[1] The connection of the Mountmellick JACKSONs to the Killingwold Grove JACKSONs is dismissed by Edmund T. BEWLEY in The Jacksons in Ireland. He is most certainly right about the insufficiency of evidence, but his argument based on noscitur a sociis (A rule of language used by the courts to help interpret legislation, under which the questionable meaning of a doubtful word can be derived from its association with other words) also has its limits. Even so, it is likely that the first four generations as shown in this genealogy are invalid. Here is the nub of BEWLEY’s argument: Sir Anthony Jackson was a man of good family, a church- man, a courtier, and an ardent Royalist; while the Anthony Jackson in question was a small farmer, a Puritan, and a Cromwellian. Any one who has studied the early history of the Society of Friends knows that the Society was at this time recruited mainly from yeomen and the lower middle class, and not from the landed gentry. Few would be likely to join its ranks who were not already imbued with Puritan principles. Not only is there an entire absence of any evidence of a descent of this Anthony Jackson from the Jacksons of Killingwoldgraves, but there is a strong presumption against any such descent. It will be found, I think, that the first suggestion of this descent came from ' George Henry de Strabolgi Plantagenet ' Harrison or whatever his proper designation may be whose unscrupulous conduct in pedigree mongering is dealt with by Mr. Walter Rye in his Records and Record Search in Portions of the Greer pedigree as given in the early editions of Burke's Landed Gentry were severely handled by ' Anglo-Scotus ' in the Herald and Genealogist (vi. 137) ; and I think the alleged descent from the Killingwoldgraves Jacksons is almost worthy of a place in the Ancestor under the heading of ' What is Believed.'  SOURCE: THE JACKSONS IN IRELAND Edmund T. Bewley The Ancestor; a quarterly review of county and family history, heraldry and antiquities

http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestorquarterl07londuoft/ancestorquarterl07londuoft_djvu.txt

[2] Richard JACKSON was born 1505 in of Killingwold Grove, Yorkshire

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.,

·        NOTE: A Richard Jackson from Eske who was born about 1505 and died 1555 married an Ann Todd, daughter of a Robert Todd, in 1638. One of his more illustrious descendants was a Sir Anthony Jackson 1599-1666 SOURCE: http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33660 

·        Eske is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of the town of Beverley and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Tickton. It lies just to the east of the River Hull.  It forms part of the civil parish of Tickton. It was the ancestral home of the Jackson family, beginning with Richard (1505?-1555), the husband of Ann TODD, and the father of Anthony JACKSON, the husband of Margaret FROBISHER. Their son (Sir) Richard's wife was Ursula HILDYARD, a direct descendant of Edward I LONGSHANKS, and their son, Sir Anthony JACKSON II was a prominent courtier with both Charles I and Charles II Stuart. The latter is interred at the Temple Church of the Inner Temple in London.SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eske

[3] Anthony JACKSON was born 1540 in of Killingwold Grove, Parish of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.,

·        SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins.

[4] Richard JACKSON was born 1560 in Killingwold Grove, Parish of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, To whom confirmation of arms was granted, 16th June 1613.

·        SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins.,

·        SOURCE:Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, BURTON, BISHOP (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles (W.) from Beverley; containing 532 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from York to Hull, and comprises 4208a. 20p., of which about 170 acres are woods and plantations; of the rest two-thirds are arable, and one-third pasture. The soil is various, the greater part a strong clay, with some very rich grazingland near the village; and the surface is undulated. There is a good limestone-quarry. On the village green is a fine pool of water, near which stood a long-noted gigantic elm, that was blown down in 1837. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of York: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1767. The church, which stands on an eminence, has an ancient chapel and a tower; the nave was rebuilt some years since, at a cost of £1700. There is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. Ten children are instructed for £20 a year, the rental of land purchased with a legacy of £100 from Mrs. Elizabeth Gee, in 1714; and almshouses for four persons are endowed with about £70 per annum, arising from property given by Ralph Hansby, by deed dated July 24th, 1614. Here are several tumuli, in which human bones and urns have been found; and near Killingwold-graves is a pillar called Stump Cross, supposed to have been one of the crosses which marked the limits of the sanctuary of Beverley.), and died 1610.

·       He married URSULA HILDYARD SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Morley,_5th_Baron_Morley and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eske , ...a direct descendant of Edward I Longshanks.) Abt. 1598 in Yorkshire, daughter of RICHARD HILDYARD and JANE THWENGE. She was born 1577 in Routh/Weaverthor, England.

