Gullium Jacobus

Brief Life History of Gullium

When Gullium Jacobus was born on 2 March 1754, in Pompton Plains, Pequannock Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, his father, Simon Peter Roelof Jacobus, was 46 and his mother, Hendriktie Bertholf, was 42. He married Elizabeth Jacobus about 1780, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons.

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Gullium Jacobus
1754–
Elizabeth Jacobus
1759–
Marriage: about 1780
Simon Jacobus
1781–
Jacobus
1787–
Tunis Jacobus
1789–1849
Gerrit Jacobus
1791–
Johannis Jacobus
1793–

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    World Events (8)

    1775

    "During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    German and Dutch: from the Latin personal name Jacobus, or a Latinized (humanistic) form of its vernacular variants Jakob and Jacob . This surname is also found in South Africa. In North America, it may also be an altered form of the German variant Jakobus.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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