Thursday, June 12, 2014

One last point about the two different Jacob Huggins

I should have mentioned the following in my last post as well:

The assembled online genealogies of the Huggins family from Onslow go something like this:

Jacob Huggins is b. about 1740 and marries Francis Cooper between 1762 and 1765.

They have son Jacob who was born between 1763 and 1765 and married Salomey Roberts on Sept 22, 1790 in Onslow Co.

Now, let's look at the 1800 census, once again:

1) The Jacob Huggins in Orange Co is showing to be 45+ years old.
   A) This means he's born prior to 1755.  At this time the Jacob who would marry Frances Cooper back in Onslow was only about 15 years old, given his reported birth year.
   B) This also places Jacob of Orange being born anywhere from 7-10 years before the reported wedding dates of Jacob and Frances.

2) The Jacob Huggins in Onslow Co is showing to be 26-44 years of age. 
   A) This places his birth year between  1756 and 1774.  His reported birth year of 1763-65 fits in perfectly here.
   B)  It also means he's young enough to be the son of Jacob Sr and Frances Copper--and thus a perfect 'fit' to be the one who married Salomey Roberts.

It all comes down to the simple fact that the age of Jacob Huggins of Orange is far too old to be a son of Jacob Huggins and Frances Cooper.


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