Hon. Stephen Jacob of Windsor was born in Sheffield, Mass., graduated at Yale in 1778, came to Bennington, Vt., that year, and read a poem at the first celebration of the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1778; married Pamela Farrand in 1779, and came to Windsor in 1780. He had, before admission to the bar, studied law with Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts. In 1781 he was a representative from Windsor, and again in 1788 and 1794, and was clerk of the House in 1788 and 1789. He was a member of the able council of censors of 1785, delegate in the constitutional convention of 1793, chief judge of Windsor county court 1797 to 1801, and a councilor from 1796 to 1802. Mr. Jacob was brave and energetic in quelling the Windsor county insurrection in 1786, and in 1789 was a commissioner in settling the controversy with New York. He served as a private in the Vermont Militia.
Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont.
THE JUDGES.
The date of death on the headstone (1816) is an error. The Windsor, Vermont death record attests to the date of Jan. 27, 1817.
The following comes from Jacob's biographer Russell S.Taft about his birth date:
"Stephen's birth is twice recorded ....from the Sheffield town records, the years differing, 1754 and 1755; the latter [1755] bears evidence of a partial erasure, but is the date found in the family Bible of Stephen....."
Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont.
THE JUDGES.
The date of death on the headstone (1816) is an error. The Windsor, Vermont death record attests to the date of Jan. 27, 1817.
The following comes from Jacob's biographer Russell S.Taft about his birth date:
"Stephen's birth is twice recorded ....from the Sheffield town records, the years differing, 1754 and 1755; the latter [1755] bears evidence of a partial erasure, but is the date found in the family Bible of Stephen....."
Hon. Stephen Jacob of Windsor was born in Sheffield, Mass., graduated at Yale in 1778, came to Bennington, Vt., that year, and read a poem at the first celebration of the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1778; married Pamela Farrand in 1779, and came to Windsor in 1780. He had, before admission to the bar, studied law with Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts. In 1781 he was a representative from Windsor, and again in 1788 and 1794, and was clerk of the House in 1788 and 1789. He was a member of the able council of censors of 1785, delegate in the constitutional convention of 1793, chief judge of Windsor county court 1797 to 1801, and a councilor from 1796 to 1802. Mr. Jacob was brave and energetic in quelling the Windsor county insurrection in 1786, and in 1789 was a commissioner in settling the controversy with New York. He served as a private in the Vermont Militia.
Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont.
THE JUDGES.
The date of death on the headstone (1816) is an error. The Windsor, Vermont death record attests to the date of Jan. 27, 1817.
The following comes from Jacob's biographer Russell S.Taft about his birth date:
"Stephen's birth is twice recorded ....from the Sheffield town records, the years differing, 1754 and 1755; the latter [1755] bears evidence of a partial erasure, but is the date found in the family Bible of Stephen....."
Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont.
THE JUDGES.
The date of death on the headstone (1816) is an error. The Windsor, Vermont death record attests to the date of Jan. 27, 1817.
The following comes from Jacob's biographer Russell S.Taft about his birth date:
"Stephen's birth is twice recorded ....from the Sheffield town records, the years differing, 1754 and 1755; the latter [1755] bears evidence of a partial erasure, but is the date found in the family Bible of Stephen....."
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In memory of One of the Fathers of the State of Vermont; Hon. Stephen Jacob for many years and eminent Counsellor & an upright Judge: A distinguished citizen, a benevolent neighbour, and an honest man who departed this life in the hope of an happy Immortality. 27 Jan'y A.D. 1816 in the 61 year of his age.
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