Col. Jacob Duche, Sr.

Colonel Jacob Duché (1708–1788) was a mayor of Philadelphia in the colonial province of Pennsylvania. Duché was born in Philadelphia, the son of Anthony Duché (d. 1762), a French Huguenot who came with his wife to America in the same ship as William Penn in about 1700. He was appointed a colonel of the militia. He served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1761 to 1762.

His estate is shown just south of the Philadelphia grid on this map

He was for many years a vestryman of Christ Church; when the congregation grew too large to be accommodated there, he headed the committee that oversaw the erection of its daughter church, St. Peter's. St. Peter's Church is a historic church located on the corner of Third and Pine Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened for worship on September 4, 1761 and served as a place of worship for many of the United States Founding Fathers during the period of the Continental Congresses. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.

His son, the Rev. Duché, led the congregation at St. Peter's and later became a Tory who went into exile.

Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Duch%C3%A9,_Sr.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Church,_Philadelphia