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Jacob Lea 1740–1757 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 January 1740

Birth Location: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 10 January 1757

Death Location: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Jr.

Mother: Hannah Lea

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Jacob Lea was born in 1740 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John Lea Jr And Hannah Edge Lea. Jacob Lea passed away in 1757 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Lea was born in 1740 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John Lea Jr And Hannah Edge Lea.
  • Jacob Lea passed away in 1757 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Jacob Lea's Ancestors

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Jacob Lea
1740–1757
Birth Place: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
John Lea Jr.
1707–1759
Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania
Hannah (Edge) Lea
1713–1751
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John (Lea) (Lygh)
1674–1726
Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Hannah ("Anna") Hopton
1665–1735
Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Lea
1629–1685
Johanne Carpenter
–1685
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Lea
1599–1640
Sarah Welden
1601–1650

Jacob Lea's Timeline

2 Records

1740
5 January 1740
Birth of Jacob Lea in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
1757
10 January 1757
Age 17
Death of Jacob Lea in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 January 1740
    Event Place: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 January 1757
    Event Place: Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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