Family Sheet

Jacob Parkhurst
ID:  I0974 Sex:  M Birth:  19 FEB 1772   Green Co., VA (now PA)   Death:  25 AUG 1863   Knightstown, Henry Co., IN   Burial:  1863   Blue River Paptist Church Cemetery, Wane Twp, Henry Co., IN   Parents:  Parkhurst, Samuel, Gard, Sarah
Jacob and Isaac were twins. Jacob was the author of Sketches of Jacob Parkhurst 1772 - 1863 "By Himself" an autobiography written in 1842 and published in book form in 1893 by the print shop of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children's Hom Jacob lived and married in Washington Co., PA. In the spring of 1802, the family moved to Trumbull Co., OH. In 1819 they moved into Indiana, and lived in White Water, Fayette Co. for two and a half years. When the 1820 Census was taken, Jacob was living in Harrison Twp., Fayette Co., IN. Finally, Jacob moved to Blue River, near Knightstown, in Henry Co., IN. When the 1830 Census was taken, Jacob was living in Henry Co., IN. When the 1840 Census was taken, Jacob was living in Wayne Twp., Henry Co., IN. In 1850 Jacob was living with his daughter, Elizabeth, and her family in Wayne Twp., Henry Co., IN. Jacob owned real estate valued at $1,500.
Marriage
ID:  F0294 Spouse:  Craft, Anna Marriage:  16 FEB 1792   Washington Co., PA   Sex:  F Birth:  21 MAY 1774   Washington Co., PA   Death:  16 MAY 1841   Wayne Twp., Henry Co., IN
Anna and Jacob raised all 13 of their children to adulthood and all 13 had children of their own.
Children
No. Sibling Sex Birth Death 1.  Sara Parkhurst F 5 DEC 1792     2.  Isaac Parkhurst M 1 JAN 1794     3.  Elizabeth Parkhurst F 1795     4.  Lydia Parkhurst F 1798     5.  Rhonda Parkhurst F 24 FEB 1799     6.  William Parkhurst M 1801     7.  John Henry Parkhurst M 10 JUL 1802  2 MAY 1875  8.  Mary Parkhurst F 1804     9.  Samuel Parkhurst M 1806     10.  Jacob Parkhurst M 8 DEC 1807     11.  Anna Parkhurst F 29 MAY 1808     12.  Martha Parkhurst F 9 FEB 1812     13.  Jemima Parkhurst F 1813

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