Jacob Ambrose 
Jacob was born in 1784 in Berkeley County, Virginia. Jacob's father was William Henry Ambrose and his mother is Sarah. He had nine brothers and two sisters, named Mathias, William, Peter, Henry, Philip, John, Frederick, Daniel, Solomon, Peggy and Catherine. He was the third youngest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 85 in 1869 in Mason County, Illinois.1 General Notes
The following deed record appears in Champaign County Deed Book Vol. N, page 496:
1836 John Goddard and wife Mary sell to Joseph Ford
For fifty five and one half dollars. ( Land study by Pat Stickley says 77 acres) parcel of land to wit: being part of sw 1/2 of SEC. 20 in t. five of range eleven...beginning at the nw corner of a 20 acre lot deeded by Thomas Ford to Jacob AMBROSE, thence west forty-two and one half poles, thence s to the nw corner of a nine (?) acre lot deeded by said Thomas Ford to Josiah Richards, thence e to said 20 acre lot, thence n. to the place of beginning, Save and except two acres lying in a square out of the NE corner of the above described land heretofore deeded by the said John Goddard and wife Mary to Nancy Porter in trust for her eldest child, supposed to contain nine and one fourth acres more or less.
Details of Jacob's family with Elizabeth
Details of Jacob's family with Julia S. Hendricks
1 Charles Ambrose
Further sources/citations:
Ruth Ambrose Stennett, Ambrose, Kapp, and branch lines dating from their 1770s immigrations to 1990, 1850 Federal Census, U.S. Federal Census
Further sources/citations:
Ruth Ambrose Stennett, Ambrose, Kapp, and branch lines dating from their 1770s immigrations to 1990, 1850 Federal Census, U.S. Federal Census