Elizabeth (Clark) Jacob (1686 - bef. 1725)

Born 1686 in Northampton, Virginia, British Colonial America

Wife of Richard Jacob II — married 1 Mar 1702 in Northampton, Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died before 1725 before age 39 in Northampton, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Biography

Native Virginian

The Life Summary of Elizabeth (Clark) Jacob:

• Elizabeth Clark1 F, b. circa 1686
• Father Robert Clarke1 b. c 1660, d. b 31 Jan 1698/99
• Mother Mary Benthall b. c 1665, d. b 28 Nov 1709
• Birth* circa 1686 Elizabeth Clark was born circa 1686 at Northampton Co, VA.
• Will - Father's* 1 April 1698 Elizabeth was named in her father's will on 1 April 1698 at Northampton Co, VA. In his will Robert Clarke, wife Mary, named: father-in-law Joseph Benthall Sr., daughter Elizabeth Clarke, daughter Mary Clarke (under 16), daughter Ann (under 16), godson & goddaughter William & Sarah Delacourt (under 18), Thomas Richards, goddaughter Bridget Fisher, neighbor John Powell.1
• Land inherited* 1699 She inherited land in 1699 at tract N54, west of Machapungo, Northampton Co, VA. In 1690 William and Elizabeth Rickards sold to Robert Clarke (wife Mary) and nine years later he left the home and 200 acres to his daughter Elizabeth, who married Richard Jacob, and 50 acres to his daughter Mary, who married Edmund Bibby.2
• Marriage* before 1 March 1702/3 She married Richard Jacob II, son of Richard Jacob I and Mary Clarke, before 1 March 1702/3 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Richard Jacob and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters and legatees of Robert Clark dec'd, petitioned for an inventory of the said decedent's estate to be returned to the next Court.3
• Married Name before 1 March 1702/3 As of before 1 March 1702/3,her married name was Jacob.
• Will - Mother's* 29 December 1703 Elizabeth was named in her mother's will on 29 December 1703 at Northampton Co, VA. In her will Mary Clark, "being senceable that all woman are borne to dye when it shall please God to call," gave my dau. Mary Clark. To my dau. Ann Clark one hand mill. If two daus. die without heirs then their legacies to my sister Ann Benthall. To my dau. Elizabeth 12p. My honored father Joseph Benthall, Sr., extr. If my father dies, then my brother Daniel Benthall to be extr. Witt: William Benthall, Jeane Masman(?).4
• Will - Grmoth's* 24 July 1713 Elizabeth was named in her grandmother's will on 24 July 1713 at Northampton Co, VA. In her will Mary Benthall named daughter Elizabeth Fisher, sons Daniel and William Benthall, granddaughters Sarah Jaocb, Ann Clegg and Elizabeth Jacob and John Fisher.5
• Family:
• Richard Jacob II b. 31 Oct 1661, d. b Apr 1720
• Marriage* before 1 March 1702/3 She married Richard Jacob II, son of Richard Jacob I and Mary Clarke, before 1 March 1702/3 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Richard Jacob and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters and legatees of Robert Clark dec'd, petitioned for an inventory of the said decedent's estate to be returned to the next Court.3
• Children: 1. Clark (of Richard II) Jacob6 b. c 1704, d. b 10 Jun 1735
• 2. Leah (of Richard II) Jacob b. c 1706
• 3. Rachel (of Richard II) Jacob6 b. c 1708
• 4. Betty (of Richard II) Jacob6 b. c 1710
• 5. Richard Jacob III6 b. c 1712, d. b 10 Mar 1761
• 6. Hancock (of Richard II) Jacob I+ b. c 1714, d. b 11 Dec 1787

Sources

• [S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 161 (will of Robert Clarke, wife Mary).
• [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 349 (tract N54).
• [S921] Stratton Nottingham, Addisons and Allied Families: Jacob, Custis, Kellam, Whittington, Teackle, Hack, Scarburgh, Usphur, and Kendall, p. 41 (Jacob Family).
• [S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 192 (will of Mary Clark).
• [S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 203 (will of Mary Benthall).
• [S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 227 (will of Richard Jacob, wife Anne).