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Sir John William Jacob 1520–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England

Father: Richard Jacob

Mother: Ann Higham

Spouse(s): Prudence Bayford

Children(s): William Jacobs

Sir John William Jacob was born in 1520 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, the child of Richard William Jacob And Ann Higham. Sir John William Jacob married Prudence Bayford, and had children including William Fairechilde Jacobs. Sir John William Jacob passed away in 1580 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John William Jacob was born in 1520 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, the child of Richard William Jacob And Ann Higham.
  • Sir John William Jacob married Prudence Bayford, and had children including William Fairechilde Jacobs.
  • Sir John William Jacob passed away in 1580 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Jacob
1500–1532
Birth Location: Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England
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Ann Higham
1500–1532
Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Prudence Bayford
1531–1584
Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England
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Children(s)

William Jacobs
1545–1580
Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England
WJ

Sir Jacob's Ancestors

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Sir Jacob
1520–1580
Birth Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England
Parents
Richard William Jacob
1500–1532
Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England
Ann Higham
1500–1532
Hingham, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Jacob's Descendants

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Sir (John William) Jacob (1520–1580) m. Prudence Bayford (1531–1584)
  1. 1. William (Fairechilde) Jacobs 1545–1580 m. Sybill Thorne 1554–1634
    1. 1. Richard Jacob 1577–1663 m. Winefrede Chamber 1575–1669
      1. 1. Nicholas Jacobs 1597–1657 m. Mary Gilman 1615–1687
        1. 1. Deborah Jacob 1643–1696 m. Nathaniel (Thomas) II 1643–1718

Sir Jacob's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir John William Jacob in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Hingham, Norfolk, England
1580
1580
Age 60
Death of Sir John William Jacob in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Hingham, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England
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