Fishing for JACKSONS
Sharon Oddie Brown. July 2, 2010 |
There may be an easier way to do this, but if there is, I
don’t know it. My earliest documented JACKSON family member is George JACKSON
(1718-1792). And then the fun begins.It isn’t only because he allegedly
lost the family lands in a game of cards while in a fit of depond over the loss of the
love of a lady from Bath. It is also because his ancestors (including me) haven't much of a clue of who what when and where came before him. Okay, part of that was his fault. Maybe his daughter-in-law, Margaret Bradford, wouldn't have been so ticked off with him that she threw a great swat of family deeds into the fire. ven so, it is also more recent ancestors who have contributed to our quandries. Amy
Oliver JACKSON (1874-1962), daughter of Sir Thomas JACKSON (1841-1915), left us
two incompatible versions of our family history. Both were written in the early
1950s and each claims a different county for the Jackson’s first connection to
Ireland. Take your pick:
My
Father came of an English family, one of whom went to Ireland as an officer in
the Army in Queen Elizabeth's reign- was given a grant of land in County Cavan.
Or:
The
Jacksons came from Northamptonshire and went to Ireland in Elizabeth's reign,
and were given grants of land in Co. Carlow (N. Leinster) for
distinguished service in the Army.
Worse than that, some of other family histories allege that the JACKSON family origin was in Yorkshire, some in Lancashire and
then of course, as in the version above – Northamptonshire.
Maybe all these versions are true. Maybe none are. Of course, Yorkshire and
Lancashire are cheek by jowl in the north of England, but Northamptonshire is a
good bit south. If the
Northamptonshire part is right, then the Duddington JACKSONs are a tantalizing guess (I will put together their tree soon). Other JACKSON trees, such as the Quaker Jacksons, or
the Jacksons of Coleraine or the Jacksons of Drogheda also have arguments in
support of them being connected to our dear old George.
The first thing I did was to double
check the original versions of Amy’s histories to make sure that I wasn’t
hallucinating. I wasn’t. So, what next? To use a fishing analogy, what I have
been doing ever since is fishing with a seine net rather than a line. The resulting
catch is such an impossible heap to do anything with, I have then entered the information
on all these Jackson “fish” into tables. A side benefit is that this information
may assist others. [SEE Also Family Trees ] So, here goes:
TABLES OF INFORMATION ON IRISH JACKSONS (mostly up to the mid-1800s)
Description |
Date |
Jacksons found in Co. Carlow & Co. Wicklow I have two requests of readers. Firstly, this is a 30 page document and I have had to wrestle with some aspects of getting it onto a readable page. Please let me know if it works for you. Secondly, If you have trees that link any of the earlier names to more recent ones, I would love to learn more.
NOTE: I have not interpolated data from the 1901 Census since it seemed to shed no significant new light on what I already had. |
June 3, 2010 |
| JACKSONs found in Carlow Church of Ireland Records NOTE: Since my focus is JACKSONs, I didn’t look much at
non-JACKSON witnesses. I have checked the image of the register for all the
burials and Baptisms and selected records otherwise. I have sorted the three
tables (Marriages; Baptisms and Deaths) chronologically. |
July 2, 2010 |
| Jacksons in Carlow Griffiths Valuations Jacksons who show up in Griffiths Valuation in Co. Carlow. This page also includes a map. |
July 2, 2010 |
| Jacksons In Co. Down Probates The Newtown JACKSONs seem to be tied into the John JACKSON, born 1624 Eccleston, Lancashire, England. Updated. |
July 4, 2010
August 22, 2010 |
| Jackson Tree from the Library of Congress There are some good clues here, but probably also some red herrings. Since this material is unsourced, I approach it with caution. |
July 4, 2010 |
| Jackson Crests relating to Ireland This page has meant looking simultaneously at dozens of JACKSON crests - and I can't claim to not have made a mistake or three. There were dozens of hyperlinks to add - so hopefully they are all working. Please let me know if you encounter difficulties, errors or if you can add more to this story. Updated. |
July 8, 2010
June 4, 2011 |
| JACKSONs named in Cromwellian Land Grants In time, my hope is that we will be able to pin all these men to particular JACKSON family trees. For now, this is merely a work in progress. SOURCE: The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed
Gentry, When Cromwell came to Ireland. John O’Hart. 2007. Updated |
July 9, 2010
August 21, 2010 |
| JACKSON subscribers to Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 |
July 13, 2010 |
| JACKSONs in Whittington Church Records These records provide the BMD sources for a number of the JACKSONs who ended up in Londonderry in the mid-1600s. They are likely significant for understanding many other Irish-England connections. |
August 2, 2010 |
| JACKSON Freemen of Dublin 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. |
January 26, 2010 |
| JACKSON Trees based on Whittington Parish Register I have merely grouped JACKSON names that seem to belong together. It seems like a modest enough place to start, although I suspect that many of these little trees are in turn related to each other as well. |
August 2, 2010 |
| The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmoreland : Their Predecessors and Successors,Vol 1. B. Nightingale, M.A. Manchester, 1911 There are numerous JACKSONs in these records. |
August 2, 2010 |
| The Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland and Westmoreland : Their Predecessors and Successors, Vol 2. This is a fascinating document with many, many references to both JACKSONs and also MAULEVERERs (another family that had roots in Northern Ireland). There is also quite a bit about the context of Quakers, Presbyterians and the Established church in the mid-1600s in Westmoreland. |
August 3, 2010 |
| Index to Irish Marriages 1771-1712 I have made a table incorporating the JACKSONs mentioned in the two volumes of Walker's Hiberian Magazine and added clarifications where known. |
August 22, 2010 |
JACKSONs mentioned amongst Oxford Alumni My purpose in assembling this table and highlighting various
words is to support those researchers who are working to establish links
between the various JACKSON families who emigrated to Ireland in the 1600s and
then perhaps also went back and forth to England for reasons of study, business
or family.
