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Personal data REV. JACOB (A)155 FUNK SR. REV. 

• He was born in the year 1695.
• Immigrated in the year 1717 vanuit Probably with brother Henry Funk and others on community wide migration.
• Obtained citizenship in the year 1729, See notes.

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• Religion: Mennonite.
• (Emigrated) before 1718.
• He died before June 14, 1756 in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
• Alternative: He died on June 14, 1756 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 61 years old.
• A child of Hans (A15) Pitzge (Funck) Funk and Verena Unknown
• This information was last updated on February 5, 2023.

Household of REV. JACOB (A)155 FUNK SR. REV.

He is married to BARBARA JF2 FREY OBERHOLTZER.

They got married about 1725 at Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.

Child(ren):

1. Anna Barbara Oberholtzer 1552 FUNK  1726-1793 
2. Jacob Oberholtzer (A)1551 Funk  1730-1816 
3. Barbara Oberholtzer Funk  1732-????
4. Samuel Oberholtzer Funk  1734-????
5. Maria Oberholtzer Funk  1736-????
6. John Oberholtzer Funk  1736-1784
7. Maria Oberholtzer 1553 Funk  ± 1737-????
8. Samuel Oberholtzer 1554 Funk  ± 1740-????

Notes about REV. JACOB (A)155 FUNK SR. REV.

