Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Snively and Barbara Eberle




Husband Jacob Snively 1 2

            AKA: Jacob Schnebele 2
           Born: 21 Dec 1694 - Switzerland 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Aug 1766 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Johann Jacob Schnebele (1659-1743) 3
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 14 Apr 1736 1 2

   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )



Wife Barbara Eberle
1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft Aug 1766
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Henry Snively 1 2

           Born: 1739 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Barbara Whitmore (      -      ) 4


2 F Fannie Snively 1 2

           Born: 16 Oct 1742 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



3 F Catherine [1] Snively 1 2

           Born: 28 Oct 1744 2
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 



4 F Susanna Snively 1 2

           Born: 16 Mar 1746 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M Joseph Snively 1 2

           Born: 19 Dec 1748 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Oct 1833 4 5
         Buried:  - Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA
         Spouse: Magdalena Stoner (      -1793/1795) 4 5
           Marr: 13 Jun 1771 4 5


6 M Andrew Snively 1 2 6

           Born: 4 Jan 1751 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1813 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susanna Funk (1754-1788) 4
           Marr: 15 Jan 1775 4
         Spouse: Mary Magdalena Shenk (1762-1830) 5 7
           Marr: 5 Nov 1789 7


7 F Elizabeth Snively 1 2

           Born: 21 Feb 1754 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



8 F Anna Mary Snively 1 2

           Born: 29 Jul 1755 2
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 



9 M Michael Snively 1 2

           Born: 25 Jan 1757 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 F Mary Snively 1 2

           Born: 27 Nov 1758 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



11 F Catherine [2] Snively 1 2

           Born: 27 Jan 1760 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



12 F Christiana Snively 1 2

           Born: 14 Nov 1761 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



13 M Jacob Snively 1 7

           Born: 14 Nov 1763 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eva Coleman (      -      ) 7


14 F Barbara Snively 1 2

           Born: 22 Nov 1765 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Jacob Snively


Coming to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, [from Lancaster County?] in 1731 he bought land in 1734, about two miles northeast of Greencastle, the same year building a log house. His first purchase was 500 acres to which he afterward added some 1000 acres more. By the above it will be seen he was a man of substance, and evidently of considerable business ability, as he acted for some time as collector of taxes and agent for the Penns.

He and his wives are buried about 100 yards north from the site where he built his pioneer log cabin. The burial place was surrounded by a substantial stone wall, three and one-half feet high and three feet thick, and was eighteen feet square; the center space was filled with earth to the top of the wall, and in this space lay the remains of the pioneers.
One quarter of a mile south of the above burial place is another ground, where lie buried a number of the Snively family.

On the site of his original log cabin, his son, Andrew, built a substantial stone structure in 1781. On the other side of the road, 100 yards distant, this same Andrew built a large brick residence for his son, Maj. Henry Snively, in 1799.

He came to Pennsylvania with his father and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but he crossed the Susquehanna and moved westward at a very early period. He was one of the first settlers in the Conococheague valley, taking up a large tract of land in what became Antrim township, Franklin County, east of Greencastle. It is claimed that he built his cabin in 1734, on the site of the stone mansion built by his son Andrew in 1781, and later owned and occupied by Adam B. Zarger, Esq. The Rev. Michael Schlatter, the father of the Reformed Church in the United States, visited him there, in 1749, speaking of him as an "honest Swiss." [BAFC, 217]

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 726.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 217.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 216.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 218.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 727.

6 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1028.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 219.


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