Individual Details
Jacob Gum
(Bet 1712 and 1718 - 1783)
Events
| Birth | Bet 1712 and 1718 | Sussex County, Delaware | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1738 | Sussex County, Delaware, British Colonial America - Sarah Claypoole |  | ||
| Death | 1783 | Rockingham County, Virginia, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Claypoole (1720 - 1799) |
| Child | Sarah Gum (1740 - 1800) |
| Child | Comfort Gum (1756 - 1858) |
| Child | Sarah Gum (1770 - 1820) |
| Child | Eleanor Gum (1766 - 1801) |
| Father | John Gum , Sr. (1662 - 1731) |
| Mother | Frances Potter (1685 - 1730) |
Notes
Marriage
Jacob Gum and Sarah Claypoole came from Lewes, Delaware to settle on Linville Creek in Rockingham Co. about 1745. Their near neighbors were the ancestors of Abraham Lincoln, and the Gums had numerous connections to the Lincoln family for the next hundred years in Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois. Jacob Gum was born about 1715 in Lewes and died at Linville Creek in 1783. Sarah Claypoole is the key ancestor in tracing the lineage to the Plantagenet Kings and earlier historic figures. Sarah was the daughter of Jeremiah Claypoole and Sarah Shepherd and was born in 1719 at Milford in Sussex Co. Delaware. Sarah Claypoole Gum died in 1799. Sarah and Jacob had 9 known children with Norton being the fourth. One son, Claypoole Gum, was killed during the Revolutionary War. The use of the given name Norton came from Sarah's grandfather Norton Claypoole. The name Norton is used by the Claypoole, Gum, and Mackey families from 1620 into the 20th century