son of Seth Porter & Mary (Cobb) Porter who married 6 March 1783
Mary (1758-1786) was the dau of Capt. Edward Cobb
m. Betsey Mayhew intentions 10 Feb 1813 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob was of Plainfield, Mass.; Betsey was of Williamsburg, Mass.
m. Sarah "Sally" Reed 18 Nov 1819 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob and Sarah were both of Plainfield, Mass.
children w/second wife Sarah:
Juliet b. 5 April 1821
Clarissa b. 30 Oct 1825
Elisabeth b. 24 May 1829 m. Lorenzo Mitchell, res. Wisconsin & Michigan
Jacob's will, which he executed on 12 March 1845, is available on ancestry.com
He left his wife Sarah Porter the use and improvement of one third of his real estate as long as she remained his widow along with one third of the furniture and one third of personal property; to his daughter Sarah Elizabeth he left all of his property not otherwise specified; he left his whole library of books and pamphlets to Yale College where he been educated, unless he wrote within the item the name of a society he designated to receive it; also to Yale College his collection of maps, shells, and cabinet of coins; the Antiquarian Society was to receive his trunk of manuscripts and his Indian arrowheads; his herbarium and minerals were to go to the Albany Institute; Jacob's friend Albert Dyer was named executor. A Codicil dated January 1847 leaves Yale College $100 to be used for book binding repair. His estate was probated 5 January 1847.
Jacob was the author of "History of Plainfield" pub. 1834
...a highly educated man, gave his attention mostly to literary pursuits, being well versed in botany and mineralogy. His medical practice was very inconsiderable. He was the author of a history of Plainfield, published 1834. He died Nov. 15, 1846, aged 63. He was interred near the front of the principal cemetery under the shade of six tamerack trees which he had set out there some years previous. They have since been removed [by 1891]. All the young trees of that variety in the cemetery and vicinity sprung from seed from these six trees, as it was scattered by the winds.
[History of Plainfield, by C.Dyer, pg 75]
[ Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, who Settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1635, and Allied Families: Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Porter, who Settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, and Salem (Danvers) Mass., 1644 by Joseph Whitcomb Porter, published by Burr & Robinson, printers, 1878, pages 51 and 82]
Mary (1758-1786) was the dau of Capt. Edward Cobb
m. Betsey Mayhew intentions 10 Feb 1813 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob was of Plainfield, Mass.; Betsey was of Williamsburg, Mass.
m. Sarah "Sally" Reed 18 Nov 1819 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob and Sarah were both of Plainfield, Mass.
children w/second wife Sarah:
Juliet b. 5 April 1821
Clarissa b. 30 Oct 1825
Elisabeth b. 24 May 1829 m. Lorenzo Mitchell, res. Wisconsin & Michigan
Jacob's will, which he executed on 12 March 1845, is available on ancestry.com
He left his wife Sarah Porter the use and improvement of one third of his real estate as long as she remained his widow along with one third of the furniture and one third of personal property; to his daughter Sarah Elizabeth he left all of his property not otherwise specified; he left his whole library of books and pamphlets to Yale College where he been educated, unless he wrote within the item the name of a society he designated to receive it; also to Yale College his collection of maps, shells, and cabinet of coins; the Antiquarian Society was to receive his trunk of manuscripts and his Indian arrowheads; his herbarium and minerals were to go to the Albany Institute; Jacob's friend Albert Dyer was named executor. A Codicil dated January 1847 leaves Yale College $100 to be used for book binding repair. His estate was probated 5 January 1847.
Jacob was the author of "History of Plainfield" pub. 1834
...a highly educated man, gave his attention mostly to literary pursuits, being well versed in botany and mineralogy. His medical practice was very inconsiderable. He was the author of a history of Plainfield, published 1834. He died Nov. 15, 1846, aged 63. He was interred near the front of the principal cemetery under the shade of six tamerack trees which he had set out there some years previous. They have since been removed [by 1891]. All the young trees of that variety in the cemetery and vicinity sprung from seed from these six trees, as it was scattered by the winds.
