Joanna Jane (Unknown) Jacob (abt. 1610 - 1679)

Born about 1610 in England

Wife of Richard Jacob — married 24 Sep 1662 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1679 at about age 69 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Note from Anderson in "The Great Migration Begins" "It has been suggested, without documentation, that Robert Hale's wife was a Cutter."

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that her parents were Samuel Cutter and Elizabeth Leatherhead. Lacking a source for this identification, they have been detached as her parents.

Biography

Joanna (her last name at birth is not known) married Robert Hale by October 14, 1632. Robert, supposedly with his wife and family, were admitted as inhabitants of Charlestown in April of 1633. Joanna and Robert had five children, all born and baptized at Charlestown except the final, Joanna whose records have evidently not been found.

Children of Joanna and Robert

1. John was born on June 3, 1636 and baptized on June 5, 1636. On December 15, 1664 at Ipswich he married Rebecca Byley. At Beverly on March 3, 1684 he married (2nd) Sarah Noyes. At Newbury on August 8, 1698 he married (3rd) the widow Elizabeth (Somerby) Clark Sr.
2. Mary was born on May 17, 1639 and baptized on May 19, 1639. She married Edward Wilson on November 6, 1656 at Charlestown.
3. Zacharias was born April 3, 1641 and died at Charlestown on June 5, 1643.
4. Samuel was born April 9, 1644. He married Lidea Maynard on March 19, 1668 at Charlestown.
5. Joanna was born about 1646. On November 9, 1664 at Charlestown she married John Larkin.

Robert Hale died at Charlestown on July 16, 1659. Joanna, his widow, remarried to (2nd) Richard Jacob at Charlestown on September 24, 1662.

Joanna died at Charlestown on November 28, 1681. The inventory of her estate was taken on December 17, 1681 and totalled L264, 4s. 6d. This amount included L236 in real estate. In her will, Joanna made reference to three children from her 2nd marriage to Richard Jacob - they were:

1. Joseph Jacob
2. Unknown (Jacob) Willard
3. Judith (Jacob) Hasill

Sources

Unless otherwise noted, the biography is sourced from the featured article in Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins."

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Featured: Robert Hale. pp. 834-838.link for subscribers

• Cutter, Benjamin. A History of the Cutter Family of New England (D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1871) Page 19

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #35687669 (accessed 14 April 2023)
  Memorial page for Joanna Hale Jacob (unknown-28 Nov 1681), citing Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: 6O49); Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).