Oct. 2010 |
The Quest for the Silver Bowl. My very first post. |
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First Day in London – this
is a pretty lumpy post, not my best. |
Nov. 2010 |
Two Versions – the
contribution of genealogy to scholarship. |
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Research Update from Ireland Mentions of Jacksons in Glengarriff & Carrigallen;
Olivers & Huguenot roots. |
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Busted in Dublin |
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Gratitude #1 |
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Research Work in Two Irelands Just some practicalities for someone from Canada. |
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The Blogging Beast The imperfection
that is part of these posts – like wearing pyjamas in public. |
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Drogheda and a Perfect Day – seeking the JACKSON Coat of Arms – to no avail.
Drogheda City Hall |
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Curses and Blessings The science of luck and Lucky Jackson. |
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Chinese Food in Ireland Fan’s Chinese
restaurant, on Dame Street in Dublin, is where Samuel BROWNE, linen merchant
carried out his trade in the mid 1800s, and where my great grandfather –
Thompson BROWNE son of Samuel – also resided. NOTE: Fans is now closed. |
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Too Much Food – Field
Book includes mention of David Jackson’s house in Leitrim in 1841 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – stories of Clandeboye and BLACKWOODs. Meeting Lady
Dufferin. Anne BLACKWOOD nee JACKSON (1724-1814). |
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Till It’s Gone – the
story of a missing gravestone at Creggan Graveyard. Mary Skuce’s
transcription of several JACKSONs who I have yet to learn more about. |
Dec. 2010 |
Random Acts – Random
Acts of Genealogical Kindness – meeting Dawn at the Deeds Registry. |
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JACKSONs in Memorials of the Dead |
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Gilford Castle & the Gift of Christine |
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JACKSONs in the Belfast Newsletter |
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Blogs and research Mary Cumiskey &
Jackson research; Tullyvallen, Creggan, NOTE:
I had misplaced hopes for finishing the book in 2011 – dream on! |
Jan. 2011 |
A Mysterious Dundalk Cousin J.W. JACKSON aka
John W. JACKSON of Castletown, near Manchester. |
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No Success Like Failure Exploring likely
links between JACKSONs of Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh & JACKSONs of Co.
Wicklow and Co. Wexford. |
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The Voice of Patrick Flynn Mary Cumiskey’s
story of the Creggan Charter School, and my 5th g-grandfather
George JACKSON. Patrick FLYNN was a student who spoke out about the appalling
conditions, and was helped. |
Feb. 2011 |
TJ and the Story of his Statue Sculptor Mario
RAGGI, the statue was trashed in WWII, and found again |
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In Defence of Not Knowing – links to 19th C Hong Kong photos. Dr. Janet Davison Rowley quote about observational
research. |
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Choosing Rooster Scratches instead of County Louth Photos of
Cavananore |
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Organic Gardening Advice from 1802 – old practices, new soil. Reference to Killynure
smoked hams. |
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1898 Avast the Mast – photos
of Irish in 19th C Hong Kong – including a woman who shinnied up
the mast of a ship in full skirts. |
Mar. 2011 |
Memory is Like Water Personal memory –
and a meditation on how this connects to the political. |
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Memory is Like Water Part 2 – Memory and a re-evaluation of key historic
incidents in Ireland |
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One Good Deed Deserves .... Work in Deeds
Registry |
Apr. 2011 |
Tip of the Iceberg How inscriptions
don’t always tell the truth. Thoughts on TOLLEMARCHE connection; |
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Sometimes a Picture: The
Dares of Yokohama. George Mildmay DARE & Annie Dorothea Caroline EARNSHAW; Also, my father as
Poo-Bah in The Mikado. |
May 2011 |
A Walk in the Rain. This jumps from
present to past and is a meditation on community – then and now A meditation
on time and place. Mentions of Urker. |
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Stories From the Graves. Adelaide Fingal Smith |
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My Web Feet – Quack Quack. This is about how research and connections work – thanks to the
Internet. Stories of tracking down the Silver Bowls. |
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Knock Knock – Who’s There. On the power of sharing research – as well as some guidelines. |
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Facts and Theories. Random
Acts of Genealogical Kindness aka RAOGK. JACKSONs of Co. Down, Meath,
Monaghan and America. John HENRY of Broomfield & JACKSONs of Lisnaboe.
Also mention of Quaker JACKSONs. |
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Nature, Nurture and Family. Image of double helix; epigenetics anecdotes;
personality theory |
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Reading Irish History. The importance of perspective. “Je me souviens”; Charles Foran “The
Last House of Ulster”; Ascendancy to
Oblivion by Michael McConville; Governor KENNEDY of Hong Kong & Co.
