Jacob Yoho

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1738, Conewago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
• Arrival: 9 Sep 1738, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1745, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Johannes Yoho was born in 1712 in Sulzthal, Alsace. He died after 1795 in Graysville, Ohio Co, VA. He was buried in Peter Yoho Cem, Fish Ck, Marshall Co, WV.

From the list of all the Palatine passengers on board, the ship "Snow Two Sisters", James Marshall, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes in England. [Qualified September 9, 1738.] John Joho age 37, Susanna Joho age 44.

Lived Sulzthal, Alsace (Lembach Parish), PA, VA. Emigrated in 1738 on ship SNOW TWO SISTERS, wooden shoe maker, Revolutionary War Veteran.

The name is spelled, Yoheaux in French and Joho in German and Dutch. He migrated to Philadelphia in 1738. In 1752 he was living near Winchester, VA. In 1761 he moved to an area of Virginia which would later lie in southwestern Pennsylvania (probably Greene Co., PA). By 1795 he was living in Ohio Co., VA, which is now Marshall Co., WV. He died there shortly after 1795.

Johannas Yoho was confirmed in 1729. It is thought that Johannas Joho, (son of John Michael Yoho and Susanna Gelker of Sulzthal, Alsace) and his wife, Susanna Catharine Lau, daughter of Theobald Lau, are the parents of 11 children. Johannas and Susanna had one or more children who were born and died before they came to America. Two daughters are recorded as being born in America. Family oral tradition from the descendants of brothers, John, Henry, and Jacob Yoho all claim that 3, 5, or 7 brothers came from Switzerland, Germany or Holland to Baltimore or Philadelphia and that they were wearing wooden shoes. Johannas Yoho was a wooden shoemaker in Alsace.

*Land Transfer Document from Lord Fairfax to John Yoho 19 Aug 1766.
The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britian called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. To all who this Present Writing shall come sends Greeting Know Yee that for good causes for and in consideration of the compostion to me paid and for the Annual Rent hereinafter reserved I have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for me my heirs and assigns do give grant and confirm unto John Yoho of Frederick County a certain tract of wood and ungranted land on Cedar Creek in this county and bounded as by a survey thereof made by Robert Rutherford. Beginning on the North Westerly side of the creek near the bank of the same at a locust and two young white oaks and extending N 42 W one hundred and twenty four poles by two white oaks on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles to a red oak and two chestnuts by a large rock stone on a high ridge then S 28 W fifty-six poles to a pine and white oak sapling by a steep bank of the creek a corner to Thomas Perry then with line the course continues forty-six poles in the line crossing the creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty-two poles to the Beginning, containing two hundred and forty-six acres together with all rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging Royal Mines Excepted and a full third part of all lead copper tine coals iron mine and iron ore that shall be found thereon to have and to hold the two hundred and forty-six acres of land together with all rights profits and benefits to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining except before excepted To him the said John Yoho his heirs and assigns therefore yeilding and paying to me my heirs and assigns or to my certain attorney or attornies agent or agents or to the certain attorney or attornies of my heirs or assigns Proprietor of the Northern Neck yearly and every year on the feast day of Michael the Arch Angel the fee rent of one shilling sterling money for every fifty acres of land hereby granted and so proportionably for a greater or lesser quanity provided that if the said John Yoho his heirs and assigns shall not pay the said reserved annual rent aforsaid so that the same or any part thereof shall be ? and unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall become due if legally demanded that then it shall and may be lawful for me my heirs and assigns proprietors as aforsaid my or their certain attorney or attornies agent or agents into the above granted premises to enter and hold the same so as if this grant had never passed.
Given at my Office in the County of Frederick under my hand and seal the nineteenth day of August, 1766. Fairfax

