Wolfe, John Jacob III

1754 - 1834  (80 years)

• Name	Wolfe, John Jacob  [1]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1754	Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  inheritance	25 Mar 1779	Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
  	Estate Record of John Jacob Wolfe:Court Records: cash paid to the children and heirs of John Jacob Wolf Deceased who was one of the sons of the testator to wit: to John Jacob Wolfe, Clora, the wife of Anthony Rodenheffer, Margaret the wife of George Miller, Augustine Wolfe, Barbara the wife of John Cook, George Woolf, Mary the wife of Conrad Reeder, Adam Wolf and John Wolf, to each the sum of £2.17.9 as per their receipts respectively.
  	20250305GHLn- John Jacob Wolf Jr. BIRTH 20 Mar 1731 Oberauerbach, Stadtkreis Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany DEATH 1779 (aged 47-48) Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID156008424 · PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 8 Estate Records of John Jacob Wolfe: Shenandoah County, VA Court Records, 1779: To cash paid to the children and heirs of John Jacob Wolf Deceased who was one of the sons of the testator to wit: to John Jacob Wolfe, Clora, the wife of Anthony Rodenheffer, Margaret the wife of George Miller, Augustine Wolfe, Barbara the wife of John Cook, George Woolf, Mary the wife of Conrad Reeder, Adam Wolf and John Wolf, to each the sum of £2.17.9 as per their receipts respectively.
  		Wolfe, John Jacob Estate Records 20250305GHLn- CH Carol Hathaway originally shared this on 1 May 2024 4/27/2024 11:41:00 AM Estate Records of John Jacob Wolfe Linked to John Jacob Wolfe Jr Saved by Charli Matz Comments john c wetzel
  War, Revolutionary	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Richard-K-Simpson/BOOK-0001/0006-0002.html#CHILD3 3. Eva Christina2 Wetzel (John1) was born 1759 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She married John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe 1774, son of John Wolfe and Sara Anderschall. He was born 1754 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died 1834 in Piney Knob - Preston County, West Virginia. Notes for John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Moved from the Stoney Creek section of Shenandoah County to the Wetzel settlement in what is now Preston County, WV before 1782. Fought in the Revolutionary War. For five years lived, hunted, trapped and fought with Wetzel brothers. He married their sister Christina in Wheeling, Virginia and settled in Lenox, Pleasant District, Preston County, Virginia.
  Name	Jacob Wolf  [2, 3]
  Name	John Jacob Wolfe
  	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Richard-K-Simpson/BOOK-0001/0006-0002.html#CHILD3 3. Eva Christina2 Wetzel (John1) was born 1759 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She married John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe 1774, son of John Wolfe and Sara Anderschall. He was born 1754 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died 1834 in Piney Knob - Preston County, West Virginia. Notes for John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Moved from the Stoney Creek section of Shenandoah County to the Wetzel settlement in what is now Preston County, WV before 1782. Fought in the Revolutionary War. For five years lived, hunted, trapped and fought with Wetzel brothers. He married their sister Christina in Wheeling, Virginia and settled in Lenox, Pleasant District, Preston County, Virginia. More About John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Military Service: Served in the Revolutionary War Children of Eva Wetzel and John Wolfe are: 9 i. John "Wobby"3 Wolfe. He married Mary Teets More About John "Wobby" Wolfe: Military Service: War of 1812 10 ii. George "Paddy" Wolfe. He married Elizabeth Teets 11 iii. Elizabeth Wolfe. She married John Teets 12 iv. Louise C Wolfe. She married Henry Sine 13 v. Nancy Wolfe. She married Phillip Lewis 14 vi. Sarah Wolfe. She married Henry Lewis + 15 vii. Susan Wolfe, born 1775; died March 11, 1853 in Brandonville, West Virginia. 16 viii. Lewis Wolfe, born 1804; died 1866. He married Hannah Falkenstine + 17 ix. Augustine Wolfe, born August 11, 1810 in Preston County, West Virginia; died December 26, 1859. + 18 x. Jacob "Juke" Wolfe, born November 14, 1814; died January 22, 1895 in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
  Name	Mountain Jake
  	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Richard-K-Simpson/BOOK-0001/0006-0002.html#CHILD3 3. Eva Christina2 Wetzel (John1) was born 1759 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She married John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe 1774, son of John Wolfe and Sara Anderschall. He was born 1754 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died 1834 in Piney Knob - Preston County, West Virginia. Notes for John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Moved from the Stoney Creek section of Shenandoah County to the Wetzel settlement in what is now Preston County, WV before 1782. Fought in the Revolutionary War. For five years lived, hunted, trapped and fought with Wetzel brothers. He married their sister Christina in Wheeling, Virginia and settled in Lenox, Pleasant District, Preston County, Virginia. More About John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Military Service: Served in the Revolutionary War Children of Eva Wetzel and John Wolfe are: 9 i. John "Wobby"3 Wolfe. He married Mary Teets More About John "Wobby" Wolfe: Military Service: War of 1812 10 ii. George "Paddy" Wolfe. He married Elizabeth Teets 11 iii. Elizabeth Wolfe. She married John Teets 12 iv. Louise C Wolfe. She married Henry Sine 13 v. Nancy Wolfe. She married Phillip Lewis 14 vi. Sarah Wolfe. She married Henry Lewis + 15 vii. Susan Wolfe, born 1775; died March 11, 1853 in Brandonville, West Virginia. 