[History of Plainfield, by C.Dyer, pg 75]
[ Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, who Settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1635, and Allied Families: Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Porter, who Settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, and Salem (Danvers) Mass., 1644 by Joseph Whitcomb Porter, published by Burr & Robinson, printers, 1878, pages 51 and 82]
son of Seth Porter & Mary (Cobb) Porter who married 6 March 1783
Mary (1758-1786) was the dau of Capt. Edward Cobb
m. Betsey Mayhew intentions 10 Feb 1813 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob was of Plainfield, Mass.; Betsey was of Williamsburg, Mass.
m. Sarah "Sally" Reed 18 Nov 1819 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob and Sarah were both of Plainfield, Mass.
children w/second wife Sarah:
Juliet b. 5 April 1821
Clarissa b. 30 Oct 1825
Elisabeth b. 24 May 1829 m. Lorenzo Mitchell, res. Wisconsin & Michigan
Jacob's will, which he executed on 12 March 1845, is available on ancestry.com
He left his wife Sarah Porter the use and improvement of one third of his real estate as long as she remained his widow along with one third of the furniture and one third of personal property; to his daughter Sarah Elizabeth he left all of his property not otherwise specified; he left his whole library of books and pamphlets to Yale College where he been educated, unless he wrote within the item the name of a society he designated to receive it; also to Yale College his collection of maps, shells, and cabinet of coins; the Antiquarian Society was to receive his trunk of manuscripts and his Indian arrowheads; his herbarium and minerals were to go to the Albany Institute; Jacob's friend Albert Dyer was named executor. A Codicil dated January 1847 leaves Yale College $100 to be used for book binding repair. His estate was probated 5 January 1847.
Jacob was the author of "History of Plainfield" pub. 1834
...a highly educated man, gave his attention mostly to literary pursuits, being well versed in botany and mineralogy. His medical practice was very inconsiderable. He was the author of a history of Plainfield, published 1834. He died Nov. 15, 1846, aged 63. He was interred near the front of the principal cemetery under the shade of six tamerack trees which he had set out there some years previous. They have since been removed [by 1891]. All the young trees of that variety in the cemetery and vicinity sprung from seed from these six trees, as it was scattered by the winds.
[History of Plainfield, by C.Dyer, pg 75]
[ Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, who Settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1635, and Allied Families: Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Porter, who Settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, and Salem (Danvers) Mass., 1644 by Joseph Whitcomb Porter, published by Burr & Robinson, printers, 1878, pages 51 and 82]
Mary (1758-1786) was the dau of Capt. Edward Cobb
m. Betsey Mayhew intentions 10 Feb 1813 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob was of Plainfield, Mass.; Betsey was of Williamsburg, Mass.
m. Sarah "Sally" Reed 18 Nov 1819 at Plainfield, Mass.
Jacob and Sarah were both of Plainfield, Mass.
children w/second wife Sarah:
Juliet b. 5 April 1821
Clarissa b. 30 Oct 1825
Elisabeth b. 24 May 1829 m. Lorenzo Mitchell, res. Wisconsin & Michigan
Jacob's will, which he executed on 12 March 1845, is available on ancestry.com
He left his wife Sarah Porter the use and improvement of one third of his real estate as long as she remained his widow along with one third of the furniture and one third of personal property; to his daughter Sarah Elizabeth he left all of his property not otherwise specified; he left his whole library of books and pamphlets to Yale College where he been educated, unless he wrote within the item the name of a society he designated to receive it; also to Yale College his collection of maps, shells, and cabinet of coins; the Antiquarian Society was to receive his trunk of manuscripts and his Indian arrowheads; his herbarium and minerals were to go to the Albany Institute; Jacob's friend Albert Dyer was named executor. A Codicil dated January 1847 leaves Yale College $100 to be used for book binding repair. His estate was probated 5 January 1847.
Jacob was the author of "History of Plainfield" pub. 1834
...a highly educated man, gave his attention mostly to literary pursuits, being well versed in botany and mineralogy. His medical practice was very inconsiderable. He was the author of a history of Plainfield, published 1834. He died Nov. 15, 1846, aged 63. He was interred near the front of the principal cemetery under the shade of six tamerack trees which he had set out there some years previous. They have since been removed [by 1891]. All the young trees of that variety in the cemetery and vicinity sprung from seed from these six trees, as it was scattered by the winds.
[History of Plainfield, by C.Dyer, pg 75]
[ Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, who Settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1635, and Allied Families: Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Porter, who Settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, and Salem (Danvers) Mass., 1644 by Joseph Whitcomb Porter, published by Burr & Robinson, printers, 1878, pages 51 and 82]
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