The Hyphen Family Lineage

[Excerpt from The Genealogy of the Steiner Family, L.H. Steiner and B.C. Steiner, 1896, p24.]

1. Jacob Stoner, or Steiner, was born --, 1713, and died 1748, according to dates on a tombstone in the old German Reformed graveyard in Frederick, which stone is probably that of our ancestor. It is quite probable that he was the Jacob Steiner who arrived at Philadelphia in the vessel Pennsylvania, Merchant, from Rotterdam on Sept. 11, 1731 (Rupp's List, p. 20). He had settled in Frederick County before 1736. On June 11 of that year Benjamin Tasker covenanted to convey a tract of land known as Tasker's Chance, lying on the Monocacy, to Laney and Jacob Stoner for the sum of two thousand pounds. They were unable to raise the money and the sale fell through. In 1744 Daniel Dulaney bought Tasker's Chance, probably as agent and attorney for the actual settlers. On July 28, 1746, Dulaney transferred to the settlers most of the tract, on which he had laid out the town of Frederick. Jacob Stoner received the following tracts: "The Barrens," 103 acres for 25 pounds, beginning 160 perches from the Monocacy' "Indian Field," 202 acres for 15 pounds; "Mill Pond," 292 acres, on the Tuscarora Creek where it empties into the Monocacy, where Jacob Stoner's house and mill were; and "Bear's Den," or "Durburg," on the Tuscarora below Mill Pond," 172 1/2 acres, 25 pounds. The last two tracts adjoined the lands of Stephen Ramsburg and Abraham Miller. In 1742 he signed a petition to have Prince George parish divided and a new one established. He was evidently a man of some means and prominent in the community. He left no will and his estate was never administered upon (Land Records J, 1193, W.R 17, 231 L. 1). He married -- on --. Jacob Steiner's land was divided in 1767. If we assume this was done at the attaining majority of his youngest son, Benedict, which is quite probable, we shall have Benedict as born in 1746.

Children of Jacob Steiner and -- --:
2. John Steiner, b. --, 17-- (5). d. Sept., 1798.
3. Henry Steiner, b. --, 17-- (16). d. Sept., 1780.
4. Benedict Steiner, b. --, 17-- (18). d. Sept., 1796.