When John Jacques was born about 1806, in Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, England, his father, Zackariah Jaques, was 27 and his mother, Mary Maria Naylor, was 28. He married Ann Smart on 21 October 1830, in Exhall, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Bordesley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. In 1871, at the age of 65, his occupation is listed as engine driver in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 14 November 1871, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Yardley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom.