Data source is Douglas Mumma, 2123 Farmington Place, Livermore, CA 94550, email = doug@mumma.org
Jacob was born in Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 20 October 1794. Some family histories have recorded his birth as being in Sharpsburg, Maryland, but all evidence supports the fact that the family migrated to Sharpsburg about 1798-9 after he and all of his siblings were born in Hempfield township of Lancaster County, PA.
He was identified in his father's estate proceedings.
Jacob's name is also recorded in the guardian bonds abstracted from page 25 of the original book located in the Maryland State Archives "Washington County Guaridans, 1808-1815".
The abstract states: "Mumma, Jacob, age 16 yrs; Henry Mumma guardian; Joseph Shank and Jacob Mumma sureties. 6 March 1810"
The Henry Mumma that is listed is his brother (age 23) and the Jacob Mumma are their uncle.
His mother appears in the 1810 census living with 1 female between the age of 16-25 year. This would be likely be his sister, Maria. No other children are in the household. I suspect that Jacob is living in the household of the man to whom he was apprenticed.or could have been with his maternal grandparents in Frederick County.
Jacob next appears in the records of Frederick County, Maryland where he married Mary "Pollie" Blessing on September 7, 1816. The family bible of his son, Jacob H. W. Mumma records that six of their nine children were born in Frederick County. Of interest, Serena Martha Mumma was born only a few months before they left for Montogomery Co., OH.
Initially Jacob worked as a weaver with his good friend, John Snyder, who also migrated with the family from Sharpsburg to Montgomery County Ohio in 1827. I beleive that they probably were apprentice weavers together. Until John Snyder's death, he lived with the Jacob Mumma family and practiced the weaving trade as listed in the census. John Snyder is listed in the 1850 & 1860 cenus in the household of Jacob. John Snyder is even buried in the Jacob Mumma family plot in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH.
In the 1820 census, Jacob and Mary Blessing Mumma are married and have two children, but they have not been found in the Frederick County, MD census records. It is my strong feeling that Jacob & Mary were probably living with her Blessing family and do not appear in a separate record.
A Jacob Mummaw and his family are listed in the Frederick County Census of Maryland, election district #3. I speculate that this is Jacob Mummaw [Ref id 2726] , b. 1797 in Frederick County MD as the son of Jacob Mumma born 1762. Some members of this branch migrated to Virginia where they adopted the "Mummaw" spelling of the surname.
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1820 Census, MD, Frederick Co., ED#3 Jacob Mummaw
Males <10 1
Males 10-16 1
Males 16-18 1
Males 16-26 3
Females <10 1
Females 16-26 1
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Jacob's migration to Dayton, Ohio in 1827 is recorded in an interesting story recorded by his grandson, Aaron Mumma and can be viewed at:
http://www.mumma.org/archives/aaron.html
In January of 1828, Jacob Mumma purchased a 56 acre parcel of land from the Wampler family. He became a successful market farmer as well as all of his sons.
It has been speculated that Henry and his brother, Jacob, migrated to Dayton, Ohio together at the same time, but there are newspaper articles from Hagerstown Maryland that clearly show that Henry was still living in Maryland with his family in 1928. At that time, he was living at the "Tavern House", at the ferry, opposite Shepherdtown." as listed in the Hagerstown newspapers. Henry later moved in 1828 and purchased property, so they migrated approximately 1 year apart in time.
1830 Census OH, Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ward 5 - Jacob Mumaugh (the spelling of the surname was incorrectly recorded)
Males <5...... 2
Males 5-10.. 2
Males 10-15..1
Males 20-30..1
Males 30-40..1
Females <5......1
Females 10-15..1
Females 30-40..2
1840 Census OH, Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ward 5 - Jacob Mumma
Males <5......1
Males 5-10.. 1
Males 10-15..1
Males 15-20..2
Males 20-30..1
Males 30-40..1
Males 40-50..1
Females 5-10..1
Females 10-15..1
Females 40-50..1
1850 Census, OH, Montgomery Co., Harrison Twp, 19 July 1850
Jacob Mumma, 55, farmer, $10,000 real estate, b. PA
Mary " , 53, b. MD
George R. " , 30, farmer, $1150, b. MD
Serena M. " , 22, b. MD
Martha Puterbaugh, 9, b: OH
John Snyder, 52, weaver, b. MD
Jesse Brooks, 9, b. OH
1860 Census, OH, Montgomery Co., Harrison Twp, 18 June 1860
Jacob Mumma, 65, farmer, $17,500 real estate, $1900 personal, b. PA
Mary " , 64, h. wife, b: MD
Martha Puterbaugh, 18, h servant, b. OH
Serena M Ullery, 6, b: OH [name written as Olary - daughter of Jacob's daughter, Maria Catherine Mumma]
John Snyder, 60, retired, b: MD
1870 Census, OH, Montgomery Co., Harrison Twp., 10 June 1870, p. 506, dwelling 183
Mumma, Jacob, 76, retired farmer $17,000 real estate, $150 personal, b. MD
" , Mary, 73, keeping house, b: MD
http://www.dcoweb.org/brookville/twp/HarrisonHistory.html
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From The History of Montgomery Co., OH by W. H. Beers & Company 1882
Brookville Historical Society, Inc. 2003
HARRISON TOWNSHIP
The history of the German Baptist Society of this township is the same as that given in the general history of the county and in the adjoining districts. The one-story brick in Section 18, near the Madison Township line, was built in 1853, on ground purchased of Jacob Mumma. It is known as the Stillwater Church, and was organized at an early period. It has a membership of over 100. Elder Abraham Flory is now in charge. Just prior to the building of this church, there stood a similar house a little over the line in Madison Township, which had been recently built, and was about ready for occupancy when destroyed by fire. And still another, years prior, was built in that vicinity, and had been torn down on account of its being, too small. There is quite a large graveyard at the present church, and interments were made there over a half century ago.
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In the northeastern quarter of Section 9 is situated quite an old graveyard. The ground was deeded by George Drill, and was regularly laid out into lots. A number of the pioneers of the northern part of the township were buried in it. The schools of the township are excellent; there are eleven districts, and thirteen teachers are employed. There is in each district a good substantial brick schoolhouse, three of which have two rooms each, and two of them are two-story buildings. The average time that school is held during the year is nine months. The school property is valued at $25,500. Board of Education, as follows: President, Jesse Martindale; Clerk, John Siebenthales; E. L. Showers, M. K. Wenger, John H. Bell, W. B. King, H. C. Mumma, John D. Rider, John A. Smith, J. B. Mumma, Henry Flory and W. G. Turner. Section 16 was leased up to within a few years of 1838, when three-quarters of it were sold. The remaining quarter is still unsold, and is occupied by Martin Wolf, the rent being used toward the support of schools.