Down; Anglo-Irishman, Arthur Wellesley, is better known as the Duke of
Wellington, the defeater of Napoleon |
Jun. 2011 |
Ngaio Marsh Links to
the DARE family of Yokohama, Singapore & Hong Kong. |
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Being and Irish Tourist & Meeting Turtle Bunbury. Mention of pubs. |
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Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part One. His connection to the DAREs of
Yokohama: Near this place
lyeth interr’d the Body of Capt. William Julus [Julius] late Commander of His Ma. Ship the
Colchester who departed this life ye 3d of Oct. 1698 Aged 33 years |
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Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part Two. Louisa Caroline JULIUS’s marriage proposal from
Horatio NELSON. She subsequently married Phocian DARE. |
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Have trod, have trod ... Disappointments in
research. – also stories connected to
deeds from Wendy Jack and Nigel Dickie. |
Jul. 2011 |
The Jackson “Connexion”. Jacksons of
Lisnaboe; stories of Henry JACKSON of Pill Lane, Dublin; connection to Arthur
HALEY of Roots; |
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Crests and Coats of Arms – 1st in a small series The
sheldrakes in JACKSON trees; my experience with Mission City designing of
heraldic arms in the 1980s. |
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The Red Hand of Ulster – 2nd in a small series O’Neills,
Jacksons, sheldrakes, the story of the red hand as told by Derek Lundy. |
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The Sheldrake and other elements – 3rd in a small
series. Mention of Jacksons of
Ahenesk, Ballyboy, Doncaster, Duddington, and Glanbeg. |
Aug. 2011 |
Lorna Goodison This is not only about the poetry
and memoir written by Lorna Goodison, but also about Howe Peter BROWNE of
Ireland and Jamaica. |
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Carolan's Farewell, a
novel by Charles Foran based on the life of harpist Turlogh O’Carolan, one of
the last premodern harp composers. |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization by
Thomas Cahill Doubleday, New York. My book review |
Sept 2011 |
Pete of the Glorious Berkshires A tribute to my mentor on townland research. |
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Talk at Armagh & District History Group An ad for
a speech I gave. |
Oct 2011 |
Strongbow & Deeds My visit to his tomb
& the link to JACKSON deeds. John JACKSON of Athy, Co. Kildare, Gent … lands of
Currageen cont 630 acres, Barony of Kilkea and Moon, Co. Kildare… lives of
said John JACKSON & Sarah his wife & George DEACON of Athy,
Gent… rent of 283 pounds 10 shillings to be paid at Strongbows tomb in
Christ Church Dublin…. |
Nov 2011 |
Thomas JACKSON Kildare farm - some detective work Sir
Thomas JACKSON (1841-1915) seems to have had a farm in Co. Kildare. Story of
Patrick LYNCH. |
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Original Jackson – exploring
his links to Irish JACKSONs. NOTE: Three sheldrakes on his grave marker. This Original Jackson lived at Godmanchester,
Cambridgeshire not far from the JACKSONs of Duddington. There seems to be a 2nd Original Jackson: St. Nicholas's Church, Whitehaven: April 9, 1787, Isabella Jackson, wife of Original Jackson,
buried. |
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Island Hall in Godmanchester –As I
mentioned in my previous post, Island Hall was built by Original Jackson for his son, John. |
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JACKSONs and the Samuel Pepys connection References
to the marriage of John Jackson and Paulina Pepys – sister of Samuel - in
Pepys’ diary |
Dec 2011 |
Thomas and Samuel Jackson - Pewterers of London –
exploring their relationships with Ireland. Pewterer Thomas Jackson (1600-1680) & Thomas’s only
known surviving son, Samuel (1634-1716) Family tree of the Jacksons from Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
Berkshire and London. |
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Henry Jackson of Dublin - a 1690 will Henry
Jackson of St. Peters Parish Dublin; mention of Lodowick JACKSON. |
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Goldsmiths, Jacksons, London, Ireland & some ongoing mysteries – starting with Alexander Jackson who advanced money to finance Cromwell’s war, and was
allocated property in the South-East corner of the Barony of Navan, Co.
Meath. He was also granted land in the Barony of Morgallion. The townland of
Lisnaboe – where the Jacksons of Monaghan and United Irishmen fame came from
- is in the Barony of Kells, County Meath. These three baronies adjoin each
other. |
Jan 2012 |
A couple of "Unchurched Olivers" – William OLIVER of Killynure, Co. Armagh, and Mary
Anne MALLON |
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Irregular Marriages – what
I learned from a news article about the controversy & the part of Rev.
Daniel Gunn BROWN[E] |
Feb 2012 |
Nepotism: Yea or Nay.
