John Jacobs and Elizabeth Havard

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Husband John Jacobs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Mar 1722 1 2
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         Father: John Jacobs (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Hayes (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 3 Jan 1753 1

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Wife Elizabeth Havard ^{1 2}

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         Father: John Havard (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Benjamin Jacobs ³

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2 M John Jacobs ⁴

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           Born: 1757 4
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         Spouse: Mary Brinton (1767-1848) 4 5

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3 F Hannah Jacobs ³

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4 F Sarah Jacobs ³

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General Notes: Husband - John Jacobs

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He married and about the same time settled in Whiteland township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, having purchased several contiguous farms in the Great Valley. From 1762 to 1776 he served as a member of the Assembly, being Speaker of that body during the latter year; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776, and in 1777 one of the commissioners which met at New Haven to regulate the price of commodities in the colonies.

He and his wife lived on what was known as "Solitude Farm," in the Great Valley. He was a member of Council under the British Government for sixteen years in succession, and was the representative of his county [Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?]. When the war of the Revolution broke out he became a violent Whig, and this drew upon him the vengeance of the Tories, his house becoming a target for British cannon under General Knyphausen, whose soldiers were encamped on South Valley Hill. The light-horse tried to capture him, but he fled to the woods, where they dared not follow for fear of ambush.

He procured commissions for several young men in the army: for his brother, Jesse Jacobs, for John McClellan, Benjamin Bartholomew, John Davis and Colonel Humphreys. He was speaker of the first General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which began its sittings in Philadelphia, November 28, 1776. While in the performance of his duties his health failed, and he was taken home by his son, John, and died.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 612.

2 W. W. Thomson, Chester County and Its People (Chicago, IL & New York: The Union History Company, 1898), Pg 894.

3 W. W. Thomson, Chester County and Its People (Chicago, IL & New York: The Union History Company, 1898), Pg 895.

4 W. W. Thomson, Chester County and Its People (Chicago, IL & New York: The Union History Company, 1898), Pg 896.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 70.