[5] Anthony JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, No further record of parents names.,

·        SOURCE: Bob Wilson email May 18 2008, [NOTE: This is best considered whithin the context of other sources.] I descend from Sir Anthony Jackson from Eccleston, Lancashire, who was in the service of the King Charles's I and II. Through his son also named Anthony, I descend down through Isaac Jackson of the Quaker village, Ballitore, County Kildare, to Quaker settlements in Chester County PA in the late 1790's. Sir Anthony's mother was an Ursula Hildyard, of Yorkshire, who was in turn of Rollo the Viking of Normandy-William the Conqueror-Edward I Longshanks (Plantagenet) direct descent. Sir Anthony is also an ancestor, through another son, to the forefather of both US President Andrew Jackson and US Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Sir Anthony also has another distinction that links him to London in the 17th Century. He and his wife were imprisoned in The Tower for awhile while the Cromwells and Parliament held sway in England. But fortunately for them, most of their children were avowed Cromwellians who obtained large tracts of conquered Irish Lands.,

·        SOURCE: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(1599-1666) Sir Anthony Jackson was born in 1599 in Yorkshire England to Richard Jackson and Ursula Hildyard. He was baptized on September 5, 1599 at All Saints. When he was 11, his father died.  Anthony was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1616 to study law. In 1628, he worked as private secretary to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and Prime Minister of England. He was called to the Bar in 1635. He would became Bencher 25 years later, after the war, in 1660. He was gentleman in the Privy Chamber to King Charles I about 1640. He was promised the place of Protho- Notary of the Common Pleas at Oxford in 1646.  English Civil War and imprisonment The English Civil occurred and Anthony Jackson was on the side of the monarch. He was knighted at Breda about 1650 when Charles II was in the Netherlands and Oliver Cromwell headed the English government. He acted as Herald in proclaiming Charles II King of England.  In September 1651 during the Battle of Worcester, Anthony was taken prisoner. He escaped with other prisoners, but was retaken and committed to the Tower of London under an order of the Council of State, dated November 1, 1651 "for invading this nation with Charles Stuart." On November 11, his wife was granted permission to visit him. Anthony petitioned to Oliver Cromwell to be released, stating that he was "a servant only to the late king, but never in arms, and had only charity to subsist on." The indorsement of the petition reads "Herald that proclaimed Charles Stuart." This petition was taken to Council on February 22, 1653/4 but he was not released from the Tower. On February 5, 1655/6, Jackson once again petitioned Cromwell for release on security for good conduct, alleging that otherwise he must perish for want, as his friends could no longer supply him. The certificate of the Lieutenant of the Tower accompanying the petition states that "he has demeaned himself civilly, is retired and studious and very poor and fit to be released." The petition also states that his land was confiscated because of his loyalty to the Stuarts.  Later life and death In 1658, Charles II was reinstated to the monarchy and in 1659, Anthony was released and given 50 pounds. Anthony died in 1666. He was buried at the Temple Church on October 14, 1666.  Letter to Sir Edward Nicholas In my passage by Rouen gave you a full account by a letter left with Dr Baseier u how you stood in the esteame with the Queene • Col. Thomas Rainsborongh. His proposition for redncing Jersey was approved by the Commons on 23 Apr. (C. J., y. p. 154); bnt the orders were countermanded on 28 May (Whitelock, p. 249). b Isaac Basire, D.I )., Prebendary of Durham, Archdeacon of Northumberland, and Chaplain to Charles I. I n the course of this year he left Rouen on a prolonged tour for the purpose of spreading the doctrines of the English Church in the East from the mouth of Lord Jermyn. I shall now endeavor to give you a more perticular from the King. I assure you rest high in his favor and, though some exceptions hath bene taken that you did not freely without invitation niake your adress unto the Queene, that is washt away by a testimony that you were not accommodated for such a jorney without ether dishonoring your self or your maister. If I might ventuer to advise, I would not have you give any regard to reports ; for you may be confident you are in a better condicion then you conceave. My deseier was to your sarvant that he would from me satisfie you more att large then I can for present writte. For our condition heare, who stand att gaze not knowing what will be the event, ther is dayly great concourse of people att Court without restraynt, where much civillity is afforded. The ould propoissions is intended to be presented unto his Majestic by the English and Scotch Comissioners the next weeke. The Chancellor of Scotland a and the Lord Lanericke is expected att London and comes along unto the King with the rest of the Comissioners. In short, 'tis much feared that the army willjoyne witfi the moderate Presbiters, though the Councell of warre hath gott all power into there hands save only the disbanding of this Army. I shall soe for present crave pardon, if I abridge, being not yett setled. What was in my former from Rouen burry with sylence, for which you will much ingage.  Your most humble ssrvant,  Anthony Jackson .,

