John
Jacob
Born in Dover, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Jacob I
and Joan (Lucas) Jacob
Brother of
Ferdinando Jacob, Susan Jacob, Anna Jacob, Elizabeth Jacob, Mary Jacob, Fernando Jacob [half], Susan Jacob [half], Thomas Jacob [half], Thomas Jacob, Richard Jacob, Mary Jacob [half] and Elizabeth Jacob [half]
Husband of
Alice (Golder) Jacob
— married
18 Sep 1625 in St Mary, Dover, Kent, England
Descendants 
Father of
Jacob Jacob, Joane Jacob, Livelina Jacob, Mary Jacob, William Jacob, John Jacob, Alice Jacob, Abraham Jacob, Isaac Jacob and C Jacob
Died
at about age 56
in Bristol, England
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Contents |
Biography
Summary
John Jacob was born in 1588 and died in 1645.[1]
Name
John Jacob [2]
1588 Birth and Parentage
Born 1588 [3]
17 Nov 1588 Saint Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent County, England [2]
- Father John Jacob, b. 1560, Dover, England d. 12 Mar 1627, Dover, Kent County, England (Age 67 years) [3]
- Mother Joan Lucas, b. 3 Apr 1574, Dover, Kent County, England d. 1591, Dover, Kent, England (Age 16 years) [3]
Married 22 Jan 1587 St Mary's Church, Dover, England [3] OR 22 JAN 1585/6 at Canterbury, Kent Co., England, [4]
- Husband: John Jacob
- Wife: Joan Lucas
Siblings
- Ferdinando Jacob
- Susan Jacob
- Anna Jacob
- Mary\Marie Jacob
- Elizabeth Jacob
- John Jacob
- Thomas Jacob
- Richard Jacob
Titles
- Serjeant to the Admiralty of the Cinque Ports[1]
- Jurat of Dover [1]
- Merchant and Mariner [1]
- Gentleman of dover, [3]
- Sgt. to the Admiralty of cinque Ports, under the Earl of Suffolk 1628-1640. [3]
Public Records
John and his father appear many times in various Dover records, for example the court of Lodemanage in the period 1618-1624 (British Library, Egerton Manuscript 2118). He was a jurat of Dover, but not its mayor. In the period 1613-1616 he attended many common council meetings (British Library, Additional Manuscript 28036).[1]
1613 A Head-strong incident
An incident that occurred on 22nd September 1613 shows he was perhaps a little head-strong. Described as John Jacob the younger, he and two others at 7 o'clock in the evening came to the house of Thomas Jones, his door being shut. They threw a pale against the door and Thomas's wife opened it. They proceeded to attack Thomas etc. [5].
1617 Three Years of Travel
It was either he or his father to whom was granted a pass to travel for three years on 8th October 1617 [6]. He was certainly involved in many voyages overseas, both as a carrier of goods and men, as also as a merchant in his own right, described as such when as a bondor for a marriage license in 1634 [7]). He also became involved in serving the Crown, as the Calendar of State Papers of 1st July 1620 state that a warrant for payment of 200 marks was issued to John Jacob, going beyond seas on the King's special service.[1]
1625 Marriage
They Married 18 Sep 1625 St. Mary's Parish, Dover, Kent County, England [2]
He married Alice Golder on 18th September 1625 [8] In the marriage allegation he is described as a mariner and widower, aged about 35 years, and Alice as the daughter of John Golder, jurat, aged 24 years [9] I do not know the name of his first wife.
