The Silver Bowl: Jacksons of Tobermore

+ Sarah ASHE[3] b. 1 Oct 1698, m. 1713, d. Between 1735 and 1747, par. Lieut.

|--3-Luke JACKSON[18] b. Bef 1727, d. After 1759, of Ternafau in Co Londonderry

---3-Martha JACKSON[20] b. After 1727, d. After 1760, of Culbane, Co Londonderry

|--2-Dr. William JACKSON[23] b. Bef 1706, d. Abt 1745, of Dunigrunan, Parish of

+ Martha CORNWALL[24] b. Abt 1712, m. 20 Jan 1740, par. John CORNWALL[25] Gent and

---2-Clark JACKSON[32] b. Bef 1707, d. After 19 Mar 1748, of Drumballyhagen Co.

+ Dorothy AVERELL[33] b. ? d. aft 1725 m. 1723, par. Adam AVERELL and Unknown

[1] Capt. William JACKSON

· ROD: 34-172-21077- Image 93 -1701 Apr 21 Registered: 1722 Jun 22- Tripartite deed dated April 1, 1701: John HILL of Calmore [Calmore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], Co. Londonderry, Gent of 1^st pt; Samuel HILL, Calmore & Mary his wife both since dec’d of 2^nd part & Wm GAGE of Garvaghy [Garvagh , Parish Errigal, Barony Coleraine] in sd county since dec’d of 3^rd part; and of another indenture Feb 17, 1706 made btw said John HILL and Samuel of the 1 pt & William GAGE of the other part … several lands (not listed) in the quinpartite deed were mortgaged to William GAGE for security of £400 … subject to a rent charge to be paid to said John HILL during his life … Samuel HILL borrowed £15058399.13 and £20 from William GAGE and £150 pounds from William JACKSONof Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], Co. Londonderry Gent. And for securing the payment obliged William GAGE 28 Dec 1703 … The loan from William JACKSON dated 27^th July 1706. … Court of Common Pleas 27 Jan 1706 the penalty of £300.. in two separate instalments … Thomas GAGE of Ballymarghy [probably Bellymargy [Baile an Mhargaidh aka Bellarena, Parish Magilligan, Barony Keenaght] , son of William GAGE … equity descended to Rowly HILL of Calmore Esq. son & heir of Samuel and Mary HILL…Robert GAGE Rector of Aghadowey [Parish Aghadowey, Barony Coleraine] Clke & Robert BACON of Magiligan [Parish Magilligan, Barony Keenaght] both of Co. Londonderry Gents … Feb 9, 1720 btw Thomas GAGE of 1^st pt; William MONTGOMERY of 2^nd pt; Rowley Stephen HILL of 3^rd pt; Robert GAGE and Robert BACON of 4^th pt & said William JACKSON of 5^th pt. sold lands in his actual possession to MONTGOMERY including: Bally[more?] [??] [????] Carrnargie [??], Ballyreagh [Ballyreagh, Parish of Ballywillin, Barony N.E. Liberties of Coleraine] in Co. Londonderry & the quarter land of [???lle] Co. Antrim … term of 99 years …£711 …WITNESS: John GAGE of Aghadowey. Co. Londonderry & James GAGE of same. Memorial WITNESS: William LAW of Coleraine Gent & James GAGE of Aghadowey. The premises

· ROD 50-329-33227 1713 Feb 18 Capt Thomas ASH for £150 to be pd to John JACKSON intended groom and son of William JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], Londonderry before 1 May next as portion of Sarah ASH intended bride to John JACKSON left by her grandfather Hugh RAINY (deceased), William JACKSON agreed to pay John JACKSON £30 ster yrly from 1 May out of Ballyscreen, [Parish Ballynascreen, Loughinsholin] for term of 21 years. WITNESSES: James BRICKBY, Apothecary of Magherafelt, Londonderry; Samuel WRIGHT, Gent of [Mogillin?] James JOHNSTON, Gent of Magerafelt, Londonderry; Edward MOTTLEY, Clerk, Rector.

· ROD: 54-328-35929. Image 182 31 May 1726 Btw William JACKSON of Forthwilliam, Parish of Kilcronaghan, Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen in said Co. of other pt. for £350 paid by Simon ROWE lands near Ballynascreen afsd Containing by Estimation two Quarters of Land consting of Six Ballyboe commonly called Ballynetolbin Bally Conachony Ballychaon Ballyndee Dunernan [Dunarnon, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] and Ballynehone Reagh [Owenreagh, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] all lying and being in the Parish of Ballynescreen and aforesd County and held by the said William JACKSON by Lease from the See of Derry bearing Date 5 March 1721 WITNESS: Rowland McQUILLIN of Ballydermott William JACKSON jun of Forth William and James MASTERSON of Dorman Gent , all of the Barony of Loughinsholin.

· ROD: 64-106-42833. Image 372. 1729 Oct 27 Btw William JACKSON of Forthwilliam, [In townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Parish of Killeronaghan, Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen Co. Londonderry of other pt. Reciting: Reciting that whereas Henry Lord Bishop of Derry by Indenture of Lease 21 Aug 1729 did for the consideration therein mentioned demise unto the said Jackson his executors all that the territory or precinct of Land called the termon or Ernagh land of Ballynescreen containing two quarters of Land consisting of Six Ballyboes commonly called or known by the names of Ballintoubrick [later Tullybrick, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Bally Conachony , Ballychaon Ballivee Dunerhan and Ballynehowen reagh[Owenreagh, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] all lying and being in the Barony Loughinsholin & County aforesaid for the term of twenty one years. WITNESS: Clarke JACKSON of Fortwilliam, Co Derry, Gent. & John DOWNING of City of Dublin, Gent.. James SCOTT City of Dublin

· ROD: 88-77-61667, -- Image 354 1737 Jul 29 Between William JACKSON Sen. & William JACKSON jr. both of Fortwilliam [In townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in the Parish of Killcronaghan [Kilcronaghan], Co. Londonderry, Gent of the one part & Bellingham MAULEVERER Ck. Rector of Maghere in sd. Co. Of the other. Leased corn mill & lands in of Dunarnan [Dunarnon, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] Owenreagh [Owenreagh, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin ] Cavanreagh [Cavanreagh , Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Moneyconey [Moneyconey, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Tullybrick [Tullybrick, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] – parish of Ballynascreen, Co. Londonderry.

· ROD: 100-285-70504 Image 157 1737 Oct 21 BTW William JACKSON of Fortwilliam in the Parish of Killcarnae and County of Londonderry Gent of the one part and Walter LINDSAY of Cahowes and Barbara CORNWALL of Cornwall’s Grove Spinster both in the Barony of Dungannon and County of Tyrone of the last Will and Testament of John CORNWALL late of Cornwall’s Grove aforesaid Deced of the other part Importing that a Marriage was intended soon thereafter day to be solemnized between William JACKSON Jun Son of the above Named William JACKSON and Miss Martha CORNWALL Daughter of the said John and Barbara CORNWALL which Intended Marriage according took effect and the sum of £30 and £70 with the free hold of Dunnigrin or Fort William aforesaid and the Lease hold lands of Ballynascreen Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin called by the Names of Owenreagh [Owenreagh ] Dunarnan [possibly Glenviggan] Cavenreagh [Cavanreagh] Monycony [Moneyconey] Ballybrick [Tullybrick] and Moyard [Moyard] [all in Electoral Division of The Six Towns] are settled and charged with the payment of the said Severall Sums to the said William JACKSON In as expressed in the articles and a Jointure of £30 a year secured by the said Articles to the said Martha in case the survive her said husband with several other Covenants therein mentioned as by the same may more at large appear the due Execution of which articles by the said William JACKSON Senr and Barbara CORNWALL WITNESS: Rev Mr. John TRACY of Moybeg the County of Londonderry the William FLEMING of Monymore [probably Moneymore, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin] in the said County of Londonderry Gent and by Andrew CARMICHAEL of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone Scrivener and the signing & Sealing of this Memorial by the said Barbara CORNWALL [SEAL]

· ROD 101-172-70503 Jan 20, 1740 Lease by Catherine ROWLEY of City of Dublin spinster & Rowley HILL of Walworth, Co. Londonderry esq. to William JACKSON Jr of Dunnigrenan [possibly Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin] Parish of Kileronaghan [Kilcronaghan], Co Londonderry Surgeon bearing date the 17th day of June 1735 whereby Catherine ROWLEY demised to said William JACKSON all that part of the half town of Dunnigrennan formerly held by David BIGOTT John McMICHAEL together with the old Highway from the househead wherein Gillaspy M'CONNAGHY formerly lived to the Flush called Dunigrinen Flush also that part of the town of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] cont 3 tenements ranging to the street of Tobermore Town on the South and to a road or way of forty foot broad of the rere made out of Tobermore town to Dungrinene Fort on the West which was served out of this demise… more description.. were demised by Hugh ROWLEY to Robert Mc[???] and the same was held by Capt William JACKSON father to the said William JACKSON excepting unto the said Catherine ROWLEY & Rowley HILL the meadow next to the flush which Hugh ROWLEY kept to his own use. All to William JACKSON jr for lives of said Wm JACKSON jr. Ann CUNNINGHAM jr daughter of Gorges CUNNINGHAM of Spring Hill, Co. Londonderry & Martha CORNWALL daughter of John CORNWALL of Mullaghmargaret Co. Tyrone Gent. WITNESS: Letitia HILL, spinster, John CORNWALL sadler George MOORE Public Notary all of City of Dublin. NOTE : See reference to marriage of a William JACKSON to a Martha CORNWALL ROD #70504. This is a link - I believe - from the JACKSONs of Tobermore & the JACKSONs of Coleraine.

