Rev. Isaac Kolb

   Another name for Isaac was strong Isaac or der Grosse Isaac and der sehr starke Mann.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: preacher.

• Revolutionary War. ²¹⁴ Isaac is listed as being a member of the Worcester Company during the Revolutionary War. However, it is very likely that he didn't fight in the war as he was a Mennonite Minister.

Isaac married Gertrouta Ziegler, daughter of Rev. Michael Ziegler and Catherine Schrauger, on 11 Jul 1734. (Gertrouta Ziegler was born in 1713 and died in 1764.)

  Marriage Notes:

Rev Isaac Kolb, born March 28, 1711 in Bucks Cty,PA; died 1776 in Bucks Cty,PA. He was the son of 216. Jacob Schumacher Kolb and 217. Sarah Van Sintern. He married 109. Gertrude Ziegler July 11, 1734 in Bucks Cty,PA.

Children of Isaac Kolb and Gertrude Ziegler are:
i. Catharine Kolb, married Samuel Meyer.
ii. Michael Kolb, born in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; married Anna Rosenberger.
54 iii. Isaac Kolb, born Abt. 1743; died Bef. July 06, 1819 in Moore Township, Northampton Cty, PA; married Catharine Meyer Aft. 1770.
iv. Abraham Kolb
v. Dillman Kolb
vi. Sarah Kolb
vii. Susanna Kolb, married (1) Michael Moyer; married (2) Jacob Housser.
viii. Gertraut Kolb, married Christian Bergie.
ix. Hannah Kolb, married Mannassie Fretz.
x. Jacob Kolb, born 1737; died Abt. 1804 in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Fretz.
xi. Elizabeth Ziegler Kolb, born 1748; died 1827; married Jacob Alderfer; born January 05, 1738/39; died July 16, 1797

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Isaac's father, Jacob Kolb was a brother of Martin Kolb and his wife was a sister of Magdalena, Martin's wife. Jacob and Sarah were married on the 2nd day of May 1710, in ther presence of the full congregation in the Mennonite Church at Germantown, by Dirk Keyser.

On October 1st 1739, as he, Jacob Kolb was pressing cider the beam of the press fell on him, crushing one side of his head and shoulder, from which injuries he died a half hour later. he was fifty four years of age at the time of his death. He was a Trustee of the Skippack Congregation as early as 1717 and no doubt buried in the graveyard adjoining that church. He removed from Germantown to Skippack as early as 1709.

Isaac was a member of the Worcester Company during the Revolutionary War.

Jacob Alderfer & Elizabeth Kolb He was born 5/1/1739. Around 1770 he married Elizabeth, born 1749, and the daughter of "Strong Isaac Kolb" and Gertrude Ziegler. [Isaac Kolb, 3/28/1711-.7/23/1776, m. Geertrauta Ziegler.

An Alderfer Family Line