Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Jacobs and Mary Brinton




Husband John Jacobs 1

           Born: 1757 1
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           Died: 1846 1
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         Father: John Jacobs (1722-1780/1782) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Havard (      -      ) 2 3


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Wife Mary Brinton 1 4

           Born: 1767 1
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           Died: 1848 1
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         Father: Thomas Hill Brinton (      -      ) 1
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1 F Phebe B. Jacobs 1

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2 F Elizabeth Jacobs 1

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3 F Sarah Jacobs 1

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4 M Thomas Hill Brinton Jacobs 1

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5 F Christiana Jacobs 1

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6 M George Jacobs 1

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7 M John Jacobs 1

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8 M Joseph Brinton Jacobs 1 4

           Born: 1798 1
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           Died: 1861 1
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         Spouse: Ann Bowen (      -1870) 1 4


9 M Brinton Jacobs 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Jacobs


He drew for General Washington a draft of the surrounding country, when the American army was encamped at Valley Forge.

During the Revolutionary War he hauled wounded soldiers to Lancaster Hospital, and also Continental money. His brother Benjamin was one of the signers of the Continental money.


General Notes: Wife - Mary Brinton

from Thornburg, Delaware Co, PA

She was a descendant of William Brinton, of Staffordshire, England, who settled in Concord, Birmingham township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1684, and was among the earliest converts of George Fox. He bought large tracts of land in Chester County. He was born in 1630, and died in 1700. His son, William, was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1666, and died in 1751 [sic]. Joseph, of Thornbury, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the son of William, was an associate judge of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Provincial Assembly.

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Sources


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

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

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

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


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