· ROD: 155-273-104565 Image 171 10 Jan 1750 BTW A Memorial of an assignment of a Deed of Mortgage BTW Bellingham MAULEVERER the Rector of Maghera in the County of Londonderry of the one part and Archibald McNEIL of Belfast in Co. Antrim Gent of the other part Whereby the said Bellingham MAULEVERER for £526.1.7 did assign transfer and make over unto the said Archibald McNEIL in the his Exr Admr and Assigns all his the said Bellingham MAULEVERER 's Right title Interest claim property and Demand whatsoever of in and to the town and lands of Bunarnan Owen reagh [Owenreagh, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin ] Cavenreagh [Cavanreagh , Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Monyconey [Moneyconey, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Tullybrick [Tullybrick, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] and Altagacky [??] together with the corn mill thereunto belonging all situate lying and being in the Parish of Ballynascreen and County of Londonderry which said Lands had been by indenture 7 June 1737 for £500 granted in mortgage to the said Bellingham MAULEVERER by William JACKSON Sen and William JACKSON jr. both of Fort William in the Parish of Kilcronaghan and County of Londonderry Gent , by which said assignment the said Bellingham Mauleverer did also assign transfer and make over unto the said Archibald McNEIL his Exr admr and assigns the said Principal sum of £500 so secured by said Deed of Mortgage and all interest and Cost due or to become thereon which said Deed of assign WITNESS: Jackson CLARK of Maghera Co. Londonderry Merch , and Henry JOY of Belfast Co. Antrim Printer Bellingham MAULEVERER [SEAL]

[2] John JACKSON

· PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry [of Fort William which is in Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor. NOTE: The seal was only a blob of wax.

· ROD: 120-282-82606- Image 148 1745 Jan 4 Btw John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry Gent of the 1 pt & Thomas TROTTER of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] in the same Co Merchant reciting that the sd John JACKSON by virtue of contract and by intermarriage btw William JACKSON father of the said John JACKSON & Thomas ASH aforesaid of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] Esq. … John JACKSON married Sarah daughter of Thomas ASH…… annuity of 30 pounds chargeable to John JACKSON & his issue of the rents & profits of 6 townlands in parish of Ballymascreen [Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry WITNESSES Samuel LAIRD & Josias FLEMING both of the town [Townparks of Magherafelt, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] and parish of Magherafelt.

[3] Sarah ASHE

· Sarah Ash, third daughter of Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash, was born in October 1698; she was married unknown and without consent. She had 15 children, of which there is living but William, Hugh and Luke; she lives now in Ballymaguigan.

· Sarah, the 3 daugh [of Thomas ASHE & Elizabeth RAINEY]:, born in Oct'. 1698 ; she was marr: to M' Jo" Jackson, unknown and with' consent; she had 15 c:, of which there is living but wm, Hugh, and Luke; she lives now in B. lviaguigan. [Ballymaguigan ] Hugh, the 3, was born in Sept', 1699; he was bound to the sea, but had no success; lost his hearing in some measure and his thumb by a shot ; those accidents made him uncapable. to. remain at_ sea; he is now at home, and useful. By a settlement: made in Dub: in 1720, he is to enjoy the estate in C. Downe after his father's death. The Lawyers will get money by him and his bro' Gab:. if not prevented in the old gent: life time ; but it pleas'd God to prevent this by the death of poor Hugh, who was summori'd to appear at a commission held at Castle Dawson, between his fath: & Mr' Ambrose o'Neill, where, having a pistol in his pocket loaded wth powder & lead, as he was moving on the chair or bedside where he was sitting, the pistol went off, struck him in the thigh, out of which there came such an effusion of blood that could not be stopt, though all endeavours were used ; he died before next morning; this happen'd in L' Hammersley's house on the 25th Oct', 1727. He was buried next day in the C. of Magherafelt, near his mother. He was an inoffensive man, of a loving and free temper. & was enemy to no body but to himself; loved his friends & his glass. Ash Manuscript. NOTE: In my 2013 diary, I indicated that the marriage had been in 1713 - this would mean that Sarah ASH was 15 years old when she married. Unfortunately, I recorded no source for this, but if it is true, then it would explain her marriage being without consent.

· Sarah, the third daughter of Captain Ash by his second marriage, became the wife of Mr. John Jackson, by whom she had three sons, William, Hugh, and Luke. Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry: Including His Narrative and Its Vindication. John Mackenzie with notes by W.D.Killen D.D. 1861

· ROD: 120-282-82606- Image 148 1745 Jan 4 Btw John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry Gent of the 1 pt & Thomas TROTTER of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] in the same Co Merchant reciting that the sd John JACKSON by virtue of contract and by intermarriage btw William JACKSON father of the said John JACKSON & Thomas ASH aforesaid of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] Esq. … John JACKSON married Sarah daughter of Thomas ASH…… annuity of £30 chargeable to John JACKSON & his issue of the rents & profits of 6 townlands in parish of Ballymascreen [Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry WITNESSES Samuel LAIRD & Josias FLEMING both of the town [Townparks of Magherafelt, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] and parish of Magherafelt.

[4] Col. Thomas ASHE

· ROD: 40-250-25465. Image 133. To the Regr appointed by act of Parliamt for Registring of Deeds - Conveyances & Memonall of Indented Deed of Release 23 & 24 1720 BTW Thomas ASH & John Ash RAINEY Eldest Son & heir apparent of the sd Thomas ASH both of Magherafelt Co. Londonderry of the one part & Thomas JACKSON of the City of Dublin & David WILSON of the sd City Gent of the other part & the said Deed of release is made between the said - Thomas ASH & John ASHE als RAINEY of the First part and the said Thomas JACKSON & David WILSON of the Second part and Alexander McCLINTOCK of the said City of Dublin Gent & William MUSCHETT of Magherafelt in the County of Londonderry Gent of the third part By which said Deed of Leave the said Thomas ASH and John ASH als RAINEY did Grant Bargain & Sell the hereinafter mentioned - Lands & premes unto the sd Thomas JACKSON & David WILSON & their Heirs in their actual possession then being by Virtue of the sd Deed of Leave One Moity of all that I have the Lower Ballymote containing One Hundred & three acres - Plantation measure be the same more or Less ' Ballygattam containing - One Hundred Acres of like measure be the same more or Less Grangewalis - Cont by Estimation One Hundred & Eighty , is acres of like measure or the same more or less , Grangebane Containing by Estimation One Hundred & Twenty Eight acres of like measure be the same more or less and the yearly rent of Ten Pound Ann growing due & payable out of the Mill of Grangevane Ballyhassett [Ballyhosset, Parish Ballee, Barony Lecale Lower] Cont by Estimation 177a of like measure be the same more or Less Milltown of Ballyhapett [Ballyhosset Milltown, Parish Ballee, Barony Lecale Lower] Containing by estimation 215a of like measure be the same more or less , Lower Ballyclender [Ballyclander Lower, Parish Ballee, Barony Lecale Lower] Containing by Estimation 121a of like measure be the same more or Lesser Pullend Containing by Estimation 132a of like measure ( be the same more or Less Ballywarren [Ballywarren, Parish Down, Barony Lecale Upper]- Cont by Estimr 210a of like measure be the same more or less Tobermoney [Tobermoney, Parish Down, Barony Lecale Upper]- containing by Estimation 133a of like measure be the same more or less Together with the Mill Multure & Toll thereunto belonging & that quarter of Ballea [possibly Spittle Ballee ] in the possession of Charles STEWART & Henry SAVAGE has adjoining to Upper Ballyclender Containing by Estimation 57a of like measure ( be the same more or less ) All in the Manor of Downpatrick Co. Down … To have & to hold all & singular the sd premes to them the sd Thomas JACKSON & David WILSON their Heirs forever To these live Intents purposes & Trust therein mentioned … WITNESS: John DOWNING & Thomas Downing CLARKE of the City of Dublin Gent David WILSON [SEAL]

· ROD: 120-282-82606- Image 148 1745 Jan 4 Btw John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry Gent of the 1 pt & Thomas TROTTER of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] in the same Co Merchant reciting that the sd John JACKSON by virtue of contract and by intermarriage btw William JACKSON father of the said John JACKSON & Thomas ASH aforesaid of Magherafelt [Parish Magherafelt] Esq. … John JACKSON married Sarah daughter of Thomas ASH…… annuity of £30 chargeable to John JACKSON & his issue of the rents & profits of 6 townlands in parish of Ballymascreen [Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Co Londonderry WITNESSES Samuel LAIRD & Josias FLEMING both of the town [Townparks of Magherafelt, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] and parish of Magherafelt.

