His father founded Jacobs' Inn, a well known institution in Thompson, Connecticut, of which both George Washington and Lafayette were guests.
[1] Elder Jacobs moved from Rhode Island to Thompson, Connecticut, to found a Baptist church in 1750.
The American Baptist Magazine describes him and others as having travelled to Framingham, Massachusetts, to preach and spread their faith.
[2] On June 19, 1767, Elder Jacobs met with others in the process founding the Baptist Church in Royalston, Massachusetts, where he eventually became the first pastor.
[6] At the centennial of Royalston, Governor Alexander Bullock said "he left many of those marked and decisive influences which control a local history.