Yates Family in Ohio:Information about Jacob Hare
Jacob Hare (b. 1730, d. 1820)
Notes for Jacob Hare:The following is a quote about Jacob from a hisotry of Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio.
"Jacob Hare emigrated from Virginia and settled in the northern part of Paint Township during the year 1799.He thus became one of the very earliest settlers, and probably the first to locate north of New Amsterdam (somewhere near the falls on Paint Creek).He was a man of great determination and strong will.In his native state (Pennsylvania) he had allied himself with the cause of the royalists, during the Revolution, and bore to his grave the marks of his persistent Toryism.It is said that he hurrahed for King George when on his death-bed, many years after his removal to Ohio.In illustration of his iron nerve it is told that when he found his dogs in a tussle with a large bear and he feared to use his gun lest the dogs might be injured, he sprang into the fight, armed only with a hunting knife, and dispatched the ferocious aniaml.
Jacob bought 116 acres of land (on the Cherry Fork of Buckskin Creek) from Nathaniel Massie in 1804 and another adjoining 20 acres from Cadwallader Wallace in 1816.
Information was obtained through a history "Jacob's Sons an Daughters" written by Richard C. Hare of Northville, Michigan in 1997.
Children of Jacob Hare and Christine Efhau are:
- +Michael Hare, b. November 11, 1759, d. January 23, 1837, Highland, Ohio.
- +Mary Hare, b. 1761, Hare's Valley, Bedford, Pennsylvania, d. 1814, Ross County, Ohio.
- +Daniel Hare, b. March 05, 1767, Hare's Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, d. December 22, 1850, Twin Twp., Ross County, Ohio.
- +Jacob Hare, b. September 15, 1769, Hare's Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, d. April 03, 1862, Ross County, Ohio.
- +Elizabeth Hare, b. 1770, Hare's Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, d. December 07, 1803, Twin Twp., Ross County, Ohio.
- +Philip Hare, b. 1775, Hare's Valley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, d. February 1848, Hamilton, Indiana.