Although the stone clearly reads 1818, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (database online NEHGS) for Spencer lists Jacobs birth to Jacob and Sarah as 10/8/1817. To further complicate matters the death record in Dudley states that Jacob who died in 1896 is the son of Jacob and Emeline. The dates of death 3/25/1896 and age at death 78y 5m 17d, however work out to 10/8/1817. Conclusion: the stone is probably wrong and the clerk who wrote his death record put his wife's name in instead of his mother's.
Although the stone clearly reads 1818, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (database online NEHGS) for Spencer lists Jacobs birth to Jacob and Sarah as 10/8/1817. To further complicate matters the death record in Dudley states that Jacob who died in 1896 is the son of Jacob and Emeline. The dates of death 3/25/1896 and age at death 78y 5m 17d, however work out to 10/8/1817. Conclusion: the stone is probably wrong and the clerk who wrote his death record put his wife's name in instead of his mother's.
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