Jacob Stover, Sr.

Jacob Stover (Stauffer), Sr.
Born	c. 1685 near Bern, Switzerland
Died	1741
Resting place	Augusta City, Orange County, Virginia
Spouse	Sarah Boone (m. c. 1714–) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Sarah Boone to Jacob Stover, Sr." Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Jacob_Stover,_Sr.), Christ Church, Philadelphia, PennesylvaniaMargaret ____
Children	Jacob Stover Jr.

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Family

Jacob led a party of friends and family to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1729. He applied for a land grant but was denied by the Council of Va.

By trickery, Jacob applied to the King of England for his grant and was approved. Jacob began to sell off his acquired land for profit. Many good and bad things have been said about Jacob's trickery. He made many voyages to Switzerland and Holland acting as a Land Agent for the settling of the Valley of Virginia and Pennsylvania. The first village in the Shenandoah Valley was Stovertown, later renamed Strausburg.

Sarah was the daughter of George Boone and Mary Maugeridge. She was born February 18, 1690/91 in Exeter Devonshire, Bradninch, England. With her many siblings, she preceded her parents to America.

Entry in The Boone Family

We find that one Jacob Stover was granted land on Oley Creek, Philadelphia Co. in 1714.

It is thought that Jacob removed to Virginia, probably after his wife's death, for we find in Virginia record one of Jacob Stover's sale of land in Augusta County (now Rockingham County), to George Boone of Oley; one tract of 500 acres and another of 1000 acres described as near the end of North Mountain, on a small branch of the Shenandoah, part of 5000 acres laid out for Stover by the Council of Virginia July, 1730. In 1738, a wife Margaret (Stover) signed a deed for land sold by Jacob to another person. Margaret was probably a second wife.