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174. EDWARD JACKSON (1602–1681)

The migrant ancestor Edward Jackson was born in 1602 in England. He may be the son of Christopher Jackson who was baptized on 3 February 1604 in London. According to his gravestone, he died on 17 June 1681, age 79 years and five months. He married first Frances Unknown. She died in 1648 in Cambridge. He married second Elizabeth (Newgate) Oliver on 14.1.1649. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Newgate and the widow of Rev. John Oliver. She died on 30 September 1709, age 92. [1]

Edward purchased land in Cambridge Village in 1643. He took the freeman’s oath in 1654. He purchased a 500-acre farm from Gov. Bradstreet for 140 pounds in 1646. It was known as the Mayhew Farm as Gov. Bradstreet had purchased it from Thomas Mayhew. Edward was a deputy from Cambridge to the General Court in 1647 and he was regularly re-elected for 17 years. He was a proprietor of Cambridge and a large proprietor of Billerica, where in the land division of 1652 he had 400 acres. He left this land to Harvard College. His inventory contained over 1,600 acres of land and amounted to 2,477 pounds. He was probably the first slave owner in Newton. [2]

175. FRANCES UNKNOWN (say 1610–1648)

Frances Unknown was born say 1610. She died in 1648 in Cambridge. She married Edward Jackson.

Children of Edward and Frances: The first six were baptized in Whitechapel and the last two were supposedly born on the trip to New England: [3]

i. Israel Jackson was baptized 9 March 1631. He probably died young. [4]

ii. Margaret Jackson was baptized 1 January 1633. He probably died young. [5]

iii. Hannah Jackson was baptized 1 May 1634. She married John Ward. [6]

iv. Rebecca Jackson  (#87) was baptized on 10 October 1638 in Whitechapel. She married Thomas Prentice.

v. Caleb Jackson was baptized 10 October 1638. He probably died young. [7]

vi. Jonathan Jackson died 28 August 1693. He married Elizabeth Unknown. [8]

Jonathan was admitted to the Old South Church in Boston in July 1670. [9]

vii. Sebas Jackson died 6 December 1690. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Baker of Roxbury on 19.2.1671. She died 25 March 1726, age 84. [10]

Edward and Elizabeth had the following children:

viii. Sarah Jackson was born 5.11.1649. She married Rev. Nehemiah Hobart 21 March 1677. [11]

ix. Edward Jackson was born 15 December. [12]

x. Lydia Jackson was born in 1656. She married Joseph Fuller, Sen. in 1679. [13]

vi. Elizabeth Jackson was born 28 April 1658. She married first John Prentice, son of Captain Thomas Prence, in 1677. She married second Jonas Bond, Esq. of Watertown. [14]

xii. Ruth Jackson born 15 January 1664. She died unmarried 1692. [15]

Revised November 20, 2019

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