This is in part a book review of Citizens
of The World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic
community 1735-1785. David Hancock, and
partly a look at Sir Thomas Jackson of Armagh’s hiring practices at HSBC in
the mid to late 1800s. |
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Inching towards Kildare. This page links to at least a hundred pages of original compilations of
research that I have recently done. Includes Quaker JACKSONs, a photo of a
Stone House in Monasterven. The lands
of Athgarvan and Kennagh are wo of the townlands that these Kildare Jacksons were
supposedly granted for services under William III. |
Apr 2012 |
Jacksons of Grange, Kings Co, Ireland. These
JACKSONs did not stay in one place – sightings of them range from adjacent
counties to America. Mentions of Robert Jackson, Henry Jackson (Co. Wicklow),
Thomas Jackson, Drechet, Quakers, Nicholas
Jackson of Kilbank, Seawaite, Lancashire, England, Birr Castle, Birr aka
Parsonstown, Arthur Tenison Groves research, Seirkieran, & Edenderry in
Kings co,, . |
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Imagining a Parish and its People. Creggan
Parish, Co. Armagh. Photo of Jackson & Johnston enclosures at Creggan graveyard;
Ursula LeGuin quote; |
May 2012 |
Cavananore – unearthing the tale. Cavananore, a
townland of some 219 acres in Co. Louth, was occupied at least as early as
the late 1600s by a Presbyterian family named Coulter. They were supposedly
awarded the land for their valour at the Battle of the Boyne on the side of
King William. |
Jul 2012 |
Handsome James Jackson of Drogheda. I
stumbled upon a description of John Jackson, son of Alderman Jackson of
Drogheda in The Dublin Scuffle. It
was printed in 1699, and written by John Dunton, an eccentric bookseller and
even more eccentric writer. |
Jul 2012 |
Research bits on Handsome James Jackson. The
earliest known ancestor of handsome James Jackson was Richard Jackson of
Drogheda (carpenter, sheriff and merchant) a man who seems to have been quite
successful. His son, another Richard Jackson, became an Alderman of Drogheda
and was also a successful merchant ... |
Sept 2012 |
Francesca aka Frances Bertha Marion “Daisy” Sexton. If you were to see
Mrs. Noble in 1890, just after the birth of her youngest child and presiding
as President of the Ladies Recreation Club of Hong Kong, you would think that
the world was her oyster. |
Sept 2012 |
George Edward Noble. At the peak of his bank career, he was Chief Manager of
HSBC. |
Oct 2012 |
The Irish Governors of Hong Kong. At least eight
Irishmen became Governors of Hong Kong in the 19th and early 20th Century. Other governors married Irish women or had other such connections. |
Nov 2012 |
Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862-1956) Ho Tung was one of Sir Thomas Jackson’s cherished friends. |
Nov 2012 |
Shameless Self Promotion #1. Sir Thomas Jackson and The Bank: Not your average
banker. |
Nov 2012 |
Crowd Sourcing and the Dares. A quick flypast
describing Amelia’s brothers and brother-in-laws, with a focus on their
inter-connected business involvements. |
Nov 2012 |
Shameless Self Promotion #2. The next speaker at
the Royal Asiatic Society is an unusual choice. She failed history in High
School, and then steered clear of all such courses at university. |
Dec 2012 |
500 Words. I
received several emails from people who were unable to attend my talk at the
Royal Asiatic Society in Hong Kong in November, so I promised to publish
parts of it in future blogs. This is the first installment. |
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Flibbertigibbet. A round-about intro
to a 1902 description of a banquet in Hong Kong. |
Jan 2013 |
Hong Kong & Ireland: Two British Colonies. An excerpt from a
speech delivered to the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in
November 2012. |
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A Hong Kong Embroidery 1902. A 1902 news account described the attempted presentation of this embroidered scroll to Thomas Jackson in Hong Kong at a banquet
celebrating his life in the Colony. |
Feb 2013 |
The Land League Hut at Shortstone. I first saw this picture in the study of Willie Tracey,
an elderly farmer who lives and farms at Shortstone, Co. Louth. Includes the murder of Samuel COULTER in 1849 &
the care of Widow Wiseman by his sons. |
Apr 2013 |
Jacksons of Drogheda & Creggan. JACKSONs in St. Peter’s of Drogheda Parish Register
in late 1600s. |
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Last Day in Ireland – This Time. Description of working in Deeds Registry and such. |
May 2013 |
Jacksons of Co. Cavan. Exploring links between JACKSONs of Kildare and the northern counties of
Ireland; finding a counterfeit dollar; “The Jackson family of Kildare were related to most of the
big Quaker families. ...... Armagh ; at Lisna-
garvey or Lisburn ; at Belturbet in Co. Cavan ; at Grange ...”; |
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark. Research examining some of the supposed origins of the Irish Quaker
JACKSONs, and possible links with JACKSONs of Coleraine; quote about how
broke Rev. Richard JACKSON was; quote from Edmond T. Bewley;. NOTE: Names have since
been added and updated in family tree. |
Jun 2013 |
Woof - Part One. Following
up on the family of Richard JACKSON (1595-1680) of Westmorland. Link to
Jackson Hall, Kirby Lonsdale, now known asThe Royal Hotel, Photo of Jackson Hall aka Manor House in Coleraine; |
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Geekdom Fascinating bits found in Deeds such as the legal arrangements made between Thomas and
Mary Jackson, and John Halpin - a comb maker, because the Jackson's marriage
had come asunder in a time before divorce was an option. Me & Nick Reddan
in Dublin. |
Jul 2013 |
Stones Can Talk - Part I. Some Jacksons in Dublin memorials |
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Stones Can Talk – Part II. More transcriptions of grave stones. |
Sep 2013 |
Email Serendipity. The tombstone of Anne Day Woodville in Bekegem, Belgium.