· ROD: 70-10-47138. Image 318. Indented Deed of Lease 27 Feb 1728 BTW Thomas ASH of Maghrafelt in the County of London Derry Esq . Hugh ASH William ASH and Luke ASH all sons to the said Thomas ASH of the one part , and Hugh McMASTER of Strongford [Strangford Lower and/or Strangford Upper, Parish Ballyculter, Barony Lecale Lower] in the County of Down Gentof the other part which said Deed Witnesseth that the said Thomas ASH Hugh ASH William ASH and Luke ASH for the Consideration therein mentioned Have Demised Sett and to farm Lett unto the said Hugh McMASTER all that the Farms in the Town Lands of Ballyhosets [Ballyhosset and/or Ballyhosset Milltown, Parish Ballee, Barony Lecale Lower] in the County of Down Commonly Called and known by the name of William Duns farm and William CARSONs farm containing 100a or thereabouts be the same more or less with all the rights members and appurtenances Scituate Lying and being in the Barony of Lecale and County of Down To have to hold unto the said Hugh McMASTER his heirs Exr from 1 Nov 1720 for the full end and Term of 41 years at the yearly rent of £18.4.12 found receivers Fees two days work of man And Horse or two shillings for each day yearly during the said Lease and a Couple of hens out of each fire place on the premises or 6d in Lieu of each Couple yearly with Clause of Distress and reentry and all other Clauses and - Covenants usuall in Leases and allso to grind all Corn expended on the premises at the Mill of Granswalls paying such Tole or Moulter as therein is Expressed and do Sute and Service to the Court feet and Court Barons of Downpatrick WITNESS: Thomas NEVIN of Marlborough and Mr William SMITH of Ballylee [Parish Ballee,??] Gent both in the said County of Down and this Memorial is also witnessed by the said Thomas NEVIN - and John CADDELL of Downpatrick in the said County of Down Gent - Hugh McMASTER [SEAL]

· ROD: 70-10-47139. Image 318. Indented Deed of Lease 27 Feb 1728 BTW Thomas ASH of Maghrafelt in the County of Londonderry Esqr Hugh ASH William ASH and Luke ASH, all sons to the said Thomas ASH of the one part and James Henry of Grange walls in the County of Down farmer of the other part which said Deed Wittnesseth that the said ASH Hugh ASH William ASH and Luke ASH for the Consideration in the said Deed mentioned have demised Set and to farm lett unto the said James HENRY all that the part of Ballyhossett [Ballyhosset and/or Ballyhosset Milltown, Parish Ballee, Barony Lecale Lower] being now in the posession of him the said James HENRY and lately in the Possession of William ELLISON with all the rights members and appurtenances Scituate of Lying and being in the Barony of Lecale and County of Down To have and to hold unto him the said James HENRY his heirs Exer admr or assigns from the 1 Nov 1728 for the full end and Term of 41 years at the yearly rent of £10 with 12 pence pound Receivers fees two days work of man and house yearly or twelve pence lien of each day and one days work from every Subtenant Yearly , or 6 pence in lieu thereof , with two fat hen from Every Family on the premisses , or 3 pence in Lieu of each ten with Clause of Distress and reentry and all other clause and Covenant usuall in Leases and to grind all born Expended on the premisses at the Mill of Grange paying - Such toll or mouller … WITNESS: William SMYTHE Ballee [Parish Ballee], Clke and Hugh McMASTER of Strongford Strongford [Strangford Lower and/or Strangford Upper, Parish Ballyculter, Barony Lecale Lower] Co. Down and John CADDELL of Downpatrick in said County Gent James HENRY [SEAL]

[5] Elizabeth RAINEY

[6] William JACKSON

[7] JACKSON

[8] JACKSON

[9] JACKSON

[10] JACKSON

[11] JACKSON

[12] JACKSON

[13] JACKSON

[14] JACKSON

[15] JACKSON

[16] JACKSON

[17] JACKSON

[18] Luke JACKSON

· PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry, to be buried in Ballynescreen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor, seal only a blob of wax.

· ROD: 206-33-134742- -1759 Dec 31- Image 358 Btw Luke JACKSON of Ternafau [probably Turnaface, Parish Lissan (Derry portion), Barony Loughinsholin] in Co Londonderry Gent John STITT of Gortagilly [Gortagilly, Parish Desertlyn, in the Barony Loughinsholin],in sd County Gent & Martha STITT otherwise JACKSON his wife & John STEVENSON of Fortwilliam Luke JACKSON, John STITT & Martha his wife did convey 6 townlands of Ballynaseeran [in Parish Ballynascreen] for £350. WITNESS: Hugh CARMICHAEL of Spansmount, Gent; James RICHARDSON of Shigan Clerk. Luke JACKSON [SEAL] John STITT [SEAL] Martha -her mark – STITT [SEAL]

· ROD: 302-363-200446. Image 189. A Memorial of an Indented Deed & Indre of Lease 25 Apr 1774 BTW Thomas WRIGHT and Andrew WRIGHT both of Claggan [Clagan, Parish Lissan (Derry portion), Barony Loughinsholin] the Parish of Lisson & Co. Londonderry Gent of the one part & Luke JACKSON of Claggin aforesaid Linnen Draper whereby the sd Thomas WRIGHT & Andrew WRIGHT did for & in consider of the yearly Rent of twenty four pounds two shills or demise grant sell & to farm let unto the said Luke JACKSON his heirs Exors Admors and assigns all that & those the farm holding Lands houses Corn Kiln Bleaching Mill Bleach Green Mill Dams Wiers Water & Water Courses to with all and singular the Mountain part of the said farm & holding with all houses and improvements thereon as the same as the same are bounded and meared all which said Lands and premes were formerly & in as ample manner as the same are now in the possession & occupation of said Luke JACKSON and all which are situate lying & being in the Town & Land in Parish of Lisson & County of Londonderry aforesd together & with Mary Turf God for the use of the said Luke JACKSON & to be Expended is to have & to hold the said Demised premes the Rights Members & appurces thereunto belonging unto the said Luke JACKSON his heirs Exors Admors and assigns from the first day of Novr last past proceeding the date thereof for & during the full time of 18 years from thenceforth fully to be completed & Ended to other additional number & number of years renewals at the end and expiration thereof as is therein & thereafter ment Expressed & in which Indented Deed & Indre of Lease there are claimes of Liberty for distraining if the said Reserved Rent is be hind or unpaid clauses of entry and other clauses usual & as customary between Landlord & Tenant & in which said Indented Deed and Indre of Lease there is a Clouse whereby the said Thomas WRIGHT and Andrew WRIGHT do Covt promise grant & agree to & with the said Luke JACKSON his heirs Exors Admon & assigns that they the said Thomas WRIGHT & Andrew WRIGHT their heirs Exon Admon & assigns or either of them their heirs Exors Admors or assigns or any other person or persons claiming or deriving by from or under them or in Trust for either or any or either of them that as often and at all & every time and times hereafter as they or either or any of them shall procure any Lease or Renewal of Lease of the said lands of Claggin or of any other Lands from the present Lord Archbishop of Armagh Primate & Metropolitan of all Ireland or with any of his Successors Archbishop of said see that then and at each time and so often (Totes Quotis), they the said Thomas WRIGHT Andrew WRIGHT persons claiming under them or any of them or in trust for them or any of them as aforesaid shall & will grant & Execute Lease and leaves Renewal & renewals of all and singular the herein before demised premes Lands Mills & appurces to the said Luke JACKSON his heirs Exors Admors & assigns therein add … WITNESS: John GARDINER of Claggin aforesaid Bleacher & James JACKSON of Turny fall [Turnaface, Parish Lissan (Derry portion), Barony Loughinsholin] ] in the County of Londonderry Gent & this Memr is witnessed by the sd John Gardner & Henry HAMILTON of Tamnaghmore in the County of Tyrone Farmer Luke JACKSON [SEAL]

[19] Hugh JACKSON

· NOTE: His death date as recorded in the Ash Manuscript. [he died before next morning; this happen'd in L' Hammersley's house on the 25th Oct', 1727.] does not tally with other records such as his father’s will.

· PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry [of Fort William which is in Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor. NOTE: The seal was only a blob of wax.

· ROD: 173-103-115560- Image 58 1754 Dec 11 Between Hugh JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore Parish Kilcronaghan], in County of Londonderry, gent of the one part and Henry JOY of Belfast in the County of Antrim printer of the other part. Whereby the said Hugh JACKSON for the consideration therein mentioned did give grant bargain sell assign and set over unto the said Henry JOY his executors, administrators and assigns one annuity or yearly sum of £10 to be had and taken, and to be issuing out of the six church land pounds of Ballynasircon [aka Ballynasarren Parish Ballynascreen] in the County of Londonderry and all his the said Hugh JACKSON right title interest trust property claim and demand whatsoever of in and to the said annuity or yearly sum of £10 and of in and to every part and part of there of, with the appurtenances and all benefit in advantage to be had gotten thereby to have and to hold to the same in every part thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Henry JOY his executors, administrators and assigns to his in their own proper use and behoof from the first day of May last for and during all the term and time to come of the present lease of said six Church Land Town of Ballynasircon [aka Ballynasarren] and for and during all such further term on terms that any person or persons by from or under William JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] aforesaid gent deceased shall, or may obtain renew of the same. By which said deed the said Henry JOY declares the said purchase to be made in trust for Barbara JACKSON, a minor grand daughter of the said William JACKSON under the terms and upon the trust in said deed mentioned which said deed and also this Memorial are witnessed by John CAMPBELL, gent and James ARCHIBALD merchant both of Belfast in the County of Antrim. Hugh JACKSON. [SEAL].

[20] Martha JACKSON b. After 1727, d. After 1748

· CAUTION: I have entered two possible husbands for Martha – one (or neither) of them may have been hers. The likelihood of both being her husband is slim since the two deeds were only seven months apart

· NOTE: A Family tree posted in 2006 with no sources: Descendants of John Stitt Re: Falls family in Carleton county, Ontario and Co. Tyrone, Ire.

