Jacob Ford Jr. (1738 - 1777)

Born 19 Feb 1738 in Morristown, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Theodosia (Johnes) Ford — married 27 Jan 1762 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1777 at age 38 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Colonel Jacob Ford Jr. served with Eastern Battalion, Morris County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Jacob Ford Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A040758.

Daughters of the American Revolution information: Ford, Jacob JR Ancestor #: A040758 Service: Colonel, New Jersey Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey Birth: 2-19-1738 Death: 1-10-1777 Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey Service Source: STRYKER, REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, PP 323-324, 345 Service Description: 1) MAJS RICHARD DEY, HENRY AXTELL, EASTERN BATT, NJ Residence 1) City: MORRISTOWN - County: MORRIS CO - State: NEW JERSEY Spouse: Theodorsia Johnes

Jacob was born in 1725. He is the son of Jacob Ford and Hannah Baldwin. He married Theodosia Johnes at the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, in 1762. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Jacob Ford's house was used as the headquarters for Gen. George Washington during the winter of 1779-1780 when the Continental Army was encamped near Morristown, NJ.^[5] This house is now part of the Morristown National Historical Park.

He died at age 38, the victim of a smallpox outbreak which also claimed the lives of two of his children. ^[6] He was buried at Morristown, with full military honors, per Washington's order. ^[7]

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A040758

1. ↑ History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J.: Part II, The combined registers, 1742-1891 (Morristown, New Jersey, , 1885), 36. [1]
2. ↑ Elizabeth Cobb Stewart, "Descendants of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Mass, New England" New England Genealogical and Historical Register, July, 1965: 192.
3. ↑ Bamford, Elizabeth M., "Ford Family Notes", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol LIII, (1922): 167. [2]
4. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ5B-6XT : 12 December 2014), Jacob Ford and Theodosia Johnes, 27 Jan 1762; citing 899,807[3]
5. ↑ New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey. N.p.: n.p., 1939. p. 286 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/578051
6. ↑ Joan N. Burstyn, Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women, 1996, 18.
7. ↑ "A Tour of the Graveyard of the Presbyterian Church of Morristown", (PDF) http://www.pcmorristown.org. [4]

Acknowledgments

• Ford-6525 was created by Rusty Erpenbeck through the import of rusty1.GED on Jan 22, 2016.