Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Sheafe, Jacob, 1745-1829 |
Born |
Sept. 6, 1745 |
Deceased |
Jan. 25, 1829 |
Places of residence |
The family lived in Portsmouth at the corner of Daniel and Market Streets. They also retained the family farm at Little Harbor ("J. Sheafe" on 1805 Rye map, 85 Wentworth Road.) |
Occupation |
Merchant |
Father |
Jacob Sheafe III |
Mother |
Hannah Seavey |
Spouse |
Mary Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy and Ann Huske of Boston, Mass. and Portsm |
Children |
1. Hannah Sheafe, b. Oct. 16,1775, d. Aug. 2, 1860, m. to Benjamin Prescott on Sept. 27, 1795. 2. Olive Huske Sheafe, b. May 24, 1777, d. Sept. 21, 1845, m. Daniel Waldron on June 5, 1802. 3. Henry Sheafe, bt. July 26, 1778 (South Church), d. Apr. 30, 1854, m. Lucy Cushing. 4. Ann Hunt Sheafe, bt. Jan. 10, 1780 (South Church), d. young, probably before Jan. 14, 1781, see other Ann below. 5. Ann Huske Sheafe, b. Jan. 14, 1781, d. June 1875, m. Charles Cushing on Mar. 12, 1805. 6. Nathaniel Tracy Sheafe, b. Oct. 8, 1781, d. 1802 of yellow fever, service on Aug. 9, 1802 at St. John's, buried first at Sherburne Burying Ground, later moved to North Cemetery. 7. Edward Sheafe, b. Jan. 28, 1783, d. July 4, 1783. 8. Jacob Sheafe V, b. Sept. 6, 1784, d. Mar. 5, 1848 at Pottsville, Pa., m. Mary Haven on June 5, 1811 at South Church. 9. Daniel Rindge Sheafe, b. Oct. 3, 1785, d. Feb. 22, 1854, unmarried. 10. Mary Huske Sheafe, b. June 6, 1787, d. Apr. 8, 1869 in Boston, Mass. (Buried at Prop. Cemetery), m. Edward Cutts on June 24, 1812 at St. John's. 11. Edmund Quincy Sheafe, b. Oct. 16, 1788, d. Dec. 17, 1839 (Prop. Cem.), m. Susan Sheafe on Aug. 6, 1832 at St. John's. 12. John Lane Sheafe, b. Nov. 28, 1791, d. Feb. 5, 1864, m. Mary Mace on Apr. 4, 1811 in Rye, N.H. 13. Theodore Sheafe, b. Oct. 10, 1794, d. 1840 of sunstroke in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, unmarried. |
Relationships |
Spouses: Mary Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy and Ann Huske of Boston, Mass. and Portsmouth, N.H., b. c1751, d. Apr. 23, 1833 (North Cemetery), m. Dec. 29, 1774 (South Church) |
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