1 John Stitt

+Martha Jackson 1732 - 1800

2 James Stitt 1773 – 1844 + Colborn Elizabeth Steele 1783 - 1848

3 William Stitt 1797 - 1824

3 John Stitt 1800 - 1829

3 Martha Stitt 1802 – 1838 + Jackson

4 Luke Jackson

4 Matilda Jackson

4 James Jackson

· ROD: 203-524-136573- Image 283 1760 Jul 17.BTW Neal McNEAL & Martha McNEAL otherwise JACKSON his wife of Culbane, [NOTE: A Culbane is in Co. Antrim: Parish Loughguile, Barony Dunluce Upper] Co Londonderry of the one pt & John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSON his wife of Fort William [Townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in the said County. Reciting that the said Neal McNEAL and Martha his wife in consideration of £350 did grant unto the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON all that part of the Townland of Mullaghmarget [Mullaghmarget, Parish of Tullyniskan, in the Barony of Dungannon Middle] in Co Tyrone. that was then in the possession of the said Neal McNEAL and Martha McNEAL and their undertenants situate in the County of Tyrone … and every part thereof in the actual possession of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara his wife then being by virtue of said Deed of Lease To hold to the said John STEVENSON for and during the Term of his natural life and from and after his decease to his wife the said Barbara STEVENSON (in Case she should Survive him , for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease to the only proper use of the Issue of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON lawfully begotten for ever and by said Deed of Release it was agreed between the said parties the said John STEVENSON should and might at any time thereafter or at the time of his Decease charge or incumber said Lands with any sum of money not exceeding £350 as by the said Deed of Lease & Release WITNESS: Alexander RICHARDSON of Gortgenis and John RICHARDSON of Farlough in the County of Tyrone Esqr and George Campbell of Drumburn in the said County Tyrone , Neal McNEIL Martha McNEIL [SEAL]

[21] John STITT

[22] Gelwyn Neal McNEAL

· SOURCE: 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 Ash. Brother John McNeill. Cousin Luke Jackson. Dated 31 Jan. 1787. Proved 11 March 1788. (Prerog. Will).NOTE: We do not yet know whether Dr. Daniel McNEILL was related to Gelwn Neal McNEAL, possible husband of this Martha McNEAL, but he was related to both the Ash family and the Jacksons, His mother Mary Ashe was a daughter of Lieut Col Thomas Ash and Elizabeth Rainey, as was Sarah Ash, the mother of Luke Jackson. SEE: Extract from "The Ash MSS, written in the year 1735, by Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash", published by Henry Tyler (1890): Mary, the second daughter, was born in June 1697; she married without consent and unknown to her parents to John McNeill, who was after Doctor to Col. Kane's Regiment til it was broke. He was three times in America, but had no success. She had seven children to him, Thomas, Elisabeth, Mary, John, Hanna, Katherin, and Daniel, of which there are six living and one dead. Dr. McNeill died at Muff in 1732; left a poor widow and 7 children behind him. Her father had her family to maintain during her husband's absence for several years. She and her children are now in Magherafelt, which her father must maintain.

· ROD: 203-524-136573- Image 283 1760 Jul 17.BTW Neal McNEAL & Martha McNEAL otherwise JACKSON his wife of Culbane, [NOTE: A Culbane is in Co. Antrim: Parish Loughguile, Barony Dunluce Upper] Co Londonderry of the one pt & John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSON his wife of Fort William [Townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan], Barony Loughinsholin] in the said County. Reciting that the said Neal McNEAL and Martha his wife in consideration of £350 did grant unto the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON all that part of the Townland of Mullaghmarget [Mullaghmarget, Parish of Tullyniskan, in the Barony of Dungannon Middle] in Co Tyrone. that was then in the possession of the said Neal McNEAL and Martha McNEAL and their undertenants situate in the County of Tyrone … and every part thereof in the actual possession of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara his wife then being by virtue of said Deed of Lease To hold to the said John STEVENSON for and during the Term of his natural life and from and after his decease to his wife the said Barbara STEVENSON (in Case she should Survive him , for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease to the only proper use of the Issue of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON lawfully begotten for ever and by said Deed of Release it was agreed between the said parties the said John STEVENSON should and might at any time thereafter or at the time of his Decease charge or incumber said Lands with any sum of money not exceeding £350 as by the said Deed of Lease & Release WITNESS: Alexander RICHARDSON of Gortgenis and John RICHARDSON of Farlough in the County of Tyrone Esqr and George Campbell of Drumburn in the said County Tyrone , Neal McNEIL Martha McNEIL [SEAL]

· ROD 353 254 238510 Image 439 9 Apr 1783 BTW Sir Hugh HILL of the City of Londonderry on of the one part and John STEVENSON of Fort William in the County of Derry Gent of the other part. Reciting the said Hugh HILL in pursuance of a Decree in His Majesty’s Court of Excheg . in Ireland pronounced 1 June 1782 in a cause wherein the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON orwise JACKSON his wife were all the Hugh HILL & others were Deft in for the other Considerat & for the other Consins in said Deed me did demise grant & to farm Lett unto the said John STEVENSON all that part of the Town of Donegrenan [possibly Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin] held by Davd BIGORT & John McMITCHELL together with the old High way from the house stead when Gillaspy McCONAGHY lived to the Flush called Donnegrennan Flush and that Quarter of the Village or Town of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] containing three Tenements to Range to the Street of Tobermore Town on the South and to a new way that was to be made out of Tobermore to Donnegrinan fort on the West (which Highway was to be forty feet broad in the Clear & was Reserved out of that Demise) together with the Comon Moss adjoining to Dornegroman that lay in a close upon a Straight line from the Great Gap upon the ditch upon the Highway by the Mass which parts to a Green spot upon Drumbally Hagan [Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin]leaving out the lower end of Gortore (except reserving the meadow to the Flush) that Her ROWLEY Esqr formerly held in his own hands with the rights members & appurces thereunto belong situate lying being in the Coy of Londonderry , To hold to the said John STEVENSON his heirs and assigns : for the nature Life & Lives of Martha CORNWALL otherwise JACKSON otherwise McNEILL wife of Neile McNEIL Gent Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSON wife of the said John STEVENSON & William STEVENSON Eldest son of the said John & Barbara and the sum & sure of them and for & during the Natural Life & Lives of all and every such other person & persons as should from time to time successively & forever thereafter be added to the Term of sd Grant first to the Court for renewals forever Comprised in a certain Indre of Lease bearing date 17 June 1737 made Between Catherine ROWLEY of the City of Dublin Spinster one of the Daughters & Cohenes of John ROWLEY Esqr decd & Rowley HILL of Walworth in the Coy of L. Derry Esqr both Since Decd of the one & William JACKSON of Dunnigrinan in the parish of Kilconaghan & Coy of L. Derry Surgeon since also decd of the other Subject Nevertheless to the July Rent Fees & Fines of all & every the clauses provisoes reservate & grew in sd Indie of 17 June 1737 reserved … WITNESS: Ninian BOGS jr of the City of Londonderry Gent and Robt McCRE servant to the above named Sir Hugh [?] HILL , John STEVENSON [SEAL]

[23] Dr. William JACKSON

· Birth: Estimate: Since William Jackson jr. who witnessed a memorial in 1727, he would have been more than 21 years old at the time, hence born bef 1706.

· Death: He was named as a living son in 1735 in the Ashe MSS, and that fact was not disputed in Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry: Including His Narrative and Its Vindication. John Mackenzie with notes by W.D.Killen D.D.. 1861: Sarah, the third daughter of Captain Ash by his second marriage, became the wife of Mr. John Jackson, by whom she had three sons, William, Hugh, and Luke.

· Probate: A will was probated in 1745 for a Dr. William Jackson of Derry, Dunigrunan, Kilcronaghan. It is mentioned in a list of wills – no detail. NOTE: The townland was possibly Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin

· ROD: 54-328-35929- -1727 Oct 20-JACKSON-ROE Book Index 1708-1729 Btw William JACKSONof Forthwilliam, Parish of Kilcronaghan, Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen in said Co. of other pt. for £350 lands near Ballynascreen. One of the witnesses was William JACKSON jun.

· ROD: 64-106-42833 -1729 Mar 9- Btw William JACKSON of Forthwilliam, Parish of Killeronaghan [Kilcronaghan], Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen in said Co. of other pt. for £350 lands near Ballynascreen. One of the witnesses was Clarke JACKSON of Fortwilliam, Co Derry, Gent. & John DOWNING of City of Dublin, Gent..

· ROD 353 254 238510 Image 439 9 Apr 1783 BTW Sir Hugh HILL of the City of Londonderry on of the one part and John STEVENSON of Fort William in the County of Derry Gent of the other part. Reciting the said Hugh HILL in pursuance of a Decree in His Majesty’s Court of Excheg . in Ireland pronounced 1 June 1782 in a cause wherein the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON orwise JACKSON his wife were all the Hugh HILL & others were Deft in for the other Considerat & for the other Consins in said Deed me did demise grant & to farm Lett unto the said John STEVENSON all that part of the Town of Donegrenan [possibly Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin] held by Davd BIGORT & John McMITCHELL together with the old High way from the house stead when Gillaspy McCONAGHY lived to the Flush called Donnegrennan Flush and that Quarter of the Village or Town of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] containing three Tenements to Range to the Street of Tobermore Town on the South and to a new way that was to be made out of Tobermore to Donnegrinan fort on the West (which Highway was to be forty feet broad in the Clear & was Reserved out of that Demise) together with the Comon Moss adjoining to Dornegroman that lay in a close upon a Straight line from the Great Gap upon the ditch upon the Highway by the Mass which parts to a Green spot upon Drumbally Hagan [Drumballyhagan and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan Barony Loughinsholin]leaving out the lower end of Gortore (except reserving the meadow to the Flush) that Her ROWLEY Esqr formerly held in his own hands with the rights members & appurces thereunto belong situate lying being in the Coy of Londonderry , To hold to the said John STEVENSON his heirs and assigns : for the nature ┃ Life & Lives of Martha CORNWALL otherwise JACKSON otherwise McNEILL wife of Neile McNEIL Gent Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSON wife of the said John STEVENSON & William STEVENSON Eldest son of the said John & Barbara and the sum & sure of them and for & during the Natural Life & Lives of all and every such other person & persons as should from time to time successively & forever thereafter be added to the Term of sd Grant first to the Court for renewals forever Comprised in a certain Indre of Lease bearing date 17 June 1737 made Between Catherine ROWLEY of the City of Dublin Spinster one of the Daughters & Cohenes of John ROWLEY Esqr decd & Rowley HILL of Walworth in the Coy of L. Derry Esqr both Since Decd of the one & William JACKSON of Dunnigrinan in the parish of Kilconaghan & Coy of L. Derry Surgeon since also decd of the other Subject Nevertheless to the July Rent Fees & Fines of all & every the clauses provisoes reservate & grew in sd Indie of 17 June 1737 reserved … WITNESS: Ninian BOGS jr of the City of Londonderry Gent and Robt McCRE servant to the above named Sir Hugh [?] HILL , John STEVENSON [SEAL]