LAND: 22 Jul 1771, Joho Yoho sells land to Alexander Machir.
THIS INDENTURE made the two and twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one BETWEEN John Yoho of the County of Frederick and Colony of Virginia of the one part and Alexander Machir of County and Colony of the other part,
WITNESSETH, that the said John Yoho for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings in Current money of Virginia; to him in hand paid by the said Alexander Machir at or before the sealing and Delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, Bargained and sold and by these presents doth Grant Bargain and sell unto the said Alexander Machir a certain Tract of Land on Cedar Creek in the said County and Colony above
mentioned and bounded as by a survey thereof by Robert Rutherford; BEGINNING on the northeasterly side of the Creek near the Bank of the same at a Locust and two young white oaks & extending N 42 W one hundred and twenty four poles by two white oaks on a level then S 49 W three hundred poles to a red oak and two Chestnuts by a large Rock Stone on a high ridge then S 28 E fifty six Poles to a pine and white oak sapling by a steep Bank of the Creek a corner to Thomas Perry then with this line the course continues forty six poles in the line crofsing the Creek then N 48 E three hundred and thirty two Poles to the beginning containing two hundred and forty six acres which said Land was given granted & confirmed to the said John Yoho by the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax by a Deed bearing the nineteenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand and seven hundred and sixty six. Registered in the Proprietor's office in Book W, page 141 and all Homes, Buildings, Orchards, ways, waters, water Courses, Profits, commodities, Hereditaments and appurtenances whatsover to the said Premises hereby Granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and Profits thereof, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the lands hereby conveyed and all and singular other the Premises hereby Granted with the appurtenances unto the said Alexander Machir his Executors administrator and afsigns from the day before the date hereof, for and during the full term and time of one whole year from thence next issuing fully to be complete and ended, YIELDING AND PAYING therefore the rent of one pepper corn on ? day next if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the intent & purpose that by virture of these presents and of the statute for transferring uses into pofsefsion the said Alexander Machir may be in actual Pofsefsion of the Premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take ? and Release of the reversion and Inheritance thereof to him and his heirs IN WITNESS whereof the said John Yoho hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Virginia Tax Lists: Jonathan Yoho, 1795; Jacob Yoho, 1795; Peter Yoho, 1785, 1790, 1795; Henry Yoho, 1785, 1795. Johannas Yoho, born 1712 in Alsace would have been 83 years of age in 1795. Johannas Yoho was probably buried in an unmarked grave at the Yoho Cemetery, near Graysville, Marshall Co., WV. This cemetery is on the farm that was owned by Peter Yoho.

He was married to Susannah Catherine Lau (daughter of Theobald Lau) on 1 MAR 1735 in Sulzthal, Alsace. Susannah Catherine Lau was born about 1714 in Sulzthal, Alsace.

Johannes Yoho and Susannah Catherine Lau had the following children:
6 i. Marie Christine Yoho1 was born on 20 OCT 1735 in Mattsall, Alsace. She died in 1736 in
Mattsall, Alsace.
7 ii. Eva Cathrina Yoho1 was born on 18 JUN 1737 in Lemback Parish, Sulzthal, Alsace. She died
before 1741.
8 iii.Maria Christine Yoho1 was born on 14 MAR 1740 in Conewago Co, PA. She was christened on
22 MAY 1740.
+9 iv. Eva Catrina Yoho.
+10 v. Peter Yoho.
+11 vi. John Lau Yoho.
12 vii. George Yoho1 was born about 1748 in nr Winchester, VA. He died about
1795 in Ohio Co, VA. Killed by Indians.

A George Yoho patented 400 acres in Fayette Co., PA, 4 Feb 1794, surveyed 312 acres, 16 Apr 1795, 312 acres sold for taxes by Commissioner of Fayette Co., PA, 10 Dec 1802. If tradition of George Yoho being killed by Indians is true, he didn't pay his taxes because he was deceased.

