Dr. Joseph Jacob

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Profile last modified 11 Dec 2023 | Created 12 Nov 2012

Biography

Joseph was born at Scituate 16 Aug 1707. He was the son of David Jacob.[1]

Dr. Joseph Jacobs married Mary Foster 30 Aug 1734 at Scituate.[2]

He died 1 Aug 1780 at Scituate. He is buried in Jacobs-Callamore Cemetery.[3]

Joseph Jacobs (1707 - 1780)

Dr. Joseph Jacobs

Born 16 Aug 1707 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of David Jacob and Sarah (Cushing) Jacob

Brother of David Jacob, Mary (Jacob) Lincoln, Sarah Jacob, Elisha Jacob, Deborah (Jacobs) Otis, Lydia Jacob, Joshua Jacobs, Hannah (Jacob) Sparhawk, Benjamin Jacobs and Elisha Jacob

Husband of Mary (Foster) Jacobs — married 30 Aug 1734 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of David Jacobs, Elisha Jacobs, Relief Jacobs, Hannah (Jacobs) James, Sarah Jacobs, Lydia (Jacobs) Whiton, Joseph Jacobs, Deborah Jacobs, Nathaniel Jacobs, Nathaniel Jacobs, Mary Jacobs, Abigail (Jacobs) Sylvester, Joseph Jacobs and Joseph Jacobs Jr.

Died 1 Aug 1780 at age 72 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Probate

Joseph Jacobs of Scituate, yeoman died intestate and on 16 March 1781, Nathaniel Jacobs of Hanover, and Joseph Jacobs of Scituate were granted the administration of his estate.[4]

His inventory was taken on 30 March 1781 in Scituate. He was a slaveholder, his inventory included two enslaved black women who are not named.[5]

In 1782, his widow Mary received her dower. An account of his estate by Nathaniel and Joseph Jacobs was recorded which included debts received, debts paid, necessaries to the widow, provisions for the family, a cow tht drowned, and administration fees.[6]

In 1782, his estate was set out to his children, Elisha Jacobs, decd., Relief, wife of David Jacobs, Hannah James, widow of John James, Sarah Foster, wife of John Foster, Lydia Whitten, wife of Amasa Whitten, Deborah Jacobs, Nathaniel Jacobs, Mary Jacobs, Abigail Sylvester, wife of Caleb Sylvester Jr., and Joseph Jacobs.[7]

In 1794, an account of his estate by Nathaniel and Joseph Jacobs was recorded which included the sale of real estate, debts paid, surveyors, and administration fees.[8]

In 1794, after the deceased of the widow, her dower was divided into 11 shares and set out to the heirs of Elisha Jacobs, Hannah James, Lydia Whiting, wife of Amasa Whiting, Joseph Jacobs, Mary Jacobs, Deborah Jacobs, the heirs of Sarah Foster, late wife of John Foster, Nathaniel Jacobs, Relief Jacobs, wife of David Jacobs, and Abigail Sylvester, wife of Caleb Sylvester.[9]

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-N6R : 15 January 2020), Joseph Jacob, 1707.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHY-YHM : 24 January 2020), Joseph Jacob, 1734.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2020), memorial page for Joseph Jacob (16 Aug 1707–1 Aug 1780), Find A Grave: Memorial #62556280, citing Jacobs-Collamore Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557)
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-X4SX : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 305 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6HFQ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 71-72 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-6459 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 176-177 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6CG3 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 242-244 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-7Q5P : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1791-1808 vol 32-33 > image 535 of 539; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-VWX5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 294-296 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, p.298
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