Jacob resided in Amesbury, MA; Kingston, Brentwood, Tamworth, Eaton, Burton, NH; Columbia, OH; and Cambridge, IN. He was a Lieut. in the Revolutionary War where he served three enlistments and was paid a Warrant for land by the US Government. He sold 1,000 acres of land in New Hampshire, went by horse, oxen and by foot to the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh, PA, then by flat boat down the Ohio River to Marietta, Columbia and Cincinnati, OH. He stayed five years near the Great Miami River. In 1804 he bought Section 23 and 1/4 of Section 29 in Township 6 of Range 1 West, Indiana, three miles west of the Ohio line. He named the place Cambridge, now known as Pella or Pella Crossing. In 1805 at age 51 he began to clear his land. Usually a family could clear an acre a year. One of his first acts was to establish an Academy, a 20' x 24' timber house, believed to be the first college in the Indiana Territory. Lt. Jacob Blasdel was an experienced blacksmith, iron worker and millwright. He built a grist mill and saw mill, operated by power from Tanners Creek. He died in 1831 and left eight children and 45 grandchildren who survived him; he is buried in Cambridge Cemetery, Dearborn County, IN. His four sons, Enoch, Jacob, Jonathan and Elijah, and two of his daughters, Nabby and Sally, are buried in the same cemetery (Cambridge) where he is buried.

New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls:
Vol. I, pp 112, 158-195: Jacob Blasdel, 21, blacksmith of Kingston, was Private in Captain Philip Tilton's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment. Date of entry: 25 May 1775. Term of Service: 2 months, 12 days.
Vol. II, pp 250, 251-256: Jacob Blasdel was Lieutenant in Captain Enoch Page's Company, Lt. Col. Joseph Senter's Regiment. March to Rhode Island. Term of Service: 25 Aug 1777 to 06 Jul 1778.
Vol I, p 340: Jacob Blasdel was in Capt. David Quinby's Company, Col. Josiah Bartlett's Regiment. Raised for Canada. July, 1776."

Thanks to David Nowlin for Bio
Parents Enoch and Mary [Satterlee] Blasdel