Henry JACOBS

1840 -    Has 7 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

Ralph JACOBS

Abt 1803 - 1866  (63 years)

Birth	Abt 1803	Spitalfields, London, England
Died	2 Jan 1866	London, England
	Age: 63y
	Cause: Chronic Bronchitis
	Address: 58 Old Street Road, Shoreditch
Father	Philip JACOBS,   b. Abt 1771, London, England
Mother	Unknown [JACOBS]
Family	Mary BENJAMIN,   b. Abt 1811, Minories, London, England
Married	19 Jul 1826	London, England
Children	1. David JACOBS,   b. Abt 1830, Cheapside, London, England   2. Hannah JACOBS,   b. Abt 1831, Minories, London, England   3. Levi JACOBS,   b. Abt 1833, Shoreditch, London, England   4. Jane JACOBS,   b. Abt 1835, Shoreditch, London, England   5. Abraham JACOBS,   b. Abt 1837, Shoreditch, London, England   6. Henry JACOBS,   b. Between Jul 1840 and Sep 1840, City of London, England   7. Leah JACOBS,   b. Abt 1841, Shoreditch, London, England   8. Jacob JACOBS,   b. Between Jan 1844 and Mar 1844, City of London, England   9. Eliza JACOBS,   b. Between Jul 1847 and Sep 1847, Whitechapel, London, England

Mary BENJAMIN

Abt 1811 - 1875  (64 years)

Birth	Abt 1811	Minories, London, England
Died	23 Jun 1875	London, England
	Age: 80y
	Cause: Psoriasis. Effusion of the brain
	Address: 3 Pell Street
Family	Ralph JACOBS,   b. Abt 1803, Spitalfields, London, England
Married	19 Jul 1826	London, England
Children	1. David JACOBS,   b. Abt 1830, Cheapside, London, England   2. Hannah JACOBS,   b. Abt 1831, Minories, London, England   3. Levi JACOBS,   b. Abt 1833, Shoreditch, London, England   4. Jane JACOBS,   b. Abt 1835, Shoreditch, London, England   5. Abraham JACOBS,   b. Abt 1837, Shoreditch, London, England   6. Henry JACOBS,   b. Between Jul 1840 and Sep 1840, City of London, England   7. Leah JACOBS,   b. Abt 1841, Shoreditch, London, England   8. Jacob JACOBS,   b. Between Jan 1844 and Mar 1844, City of London, England   9. Eliza JACOBS,   b. Between Jul 1847 and Sep 1847, Whitechapel, London, England

• Name	Henry JACOBS  [1]
  Birth	Between Jul 1840 and Sep 1840	City of London, England   [2, 3, 4]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1841	London, England   [3]
  	Age: 9m
  	Address: Cock Hill, Bishopsgate
  Census	30 Mar 1851	London, England   [2]
  	Age: 10y
  	Address: 10 Charles St., Tower Hamlets
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Scholar
  Miscellaneous	9 Nov 1855	Shoreditch, London, England   [5]
  	Address: 31 St John's Terrace, Hackney Road
  	Lists Henry as being Insane in the Workhouse. Parents listed as Ralph & Mary Jacobs - Dealer in Glass
  Miscellaneous	24 Oct 1856	Shoreditch, London, England   [6]
  	Address: 31 St John's Terrace, Hackney Road
  	Settlement Papers Gives ages of some children and notes that son Henry is a Lunatic in Hopton House Asylum. Information found by Phil Kirby
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Tower Hamlets, London, England   [7]
  	Age: 30y
  	Address: 7 Pell Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Lodger Living in same house as sister Jane and her family.
  Ancestor Count	9
  Reference Number	BR 1179a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	B362D2ACC2D94C66A6E6F21A1DAE189FFA14
  Person ID	I4116	Simpson
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Ralph JACOBS,   b. Abt 1803, Spitalfields, London, England d. 2 Jan 1866, London, England (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary BENJAMIN,   b. Abt 1811, Minories, London, England d. 23 Jun 1875, London, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1826	London, England   [8]
  Family ID	F1299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between Jul 1840 and Sep 1840 - City of London, England Census - Age: 9m,Address: Cock Hill, Bishopsgate - 6 Jun 1841 - London, England Census - Age: 10y,Address: 10 Charles St., Tower Hamlets - 30 Mar 1851 - London, England Miscellaneous - Address: 31 St John's Terrace, Hackney Road - 9 Nov 1855 - Shoreditch, London, England Miscellaneous - Address: 31 St John's Terrace, Hackney Road - 24 Oct 1856 - Shoreditch, London, England Census - Age: 30y,Address: 7 Pell Street - 2 Apr 1871 - Tower Hamlets, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2166] Death Cert - Jacobs, Mary. [S2123] 1851 Census - HO 107/1534 F503 P21 - Jacobs, Ralph. [S2124] 1841 Census - HO 107/0725 B15 F010 P12 - Jacobs, David. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 1840 JAS East London 2 184. [S3183] Jacobs, Henry - Settlement Record (1855). [S3182] Jacobs, Ralph - Settlement Record 1856. [S4131] 1871 Census RG 10-0529 F07 P07 - Herller, David. [S2120] Great Synagogue Marriage Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire. GSM 239/40