Seventh Generation  

7. Lt.Col. William JACOB [95622] (John⁶, Edward II F.S.A.⁵, Edward I (Dr.)⁴, Amos M.D.³, Richard², Amos¹) was born on 21 Sep 1800 in England and died on 6 Jun 1854 in New Zealand at age 53.

William married Jane SWINTON [95623] [MRIN: 31945], daughter of Col. Richard SWINTON [95642] and Unknown, in 1835. Jane was born in 1810 and died on 14 Mar 1853 in New Zealand at age 43.

General Notes: In a Medley Pedigree, received from Marcus Whittaker in September 2011, he included the following:
The Swintons were often mentioned in Scottish history and by Sir Walter Scott. They were perpetually engaged in the border wars. One of them, a Sir John Swinton, is said to have married a daughter of King Robert II, grandson of Robert Bruce. Another Sir John Swinton married a niece of Robert III. The daughter of a later Sir John Swinton was the Grandmother of Sir Walter Scott.

Children from this marriage were:

   8 M    i. Lt.Col. John JACOB

   9 M    ii. Maj.Gen'l. William JACOB

   10 M    iii. Samuel Swinton JACOB

   11 M    iv. Lt.Col. Sir Samuel Swinton JACOB II K.C.I.E. C.V.O. [95648] was born on 14 Jan 1841.

   12 F    v. Amelia Jane JACOB

   13 M    vi. Edward George JACOB

+ 14 M    vii. Edwin Le Grand JACOB [95620] was born on 14 Mar 1853 in New Zealand and died in 1901 in New Plymouth Taranaki New Zealand at age 48.