Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Birthabt 17021100
Birth1710, Middlesex, New Jersey
Deathbef 12 Oct 1759, Frederick, Virginia1100 Age: 57
FatherJan Dircksen Hoagland (1666-)
MotherJacoba Reyerse
Spouses
Notes for Jacobus Jansen Hoagland
From Find-a-Grave:
Jacobus (Cobus) Hoaglandt who died in Frederick CO, Virginia (now Berkeley CO, West Virginia) prior to October 12, 1759 was the son of Jan Dircksen Hoaglandt and Jacoba Ryerse.
"Cobus" is an early Dutch diminutive of the name "Jacobus" noted by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Dutch Patronymics of the 1600s.
Frederick CO, Virginia is south of Martinsburg, Berkeley CO, West Virginia. West Virginia panhandle is sandwiched between Maryland to the north and Virginia to the south.
I was there twice at Williamsport, Maryland in June 2014 & October 2015 and spent a few days in the area before heading via Barlow to Seattle. Best way to get acquainted with the area is to go to the Martinsburg-Berkeley museum/library.
The primary proof is that the 200 acres of land purchased from Richard Lane in 1744 were on the Cohongaroota River (now known as the Potomac River). Since Cobus was appointed overseer of the road from Evan Watkins’ ferry to the Tuscarora (which corresponds with US Route 11 of today), it would seem his land was somewhere in the northeastern section quadrant of the county NORTH OF MARTINSBURG and probably in the present Falling Waters District which borders on the Potomac River. The connection of the land to the Hood family and the Newkirk family leads me to believe that the location was in the area of the village now called Little Georgetown (referring to the citation “The land was part of the 1175 acres granted to John Hood on November 12, 1735, it was adjacent to Bourn (Barent) Newkirk's land, and it had been secured by Richard Lane by lease and release from John and Rachel Hood on September 20, 1737.) This would place the land a bit to the northwest of Martinsburg and almost immediately north of the town of Hedgesville along the Potomac River near Little Georgetown. The Hood and Newkirk families of Little Georgetown had come to this area from New Jersey also. John Hood’s daughters Jean and Jemime were both married to Houglands. (See the book, “THE BERKELEY JOURNAL,” Issue 14, published by the Berkeley County Historical Society, 1990, containing the article on “The Newkirk Family of Berkeley County,” starting on page 1).
"17 Feb.1752 - 16 April 1752; 403 acres where he (Hogland) has improvement on Waggon Road 1 1/2 miles from Watkins Ferry; adjacent David Watkins, Thomas Flanary, Capt. John White. Chain Carriers-- Leonard White & John Hufman. Surveyor -- John Mauzy."
My belief is that my 7th DIRECT lineage ancestors were probably not buried in a community cemetery. At that time period in this area, the majority of persons were buried on the land which they owned at the time of their death (perhaps in a family cemetery), as few local churches were established that early, and most church cemeteries were not established until after the American Revolution. If that were the case, the grave or graveyard may no longer be marked and is probably located on private property if it were to still exist.
If any of you have a chance to see that particular issue of the Berkeley Journal, you may get an idea of some of the older homes of the Newkirk and Hood families that might still exist in LITTLE GEORGETOWN.
Possible source:
Information taken from: http://www.genealogy.com
The Hoaglands on the Western Frontier:
Descendants of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland
through the Fifth Generation
by Curt L. Sytsma
Des Moines, Iowa
Jacobus (Cobus) Hoaglandt who died in Frederick CO, Virginia (now Berkeley CO, West Virginia) prior to October 12, 1759 was the son of Jan Dircksen Hoaglandt and Jacoba Ryerse.
"Cobus" is an early Dutch diminutive of the name "Jacobus" noted by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Dutch Patronymics of the 1600s.
Frederick CO, Virginia is south of Martinsburg, Berkeley CO, West Virginia. West Virginia panhandle is sandwiched between Maryland to the north and Virginia to the south.
I was there twice at Williamsport, Maryland in June 2014 & October 2015 and spent a few days in the area before heading via Barlow to Seattle. Best way to get acquainted with the area is to go to the Martinsburg-Berkeley museum/library.
The primary proof is that the 200 acres of land purchased from Richard Lane in 1744 were on the Cohongaroota River (now known as the Potomac River). Since Cobus was appointed overseer of the road from Evan Watkins’ ferry to the Tuscarora (which corresponds with US Route 11 of today), it would seem his land was somewhere in the northeastern section quadrant of the county NORTH OF MARTINSBURG and probably in the present Falling Waters District which borders on the Potomac River. The connection of the land to the Hood family and the Newkirk family leads me to believe that the location was in the area of the village now called Little Georgetown (referring to the citation “The land was part of the 1175 acres granted to John Hood on November 12, 1735, it was adjacent to Bourn (Barent) Newkirk's land, and it had been secured by Richard Lane by lease and release from John and Rachel Hood on September 20, 1737.) This would place the land a bit to the northwest of Martinsburg and almost immediately north of the town of Hedgesville along the Potomac River near Little Georgetown. The Hood and Newkirk families of Little Georgetown had come to this area from New Jersey also. John Hood’s daughters Jean and Jemime were both married to Houglands. (See the book, “THE BERKELEY JOURNAL,” Issue 14, published by the Berkeley County Historical Society, 1990, containing the article on “The Newkirk Family of Berkeley County,” starting on page 1).
"17 Feb.1752 - 16 April 1752; 403 acres where he (Hogland) has improvement on Waggon Road 1 1/2 miles from Watkins Ferry; adjacent David Watkins, Thomas Flanary, Capt. John White. Chain Carriers-- Leonard White & John Hufman. Surveyor -- John Mauzy."
My belief is that my 7th DIRECT lineage ancestors were probably not buried in a community cemetery. At that time period in this area, the majority of persons were buried on the land which they owned at the time of their death (perhaps in a family cemetery), as few local churches were established that early, and most church cemeteries were not established until after the American Revolution. If that were the case, the grave or graveyard may no longer be marked and is probably located on private property if it were to still exist.
If any of you have a chance to see that particular issue of the Berkeley Journal, you may get an idea of some of the older homes of the Newkirk and Hood families that might still exist in LITTLE GEORGETOWN.
Possible source:
Information taken from: http://www.genealogy.com
The Hoaglands on the Western Frontier:
Descendants of Jacobus Jansen Hoagland
through the Fifth Generation
by Curt L. Sytsma
Des Moines, Iowa