Jacob Crowninshield

1770 - 1808  (38 years)    Has 19 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Jacob Crowninshield
  Birth	31 Mar 1770
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  rich
  Death	15 Apr 1808
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  + 1. George Crowninshield,   b. 1766   d. 1817  (Age 51 years) + 2. Jacob Crowninshield,   b. 31 Mar 1770   d. 15 Apr 1808  (Age 38 years) ▻ Sarah Gardner,  m. 1796   3. John Crowninshield,   b. 1771   d. 1842  (Age 71 years) + 4. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield,   b. 1772   d. 1851  (Age 79 years) ▻ Mary Boardman,  m. 1804   5. Mary Crowninshield,   b. 1778   d. 1835  (Age 57 years) ▻ NN Silsbee   6. Richard Crowninshield
  Person ID	I367225	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Jacob Crowninshield at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	George Crowninshield,   b. 1733   d. 1815 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Derby,   b. 12 Nov 1737   d. 26 Nov 1813 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F145352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gardner,   b. 1773   d. 1807 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1796
  Children	+ 1. Jacob Crowninshield,   b. 7 Oct 1801   d. 8 Jul 1875 (Age 73 years)   2. Sarah Crowninshield + 3. Mary Crowninshield,   b. Abt 1806   d. Mar 1838 (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F145259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

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  Fortune : 50,000 $ 1800 Activity : Shipping merchant Main property: George Crowninshield & Sons Other activities: Politics Associated properties: Massachusetts Senate (1796-1801); US Representative for Massachusetts (1803-08); declined position of US Secretary of the Navy (1805) by Thomas Jefferson Jacob Crowninshield, a son of George Crowninshield and Mary Derby, started his career as a sea captain and merchant in the family business. He is remembered as being the man who brought the first life elephants to New York in 1796. He later engaged in politics, as a Massachusetts state senator (1801) and a US Representative for Massachusetts (1803-08). In 1805, he declined the position of US Secretary of the Navy, which he was offered by Thomas Jefferson.