DOD given as about 1770

Jacob Gangewere emigrated from Germany to America on the ship "James Goodwill," which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1727. The name has been variously spelled as Gangwehr, Gangwer, Gangawer, Gangewer, Gangaware, and Gongaware. The name of Jacob Gangwehr appears in the list of persons who qualified, thus evidencing that he was of the Reformed faith. He is said to have been a soldier before leaving Bavaria. After his arrival in Philadelphia he acquired title to a tract of several hundred acres of land situated in what was then Northampton county, now Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County. The original dwelling house was a log cabin, but later a stone house was erected, and this is still standing. The ancestor followed the occupation of farming. He was a man of unusual vitality, being fifty years of age when he arrived here in 1727, and died in 1779 at the age of one hundred and two years. The change in the form of the name is shown by the fact that he signed his name to a petition of the German immigrants in Bucks county in 1734 as Jacob Gangwer, and among the list of communicants at the Blue church in Upper Saucon in May, 1750, we find Jacob Gangewehr and son, Christopher. The name of his wife is not on record, and the names of his children may not be given in correct order, as dates of birth are not recorded. As nearly as may be ascertained they are Michael, of further mention; Andreas (or Andrew), of further mention; Christopher, of further mention; Jacob; Matthaus, of further mention; John George; Henry, although it is not quite certain whether he was a son of this Jacob or another immigrant of a similar name, of further mention; and several other children.