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Jacob Shank 1708–1736 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1708

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 1736

Death Location: Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Christian Schenk

Mother: Barbara Brackbill

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Barbara Shank

Jacob Shank was born in 1708 in Pennsylvania, the child of Christian Schenk And Barbara Brackbill. Jacob Shank had children including Barbara Summers Shank. Jacob Shank passed away in 1736 in Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Jacob Shank was born in 1708 in Pennsylvania, the child of Christian Schenk And Barbara Brackbill.
  • Jacob Shank had children including Barbara Summers Shank.
  • Jacob Shank passed away in 1736 in Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jacob Shank's Ancestors

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Jacob Shank
1708–1736
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
Christian Schenk
1662–1724
Hinton, Eggiwil, Bern, Berne, Suisse
Barbara Brackbill
1674–1714
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Michael (Daniel) Schenck
1639–1707
Eggiwil, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
Anna (Maria) Stauffer
1643–1707
Bern, Switzerland
Great-Grandparents
Michael Schenck
1590–1672
Ann Riesser
1602–1672
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hans Schenck
1564–1620
Annali Rytz
1568–1620
Peter (Rieser)
1574–
Margareth Neuenschwander
1575–1616

Jacob Shank's Descendants

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Jacob Shank (1708–1736)
  1. 1. Barbara (Summers) Shank 1735–1818 m. Jacob (Huber \ Hoover Pioneer of) Rainham** 1728–1810
    1. 1. Henry (Hoover Huber) Sr. 1751–1809 m. MARGARET (Anna Stoner) Kern 1752–1813
      1. 1. Nancy (Ann Hoover) Huber 1784–1871 m. Martin Fite 1788–1861
        1. 1. Jacob (FITE) Jr 1812–1883 m. Theresa (Mary) Osburne 1806–1866 m. Elizabeth I 1831–
        2. 2. Susan Fite 1821–1907
        3. 3. Christian Fite 1812–1878
        4. 4. Mary (Polly) Fite 1810–1880
        5. 5. Anna FITE 1818–1899
        6. 6. Martin (Jr Fite) Jr 1825–

Jacob Shank's Timeline

2 Records

1708
1708
Birth of Jacob Shank in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1736
1736
Age 28
Death of Jacob Shank in Germantown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Germantown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source:
    [1] Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1736
    Event Place: Germantown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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