Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameLUMPKIN, Jacob
Birth Date1644
Birth PlaceNew Kent, New Kent County, Virginia
Death Date14 Apr 1708 Age: 64
Death PlaceKing and Queen County, Virginia
Misc. Notes
In 1677 he was a Captain and in 1678 he was in the service for 5 months.

Resided in King and Queen County, Virginia, settling there in 1682. "Newington" on the Mattaponi River was the original home of the Lumpkin Family. It contained about 1000 acres.

In 1690 in court held on September 29th, in New Kent, charges of Jacobitism in Virginia were brought against Jacob Lumpkin. Capt. Lumpkin still retained old loyalty to the Stuarts. (Virginia Magazine, VI; 389-396)

In 1704 the Virginia Quit-Rent Rolls of King and Queen County contained the name of Jacob Lumpkin, and credited him with 950 acres at that time.

He died 14, Sept 1708 at "Newington", King and Queen County, Virginia. Lower St. Stephen Church, now Mattaponi Baptist Church. Near the north door of the "Mattapony Church" lies a marble slab inscribed:

JACOB LUMPKIN
Obit 14 die September 1708, Aetatis 64
Dux Militum
Victor Hostium
Morte Victus
Pax adsit, vives requiasEterna Sepultis.

Translated this reads: "A leader of soldiers; Conqueror of the enemy; Conquered by death. May peace be with him; you shall live. eternal rest for the buried."
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1649
Birth PlaceEngland
Death Dateabt 1700 Age: 51
Death PlaceKing and Queen County, Virginia
Marr Dateabt 1667
Marr PlaceKing and Queen County, Virginia
ChildrenElizabeth (~1667-~1734)
Last Modified 6 May 2017Created 12 Feb 2022 by Robert Avent