Family register
Jacob Sheafe
Jacob Sheafe (4 August 1616 – 22 March 1659) was born in Cranbrook, Kent, England. He married Margaret (Webb) Sheafe. His child was Elizabeth (Sheafe) Gibbs. He died in 1659, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Life and records
LOCKED 2026-10-31. Jacob Sheafe (Sheaffe), merchant of Boston, b. 4 Aug 1616 Cranbrook, Kent (church register, son of Edmund); came with his mother and Rev. Henry Whitfield (who married his sister Dorothy) to Guilford, removed to Boston 1643; m. c.1643 Margaret, only child of Henry Webb; Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. 1648; d. 22 Mar 1658/9 aged 42 (tomb inscription), leaving daughters Elizabeth and Mehitable. Sources: Savage IV:66; Boston Record Commissioners vol. 9. Lead (not published): his parents Edmund Sheafe x Joanna of Cranbrook (Joanna d. Guilford 1659); his sister is existing dorothy-sheafe-whitfield-bsb (no parents on Mayflower yet).