Jacob Stover and Anna Maria Eva Hauth

` Johann Jacob Stober
5th Great Grandfather
b. abt 1695, Staffort, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. 1779, Beekman Patent, Dutchess Co, New York Colony

Anna Maria Eva Hauth
5th Great Grandmother
b. Apr 29, 1714, Staffort, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. aft 1781

Johann Jacob Stover was the first in the line of Stovers to come to North America. His father, also named John Jacob Stober (7^th Great Grandfather) was mayor of Staffort 1679 – 1680.

Staffort means "constant ford" . The location was the only feasible place to cross the Pfinz River, and so was strategically important in the wider region already in ancient times. Excavations and artifacts show a settlement existed on the site in 25 AD. The first mention of Staffort occurred on August 16, 1110 when the Emperor Heinrich V named the village Stafphort in an official document. In February, 1945, during World War II, the village of Stafford was 65% destroyed during a nighttime bombing raid of British bombers. Strong southwesterly wind had blown the drop-marks for the planned bombing of Karlsruhe on to Stafford instead.

In 1739 Jacob Stover's second wife, Anna Maria Eva Hauth (5^th Great Grandmother), successfully petitioned the Baden-Durlach Privy Council for the family to leave for parts unknown. Jacob and his family left Germany for New York on Aug 8 1739. A photocopy of the petition is available but too small to be readable.

There does not seem to be any more information available other than the list of children born to Jacob and Anna in the New York Colony including Eva N Stover (4^th Great Grandmother) who married Jonas Amey (4^th Great Grandfather) whose story appears later. Jonas and Eva end up in Ernestown, Ontario.

Note: Jacob's brother, Valentine Stover, is the 4^th great grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower.