Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Linsley was born about 1728, in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Linsey, was 22 and his mother, Damaris Barnes, was 18. He married Mindwell Pond on 18 August 1761, in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 24 May 1810, in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 83.
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- 1800 United States Federal Census
- Early Connecticut Marriages
- Jacob's death record, Bristol, Conn.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
Originally an agricultural village called New Cambridge
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (County Durham): variant of Lindsley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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