Person:Jacob Duché (1)

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  1. Rev. Jacob Duché, D.D.1737/38 - 1798
m. 1759
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Name Rev. Jacob Duché, D.D.
Gender Male
Birth[2] Jan 1737/38 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 1759 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Elizabeth Hopkinson
Death? 1798 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1.   Jacob Duché, in Penn University Archives & Records Center.
    Rev. Jacob Duché
  2. MATRICULATES. 1757, in University of Pennsylvania, Biographical Catalogue of the Matriculates of the College: Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Trustees, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees, 1749-1893. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1894)
    50.

    t JACOB DUCHE, JR., A.M. (D.D., elsewhere.)
    b. Phila., Jan., 1737-38 ; d. Phila., Jan. 3, 1798.
    s. Jacob DucHE, Mayor of Phila., and Mary Spence.
    Entered May 25, 1754.
    Studied at Clare Hall, Cantab.
    Tutor, 1753.
    Valedictorian.
    Prof. Oratory, 1759-78.
    Clergyman Ch. of Eng.;
    asst. min. Christ Ch., Phila., 1759-75.
    Chaplain to Cong., 1774-76.
    Rector Christ Ch. and St. Peter's, Phila., 1775-77.
    Chaplain to Asyl. in St. George's Fields, London, during the Revo. War.
    Trustee, 1761-78.
    Mem. Am. Phil. Soc, 1768.
    Author, "Letters of Tamoc Caspipina" a translation, and sermons,
    m. Elizabeth, dau. Hon. Thomas Hopkinson.
    See Keith, Simpson, Allibone.