Jacob (Jagli) Engel

1753 - 1833  (79 years)

• Name	Jacob (Jagli) Engel
  Born	5 Nov 1753	Corgémont, Jura, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Feb 1833	Stackstown, Conoy Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
  Person ID	I25299	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	13 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Ulrich Engel,   b. 15 Mar 1711, Rothenbach, Bern CH ,   d. 14 Jun 1757, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Anna Brachbühl,   b. 6 Oct 1715, Trachselwald, Bern CH ,   d. 26 Jun 1764, Wildcat Station, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F9534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Veronica Schock,   b. 20 Sep 1750, Manor Twp., Lancaster Co., PA ,   d. 1816, East Donegal, Lancaster Co., PA  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Elisabeth Engle,   b. 20 Feb 1775, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co:, PA ,   d. 25 Dec 1837, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA  (Age 62 years)   2. Veronica Engle,   b. 1776,   d. 1833  (Age 57 years)   3. Jacob Engle,   b. 22 May 1778, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co:, PA ,   d. 1842  (Age 63 years) + 4. Johannes Engel,   b. 24 Aug 1779, Wild Cat Falls, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co., PA ,   d. 26 Jan 1862, Reich's Cemetery, East Donegal, Lancaster Co., PA  (Age 82 years)   5. J. Engle   6. Magdalena Engle,   b. 1783,   d. 1864  (Age 81 years)   7. C. Engle   8. U. Engle   9. Daniel Engle,   b. 1788, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co:, PA ,   d. 1881  (Age 93 years)   10. Heinrich Engle,   b. 1789,   d. 1853  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2020
  Family ID	F9533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Engel (1753-1854), was the most important leader of the River Brethren in the time of their emergence. Engle was born in Switzerland as the fourth son of Ulrich Engel and Anna née Brächbühl. As an infant he emigrated with his family from the Corgémont to Pennsylvania to flee religious persecution. They sailed from Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on October 1, 1754. They established a homestead in northwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the 1770s, a religious awakening swept through the settlements of Mennonites of Swiss and South German origin along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, PA, that resulted in the forming of the River Brethren. Jacob Engle, assisted by his brother John, became the leader of the emerging River Brethren. In 1776 the River Brethren group was organized and Jacob was made the first bishop. In the mid 1800s several groups split from the River Brethren and the largest group took the name Brethren in Christ.[1]