Johann Jacob Haupt, son of Anna Margaretha (née Ulrich) and Johann Nicholas Haupt, was born 11 February 1792 in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, and christened on 1 April 1792 in Zion Lutheran, Middletown. He was the grandson of immigrant Johann Nicholas Haupt, who had arrived 1754 in Philadelphia (onboard the Edinburgh).

Jacob Haupt and Elizabeth Keller were married on 23 March 1816 in Frederick County, Maryland. The couple farmed in Frederick, and later in Washington County, Maryland, and are known to have been the parents of seven children. Having lived to age 95, he was survived by only three of his children.

Will

"Jacob Houpt of Washington /
County Maryland […]
My Admrs [administrators] shall have put up the same kind of tomb /
Stones like my beloved wifes and after my debts and funeral expenses are paid I /
devise and bequeath to my daughter in law Susan Houpt the sum of One hun- /
dred dollars and to my son David Houpt the eight day clock and one hundred /
dollars and to my son John P. Houpt one Secretary, one table, one Split Bottom Rocking /
chair and the family Bible and the reside of my furniture to my daughter-in /
law Susan Houpt. And lastly I will and bequeath the residue of my estate per- /
and mixed that shall be required for the payment of my just debts, /
funeral expenses &c to my children and grand children as follows to wit: to David /
Houpt one fourth to William Houpt one fourth John P. Houpt one fourth and to my niece Mrs Malinda Zittle /
one eighth and to my nephew David H. Spielman one eighth, to have to hold /
the same forever. I also do nominate and appoint Eli Wade and John P. Houpt
Admrs of this my last will and testament […] 6' day of April 1885"
Witness
Eli Wade, G. C. Snyder, O. M. Snyder

• The terms "niece" and "nephew" are used in the will in the archaic and now-obsolete sense of a grandchild.
• That daughter-in-law Sarah Haupt is a beneficiary, not son William Haupt, who was her husband and then living, suggests he was disabled.

Jacob Houpt will (dated 6 Apr 1885; proved 10 Jan 1888), Washington County Wills, Liber H: 29. "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMH-2YG?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-YWP%3A146536101%2C150082701 : 20 May 2014), Washington Wills 1874-1893 vol F-H image 561 of 803; Hall of Records, Annapolis.

Notes

"Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F488-3Q6 : accessed 11 Aug 2014), Johann Jacob Haupt, 11 Feb 1792; citing ; FHL microfilm 13200. s/o Nic. Haupt and An. Margareth, bap. 1 Apr 1792.

Marriage record: Jacob Haupt & Elizabeth Keller, 23 Mar 1816, Frederick Co., Maryland. (Ancestry.com, Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850.)

1840 U.S. Census, District 3, Frederick Co., Maryland; p. 21 (written), p. 196 (printed).
[27.] Jacob Houpt.
• Four persons in household.

1850 U.S. Census, Boonsboro Dist. 1, Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 936, family 991, lines 34-36, p. 185 (printed), 30 Jul 1850.
34. Jacob Houpt, 58, [occupation:] none ($1,050), Md.
35. Elizabeth -----, 54, Md.
36. Malinda Spielman, 11, Md.
• Malinda was the granddaughter of Jacob and Elizabeth; daughter of Annaleisa/Anna/Eliza.

1860 U.S. Census, Boonsboro District, Washington Co., Maryland; dwellings 1609-10, families 1728-29, lines 37-40 & 1, and 2, pp. 219-20 (written), 5 Aug 1860.
37. Jacob Houpt [head], 69, farmer ($10,860; $1,622), Maryland.
38. Elizabeth -----, 64, Maryland.
39. Ezra -----, 39, farm laborer (-0-; $3,000), Maryland.
40. David -----, 29, (-0-; $1,541), Maryland.
1. John Houpt, 26, farm laborer (-0-; $300), Maryland.
2. William Houpt [head], 28, farmer (-0-; $1,000), Maryland.

1870 U.S. Census, Boonsboro, Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 22, family 22, lines 2-6, p. 244 (printed), p. 3 (written), 1 Jun 1870.
2. Haupt, Jacob, 78, ret. farmer ($10,000; $2,000), Maryland, "Father of foreign birth."
3. ----- Elizabeth, 74, keeping house, Maryland.
4. ----- Ezra, 45, farm laborer (-0-; $2,000), Maryland.
5. ----- John, 40, laborer (-0-; $300), Maryland.
6. ----- Sarah, 21, at home, Maryland.

1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 151, Boonsboro District 6, Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 99, family 107, lines 7-12, p. 158 (printed), p. 11 (written), -- Jun 1880.
7. Houpt, William, 54, [head], farming; born in Maryland, parents in Maryland.
8. ----- Susan L., 39, wife, keeping house; born in Maryland, parents in Maryland.
9. ----- C. Edward, 12, son, at school, Maryland.
10. ----- J. Hubert, 6, son, Maryland.
11. ----- David, 56, brother, farming; born in Maryland, parents in Maryland.
12. ----- Jacob, 88, father, boarder; born in Maryland, parents in Maryland.

Died 27 Dec 1887, Boonsboro, Maryland. (Jacob Houpt death notice: "Died," The Herald and Torchlight, Hagerstown, Maryland, 29 Dec 1887, p. 2, col. 5.)

Submitter's great-great-great-great-grandfather.

Reviewed 27 August 2021.