Jacob Forney Sell, Sr^{[1, 2]}

1742 - 1825  (82 years)

• Name	Jacob Forney Sell
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	10 Dec 1742	Germany,York,Pennsylvania,USA
  Gender	Male
  Permanent Record Number	geni:6000000013073517847
  _MARNM	Sell
  Died	23 Oct 1825
  	Address: Pennsylvania United States Pennsylvania United States
  Buried	Aft 23 Oct 1825	Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery
  	Address: Littlestown Littlestown, Pennsylvania United States
  Person ID	I6000000013073517847	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Abraham Henry Sellen Sell,   b. 1715, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Jun 1786  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Louisa Charlotte Forney,   b. 24 Apr 1718, Wachenheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 1743, German Township,York,Pennsylvania,USA  (Age 24 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1742	Germany, York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F6000000000954117179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	1773	Littlestown, York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F6000000013073517851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  {geni:about_me} SELL, JACOB Ancestor #: A210377 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 12-10-1741 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA Death: 10-23-1825 GERMANY TWP ADAMS CO PENNSYLVANIA Service Source: PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 21, PP 103,107, 310, 454, 560, 724, 727 Service Description: PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 He was the son of Abraham and Charlotte Louisa Forney Sell. He inherited 200 acres of his father's farm, in Union Township, south of the Hanover-Littlestown highway near the Pine Grove Road [lat 39.752132 long -77.039949]. He constructed a saw mill on this property. He married Christina Hesson, daughter of Balser Hesson Sr. of Silver Run, Maryland, about 1772. He served in the York County Militia during the Revolutionary War. They had nine children: Abraham, Henry, John, Peter, Maria Keefauver, Jacob Jr., Daniel, David and Margaret Unger. They had 68 grandchildren. Only two of his children remained in the county. Four sons migrated to Ohio. [Source: The Sell Families of Adams and York Counties, PA by Kenneth Sell, Chapter 3A, pp. 43-54]. Inscription: English translation: Here rests in God Jacob Sell. He was born in the year 1741 the 10th of December and died in the year 1826* the 23rd of October. His age was 83 years 10 months and 15 days. Note: His death date is in error as the papers to settle his estate were filed on November 3, 1825.

  
  

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  07 May 2020. Date of Deathhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4711546&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt 07 May 2020. Date of Birthhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4711546&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt