The Jobs
An ancestor of ours is Andrew Job, Jr, .who was an early American Quaker.
He was born in 1650 on a ship traveling to North America. A long record of his
life and descendents may be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/andrew.html.
He lived on a 1000 acre property in West Nottingham, Cecil County Maryland,
which at that time was land in dispute between William Penn and Lord
Baltimore. In 1718 in Philadelphia he assumed the indenture of a young lady
named Elizabeth Maxwell, who was the niece of Daniel DeFoe, author of Robinson
Crusoe. In 1725 Elizabeth married Thomas Vernon Job, the son of Andrew Job.
They named one of their sons Daniel Job. Daniel Job married Mary Brown. A
photo of a piece of her wedding dress may be found at http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/DressPieces3.jpg
in the lower left. Daniel Job's will is posted at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/will_of_daniel_job.htm.
One of their sons, Archibald Job, married Rebekah Allen in 1803. They moved to
the "Northwest Territory" which at that time was land beyond the
Ohio River. Map of the early settlement around the area where they settled may
be found at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/earlymap1.jpg
A photograph of Rebekah Allen in her elderly years may be found at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/rebecca-job0003.jpg.
Archibald and Rebekah Job had several children. One of them was Juliana.
She married Reece Berry in 1843. A photo of Juliana Job Berry (far left)
and her family may be found at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/berry2.jpg.
At one time the area in which they lived in Eastern Ohio was known as
Jobtown. A reference to it is made on a State of Ohio historical marker
located as you enter Colerain, Ohio on U.S. 250 out of Wheeling West Virginia.
They attended the The Concord Meeting which was the first in the
Northwest Territory of Ohio. Ohio became a state in 1803. Further information
on that meeting house may be found at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/concord.htm.
The meeting house in this photo was built in the 1890s. The original
building was built around 1813, and the meetings of the Concord congregation
started in 1792. I do have additional information, old newspaper articles,
etc. about the meeting house. We have the original indenture for the
land transfer, after the meeting house was built, dated 29 June 1819. I will
attempt to get it scanned in the near future. An older photo of the Hicksite
Meeting in Emerson, OH, and the Concord Meeting near Colerain, OH house may
be found at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/meetinghouses1a.jpg
Except for Julianna Job Berry, there are no Jobs buried in the Concord
cemetery. They are likely either in the Hicksite cemetery in Emerson, Ohio or
in the Short Creek cemetery, located just outside Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. The
Hicksite and the Short Creek cemeteries are only about 2 miles from each
other. Unfortunately the older parts of the Short Creek cemetery have been
grossly neglected. A close small forest has overtaken it. It is even
difficult to discern even where the graves may have been. On a visit in
1999, I didn't have any luck finding family members who may be buried
there.
The Job's attended meeting in Mt Pleasant. An old photo of the meeting may be
seen at
http://www.johnsaunders.com/family/quaker/mtpleasant.jpg.
I know it looks like a barn from a distance. It's made of brick. The meeting
house is still there and in pretty good shape. Homes have been built all
around it so this photo is truly a blast from the past. On the back of another
photo of the building it says "Built 1814-15 Cost $12,345.62 1/2
Dimensions 90 by 62 feet." I guess they kept track of half cents back
then. To the best of my knowledge there is still an annual meeting held there.
Some other interesting artifacts we have include:
