Jacob Lundy Sr. (1721 - 1800)

Born 15 Aug 1721 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

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Died 29 Dec 1800 at age 79 in Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Jacob Lundy Sr., who was born the 15th of the 6th month of 1721 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania and died the 29th of the 12th month of 1800, the son of Richard Lundy II and Elizabeth Large. Three of Mary's uncles married sisters of Jacob Lundy Sr. and one of her aunts married one of his brothers. Jacob was a member of the Board of Justices and Freeholders of Sussex Co., New Jersey. from 1773-5. See pages 162-166 of The Lundy Family and Their Descendants for more information concerning Jacob Lundy Sr. Settled on the Great Meadows in Warren Co., New Jersey and were the parents of ten children, who were born in Hardwick Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey. (Willson 15)

From Armstrong source, listed below (p. 29-30):

Jacob Lundy was born 15 of 6 month, 1721. An old entry made on the inside of the first cover-leaf of the Hardwick Record of Births, opposite the entry of his birth date, states that "Jacob Lundy departed this Life the I7th day of the !st Month, 1800, and was Decently buryed in Friends Burying ground at Hardwick the i8th of the same." He removed from Maiden Creek, Pennsylvania, to Warren county, New Jersey in 1745. He married Mary Willson in 1748. Four of their ten children are known to have married and left descendants ; namely, Jacob II, Mary (Schmuck), Jonathan, and Deborah (Dennis)

Sources

• Willson, Richard Eugene. comp. The Willson Family 1672-1979 Ottawa, IL:[s.n.],1979. Print. This edition incorporates 2 previous volumes which are available from Hathi Trust online.

• Armstrong, William C., The Lundy Family and Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Lundy, (A.M.), Print, 1902, Online at Archive.Org

• Find A Grave Memorial# 59299480