STEPHEN LONG JACOB

REVEREND STEPHEN LONG JACOB

Born 7th July 1764 - Died 4th February 1851

He was the second son of Edward Jacob FSA of Faversham. Born on 7th July 1764 at Faversham, he was baptized there on 1st August of that year. Of Worcester College, Oxford, he matriculated on 21st March 1781, aged 16; he graduated BA in 1784 and was awarded his MA in 1787, being ordained deacon by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1785 and priest by the Bishop of Chester in 1787. He was collated to the living of Waldershare and Whitfield in Kent in 1799, and presented to Woolavington-cum-Puriton in Somerset in 1806, of which he was priest for almost 50 years.

On 28th December 1797 he married at Ashford, by license, Eliza Susanna, the eldest daughter of the Reverend James Bond, vicar of Ashford. Eliza was born on 6th September 1775 and died on 20th August 1832 and was buried at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. They had children:

1 Edward Thomas RN, born 29th January 1800, baptized 5th March 1800 at Buckland, near Dover, and died 11th February 1824.
2 Mary, born 15th February 1802, baptized 23rd March of that year.
3 Philip Whittington MRCS, born 11th January 1804, died 26th December 1889.
4 Major-General Herbert Indian Army, baptized 2nd May 1806, died May 1890.
5 Reverend George Andrew DD, born 16th December 1807, died 17th May 1896.
6 Brigadier General John CB, born 11th January 1812, died 6th December 1858.
7 Sophia Frances, died 24th June 1873.
8 William Stephen, born 19th November 1813, died 16th August 1862.
9 Charles James, born 2nd August 1815, baptized 3rd September of that year, buried at Woolavington 1st July 1825.
10 Henry Long FRCS, born 21st November 1817, baptized 30th November of that year.

Stephen Long died on 4th February 1851 at Woolavington and was interred there. His will is dated 15th August 1842 and was proved in London on 24th February 1851 (NA, PROB 11/2127 folio 266 rev to 267 rev). His estate was valued for taxation at under £6000. The value of the annuities and bequests was £4542. His house and goods were bequeathed to his children.

There exists a charming letter written in 1823 to Lieutenant Herbert Jacob in India. It is written on both sides of a large sheet of paper, measuring circa 16" x 13", by 11 members of the family, Stephen Long and his wife Eliza Susanna and 9 of Herbert's siblings. It was written, as was usual at the time, in order to save money, one correspondent writing across the text written by another. It is unfortunately in a poor state of repair. I shall restore it over the next few weeks and upload samples of handwriting thereafter.

Stephen's grave at Woolavington The vicarage at Woolavington

Sources:

Stemmata Chicheleana, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1760 & 1765, in 2 Volumes.
William H George, Edward Jacob (1713-1788), Surgeon and Apothecary, Botanist, Antiquarian, Bibliohpile, Fossil Collector.....© 2001 ISBN 0 9534092 3 6
Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, 'A Selection of Arms Authorised by the Laws of Heraldry', London 1860.
Pedigree of Jacob Family registered at the College of Arms.
Pedigree of Jacob Family published anon in ca 1840.
TC & EC Jack, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, The Anne of Exeter Volume, London 1907.