He married Alice Golder, b. Abt 1595, Dover, Kent County, England, She d. Aft 1633, Dover, Kent County, England (Age ~ 39 years) [3]
Alice was the daughter of John Golder, mayor of Dover.[3]
1627 Negotiating for a Job
A letter dated at Dover Castle 6th January 1627 states was obliged to take John Jacob, one of Sir Henry Mervyn's men, to go with Pennington, for the men of Dover would not go [10]. Sir Henry Mervyn was an Admiral in the Royal Navy - Admiral of the Narrow Seas, presumably the Channel. Shortly thereafter we read that John Jacob is willing to deal with Dick Williams for the serjeant's place, if he can get Cannon out. Has made no price to him, but Williams leaves it to Hippisley and Nicholas [10] On 24th February we read a proposal for John Jacob to succeed Cannon on certain payments. On 6th April Sir John Hippesley writes to Nicholas: Jacob will give no more than £200. Has persuaded him to come to Nicholas. Petition of the honest men who have lent Canon money. Solicits answers to his former letters.[1]
On 7th April 1627 from Dover Castle Sir John Hippesley writes to Nicholas: Jacob offered Mrs Cannon £230; she says there is one who will give £500. It is not worth half the money, but Mrs Canon makes my 'lady Duchess' believe it. Urges for a reply to the points in his letter of this date to the Duke……[1]
He must have been appointed in the interim, as Sir John Hippelsey wrote to Jacob on 10th April 1627, as serjeant of the admiralty of the Cinque Ports, authorizing him to go out to the channel of Dover and bring in all the ships found riding there.[1]
He was patently a courageous man, as references to him have shown. Again, a letter written at Dover Castle on 28th July 1635 states John Jacob recommended as a man of known valour and 'well experiences in such affairs [10].
1645 Death
- Great Royalist and supporter of Charles; [3]
- slain at the Battle of Bristol by Cromwell's troops. [3]
He died 1 July 1645 at the Battle Of Bristol, England, [11]
Died 1645, aged 56 years. [3]
1646 Widow's Letter
On 22nd June 1646, his widow Alice compounds for the delinquency of her husband to Parliament (Committee for Advance of Money). She stated that for special service to the King, in a sudden tempest at his return from Spain, was taken into his King's majesty's service and went three years ago to Oxford, and there continued till 15 months since, when, intending to go to sea on a merchant's affairs in a ship of Bristol, he died there. He was never in arms against Parliament. She has no means to support herself and 6 children, and has had nothing from her husband's estate since his death.[1]
This is patently a different story to the one we have read elsewhere, that he valiantly died at the battle of Bristol, but then perhaps she did not want to dwell on this point, given that she had to deal with Cromwell's Parliament then. It is interesting to note that he did business in Spain, possibly also Portugal, for we find at least one other member of this family living in Lisbon. I suspect this business commenced during his father's life time, as a brother of John's was named Ferdinandos.[1]
A deposition made by John Goring Esquire, mayor of Bristol in 1646 states that.... Captain Jacob was a man of about 55 years of age, of a middle stature, a square well set man, with some pockholes in his face, which Captain Jacob was then an officer (belonging to the Admiralty or Trinity House in Dover, with whom this deponent had to do)... and this deponent further saith that the said Captain Jacob then dwellt at the corner house over against the old brook...He was master of the Peter Frigatt by the employment of Colonel Roydon, and was buried in St Stephen Church, Bristol, on 28th day of May 1645 [12]
Children
Kenneth Jacob [1] states that John (1588-1645) had four sons, but presents the list below, in which John had five sons.
