Johann Jacob Fast ¹

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #1194]
Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland has book reported to contain information on Jacob's christening - Baptized 27 Mar 1758.
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There is lots of confusion over this person. First, not all researchers agree as to his name. Some use only the older Germanic form of Johann while others use either the modernized English version of John, while still others use only the name of Jacob, and still others say he was known as John Jacob.

Then there is confusion over his birth date with suggested dates ranging from 1750 to 1758 but most agree that he was born in Frederick County, Maryland. Most report a birth date of 27 Mar 1758 which is the same date the Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick, Maryland reports as his date of christening. This makes it unlikely that he was born and christened on the same day.

To complicate the birth date issues, some researchers state that he had an older brother with the same exact name and that he died before this John Jacob was born. This was not an uncommon practice among various European ethnicities.

So the 1750 suggested birth date may belong to the first John Jacob who died before 1758. And knowing the a supposed second John Jacob was christened in 1758 makes one of the birth dates suggested as 1756 seem very plausible.

Then there is confusion over the burial location for John Jacob and his wife Catherine. Some researchers say he is buried in Fast Cemetery in Fairfield County, Ohio. Others say that he is buried in Mount Tabor Cemetery in Hocking County, Ohio. Still others point to a gravestone in Driver Cemetery in Fairfield County that gives the names of "Jacob and Catherine" as their final resting place. This site is reported on FindAGrave.com <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57100874>.
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Johan Jacob Fass
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 27 Mar 1758
Event Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Event Place (Original): Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Nicolaus Fass
Mother's Name: Catharina

Citing this Record
"Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYL5-1N2M : 12 February 2020), Nicolaus Fass in entry for Johan Jacob Fass, 1758.
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial #57100819

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57100819/jacob-fast: accessed April 18, 2025), memorial page for Jacob Fast (1752\'961827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57100819, citing Fast Cemetery, Bremen, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by JWhite (contributor 46943642).
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Farmer.

Johann married Maria Catherine Rudicell, daughter of Johann Michael Rudicell and Maria Engel Schaeffer, in 1783 in Pennsylvania, United States. (Maria Catherine Rudicell was born on 6 June 1766 in Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America ³, baptized on 21 June 1766 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, died in August 1829 in Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States ³ and was buried in August 1829 in Fast Cemetery, Bremen, Fairfield, Ohio, United States ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage, 1785, Pennsylvania, United States.