· Probate: 1745 Index of Wills. Residence: Dunigrunan, Parish Kilcronaghan ALSO: 1746. {Betham's Genealogical Abstracts [Wills, Prerogative Wills], Pr w index} CHECK and PRONI D 668/10 date of will: 12/8/1746 CHECK

· ROD: 88-77-6166, -1737 Jul 29- Image 354 Between William JACKSON Sen. & William JACKSON jr. both of Fortwilliam [In townland Tobermore] in the Parish of Killcronaghan [Kilcronaghan], Co. Londonderry, Gent of the one part & Bellingham MAULEVERER Ck. Rector of Maghere in sd. Co. Of the other. Leased corn mill & lands in of Dunarnan [Dunarnon, Parish Magherafelt, Barony Loughinsholin] Owenreagh [Parish Owenreagh ] Cavanreagh [Cavanreagh , Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Moneyconey [Moneyconey, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Tullybrick [Tullybrick, Parish Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] – parish of Ballynaforeen, Co. Londonderry. NOTE: See: Electoral Division of The Six Towns.

· NOTE: One version of the JACKSONs of Co. Down alleges (perhaps mistakenly): Miss Vance, of Coagh, his daughter, mar. Andrew Jackson, of the family of the Jacksons of Tubbermore and Fortwilliam, near Magherafeldt, and had President Andrew JACKSON. SOURCE: Irish Pedigrees or The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol II. John O’Hart.1892. p557. NOTE: In this same family tree, John JACKSON (1667-1725) and Katherine McKINEY had three sons who were medical doctors: Joseph, Thomas & John. There was also a daughter named Martha. The first known person in this tree is a Robert JACKSON. See: Jackson of Co. Down. Much of this line is traced by D.J. McCartney in The Ulster Jacksons: From Cumbia to the White House Shenandoah and Australia. Published by Carrickfergus Borough Council. 1997. The author made a valiant attempt to sort out the various strands of line of Jacksons who settled in Ireland in the mid-1600s, but many of the lines remained (understandably) muddled.

[24] Martha CORNWALL

· NOTE: It seems that Martha CORNWALL married firstly Dr. William JACKSON & the 2ndly Neil McNEILL.

[25] John CORNWALL

[26] Barbara LINDSAY

[27] Barbara JACKSON

· SOURCE: Adrian J M Stevenson’s site: In the 1750s John Stevenson, the eldest son, married Barbara Jackson, an only child, thus coming into the property of Fortwilliam, Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin], Co Derry. His branch of the family appears to have lived mainly on the income of their properties; my information on that branch is far from complete: it seems that Fortwilliam ceased to be in their ownership in the early 1900s.

· ROD: 173-103-115560- Image 58 1754 Dec 11 Between Hugh JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore Parish Kilcronaghan], in County of Londonderry, gent of the one part and Henry JOY of Belfast in the County of Antrim printer of the other part. Whereby the said Hugh JACKSON for the consideration therein mentioned did give grant bargain sell assign and set over unto the said Henry JOY his executors, administrators and assigns one annuity or yearly sum of £10 to be had and taken, and to be issuing out of the six church land pounds of Ballynasircon [aka Ballynasarren Parish Ballynascreen] in the County of Londonderry and all his the said Hugh JACKSON right title interest trust property claim and demand whatsoever of in and to the said annuity or yearly sum of £10 and of in and to every part and part of there of, with the appurtenances and all benefit in advantage to be had gotten thereby to have and to hold to the same in every part thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Henry JOY his executors, administrators and assigns to his in their own proper use and behoof from the first day of May last for and during all the term and time to come of the present lease of said six Church Land Town of Ballynasircon [aka Ballynasarren ] and for and during all such further term on terms that any person or persons by from or under William JACKSON of Tobermore aforesaid gent deceased shall, or may obtain renew of the same. By which said deed the said Henry JOY declares the said purchase to be made in trust for Barbara JACKSON, a minor grand daughter of the said William JACKSON under the terms and upon the trust in said deed mentioned which said deed and also this Memorial are witnessed by John CAMPBELL, gent and James ARCHIBALD merchant both of Belfast in the County of Antrim. Hugh JACKSON. [SEAL].

· ROD: 203-524-136573- Image 283 1760 Jul 17.BTW Neal McNEAL & Martha McNEAL otherwise JACKSON his wife of Culbane, [NOTE: A Culbane is in Co. Antrim: Parish Loughguile, Barony Dunluce Upper] Co Londonderry of the one pt & John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSONhis wife of Fort William [Townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan], Barony Loughinsholin] in the said County. Reciting that the said Neal McNEAL and Martha his wife in consideration of £350 did grant unto the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON all that part of the Townland of Mullaghmarget [Mullaghmarget, Parish of Tullyniskan, in the Barony of Dungannon Middle] in Co Tyrone. that was then in the possession of the said Neal McNEAL and Martha McNEAL and their undertenants situate in the County of Tyrone … and every part thereof in the actual possession of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara his wife then being by virtue of said Deed of Lease To hold to the said John STEVENSON for and during the Term of his natural life and from and after his decease to his wife the said Barbara STEVENSON (in Case she should Survive him , for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease to the only proper use of the Issue of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON lawfully begotten for ever and by said Deed of Release it was agreed between the said parties the said John STEVENSON should and might at any time thereafter or at the time of his Decease charge or incumber said Lands with any sum of money not exceeding £350 as by the said Deed of Lease & Release WITNESS: Alexander RICHARDSON of Gortgenis and John RICHARDSON of Farlough in the County of Tyrone Esqr and George Campbell of Drumburn in the said County Tyrone , Neal McNEIL Martha McNEIL [SEAL]

[28] John STEVENSON aka STEPHENSON

· ROD: 203-524-136573- Image 283 1760 Jul 17.BTW Neal McNEAL & Martha McNEAL otherwise JACKSON his wife of Culbane, [NOTE: A Culbane is in Co. Antrim: Parish Loughguile, Barony Dunluce Upper] Co Londonderry of the one pt & John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON otherwise JACKSON his wife of Fort William [Townland Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan], Barony Loughinsholin] in the said County. Reciting that the said Neal McNEAL and Martha his wife in consideration of £350 did grant unto the said John STEVENSON & Barbara STEVENSON all that part of the Townland of Mullaghmarget [Mullaghmarget, Parish of Tullyniskan, in the Barony of Dungannon Middle] in Co Tyrone. that was then in the possession of the said Neal McNEAL and Martha McNEAL and their undertenants situate in the County of Tyrone … and every part thereof in the actual possession of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara his wife then being by virtue of said Deed of Lease To hold to the said John STEVENSON for and during the Term of his natural life and from and after his decease to his wife the said Barbara STEVENSON (in Case she should Survive him , for and during the term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease to the only proper use of the Issue of the said John STEVENSON and Barbara STEVENSON lawfully begotten for ever and by said Deed of Release it was agreed between the said parties the said John STEVENSON should and might at any time thereafter or at the time of his Decease charge or incumber said Lands with any sum of money not exceeding £350 as by the said Deed of Lease & Release WITNESS: Alexander RICHARDSON of Gortgenis and John RICHARDSON of Farlough in the County of Tyrone Esqr and George Campbell of Drumburn in the said County Tyrone , Neal McNEIL Martha McNEIL [SEAL]

