Christian Fox
(1714-1795)
Maria Magdalena Rausch
(1726-1802)
Anna Margaretha Fox
(1769-1838)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob Gilbert

Anna Margaretha Fox 2 3 4

  • Born: 10 Oct 1769, Donegal Twp., Lancaster, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): Jacob Gilbert in 1785 in Arendtsville, Adams, PA 1
  • Died: 5 May 1838, , Adams, PA at age 68 2
  • Buried: Arendtsville: Old Reformed & Lutheran Graveyard, Adams, PA 5

   Another name for Anna was Anna Margaretha Fuchs.

   FamilySearch ID: 2DXL-97P.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Sponsors for baptism of John Christian Gilbert, son of Jacob Gilbert and Anna Margaret Fox on 13 Dec 1794 in Arendtsville: Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed), Adams, PA. 6

2. Census in 1800 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 7 Name: Jacob Gilbert
Home in 1800: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of All Other Free Persons: 1.

3. Census in 1810 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 8 Name: Jacob Gilbert
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 11.

4. Census in 1820 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 9 Name: Jacob Gilbert
Home in 1820 Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 4.

5. Census in 1830 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 10 Name: Jacob Gilbert Senior
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2.

6. Magazine: The Pennsylvania-German Vol. 10: documentation of Gilbert-Fox-Beecher graves, 1909, Lititz, Lancaster, PA. 11 In 1909, N.A. Gobrecht Altoona, Pa., a descendant of Jacob Gilbert and son-in-law David Beecher, visited his Gilbert, Fox, and Beecher ancestors' graves in Arendtsville, and documented the cemetery in Volume 10 of the Pennsylvania-German magazine entitled "Paper VI, Tombstone Inscriptions of Persons Born Prior to 1800 and Past 16 years at Death at Arendtsville, Adams County, Pa."

Part I in Old Reformed and Lutheran Graveyard

1. Beecher, Elizabeth; n. Keplinger; wf. John Beecher; d. Aug 14, 1845. Aged 90 y.
2. Beecher, John; d. Nov 14, 1838. Aged 90 y. 2 m. "A soldier of the Revolution."
(list continues)
10. Fox, Christian: d. Feb 17, 1795. Aged 81 y.
11. Fox, Magdalena: d. Dec 9, 1802. Aged 76 y.
12. Fox, John Jacob: d. Nov. 2., 1828. Aged 58 y. 4 m. 2 d.
(list continues)
15. Gilbert, Jacob; d. Feb 9, 1831. Aged 74 y. 7 m. 11 d.

Part III Bodies exhumed from the old graveyard and reinterred in "Fairview Cemetery" at Arendtsville, Pa.
(partial list shown here)
4. Beecher, David; d. April 13, 1880. Aged 86 y. 7 m. 5 d.
5. Beecher, Anna Mary Gilbert; d. July 30, 1887. Aged 90 y. 3 m. 4 d.

Gobrecht stated: "This graveyard was started by the pioneer settlers in the year 1780. There are over 1200 graves, over which there are no stones or markers, many of these having been broken off or pulled out by vandal hands to be piled up, with few exceptions in the corner of the old graveyard. The names of many of the dead are still preserved in the living descendants. We are informed that no parish record antedating 1870 is extant. ."


Anna married Jacob Gilbert, son of Hans Bernhardt Gilbert and Catherine Bender, in 1785 in Arendtsville, Adams, PA.1 (Jacob Gilbert was born on 20 Jun 1756 in Arendtsville, Adams, PA,2 3 11 12 died on 9 Feb 1831 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA 2 11 12 13 14 and was buried in Arendtsville: Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed), Adams, PA 5 11 12 14.)

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Sep 2023), entry for Jacob Gilbert, person ID LV6X-Y53.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.), 26 Jun 1893, application of Frank Joseph Streibig, Jr., descendant of Jacob Gilbert and Bernhardt Gilbert.

3 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 1988 1 Jun, page 2A. My Early Ancestors 98.

4 Ancestry.com, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations (Original data: Records transcribed from Family History Library microfilm copies of church records for this locality. For more information, see Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) #0020702.), Baptism of Katharina Bücher at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4381:5375?tid=&pid=&queryId=74514bca-4530-4de4-92d9-526228330571&_phsrc=wCc3178&_phstart=successSource.

5 N. A. Gobrecht, "Paper VI, Tombstone Inscriptions of Persons Born Prior to 1800 and Past 16 years at Death at Arendtsville, Adams County, Pa.," The Pennsylvania-German, Volume 10, 1909; Page 98.

6 Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed; Arents Church), Adams County, Pennsylvania, Baptism of John Christian Gilbert, son of Jacob and Margaret, 13 Dec 1794.

7 1800 United States Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 35; Page: 481; Image: 17; Family History Library Film: 363338.

8 1810 United States Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 44; Page: 83; Image: 0193670; Family History Library Film: 00049.

9 1820 United States Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania; Page: 27; NARA Roll: M33_96; Image: 27.

10 1830 United States Census, 1830 US Census; Census Place: Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania; Page: 78; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 143; Family History Film: 0020617.

11 N. A. Gobrecht, "Paper VI, Tombstone Inscriptions of Persons Born Prior to 1800 and Past 16 years at Death at Arendtsville, Adams County, Pa.," The Pennsylvania-German, Volume 10, 1909; Page 98. Online free at Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=cdMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98-IA5#v=onepage&q&f=false

12 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108326237.

13 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA), Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Feb 15, 1831 edition.

14 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 17 Sep 1938, page 5. Backgrounds of Adams County, No. 57.


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