Jacob Pepper was born in 1661 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1]
Jacob Pepper was the son of two Pilgrams who migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England: Robert Pepper and Elizabeth Johnson.
Marriages
Jacob Pepper first married Elizabeth Paine, also the daughter of Puritan parents, on 16 February 1684, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
His second wife was Mary Gleason, wed 15 Apr 1714 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province.
Offspring
With Elizabeth Paine, Jacob was the father of many children. This list comes from Family Search and is unauthenticated except as linked or noted:
With Mary Gleason (who survived him and administered his estate), Jacob was the father of at least three children, the youngest two born in Framingham.
Jacob Pepper lived in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1661 and Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America for about 13 years.
Death and Burial
Jacob Pepper died on 10 April 1739, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 77, and was buried in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Sources
↑ Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. Births, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts and Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass[achusetts] 1607 - 1909. Page 35.
John Barber White (1847 - 1923). Edited by Lillian May Wilson. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass[achusetts] 1607 - 1909. Haverhill, Massachusetts: Press of the Nichols Print. 1909. Reprinted by Repressed Publishing LLC: Provo, Utah. 2015. Pages 24 & 35. Accessed by Michael Boynton on April 28, 2017 at 9:40AM. Available at https://ia802502.us.archive.org/22/items/genealogyofdesce1909whit/genealogyofdesce1909whit.pdf
Paul Franklin Johnson, Editor. Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts GENERATIONS I TO XIV INCLUDING THE GENERATIONS I TO IX From the 1932 and 1935. Manuscripts of FRANK LEONARD JOHNSON GENERATIONS IX TO XIV. Compiled by PAUL FRANKLIN JOHNSON 1945. Completed with Additions and Corrections by ADA JOHNSON MODERN 1948.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. Births, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320. FamilySearch database with images. Accessed on July 13, 2016. Available at (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4L2-FPY).
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCMR-FZQ : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper and Elizabeth Paine, 16 Feb 1684; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,318.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-F9D : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Robert Pepper, 27 Dec 1685; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH58-5YP : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Robert Pepper, 04 Jan 1685; citing Death, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-F51 : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Robert Pepper, 16 Mar 1686; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-R3F : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Rebeca Pepper, 11 Jul 1702; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-TBB : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Anna Pepper, 01 Apr 1705; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-BF5 : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Mary Pepper, 16 Nov 1707; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH58-BQG : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Mary Pepper, 21 Apr 1708; citing Death, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH58-144 : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Benjamin Pepper, 17 Feb 1713; citing Death, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHZ9-DZ2 : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper and Mary Glezen, 15 Apr 1714; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LP-3SH : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Mary Pepper, 30 Mar 1715; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC4M-MX5 : 4 December 2014), Jacob Pepper in entry for Mary Pepper, 28 Oct 1717; citing FRAMINGHAM,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873783 IT 1.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4GB-CNR : 13 July 2016), Jacob Pepper in entry for Benjamin Pepper, 30 Oct 1719; citing Birth, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 872,797.
"Genealogy of The Pepper Family in America," compiled by Carlton D. Pepper, Richmond, Virginia, 1960. Genealogy includes Robert & Elizabeth Johnson Pepper, son Jacob & Elizabeth Paine Pepper, son Robert & Sarah Pepper, son Joshua & Elizabeth McCauley Pepper, son Eli & spouses, Ebby & Chloe Marvel Pepper and their descendants.
Haggerty, Patricia Sezna. Mary Davis, Daughter of Ichabod2 Davis (William1) of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Wife of William Carter of Dudley, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 175-6.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: