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Biography:

Jacob Blessing was born circa 1728 in Württemberg, Germany. He was naturalized as a citizen in Pennsylvania on 14 October 1765. 

He married Elizabeth Ritchharts. Their marriage is blessed with eleven children: Jacob, Elizabeth, Barbara, Maria, Lewis, Christian, John, Henry, Abraham, Catherine, and Christina. 

He enlisted in 1780 in Captain Jacob Holman's Company, Virginia militia. 

He passed in 1790 and is buried in Shenandoah County, Virginia. 

Sources: Family History page on Blessing:

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Jacob Blessing

Birth: 03-Jul-1728 Duchy Wurttemburg

State of Service: VA

Spouse: Elizabeth Ritschhart

SAR Patriot #: P-116392   DAR #: A011238

Death: 25-Feb-1790 Shenandoah VA

Qualifying Service: Soldier

Children: John, Barbara, Jacob, Catherine/Caty

Patriotic Service Description: Soldier, CPT Jacob Holeman, Dunmore Co, VA militia

Sources:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004

Brumbaugh, Rev War Records, Vol 1, VA, p607