Hite, Jacob

1720 - 1791  (71 years)

• Name	Hite, Jacob
  Birth	1720	Strasburg, British America
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Dec 1791	Frederick, Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I2094	Hastings-A
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2012

  
  

  Mother	Merckle, Anna Maria,   b. 16 Jan 1686, Bonfeld, Neckar, Germany d. 1738, Long Meadows, Virginia, British America (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1704	Bonfeld, Germany
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	O'Bannon, Catherine,   b. 1708, Dublin, Ireland d. 1766, Fauquier, British America (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1740	Fredrick, Virginia, British America
  Children	1. Hite, John,   b. 1777   d. 1832   2. Hite, Elizbeth,   b. Berkley, Norfolk City, Virginia, United States d. 1810, Alleghany, Virginia, United States   3. Hite, Thomas H.,   b. 1738, Fauquier, Virginia, USA d. 1776, New Hopewell, Jefferson, Virginia, United States (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob of "Hopewell" near Leetown, Virginia now West Virginia; Justice of Frederick County; High Sheriff and Justice of Berkeley County in 1732; Lieutenant County Militia, 1742; During the Revolutionary War was murdered with his wife and several children by Indians who were instigated by British agents, because of his siding with the colonists. In 1740, he built with Gen Daniel Morgan and Dr. John Briscoe the church called "Bunker Hill Church"; the First Episcopal Church built west of the Blue Ridge at which the Gospel was preached and Divine Service held in the Valley.