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Jacob Huber (with various spellings of Hoober, Huver and Hoover)appears in personal property tax records of Hampshire County from the beginning of the records in 1782 through 1815. Until his son, Jacob Jr. came of age and appears with him from 1798 onward there is only one Jacob Huber-Hoober-Hoover in the personal property tax records. Land tax records also show only one Jacob Huber-Hoober-Hoover for that time period. The records of the Hebron Lutheran Church, which date from 1789, shows that Jacob Huber and wife, Elizabeth were sponsors of several baptisms between 1789 and 1801 and themselves had a son, Ulrich born Jan 7, and baptized June 6, 1790. We also know from other records (cited below) that they had five older children:Elizabeth and Rachel, birth dates uncertain and Mary, b. 1774, Jacob Jr. b.c. 1777 and Susanna, b. 1779
In his will, written in 1776, Stephen Hatzenbella (Hotsinpiller) of neighboring Frederick County, directed that the share of his estate due his daughter "Elizabeth Huver" should be paid to her children instead. The final settlement of the Hotsinpiller was recorded in 1801 and six distributees received equal shares of the "Hoober" legacy. The handwriting is difficult but they can be identified as Elizabeth Hoober, Peter Switzer (for wife Mary), Susanna, wife of Stephen Hickle, Jacob and Ulry Hoober, and Abraham "Bennard?-not very legible) for his wife [unnamed].
Many previous researchers had concluded that Stephen Hotsinpiller left Elizabeth's share to her children because she was deceased, but the will does not say deceased and the fact that children born to Jacob and Elizabeth Huber-Hoover after 1776 were among the distributees of the Hotsinpiller estate shows that she was indeed very much alive at the time of her father's death and was simply being passed over. That was not uncommon if a child had in some way displeased a parent.
Many Hampshire County records have been lost but now some additional records have been found in Frederick County, which proves that Jacob and Elizabeth Huber-Hoover of the Cacapon area of Hampshire moved a few miles across the line into neighboring Frederick County and died there in the mid 1820s.
Frederick County Deed Book 47, pp. 174-76
15 May 1823- Deed between JACOB HOOBER and wife ELIZABETH of Frederick County, conveys to ULRICH HOOBER, of same county, "in consideration of the natural love and affection they...bear toward their son, the said Ulrich Hoober" 123 acres on Fry's Run, a branch of Cedar Creek,....in exchange for support during the natural life of the said Jacob and Elizabeth...etc.
26 May 1823
Deed between JACOB HOOBER and wife ELIZABETH of Frederick County conveys JOHN HATFELT, of same county, "in consideration of the natural love and affection they...bear toward their grandson, John Hatfield" 79 acres on Fry's Run, etc.for his natural lifetime, and said Jacob and Elizabeth reserve for themselves the right to remain in the dwelling house where they now reside with one half acre for a garden and also use of firewood from the premises.
After the said Jacob and Elizabeth die, the tract is to be sold and hte proceeds divided between the heirs of Jacob and Elizabeth- viz: One sixth to said JOHN HATFELT, and one sixth to their daughter MARY wife of PETER SWISHER, one sixt to son, JACOB HOOBER, one sixth to daughter, SUSANNA, wife of STEPHEN HICKLE, one sixth to daughter, RACHEL, wife of ABRAHAM RENNER and one sixth to son, ULRICH HOOBER.
Frederick County, Virginia marriages show that
ELIZABETH HOOVER, married EDWARD HATFIELD, Feb. 1794.
MARY HOOVER, married PETER SWITZER (SWISHER), 24 oCT 1794.
On a 1824 deed in which these heirs sold the land, Rachel's husband signed his name as Abraham Rennard, and records of Hebron Church show that Abraham and Rachel Renner had a son Isaac baptized there 16 May 1802, so they were already married by that time.
The names on these deed match perfectly with the list of Hoover heirs who received Elizabeth Hotsinpiller Hoover's share of the Hotsinpiller estate. Some have claimed they must be grandchildren of Elizabeth, but that is not possible for several reasons. If they were children of Jacob Hoover, a son of Elizabeth Hotsinpiller Hoover, then their father Jacob would have received the legacy, since he was still living as late as 1823. The other reason is that if Jacob, father of these children was a son of Elizabeth Hotsinpiller, then he would have had to have been born in the late 1740s or early 1750s, at which time Elizabeth Hotsinpiller would have been too young to be his mother.
It would be nice if more Hampshire County records were available but what we do have shows conclusively that Jacob Huber of Hampshire County, married Elizabeth Hotsinpiller, daughter of Stephen, about 1770, lived in the Capon Bridge area, were members of the Hebron Lutheran Church and then about 1815 and then moved a few miles across the County line into Frederick County,where lived the remaining years of their life.
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