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Jacob Dana 1729 – 1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1729

Birth Location: Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1790

Death Location: Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Father: Jacob Dana

Mother: Abigail Adams

Spouse(s): Patience Prentice

Children(s): Asa Dana

Jacob Dana was born in 1729 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jacob Dana and Abigail Adams. Jacob Dana married Patience Prentice, and had children including Asa J Dana. Jacob Dana passed away in 1790 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Dana was born in 1729 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jacob Dana and Abigail Adams.
  • Jacob Dana married Patience Prentice, and had children including Asa J Dana.
  • Jacob Dana passed away in 1790 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Dana
1699 – 1791
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Abigail Adams
1702 – 1765
Birth Location: Cambridge,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
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Spouses(s)

Patience Prentice
1731 – 1799
Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Children(s)

Asa Dana
1754 – 1845
Birth Location: Ashford, Connecticut, USA
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Jacob Dana's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Dana
1729 – 1790
Birth Place: Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Jacob Dana
1699 – 1791
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Adams
1702 – 1765
Cambridge,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA
Grandparents
Jacob Dana
1654 – 1698
Cambridge, MA
Patience (Elizabeth) Sabin
1656 – 1712
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Dana
1617 – 1690
Anna Bullard
1624 – 1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Dana's Descendants

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Jacob Dana (1729 – 1790) m. Patience Prentice (7 Jul 1731 – 1799)
  1. 1. Asa (J) Dana (10 Sep 1754 – 12 Oct 1845) m. Eunice Towne (12 Mar 1755 – 2 Oct 1827)
    1. 1. Elijah Dano (9 Dec 1779 – 28 Dec 1848) m. Eunice Dana ( – 9 May 1831)
      1. 1. Eunice Dana ( – 21 April 1831)
      2. 2. Eurastus Dana ( – 21 April 1831)
      3. 3. Charles (C.) Dano (17 Jul 1805 – 1869) m. Mary (Ann) Jesmore (1813 – 21 Oct 1889)
        1. 1. Celestia (Calista Clystie) Dano (Abt. 1834 – 1890) m. Pvt. (Julius Paro Pero) Perrault (1820 – 15 Dec 1863)
    2. 2. Federal Dana (1789 – 1872)
    3. 3. Sardis Dana (24 Sep 1791 – 13 Oct 1860)

Jacob Dana's Timeline

2 Records

1729
1729
Birth of Jacob Dana in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1790
1790
Age 61
Death of Jacob Dana in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1729
    Event Place: Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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