· ROD: 499-138-315442 Image 84 1793 Feb 15. BTW John STEVENSON of Fortwilliam in the County of Londonderry Esq & James STEVENSON Esq a son and her apparent of the said John STEVENSON of the first part The Rev William BRYAN of Kilronaghan [Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Clerk and the Revd Thomas SPOTTWOOD of Dungiver [possibly Drumballyhagan, and/or Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Clk both in the County of Second part and William BRYAN of the City of Dublin Esqr and Mary BRYAN Spinster only Daughter of the said William BRYAN of the third part Reciting 17 June 1737 Catherine ROWLEY & Rowley HILL did Demise unto William JACKSON therein named all that and those the half part of the half town land of Dunnigan in the County of London commonly called Fort William [which is in Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] which was formerly held by David BIGOTT and Peter McMITCHELL together with the old highway from the house wherein Gillespy McCONAGHY formerly lives to the flush called Dungrean Flush also that Quarter of the Village or tenement containing three tenements ranging to the Street of Tobermore Town on the South & Court a new way forty foot Broad in the clear made out of Tobermore now to Dunniguman Fort on the West also so much of the Common Moss next adjoining to Dunniguman that may belove upon a straight line from the Great Gap upon the ditch upon the highway by the moss side which points to a green shot upon Dearballybogan [Drumballyhagan, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] leaving out the lower end of Gortace [possibly Gortahurk, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] with the appurts To hold to the said William JACKSON his heirs and assigns for three Lives Renewable for ever Subject to the yearly rent receivers fees and covenants and £5 as a renewal fine on the fall of each life and being at the said John STEVENSON by virtue of several mesne assignments and of a device of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland and of several renewals to him made of said Lease by Hugh HILL of Londonderry Baronet was then seized and possessed of premises during the Continuance of said demise and reciting that a marriage was then intended to be had between said James STEVENSON and said Mary BRYAN and to make a provision for said Mary BRYAN in case he should survive the said James STEVENSON her intended Husband and for the use of said intended marriage the said John STEVENSON in consideration of said Intend marriage and of £1,000 the Marriage portion of the said Mary BRYAN the said James STEVENSON then paid the … assure unto the said William BRYAN Clerk and Thomas SPOTTWOOD and their Heirs all the Lands houses and tenements aforesaid To hold to the William BRYAN Clerk and Thomas SPOTSWOOD and their heirs … in trust from and after the seal of said James STEVENSON to the use of the part and any other Son of James on the Body of said Mary Lawfully to be begotten and for default of Issue Male to the use of the Daughters of said James on the Body of said Mary and their heirs as tenants in common and not as joint Tenant and for fault of such Then to the respective therein particularly ment and it was thereby declared that power should be given by said Settlement or conveyance enabling said John STEVENSON James STEVENSON and Jackson STEVENSON 2nd Son of John therein named when reply in possession of said Land & premes by virtue of the Limitations therein ment in the manner therein ment to demise all or any parts of said Lands & premes ( Except the house and Demesse of Fortwilliam therein possession of John STEVENSON for the term of 21 years … also at that Fred Lord Bishop of Derry by Lease 24 Dec 1791 demised to said John STEVENSON all that parcel of land commonly called the Sermon or Crenogh Lands of Ballynascreen Containing by Estimation two quarter of Land consisting of six Ballyboe of Land Commonly called a known by the names of Ballynabally ack - Ballyboughoney Ballyhannon Ballynoven Duncan & Bally Mariah [NOTE: The Six Townlands are now named: Cavanreagh , Glenviggan, Moneyconey, Owenreagh, and Tullybrick, all in Parish Ballynascreen, Situate lying and being in the Barony of Loughinshollin [Loughinsholin] and County of Londonderry aforesaid to hold to the said John STEVENSON his Exors admrs and assigns for 21 years … and thereby the said John STEVENSON in Consideration of said Intended Marriage and of 10s paid to him by said William BRYAN Clark and Thomas SPOTSWOOD did sell to said William BRYAN Clerk and Thomas SPOTSWOOD the said last ment Towns lands and promise while under Lord Bishop of Derry To hold to them their Exors admrs and assigns for the rents come of said Term of 21 years or any further term that might be obtain thereof … and purpose that said James STEVENSON and his assigns should after said Intended Marriage have and receive an annuity or Rent charge of £200 a year during the Court Lees of said James and John STEVENSON payable as therein ment and chargeable on said lands and Tenements held under the Lord Bishop of Derry with power to distrain for same and by said Deed a provision is made for Mary BRYAN of the Should Survive her said Intended husband by an annuity or rent charge hundred pounds yearly chargeable on demand while under the said Lord Bishop of Down the same to be in Lien and Barr of Dower a thirds and payable to her and her assigns in manner man would with have to distrain for same and by Deed provision is made and provided for the issue of said Intended Marriage in manner therein and which said Deed a Articles of agreement and this man are witnessed by Alexander CLARK junior of Maghera County of Londonderry Merchant and Jackson STEVENSON of Fort William of County Esquire since deceased John STEVENSON [SEAL] James STEVENSON, [SEAL] & Sealed in presence of Alexander CLARK junior Jackson STEVENSON the above named Alexander CLARK make oath that he is a subscribing witness to the rules of agreement of which the above writing is amen and to said Mary and saith that he saw the above named John STEVENSON James STEVENSON the Revd William BRYAN the Revd Thomas SPOTSWOOD and Mary BRIEN [sic] sign and execute said articles of Agreement.

[29] James STEVENSON aka STEPHENSON

· Hunch that this connects: ROD: 1852-2-174-1851 Dec 30-Londonderry-JACKSON, William -Image 315 A Memorial of an Indenture 30 Dec 1851 Between Robert John HENRY of Fairview Co. Londonderry Esquire a Lieutenant in Her Majesty Fourth Regiment of Dragoons of the first part and Andrew SPOTSWOOD of Millbrook and James CLARKE of Maghera [aka James Johnston CLARK, probably Mansion House, Largantogher, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin] both in Co. Londonderry Esquires Trustees named in and appointed by a certain Indenture of Settlement executed on the Inter marriage of John STEPHENSON [STEVENSON] of Fort William in the said County of Londonderry Esquire with Rebecca STEPHENSON otherwise CLARKE [CLARK] deceased his late Wife of the other part Reciting a certain Indenture of Lease 17 June 1737 whereby Catherine ROWLEY and Rowley HILL demised unto William JACKSON and to his heirs and assigns certain lands therein and herein after mentioned me to hold for the term of three lives therein named and for such other life or lives as should for ever thereafter be added by virtue of the Covenant therein contained and reciting that several renewals had been from time to time granted of said original lease and that all the estate and Interest rent and Reversion of the Grantor in said Original lease was then vested in said Robert John HENRY Party to said Deed of which this is a Memorial and reciting that the said Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James CLARKE also parties to said Deed in whom the estate and Interest right and benefit of Renewal of the Grantee in said Original lease was then vested had under and by virtue of the renewable Leasehold Conversion act required the said Robert John HENRY as owner of said reversion to execute a Grant unto them according to the provisions of the said act of the said lands and hereditaments comprised in said Indenture of lease 17 June 1737 which he having agreed to do as therein mentioned said Indenture of which this is a memorial Witnessed that by virtue of the power and authority given by said act of Parliament and in consideration of the perpetual fee farm rent therein mentioned to the said Robert John HENRY granted bargained Sold aliened released and confirmed unto the said Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James CLARKE their heirs and assigns all that and those the said several lands tenements and premises to demised by the said in part recited Indenture of Lease 17 June 1737 and therein and herein after more particularly mentioned that is to say all that part of the Town of Donogrinan [possibly Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] formerly demised by the said in part recited lease of the 17 June 1737 as then held by David BIGORT and John McMITCHELL together with the old highway from the House stead where Gillespie McCONAGHY lived to the Flush called Donnegrennan Flush and that quarter of the Village or Town of Tobbermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] then containing three tenements to range to the Street of Tobermore Town on the South and to a new way that was then intended to be made out of Tobermore to Donnegrennan Hash on the West Which highway was to be forty feet broad in the clear and was reserved out of the said original demise together with the Common Moss next adjoining to Donegrean that lay in a close upon a straight line from the great Gap upon the ditch upon the highway by the Moss which points to a green spot upon Drumbellyhagan [Drumballyhagan, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] leaving out the lower end of Gortarce [possibly Gortahurk, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] ] excepting the Meadow to the Flush that Wm Rowley formerly held in his own hands all which said lands and premises so hereby granted were then in the occupation of said John STEPHENSON and his undertenants and are set out in a map thereof on said deed deliveated and are situate in the Barony of Loughinsholin and County of Londonderry To hold with the appurtenances unto said Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James CLARKE their heirs and assigns to the use of said Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James CLARKE as such Trustees as therein mentioned their heirs and assigns for ever at and subject from thenceforth for ever to the perpetual yearly fee farm rent of £9.12.3 ½ sterling besides £0.4.7 1/2 Receivers fees payable as therein mentioned and also subject to the covenants and agreements reserved in said Indenture of Release of 17 June 1737 and said Deed contains the usual covenants between Landlord and Tenant and as to the execution thereof by the said Robert John HENRY Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James CLARKE WITNESS: James HENRY of Draperstown [Parish of Ballynascreen, Barony Loughinsholin] Writing Clerk and as to the execution of this Memorial by the said Andrew SPOTSWOOD and James J. CLARKE is respectively witnessed by James Cranse of Ballymoney in the County of Antrim Solicitor and said James Henry A. SPOTSWOOD [SEAL] James J CLARKE [SEAL] NOTE: I have been unable to find recited lease of 17 June 1737.

· Hunch: ROD: 127-468-87488. Image 248. A Memorial of an Indented Deed of Mortgage 14 Jan 1747 between Jackson CLARKE of Maghera [Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], in the Co of Londonderry Merch of the one part & James STEPHENSON of Killyfaddy [Parish Lisnadil (Lower Fews portion), Barony Fews Lower] [Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], Co. Armagh Merchant of the other part Reciting said Jackson CLARKE in considn of £500 paid by the sd James STEPHENSON did grant unto said James STEPHENSON all said Jackson CLARKE’s Title & Interest of in & to all that ye town & Lands of Largantacher [Largantogher, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], & Craggadick [Craigadick, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], the Lands of Taggarkeevy & Craggmore being part of the precinct Termon or Errenagh Lands of Maghera except such part of the town lands of Largantacher & Craggmore as were in the possession of the Revd Mr. MAULEVERER also the Town Lands of - Tyrkeen [Tirkane, Parish Killelagh, Barony Loughinsholin] & Tyranenry [possibly Tirnony, Parish Killelagh, Barony Loughinsholin] in the parish of Killyleagh the Town Land of Mullagh [Mullagh (Mullach), Parish Termoneeny, Barony Loughinsholin] in the parish of Termoney [Termoneeny] with part of the Townlands of Moneymore [Moneymore, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], in the Parish of Maghera together with a proportionable part of the Mill of Maghera and the lands and tenements thereunto belonging with the appurtenances which lands and premises were held by the said Jackson CLARKE by virtue of an Indenture of Lease 8 Aug 1746 held by the Revd father in God George Late Lord Bishop of Derry for the Term of 21 years from the first day of Aug. aforesaid at the Yearly rent of £55.18.4 to Hold the sd premisses unto the sd James STEPHENSON his Ex Adm & assigns during the residue of the sd term of years & during all such other and further term or terms for years as should happen to be added thereto at any time after … it is agreed that the said Mortgaged premes shall stand a Security for all such further Sum or Sums of money as the Sd Jackson CLARK should afterwards borrow from the said James STEPHENSON said deed of release contained diverse other Covenants … WITNESS: Thomas LEDLIE of Springmount [possibly Springtown, Parish of Clogher, Barony Clogher] in the Co of Tyrone Gent Thomas KENNEDY of the City of Dublin Gent & John STEPHENSON of Killyfaddy Co. Armagh

