Jacob Aldrich

1652 - 1695  (43 years)

• Name	Jacob Aldrich
  Born	28 Feb 1651/52	Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	58219884
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58219884
  Died	22 Oct 1695	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 22 Oct 1695	George Aldrich Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I7282	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	George Aldrich,   b. England ,   d. 1683, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Catherine Seald,   b. England ,   d. Unknown
  Married	1629	England
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Huldah Thayer,   b. 16 Apr 1657, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1707  (Age 49 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1675	Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Jacob Aldrich,   b. 8 May 1676, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Aug 1753, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   2. Seth Aldrich,   b. 1679,   d. Oct 1737, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years)   3. Hulda Aldrich,   b. 6 Nov 1680, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Dec 1727, Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island  (Age 47 years)   4. Peter Aldrich,   b. 16 Oct 1686, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 1747, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   5. John Aldrich,   b. 27 Dec 1688, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Mar 1750  (Age 61 years)   6. Moses Aldrich,   b. 1 Apr 1690, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Sep 1761, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F5024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Feb 1651/52 - Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Married - 13 Nov 1675 - Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Died - 22 Oct 1695 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 22 Oct 1695 - George Aldrich Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Jacob was a young boy when his parents moved the family to Mendon, MA. He was a young man when King Philip's War broke out. In 1676, he went with his family back to Braintree as Mendon was no longer safe. Once peace was restored he returned to Mendon. He was the son of George Aldrich (founder of Mendon) and Katherine Seald Aldrich. He was his father's youngest son and inexplicably was made sole heir to his father's estate after the death of his father George's widow. There is no evidence that Jacob had a house lot of his own so it seems likely that he remained at home with his father and for that reason was made sole heir. He married Huldah Thayer on 11/2/1675 in Milford in the county of Worcester, MA. She was the daughter of Ferdinando Thayer and Huldah Hayward Thayer. Huldah Thayer Aldrich died some time after the 1707 settlement of Jacob's estate. Children: Jacob Aldrich Jr, Abel Aldrich, Seth Aldrich, Huldah Aldrich Wilkinson, Rachel Aldrich, Sarah Aldrich Thompson, David Aldrich, Peter Aldrich, John Aldrich, Moses Aldrich, Mercy Aldrich, and Rachel Aldrich Thayer. Jacob was a prominent man in town affairs as was his father before him. In 1694 he was assessor. At the time of his death at age 43, he was listed as a husbandman (farmer). Jacob was made overseer of his father George's will in which his father left him all his lands after the decease of Katherine, his mother. He left no will. The settlement of his estate was probated in Boston, Suffolk, MA. They found it difficult to divide the several portions of his estate and finally sold it by order of the probate Judge in 1707 to his eldest son Jacob for the sum of £183 to pay his brothers and sisters (saving the rights of their mother, Huldah ). Jacob was to pay Abel, Seth, David, Peter, John, Moses, Huldah wife of Samuel Wilkinson, Sarah and Rachel £6, 1 shilling, 2½ pence one year hence with an interest "in interim of 6%." Upon the death of their mother, they were all to get a further sum of £3, 7½ pence. Bio by: Maureen