Jacob Herbert (1764–1825)
In 1824 Bushrod Washington ordered a "dozen pine apple cheeses" from Herbert.
Jacob Herbert was born on 25 July 1764 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He invested in or managed several Trenton enterprises, including the Trenton Banking Company, the Trenton Water Works, and the City Hotel. From 1821 to 1825 he was the proprietor of the Rising Sun Tavern. Herbert married twice: to Deborah White (1773–1795) in 1792 and to Hannah Allen (1776–1865) in 1797. He had approximately a dozen children between them. Herbert died on 19 November 1825.
Edwin Robert Walker et al., A History of Trenton, 1679–1929: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of a Notable Town with Links in Four Centuries (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1929), 320, 324, 370.
Paul G. Tomlinson, A History of the Trenton Banking Company, 1804–1929 (Trenton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1929), 103.
"Bible Records," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 35 (1904), 15.
Dennis J. Yancey, The Family Bible Preservation Project (Provo, UT: Dennis J. Yancey, ongoing), 9.
New York Times, 28 December 1865, page 5, column 5.
Jacob Herbert in New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670–1965 (Ancestry.com).
Jacob Herbert in New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798–1971 (Ancestry.com).
Jacob Herbert at Find a Grave.
Jacob Herbert at FamilySearch.