NOTE: This is merely the start of a work in progress -  trying to learn more about these men and who their families may have been. I am  particularly interested in the ones with Quaker links. 
              Sharon Oddie Brown. January 26, 2010. 
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        JACKSON Freemen in Dublin 
          
        SOURCE: An
          Alphabetical List of Freeman of the City of Dublin Commencing
            January, 1774, and ending 15th January, 1824. The Irish Ancestor. Vol. XV, Nos.
              1 and 2 1983 
        NOTE: There
          are other sources that I have yet to get to. John Gilbert's Calendar
            of Ancient Records of Dublin listed those who were admitted on the basis of special
          requests or else for services rendered. Apparently the Assembly
            Rolls in the City Hall, Dublin, also includes further information as does a list  held at
          the Genealogical Office, Dublin (Mss.
            490-3). J.J. Webb's The
              Guilds of Dublin. 
          
        Men
          (always men in those days) who were the rank and file tradesmen and craftsmen were admitted
          in various ways: 
        
          - Birth –
            if they were the eldest surviving son of a freeman.
 
          - Service –
            after completing an apprenticeship to a Dublin freeman of the trade listed
            beside their name under the column for Corporation.
 
          - “Grace
            Especial” – this would be by special request, done as a favour or a
            recommendation.
 
          - Gratis –
            in other words admitted for free by special arrangement and without the
            payment of fees.
 
          - Honorary
            – this list does not include these names.
 
         
          
        I have sorted the table first by year, and then beneath, by
          Corporation and then year. This way, it is easier to see the patterns that may
          indicate relationships (since families and trades often seemed to coincide). As
          I learn more about these various JACKSONs, I will add more notes and footnotes. 
          
        Sorted by year 
          
        
          
            Name  | 
            Date  | 
            Year  | 
            Corporation  | 
            How Admitted
              & My Notes  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1774  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1775  | 
            Goldsmith  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1778  | 
            Plumber  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Luke R.  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1783  | 
            Smith  | 
            “Grace Especial” There may be a McNEIL connection.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1783  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Richard  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1786  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Birth”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Robert  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1786  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Birth”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Samuel  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1789  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1789  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Easter  | 
            1790,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Christopher  | 
            Easter  | 
            1790,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, James  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1790,  | 
            Merchant  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Zachariah  | 
            Easter  | 
            1792,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Josua  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1792,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Caleb  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1792,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Thomas  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1799,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Alexander  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1803,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, Hugh  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1806,  | 
            Merchant  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Strettle  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1807,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth” NOTE: A will was probated for a
              Strettle JACKSON of Peterboro (1810).
                One of the Quaker line in Youghal, Co. Cork JACKSONs  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Jacob  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1807,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph D.  | 
            Easter  | 
            1812,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1813,  | 
            Smith  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Robert  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1814,  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1816,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Samuel  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1819,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, George  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1821,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1822,  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
         
          
        Sorted by Corporation. 
          
        
          
            Name  | 
            Date  | 
            Year  | 
            Corporation  | 
            How Admitted   | 
           
          
            Jackson, Alexander  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1803,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, Jacob  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1807,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, George  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1821,  | 
            City at large  | 
               | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1775  | 
            Goldsmith  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1783  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Richard  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1786  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Birth”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Robert  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1786  | 
            Hosier  | 
            “Birth”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, James  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1790,  | 
            Merchant  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Hugh  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1806,  | 
            Merchant  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1778  | 
            Plumber  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Luke R.  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1783  | 
            Smith  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1813,  | 
            Smith  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Easter  | 
            1790,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Christopher  | 
            Easter  | 
            1790,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Zachariah  | 
            Easter  | 
            1792,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Thomas  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1799,  | 
            Stationer  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1774  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Robert  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1814,  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, John  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1822,  | 
            Tailor  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Samuel  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1789  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, William  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1789  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Service”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Josua  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1792,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Caleb  | 
            Michaelmass  | 
            1792,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Grace Especial”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Strettle  | 
            Christmas  | 
            1807,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph D.  | 
            Easter  | 
            1812,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Joseph  | 
            Michaelmas  | 
            1816,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
          