·        SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins, He was knighted by Charles II in 1650 in Breda, Holland Anthony Jackson II, whose wife's name is unknown, lived in Eccleston, Lancashire, at least when some of his children were born. He had a large family, which included: Richard Jackson III, Anthony Jackson III, John Jackson, William Jackson, and possibly a Robert Jackson and Thomas Jackson. There may have also been daughters. Descendants of the sons, lived in either England or Ireland, according to various circumstances, and then their descendants came to America.  While his family was growing up, Anthony II, according to Boddie in Historic Southern Families, became the private secretary to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and Prime Minister of England. Then, according to William Ross Cooper in Jackson Family Genealogy and History, he was a strong supporter of the Royal House of Stewart. He had spent his young days under James I (the same King James that we have our current edition of the Bible in English) and later supported Charles I, who became king when he was twenty-six years old. He was admitted to the inner-temple in 1616 (I question this date, since James I was still ruling and Anthony would have been only 17 years old), becoming a gentleman of the private chamber of Charles I. (See, the date must have been wrong. Charles didn't come to the throne until 1625). He was called to the bar in 1635 and promised the place of Protho-Notary of the Common Pleas at Oxford in 1646.  With a rebellion developing against his king, Anthony Jackson II remained loyal to Charles I. he continued this loyalty until Charles was beheaded in 1649. By that time the government was in the hands of the people of England, led by Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II, who was supposed to be on the throne after his father's death, was in exile.  Anthony Jackson II continued in his loyalty to the house of Stewart and for this he was knighted to Breda, Holland, in 1650. In 1651, when Charles II tried to come back to the throne, he was crowned, possibly at Scone in Scotland. Anthony Jackson was the Herald who announced the proclamation. For his continued support of the Royal Family, he was jailed on his return to England and spent eight years in the Tower of London.  William Ross Cooper says: "He was taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester and having escaped with other prisoners, was retaken prisoner and committed to the Tower as a close prisoner under a council dated Nov. 1, 1651. This order mentions him as "Anthony Jackson, alias Sir Anthony Jackson". (The English must not have wanted to recognize his new title.) Ten days later when his wife visited him in the Tower, she was spoken of as Mrs. Jackson. Her maiden name is not known. He was accused of High Treason and kept a close prisoner for proclaiming Charles Stewart (Stuart) as King of England. He was later given the liberty of the Tower and at the end of eight years was released. During his imprisonment his property was dissipated and he was penniless when released. (Note:--Cooper's note-- It was customary to require prisoners to pay for their subsistence and clothes or they were allowed to starve. They even had to pay for the water they drank and for bringing all supplies to them.  Anthony's release came about the time England was realizing that the government of the Commonwealth was becoming weak from lack of continuous leadership and had asked Charles II to come home and be their King. Cromwell had died and no other strong leader had emerged. Charles II came back in 1660 and ruled until 1685. Cooper says that he gave an order to the treasury to pay fifty pounds sterling to Anthony Jackson for his loyalty and loss of fortune. Anthony lived six more years, his death occurring in 1666. He was married to Mrs._Anthony JACKSON about 1623 in of Eccleston, Lancastershire, England. .

·         Notes and Queries, http://www.archive.org/stream/s9notesqueries10londuoft/s9notesqueries10londuoft_djvu.txt , SIR ANTHONY JACKSON (9 th S. x. 247). He was the only son of Richard Jackson, of Killingwcldgrave, co. York, by Ursula, daughter of Richard Hildyard, of Routh ; was admitted to the Inner Temple 1616, called to the Bar 1635, Bencher 1660. Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles I., and promised the place of Prothonotary of the Common Pleas at Oxford in 1646. Knighted at Breda by Charles II. in 1650. Committed to the Tower, 3 November, 1651, "for invading this nation with Charles Stuart," and kept in prison until 1658. He was buried in  the Temple Church, 14 October, 1666.  W. D. PINK.