ANCESTOR OF LEON MOYER

Jacob Meyer Funk
Born 1695 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Barbara Frey Oberholtzer – married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS
Father of Barbara Oberholtzer (Oberholtzer) Rosenberger
Died Jun 1756 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Biography
Jacob was born in 1695. He passed away in 1756.
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DESCENDANTS OFJACOB FUNK, NEPHEW OF
BISHOP HENRY FUNCK.
II.Jacob Funk, Sr.
1.(Bish.) Henry Funck came to America and settled attheIndian Creek, inFranconiaTwp., Philadelphia,now MontgomeryCo., Pa., intheyear 1719; he was then ordained astheminister oftheFranconia Mennonite congregation. According todocumentsyet extant he must have had a brother whodidnot come to America, and whose name I was not able to ascertain. But a son bythename ofJacob Funkcame, and onthe16th of May, 1734, took out a patent for one hundred and forty acres ofland, andsix percent. allowed for roads, &c., granted bytheHonorablethe Proprietorsof Pennsylvania. He was a nephew ofthe abovenamed Henry Funck. This patent is recorded intheRoll's office atPhiladelphia, inPatent Book A, Vol. 6, page 311, etc. ThisJacob Funk, Sr., made his last will in writing, bearing dateMay 15, 1756, and bequeathed to his sonJacob Funk, Jr., all that tract of land mentioned aboveunder saidpatent. Hesays:—I appoint my loving friend and cousin, ChristianFunk, and my wife, BarbaraFunk, as my executors.“Thewill was probated June 14, 1756, and is registered inBook K, page 407,at Philadelphia, and a deed was given bytheexecutors toJacob Funk, Jr., dated April 20, 1759.Theabove named will ofJacob Funk, Sr., iswitnessedby Christian Meyer, SamuelMeyer andHenryFunk. He had four children, viz.: two sons,Jacob Funk, Jr., and SamuelFunk, and two daughters, BarbaraFunkand MariaFunk. His will reads as follows:
Will ofJacob Funk, Sen. Know all men bythese presents, That IJacob Funkof Franconia Township inthecounty of Philadelphia, intheProvince of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, am weakly inbodybut thank God of Good understanding and memory, and I do hereby make this my last Will and Testament inthemanner followiog:
That is to say, at first, I do recommend my Soul intothehands of allmighty God, my Creator, and my Body totheEarth to be Buried in due form atthediscretion of my Guardians, orExecutors. And concerning my worldly Estate I do dispose ofthesame as following:
At first, it is my Will that all my just debts and funeral Expenses be duly and fully paid by my Guardians, or Executors.
Secondly. It is my Will that my dear wife Barbara, shall have our bed, together withtheAppurtenances our Bedstead my best chest, my Press, with all linens, and stuffs, all my wool, a good cow, a small Iron pot, her Pan, my Large pan, my tin baking pan, Six pewter spoons, Four pewter plates my Tankard my pewter Cups, all my China, my Large Stone pot, all these my wife shall have for her own use.
Thirdly. I do give unto, my dear wife Barbara, for her yearly maintainance as long as she shall continue my widow, every year ten Bushels of good clean wheat, and Six Bushels of Rye, two Bushels of Buckwheat, one quarterof anacre for Indian Corn, one quarter for Turnips.Thethird part of my Garden, and one Hog to weigh one hundred pounds. Sixteen pounds of flax, andSixteenpounds of tow, all ofwhichis to be good, and alsothefourth part of all fruit,thefodering and pasturingof aCow, to be kept as herown, and three pounds of wool, all yearly, as long as she shall remain my widow.
Fourthly,-my land whereon I now dwell, viz.:-one hundred and forty-oneacres with allBuildings is hereby given over to my sonJacob Funk, for two hundred andSixty pounds Current money ofPennsylvania so that my sonJacob Funk, may holdtheSaid Land andplantationforhim, his heirsandinheritors, for ever. AndtheSaid Land shall be paid for in manner andcondition following, as I am yet, One hundred pounds in debt by Bond toDerick Jansen, for mySaid Land, therefore, my said sonJacob Funk, Shall pay offthesaid One Hundred pounds Bond, After my decease and deliverthesame immediately intothehands of my Guardians Clear and without any Cost, andtheremaining One Hundred and Sixty pounds shallremainunpaid without any interest as long as my wife Barbara shall remain my widow, and in case she shall Marry again soon, Then it shallstill remainuopaid withoutinterest untill my Son SamuelFunkarrires totheage of Twenty one years.
Fifthly.As I have already given unto my eldest sonJacob Funk, five pounds as his prior right and Twenty fire pounds more for a beginning and my daughter Barbara has received Twenty five pounds in part of her Inheritance. Therefore, my son Samuel, and my daughter Maria each of them shall also have Twenty five pounds as soon as they shall have occasion for it.
Sixthly.-It is my will that if my said widow Barbarashallhappen to getmarriedagain, then she shall harethethird part after alltheDevices and Legaciesare firstpaid and she shallthenhave no more right totheland.
Seventhly. It is my will that in case of Sickness, Failing of Crops, and misfortunes, Itshould happenthat my saidwifeshould not find Sufficientwhatis given to her out oftheLand for hermaintainance, Thenin such case she shall have to make use of so much oftheEstate as she shall have Occasion for, but then it must be charged to her and afterwards deducted out of her third whenevertheDivision is made.
Eighthly. It is my will that in case my wife shall marry again, and if then shehathreceived her thirds, and my son Samuel then be oftheage of Twenty One Years, then they shall Dividetheirtwopartsinto four equal partsAmongstmy four children andthe oneis to have as much astheother, and in case One oftheyoung. est or both die underage,Then their parts are to be equally dividend amongtheSurvivors of them. But if my wife shall remain my widow then no Division is to be made; not till she is dead and honestly Burried, and thenthewhole estate is to be dividend into equal shares andtheone is to be used liketheother.
