Jacob Aaron Westervelt
Jacob Aaron Westervelt (January 20, 1800 – February 21, 1879) was a renowned and prolific shipbuilder who constructed 247 vessels of all descriptions during his career of over 50 years. From 1853 until 1855 he was Mayor of New York City.
Jacob O. Meyer
Jacob Owen Meyer (November 11, 1934 – April 9, 2010) was the founder and directing elder of the Assemblies of Yahweh (not to be confused with the pre-existing Assembly of Yahweh) which was the largest organization within the Sacred Name Movement.
Meyer was born in Bethel, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a conservative, religious German-descended family, and was active in his local Anabaptist congregation. He studied at the Evangelical Congregational School of Theology (now the Evangelical Seminary) in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. While there, Meyer found himself concerned that professors, teachers and theologians who confirmed that the Biblical name of God was "Yehovah" (of which "Yahweh" is a variant) used terms such as "God" outside the classroom. Believing that liberalism was undermining the Church of the Brethren denomination to which he belonged, Meyer and his wife began to look for alternative religious groups including Sacred Name Movement groups.