Individual Details
John Jacobs
(6 Mar 1722 - May 1780)
Events
| Birth | 6 Mar 1722 | Pennsylvania |  |  | |
| Marriage | 3 Jan 1753 | Tredyffrin Meeting House, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Elizabeth Havard | | | |
| Residence | Aft Jan 1753 | Great Valley, Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1762 and 1776 | member of Assembly, Speaker the latter year - Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1776 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Occupation | 15 Jul 1776 | Member of Constitutional Convention - Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Occupation | 1777 | commission which regulated the price of commoditied to the colonies. - New Haven, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | May 1780 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Havard ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Jacobs (1754 - 1807) |
| Child | Sarah Jacobs (1756 - ) |
| Child | John Jacobs (1757 - ) |
| Father | John Jacobs (1689 - 1773) |
| Mother | Mary Hayes (1699 - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Jacobs (1723 - ) |
| Sibling | Israel Jacobs (1726 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Joseph Jacobs (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | Jesse Jacobs (1730 - 1777) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Jacobs (1731 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jacobs (1732 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Jacobs (1735 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Mary Jacobs (1738 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Isaac Jacobs (1741 - 1815) |
Notes
Birth
Children of John and Mary JacobsJohn b 6-3-1722
Richard b 12-6-1723
Israel b 9-11-1726
Joseph b 10-25-1728
Benjamin b 2-5-1731
Eliz b 11-5-1732
Marriage
John Jacobs, son of John Jacobs of Providence Twp, Phila. Co., yeoman, and Elizabeth Havard, dau of John Havard of Tredyffrin Twp, Chester Co., yeoman, m. 3rd da, 1st mo, 1753 at Tredyffrin Meeting House.Residence
Settled here after marriageMiscellaneous
Was a delegate to the 2nd contental congress, 1776. He was born and died in Chester County PA. Lintage: John Jacobs m. 1753 Elizabeth Havard B. 1720. Benjamin Jacobs (1754-1807) m. Elizabeth Potts. John Jacobs m. Catherine Sheetz. Amer Gleason 1805-87 m. 1829 Caroline Jacobs 1813-79.Endnotes
1. U.S. Hinshaw (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania), (Type written), page 42-1 Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, John and Mary Jacobs children; Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
2. John Pirrs Launey, compiler, Early Church Records of Delaware County, PA Vol. 3 The Welsh Tract (Westminster, MD 21157: Family Line Publications, 1997). Hereinafter cited as Early Church Records of Delawaare Co. , PA.
3. John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883). Hereinafter cited as History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA.
4. John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Have been unable to find in Biographical Directory of the American Congress from 1774 to 1961. Hereinafter cited as History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA.
5. Amy Cresswell Dunne Lineage Book National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 126 (Washington D.C.: DAR, 1932), DAR Linage book File # 144374. Hereinafter cited as Dar Lineage Book.
6. John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Unable to verify. Hereinafter cited as History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA.
7. John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883). Hereinafter cited as History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA.