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Jacob Decou family papers

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
SC.026
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (11 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1724-1830 (inclusive)
Creator:
Decou, Jacob, 1668-1735, Decow, Daniel, 1771-1844, Decow, Isaac, 1703-1765, and Decow, Eber, 1712-1786?
Abstract:
This collection includes miscellaneous papers of the Decow family, including wills, financial papers, personal correspondence, and legal documents. Notable among these is the daily journal of Isaac Decow, the son of Jacob Decou.

The son of Isaac and Susanna Ashton Decou, Jacob Decou was born in 1668 in England. In 1699 he married Elizabeth Newbold in a Quaker ceremony and settled in Mansfield, Burlington County, N.J. Jacob Decow died in 1735.

Source of acquisition--Willis H. Satterthwaite. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1975.

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