She was the widow of Sir George Jackson (1776-1840), her second husband. Sir
George was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry and later also lived at
Forkhill, Co. Armagh. In later life he lived and died in Belgium. |
Nov 2013 |
The Tale of a Townland. A primer on how to learn much from maps using the townland of Urcher aka
Urker as an example. |
Dec 2013 |
Urker Lodge. Archival
photos compared with contemporary photos and maps. |
Jan 2014 |
Urker and Sir Thomas Jackson. Linking fairy tales and features which can be found
in the landscape of South Armagh. |
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Creggan on the Peak. Sir Thomas JACKSON
of Creggan parish in south Armagh built a home in Hong Kong that he named
Creggan. |
Feb 2014 |
Thomas Jackson and the Overland Route. The experience of travelling from England to Hong
Kong before the opening of the Suez canal. |
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Margaret McMillan. When
I was reading her book The War the Ended Peace, it got me thinking about
Prince Henry and his visits with the Jacksons in Hong Kong in the 1890s. |
Mar 2014 |
The Sizzle of Connections. A story about the links between the SCOTTs of Singapore and Sir
Walter SCOTT and William Ramsay SCOTT, brother-in-law to Sir Thomas JACKSON. |
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Whitworth Allen and Anna Maria Dare. Anna
Maria DARE was a sister to Sir Thomas Jackson’s wife, Amelia Lydia DARE. |
May 2014 |
The Dummy Clock. Finding the clock at
Crossmaglen |
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Cabra Castle and Jacksons. Madeline Eglantine Jackson was born
about 1816. George Vaughan JACKSON was a 1st cousin of Madeline. Note the
three eagles heads in the JACKSON part of the crest - upper left segment. At
present I cannot rule out that the original member of the Co. Mayo line of JACKSONs was not Francis JACKSON (1632- bef 1680), son of Rev.
Richard JACKSON and Dorothy OTWAY. Three birds, which are included in the
arms of the descendants of Rev. Richard & Dorothy, are a common motif in
all sorts of Jackson Crests. |
May 2014 |
My Oxstead Visit where I meet the
irrepressible Eileen Johnston and learn of a letter from 1875. |
May 2014 |
An 1875 letter from Slieveroe – the return after a honeymoon of Margaret JACKSON
and Dr. Robert Hamilton REID – wild festivities. |
May 2014 |
Photos of people mentioned in the 1875 letter. Margaret JACKSON; Mary MENARY; Robert REID; Annie
REID; Miss ROBINSON; Mrs. MAGEE; Annie GILBERT; Mrs. BEATTIE, Sarah
McCULLAGH, Sarah JACKSON, Thompson & Bessie BROWNE; John JACKSON. |
Jun 2014 |
Brittas and the Belted Galloway. The story of Capt. Bligh & Brittas Estate and
our visit there. |
Jun 2014 |
The JACKSONs of Rathe. Meeting Brian GARVEY a farmer at Rathe; Rathe had been leased by Henry Jackson of Lisnaboe and
his son Thomas Jackson, and was likely owned by the family for several
decades before this. These Jacksons are related to the Jacksons of Ballybay
in Co. Monaghan, and are also likely related to another line of Jacksons who
lived at Ballyreagan, Co. Down; photo of Rath House; Maps of Rath; Lisnaboe. |
Jun 2014 |
Possible Treasures. The
1765 Innes-Jackson will. Mention of niece Mrs. M’LOUGHLIN; The John BALL who is mentioned in the will as having
given a watch to Jane Innes was the same John Ball who held the lease to
Urker, where the ancestors of Thomas Jackson lived. |
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Stint at SOAS Library in London – The Addis Collection. Archives of Charles Stewart Addis; letters by Amelia
JACKSON; excerpts. |
Jul 2014 |
Early Jacksons of Co. Down. Exploring connections between JACKSONs of Lisburn,
also Ballyreagan, Co. Down & Lisnaboe. |
Aug 2014 |
David Jackson in Yokohama. Murder on the Bluff – the murder of Mr. Walter Raymond Hallowell CAREW - includes clues about the JACKSONs; maps included,
as well as info on the love interest of Mrs. Carew, the murderer: Henry (aka Harry) Vansittart Dickinson, an accountant
with HSBC. |
Aug 2014 |
Location of Creggan in Hong Kong. This is the house built by Sir Thomas JACKSON
(1841-1915) in the late 1870. I have created several maps with descriptions.
