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View Tree for Jacob RizorJacob Rizor (b. 1750, d. 20 Oct 1825)

Jacob Rizor (son of Abraham Risser and Anna Lehman) was born 1750 in Donegal, Washington County Pennsylvania, and died 20 Oct 1825 in Donegal, Washington County Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Lefler on 19 Feb 1774 in Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacob Lefler and E.

 Includes NotesNotes for Jacob Rizor:
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Donegal Twp. pp.742-764

Jacob Rizor was a settle in Donegal township before 1787, as he name is found on the assessment-roll of that year. He purchased by verbal contract from Jacob Lefler, the father of his wife, 50 acres of land, to which he did not obtain a legal title during his lifetime. On the 2oth of October, 1825, the land was conveyed to Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Rizor, for her use during her life, to go at her death to the sons of Jacob and Elizabeth Rizor, viz: John, Abraham, Jacob, George, and Henry Rizor. An account of an interview with the last named son of Jacob Rizor, by a correspondent of the Chronicle was published by that paper in the fall of 1880. (See Henry Rizor notes)

More About Jacob Rizor and Elizabeth Lefler:
Marriage: 19 Feb 1774, Pennsylvania.

Children of Jacob Rizor and Elizabeth Lefler are:
  1. +Abraham Rizor, b. 1776, Washington County, Pennsylvania, d. 1821, Marion, Iowa.
  2. +John Rizor, b. 1776, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown, Holmes County, Ohio.
  3. +Jacob Rizor, b. 26 Jun 1786, Pennsylvania, d. 10 May 1863, Bowling Green, Marion County, Ohio.
  4. +George Christopher Rizor, b. 12 Apr 1787, Donegal, Washington County, Pennsylvania, d. 20 Jan 1856, Jefferson County, Iowa.
  5. +Henry L. Rizor, b. 24 Feb 1790, Dutch Fork Creek. Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, d. 16 Feb 1881, Donegal, Washington County Pennsylvania.
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