Person:Jacob Ainsworth (2)

Name	Jacob Ainsworth
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]	21 Jan 1743	Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	14 Nov 1771	to Mercy Abbott (add)
Death^[2]	4 Feb 1828	Calais, Washington, Vermont, United States

References

↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Newton Case Brainard. Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. (Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914)
p. 188.

"Jacob Son of Thomas & Dorothy Ainsworth Born January y^e. 21^st. 1743"
[Note: this does not appear to be a contemporary record as the previous entry (on the previous page) is for the birth of Jacob's daughter, and the entries that follow this one are from the 1780s.]
↑ Vermont, United States. Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Database with images. (FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.)
[1].

Full Name of Deceased: Ainsworth, Jacob
Age: 85 y. 0 m. 4 d. [birth calculates to about 31 Jan 1743. If adjusted for calendar shift, 20 Jan 1743. Age 85-0-3 in town record.]
Name of Spouse: Mercy
Date of Death: Feb 4 - 1828
Name of Cemetery: Center
Town Clerk of: Calais
[Note: clearly above record is based on gravestone, which may be seen here. Also a record is found based on town record of death.]
↑ Parker, Francis J. Genealogy of the Ainsworth families in America. (Boston: F.J. Parker?, 1894)
p. 33.

Jacob Ainsworth [#11], s/o Thomas, b. Brookfield, Mass., 21 Jan 1743, d. Calais, VT, 4 Feb 1828, m. 14 Nov 1771 Mercy Abbott. Solder in Canada expedition in 1758 [at age 15?], militia from Woodstock, CT, in 1776, also lived at Brookfield and Sturbridge [see father's page, "of Sturbridge" in 1790], moved to Calais, Vt. about 1800.