Photo of fellow researchers,Annelise
Connell, and David Bellis |
Aug 2014 |
First Houses on the Peak in Hong Kong. Some history and photographs to give context. |
Aug 2014 |
Lombard Street & London Bankers. Starting with 16th C. goldsmiths named
JACKSON. Pasqua Rosee’s Head, the
place where London’s first coffee shop opened in 1652. Later in the 1600s,
the goldsmith John Jackson plied his trade nearby, using the emblem of an
angel as his mark. 31 Lombard St. was also the street where HSBC’s London
office was housed until it moved to #9 Gracechurch Street. A bit about The
Banker’s Church, and mention of family who died in WWI. TJ’s funeral at All
Hallowes. In the early 1700s, the firm of Knight and Jackson operated under
the Unicorn on Lombard Street. SEE: A Handbook of London Bankers. SEE: The London Goldsmiths. By the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1936 by Sir
Charles Jackson. See also English Goldsmiths and their Marks, C.J. Jackson, 1905. Also London Vol 4
ed. Charles Knight page 17ff. for a history of London Banking.Place to eat: Qian
Long on 46 Gresham Street |
2014 Sept |
Psychics and the Boltons. Details about Captain Charles
James Bolton whose first wife was
Louisa Caroline Dare., a sister of Amelia Lydia Dare (wife of Sir Thomas
Jackson). Death of their son, Charles James BOLTON. The account was from Bolton’s second wife, Julia
Mitchell, in the Journal of the Ontario Society for Psychical Research. Volume XVI,
1913. Pages 3-6. |
2014 Sept |
Discovering Captain Bolton. Happy Valley graveyard in Hong Kong & meeting up
again with Paul Harrison. Lots of research on BOLTONS and ships, and deaths
of children. |
Oct 2014 |
Two 19th Century Catholic Chapels in Creggan. The memory of Old Rose. When she was blind, TJ would
take her down Monag Road every Sunday so she could hear the church bells.
Maps showing Moybane and Monag chapels. |
Oct 2014 |
Old Rose and her Blessing. She was the old nurse of TJ. Research undertaken to
unearth her identity. |
Oct 2014 |
The Walls and Floors of Urker. Includes an ad to rent in 1829; photos of Peter
Rogers; thoughts on mortar; Pidgeon House; lots of photos of walls and
construction. |
Oct 2014 |
More Photos of Urker Lodge. |
Nov 2014 |
Crowd Sourcing – First of Five. This is the first
section of a draft version of one of the chapters for my upcoming book The Silver Bowl. |
Nov 2014 |
Crowd Sourcing – 2nd of Five. Henry John Temple
aka 3rd Lord Palmerston was 18 years old when his father died.
Having inherited an Irish peerage, he was able to start his career near the
top of the military ladder. |
Nov 2014 |
Crowd Sourcing – 3rd of Five. Sir Hugh Gough (1779-1869) |
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Crowd Sourcing – 4th of Five. Sir Henry Kellett,
also an Irishman, and a naval officer serving on the HMS Sulphur under
Belcher’s command, was amongst that first crew that hoisted the flag at
Possession Point on Monday, January 25th, 1841. |
Nov 2014 |
Crowd Sourcing – 5th of Five. It wasn’t until
1842, at the conclusion of the First Opium War and a year after the flag had
been raised at Possession Point, that Henry Pottinger from Co. Down, as the
Queen’s representative, dictated the terms of the Treaty of Nanking to the
Chinese after their military defeat. A year earlier, aged fifty-two, he had
been appointed Envoy and Plenipotentiary to China by Lord Palmerston. |
Mar 2015 |
The Jacksons of Steeple. In the mid-1700s, the Jacksons of Steeple
were connected to the Jacksons of the townlands of adjacent Holwell, as well
as to the Jacksons of nearby Loonburn. There may also be a link to the
JACKSONs of Coleraine. I have included maps and sources. |
Apr 2015 |
The Failure of the Tipperary Bank. Saturday February
17, 1856, John Sadleir, knowing his bank was failing, committed suicide.