16 viii. Lewis Wolfe, born 1804; died 1866. He married Hannah Falkenstine + 17 ix. Augustine Wolfe, born August 11, 1810 in Preston County, West Virginia; died December 26, 1859. + 18 x. Jacob "Juke" Wolfe, born November 14, 1814; died January 22, 1895 in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
  Death	1834	Preston County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  	age 80
  Burial	Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I57240	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Wolfe, John Jacob II,   b. 26 Mar 1731, Klingenmünster, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. Bef 25 Mar 1779, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA (Age < 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Howdyshell, Mary Sarah,   b. 1732   d. 1824 (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Estate Administration proves that John Jacob Wolfe
  	Note: the above Estate Administration proves that John Jacob Wolfe's wife was named Mary [maiden name not known] and NOT Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall as some have claimed. There are supposedly records of a Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall marrying a Jacob Wolfe, but NOT this Jacob Wolfe.
  Family ID	F58962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wetzel, Eva 'Christina',   b. 1759, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1786, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	1774	Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA
  	http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Richard-K-Simpson/BOOK-0001/0006-0002.html#CHILD3 3. Eva Christina2 Wetzel (John1) was born 1759 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She married John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe 1774, son of John Wolfe and Sara Anderschall. He was born 1754 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died 1834 in Piney Knob - Preston County, West Virginia. Notes for John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Moved from the Stoney Creek section of Shenandoah County to the Wetzel settlement in what is now Preston County, WV before 1782. Fought in the Revolutionary War. For five years lived, hunted, trapped and fought with Wetzel brothers. He married their sister Christina in Wheeling, Virginia and settled in Lenox, Pleasant District, Preston County, Virginia. More About John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Military Service: Served in the Revolutionary War Children of Eva Wetzel and John Wolfe are: 9 i. John "Wobby"3 Wolfe. He married Mary Teets More About John "Wobby" Wolfe: Military Service: War of 1812 10 ii. George "Paddy" Wolfe. He married Elizabeth Teets 11 iii. Elizabeth Wolfe. She married John Teets 12 iv. Louise C Wolfe. She married Henry Sine 13 v. Nancy Wolfe. She married Phillip Lewis 14 vi. Sarah Wolfe. She married Henry Lewis + 15 vii. Susan Wolfe, born 1775; died March 11, 1853 in Brandonville, West Virginia. 16 viii. Lewis Wolfe, born 1804; died 1866. He married Hannah Falkenstine + 17 ix. Augustine Wolfe, born August 11, 1810 in Preston County, West Virginia; died December 26, 1859. + 18 x. Jacob "Juke" Wolfe, born November 14, 1814; died January 22, 1895 in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
  Children	1. Wolfe, Lewis Wetzel,   b. 17 Apr 1804, Preston County, West Virginia, USA d. 26 Sep 1886, Preston County, West Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Wolfe, Augustine,   b. 11 Aug 1810   d. 26 Dec 1859 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F40255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1754 - Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1774 - Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA inheritance - Estate Record of John Jacob Wolfe:Court Records: cash paid to the children and heirs of John Jacob Wolf Deceased who was one of the sons of the testator to wit: to John Jacob Wolfe, Clora, the wife of Anthony Rodenheffer, Margaret the wife of George Miller, Augustine Wolfe, Barbara the wife of John Cook, George Woolf, Mary the wife of Conrad Reeder, Adam Wolf and John Wolf, to each the sum of £2.17.9 as per their receipts respectively. - 25 Mar 1779 - Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA Death - 1834 - Preston County, West Virginia, USA Burial - - Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Wolfe, John Jacob Estate Records 20250305GHLn- CH Carol Hathaway originally shared this on 1 May 2024 4/27/2024 11:41:00 AM Estate Records of John Jacob Wolfe Linked to John Jacob Wolfe Jr Saved by Charli Matz Comments john c wetzel

