Hans Jacob Keller

1706 - 1794  (87 years)

• Name	Hans Jacob Keller
  Birth	14 Nov 1706	Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1794	Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Ephrata Cloister Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23567	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	George Keller,   b. Jan 1669, Switzerland d. 21 Mar 1750, Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Barbara Erb   d. 1719
  Marriage	26 Nov 1695	Rothenfluh, Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
  Family ID	F7782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth Imhoff,   b. 2 Feb 1708, Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland d. 24 May 1787, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Children	+ 1. Dr Sebastian Keller,   b. 27 Mar 1729, Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland d. Feb 1808, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) + 2. Dr Hans George Keller,   b. 4 Mar 1731, Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland d. Jan 1788, Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years) + 3. Jacob Imhoff Keller, II,   b. 15 Feb 1733, Springville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Aug 1804, Springville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years) + 4. Friedrich Keller,   b. 10 Jan 1737, Springville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Nov 1771, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 34 years)   5. Ester Keller,   b. 14 Nov 1738, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Jan 1826, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years) + 6. Joseph Keller,   b. 1740, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Nov 1825, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F7781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Hans Jacob Keller and Elizabeth Imhoff Keller arrived in Philadelphia, PA in 1736. The Ephrata Register, a compliation of deaths of primarily Ephrata members (members of the Ephrata Cloister)states that he (Jacob) was 87 years and several months old. He was a faithful and anxious co-worker in the house of God until his advanced age. His venerable wife in her advaced age passed through much sorrow and pain, and passed this world in the year 1787, the 24th of May and thereafter he (Jacob) passed his life in silence and much fasting and prayer. In the 7th year (following her death) he passed to an edifying and blessed end; for 6 weeks he took no nourishment." The history and genealogy of the descendants of Hans Jacob Keller can be found in "A Keller History, Descendants of Hans Jacob Keller and Elizabeth Keller of the Cacalico Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" by Rachel Keller Spease reprinted March 1998.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19495064/hans-jacob-keller.