Background
He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) Johan Daniel Stub (1736–1802) and grandson of Lauritz Stub (1708-1774), both of whom served as judges in Bergen.
He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) Johan Daniel Stub (1736–1802) and grandson of Lauritz Stub (1708-1774), both of whom served as judges in Bergen.
He grew up in Eid in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Jens Stub was a priest by education. He earned his degree in theology (Candtheol) in 1788.
He died in a boat accident in 1819 in Tresfjord, Møre og Romsdal.
Stub was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 at which time he worked as dean in Romsdals Amt.
