NINTH GENERATION
444. Jacob SORTORE
(1205) was born about 1695 in Palatinate, Germany.
(1206) He immigrated before 1730.(1207)
He was naturalized between May 7 1730 and Jul 8 1731 in Perth Amboy NJ.
(1208) Council & General Assembly of
New Jersey. Others naturalized at the same assembly include Peter Rockefelter
and his sons who went on to found the Rockefeller family in this country (State
of New Jersey, Laws of New Jersey 1703-1731 -- State Library, trenton NJ: State
of New Jersey, n.d., p.269. He died on Sep 6 1751 in Somerset Co. NJ.
(1209) He had an estate probated on Jan 13 1752 in NJ.
(1210) The family and their slaves were treated by Dr. Benjamin Van
Kirk (Records at Hopewell NJ
museum)
Partial list of spellings of the family name appearing in old records: Sortore,
Sorter, Sortir, Sarter, Sartor, Solter, and Salter.
Jacob is probably the groom in a 22 May 1707 marriage, recorded at the Reformed
Church in Hachenburg, Germany, wherein Johann Jacob , son of Johann Georg Sartor
married Christina Catharina, daughter of Joh. Gerhard Zeppenfeld. This Johann
Jacob Sartor also had sons Johannes Peter and Johann Heinrich who died at the
age of three. (See Henry Z. Jones, Jr., More Palatine Families (Universal City,
Cal: n.pub., 1991), pp. 224-225)
He was married to Catherine before 1720 in Germany.
(1211)
445. Catherine was born about
1695 in Germany. She died on Sep 6 1751 in Somerset Co. NJ.
(1212) Children were:
i.
Johanne Peter SORTORE was born about 1720 in Germany.
(1213) He was naturalized between May 7 1730 and Jul 8 1731 in Perth
Amboy NJ.(1214) He died on Sep 11 1769
in Somerset Co. NJ.(1215) Killed while
loading logs.
ii.
Hendrick SORTORE was born about 1721 in Germany.
(1216) He was naturalized between May 7 1730 and Jul 8 1731 in Perth
Amboy NJ.(1217) He died between Aug
3 1793 and May 5 1794 in Somerset Co. NJ.(1218)
He had an estate probated on May 5 1794 in NJ.
iii.
Katherine SORTORE was born about 1723 in Germany.
(1219)
iv.
Adam SORTORE was born after 1725 in NJ.(1220)
He died on Mar 9 1774 in NJ.(1221)
222 v.
Jacob SORTORE.
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