>From early court records; 1700..Sarah Harding and Jacob Usher acknwd a deed to Jno Besonge for one tenement lying in Chichester bearing date the 31st, 3 mo, 1700. 1700,,,Caleb Pusey, attorney to Sarah Harding and Jacob Usher delivered a deed to Humphrey Johnson att. for Jacob Chandler for 3 tracts of land lying in Chichester, bearing date the 28d, 8mo, 1700. 1707-8 Jacob Usher's name is mentioned in a petition to build a road from Thomas Garratts to Naamas Creek mill, but there is no way of knowing where it is by the description, which often happens in these early deeds. There are things like "beginning at a corner marked Hickory tree", and "by a stake with 5 notches thence by a stake with 5 notches".....you get the idea. These are the only mentions of Jacob in early court records up to and including 1710. Jacob is not mentioned in the HISTORY OF CHESTER CO. PA,by Futhey and Cope, but there is a Thomas if interested. from the Phil MM records; Usher Jacob d 10 10 1738 Joseph d 4-12-1722 Mary, w Joseph 11-8-1711 Ruth, d Jacob and Ruth d 12-12-1709-10 Ruth w Jacob d 12-18-1714 Thomas s Jacob and Ruth d 6-27-1706 1699-12-23 Jacob itm) Ruth Wood 1716-5-27 Jacob declared ltm Hannah Sallaway (proposal dropped by mutual consent) 1717-8-25 Jacob ltm Mary Brown I also found this which I thought interesting. 1686-10-31 itm Ruth Wood and Thomas Duckett (wonder what happened to Ruth and Thomas....I couldn't find a death date for him, so perhaps, for some reason, they decided not to marry) 1699-12-23 Ruth Wood Itm Jacob Usher (ltm = liberated to marry)...exact marriage date is not included Phil wills that mention the name Jacob Usher; HOOTON, THOMAS. Phila.July 29, 1693. August 5, 1693. A. 237.Estate to wife Elizabeth who is sole Executrix and to children Thomas and Mary. Legacies to mother Elizabeth Hooton; friend George Keith; Mary Bradshaw, widow; servants Jacob Usher and Ann Newington and to each trustee. He held an estate in West Jersey.Trustees: Thomas Holme, Andrew Robeson, Thomas Budd and Joseph Willcox. Witnesses: John Duplounys, Bulah Jaques, John Wilkinson. HARDING, NATHANIEL. Phila. Basket-maker.June 13, 1699. September 9, 1699. A. 484.Estate to wife Sarah who is sole Executrix and to son Francis. Legacies to wife's son Jacob Usher and to the Free School of the Monthly Meeting of Phila. He held an estate on the Delaware River near the mouth of Neshaminy Creek in Bucks Co., PAWitnesses: Eliz. Knowles, Thomas Smith, Junr., John Parsons. (these are the only 2 wills of the entire area that mention the name Jacob Usher) *The Quakers did not use the 'regular' dating system that non-Quakers used, so the 12m is NOT December. You may go online and read up on how to change them to 'regular' dates, but in lieu of that, just leave them as they are 12m 12d 1699. He appears in no Chester Co Quaker meeting records that I have, but don't suppose he would. He was a member of the Phil. MM and dies while a member there soI don't suppose his death would have been recorded in the minutes of that meeting. Sandra "Seeking additional information on Jacob USHER. What I know to date is that he lived in Philadelphia, was a Quaker, married Ruth Wood 23 Dec, 1699. He was a carpenter, and took on James WEST, the orphan of James WEST and Prudence, as an apprentice in 1708. 25 August 1717 he married Mary BACON. In 1722 he mortgaged land in Chester, as per below. In 1730 he witnessed the Will of John LADD in Gloucester, NJ. I am primarily interested in his movements and his links to the LADD, BACON and WEST families, not his descendants. Does anyone have a clue to where the property might have been located? (Naamans Creek is really long) or know if he appears in the minutes of the quaker meeting at Chester?".