Ninethly. One thing necessary. I call to mind my said wife shall have my New Bible, my Martyr Book, one of my new hymn books, One of my Golden Apples, (a
nesses.
hymn Book) and one of my Psalm Books, and these books she shall have as long as she lives.
Tenthly.-It is my will and I do herebyConstituteand appoint my Dear Friend and Cousin ChristianFunk, and my beloved wife Barbara, to betheGuardians or Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and I doherebyempower my said Guardians or Executors, ChristianFunkandBarbara Funk, to Give, Sign, Seal and deliver unto my sonJacob Funk, andto his heirs and inheritors, for ever, a full Deed for my Said Land, and I do hereby revoke all Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, and declare and acknowledge only this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal May 15th intheyear of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six.
Signed, Sealed, and before their Guardians or Executors Declared (after this hiswillwas ordered read) as his last Will and Testament inthepresence of ustheWit
JACOB FUNK. [SEAL).
CHRISTIAN MEYER,
SAMUEL MEYER,
HENRY FUNK.
Theabove will was proven June 14, 1756, and is recorded in Book K, No. 266, page 407, at Philadelphia, Pa.
III.Jacob Funk, Jr., bn, onthe13th day ofthe3rd month, 1730, and died onthe14th day ofthe 3rd month,1816, aged86years and1 day, and lies buried nearthedoor ofthechurch intheMennonite graveyard atGermantown.Jacob Funkwas chosen a minister intheMennonitecongregationat Franconia in 1765. (Seethechurch records oftheFranconia congregation). His name alsoappears on thename list of American Mennonite ministers intheMennonite archives at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1770, as a minister attheIndian Creek in America. On May 7, 1774,Jacob Funk, Jr., and Anna, his wife, of Franconia Twp., Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, conveyed to Andrew Hans their right and title in a tract of land situated in Franconia Twp., Philadelphia county, now Montgomery, which we find recorded in Book No. 9, page 290, at Norristown. On March 4, 1774,Jacob Funk, Jr., bought ofJacobKeyser a tract of land containing 125 acres, andshortlyafterwards an additional tract of35 acres, making in all 160 acres, situated in Cheltenham Twp, nowMontgomerycounty.
According tothe records of theGermantown Mennonitecongregation, Jacob Funk, preacher,and Anna, his wife, connected themselves withtheMennonite church at Germantown in 1774, where he served as a minister for forty-two years. He made his last will and testament in writing, dated September 15, 1802, which was proven April 16, 1816, and is registered No. 43. Book 4, page 221, ac Norristown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and was witnessed by Michael Lep pert, John Minnich andJacobKnorr. He had six chil. dren, two sons, John and Samuel, and two daughters, Barbara and Mary, by his first wife, and two daughters. Anna and Elizabeth, hy his second wife. His will reads as follows:
Will ofJacob Funk, Jr.,theMennonite Minister
at Germantown. Be itrememberedthat I,Jacob Funk, of Cheltenham Township inthecounty of Montgomery, Yeoman, being, throughdivine favour, of sound mind, and memory. Praised betheLord forthesame, and all others hismanyfoldmercies consideringtheuncertainty of this life andthefitness of Settling my worldly concerns preparatory to my final change do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say. First, I will and order that all my Just debts and funeral er. penses be well and truly paid and discharged.
Item.-1 dogive and bequeath to my beloved Wife Anna, allthefollowing household goodsand furniture, viz-two of my beds and Bedsteads with alltheBedding thereunto belonging, my Dresser and Cupboards and as much of my Kitchen furniture as she may choose. Two Tables, at her choosing Clothe Press, one chest Six chairs and a Spinning wheel all to be at her own disposal.
Item.-Ifurthergive and devise and bequeath unto her my said wifethefree useand occupationofallthat part of my newhouse(built overthe spring) fromthefirstfloor upwardswith a priviledge inthecellar thereof and intheyard, for her use also one-halfof my Garden, my sealtheFifteenth day of September intheyear of Our Lord A. D. one thousandeight hundred andtwo.
JACOB FUNK, (SEAL].
Proven April 16, 1816.
Registered in Book 4, page 221, at Norristown, Montgomery county, Pa.
TheTomb Yard mentioned intheabove will is a small yard surrounded by astonewall, inside of which is built a vault in which reststhe body ofGeneral Murray, a British officer, who was killed inthebattle at Germantown in 1777.At thattimetheBritish army had takeo possession ofJacobFunk's farm and took all his horses and his stockand otherwiseruined much of his property, and cleaned outtheplace so completely that he was obliged to buy a yoke of oxen to commence farming again, and in spite of his great reverses he again prospered very substantially. No indemnity was ever paid toJacob Funkfor these depredations, probably forthereason that he never asked for it.
Thereisanother bitof Revolutionaryhistory attached tothehistory ofJacob Funkwhile he was tbe pastor oftheMennonite church at Germantown in 1777. It was from behind a stonewall whichseparatedtheMennonite burying ground fromthemain street,while GeneralAgnew, a Britishgeneral, wasreturning fromthebattlejustbefore sunset aud riding down a steep hiilin front of themeeting house and turning his head, looking atthesilvery clouds just before sunset,that hewas fireduponby a half grown boy sitting behindthesaid wall.Theofficerwasmortally wounded and soon died and is buried inthe lower burying ground, now Hood's cemetery, Germantown.Thename oftheperpetrator was carefully guarded by those who knew. Hans Boyer, a half witted fellow of that day, claimedthecredit ofthedeed, but it is said have not rightfully belonged tohim.

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