            Jackson, Samuel  | 
            Midsummer  | 
            1819,  | 
            Weaver  | 
            “Birth”.  | 
           
         
          
       
      
           
          
             Calendar of ancient records
              of Dublin in the possession of the municipal corporation of that city. Gilbert,
                John Thomas, Sir, 1829-1898, ed., Gilbert, Rosa M. 1841-1921., Weldrick, John
                Francis. Published in 1889, by authority of the Municipal council J. Dollard; (Dublin). See also: The Irish Statute Staple Books, 1596-1687. Jane Ohlmeyer
                  & Éamonn Ó Ciardha, editors. Four Courts Press. 1999. 
           
        
             Luke
              JACKSON 
          
              - Material for a McNeale Pedigree. Published in The Irish Genealogist Vol I, No. II 1942 p327-333. DANIEL MCNEILL,
                Doctor of Medicine, Monaghan. Son Henry. Nephews Revd. Daniel and John McNeill. Cousin Mrs. Eliza Brother John McNeill. Cousin Luke Jackson
 
            - NOTE: His showing up as a Smith may have represented
              a change in career to a craft that required less fine motor control (and
              because of the melting of scrap metal to make type, may have been
              connected). A Luke JACKSON had been an engraver , copperplate printer, and
              print seller at the following places:  6
                Upper Quay, 1776; 23 Skinner Row, 1777; 5 East Cole alley, 1778-1779; 19
                Abbey St, 1780-1783
 
           
          
              - 1775 10 Jun engaged,
                married Hannah Rhames, both of Upper Blind Quay … she was related to Benjamin
                Rhames, music seller
 
            - On February 6th, 1782, the floor of
              Music hall collapsed at guild meeting to nominate the Parliamentary
              candidate and Luke Jackson’s arm was broken … this accident appears to
              have ended his career as an engraver. SOURCE: A Dictionary of Members of the
                Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800: Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the
                  Evangelist, Dublin. Mary Pollard, Oxford University Press, 2000
 
           
         
        
             John JACKSON.  
          
              - 1781 21 Nov, John Jackson,
                with consent of mother Esther, of Ballytore, Co. Kildare, apprenticed to
                Benjamin Keightley … NOTE: This ties him in to the JACKSONs of Ballitore,
                  Co. Kildare. They were Quakers who had moved from Mountmellick. SOURCE: A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade
                    1550-1800:
                      Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, Dublin. Mary
                      Pollard, Oxford University Press, 2000.p. 313 
 
            - Following
              up on the Ballitore connection: Richard
                JACKSON’s descendants later moved to Ballitore (with William BARCROFT
                & John PIM. They became involved in agriculture and Mountmellick
                  soon became the leading Quaker colony outside of Dublin. .... The access
                  of Quakers to land in Co. Kildare and Co. Carlow was twofold; either they
                  acquired it by grant as in the case of ex-Cromwellian soldiers, or those
                  who objected to this practices (as in the case of General William
                  Barcroft, who refused a grant of land as it had been acquired by the
                  sword) on religious ground settled on land hitherto uncultivated. NOTE:
                earlier version of Ballitore was recorded as the townland of Ballitoivre. The
                  geographic location of Carlow monthly meeting district extended from the
                  town of Athy in south Co. Kildare to Tullow in Co. Carlow, Its development
                  followed the course of the river Barrow and later it extended eastwards to
                  encompass the newly established village of Ballitore in the early
                  eighteenth century. This triangular-shaped region incorporated the four
                  adjoining baronies ... Narragh and Reban in Co. Kildare. Where a meeting
                  house was built in Athy and Ballitore in 1708; and Kilkea and Moone where
                  a meeting house was built at Castledermot. In Co. Carlow meeting-houses
                  were built at Newgarde (later Carlow) and Newtown in the barony of Idrone,
                  and lastly at Kilconner, in 1678 in the barony of Forth. Graveyards were
                  built in Newgarden and Ballykeally in Co. Carlow and at Ballitore in Co.
                  Kildare....10 of the original Cromwellian planters (four of whom
                    were ex-Cromwellian soldiers) settled during the first period, 1650-1675.
                    They did not make a significant impact on the area, as five of the
                    original families had left the area by 1700, and by 1725 all their
                    surnames had disappeared from the Quaker registers. .... Robert Lecky
                land transactions ... The other Quakers such as  ... and Jacksons faded
                  into oblivion – presumably they migrated or married non-Quakers, with
                  resulted in their disownment. SOURCE: Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society
                    1991 Vol 17 #1Quakerism in the
                      Carlow/Kildare Area 1650-1850 p133
 
           
         
        
             Christopher JACKSON Probably part of Jackson & Co.  
          
