FOURTH GENERATION

11. Johann Wilhelm JAEGER (2)(3) was born in 1737 in , Basel, Switzerland. He was member of the Swiss Reformed Church between 1737 and 1760. He Christened on 14 May 1737 in Arisdorf, Basel, Switzerland. He emigrated on 5 Mar 1740 from , Basel, Switzerland. (2) He immigrated on 23 Sep 1740 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boarded the "Friendship" in Rotterdam. He was a Blacksmith between 1748 and 1823. He resided between 1760 and 1773 in Plum Run, Washington, Maryland. He was member of the Church of the Brethern between 1760 and 1776. He was naturalized on 8 Aug 1767 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Yeager was naturalized as an English citizen on 8 Aug 1767 along with his father-in-law, Jacob Bowman. They did not take the oath of allegiance, but were affirmed, signifying they were a pacifist religious persuasion, probably the Church of the Brethren. He resided between 1773 and 1783 in , Rockingham, Virginia. He served in the military in 1776. Served as a Private in the Virginia Militia under Captain Abraham Lincoln in the Rev. War.
DAR Record:Mrs. Mollie Morrell Hunter Seiler.
DAR ID Number: 106678
Born in Elizabethton, Tenn.
Wife of J. Frank Seiler.
Descendant of Col. John Carter, Capt. Landon Carter, Lieut. William Brown, Col. Jacob Brown, Ensign Jacob Brown, Jr., John Michael Smithpeters, John Hunter, Capt. Samuel Evans, and John Evans, as follows:
1. Dayton Hunter (b. 1863) m. 1892 Carrie Elizabeth Carter (1867-96).
2. Thomas E. R. Hunter (1829-88) m. 1857 Louisa Jane Brooks (1835-82); William Blount Carter (1820-1902) m. 2nd 1850 Elizabeth J. Brown (1830-82).
3. John Hunter (1792-1850) m. 1817 Mary Brown (1796-1867); Alfred Moore Carter (1784-1850) m. 2nd 1818 Evalina B. Parry; William John Brown 1803-84) m. 1826 Ann Marshall Evans (1803-58); Reuben Brooks, Jr. (1813-62), m. Elizabeth Carriger (b. 1815).
4. Jacob Hunter (1766-1836) m. 1789 Anne Clark (1764-1837); Landon Carter m. 1784 Elizabeth Maclin (1765-1842); Jacob Brown, Jr., m. 1786 Elizabeth Bird (1769-1847) (parents of Mary); John Brown m. I. Kelso (parents of William); Reuben Brooks (1781-1858) m. Mary Smithpeters (1790-1877); John R. Evans m. 1801 Elizabeth Marshall (d. 1804).
5. John Hunter m. Barbara Bowman; He was member of the Baptist Church between 1776 and 1823. He resided between 1783 and 1823 in Cherokee Creek, Washington, Tennessee. He died on 7 Jun 1823 in Cherokee Creek, Washington, Tennessee. He was buried Cherokee Creek Baptist Church in Cherokee Creek, Washington, Tennessee. He has Ancestral File number ZG01-XW, 1H61-HW0. He was also known as John Hunter. Changed his name before the American Revolution to John Hunter. Served as a Private in the Vriginia Militia under Captain Abraham Linclon in the Rev. War.
Settled on Cherokee Creek, Washington County Tennessee in 1783. Apprenticed as a blacksmith, and remained thoughout life.
John Yeager was naturalized as an English citizen on 8 Aug 1767 along with his father-in-law, Jacob Bowman. They did not take the oath of allegiance, but were affirmed, signifying they were a pacifist religious persuasion, probably the Church of the Brethren. In 1773 he adopted the English translation of his name, John Hunter. All following records, except the marriage record of his son John, he is recorded as John Hunter (VA and TN).
By agreeing to fight in the Revolution he was no longer welcome in the pacifist church. Barbara and John became members of the Baptist Church and were among the founding members of the Cherokee Creek Baptist Church in Washington County Tennessee.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
This may apply:
Tennessee Records
THE FORT BLOUNT ROAD TO CUMBERLAND By MRS. RHEA GARRETT
Three of the captains under Major Evans were Joshua Hadley, John Hunter, and Wm. Martin; and one of their duties assigned by the legislature was the leveling and widening of the new Wilderness Road.
No child's play, that of converting an Indian trail into a wagon road, especially through the Red Man's territory and under his unfriendly nose. An arduous and hazardous adventure, and one to try men's mettle; but that courage which threw off the British yoke had faith to blaze the trail to Cumberland; and the opening of the finished road September 25, 1788, to a party of sixty immigrant families was the consummation of the first forward step towards good roads in Tennessee.
DAR record:
Mrs. Mollie Morrell Hunter Seiler.
DAR ID Number: 106678
Born in Elizabethton, Tenn.
Wife of J. Frank Seiler.
Descendant of Col. John Carter, Capt. Landon Carter, Lieut. William Brown, Col. Jacob Brown, Ensign Jacob Brown, Jr., John Michael Smithpeters, John Hunter, Capt. Samuel Evans, and John Evans, as follows:

He was married to Barbara BOWMAN (daughter of Jacob BOWMAN and Varena (BOWMAN)) in 1762 in Plum Run, Washington, Maryland. Barbara BOWMAN was born in 1747 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She died on 22 Nov 1831 in Cherokee Creek, Washington, Tennessee. She has Ancestral File number ZG03-NS. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Johann Wilhelm JAEGER and Barbara BOWMAN had the following children:

child+15 i. John HUNTER.
child+16 ii. Susannah Maria HUNTER.
child+17 iii. Jacob HUNTER.
child+18 iv. Henry HUNTER.
child+19 v. Abraham HUNTER.
child+20 vi. Christiana HUNTER.
child+21 vii. Catherine HUNTER.
child+22 viii. Joseph HUNTER.
child+23 ix. Barbara HUNTER.
child+24 x. Isaac HUNTER.

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