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Jacob / Jacobs

Nicholas JACOB came to Watertown 1633, removed to Hingham, from Hingham, ENG. Will made 5/18/1657

Spouse: Mary GILMAN born circa 1605 Hingham ENG died Hingham MA 6/15/1681; she married (1) Nicholas JACOB (2) John Beal [descended also through Mary's sister Bridget GILMAN who married Edward Lincoln]

Children: Captain John baptized 2/26/1630 died 9/18/1693 Hingham MA; Elizabeth born circa 1634 died Hingham MA 11/24/1725 married (1) Lt. John Thackster (2) Daniel Cushing; Josiah baptized 11/6/1642 died November 1642; Joseph baptized 5/10/1646 died 2/9/1706-7 married Hannah Bosworth; Hannah baptized 2/23/1639-40 died 10/8/1720 married (1) Thomas Loring (2) Capt Stephen French, Deborah baptized 11/26/1643 died Marshfield MA 6/17/1696 married Nathaniel Thomas; Mary baptized 5/11/1632 died after 1683 married John Ottiss; Sarah born circa 1636 died 8/8/1701 married Lt. Matthew Cushing/Cushen; Jacob

Captain John JACOB baptized 2/26/1630 Hingham Norfolk ENG, died Hingham MA 9/18/1693

Spouse: (1) Margery Eames married October 20, 1653 died 4/7/1659 [great-great grandparents of John Hancock] (2) Mary RUSSELL married 10/3/1661

Children: wife (1) John born 10/2/1654 killed by Indians near South Hingham "Glad Tidings Rock" 4/19/1676; Mary born 3/21/1656; Sarah born 12/6/1657 married James Hawke; Benjamin born 4/2/1659. Wife (2) Jael born 9/7/1762; David born 6/20/1664; Elizabeth born 4/11/1666; Peter born 2/12/1668; Hannah born 12/20/1669; Samuel born 11/30/1671; Deborah born 8/15/1674 died soon; Deborah born 8/8/1677 married (1) Matthew Cushing (2) Benjamin Loring; John born 7/31/1679; Lydia born 4/18/1681; Abigail born 11/13/1683

Deacon Peter JACOB born 2/12/1667-8 died Hingham 9/1753

Spouse: Hannah ALLYN born 3/4/ 1672/3 at Barnstable, died Hingham 6/13/1748

Children: Hannah; John born 10/17/1694 Hingham MA married Mercy Farrow; Mary born 9/29/1698 married Abel Cushing; Elizabeth born 4/9/1700 married Thomas Andrews; Peter, deacon, born 10/5/1701 married Lydia Lane; Jael born 5/10/1703 married Benjamin Loring; Lydia born 4/16/1705 died 2/12/1736-7 married Rev. Nehemiah Hobart; Joseph died young; Joseph born 4/14/1708 married Ruth Wilson 10/26/1732; Abigail born 12/3/1709 died 4/1784 married Joshua Herrick; Sarah born 7/13/1712 died 11/29/1775 married Jonathan Lazell; Deborah born 8/28/1714 died 11/5/1792 married James Fearing

Hannah JACOB born 7/22/1696, died 11/12/1778, married 5/8/1728

Spouse: Jacob LORING born 4/21/1676; he married (1) Sarah LEWIS; married (2) Hannah

Children: by (1): Children: by (1) Sarah Lewis: Sarah born 10/9/1723 married 9/29/1745 Jonathan Mitchell of N. Yarmouth ME.. Children by (2) Hannah Jacob: Jacob born 6/25/1729 died 8/7/1777; Israel born 3/26/1731; Zachariah born 8/7/1733; Peter born 8/27/1735 died 7/4/1736; Hannah born 11/6/1737 died 12/23/1744