[6] John JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins, John JACKSON was born in 1624 in St. Michaels Par, Eccleston, Lancastershire, England.  John Jackson, son of Anthony Jackson II, became the head of a longline of Jacksons which came to include Andrew Jackson, who gained fame in the Second War against England, 1812-1814, and later became the seventh President of the United States, and Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, who is remembered as one of the greatest Generals of the Civil War. (NOTE: There are no sources given for any of this – a high level of scepticism is in order.)

[7] Richard JACKSON.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p65, He was a soldier in the Parliamentary army in 1649 and continued on for some time, He and his brother Anthony were amongst the first Quakers. They moved to Cavan and later probably to Mountmellick.,

·        SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins, Richard and Anthony Jackson left England and went to live in Ireland., settling first at Carrickfergus in Antrim. There Richard met and married Margaret Keete. Anthony also married, but his wife's name is lost to history. Soon they met a man who helped cause a great change in their lives. William Edmundson, another Englishman, a recent convert to Quakerism, came to Ireland to visit his brother. Later he returned to make his home there. His ardent enthusiasm was contagious. The Jackson brothers, formerly Anglicans, or Presbyterians as some researchers say, came under his influence and accepted the simple belief that if people would be still and wait, it would not be long until god would speak to them directly instead of through a Priest. A better opportunity seemed to beckon the Jacksons to Lurgan, in Armagh, so they moved there to live. By then several others had converted to Quakerism and meetings were held in various homes. William Edmundson's account of those days, credits himself, Richard Jackson and Anthony Jackson, and four others with founding the first Quaker Meeting in Ireland, dating it from 1654. The following year some of this first group moved to County Cavan and settled near the line which separated Ulster from Leinster. There they also started a Meeting. William Edmundson and Richard Jackson continued to move, zealously starting Quaker meetings where they went. Anthony Jackson remained in Cavan the rest of his life.

·        He was born Abt. 1626 in Eccleston, Lancashire, England. He married MARGARET KEETE 1650 in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim and died 07 Feb 1679 in Mountmellick, Parish of Rosenallis, Queens County. She was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, and died 20 Apr 1705 (SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, Citing minutes of Mountmellick Meeting.).

[8] Sarah JACKSON was born 28 Jul 1651 in Carrickfergus and died 1696. "She was an innocent well minded woman - loved Truth and Friends, and died in the faith, and unity of the brethren".). She married Nicholas GRIBBLE who was born in Limerick.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 66,

[9] Mary GRIBBLE.

[10] John JACKSON was born 02 Dec 1653 in Listnagarvin, Co. Down and died 31 Mar 1715. He was buried at Tineal, near Rosenallis. He married Elizabeth EDGERTON 02 Mar 1680. She was the daughter of John and Mary EDGERTON.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p66.

[11] Sarah JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 66.

[12] Thomas JACKSON was born 30 Sep 1656 in Clery, Co. Down and died 15 Apr 1716 in Mountrath, Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland. He married (1) Hannah BEALE 29 Apr 1681 in Mountmellick, Parish of Rosenallis, Queens County daughter of Thomas BEALE and Sarah UNNAMED. She died 18 Aug 1681. He married (2) DOROTHY MASON 24 Aug 1683 in Newgarden, Carlow, Leinster, Ireland daughter of John and Dorothy MASON. She was born in Castledermott, and died 22 Nov 1713

·       SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875. P66.

·        ... buried at Mountrath., SOURCE IGI.).