Also, this piece mentions Wilson KENNEDY, the Regium Donum, and how the
failure affected him. Also mention of Thomas Jackson and Daniel Gunn BROWNE, |
Apr 2015 |
Kirkby Lonsdale and the Royal Hotel. My bedroom at the
Royal Hotel overlooks the Market Square. It used to be part of the gardens
attached to a building that was known as Jackson Hall before it was sold and
turned into the Rose and Crown. This
was the property of Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681). He bequeathed it to his
eldest son, William JACKSON (1628-1688) of Coleraine. |
Apr 2015 |
Timeline of JACKSONs re: Steeple. This page includes mention of JACKSONs of Steeple,
Antrim, Holywell, and Loonburn. |
Apr 2015 |
Jacksons of Steeple – Family Tree. There is also likely a connection to the JACKSONs of
Tobermore.NOTE: Extract
from "Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry"; Introduction by
W. D. Killen, D.D. (1861) Sarah [Born: 1
Oct 1698, Magherafelt, Ireland], 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. |
Apr 2015 |
Richard Jackson (1602-1681) of Westmorland. The family tree of the
known descendants of Rev. Richard JACKSON of Kirkby Lonsdale and his two
wives: Dorothy OTWAY & Jane CARTER. With these two wives, he sired twenty
living children, many of whom made a significant impact on Ireland from the
mid-1600s onwards. |
May 2015 |
Aghavilly – Birthplace of Sir Thomas Jackson. There are lots of maps and charts here. NOTE: It is not impossible that David Jackson may have
inherited this land from Thomas McCullagh, land which had been previously
deeded to Alexander Wilson. On the other hand: Mind the gap. |
Apr 2015 |
Tullyvallen and My Quest for Jacksons. Lots of maps and charts. Starting with Thos Ball to the use of Daniel & Sarah Jackson in
1668 – then a jump to 1864 & Anne JACKSON. |
Apr 2015 |
Johnstons of Woodvale. There are multiple links to the Jacksons of Urker. Includes a family tree
which I updated February 17, 2016. |
Apr 2015 |
Jacksons of Tullyvallen.
– update May 2015. This line of
inquiry might get us closer to either establishing or disproving the link
with both the Jacksons of Coleraine as well as a possible link to the Richard
Jackson who established the Forkhill Trust in the late 1700s – as well as the
JACKSONs of Steeple (Dunaghy needs
checking out). Includes 1823 map. |
Apr 2015 |
Mitchelburne and Jackson connections. Col. John MITCHELBURNE married Susanna Beresford,
the widow of William JACKSON & Richard MITCHELBURNE, his brother, who
married a Mary JACKSON. |
Apr 2015 |
The Twenty Children of Rev. Richard JACKSON. Rev. Richard
JACKSON of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland sired fifteen children with his first
wife, Dorothy OTWAY (1605-1645), and then he sired five more with his 2nd wife, Jane CARTER. These sons and daughters, and their descendants, had a
significant impact on the next four centuries in Ireland. One of their sons,
William, owned leases for land that covered much of Coleraine in the
mid-1600s, while son Samuel had dozens of leases in Dublin, Monaghan, Meath
and Cavan. |
Apr 2015 |
Family Crests and Jacksons. My personal experience in contributing to a coat of
Arms in Mission, BC. Sir Thomas
Jackson, and the sheldrakes. |
Apr 2015 |
Oral History – Jacksons and Fairy Rings. JACKSON’S
FORT The rampart of
the ring of this earthwork has been levelled into the trench all the way
round with the result that the ring sits several feet high above the
surrounding fields. It is now (1931) in use as an orchard. Mr. Allen, the
present owner of the farm states that his family settled in the adjoining
townland of Ternacreevy in 1616. His mother was a Miss Jackson daughter of the former owner & the Jackson’s held the farm “from
the days of Cromwell”. |
Apr 2015 |
Clay Pigeons. Exploring
connections between Sir Thomas JACKSON’s sheldrakes, Anne BATES Ashby de la
Zouche wife of Richard JACKSON & three shovellers; Richard JACKSON of
Forkhill’s shovellers. Photos of crests. |
Apr 2015 |
The Irish Referendum & Dorothy Jackson. The frequent invisibility of gay people in family
histories. One remarkable thing about
how Dorothy Jackson lived her life was that she was a lesbian living openly
with her partner Dorothy Fitch at Barony House (or cottage), Glengarriff, Co.
Cork . Also, Dorothy Jackson’s
relationship with Phyllis Keys, and her connections to the Bloomsbury group. |
June 2015 |
More Letters found at Gilford. Letters from Thomas JACKSON in the early 1860s.
Descriptions of his trip and arrival at Hong Kong. His Aunt Barbara
DONALDSON, Dr King & the Elgin settlement in Ontario, and the bequest by
her daughter (which likely funded Thomas’ education at Morgan’s School in
Dublin). |
June 2015 |
Occam’s Razor or KISS. Trying to suss out the place where Sir Thomas Jackson had a farm in Co.