The JACKSONs of Coleraine were definitely connected to the Clothworkers
part of the plantation settlements in the early 1600s in Londonderry, but more is still to be learned
of them. They were also not the only line of JACKSONs to settle in Ireland in
this time frame, although it is not unlikely that other lines will turn out to
have some tangential relationship with them. Leeds, Westmorland and Yorkshire
were specific places that many of them hailed from. Updated. |
August 22, 2010
June 4, 2011 |
| Jacksons of Christ's College from Yorkshire, Westmorland & Lancashire My purpose in assembling this table and highlighting various
words is to support those researchers who are working to establish links
between the various JACKSON families who emigrated to Ireland in the 1600s and
then perhaps also went back and forth to England for reasons of study, business
or family. The JACKSONs of Coleraine were definitely connected to the
Clothworkers part of the plantation settlements in the early 1600s, but more is
still to be learned of them. They were also not the only line of JACKSONs to
settle in Ireland in this time frame, although it is not unlikely that other
lines will turn out to have some tangential relationship with them. Leeds,
Westmorland and Yorkshire were specific places that many of them hailed from. |
August 22, 2010 |
| JACKSONs at Trinity College, Dublin I have
sorted the material by date. This is my first stab at documenting who is who. I
am hopeful that others will contribute and then we can find homes for all of
these JACKSONs. |
August 23, 2010
July 7, 2011 |
| JACKSONs in 1600s Parish Registers in Dublin After bashing my head on many brick walls, I have decided to start looking at as many JACKSONs as I can find in Ireland in the 1600s. My reasons are self serving. I know that my particular JACKSONs came over to Ireland in that century, although which particular batch they belonged to, I haven't a clue. Most of these JACKSON records included beneath will be ruled out as significant to me in the long run, but may be significant for others. Many of them may have been mainly in Antrim or Down or Carlow or goodness knows where else – but they still had links to Dublin as well. |
October 3, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. Nicholas Parish, Dublin I will revisit this page early in the new year. For now, this is as far as I can take it. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St Andrews Parish, Dublin I will revisit this page early in the new year. For now, this is as far as I can take it. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. Audoens Parish, Dublin The number of JACKSONs in this parish with military connections intrigues me. I have much to learn here and will get back to this material early in the new year. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. Brides Parish, Dublin The JACKSONs in this parish seem to be primarily trades people. I have more to learn and will get back to this page in the new year. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. Catherines Parish, Dublin I have done more work on the JACKSONs of this Parish than I have been able to for the pages relating to other parishes. More work still awaits me however and I hope to get to it early in the new year. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. Michans Parish, Dublin This parish intrigues me because of its connection to the JACKSONs of Ballybay who were involved in the United Irishmen. It may very well be that they were also related to some of the earlier JACKSONs in this parish. |
October 26, 2010 |
| JACKSONs of St. John Parish, Dublin Like many of the other pages of parish churches in Dublin, I have a great deal more work to do - but it will have to wait until the new year. |
October 26, 2010 |
| The Cancellation Books of Aghavilla, Parish of Carrigallen The last of David JACKSON's and Eliza OLIVER's children to be born at Aghavilla aka Aughavilla was Mary JACKSON b 1844. There is a deed reference that shows David JACKSON still connected to Aghavilla in 1849 August 27. This is the last mention of the land in connection with him and his name does not show up in the records at the time of the Griffiths Valuation in 1856-7. According to his marriage agreement, JACKSON had leased 86 acres and 17 perches or thereabouts - measured in Irish acres. This would work out to be a little more than 139 acres English measure. It would seem that this would then be the land leased by LaTouche to Rorke. The mystery is when and how the land went from a leasehold held by David JACKSON to one held by Hugh RORKE. |
October 26, 2010 |
JACKSONs of Wexford, Wicklow & some Kildare This dozen or so pages includes various bits that I have found relating to the JACKSONs who had connections with either Co. Wexford or Co. Wicklow - with a few bits from Kildare added as well. When I finish more deeds research, there will be more to add - possibly in a separate page. |
January 5, 2010 |
| Jacksons in Census Records These census records from Manchester came to me thanks to the hard work of John McAnally. They are the start of tring to find the ancestors of John W. Jackson, who wrote a letter in about 1900 to Sir Thomas JACKSON. |
January 15, 2011 |
| Jacksons of Dundalk & Co. Louth At present, I do not know how any of these Dundalk JACKSONs may connect with the John W. JACKSON who called himself a cousin of Sir Thomas JACKSON in a letter sent about 1900. There may also be a connection to the Charles Jackson memorialized at Clonaleenan Graveyard (see bottom of page). |
