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Jacob TITUS (b 1801)

I know little of Jacob Titus and most of what is reported in the summary above is taken from secondary sources, the exception being the list of his children. The date and place of Jacob Titus's birth is taken from a Find A Grave Memorial. The year of birth seems beyond doubt. Jacob reported his age consistently in census enumerations and the age reported supports the year of 1801. The location--Cold Spring Harbor--seems reasonable enough. The census of 1860 named the post office nearest the area of Huntington Township being canvassed as Cold Spring.

Judging from the 1830 US Census, one might guess that Jacob and Hester Douglas were married not long before 1830, perhaps as late as 1828. The 1850 US Census provides the best list of the couple's children. A daughter, Hester, born in 1840 did not survive to 1850 and another daughter, Esther, born in 1847 also did not live until 1850. Both girls are known to me only through the record of their graves.

Jacob was identified as 'Jacob Titus jun' in the federal census of 1830. He was almost certainly a part of his father's household in 1820. In 1820, the family was occupied with agriculture. Jacob Titus Sr was probably a farmer. The census of 1830 provided no information on the household's occupation but in 1840 and 1850 Jacob Jr was working on the water, probably with a boat that moved produce and supplies along the coastal waters of the north shore of Long Island. Jacob lost his wife Hester in the decade between the censuses of 1850 and 1860. By 1860, he had abandoned his work on the water and was farming.

Jacob died in 1866, about a decade after his wife Hester. He was buried in Old Burying Hill Cemetery in Huntington Township, Suffolk County, New York. The date of his death is apparently contested as either 26 Dec 1864 or 26 Jan 1865. I do not know the source of the date or the uncertainty.

Sources:

1820 US Census, Household of Jacob Titus (b c1775): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Page: 282; NARA Roll: M33_74; Image: 295. Content: The 1820 US Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York on 07 Aug 1820 lists Jacob Titus with a household composed of males (1 10 to 15 yrs, 1 16 to 18 yrs, 2 16 to 25 years, 1 45 yrs and over) and females (2 age 26 to 44 years). 4 persons engaged in agriculture, 6 persons total. Note: This is Jacob's father's household. Jacob would have been age 19 in 1820 and he would have been counted in the males 16-25 category. and almost certainly in the category 'engaged in agriculture'.

1830 US Census, Household of Jacob Titus (b c1801): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1830; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 103; Page: 322; Family History Library Film: 0017163, Content: The 1830 US Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York in June 1830 lists the household of Jacob Titus jun with males (1 20 to 30 yrs) and females (1 under 5 yrs, 1 20 to 30 yrs) a total of 3 persons. Note: Jacob would have been age 29 in 1830, Hester age 27. Daughter Narcissus was the only daughter in 1830, probably born in the early months of the year 1830.

1840 US Census, Household of Jacob Titus (b c1801): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1840; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 343; Page: 188; Family History Library Film: 0017207. Content: The 1840 US Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York in June 1840 lists Jacob Titus with a household composed of males (1 under 5 yrs, 1 15 to 19 yrs, 2 30 to 39 yrs) and females (1 under 5, 2 5 to 9 yrs, 1 30 to 39 years). Three members of the household are employed in navigation of canals, lakes, rivers. 8 persons total. Note: Jacob would be one of the two males age 20-39. He was age 39 in 1840. Son William would have been age 2. Daughter Narcissus would have been age 10, Jane age 9, Amanda age 5 or 6. It looks like Hester had not yet been born. There are two more males in the household who must have been Jacob's fellow workers.

1850 US Census, Household of Jacob Titus (b c1801): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 601; Page: 80b. Content: The 1850 US Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York on 12 Dec 1850 shows dwelling (1181/1338) with a household composed of (1) Jacob Titus, age 49, male, coaster, real ($2000), born NY, (2) Esther Titus, age 47, female, born NY, (3) Narcissa D Titus, age 20, female, born NY, (4) Jane P Titus, age 19, female, born NY, (5) Amanda Titus, age 16, female, in school, born NY, (6) William Titus, age 12, male, in school, born NY, (7), Jacob H Titus, age 8, male, in school, born NY. Note: A coaster refers to a class of boats that are used to transport shipments in domestic waters, in this case, presumably, Long Island Sound.

1860 US Census, Household of Jacob Titus (b c1801): Citation: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1860; Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Page: 321. Content: The 1860 US Census of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, (Post Office: Cold Spring) on 26 Jul 1860 shows dwelling (1091/1196) with a household composed of (1) Jacob Titus, age 59, male, farmer, (real: $1200; pers: R3000), born New York, (2) Ruth A Titus, age 25, female, born New York, (3) Jacob H Titus, age 18, male, born New York.

Find a Grave Memorial 32603378 for Hester Douglass Titus (b 1803).

Find a Grave Memorial 37291273 for Hester Titus (b 1840) .

Find a Grave Memorial 37291332 for Esther Titus (b 1847) .

Find a Grave Memorial 32603125 for Jacob Titus (b 1801) .