Kildare. Maps of townlands where some Jacksons owned land in Kildare. His
farm manager Patrick Lynch of Kildare. In the 1690s, Jacksons were at Athgravan and Blackrath, in the parish of Greatconnell,
lost that land, and then settled at Narraghmore. Jacksons of Athy. |
July 2015 |
Amelia Lydia Dare and Countess Dysart – fact or fiction. As
a royalist, active throughout the Cromwellian years, Elizabeth Murray even
went so far as to meet socially with Oliver Cromwell, initially to camouflage
her subversive activities, but later as an act of genuine friendship. Unravelling the mystery of the secret marriage of William
TOLLEMACHE; the story of William Ball WRIGHT; |
Aug 2015 |
Amelia Dare & her Cape Town connections. Her grandfather,
William Tollemache Parke (1790-1852), had been an innkeeper at India House on
Rotherhithe Street, in his early thirties. This was near the docks in
south-east London. Then Amelia’s grandmother opened what would become the
world-famous Parke’s Hotel in Cape Town – it was featured in recommendations
from as far away as Bombay |
Oct 2015 |
Iceberg Writing and Silly Boy Pictures. In the meantime,
here are some photo montages created in the late 1800s in Yokohama and/or
Hong Kong. They include several of the Irish lads that I have been
writing about. |
Oct 2015 |
Intro to the Silver Bowl. One spring day, young Tommy was out
a-walking with Mr. Malever. Down a lane, it was, back of the church. They
chanced upon a Gypsy. She stopped them on the path. “Would you be after
having your fortune told?” Malever laughed and reached into his pocket. He
crossed her palm with a coin. She pocketed the coin, took the palm of young
Tommy into her hand, and studied it carefully. Then she took the hand of
Malever and as she held it palm upwards, the look on her face darkened. She
shook her head and said, “One of you will be known all over the world and one
of you will meet a dastardly death.” |
Nov 2015 |
Presbyterian & Catholic Olivers of Armagh. Document from Eliza OLIVER from 1800s, maps of
Olivers going back to 1664. Farmacaffley, Ballnahonebeg, Brootally,
Ballycrummy, Killynure, etc. Sale of OLIVER estate, |
Nov 2015 |
Kane Graveyard – Some History. Tales of the fairies; the story of The Stump; the
COULTERs; |
Dec 2015 |
Anniversary of Sir Thomas Jackson’s Death. Photos of Urker; Marketplace photo; the story of Old
Rose; Rev Daniel Gunn BROWNE; racial and religious tolerance; charity; his
grave at Stanstead. |
April 2016 |
Aren’t you done yet? Mentions of Sir Thomas JACKSON’s farm in Co. Kildare; shovellers on JACKSON
crest; Richard JACKSON of Westmorland; son William JACKSON of Coleraine &
Samuel JACKSON of Dublin; John JACKSON – Oliver Cromwell’s treasurer; coin
used by Sir George JACKSON. |
Aug 2016 |
My Bags are packed.
Blessington Park. Meeting Daphne McCann for the first time. |
May 2016 |
2016 version of OLIVERS of Armagh. Sir Thomas
Jackson (the focus of my research) and I both descend from a William Oliver
who held a lease and farmed at Ennislare in Co. Armagh - at least as early as
the 1700s. Oral history has it that our ancestors were Huguenots from the
South of France. A map of Ballymoran and images of other documents are
included. |
May 2016 |
Lace from Crossmaglen.
