Jacob Crowninshield (1770 - 1808)

Biography
Hon. Capt. Jacob Crowninshield was born on 31 Mar 1770 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America to Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815) and Anstiss Williams (1700 - 1773) and died on 15 Apr 1808 in Washington, DC, USA. He died of tuberculosis. He is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. USA.

Occupation
He was a ship captain for his father's shipping firm, George Crowninshield & Sons. He started his life at sea as a cabin boy at the age of seventeen, then to a ship's master at age twenty, a merchant trader at age twenty six and eventually to a captain. The earliest account of Jacobs life at sea are from corresponding letters on his voyage on Elias Hasket "King" Derby's (1739 - 1799) ship Light Horse from 1788 to 1789 from Sable Bay to Cape Verde Islands of the northern west coat of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope; Ichabod Nichols was master. As a cabin boy, Jacob was a very obsverant young man, learning like a sponge and would report by writing letters to his employer Derby. Crowninshield reported that they made it to Cape Verde on September 14 and "crossed the line" on October 13th. Capt. Jacob Crowninshield was Captain of the ship Active which was built in 1786 and weighed 82 tons. He was Captain of the ship Henry which was owned by Elias Hasket "King" Derby. In 1801 he was a Member of the Massachusetts Senate. He was Chairman of the United States House Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. In Nov 1802 - Elected as a Democratic-Republica to the 8th, 9th and 10th Congress. From 4 Mar 1803 - 15 Apr 1808 - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district.

First Lineage
Dr. Johann Casper Richter von Kronenschelt (1661 - 1711)

m. Elizabeth Allen (1672 - 1711)

Capt. John Crowninshield (1696 - 1761)

m. Anstiss Williams (1700 - 1773)

Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815)

m. Mary Derby (1737 - 1813) Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772 - 1851)
 * Hon. Capt. Jacob Crowninshield (1770 - 1808)

m. Mary Boardman (1778 - 1840)

Hon. Francis Boardman Crownishield (1809 - 1877)

m. Sarah Gool Putnman (1810 - 1880)

Alice Crowninshield (1839 - 1926)

m. Josiah Bradlee III (1837 - 1902)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1951)

m. Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)

Second Lineage
Dr. Johann Casper Richter von Kronenschelt (1661 - 1711)

m. Elizabeth Allen (1672 - 1711)

Capt. John Crowninshield (1696 - 1761)

m. Anstiss Williams (1700 - 1773)

Capt. George Crowninshield (1734 - 1815)

m. Mary Derby (1737 - 1813) Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772 - 1851)
 * Hon. Jacob Crowninshield (1770 - 1808)

m. Mary Boardman (1778 - 1840)

Maj. Edward Augustus Crowninsnhield (1817 - 1859)

m. Caroline Marie Welch (1820 - 1897)

Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1918)

m. Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1841 - 1921)

Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

m. Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)