Records exist of at least four, and possibly five Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannas Yoho
(born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian Wars. George Yoho is believed to have patented a four-hundred acre tract in Saltlick Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1794. Then on April 16, 1795, a three-hundred and twelve acre tract was surveyed. Subsequently, on December 10, 1822, the three-hundred and twelve acre tract was sold for taxes by the treasury to the land commissioners of the county, who by deed sold the same property to Andrew Stewart on November 6, 1828. A George
Yohe served in the Revolutionary War, but later said that his real name was Adam Yohe. It is believed that he used this assumed name when he enlisted because his father was opposed to his entering the army. It is also believed that he lived his entire life in and near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Source:The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1).

13 viii. Anne Maria Yoho was christened on 9 SEP 1750 in York Co, PA.
+14 ix. Henry Yoho.
+15 x. Prudence Yoho.
+16 xi. Jacob Yoho.


From the article "The Emigration Season of 1738 - Year of the Destroying Angles" which appeared in the report: "A Journal of German - American History" - Vol. 40, Published by society of the History of Germans in Maryland, 1986.

Journey to America
The Winter galley arrived first in Philadelphia on September 5. Captain Edward Paynter submitted his account of 252 passengers. If the news of the dismal situation in Kralingen had not yet reached Philadelphia, the emigrants themselves now spread the story. As usual during the arrival season, Germans, even from remote settlements, crowded the harbor to greet relatives, friends, or just people from their old home place to hear news and maybe find mail.

Four days later, the ship Glasgow and the SNOW TWO SISTERS arrived. The recently installed new governor, George Thomas, attended the oath swearing ceremonies to acquaint himself with the situation. He also was present when the next three vessels arrived with Palatines, the Robert & Alice, the Queen Elizabeth, and the Thistle. Captain Walter Goodman of Robert & Alice sent a letter back to Germany on October 19th. Excerpts were published in the Rotterdamse Courant two months later: “On the 4th of July last I sailed out of Dover in England and arrived here on this river on the 9th of September with crew and passengers in good health but on the way I had many sick people, yet, since not more than 18 died, we lost by far the least of all the ships in company with four of the skippers who together had 425 deaths, one had 140, one 115, one 90, and one 80. The two captains Steadman have not yet arrived and I do not doubt that I shall be cleared for departure before they arrive since I begin loading tomorrow. I have disposed of all my passengers except for 20 families.

Another letter, dated October 18th, was sent by Christoph Sauer of Germantown to friends in Wittgenstein who were eagerly awaiting news of several emigrants form Elsoff. Sauer wrote: “The Elsoffers have not yet arrived. Everybody wonders where their ship I, and besides that vessel, 3 to 4 ships with people are still expected. According to all reports, they have been at sea now for a quarter of a year.” As to the vessels that had come in, Sauer remarked: “The throngs of people who let themselves be seduced this year to come into the country are raising much lament here. Besides, as so many hundreds died from sickness aboard ships at sea, the survivors, if there is any left of a family, must pay or go into service which causes so much indigence and privation among a people which is hard to describe. This ship lost near 160 persons, and another one that arrived the day before, more than 150, and on one that came in the following day, only 13 healthy people are said to remain. Still another one arrived meanwhile on which out of 300 freights only 50 are left. Most of them died from dysentery, head sickness and violent fever also some captains and many seamen. Altogether of 15 passenger ships only 2 seem to have arrived with people tolerably healthy and well.”

The author estimated about 1,600 people had died on the fifteen ships which had arrived so far.

On November 20th another letter from the people in Germantown to the people in Wittgenstein was sent. The letter concludes with an upward assessment of the total number of victims: “There has been a cruel, destroying angel among the travelers this year for the number of those who died so far on the voyage has reached about 2,000.

Johannes married Susanne Catherine Lau on 1 Mar 1735 in Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Susanne (daughter of Hans Theobald Lau and Margaretha) was born on 19 May 1713 in Sulzthal, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1765 in , Ohio, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1738, , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Meat Cutter, lived Sulzthal, Alsace, served as a soldier in Alsace.

Birth:
Perhaps Switzerland

Johannes married Susanna Gelker in 1703 in , , Alsace, France. Susanna was born in 1680 in Mattstall, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1720 in Mattstall, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hans married Margaretha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]