- John Jacob, Sr., b. Dover, Kent, England, was baptized 28th December 1629.[1]Of him we know nothing at this stage. It is speculated that it was he who settled in Virginia, and was ancestor of the Jacob family of Virginia. [1] If this John emigrated across the Atlantic, he might be the John Jacob who d. 29 Oct 1726, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland (Age 97 years)[3]
- Abraham Jacob, b. 1631, Dover, Kent County, England d. 1706, England (Age 75 years)[3]Abraham Jacob, born c 1630.[1]
- Isaac Jacob, b. 23 Mar 1634, Dover, Kent County, England d. 1663, Lisbon, Portugal (Age 28 years)[3]Isaac, baptized 23rd March 1634 at St Jame's church, Dover.[1]Of Isaac and Jacob we know little.[1]
- William Jacob[3]
- Joane Jacob, b. 22 Jul 1627, Dover, Kent County, England [3]
- Livelina Jacob, b. 20 Feb 1636, Dover, Kent County, England [3]Sevenia (described as Livevina in register), baptized 20th February 1638 at St Mary's church, Dover.[1]
- Alice Jacob, b. 10 Apr 1636, Dover, Kent County, England [3]Alice, baptized 10th April 1636 at St James's church, Dover.[1]
- Mary Jacob, b. 29 Sep 1640, Dover, Kent County, England [3]Mary, baptized 29th September 1640 at St Mary's church, Dover.[1]
- Jacob Jacob, b. 9 Jun 1643, Dover, Kent County, England [3]Jacob, baptized 9th June 1643 at St James's church, Dover.[1]Of Isaac and Jacob we know little.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Kenneth Jacob, Pedigree of Descendants of Hugh Jacob of Dover (died in 1558). John Jacob (1588-1645) http://www.myjacobfamily.com/jacobpedigrees/doverjacobs2.htm Accessed August 12, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Source number: 2409.037; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Cited at Family Vault Genealogy 199.38.85.115/gen/getperson.php?personID=P472&tree=MONT (broken link not on archive.org 30 March 2024)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 Family Vault Genealogy 199.38.85.115/gen/getperson.php?personID=P472&tree=MONT (broken link not on archive.org 30 March 2024)
- ↑ Source: #S1772
- ↑ British Library, Additional Manuscript 28036, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
- ↑ Acts of Privy Council, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
- ↑ Canterbury Marriage Licences, cited by Kenneth Jacob
- ↑ St Mary's Parish Register, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
- ↑ Canterbury Marriage Allegations, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Calendar of State Papers - Domestic Series, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
- ↑ Source: #S1772
- ↑ Bristol Depositions 126/7, cited by Kenneth Jacob.
See also:
- England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription; First name(s) John; Last name Jacob; Name note -; Marriage year 1625; Marriage date 18 Sep 1625; Marriage place Dover; Spouse's first name(s) Alice; Spouse's last name Golder; County Kent; Country England; Record set England Marriages 1538-1973; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Subcategory Parish Marriages; Collections from England, United Kingdom; Repository: FamilySearch Intl
- Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Marriages Transcription; First name(s) John; Last name Jacob; Marriage year 1625; Marriage date 18 Sep 1625; Place Dover, St Mary the Virgin; Spouse's first name(s) Alice; Spouse's last name Golder; County Kent; Country England; Register year range 1623-1680; Archive reference U3/30/1/2; Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Record set Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Marriages; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Subcategory Parish Marriages; Collections from England, United Kingdom; Repository: FindMyPast.com
- Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754 Transcription; First name(s) John; Last name Jacob; Birth year 1590; Age 35; Occupation Mariner; Residence Dover St.My.; Marital status Widower; Marriage year 1625; Marriage date 18 Sep 1625; Marriage place Dover St Mary; Spouse's first name(s) Alice; Spouse's last name Golder; Spouse's birth year 1601; Spouse's age 24; Spouse's residence Dover St.My.; Notes He abt.35 she abt.24 d.of John jurat; County Kent; Country England; Record set Kent, East Kent Marriage Index 1538-1754; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Subcategory Parish Marriages; Collections from England, United Kingdom; Repository: Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
- Source: S1772 Abbreviation: The Gowens & Reed Families Title: Gowens, Craig K., The Gowens & Reed Families www.ancestry.com (Email: ckgowens@@uts.cc.utexas.edu) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Gowens, Craig K., The Gowens & Reed Families BIBL Gowens, Craig K. The Gowens & Reed Families. www.ancestry.com (Email: ckgowens@@uts.cc.utexas.edu). TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Gowens, Craig K., The Gowens & Reed Families www.ancestry.com (Email: ckgowens@@uts.cc.utexas.edu) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Gowens, Craig K., The Gowens & Reed Families FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Gowens, Craig K. The Gowens & Reed Families. www.ancestry.com (Email: ckgowens@@uts.cc.utexas.edu).
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived), Source number: 2409.037; .
Research Notes
There being no evidence to connect John Jacob Snr of South River, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland with John Jacobs of Dover, Kent, England and his wife Alice Golder, they have been disconnected as parents and son.
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