Rev. Jacob Ware, Jr.
Immigrant
b. 07/05/1655 Eng. d.
before 08/1709 VA
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married 1st
11/03/1682
St. Andrew, Plymouth
Devon, England
Elizabeth BASSETT
d 4 Aug 1683
They had one daughter:
Elizabeth
d 16 Jul 1683
Menheniot
married 2nd
02/03/1691 VA
Susannah ADAMS
b ca 1672 or before
d 1734/35 |
Jacob matriculated All Souls College at Oxford University 03/12/1674/75. His signature is shown below.
He graduated with a BA 1678/79. His signature is shown below.
He was Ordained by the Bishop of Exeter, Thomas Lamplugh, on 20 September 1679 at the Exeter Cathedral pictured below.
His name entry in the Ordination Registry is shown below.
Jacob's first service was Curate of the Parish Church of St. Ive (not St. Ives) in 1679.
Left: 16th century Curate's house beside the
Anglican church at St. Ive, Cornwall, England, where
Rev. Jacob Ware lived between his Oxford graduation
in 1678 and his "voyage" to America in 1689.
Right: Anglican parish church at St. Ive
where Rev. Jacob Ware was Curate.
In the Cornish Glebe Terriers (documents of income, land, tithes and other property belonging to a particular parish), the Curate's cottage is described in Jacob's own handwriting: "House - A hall without a chimney, or a chamber over; a parlour planched and plastered overhead, with two chambers above; an entry with a little spence, with 2 little chambers above; a kitchen with a chamber above; a brewhouse with a little spence between it and the hall; stone walled and slate roofed, but all ruinous and in decay." This particular terrier was written by and signed by Jacob WARE and 2 Churchwardens. The term Glebe Terriers are specific to the Church of England. These documents often mention the tenants of the Glebe lands and/or the holders of the adjoining lands. It is the naming of these other individuals which makes Glebe Terriers of genealogical value for researchers with English ancestry. Terriers may be found in County Record Offices in England.
Jacob's signature on the Glebe Terrier is shown below.
Rev Jacob Ware Jr. was widowed by the time he came to VA in 1689.
New Kent Co parish register entry of Jacob and Susannah's marriage.
Jacob and Susannah had:
1) Elizabeth
m Benjamin BURTON
2) Mary
m Richard LEVENS
3) Martha
m RIDGEWAY
4) Jane
m John CHILDERS, Jr
5) Ann
b 5 Jan 1695
m 1st Baldwin ROCKETT
m 2nd Abraham COWLEY
6) Francis (male)
7) Susannah
m 1st Richard OGLESBY
m 2nd ALLEN
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St. Peter's Parish Church in New Kent Co, VA, where Rev. Jacob was Minister when he first arrived in VA. He later became Minister of Varina Parish in Henrico County until he died in 1709. |
Rev. Jacob Ware has been traced to England by a study of his signatures both in the colonies and in England. To view these signatures and view a five-page article published by the National
Genealogical Society, click on the signature
below.
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