Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1792 b
  • Death: 24 Jul 1852 in Adelphi, Ross Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Old Lutheran Cemetery, Colerain Twp, Ross Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob HARPSTER Birth: 1756 in Pennsylvania Death: 24 Jul 1832 in Beaver Twp, Union Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Ann Eva OVERMIER Birth: Abt 1765 Death: 1832

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles HARPSTER Birth: Abt 1807
  2. Elizabeth HARPSTER Birth: 2 Mar 1808
  3. Hannah HARPSTER Birth: 1809
  4. Amos HARPSTER Birth: 6 Nov 1813
  5. Harriet HARPSTER Birth: Abt 1814
  6. Rebecca HARPSTER Birth: Abt 1815
  7. Rudolph HARPSTER Birth: Abt 1817
  8. Jacob HARPSTER Birth: 16 Dec 1818
  9. Abraham HARPSTER Birth: Jan 1823
  10. George HARPSTER Birth: 1 Jun 1825
  11. Mary HARPSTER Birth: 19 Dec 1825
  12. George Washington HARPSTER Birth: 24 Nov 1842 Death: 9 Sep 1866

Bibliography
  1. Dale, Beverly, Harpster, private email 12/28/1995. Author address: revbev at pobox dot upenn dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995].
  2. Bruders, Robert K, Descendants of David Harpster, Gresham, OR: 2/10/2003. Avail http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/u/Robert-K-Bruders/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #[0-9]*].
  3. Byrd, Freida, Harpster, Herbster, Herpster, Harbster, in Boucher Family Newsletter, Mar 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byrd HARPSTER].
  4. DAR Application 415660, Kirchman, Joanne Galbrener Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #415660].
  5. DAR Application 526237, Gibbons, Erma Bledsoe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #526237].
  6. Fisher, Charles A, Snyder County PA Probate and Orphan Court Records, 1772-1855. Selinsgrove, PA: author, 1940. DAR PENN Counties Snyder PEN. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fisher SnyderCoPA p[0-9]*].
  7. Jackson, Ronald Vern, Ohio Tax Lists 1800-1810. Accelerated Index Systems, c1977. Sutro F490.J28 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jackson OhioTaxLists p[0-9]*].
  8. Moschella, Julia, Harpster-Bledsoe families. Private email 9/6/2009. Author address: mpinetree at citlink dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009].
  9. Powell, Esther Weygandt, Early Ohio Tax Records. Akron, OH: author, 1971. Sutro F490.P68 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Powell EarlyOhioTax p[0-9]*].
  10. Union County Orphans Court, Docket Book 3, page 310, May Term 1837. Available through DAR Genealogical Research System, Supporting documentation for National #415660 Patriot A051119. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
parents:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
father:
[Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
24 Jun 1779 [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #2],
mother:
Mary ___ (#1760) [Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
place:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #3]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susan (HARPSTER)
date:
abt 1807 [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #3],
names:
Jacob HARPSTER & Susan ___ [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Bruders HARPSTER #3, Byrd HARPSTER],
child:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Bruders HARPSTER #3, Byrd HARPSTER]
Research Notes:
1818: taxed in Colrain Twp, Ross Co, Ohio [WTM: Book claims to be 1800-1810, so maybe the 1818 is a typo; perhaps 1808?? or 1810??] [Ref: Jackson OhioTaxLists p175]

1825: possibly the Jacob Harpster who appears on the Wayne County, Ohio, Tax list [Ref: Powell EarlyOhioTax p425]

May 1837: petitioned the Orphans Court of Union County for a partition of the father's estate who died intestate abt 1832 [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]

----- Union County Orphans Court Book 3 p110:
May Term 1837; Jacobb Harpster, decd, Petition for Inquest. A petition was presented in the words following, to wit - To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphan Court of the County of Union held at New Berlin in and for said County the sixteenth day of May 1837. The petition of Jacob Herbster son and heir at law of Jacob Herbster late of Beaver Township deceased, humbly showeth that your petitioner's said father died intestate about the year anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty two, leaving a widow who hath also since died and issue twelve children to wit, Peter, Frederick, who was intermarried with Susan Thomas but hath since died leaving issue eight children to wit, George, David, Jacob, John, Eve, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Polly Herbster; Barbara intermarried with John Hoffman; Sally intermarried with George Hoffman; David, Eve, who was intermarried with Peter Kepler but hath also since died leaving issue four children, to wit, Leonard, Hyram, Lucinda, and Sally Kepler; Jacob your petitioner, John who was intermarried with Peggy Traister but hath also since died leaving issue five children, to wit, Solomon, Peter, Philip, Catherine, and Polly; George, Philip, Anthony, Elizabeth intermarried with John Lawer; and that the said intestate died seized in his demesnes of fee of and in a certain messuage plantation and tract of land situate in the township and County aforesaid bounded by lands of Henry Rouch, Donald Stainingetr, Jacob Hornby and others, and containing about one hundred and twenty seven acres should the same be more or less with the appurtenances. Your petitioner therefore prays your honour to award an inquest to make partition of the premises aforesaid, to and among the children and representatives of the said intestate in such manner and in such proportions as by the laws of this commonwealth is demanded if such partition can be made without prejudice to or spoiling of the whole, but if such partition cannot be thereof as aforesaid then to value and appraise the same. And further to inquire and ascertain whether the said real estate with the appurtenances will conveniently accommodate more than one of the children of the said intestate, and if so how many of the said children it will conveniently accommodate. And make report of their proceedings to the next general Orphans Court, and he will pray. Whereupon May 17 1837 the said petition being read and heard the prayer of the petitioner is granted and Inquest awarded. By the Court. [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]



Pedigree of Jacob HARPSTER
                   /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
          /-----David HARPSTER
         |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
         |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
         |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
 /-----Jacob HARPSTER
|         \-----Rosina CAMPBELL
Jacob HARPSTER
|                  /-----John George OBERMAYER
|         /-----John George OBERMAYER
|        |        |         /-----John George BANE
|        |         \-----Anna BANE
 \-----Ann Eva OVERMIER
         |         /-----Jonas VOGT
          \-----Anna Barbara VOGT



Descendants of Jacob HARPSTER
1. Jacob HARPSTER m. Susan (HARPSTER)
m. Susan (HARPSTER)