BIO:  Jacob Hursh, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fairview Township, Pg 97

JACOB HURSH, March 18, 1767, obtained a grant for 300 acres of land near “Lofty 
Mountain” in Newberry, now Fairview Township.  In 1789 Peter Hursh, with his 
family of wife, five sons and six daughters, moved to York County from Lancaster 
County, and purchased 600 acres adjoining lands of Jacob Hursh, a part of which 
called “Fortune” was originally granted to Richard Ashton in 1734, by one of 
Samuel Blunston’s permits.  Fourteen hundred and sixty pounds currency were paid 
for the entire tract.  It was divided into four plantations, and conveyed to four 
surviving sons, each son receiving one tract.  These land have since remained 
almost entirely in the possession of the lineal descendants to the fifth 
generation, who are engaged in farming the coveted land-marks of their ancestors.  
They are valuable limestone lands, and very productive.  Some of the descendants 
of the family have immigrated to Cumberland, Adams, Franklin and Fulton Counties, 
Penn.  Those who remained in Fairview Township have always been among her leading 
citizens.