wittm - Citty, Jacob Sr

Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth [E19185]	1760-06-28	Donegal Township, Lancaster Co, Penn

Death [E19186]	1836-05-06	Bedford Co, Va

Burial [E19187]		Bedford Co, Va

Relation to the center person (Witt, Living) : fifth great grandfather

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Zetty(Citty), Peter Sr. [I6915]	about 1735	1799-01-10
Mother	Reiff(Rife), Barbara Ann “Barbary” [I6916]	about 1739	1787 or 1803
	Citty, Jacob Sr [I6892]	1760-06-28	1836-05-06
Brother	Zetty(Citty), Peter Jr [I7085]	about 1762	1844
Brother	Zetty(Citty), Christian Sr [I7086]	about 1764	1841
Brother	Zetty(Citty), John [I7087]	about 1766	1820
Sister	Zetty(Citty), Christena [I7088]	about 1768	1839-04-11
Sister	Zetty(Citty), Catherine [I7089]	about 1770

Families

Family of Citty, Jacob Sr and Runyon, Elizabeth [F3263]

Married

Wife

Runyon, Elizabeth [I6893] ( * b/w Jan-June 1761 + 1844-12-31 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage [E24018]	1781-03-00	Brock’s Gap, Rockingham Co, Va

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Citty, Catherine “Katarina” [I6894]	1782-01-22	1851-06-12
Citty, Nancy “Annasi” [I6884]	1783-09-11	1816
Citty, Abraham [I6895]	1785-10-17	after 1850
Citty, Elizabeth [I6896]	1788-03-07	about 1810
Citty, John“Johan” [I6897]	1790-01-14	after 1860
Citty, Jacob Jr [I6898]	1792-03-17	1864-08-09
Citty, Magdalena [I6899]	1793-11-20	pr 1803
Citty, Mary “Polly” “Balli” [I6900]	1794-11-20	after 1851
Citty, Sarah “Sally”“Sera” [I6901]	1797-01-14
Citty, Christopher "Christian' [I6902]	1799-07-04	1872-03-08
Citty, Samuel “Sehm” [I6903]	1802-03-17	after 1836
Citty, Martha “Patsy” “Beddi” [I6904]	1804-04-18

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
_UID	11C7F3145649AA449C9305589A6685D4516D

Narrative

Jacob Citty, Sr
Wrote in German
Mennonite
Deacon
Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Rockingham Co, Virginia
1800: Bedford Co, Va
1820: Pittsylvania Co, Va

American Revolutionary War:
His father, Peter Zetty, hired a substitue to go in his place.
Jacob Citty joined American Revolutionary War anyway.
Enlisted 1775 : "at no more than age 15": Sharpsburg, Maryland

Tour 1:
1775:
Capt John Reynolds of Sharpsburg, Maryland
Served under Lt. Crisley Urnfurf(Orenturf), Col Steel, under General Henry Lee ("Light Horse Harry").
General Peter Muhlenberg comanding the 8th Virginia German Regiment.
Marched through York Co, Penn. and Lancaster Co, Penn
Crossing at Anderson's Ferry, crossing the Delaware River at Trenton,New Jersey
and marched on to Brunswick, New Jersey.
Discharged: Christmas Day 1775

Tour 2:
1781:
Drafted from Rockingham Co, Va
Under Capt. Baggs, Under Capt. George Cresman(Chrisman), Lt. Gum, Ensign William Bryan.
They retreated from the British in Albemarle City, Virginia. They pursued the British over the
Blue Ridge Mountains to Swift Run (Rockingham Co) into Orange City (Orange Co)
through Hanover County and New Kent County near Williamsburg.
marched to Williamsburg past Bruton Parish & the Burnt Brick Ordinary (James City Co)).
Under Marquis De Lafayette and Gen. Peter Muhlenberg
Served full tour.

Drafted to fight war against Indians but, discharged a few days later.