Jacob Kimmel of Westmoreland County,

Pennsylvania

Family of Johann Jacob Kimmel of Hempfield Township

Members of this family appear in the Summary of Lineages web page with the prefix "AD-."

General History

Johann Jacob and Hanna Margaretta Kimmel of Hesse-Darmstadt arrived in Philadelphia in 1768.  They moved first to Petersville, Pennslyvania and soon thereafter to near Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  Jacob died in 1800.  Margaretta was still living as late as 1827.

Children of Jacob and Margaretta:

1766 - Johann Andreas

176? - Sophia Margaretha

1769 - Johann Conrad

1772 - Christian Frederick

1774 - Anna Margaretha

1776 - Johann Georg

1780 - Elisabeth

1783 - Johanna

1785 - Johann Daniel

1789 - Johannes

Early Family Recollections

Early Family Histories

    (to be added)

Family Bibles

Ref:  John Kimmel (1792-1846) of Holmes and Mercer Counties, Ohio (AD-AA) > Johann Andrew > Johann Jacob of Greensburg, PA

1)  John and Rachel Kimmel family German Bible

2)  William and Eliza Kimmel family Bible

Bible pages and inserted material from scanned copies provided by Chris Beard of Reynoldsburg, Ohio -- Oct. 1998

Go to transcript

Public Documents For Revolution Era Kimmels

Transcriptions on This Web Site -- see raw data page

Petersville, PA church records

Harrold's church records

Brush Creek Reformed Church records

Greensburg Reformed Church records

Documents Available Not Added to This Web Site

Military Records

Tax Records

Land Records

Newspaper articles

Documents to Be Found

    (to be added)

Special Reports

Determining parents of John Peter Kimmel of Decatur County, Indiana.