· Hunch that this connects: ROD: 373-446-249046-CLARKE, Jackson-Londonderry-1780 Aug 25-Image 541 It might be bk 374. To the Regr appd by act Parliament for by deeds Wills Conveyances and so forth A Memt of an Indented Deed 25 Aug 1780 Between Alexander CLARKE of Maghera [Maghera House, now Largantogher, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin] in the Coy of Londonderry Gent of the first part John CHURCH of ____ and Robert PATTERSON of ____ both in the sd Gent of the second part and Jackson CLARKE the eldest Son of the said Alexander CLARKE of the third part whereby the said Alexander CLARKE in conson of marriage between the said Jackson CLARKE and Jane PATTERSON therein named to be had & of the sum of £600 the marriage Portion of the said Jane PATTERSON that competent jointure be provided for the sd Jane he the sd Alexander CLARKE hath given granted Bargained and sold unto the John CHURCH and Robert PATTERSON all that and those the full Clear and absolute right & authority of having & holding the several tates and Markers annually for ever in the said Town of Maghera and all the fees toles & customs thereof and also all that part or parcel of Land in the Town of Upperland [Upperland, Parish Maghera, Barony Loughinsholin], Situate in the parish of Maghera in said Co. cont 21a or thereable together with the bleaching Mills and green and other Mentials [?] thereunto belonging to hold to the said John CLARKE and Robert PATTERSON and his heirs and assigns for ever unto and for the use and Behoof the sd Jackson CLARKE and his Assigns during his life and after his death the said premes to be sold to the said Jane PATTERSON in case she Survive the sd Jackson CLARKE during her natural age to and for her own sole use and Behoof and the sd Deed is Witnessed by William STEPHENSON of Fortwillian [NOTE: Fortwilliam is the imposing house up on a hill on your right as you enter Tobermore from Maghera. The house lies in the townland of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] , and is built immediately adjacent to the old ringfort named Dunnagrianan. Ballynasarren is a misreading for Ballynascreen. The Six Towns of Ballynascreen [Ballynascreen] , were church lands in that parish. When John Stevenson inherited Fortwilliam (through his wife Barbara Jackson) he also inherited the tenancy of the Six Towns – see: The Six Towns Electoral District] and Robert CLARKE of Maghera afsd Gent and this mem is Witnessed by the said William CLARKE & Stephen CHURCH …

[30] Mary BRYAN

[31] Jackson STEVENSON aka STEPHENSON

[32] Clark JACKSON (1707- aft 1748)

· DOB estimate: He was witness to a deed in 1729, hence was of age and therefore born before 1707.

· ROD: 64-106-42833-1729 Mar 9-JACKSON-ROWE Book Index 1708-1729 Btw William JACKSON of Forthwilliam, Parish of Killeronaghan [Kilcronaghan], Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen in said Co. of other pt. for £350 lands near Ballynascreen. One of the witnesses was Clarke JACKSONof Fortwilliam, Co Derry, Gent. & John DOWNING of City of Dublin, Gent. NOTE: It is probable that this witness was John DOWNING (1700-1785). a son of Adam DOWNING (1666-1719) & Anne JACKSON (daughter of John JACKSON (1630-aft1688)). Although Anne JACKSON is the only child of John JACKSON that I have evidence for, I have long suspected that others will turn up, and possibly William JACKSON of Fortwilliam is one of them.NOTE : More info thanks to email Sep 1, 2016 : Fortwilliam is the imposing house up on a hill on your right as you enter Tobermore from Maghera. The house lies in the townland of Tobermore, and is built immediately adjacent to the old ringfort named Dunnagrianan. Ballynasarren is a misreading for Ballynascreen. The Six Towns of Ballynascreen were church lands in that parish. When John Stevenson inherited Fortwilliam (through his wife Barbara Jackson) he also inherited the tenancy of the Six Towns. NOTE : WIKI: Tobermore. Also: Electoral Division of The Six Towns. Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin

· PRONI T808/8243. Groves Manuscript. Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry, to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor, seal only a blob of wax. NOTE: I suspect that this Martha JACKSON was Martha CORNWALL wife of William JACKSON

· ROD: 92-356-64896 1738 Nov 14. Image 189 Btw Clark JACKSON of Drumballyhagen [Drumballyhagan or Drumballyhagan Clark Parish of Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] Co. Londonderry Gent of 1 pt & John MARRON of Maghera [Parish Maghera] Merchant of other pt. Reciting Rt. Hon William CONNOLLY Esq by indenture 29 Mar 1734 demised to Clark JACKSON the south half of Drumballyhagen then in possession of said Clark JACKSON 64a 2r 26p par of Manor of Vintners Barony Loughinsholin Co. Londonderry… for natural lives of Adam JACKSON eldest son of Clark JACKSON aged abt 13 years Samuel PATERSON eldest son of William PATERSON Tobermore [Tobermore Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin],in proportion aged about 11 years & John O’CAHAN 2^nd son of James O’CAHAN of Drumballyhagen aged abt 12 years … in presence of Thomas ASH and Rowly HILL Justices of the Peace for Londonderry

· PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore in Kilerenaghan [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] parish County Londonderry, to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor. NOTE: The seal was only a blob of wax.

· ROD: 162-163-108995 Image 88. 1753 Jul 12 Memt of an Indenture of Lease 9 Mar 1734 between the Right Honble William CONNOLLY of the City of Dublin Esq of the one part & Clark JACKSON of Drumbellyhagan [Drumballyhagan Clark, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in the proportion of Vintners in Co. Londonderry of the other part Whereby the said William CONNOLLY for the consideration in the said Deed mentioned Did Demise Grant set and to farm let unto the said Cart . Sacks on all that the South half or Division of Drumballyhogan aforesaid as the same was then in his & his undertenant 's possession containing by Estimation 64a 2r 26p of Arable & pasture Plantation measure as appears by a map thereunto officed all the said premisses being part and parcel of the said proportion or manor of Vintners in Co. Londonderry together with all rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any Wise appertaining Excepting and always reserving unto the said CONNOLLY his heirs and assigns as in the said Deed of Lease is accepted and reserved To hold all and Singular the said Demised premisses with the appurt unto the said Clark JACKSON his heirs and assigns from the first day of November then last past for and during the Natural Life and Lives of Adam JACKSON Eldest son of the said Clark JACKSON aged about 13 years Samuel PATTERSON Eldest son of William PATERSON of Tobermore [Tobermore, Parish Kilcronaghan, Barony Loughinsholin] in the said proportion aged about 11 years and John O’COCKANE second son of James O’COCKANE of Drumbellyhagan aforesaid aged about 12 years and the survivor and survivors of them and for and during the Natural heirs and life of such other person & persons as by virtue of the said Deed shall from time to time successively and forever thereafter during the said Demised be added he the said Clarke JACKSON his heirs and assigns paying the yearly rent of £13.10 Ster together with 6p on the pound receiver’s fees over and above all Taxes whatsoever by two Equal payments in the year on the 1 May and 1 November in every year during the continuance of the said Demise in which said Indenture of Lease there is a covenant whereby the said William CONNOLLY Doth for himself his Heirs and assigns Covenants agree to & with the said Clark JACKSON his heirs and assigns that he the said William Conolly will at the request of the said Clarke JACKSON his Heir and assigns within the Term of six month after the death of any or either of the above mentioned lives and and Insert in the place and stead of any of the said heirs that shall so happen to drop such other person or persons as he or they shall from time to time for ever after appoint he the said Clark JACKSON his heirs or assigns paying the sum of £6.15 ster by way of Fine upon each and every life to be invested as aforesaid in which sd Deed is contained cause of Distress and entry & other clauses usual and customary between Landlord and Tennant which said Deed of Lease WITNESS: Marcus McCAUSLAND of Mullogh in the County of Londonderry Esq and George FINNEY and this memorial is witnessed by the said Marcus McCAUSLAND and Arthur CLARK of the City of Dublin Gent Clark JACKSON [SEAL],

[33] Dorothy AVERELL b. ? d. aft 1725

· Could this be her? 1694: John LOYD of Waterford [?] 1 Nov 1694 Wife Elizabeth son David mother [in-law] Dorothy JACKSON Bethams.

[34] Adam JACKSON

o In an index of The Belfast Newsletter, p3 14 - 17 Dec. 1790. Advertisement: stolen dropped thief lands =Phillips, Alexander heifer =Jackson,Thomas+Tobermore.

o 1920, Aug 11. Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson (1840–1926), of Moneyshanemore, Tobermore, Derry, a friend of Sir Thomas Jackson (1841-1915), wrote to Lady Jackson and shared inside knowledge of his approach to German participation in HSBC board. He was a leading British judge and diplomat, serving in China and Japan, and was the son of John Wilkinson Esq., of Belfast and Annabella Shaw, daughter of William Shaw, Esq., of Holden's Valley, Co. Down

1669 – William Smith signs the Declaration of Allegiance as Archdeacon on May 11 (D.R.). He was ord. P. 30 Oct 1661, and Coll. R. Tedavnet Dec 6, 1661 and had a faculty to hold with it the R. Kilmore, Co. Monaghan, on 19 July, 1664. He was Archdeacon of Clogher (Shirley’s Monaghan, p. 304). He was R. Drumsnatt from 1666.

