
Jacob Bonewitz 1761-1818
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Jacob Bonewitz was born in Heidelberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania the son of Adam and Juliana Bonewitz. Jacob married Eva Rosanna Specht 1749-1822 on 27 Nov 1781. Jacob and Eva had 9 children. One of their daughter's, Anna Mariah Bonewitz, married my ggg grandfather Michael Clouse. Jacob died in Berks County, Pennsylvania on 8 March 1818. He is buried in Jacobs Lutheran Old Dutch Cemetery , Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.