I am decended from Jacob and his wife through their sons Jacob (m. Prudence Ann Baker) and John (m. Susannah Barlow) (both on my mother's side of the family.... gotta love it when the family tree doesn't branch very far....). I would not be surprised is Elizabeth was not Catholic. John Burgoon (s. of Jacob Sr.)'s wife Susannah was not Catholic until shortly before she died. There is an account of Fr. Gallitzin coming to her bedside and converting her. One thing I've found researching my family from Maryland (who ended up in PA eventually) is that there seemed to be a lot of intermarriage between protestants and catholics (which really confused me since that was not particularly common from what I know.) I don't know if it was because there weren't many Catholics at the time in Maryland (at some times Catholics in Maryland had to practice in secret from what I've been told... though how true that is, I don't know.)