He was the eldest son of Rev. John S., of Cowling in Craven and Boudgate, Yorkshire, by Deborah Warwick his wife. His father matric. at Christ Church, Oxford, 18 June, 1624, aged 17 ; B.A. 1627 {Foster's

ADDITIONS: SEE: https://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/JACKSON-1600Dublin-COI-BMDs.html

An email correspondent pointed out to me that Fortwilliam, a place that was associated with a line of Jacksons and a place that I had noted in various deeds in association with them, was in the townland of Tobermore. I hadn’t put the two together.

Fortwilliam is the imposing house up on a hill on your right as you enter Tobermore from Maghera. The house lies in the townland of Tobermore, and is built immediately adjacent to the old ringfort named Dunnagrianan. Ballynasarren is a misreading for Ballynascreen. The Six Towns of Ballynascreen were church lands in that parish. When John Stevenson inherited Fortwilliam (through his wife Barbara Jackson) he also inherited the tenancy of the Six Towns. Email correspondence September 1, 2016. NOTE: Owenreagh [Owenreagh] Dunarnan [possibly Glenviggan] Cavenreagh [Cavanreagh] Monycony [Moneyconey] Ballybrick [Tullybrick] and Moyard [Moyard] are all in the Electoral Division of The Six Towns.

o Brookes family of Tobermore pedigree. Deputy Keeper Reports: D 3000/83. NOTE: BROOKEs married into several collateral lines of the Jacksons of Coleraine,.

o PRONI D1695 Henderson of Tobermore, Co. Londonderry, family papers. Deputy Keeper Reports:

o In my 2010 Diary, I noted: #131. 1738 August 4 Capt William JACKSON of Fortwilliam, Co. Londonderry, Gent & James GRAHAM of Cavancaugh Parish of Ballinasawn, Co. Londonderry. NOTE: It may be in the names index under GRAHAM. Next time.

· Ballynascreen is also mentioned in connection with the Tobermore Jacksons. It is a large parish on the western border of the Parish of Kilcronaghan.

o NOTE: The townlands of Glenviggan, Moyard, Moneyconey, Tullybrick, Cavanreagh and Owenreagh make up the Sixtowns. These are townlands which were all held by the Jacksons at one point.. SOURCE: For history, see: Sixtowns History and Heritage Group. See also Bill Macafee’s map of Ballynascreen, where the six townlands are highlighted in green as part of the Stevenson Estate.

o A possible clue: The Six Towns are surrounded by lands which were part of the Draper’s Estates. In the records of the London Rolls, in 1656, Samuel JACKSON (1641-1706) was named as a new apprentice with the Draper's Guild with Robert BELLEW, an upholsterer of Holburn as his Master. His apprenticeship was for 8 years and involved a £100 bond. He was a son of Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681) of Westmorland and Lancashire, and Dorothy OTWAY (abt 1605-abt1645). He was a brother of the Jacksons of Coleraine. They were associated with the Clothworkers. Samuel JACKSON had no known children, and the lands he held at the time of his death, which were extensive, went to various relations. He made no mention in his 1705 will of lands in Derry. NOTE: I cannot rule out the possibility that Samuel Jackson had a child – legitimate or otherwise – who was not mentioned in his will. If he did have any children, then the Capt. William Jackson who held title or leases in the Six Towns could be a possible son. There was a Tobermore connection in Samuel’s will: He had bought several lots of land in Monaghan from a Hugh ROWLEY who was probably the Hugh ROWLEY of Culmore, son of William ROWLEY of Tobermore & Londonderry & Mary DILLON of Castle Dillon; This Hugh ROWLEY served as MP in 1692 for Newtownlimavady, and married Mary ROWLEY, eldest daughter of Edward ROWLEY of Castleroe.

About a decade ago, when I visited Belfast, I made some notes at PRONI of all the JACKSON entries in the Groves Manuscripts. One of them mentioned the Jacksons of Tobermore.

PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry, to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor, seal only a blob of wax.

[NOTE: The parish of Kilerenaghan is known now as: Kilcronaghan. This abstract was done by Tenison Arthur Groves (abt 1864-1938). He was a genealogist who has left records of thousands of transcriptions and notes which he did over a period of more than forty years. Most importantly, he left us copious notes of documents whose originals were lost in the 1922 fire of the Public Records Office in Dublin.]

· John Jackson died sometime between making his will in March 1748 (current calendar) and having it probated in July 19, 1749.

· At the time of the will, John’s sons Hugh and Luke were over the age of 21, and daughter Martha was a minor. This means that Hugh and Luke were born before 1727 and Martha would have been born after that date.

· Luke Jackson was an apprentice – most likely in the Clothworkers’ or Drapers’ guild.

· Clark Jackson is a brother of John Jackson. NOTE: The forename of Clark is likely significant. Some of the Clarke family of Maghera lived at Drumballyhagan Clark, on the northerly border of Fortwilliam. For several decades, there were significant familial and business connections between the Jacksons and Clarkes. Was the mother of Clark Jackson a member of the Clark family? I have assembled a page of Snippets of Jackson-Clark connections. Other bits:

o CLARKS OF MAGHERA HOUSE, now Largantogher, Co. Derry... The first of the family to settle in Ulster was John Clark, who came from Lancashire. In 1690, he took a lease of the lands of Fortna Clark and Longfield from the Draper’s Company, and a few later acquired by purchase from Montgomery of Grey Abbey the estate of Maghera (now Larantogher), where the family have reside ever since. He married Jane, sister of the Rev. Fulke White, first Presbyterian Minister of Broughshane, Co. Antrim, and ancestor of the famous Field-Marshall Sir George White, V.C. of Whitehall, Co. Antrim (see No. 224 Rev Fulke White). Their son Jackson Clark, born 1695, was admitted a freeman of Derry, and died in 1756. The name of Jackson, since so generally adopted by the family as almost to make a hyphenated surname, seems to indicate a relationship with the Jacksons of Jackson Hall, Coleraine. At all events, Ensign Thomas Jackson, one of Derry’s defenders, was a near neighbour of theirs at Tobermore (see: No. 140)...... SOURCE: Fighters of Derry: Their Deeds and Descendants, Being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland During the Revolutionary Period, 1688-91 W.R. Young, (London, 1932).

o Ensign Thomas JACKSON of Derry Loneriados who in his muster of the forces for Derry has the following line: From Tubbermore, we Ensign Jackson saw. This is Tobermore, near Castle Dawson. From other sources [What other sources?] we know that Ensign Thomas Jackson resided at Drumbally, Hagan Clark, Tobermore in the vicinity of the Jackson Clarke’s estate of Larantogher. The Jacksons like the Jacksons of Castle Dawson, came from Westmorland, and were connected by association, if not by blood. The original settlers of the Jackson name came to Ulster in Charles I’s reign. There were two brothers, viz. Launcelot, at Ballymacarret, in 1639, and Thomas, who obtained about the same time a lien on lands in the vicinity of Coleraine from the Irish Society. … SOURCE: Fighters of Derry: Their Deeds and Descendants, Being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland During the Revolutionary Period, 1688-91 W.R. Young, (London, 1932).

o The CLARKEs of Maghera are supposedly related also to the BOYDs of Kilmarnock. They became matrimonially connected with the Higgisons, Strawbridges, Courtenays, and Boyds; the latter of whom deduce their origin in uninterrupted descent from the celebrated Boyds of Kilmarnock in Scotland: some of the Boyds, in virtue of the above alliance, still possess a considerable landed property in the above country. Some of the Mac Atdeys married into this family, but changed their names to Boyd, in order to inherit the paternal estates. One of these, the late Hugh Mac Auley Boyd, Esq., sent in 1784, ambassador to the Court of Candy, by Lord Macartney, governor general of India, (reputed by some as the author of that still celebrated political work, called the Letters of Junius,) has left a son, Hugh Stuart Boyd, who is equal in elegant accomplishments to his father, and his superior in classic attainments; and especially in his profound knowledge of the Greek language, and the most illustrious writers of antiquity. He possesses a part of these estates, extending to, and comprehending Red Bay, near Glenarm. SOURCE: An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam CLARKE Ed. Joseph Butterworth. Bulmer Clarke, Trinity College, Cambridge. 1833. P4-

· William Ash Rainey (1703-1776) was a brother-in-law. His sister, Sarah Ash (1698-?), was of John Jackson’s wife. The addition of Rainey to his surname of Ash came from their mother’s name: Elizabeth Rainey.

o SOURCE: A website hosted by Robert Ashe detailing the history of the Ash family(UPDATE: The info is unfortunately no longer available here but can be found at SeekingMyRoots. Robert Ashe MBE passed away on Friday 19th February 2022) includes copious references to The Ash MSS, a splendid document that most people doing family histories would give their eye teeth for. It was written in 1735, by Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash, and was published by Henry Tyler in 1890, thanks to Thomas Ashe’s grand-daughter who edited it (I do not know her name). This document records that Sarah Ash, third daughter of Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash, was born in October 1698; she was married unknown and without consent. She had 15 children, of which there is living but William, Hugh and Luke; she lives now in Ballymaguigan. NOTE: The townland of Ballymaguigan, Parish of Artrea, Barony of Loughinsholin, is about 5 miles SE of Tobermore, close enough to be considered as part of neighbourhood.

· Since the will does not mention Sarah Ash (1698-?), I presume that she predeceased her husband. My hunch is that she died sometime after the Ash Memoir was written, but before her husband’s will – hence btw 1735-1747. By the time she was 37 years old, the year that the Ashe Manuscript was written, she had already given birth to 15 children, and buried 11 of them. It is not unlikely that she died giving birth.