  
  

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  http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/Richard-K-Simpson/BOOK-0001/0006-0002.html#CHILD3 3. Eva Christina2 Wetzel (John1) was born 1759 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She married John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe 1774, son of John Wolfe and Sara Anderschall. He was born 1754 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died 1834 in Piney Knob - Preston County, West Virginia. Notes for John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Moved from the Stoney Creek section of Shenandoah County to the Wetzel settlement in what is now Preston County, WV before 1782. Fought in the Revolutionary War. For five years lived, hunted, trapped and fought with Wetzel brothers. He married their sister Christina in Wheeling, Virginia and settled in Lenox, Pleasant District, Preston County, Virginia. More About John "Mountain Jake" Jacob Wolfe: Military Service: Served in the Revolutionary War Children of Eva Wetzel and John Wolfe are: 9 i. John "Wobby"3 Wolfe. He married Mary Teets More About John "Wobby" Wolfe: Military Service: War of 1812 10 ii. George "Paddy" Wolfe. He married Elizabeth Teets 11 iii. Elizabeth Wolfe. She married John Teets 12 iv. Louise C Wolfe. She married Henry Sine 13 v. Nancy Wolfe. She married Phillip Lewis 14 vi. Sarah Wolfe. She married Henry Lewis + 15 vii. Susan Wolfe, born 1775; died March 11, 1853 in Brandonville, West Virginia. 16 viii. Lewis Wolfe, born 1804; died 1866. He married Hannah Falkenstine + 17 ix. Augustine Wolfe, born August 11, 1810 in Preston County, West Virginia; died December 26, 1859. + 18 x. Jacob "Juke" Wolfe, born November 14, 1814; died January 22, 1895 in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

  
  

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  [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Eva Christina Wolfe (26) facts 20250305GHLn- 20250305GHLn- noch Eva Christina “Eve” Wetzel Wolfe BIRTH 1759 Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, USA DEATH unknown Marshall County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Limestone Cemetery Limestone, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID94160084 · PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 4 Family Members Parents CPT John Whetzel 1733-1786 Mary Bonnett Wetzel 1735-1805 Spouse John Jacob "Mountain Jake" Wolfe III 1754-1834 (m. 1774) Siblings Pvt Martin Wetzel 1757-1829 Lewis Wetzel 1763-1808 Capt Jacob Whetzel 1765-1827 Susannah "Susan" Whetzel Goodrich 1767-1828 Flowers • 4 Left by Lanie on 22 Jul 2019 Left by aye ain't on 19 Sep 2013 _____________ 20250305GHLn- John Jacob Wolf Jr. BIRTH 20 Mar 1731 Oberauerbach, Stadtkreis Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany DEATH 1779 (aged 47-48) Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID156008424 · PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 8 Estate Records of John Jacob Wolfe: Shenandoah County, VA Court Records, 1779: To cash paid to the children and heirs of John Jacob Wolf Deceased who was one of the sons of the testator to wit: to John Jacob Wolfe, Clora, the wife of Anthony Rodenheffer, Margaret the wife of George Miller, Augustine Wolfe, Barbara the wife of John Cook, George Woolf, Mary the wife of Conrad Reeder, Adam Wolf and John Wolf, to each the sum of £2.17.9 as per their receipts respectively. (John) Jacob Woolf Administration, 25 March 1779: Know by all men these presents that we Mary Wolf and Godfrew Wilkins are held and firmly bound unto Abraham Bird, Johnas North, Joseph Watson and ____ ____, gentlemen Justices of the County Court of Shenandoah County are (?) setting in the sum of ten thousand pounds current money of Virginia to which the payment will and truly be made to the justices and their successors we bind ourselves and every of us our and every of our heirs Executor Administrators jointly and severally (?) by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 25 Day of March 1779. The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Mary Woolf Administratrix of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of Jacob Woolf, deceased do make or cause to be made a true and just inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the Deceased which have or shall come to the hands of the said Mary Woolf or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her will and truly administrate according to law and further do make a just and true account of her acting and being therein when thereto required by the said Court and all the rest and residue of the goods and chattels and credits of the said Deceased which shall be found remaining on the said administration account the same being first examined and allowed by the said Court for the time being shall deliver and pay unto such persons as respectively the said Justices by their order and if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Jacob Woolf and the executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said Mary Woolf being there unto required do (to?) render and deliver up the letter of Administration approbation of such testament being first had and made in the said Court then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and Delivered. In presence Note: the above Estate Administration proves that John Jacob Wolfe's wife was named Mary [maiden name not known] and NOT Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall as some have claimed. There are supposedly records of a Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall marrying a Jacob Wolfe, but NOT this Jacob Wolfe. Family Members Parents Johann Jacob "Jake the Elder" Wolf Sr 1707-1799 Anna Catharina Schmiden Wolf 1709 - unknown Spouse Mary unknown Wolf 1732-1824 Children George Wolfe 1752-1827 John Jacob "Mountain Jake" Wolfe III 1754-1834 Philip Augustine Wolf Sr 1756-1832 Sara Mary Wolfe Rader 1761-1853 Adam "Paddy" Wolfe Sr 1771-1859 Flowers • 8 Left by Lanie on 2 Jun 2021 Left by aye ain't on 4 Nov 2019 [S1948] GEDCOM: Bonnett 117340 Jean Louis. ii. CHRISTINA WETZEL 65,66, b. 1759 67; m. JACOB WOLFE 68 [S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 07.

  
  

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