When Nils Jacobson Malm was born on 16 November 1735, in Malmö, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Jacob Larsson Malm, was 35 and his mother, Kirsti Kierstin Nilsdotter, was 21. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Kierstin Jonsdatter.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).
Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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