Jacob Hochstetler^[1]

Abt 1735 - 1757  (~ 22 years)

• Name	Jacob Hochstetler
  Birth	Abt 1735  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Sep 1757  [3, 4]
  Burial	Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I1287	rrss
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Jacob Hochstetler,   b. Abt 1712, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France d. 1776, Bernville, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Anna (Hochstetler),   b. 1710   d. 20 Sep 1757, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	1729  [5]
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Shartlesville, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. [S149] Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, the immigrant of 1736. The Indians stood in consultation for a few minutes and then set the house on fire. The family consisted of seven persons: The parents, Jacob, Jr., Joseph, Christian and a daughter, name not known; also Barbara Stutzman, probably not at home. As the fire progressed, they sought refuge in the cel lar, while the Indians stood guard around the house. When the fire had ad vanced so far as to burst through the floor, its advance was checked by sprink ling cider on the burning spots. As daylight was now nearing it was thought the enemy would not re main much longer and the family hoped to hold out until they departed. Mean while the disturbance attracted the attention of John, living on the adjoining farm. A few steps from his door he could see over to the old home, which be ing on fire, surrounded by the savages and all the family within, presented a shocking sight. The safety of his wife and child appealed to him. Hastening into his house he took and concealed them in a thicket of brush in a flat place about eighty rods south of his house, and returned to see what could be done for those at the old home. There was no telling where the enemy might strike next, hence he prudently concealed his tracks, and on reaching a place where he could observe the old home, the Indians were just finishing their bloody work. [S6] Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014. [S149] Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, the immigrant of 1736. The mother, being a fleshy woman, was with difficulty extricated; be sides, the wounded Jacob had to be assisted, and by the time the family were all out they were surrounded, were all easily captured except Joseph who, be ing swift-footed like a deer, circled around, eluded them and ran up the hill, followed by two Indians who had thrown their guns away, determined to take him alive. He easily outran them and beholding them give up the chase and return to the burning building, he dropped down behind a log. It happened that one of the Indians observed him, but they hastened to the scene of car nage. The son Jacob and the daughter were tomahawked and scalped. But the mother, against whom they seemed to have a particular spite, was stabbed to the heart with a butcher knife and was scalped. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1305.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS.