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Rev. War; Private 5th Class; 1st Bn. Cumberland Cy.
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The Gift family ancestry also dates back to Colonial times, Daniel Gift father to Samuel was born Snyder County, Pennsylvania July 18, 1811, and died there June 6, 1879. Daniel married Sophia Hassinger daughter of Jacob Hassinger. Daniel Gift's father Jeremiah Gift was born in Berks Co., Pennsylvania and died there in 1843.
John Adam Gift father of Jeremiah arrived in settled on the left bank of the Middle Creek Valley Pennsylvania in the year 1771. He was of German decent. He had three sons with him Jacob, Anthony and Jeremiah. In those days Indian uprising made it mandatory to serve in the Militia. Drawings were held annually on who would serve in the militia. Jacob Gift had already served one term in the Militia when in 1779 the next drawing his father John Adams was chosen to serve. Jacob had insisting on serving for his father. While serving in the militia this time in Fort Freeland Jacob and his party of Militia was taken by surprise by 30 hostile Indians. Jacob tried to escape and failed he was tomahawked and scalped. John Adam Gift had taken the death of his son hard stating ''It was my lot to go, but my son went and gave his life for mine.''
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from the 1886 book History of the Susquehanna Juniata Valleys; - pages 1559-1560
About 1768 there emigrated from Germany to America three Gift brothers - Peter, Nicholas and John A. Shortly after landing at Philadelphia they settled at Reading. Peter was a clock-maker, and spent his whole life at Reading, engaged in his calling. Nicholas soon left Reading, and, locating at what is now Franklin County, devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. John A. left Reading in the year 1771, and settled in Middle Creek Valley, then Cumberland County, on the left bank of Middle Creek, 3 miles west of where Middleburg now stands. This farm is now occupied by Adam B. Walter. In 1798, John A. Gift also bought a farm on the right bank of the same stream, a little west of where now stands Paxtonville. The bulk of this last-mentioned farm is now owned by Aaron K. Gift.
This early pioneer, and progenitor of the Gift family in this county, had three sons, - Jacob, Anthony and Jeremiah, the grandfather of A.K. Gift. There were also several daughters. Jacob was killed by the Indians in 1779, at Fort Freeland. The two surviving sons became the owners of the farms above mentioned, Anthony being the owner of the farm on the left bank of the creek, and Jeremiah the one on the right bank, near Paxtonville. Jeremiah Gift was married to Catharine Kline, one of the ancestors of the Kline family, living in the west end of the county......He (Jeremiah) died in 1843, at the age of 68 years, leaving 6 sons, - Jonathan, John, Simon, Michael, Jacob and Daniel; also 3 daughters, - Rebecca, Barbara and Elizabeth.
In 1826, John Gift was married to Elizabeth Kern. Their issue were Aaron K., William D., Amelia and Barbara E. Both died in Franklin township, the father in 1866 and the mother in 1876, at her son William's residence.
Aaron K. Gift, the surveyor, who now lives at Middleburg, son of John and Elizabeth Gift, was born in Franklin township, November 19, 1827, on the farm purchased by his grandfather in 1793....In 1855, he was married to Miss Amelia Royer, a daughter of John and Catharine (Gemberling) Royer, residents of Franklin township, near Royer's Bridge, 4 miles west of Middleburg. Mrs. Gift is a great-granddaughter of Christopher Royer, who came to this country from Germany in 1748.
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