In 1775 he and his family lived in Tryon County, N.Y. ( later to become Montgomery County) There is no record of his New Jersey address, However, mention has been made of a Ramsey's Bush, Warrensburg and Jerseybush. Also recorded is a land sale in Woodbury, N.J. to a "R-mbo".
Jacob was, according to the UEL report, always a Royalist. the rebels took him prisoner in 1776 when he was 47 years old. He escaped, but was recaptured and sentenced to death as a spy. Again he escaped, this time to Canada, in 1781, where he enlisted in Sir John Johnson's 2nd Battalion.
His Three sons, Amos, William, and John were in the same regiment.
In N.Y. Jacob was known as fairly prosperous. Upon his imprisonment the rebels confiscated his belongings, "2 cows, 2 bulls, 2 oxen, 5 heifers, corn in the ground, wheat already harvested, furniture and farm utensils." His son-in-law James Hannah, took possession of his land.
Following the conflict, on lands granted to the kings troops, Jacob is listed as being one of the original 539 settlers of Fredricksburg Township, Ontario. In 1784 he took residence in the Loyalist settlement at Osnabruck and Lunenburg comprising first four concessions. He may have died in 1790, for their is a grave with the markers for himself and wife, Mary, on the original homestead near the Sillsville United Church.
Jacob was, according to the UEL report, always a Royalist. the rebels took him prisoner in 1776 when he was 47 years old. He escaped, but was recaptured and sentenced to death as a spy. Again he escaped, this time to Canada, in 1781, where he enlisted in Sir John Johnson's 2nd Battalion.
His Three sons, Amos, William, and John were in the same regiment.
In N.Y. Jacob was known as fairly prosperous. Upon his imprisonment the rebels confiscated his belongings, "2 cows, 2 bulls, 2 oxen, 5 heifers, corn in the ground, wheat already harvested, furniture and farm utensils." His son-in-law James Hannah, took possession of his land.
Following the conflict, on lands granted to the kings troops, Jacob is listed as being one of the original 539 settlers of Fredricksburg Township, Ontario. In 1784 he took residence in the Loyalist settlement at Osnabruck and Lunenburg comprising first four concessions. He may have died in 1790, for their is a grave with the markers for himself and wife, Mary, on the original homestead near the Sillsville United Church.
In 1775 he and his family lived in Tryon County, N.Y. ( later to become Montgomery County) There is no record of his New Jersey address, However, mention has been made of a Ramsey's Bush, Warrensburg and Jerseybush. Also recorded is a land sale in Woodbury, N.J. to a "R-mbo".
Jacob was, according to the UEL report, always a Royalist. the rebels took him prisoner in 1776 when he was 47 years old. He escaped, but was recaptured and sentenced to death as a spy. Again he escaped, this time to Canada, in 1781, where he enlisted in Sir John Johnson's 2nd Battalion.
His Three sons, Amos, William, and John were in the same regiment.
In N.Y. Jacob was known as fairly prosperous. Upon his imprisonment the rebels confiscated his belongings, "2 cows, 2 bulls, 2 oxen, 5 heifers, corn in the ground, wheat already harvested, furniture and farm utensils." His son-in-law James Hannah, took possession of his land.
Following the conflict, on lands granted to the kings troops, Jacob is listed as being one of the original 539 settlers of Fredricksburg Township, Ontario. In 1784 he took residence in the Loyalist settlement at Osnabruck and Lunenburg comprising first four concessions. He may have died in 1790, for their is a grave with the markers for himself and wife, Mary, on the original homestead near the Sillsville United Church.
Jacob was, according to the UEL report, always a Royalist. the rebels took him prisoner in 1776 when he was 47 years old. He escaped, but was recaptured and sentenced to death as a spy. Again he escaped, this time to Canada, in 1781, where he enlisted in Sir John Johnson's 2nd Battalion.
His Three sons, Amos, William, and John were in the same regiment.
In N.Y. Jacob was known as fairly prosperous. Upon his imprisonment the rebels confiscated his belongings, "2 cows, 2 bulls, 2 oxen, 5 heifers, corn in the ground, wheat already harvested, furniture and farm utensils." His son-in-law James Hannah, took possession of his land.
Following the conflict, on lands granted to the kings troops, Jacob is listed as being one of the original 539 settlers of Fredricksburg Township, Ontario. In 1784 he took residence in the Loyalist settlement at Osnabruck and Lunenburg comprising first four concessions. He may have died in 1790, for their is a grave with the markers for himself and wife, Mary, on the original homestead near the Sillsville United Church.
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