CHILDREN

1773:  Jacob Holderman, Jr., born in Chester Co., PA.

1775 Feb. 5:  Christopher Holderman was born in Chester Co., PA.

1779 Sep.:  John Holderman was born in Chester Co., PA.

1781 Feb. 8:  Abraham Holderman was born in Chester Co., PA.

1781 Sep. 24:  Jacob Holderman, Sr., began service in Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. Carrells Company.  (Penn.  Archives, Fifth Series, V. 5, p. 538, and p. 544.)  He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index.

1790:  Federal Census:  Coventry Twp. (Chester), PA, p. 61 (in "Heads of Families")

1799 Jan. 1:  This date of death is suggested by Jacob Holderman's will which is on file in Chester Co., PA, case 4676, Book B, page 439.

1799 Jun. 23:  This date of death is suggested by Magdalena Holderman's will which is on file in Chester Co., PA.

1799:  Guardians were appointed for the minor children of Jacob and Magdalena Holderman (John, Abraham and David).  First was John Rinehart of Coventry Twp. (Orphans Court Docket, Vol. 10, p. 142), then Griffith Griffith, who might have been the  brother of their paternal grandmother, Sarah Griffith Holderman (Orphans Court Docket, Vol. 10, p. 171).

1799 Sep. 18:  Jacob Holderman, Jr., petitions the Chester County, PA, Orphan's Court for settlement of his father's estate, to  be divided between himself (Jacob, Jr.), Stophel (Christopher), John, Abraham and David.  (Chester County Orphan's Court,  Vol. 10, p. 148)

1802:  Christopher arrived in Pickaway Co., OH.  William Brothers' "History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio," (p. 251)  indicates that he came from Chester Co., PA.

1804 Apr. 3:  Jacob Holderman, Jr., after buying all of his father's land from his siblings, sold the land to Samuel Sowder for £614, 18 s., 6 d. (Deed Book W 2-45-569)  After selling this land Jacob and his brothers went to Ross Co., OH.

1807 Jan. 13:  Abraham Holderman married Charlotte O'Neal in Ross Co., OH.  Their marriage record is on file there.  (Continued  on their own family group sheet)

1810:  Christopher is listed on the Pickaway Co., OH, Tax Rolls, p. 13.  John is listed on Tax Rolls for Dayton Twp.  (Montgomery), OH, p. 6.

1812:  Jacob Jr. went to Clark Co., KY before this date.

1815 Sep. 21:  Manumission for Jacob, Jr., and his brothers on file in West Chester (Chester), PA, deed book Z 3, p. 449).

1816:  David is listed on the Ross Co., OH, Tax Rolls in the Colerain Twp., p. 90.

1817 Feb. 7:  John Holderman received a patent from the United States for land near Vandalia (Montgomery), OH.  (Recorded at  Land Office, Washington, DC, Vol. 119, p. 317).

1817:  David is listed on the Ross Co., OH, Tax Rolls in the Colerain Twp., p. 91.

1818:  David is listed on the Ross Co., OH, Tax Rolls in the Colerain Twp., p. 74.

1818:  Jacob Jr. went to Hardin Co., KY, where he established the Aetna Furnace.

1823 Feb. 25:  John Holderman married Elizabeth Blickenstaff in Miami Co., OH.  Marriage record is on file there.

1830:  Federal Census:  John Holderman is listed in Montgomery Co., OH, p. 253.  David Holderman is listed in Colerain (Ross),  OH, p. 291.

1838 Feb. 22:  Christopher Holderman died in Salt Creek Twp. (Pickaway), OH.  Buried in Baldknob Cemetery on Monnet Land there.

1838 Mar. 3:  Letters of administration for the estate of Christopher Holderman were file at Circleville (Pickaway), OH.  The  estate was settled in April 1841.

1855 Jan. 16:  John Holderman died near Vandalia (Montgomery), OH.  Buried in private burying ground on Sunderland Farm, Butler  Twp. (Montgomery), OH.

1857 Feb. 26:  David Holderman died in Colerain Twp. (Ross), OH.  Buried in Hallsville Cemetery (Ross), OH.  His will was recorded in Chillicothe (Ross), OH, and names his wife, Rebecca Holderman, and children Levi, Francis, Oliver, and Eliheu.

Jacob, Jr.:  Children (by Hannah von Leer):  Mary (m. C. Churchill, 1827), Anthony (m. Jane Thurman), Arabella (m. C. Churchill after her sister Mary had died), and Louisa (m. James C. Rush).  Children (by Hannah Cook):  Eliza (m. J.D. Boles in Green  Co., KY).

Christopher:  Children:  John (m1. Julia Parcels, 11 Oct. 1832, m2. Harriet Davis), Christopher (m. Susan Karshner),  Anna (m. ?? Karshner), Elizabeth (m. Jesse Rhoades), Magdalene (m. David Patrick), George (b. 20 Dec. 1812, m. Mary Jones),  Guinn (m. Lemuel Steely), Mary (m. Joseph Griffith), David (m. Ellen Steely), Abraham and Isaac (twins), Jacob (lived in  Osage County, OH), Ellen (m. Amos Leist), Charlotte.

John:  Children:  Mary (b. 30 Nov. 1823, m. John Patty, d. 8 Aug. 1849), Magdalene (b. 22 Sep. 1825, never married, d. 6 Nov.  1895), John (b. 30 Jun. 1827, m. Phebe Patty 25 Feb. 1860, d. 8 Jan. 1900), Jacob (b. 4 Oct. 1829, m. Charlotte Smith,  d. 12 Oct. 1885), Elizabeth (b. 25 Aug. 1831, never married, d. Jul. 1927), Elliott Raper (b. 13 May 1833, never married, d. 12 Jan. 1887), Daniel Webster (b. 10 Mar. 1835, m. Carried Rahn, d. 4 Oct. 1896), Lavinia (b. 15 Mar. 1837, d. 24 Mar.  1844), David (b. 30 Mar. 1839, d. 6 Sep. 1846), Harriett Amanda (b. 23 May 1841, m. Dr. John Kemp, d. 4 Feb. 1873),  unnamed male (b. 4 Dec. 1843, d. 5 Dec. 1843).

David:  Children:  Levi (m. Caroline Whisler), Francis (m. Elizabeth Patrick), Oliver (m. Hannah Pontious), Eliheu (b. 25 Oct.  1810, m. Mary Karshner, d. 29 Jan. 1901), Mary (m. ?? Hall), Maggie (never married), and two other females one of whom  married ?? Strouse, and the other of whom Elijah Karshner.

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