Jacob Hernley Royer^[1]

1815 - 1867  (52 years)

• Name	Jacob Hernley Royer
  Birth	1815	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1867	Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, USA
  Burial	Funk Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I19777	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Hackman, Miller, Royer 2, Lane, Bollinger, Kenege, Royer 1
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Hernley Royer,   b. 19 Dec 1785, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jul 1868, Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lebinstein Royer,   b. 20 Jan 1791, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Aug 1877, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	c 1808	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob and his family lived at Bellefountain, Ohio till the year 1851. They moved to Indiana driving by wagon train drawn by oxen. My husband's grt grandfather Joseph was four years old when they came here. Israel 12, Barbara 8, and Peter was 6. They settled near the old Mennonite church near Bowling Green,Indiana,in Owen Co. This information came from original very old notes by a family member. They were of the Mennonite faith. Jacob Royer was a mennonite, he was married to Sophia Catherine Funk, 26 July 1836 in Virginia. They had children: Joseph Elizabeth Jacob George William Anna Patterson Christena Michael John died as a child buried in OH Peter on leave from Civil war, died in INDPLS. Barbara Jane Roan then Mounts Catherine Mounts Israel He was the son of John and Maria Elizabeth Royer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S189] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), 21 Jan 2020, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-508099087/jacob-royer-in-familysearch-family-tree (Reliability: 3). Added via a Record Match [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94149581/jacob-hernley-royer.