Ancestry.com (Most of this information is from Ancestry.com)
Jacob Hamilton
m. Catherine Weirirck
Jacob Hamilton
(1806 - 1872)
Born in Pennsylvania, USA on 22 Mar 1806.
Jacob married Sarah
A Hoffman. Jacob married Catherine
Weirick and had 13 children. He passed away on 18 Jun 1872 in Liverpool,
Perry, Pennsylvania, USA.
*Please note that Jacob was born in
1806, but was not recorded as having paid taxes. The first record we have of him is paying taxes in the 1830s.
Family Members
Parents**
Unavailable**
Unavailable**
**According to
record, Jacob Hamilton did not have parents.
However, he did. He was in fact
born David Hamilton to Sgt. John O. Hamilton and Elizabeth Forster (Foster),
and later changed his name to Jacob Hamilton.
The 4 reasons I say this are (first 1-3, than later 4):
Reason #1. David/Jacob had three children with the same names.
Reason #2. David/Jacob both lived in Perry Co. Pennsylvania.
Reason #3. Where David disappears from
record, Jacob enters record, old enough that he should have already paid taxes
by his age, but with no record of having been born at all. This was also a time when many Americans where complaining to the British who then owned America that the British where giving taxation without representation.
Catherine
Weirick (1812 - 1858)
Born in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA
on 15 Aug 1812 to Christian
Weirick and Anna
Maria Hauer. Catherine married Jacob
Hamilton and had 13 children. She passed away on 8 Aug 1858 in Liverpool,
Perry, Pennsylvania, USA.
Children
Elizabeth
Hamilton (check)
Levi
Weirick Hamilton (check)
John
Jacob Hamilton (check)
Levi Weirick Hamilton m. Ellen Prisilla Brookhart (my ancestors)
Levi Weirick
Hamilton (1836 - 1911)
Born on 5 Sep 1836 to Jacob
Hamilton and Catherine
Weirick. Levi Weirick married Ellen
Priscilla Brookhart and had 10 children. He passed away on 17 Jan 1911.
Ellen Priscilla
Brookhart (1839 - 1916)
Born in Millerstown, Perry, Pennsylvania,
USA on 22 Jan 1839 to John
Brookhart and Ellen
Ann Rider. Ellen Priscilla married Levi
Weirick Hamilton and had 10 children. She passed away on 17 Mar 1916 in
Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania, USA.
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/hamilton/messages/9640.html (info cut and pasted below)
1. Sergeant John P. HAMILTON Sr. Born about 1740 in Northern Ireland. John P. died in Bracken Co. KY abt 1810, he was 70
John came to U.S. during winter of 1763/1764 from N. Ireland. He entered the US at Baltimore, MD
John P. HAMILTON married Elizabeth born in 1740-50 in Northern Europe.
They had the following children:
2 i. Edward ( 1760-1827 )
3 ii. John P.( 1765-1849 )
iii. Samuel abt 1774
4 iv. David ( 1776(?) -- 1824 )
v. Sarah abt 1778
vi. Elizabeth abt 1780
4. David HAMILTON David died abt 1824
David married UNKNOWN
They had the following children:
i. Elizabeth (in common with Jacob)
ii. Levi (in common with Jacob)
iii. John (in common with Jacob)
iv. Mark
v. Deborah
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Reason #4. Note: In the above, the record shows that the date of David's birth is uncertain, as well as the name of his wife, and in addition the date of his death is uncertain.
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/hamilton/messages/9640.html (info cut and pasted below)
1. Sergeant John P. HAMILTON Sr. Born about 1740 in Northern Ireland. John P. died in Bracken Co. KY abt 1810, he was 70
John came to U.S. during winter of 1763/1764 from N. Ireland. He entered the US at Baltimore, MD
John P. HAMILTON married Elizabeth born in 1740-50 in Northern Europe.
They had the following children:
2 i. Edward ( 1760-1827 )
3 ii. John P.( 1765-1849 )
iii. Samuel abt 1774
4 iv. David ( 1776(?) -- 1824 )
v. Sarah abt 1778
vi. Elizabeth abt 1780
4. David HAMILTON David died abt 1824
David married UNKNOWN
They had the following children:
i. Elizabeth (in common with Jacob)
ii. Levi (in common with Jacob)
iii. John (in common with Jacob)
iv. Mark
v. Deborah
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Reason #4. Note: In the above, the record shows that the date of David's birth is uncertain, as well as the name of his wife, and in addition the date of his death is uncertain.
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Note: Elizabeth, Levi, and John where children with names in common with the parents named Jacob Hamilton and David Hamilton. That is one connection of these individuals, albeit not a strong one because these are very common names. However, it should not be overlooked if one wants to consider all the possibilities, meaning this alone isn't strong evidence, but when combined with other evidence such as Jacob's age when he first started paying taxes
Citing this Record (Below)
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZGB-JLJ : accessed 26 Jan 2013), Jacob Hamilton in household of Jacob Hamilton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 16, family 128, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552885.