              - Jackson, Christopher 1770-1793
                Bookseller, auctioneer. Free or admitted 1790, worked at 32 Skinner Rd.
                1777-; 4 then 26 (1781) Anglesea st, Oct 1779-1782-, Essex st, 1781-. With
                John Beatty 1777. 
 
            - 1770 15 Jan with consent of
              mother Isabella, milliner apprenticed to James Williams. List of
              publications included Sorrows of Werter by Goethe, Letter from
                Edmunde Burke in vindication of his conduct produced for P.
              Byrne … letter commending Christopher Jackson for rescuing this “from
              Obscurity”.offers 10 gns reward for discovery of person who threw stones
              into his auction room in Essex st injuring a gent during sale (HJ)…. It
              seems likely that Christopher Jackson failed in business after three years
              of intense activity and an inventiveness worthy of his former master, J.
              Williams. 1787 15 Dec memorial of agreement: Christopher Jackson to act as
              clerk and shopkeeper to Anthony Gerna. … produced for Christopher Jackson  Considerations on religion and public education. SOURCE: A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade
                1550-1800:
                  Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, Dublin. Mary
                  Pollard, Oxford University Press, 2000.p. 310
 
           
         
        
             Zachariah JACKSON is one of the Quaker JACKSONs
              active in the printing trades in Dublin.  
          
              - When he was the publisher of a large leather-bound Bible, he was at 18 Great Ship-Street, Dublin, in
                1793.
 
            - 1793 Thomas Clements, engraver - plates signed in both
              volumes, Kennicott’s Universal family Bible per Z. Jackson. George
              Grierson claimed this infringed his patent right; L. Chancellor was unwilling... case was dismissed… SOURCE: A
                Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800: Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke
                  the Evangelist, Dublin. Mary Pollard, Oxford University Press, 2000. P107
                  & 256
 
            - He also printed a sheet containing Monody on Louis XVI late King of France”
              and other articles on Louis XVI [Printed by Z. Jackson, 18 Great Ship
              St. Dublin, 18th C.] (M1819 cited in Manuscript Sources for the
              History of Irish Civilization, Richard J. Hayes, ed. 1965) 
 
            - 1789 married Jane MEREDYTH
              (St. Anne, PRS, XI) …. When Zachariah went to France is not clear; he was
              presumably there when war was declared in 1803, and perhaps earlier; he
              refers variously to 9 and 11 years captivity. Letter from prisoner of war
              at Verdun, 2 Jul 1806, says that writer had met only 2 Dubliners amongst
              those detained at outset of war, Zachariah Jackson being one (DJ, 5 Sept).
              When he reached London is unknown. SOURCE: A Dictionary of
                Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800: Based on the Records of the
                  Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, Dublin. Mary Pollard, Oxford University
                  Press, 2000.
 
           
         
        
             Thomas JACKSON.  
          
              - He was a Bookseller, circulating library and lottery office
              keeper. Free 1799. 4 Essex gate 1784-1789; 23 Parliament st Nov 1789-1800; 3
            Sackville st Mar 1800-1807.
 
              - 1784 19 Apr, Universal Circulating Library: above 10,000
                vols bought at great expence from W. Spotswood, with book selling,
                printing, stationary at 4 Essex Gate; .. 20 May 1784 married Jane Cash
                (St. Mary, PRS, XII, 38) SOURCE: A Dictionary of Members of the
                  Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800: Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the
                    Evangelist, Dublin. Mary Pollard, Oxford University Press, 2000. P315
 
           
         
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