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//This portrait by their son Thomas shows Duché and his wife Elizabeth, a sister of Declaration of Independence.//

The Reverend Jacob Duché was the Rector of Christ Church located in Philadelphia, PA. Until 1777, he was chaplin to the Continental Congress. Reverend gave the first opening prayer for the first continental congress in 1774. Because Reverend was fearful that Independence could not be achieved, he joined the Tories. He then fled to England after the British abandoned Philadelphia in 1778. Despite the fact that they were accused of high treason, to go against ones country, Reverend and Mrs. Duché in 1792.