The story of Susan DONALDSON. Meeting Rosie Bell at Gilford Castle. |
July 2016 |
Killynure – the Life of a House. Historic photos and links, and the story of our
family’s connection. Edgar & Amanda KNOX & Natalie, Naomi & Faith. |
July 2016 |
The Quaigh of Rev. Daniel Gunn Brown. Two
branches of Rev. Daniel Gunn Brown’s family both originated from Scotland,
but they also had previous ancestral connections to Antrim. The name
Kirkpatrick aka Kilpatrick translates as: church of Patrick. This has
more resonance than one might think. Comparison of language of activist
Presbyterian ministers with that of Karl Marx. |
April 2018 |
I’m Back! Includes
Seamus Heaney poem. |
May 2018 |
Origin Stories - Four versions – of our JACKSONs in Ireland. Includes Mount Leinster Lodge, Raheenkyle. |
Dec 2018 |
Samuel Jackson - Gleanings of a Life. TGF Paterson records; Draper’s Guild; Clothworker’s
Guild; Goldsmith’s Guild. Mention of Articlave, Bellaghy, Mansion House
Coleraine. Sir Albert Conyngham,
Mount Charles House, Strabane & Co. Meath holdings. Story of DRAKEs of
Co. Meath |
Apr 2019 |
Jacksons of Co. Longford, Dublin & Kings Co Cartoon
from Memorials of deeds; Richard JACKSON of Tinenane, Co. Longford. In
later deeds, Tinenane aka Tenenare was referred to as Cullivore; SHAEN; O’FARRELL; according to Oscar Wilde, Burke’s Peerage: …
is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the
best thing in fiction the English have ever done! Mathew JACKSON,
Kings Co.; list of possible JACKSON family links. |
Apr 2019 |
Rev. William JACKSON - Dead Ends Blog #1 R.R. MADDEN;
News articles; SALES aka SALE aka SALL; GORES; |
Apr 2019 |
Dr. Richard JACKSON (abt 1720-abt1768) and the SALEs. Richard
JACKSON, brother of Rev. William JACKSON; Cuffe Street mystery; St. Stephen’s
Sq. |
July 2019 |
Hyde’s Coffee Shop Rev. William JACKSON; HYDE family;
WHITTHORNE; possible Sligo connections; United Irishmen & Robert EMMETT; |
Sept 2019 |
Rev. William Jackson & his Gore ancestry Thomas
Otway's play Venice
Preserv’d. Katherine SALES; Dr. Edward SALE; Francis GORE; Countess
Markievics aka BOOTH-GORE; Col. Zachariah TIFFIN; Newtownards; Henry JACKSON,
Monaghan & Dublin; |
Sept 2019 |
Documents relating to the ancestry of Rev. William JACKSON. Many maps; Captain George PEPPER; Dublin; Leitrim; Sligo; TIFFIN; Wicklow;
Sandymount; |
Mar 2020 |
Streetlight effect and Jacksons and Sheldrakes Jacksons
from Cuddeson, Oxfordshire; ALDWORTHs; Gilbert JACKSON; Rev. Richard Jackson
(1709-1796); Hickleton; Doncaster; WARD-JACKSON, Yorkshire; Duddington;
Wiltshire; |
Apr 2020 |
The wives of Rev. William Jackson (1737-1795) Anne PALMER
(not a wife); Appledore; Theophilus JONES; Augustus HERVEY; GORE; BLACKWOOD; Clandeboye Estate is not far from Ballycastle; Paris, France & Vicinity Marriage Banns, 1860-1902 for a William
Fritz Jackson on August 20, 1863; Hayle Place, Kent. |
Apr 2020 |
Arthur Hamilton Lee and Sir Thomas Jackson connection
to Chequers. |
Jul 2021 |
Richard Jackson father of Rev. William JACKSON (1737-1795) His
father officiated in the Prerogative Court of Dublin. - is the only one
that I cannot corroborate; Gentleman and Citizen’s Almanac,; Richard
Robert Madden (1798-1886); Dr. Jackson, of Newtownards; A child of a
soldier named Richard Jackson died 1738 and was buried at St. Paul, Dublin,
Ireland on October 18, 1738; Richard Jackson who died at Kendal,
Westmoreland, England on July 2, 1738. An etching of merchant Henry Jackson
(1750-1817), a United Irishmen who fled to America makes him look a lot like
Rev. William. |
Dec 2021 |
JACKSON of Stansted House: Baronial Arms; includes O’NEILL-JACKSON
connections: Captain JACKSON (no forename was included) as being
of Shanes Castle, Largy & Toome Quarters. SEE: 1653
Presbyterian removals. |
Sep 2022 |
The Naming of Irish Townlands The word otherwise was used 75 times in a single deed |
Jun 2023 |
Updates to my Memorials of Deeds Pages PUREFOY & JACKSONs |
Jun 2023 |
Reflections after transcribing more Creggan Parish Registers. “other-mothers” ; endogenous society,; |
Jul 2023 |
Grave-markers and the Loss of a Sense of Place St.
Hilda’s, Sechelt; Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh; Mattie Scuse’s transcription;
Japanese graves in Vancouver; |
Dec 2023 |
Rev William Francis JACKSON Finding his middle name. |
Feb 2024 |
Rev. William JACKSON (1737-1795): Seen through the framing &
lens of his Writing ` |
Feb 2024 |
2024 Visit to Coleraine BERESFORDs and JACKSONs. |
Jan 2025 |
AI and breaking down brick walls How to find elusive memorial of deeds. |
Jan 2025 |
Mrs. Elizabeth JACKSON née BUNTING Wife of Rev William JACKSON of the United Irishmen |
Mar 2025 |
REV. RICHARD JACKSON (1602-1681) |
Apr 2025 |
Abigail JACKSON (1683-1763): Part One AKA Abigail CROFTON. |
May 2025 |
JACKSONs and St. Johns Killowen Including plaque placed by Richard JACKSON (1730-1789) |
June 2025 |
History
by the Ounce A largely
philosophical rumination about memory, history, ancestry and truth. |