Display Patriot - P-263266

Jacob ONG

SAR Patriot #: P-263266

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Soldier

DAR #: A084086

Birth: 24 Jan 1760 / / PA
Death: aft 20 Jan 1848 / Jefferson / OH

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Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

Spouse: Mary McGrew
Children: Ann; Finley; Mary; Jacob;

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Burial:

Smithfield Quaker (aka Friends) Cemetery_(C-0377952)

Location:

Smithfield / Jefferson / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2180826

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Grave GPS Coordinates:

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Find A Grave Memorial #:

131742287

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Comments:

photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

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Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Michael B. Gunn

Born on January 24, 1760, in Burlington County, New Jersey. Jacob Ong served as a Private in the Pennsylvania Continental Line under Captain Walker Finney’s Company of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under Colonel Robert Magan. He is also reported to have served 7 years in the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. He married Mary McGrew (1763-1852) in 1784; children: Rebecca, Finley, Jacpb, Isaac, Dinah, Nathan, John, Mary and James.

Jacob was a Quaker, and unlike other Quakers who served in the Revolution that were removed from their church, he remained a Quaker. After the War, he moved from Pennsylvania to Short Creek Township, Jefferson County, OH. He was one of the builders of the Friends Meeting House, on Main & Maple Streets, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.

He died at 88 years of age on January 20, 1848, and was buried at Quaker Cemetery, Smithfield, Ohio. Cemetery notes and/or description: The cemetery is located on the southeast side of Main Street (Ohio State Route 152) at its intersection with Maple Avenue and with Stadium Avenue as its southern boundary. The cemetery is located in Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He has a memorial stone he shares with his wife and a bronze 1776 marker.

DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 2, p. 2186. J.A. Caldwell, History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, pp. 549, 568, 569. Charles Green, “Some Revolutionary Veterans buried in Jefferson Co., OH”, Jefferson County Lines, Spring 1999, Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 5. Thomas L. Montgomery, Ed., Archives of Pennsylvania, Fifth Series, Volume III, (Harrisburg, Pa.: 1906), p. 162. Information from his personal Memorial marking stone.

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