Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJudson Jaqua
Birth1 Apr 1792, Columbia City, Columbia, NY1,2
Death13 Apr 1878, Darke, OH1,2
BurialYankeetown Cemetery, Yankeetown, Darke, OH1,2
FatherGamaliel Jaqua (1764-1835)
MotherEleanor Campbell (1765-1855)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Yankeetown Cemetery, Yankeetown, Darke, OH1,158, Judson Jaqua, 12 children, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52911965
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Judson Jaqua, 12 children, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LZK2-M1P
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Judson Jaqua, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1830 Harrison, Darke, OH, page 17, Judson Jaqua, males: 1 <5,1 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 30-40, females: 1 <5, 1 5-10, 1 30-40
!CENSUS: 14-Nov-1850 District 31, Harrison, Darke, OH, 67/70
!REFERENCE: 1857 Harrison, Darke, OH map159, J. Jaqua
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1860 Harrison, Darke, OH, 313/269
!CENSUS: 15-Jun-1870 Harrison, Darke, OH, 324/328
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: 1874, Judson Jaqua, https://web.archive.org/web/20120429133951/http://...lly/darke/people.htm
!REFERENCE: 1881 History of Jay County, IN, page 442, Judson Jaqua
!REFERENCE: 1895 History of Boone County, IN, page 154; Yankeetown Cemetery, Harrison, Darke, OH inscription for daughter Welthy A. Jaqua Hossafous; DAR 5069773, (1904) for Mrs. Clara Barton Jaqua Meck, page 313; DAR 71768 (1908) for Mrs. Genevra Imogene Jaqua Hawkins, page 274; DAR 77822 (1910) for Mrs. Mary Stakebake Hinshaw, page 305; The Ancestors, Children and Grandchildren of James Campbell (1739-1813) and Jane Knox (1744-1840) of Blandford, MA and Burlington, PA (1970), page 11
!REFERENCE: 1909 Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, OH burial160 for daughter Terrissa O. Swerer, Judson Jaqua
!REFERENCE: Jaqua (Jaques) Data from Notebooks of Fred. A. Henry161, page 9
!REFERENCE: FGS from Ruth J. King, born 01-Apr-1792, died 13-Apr-1878
!REFERENCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana162
!REFERENCE: Jaqua Genealogy Database163
!REFERENCE: First Ladies of Indiana and The Governors164, " pages 85-86, Judson Jaqua, son of a cooper, was born 01-Apr-1792, at Columbia City, New York. When Judson was 15, the family moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania,and lived with his parents until he was 21. The family was not wealthy, and he had just 12 days of schooling. In Bradford County, he met Lucinda Braffett, whose father died when she was 11. During her teens she worked as a hired girl for two and a half years for 75 cents per week. On 15-Dec-1816, when he was 24 and she 19, they were married. On their 50th wedding anniversary, 1866, Judson wrote about their early life. Ten months after their marriage, they began a pilgrimage westward, driving an ox team as far as the Allegheny River. There they sold the team and wagon (on credit). After a brief rest, they came on a flat boat down the Allegheny to Pittsburgh, where they lost their boat because of highwater. They had only about $200. They joined some other people in building a raft, and after a perilous trip down the Ohio, reached Cincinnati in 1817, a year and a half after they started. They were almost out of money, but they hired a team and moved to Warren County, Ohio, six miles east of Lebanon, into an old log cabin which had no chimney and no doors. By then the couple had one bushel of corn meal and fifty cents in cash; but they cut wood, fixed the cabin and grew and hunted food. With several other families of Connecticut Yankees they moved in Apr-1819 to Darke County, OH, and called their settlement Yankeetown. Judson bought land from the government for $1 per acre. He was a persevering worker and a leader in the community. He helped to get schools, was a watch and clock repairman for the village and made all the shoes for his large family."
!NOTE: 23-May-2001 email from Wells & Mary Behee to Don Braffitt, "Judson Jaqua was first known Universalist in the New Madison, OH area. In 1829 Judson Jaqua an accredited agent for the Universalist publications "Sentinel" and "Star of the West" came to New Madison. He was misunderstood and ill-used. Judson came to New Madison through PA. from Columbia City, Columbia County, N.Y. just west of the Massachusetts border. His father was from Litchfield, Connecticut, and his mother from New London, Connecticut. So they brought their Universalism to New Madison from the New England states."
!REFERENCE: 18-Jan-2007 email from great-granddaughter Sally Wilson to Don Braffitt, "Hi, I am Sally Jaqua Wilson. My grandfather was Charles Jaqua. Great grandfather was Judson A. Jaqua. I can give you more info on Charles. His wife etc."
Spouses
Birth17 Sep 1797, Luzerne, PA1,2
Death29 Apr 1885, New Madison, Darke, OH1,2
BurialYankeetown Cemetery, Yankeetown, Darke, OH1,2
FatherJames Braffett (~1763-~1808)
MotherRebecca Gore (1776-1859)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Yankeetown Cemetery, Yankeetown, Darke, OH1,158, Lucinda Jaqua, 12 children, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55635075
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Lucinda Braffett, 12 children, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LZK2-MYQ
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Lucinda Braffett, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt
!REFERENCE: First Ladies of Indiana and The Governors164, pages 85-86, "In Bradford County, he met Lucinda Braffett, whose father died when she was 11. During her teens she worked as a hired girl for two and a half years for 75 cents per week. On 15-Dec-1816, when he was 24 and she 19, they were married."
!REFERENCE: 1880 History of Darke County, OH, page 697; 1881 History of Jay County, IN, (p. 2?); Yankeetown Cemetery, Harrison, Darke, OH inscription for daughter Welthy A. Jaqua Hossafous; DAR 5069773, (1904) for Mrs. Clara Barton Jaqua Meck, page 313, Braffitt; DAR 71768 (1908) for Mrs. Genevra Imogene Jaqua Hawkins, page 273; DAR 77822 (1910) for Mrs. Mary Stakebake Hinshaw, page 305; The Ancestors, Children and Grandchildren of James Campbell (1739-1813) and Jane Knox (1744-1840) of Blandford, MA and Burlington, PA (1970), page 11
!REFERENCE: Jaqua (Jaques) Data from Notebooks of Fred. A. Henry161, page 9
!REFERENCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana162
!REFERENCE: Jaqua Genealogy Database163
!REFERENCE: Mrs. Jaqua, https://web.archive.org/web/20120629051046/http://...lly/darke/people.htm
!REFERENCE: 18-Jan-2007 email from great-granddaughter Sally Wilson to Don Braffitt, "Hi, I am Sally Jaqua Wilson. My grandfather was Charles Jaqua. Great grandfather was Judson A. Jaqua. I can give you more info on Charles. His wife etc."
Marriage15 Dec 1816, New Burlington, Bradford, PA
ChildrenCharles (1818-1903)
 James Braffett (1820-1906)
 Wealthy Ann (1822-1861)
 Hiram (1824-1894)
 Allen (1827-1827)
 Eliza (1828-1908)
 Ladessa (1831-1859)
 Morris (1832-1853)
 Allen (1835-1895)
 Terrisa O. (1838-1909)
 Perry (1839-1840)
 Cassius M. C. (1842-1865)
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