Jacob M. FRENCH

1798 - 1869  (70 years)

• Name	Jacob M. FRENCH
  Birth	26 Dec 1798	Morris County, NJ
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 1869	Marshall County, IN
  Notes	(1) Source: "Moses French of Sussex County NJ and His Descendants" https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/135985/I26319/jacobm-french/individual. (2) A household headed by Jacob FRENCH is listed in the 1830 census of Moreland Township, Lycoming County, PA. Listed in Jacob's household are 1 free white male under 5 years of age; 1 free white male between 20 and 30 years of age; 2 free white females under 5 years of age; and 1 free white female between 20 and 30 years of age. Assuming that Jacob is the free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being between 20 and 30 years of age, he would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census. Assuming that Jacob's wife is the free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 20 and 30 years of age, she would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1830 census. Assuming that the other persons in Jacob's household are children of John and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of one son (which son would have been born between 1825 and 1830, according to the 1830 census) and two daughters (which daughter would have been born between 1825 and 1830, according to the 1830 census). (3) A household headed by Jacob FRENCH is listed in the 1850 census of Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, IN. [Jacob's surname, and that of other persons in his household with the same surname, is listed as FRANCH in the index to the 1850 census.] Jacob is listed in the 1850 census as a farmer who was then 51 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1799. According to the 1850 census, he was born in NJ. Listed with Jacob is his wife, Mary, who was then 49 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1801. According to the 1850 census, she was born in PA. Also listed with Jacob is his daughter, Margaret, who was then 15 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1835. According to the 1850 census, she was born in PA. Also listed with Jacob is his son, Wilson, who was then 14 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1836. According to the 1850 census, he was born in PA. Also listed with Jacob is his daughter, Sarah, who was then 12 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1838. According to the 1850 census, she was born in PA. Also listed with Jacob is his son, Virgil, who was then 9 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1841. According to the 1850 census, he was born in "Ia." [Note by compiler: The U.S. Postal Service did not institute its two-letter state postal codes until 1963, so the abbreviation "Ia," as used in the 1850 census, could have referred to Indiana or Iowa. According to sources other than the 1850 census, Virgil was born in Indiana.] Also listed with Jacob is his daughter, Ruth, who was then 7 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1843. According to the 1850 census, she was born in "Ia." Also listed with Jacob is Sidney GOBLE, who was then 25 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1825. According to the 1850 census, he was born in LA. Also listed with Jacob is Susan GOBLE, who was then 21 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1829. According to the 1850 census, she was born in "Ia." Also listed with Jacob is John GOBLE, who was then 1 year of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1849. According to the 1850 census, she was born in "Ia." (4) A household headed by Jacob FRENCH is listed in the 1860 census of Green Township, Marshall County, IN, next to a household headed by Joseph N. FRENCH. Jacob is listed in the 1860 census as a farmer who was then 59 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1801. According to the 1860 census, he was born in PA. Also, according to the 1860 census, he was married within the year immediately preceding the 1860 census. [Note by compiler: The entry in the 1860 census regarding Jacob's purported recent marriage may be erroneous, because the 1860 census does not indicate that his wife, Mary, was also married within the year immediately preceding the 1860 census.] Listed with Jacob is his wife, Mary, who was then 56 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1801. According to the 1860 census, she was born in PA. The 1860 census does not indicate that she was married within the year immediately preceding the 1860 census. Listed with Jacob is Bengal FRENCH, a farmer who was then 20 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1840. According to the 1860 census, he was born in IN. Also listed with Jacob is Leroy FRENCH, who was then 5 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1855. According to the 1860 census, he was born in IN. Also listed with Jacob is Ruth FREESE, who was then 16 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1844. According to the 1860 census, she was born in IN. Also listed with Jacob is John J. GOBLE, who was then 12 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1848. According to the 1860 census, he was born in IN. Also listed with Jacob is Geo. W. GOBLE, who was then 10 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1850. According to the 1860 census, he was born in IN.
  Person ID	I5155	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Congleton FRENCH,   b. Abt 1776, NJ d. 10 May 1859, Moreland Township, Lycoming County, PA (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Martha MORRIS,   b. Abt 1776, NJ d. 15 Mar 1849, Moreland Township, Lycoming County, PA (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1798	Sussex County, NJ   [1]
  Family ID	F2779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary HITTLE,   b. 1805, Columbia County, PA d. 1867, Argos, Marshall County, IN (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F20611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1)http://www.sussexcountyhistory.org/pascal/predmarr.html: Marriages from the Docket of Daniel Predmore, 1777-1810: . . . Groom: French, Conglenton Bride: Moris, Martha Date: 13 Dec 1798 [Note by compiler: Daniel Predmore was a Justice of the Peace in Sussex County, NJ.].