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John Jackson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dartmouth, Devon, England
Death: 1721
Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Place of Burial: Uppingham, Northamptonshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of John Jackson, of Portsmouth and Joan Jackson
Husband of Mary; 1st wife of John Jackson and Abigail Jackson
Father of Martha Moses; Mary Jackson; Mary Walker; John Jackson; Martha Towle and 3 others
Brother of Richard Jackson; Thomas Jackson; Tamsen Dore; Salome White; Samson Jackson and 1 other
Half brother of Dorothy Jackson

Occupation: Cooper, mariner, Mariner
Managed by: Nancy D. Coon
Last Updated:

About John Jackson

John was a cooper and a mariner.

  • parents: John JACKSON b: BEF 27 DEC 1608 c: 26 DEC 1608 in Paignton, Devonshire, England & Joane LURFETE b: ABT 1612

Married

  1. Unknown UNKNOWN
  2. Abigail UNKNOWN on 7 OCT 1685

Children of 1st wife

  1. Mary b: ABT 1672
  2. John.
  3. Daniel. Married Elizabeth.
  4. Samuel.
  5. Martha. Married 1) John Boulter 2) Bryan Dore 3) Philip Towle.
  6. Lydia. Married Christopher Noble.

Links

Notes

From http://www.ourgenerationsancestors.org/getperson.php?personID=I1057...

  • CHR: E. J. Carnell, et al, eds, "Dartmouth, St. Saviours Parish Register," 5 vols. (transcript, n.d.; Devon and Cornwall Record Society), 1:149 (FHL #917192). John is also mentioned in the estate recs of his father, John Jackson of Portsmouth, 1666 (PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 9 vols., repr of New Hampshire State Papers Series, vols. 31-39 [Bowie, MD, 1989-90], 1:46-47 [FHL #974.2 P2p]).
  • MAR #1: John's 1st wife in unknown, but children were born prior to his 2nd mar. The son Samuel, mentioned in a deed below, died in 1732, age 53, according to his gravestone inscription (Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE [Portland, ME, 1928-39; repr Baltimore, 1983], 372 [FHL #974 D2n]).
  • MAR #2: Mar rec not found, but John was probably married to his 2nd wife, Abigail Ellins, shortly after a pre-nuptial agreement was made, 17 Oct 1685 (New Hampshire Province Deeds, 5:78 [FHL #015411]). She was the widow of Anthony Ellins of Portsmouth (Ibid, 5:103, 104 [FHL #015411]).
  • DEATH: No death rec found. John was living in Portsmouth on 4 Jul 1719 when he sold land to his son Samuel (New Hampshire Province Deeds, 13:227 [FHL #015414]).

~LDS ORDINANCES BEPS2: IGI

Citations

  • link to New England Marriages Prior to 1700By Clarence Almon Torrey Page 248
  • link to Provincial and State Papers edited by Nathaniel Bouton, Isaac Weare Hammond, Albert Stillman Batchellor, Henry Harrison Metcalf, Otis Grant Hammond
  • link to The Evans-Jackson genealogy: the Jones and Evans families of Portage County ... By Owen D. Evans, Annie Jackson Evans. Page 39
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John Jackson's Timeline

1638
September 30, 1638
Dartmouth, Devon, England
September 30, 1638
Dartmouth, Devon, England
1650
1650
Age 11
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
1650
Age 11
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
1667
1667
1672
1672
1675
1675
1676
1676
Hampton, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
1677
1677
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States