Jacob Shimer, eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Scheimer), was born in Skipack. Pennsylvania, June 4, 1734, and died of small pox in 1764, his tombstone being the oldest in the Saucon graveyard. During the Indian massacres of 1755-56 he enlisted under Captain Jacob Arndt, receiving thirteen pounds six shillings for his services. He married, June 13, 1758, Rosina Seip, who was born Sept. 7, 1739, in Michelstadt, Hesse Dannstadt, Germany, and came to America when thirteen years of age.