller) Baugh 1870–1934
        1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Baugh 1910–1991
      9. 9. Charles (Christopher Jackson) Cumbow 1853–1938 m. Mary (Helen Kimberlan) Cumbow 1856–1944
        1. 1. Cora (Carrie F) Cumbow 1882–1958
        2. 2. George (Sherman) Cumbow 1896–1957
        3. 3. Lucy (Rachel Cumbow) Statzer 1892–1952
        4. 4. Jesse (Emmitt) Cumbow 1884–1974 m. Lula (Isabelle) Akers 1882–1955
        5. 5. Charlie (Walter) Cumbow 1897–1975
        6. 6. Sarah (Virginia Cumbow) Fleenor 1874–1957 m. James (Milton) Fleenor 1862–1958
        7. 7. Winfield (S.) Combow 1887–1888
        8. 8. Elva (Ellen Cumbow) Phelps 1878–1915
        9. 9. Joseph (Carmel) Cumbow 1880–1958
        10. 10. James (Thomas) Cumbow 1890–1967
        11. 11. Martha (R.) Cumbow 1889–1889
    2. 2. Florenza (Jane) Baugh 1836–1917
    3. 3. Melinda (Jane) Baugh 1832–1888 m. Fountain (J) Campbell 1826–1888
      1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth "Lizzie") Campbell 1872–1951
      2. 2. John (Harrison) Campbell 1861–1936
      3. 3. Charles (M) Campbell 1867–1888
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Ann) Campbell 1852–1928
      5. 5. George (A.) Campbell 1854–1888
      6. 6. W (S) Campbell 1857–
      7. 7. Francis (Jackson) Campbell 1869–1952
  2. 2. Jacob (Prestley) Blessing 1798–1830
  3. 3. Rebecca (Blessing) Rowen 1794–1853
  4. 4. John (Solomon) Blessing 1805–1858
  5. 5. David (Blessing) JP 1802–1864
  6. 6. John (W) Blessing 1811–1863 m. Katharine Baugh 1812–
    1. 1. Noah Blessing 1846–
    2. 2. Battie Blessing 1847–
    3. 3. Missouri Blessing 1849–
    4. 4. Ellen Blessing 1854–
    5. 5. Nancy Blessing 1856–1860
    6. 6. Crocket (R.) Blessing 1831–1853
    7. 7. Margaret (Jane) Blessing 1832–
    8. 8. Frances (Caroline) Blessing 1838–1880
    9. 9. George (Washington) Blessing 1835–1892
    10. 10. Catherine Blessing 1840– m. GEORGE Dinsmore 1835–
      1. 1. William (G) Densmore 1860–
      2. 2. Charles (P) Densmore 1863–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Densmore 1865–
      4. 4. Noah (W) Densmore 1867–
    11. 11. Elizabeth (T.) Blessing 1840–
    12. 12. Barbara (M.) Blessing 1844–
    13. 13. John Blessing 1848–
    14. 14. Martha Blessing 1852–
  7. 7. Abraham Blessing 1785–1833
  8. 8. Susannah (Blessing Barnett) Byars 1804–1875
  9. 9. Mary (Eliabeth Blessing) Wheeler 1786–1865 m. John Wheeler 1779–1845
    1. 1. Rebecca Wilson 1817–1857
    2. 2. Jacob Wheeler 1828–1905
    3. 3. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Wheeler 1806–1863
    4. 4. Mary (Malinda) Graham 1823–1909
    5. 5. Malinda Pennington 1833–1921
    6. 6. John (B.) Wheeler 1824–1897
    7. 7. Solomon (Wheeler) Sr 1814–1886
    8. 8. Ann Wheeler 1813–
    9. 9. Martha (Mary) Wheeler 1815–1892
    10. 10. Infant Wheeler 1811–1812
  10. 10. Isaac Blessing 1790–1821
  11. 11. Catharine ("Caty") Blessing 1788–1868
  12. 12. Ann (Blessing) Byars 1810–1870
  13. 13. John Blessing 1800–1880

Jacob II's Timeline

7 Records

1756
Feb 1756
Birth of Jacob Presley Blessing II in Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
1800
1800
Age 44
Jacob Presley Blessing II resided here
None
1810
1810
Age 54
Jacob Presley Blessing II resided here
None
1820
1820
Age 64
Jacob Presley Blessing II resided here
None
1830
1830
Age 74
Jacob Presley Blessing II resided here
None
1830
27 Feb 1830
Age 74
Death of Jacob Presley Blessing II in Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Wythe County, Virginia, USA
1830
25 September 1830
Age 74
Jacob Presley Blessing II - Probate in Greene, Ohio, USA
Greene, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1756
    Event Place: Packwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Birth note, Blessing / Gould #2-1-1 Ritschard 131 as Jacob Blessing II

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1810

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: to 18 February 1813
    Event Place: Wythe, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1820

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1830
    Event Place: Wythe County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Death note, Washington

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Seven Mile Ford, Smyth, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 25 September 1830
    Event Place: Greene, Ohio, USA
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