Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Capt John Jacob Sr.

25 Feb 1629 – 18 Sep 1693 · about 64 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Capt John Jacob Sr. lived from 25 Feb 1629 to 18 Sep 1693, a span of about 64 years.

Theirs is one of 28 markers bearing the name Jacob in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Nicholas Jacob Sr1597–1657Mary Gilman Jacob Beal1615–1681
Capt John Jacob Sr.
CPT John Jacob1654–1676also hereMary Jacob Bisbee1655–1737Sarah Jacob Hawke1657–1694Jael Jacob Cushing1662–1708CPT David Jacob1664–1748Samuel Jacob1671–1695also hereDeborah Jacob1674–1675Capt John Jacob1679–1759Lydia Jacob Goold1681–1742Abigail Jacob Gill1683–1749

SiblingsMary Jacob Otis Holbrook1632 – unknown · Elizabeth Jacob Cushing1632–1725 · Sarah Jacob Cushing1636 – unknown · Hannah Jacob French1639–1720 · Josiah Jacob1641–1642 · Deborah Loring Jacobs Thomas1643–1696 · Joseph Jacob1646–1708

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact death date, found in the Humphrey family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
and Jane Russell. She was bt. in Hing. Apr. 1, 1641, and d. 2 Oct. 1691, aet. 50 yrs. He d. 18 Sept. 1693, set., as his gravestone in the High Street Cemetery says, " about 63 yrs." Resided on Main St., near the meeting-house of the sec. parish, So. Hing. John was an active business man ; was one of the proprietors among whom the common lands were divided; selectman in 1662,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

The inscription

HERE LYETHYe BODY OFCAPT JOHN JACOBAGED ABOUT 63YEARS DYEDSEPTEMBER Ye 19,1693.

Born in Norfolk, England. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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