Snyder, Jacob I

1788 - 1879  (90 years)

• Name	Snyder, Jacob I  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Apr 1788	Dutchess County, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Dutchess County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Between 1820 and 1840	Luzerne, Warren, New York, USA   [2]
  Residence	1820	Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Blakeley, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
  Residence	Between 1830 and 1840	Greenfield, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Greenfield, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
  Residence	1850	Saugerties, Ulster, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Residence	1850	Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  	Carbondale, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
  Residence	1860	Scott Twp., Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  	"Scott, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States"
  Residence	1870	Greenfield, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  	Greenfield, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
  Death	17 Feb 1879	Greenfield, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Aft 17 Feb 1879	Spencers Corners, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Death	3 Mar 1879	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  reunion	16 Apr 1910	Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Nay Aug Park; 171 attended
  	1910 Snyder Reunion 16 Aug 1910 , Nay Aug Park, Scranton, PA Snyder Reunion The Scranton Tribune-Republican Wednesday, August 17, 1910 Descendants of Jacob and Rebecca Snyder held their family reunion yesterday in Nay Aug Park. Dinner was served at 2 o'clock and, according to the score kept by A. C. Snyder, and compared with the check list by another descendant, 171 members surrounded the tables. During the afternoon, when cars brought additionals, the park became fairly filed with Snyder folk. It was supposed to be 'Ladies Day' at the swimming pool known as Lake Lincoln. The lake was filled with bathers. "Are you the only guard here to attend to all those children?" the lifeguard was asked. "Oh, no, those children are all Snyders", said the guard. There were groups of them around the Everhart museum. There were groups promenading the drives. More clusters decorated the lawns. The picnic ground, where dinner was served, held another crowd. In sixes and sevens, they sat around the benches and swapped Snyder tales. More of them lined up at the zoo and fed peanuts to the bears. Younger Snyders climbed aboard the old gravity coach and 'monkeyed' with the hand brakes, just as A. C. Snyder, chief of gravity men, used to do forty years ago. Grandma Snyder, of one wing of the family, told a story of when they used to run 'rats' down the Lackawanna River from Olyphant. "Rafts, you mean," A. C. Snyder corrected her. "They were rafts, not rats. I often heard my father tell about the rafts on the Lackawanna" continued A. C. S. "Oh, I thought it was rats." It was the first time the Snyder family broke away from Lake Chapman, the stomping ground of every annual gathering of the family heretofore. "We used to hold the reunion up at the lake, and say, maybe those farmers could not fix up a swell bill of fare," A. C. Snyder went on reminiscently, "but they never got up a better meal than this 'un." and he grabbed up a piece of cake to prove the assertion. The family are descendants of Jacob and Rebecca Snyder, who immigrated from Duchess county, N. Y., to Olyphant in 1816, when the valley was a wilderness. That's where Grandma Snyder got the information about 'rats' running down the river. The attendance this year was larger than last. Next year it is expected that the gathering will be still larger, the forecast being based on the same theory that a family such as the Snyders, like the city of Scranton increased its census annually. Officers for the next year were elected after the roll call in the morning. They are: president, S. L. N. Snyder, of Scott; secretary, James McLaughlin, of Scott; treasurer, A. C. Snyder, Dunmore. The committee elected to arrange for the 1911 reunion comprise: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Snyder, of West Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Snyder, of Dunmore; Mr and Mrs. Abe R. Snyder, of Dunmore; Dr. and Mrs. Marion Snyder, of Dunmore; Byron Snyder and Belle C. Williams, of West Scranton. The reunion is held annually on the third Tuesday of August. [No list of attendees was published. -ed.] SNYDER, A. C.; Dunmore SNYDER, S. L. N.; Scott McLAUGHLIN, James; Scott SNYDER, S. H., Mr and Mrs.; West Scranton SNYDER, Samuel, Mr and Mrs.; Dunmore SNYDER, Abe R., Mr and Mrs.; Dunmore SNYDER, Marion, Dr. and Mrs.; Dunmore SNYDER, Byron; West Scranton WILLIAMS, Belle C.; West Scranton aor136added this on 13 Dec 2010 ksdirkoriginally submitted this to Snyder Family Tree - NE Pennsylvania on 23 May 20071910 Snyder Family Reunion
  Person ID	I64901	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Niver, Rebecca,   b. 9 Apr 1792, Churchtown, Columbia, New York, USA d. 20 Feb 1866, Greenfield, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1807	New York State, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	"Jacob Snyder II - from other Snyder Tree" ID: I035 Name: Jacob SNYDER II Sex: M Birth: 1753 in Shohharie County, NY Death: 1791 in Green Ridge, Greenfield TWP, Lackawanna .Co. Penn Note: This Jacob Snyder served in the American Revolution and was supposed to have been in the Battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to George Washington on Oct 19, 1781. He was supposed to have enlisted in the NY Militia from Pawling, New York. He and his friend William Niver served in the same company and were at Yorktown. The Nivers and Snyders were close and the families intermarried. Niver's daughter Rebecca married Snyder's son, known as Jacob Snyder Junior. I have a pair of silver plated brass shoe buckles that my Dad, William B. Snyder said belonged to Jacob Snyder and were worn at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. There is no way to prove this of course but it has been part of family lore for many years. I know that the buckles were made during this period in our history and are no doubt authentic . Jacob Snyder was listed in the 1790 Census in Columbia County, NY. There were: 1 free white male of 16 years and upward, including heads of families; 4 free white males under 16; 5 free white females, including heads of families. According to an article about the 50th wedding aniversary of Jacob B.Snyder (Uncle Jake), quotes the following : " Uncle Jake comes from old Revolutionary stock and is one of the few men living today who has heard the story of Saratoga, Valley Forge, and Yorktown recounted by a participant in those and the intermrdiary events, his grandfathers both having served in the Contental Army throughout the whole conflict. " This newspaper article says that he is "buried 75 feet north of Jermyn breaker in Green Ridge where an old cemetary was located in the old days." I asume this is someplace in Pennsylvania. Another unrelated newspaper article refers to the death of Mrs Betsey Snyder (?) of Tompkinsville, PA. Feb 6, 1915, said she was formerly from "Jermyn". It must be a town no longer on the map. Further information from the Lacakawanna Historical Society shows that the grave site was in Scranton. Jermyn's Centennial Braker was a mine shaft and tipple locatged in the Green Ridge area of Scranton. The old grave yard where Jacob Snyder is supposed to be interred was located at Glen and Fifth streets as late as 1877. The grave yard is no longer there. The people at the Lackawanna Historical Society do not what happened to the graves but they will let me know if they find out anything. Father: Jacob SNYDER b: 1712 in The Netherlands Marriage 1 Elizabeth ABEL b: WFT Est. 1737-1763 Married: WFT Est. 1767-1788 Children Maria SNYDER b: 19 JUN 1775 in Columbia County, NY. Elizabeth SNYDER b: 19 MAR 1777 Tunis SNYDER b: 24 OCT 1778 Margaret SNYDER b: 22 JUN 1782 John SNYDER b: 17 JAN 1784 Jacob SNYDER III b: 15 APR 1786 in Columbia county, NY Catherine SNYDER b: 28 SEP 1790

  
  
  fargo8 added this on 27 Mar 2008
  ksdirk originally submitted this to Snyder Family Tree - NE Pennsylvania on 16 Apr 2007