January 15, 2011 |
| 1911 Irish Census - mentions of Jacksons These Jackson families are clustered in two cities in Co. Louth: Dundalk & Drogheda. Jacksons living in each of these places may be pertinent to the study of the background of Sir Thomas Jackson. |
January 16, 2010 |
| 1901 Census - JACKSONs in Co. Louth These Jackson families are clustered in two cities in Co. Louth: Dundalk & Drogheda. Jacksons living in each of these places may be pertinent to the study of the background of Sir Thomas Jackson. Some are gone by the time of the 1911 Census. |
January 16, 2011 |
| JACKSONs seen on Grave markers in Ireland This file is a work in progess - I will record updates, so it may be worth checking in from time to time. |
January 23, 2011 |
| JACKSONs from Wicklow who appear in Deeds This list of references does not capture anything like all the records of JACKSONs connected to Co. Wicklow who appear in Memorials of Deeds, but it is a start. |
January 23, 2011 |
| JACKSONs mentioned in Memorials of Deeds I am an absolute novice when it comes to research in Wexford,
and am still trying to place several townlands that are mentioned there. My
notes beneath illustrate the extent of my ignorance. Bit by bit, I will compare
these entries with other sources, and perhaps will learn more about them and
their families. In the meantime, if any of these JACKSONs are “yours”, please
let me know and I will add their particulars under the notes column. |
January 27, 2011 |
| Jacksons in 1847 in India & Ceylon These are the references for a number of JACKSON family members in India and Ceylon in 1847. |
March 13. 2011 |
| JACKSON's Irish Will Probates NOTE: I will be adding to this page as I work
through the materials I have come home with from my latest trip to Ireland. I
also looked for other names: BRADFORD; COULTER; etc. so a few of them are
included, but I quickly ran out of time. |
October 28 2011 |
| 1692 Lt. Thomas Ball Dividend What fascinates me about this document is that there are only five townlands for which amounts are included - and they are all townlands that have a connection to JACKSONs. I asume that Orhor is Urker; Liscalgahet is Liscalget aka Liscalgot; Glasdromon is Glassdrummond. We know that BALL had lands at Tullyvallen in trust for Daniel and Sarah JACKSON, minor aged children of John JACKSON |
October 30, 2011 |
Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury - volume 1 ;
Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury - volume 4 ;
Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury - volume 6
So far, I have three tables completed. If readers spot more editions available in the public domain, please let me know. |
November 23, 2011 |
Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Somerset House,;
Genealogical abstracts of wills proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury. Register “Wootton” 1658. Vol I;
Genealogical abstracts of wills proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury. Register “Wootton” 1658. Vol II;
Genealogical abstracts of wills proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury. Register “Wootton” 1658. Vol IV;
Here are four more tables - they are not all cleaned up, but they are good-to-go with respect to being useful to JACKSON family researchers. |
November 24, 2011 |
| JACKSON Pewterers in London In the 1400s-1800s, Jacksons were active as pewterers in London. This table is quite revealing when it comes to seeing how active.Many of them link to the JACKSONs of Derbyshire. |
December 2, 2011 |
| Calendar of State Papers - JACKSONs These are the names of JACKSON men who were granted land in post-Cromwellian Ireland and were often known as "Adventurers". This was the investment system whereby wars were bankrolled by a mixture of either money or service (being a soldier). |
December 3, 2011 |
| JACKSONS of Cheshire & Lancashire This chart was made from material included in Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol X.1884. A List of Lancashire
Wills proved within the Archdeaconry of Richmond, and now preserved in Somerset
House, London from AD 1457 to 1680; and of Abstracts of Lancashire Will
(belonging to the same Archdeaconry) in the British Museum, from AD 1531-1652.
Ed. Lieut-Colonel Henry Fishwick,
F.S.A. Printed for the Record Society 1884 |
December 10, 2011 |
| JACKSONs and others with connections to Ireland from the registers of "The Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster" aka "Westminster Abbey" Researcher Jan Waugh did most of the transcriptions that include mentions of JACKSON names. I built on her work by including references to other families who also had military, mercantile and/or family connections with Ireland. |
December 12, 2011 |
| Notes from Joseph Burton JACKSON Jim Jackson has given me permission to share this. It reminds me of the usefulenss of looking at the family associated with the Quaker JACKSONs which includes a crest with two greyhounds and a dolphin. |
December 15, 2011 |
| Robert Jackson of Crooked Staff, Dublin There are many threads to follow with respect to linking Dublin-based JACKSONs with JACKSONs in Co. Meath and elsewhere. This Robert JACKSON, a tanner of Dublin is only one of them. Another possibly productive line of inquiry is checking out the tanners named JACKSON in Ireland in the late 1600s. They were active in Co. Down as well as in Drogheda. |
December 17, 2011 |
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