Pioneers of MA 255: Nicholas JACOB/JACOBS, husbandman, came from old Hingham in 1633 with his wife and 2 children and their cousin Thomas Lincoln, weaver, and settled at Hingham. He owned a homestall at Watertown, but sold it before 1636. Kept an ordinary in H. in 1640, Comr., deputy, town officer. Wife Mary; ch. John b about 1630, Elizabeth (m. 1, Dec. 4, 1648, John, son of Thomas Thaxter, m. 2, March 23, 1690-1, Daniel Cushing; she d. 24 Nov. 1725, age. 93 years;) Mary, (m. John Otis, Jr.,) Sarah, (m. Matthew Cushing, Jr.,) Hannah bapt. Feb 23, 1639, (m. Thomas Loring,) Josiah b. and d. 1642, Deborah bapt., Nov. 6 1643, (m. Nathaniel Thomas,) Joseph bapt. May 10, 1646. He d. 5 (4) 1657. Will provided for the whole family. [Reg. VIII, 280.] The widow m. 2, March 10, 1659, John Beal; she d. 15 June 1681.

Baltimore its history: Nicholas Jacob the immigrant ancestor one of the small company to found and name the town of Hingham Massachusetts died there June 5 1657. The house which he built still stands. He served as deputy to the General Court 1648 49. He married Mary who died in 1681. Children 1 John see forward 2 Elizabeth who married Captain John Thaxter of Hingham Massachusetts and had a daughter Sarah who married Lieutenant Nathaniel Holmes of Boston and whose daughter Elizabeth married Hon John Cushing, born July 17 1695, died March 19 1778, 3 Hannah born in 1639 married Thomas Loring and was the grandmother of Hon John Cushing mentioned above. There may have been other children II Captain John Jacob son of Nicholas and Mary Jacob was also an immigrant and was born in England, baptized in February 1629, died at Hingham Massachusetts September 18 1693. He served in Captain Johnson's Company and was appointed captain upon the death of Captain Johnson in the Narragansett fight. He was in command of eighty men at Medfield February 1676 77 and was later employed in active service on the frontier. He married October 3 1661 Mary Russell, baptized April 1 1641, died October 2 1691. She was the daughter of George Russell an immigrant who was of Hingham and Scituate Massachusetts and a member of the Scituate Military Company in the year 1645. His death occurred May 26 1694. He married February 14 1639 40 Jane James a widow who died February 22 1688 89. III Deacon David Jacob son of Captain John and Mary Russell Jacob was born in Hingham Massachusetts in 1664 and died at Scituate Massachusetts February 10 1748. He married December 20 1689 Sarah Cushing born in Hingham in August 1671 died at Scituate September 24 1723. See Cushing IV Joshua Jacobs as the name was now spelled son of Deacon David and Sarah Cushing Jacob was born at Scituate Massachusetts March 31 1702 died December 9 1784. It was he who built the house in which Dr Henry Barton Jacobs was born. He married April 7 1726 Mary James born in 1704 died in 1748 . See Brewster

History of the Town of Hingham, MA: Jacob. Nicholas the ancestor of all the families bearing this surname in Hing. and vic., was one of the very few early planters who came to Bare Cove prior to the arrival of Rev Peter Hobart and his company in 1635. According to Cushing's MS Nicholas Jacob with his wife and two children and their cosen Thomas Lincoln, weaver, came from Old Hingham and settled in this Hingham 1633. In Sept 1635 he had a grant of a house lot containing three acres on Town St second from the way leading to Broad Cove which is ab where the homestead belonging to heirs of the late William 0 Lincoln is located. Other lands were also granted to him at different dates for planting purposes He was made freeman 1635-36, was selectman in 1637, deputy to the General Court 1648 and 1649, and often engaged upon the business of the town. The chris name of his w was Mary. She survived him and m secondly March 10 1658 59 John Beal widr. Nicholas d 5 June 1657 leaving an est appraised at 393 8s 6d In his will of May 18 1657, proved 25 July foll he gives to wife Mary the bed which she usually lyeth upon with all the furniture thereto belonging to dispose of to whom she pleases also £30 in money. To my children Joseph, Hannah, and Deborah £10 each in addition to what they have already had. To eldest son John a double portion and to the rest of my children viz Joseph, Jacob, Mary Otis, Elizabeth Thaxter, Sarah Cushing, Hannah, Jacob, and Deborah Jacob equal shares and every one of them shall pay to their mother a stipulated sum yearly. Witnesses Edmund Pitts, Thomas Marsh, Matthew Hawke.