·        The Irish Ancestor p 60 Vol IX No. 2 1977 The [PIMS] were replaced at Killinure by Thomas Jackson and his second wife Dorothy: Jackson was a Quaker from  Co. Down who had been living at Mountmellick. Jackson children were born at Killinure between 1692 and 1700, and Anthony's [Anthony SHARP’s] will of 1706 mentions Thomas Jackson as the  lessee of Killinure. Jackson died there on 15th June 1716 aged 60, as did a son of his in  1717, in which year a daughter of his was married from there. One John Jackson,  possibly either a son or brother of Thomas, died at Killinure on 6th August 1715 (will proved at Ossory 1717), and John's widow Joan died there in 1728: three of their  daughters were married from there, Catherine in 1722, Abigail in 1726 and Alice in 1732, after which the association of the Jacksons with Killinure appears to have ceased. ... Local tradition holds that there was an "Elizabethan" house on the site of Roundwood. The 1659 "Census" shows Thomas Paul as titulado of Killinure with 24 English  and 4 Irish inhabitants. Certainly there was a "mansion" on the lands when Anthony  Sharp acquired them at the end of the 17th century. This must have been the house in  which the Jacksons lived but it seems to have fallen into some disrepair between Thomas  Jackson's death in 1716 and 1725 when Anthony Sharp's son Isaac let the lands of  Killinure to John Dufficld. gent, of Kincor, King's County "in the same manner as  Patrick Rafter and Garrett Ansloe had enjoyed them" (Reg. of Deeds 50 160 32424).  By this deed Isaac Sharp obliged himself and his heirs "to cover the dwelling house of  Killenure with slates and to repair the chimney and to glaze the windows and to repair  the stable, cowhouse and barn and to put the oat kiln and mills in repair." The present  stable building with its steeply pitched roof is in the style favoured early in the 18th  century and I believe that it dates from the renovations promised in 1725. Traces of  the mills have been found on the lands. 1 believe thai the old mansion or dwelling house  the two-storey building, 47 feet long by 17 feet deep with a massive central chimney,  standing at the back of the yard behind the present house. Its early brick floor was  revealed when the wooden one was lifted in the course of restoration in the 1970s. The  building has been mauled, having been used in the 19th century as an agent's dwelling and  offices and later as a bam, but essentially it retains the characteristics of the long, low  settlers' houses of 17th century Ireland. Prior to 1725 it was undoubtedly thatched, as  the deed specifies to "cover. . . with slates" rather than to repair the slates. 

[13] Hannah JACKSON. SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875

[14] Mary JACKSON SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875

[15] Thomas JACKSON was born 21 Jun 1692 in Killenure, Queens, Leinster and died in Chester, Pennsylvania, America (Source: IGI.). He married ANN LIGHTFOOT (Source: IGI.). She was born in West Marlborough, England (Source: M.M. Wilkinson, Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred families, 278-279.).

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875

[16] Isaac JACKSON. SOURCE: M.M. Wilkinson, Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred families.

[17] Richard JACKSON. SOURCE: John Bennet Bodie, Southern Historical Families, 57.).

[18] John JACKSON.

·        SOURCE: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Vol VI, 28, John and Elizabeth (Cummins) Jackson, both natives of England, who came to America in 1748 on the same ship, and were married in Calvert county, Md., in 1750. They settled first in that part of western Virginia which became Moorfields, Hardy county, and subsequently crossed the Alleghany ridge and settled on the Buckhannon river, the place becoming known first as Jackson's Fort, and subsequently Buckhannon. With his sons George and Edward, he took part in the American Revolution on the patriot side. Edward Jackson was also a surveyor, and acquired a large estate.

·        He was born Abt. 1715 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland . SOURCE: John Bennet Bodie, Southern Historical Families, This source gives his birth place as: Duddington, England, 1719. "became a member of the Presbyterian Church, was taken to London as a small boy. He emigrated County, Maryland, in 1748. On the ship was Elizabeth Cummins, a young girl, whom he m. in Maryland, in 1755. They soon removed to Western Vi to a place long known as Jackson's fort, now Buchanan. (Ref: Lineage Jackson, by W. Cooper Ross.) John Jackson d. in Clarksburg, Va., 1801. Cummins Jackson d. in Clarksburg in 1825, aged 101 years.", (2) John Jackson by Jackson Brigade, http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/jackson/John-Jackson.html , John Jackson (b. 1715 Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland; d. 25 Sep 1801 Clarksburg, WVA) married Elizabeth Cummins (b. 8 Jan 1720 ? London, England; d. 1825 Clarksburg, WVA).[N1]  [In light of a more recent study on Elizabeth Cummins Jackson it is believed that she was only 96 or 97 years old at her death as opposed to the 101-105 years as recorded by previous reseachers and her tombstone placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution.  As per her own statement, given to her grandson John George Jackson, Elizabeth arrived in America when she was 19 or 20. Arriving in the new country in 1748/49 would make her born on 8 January 1728/29. She died in Clarksburg, (West) Virginia in 1825. - Linda B. Meyers]  "John Jackson was descended from English settlers in Ireland. He was born in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland, and at the age of ten moved with his family to London. He emigrated to Maryland in 1748, married, and removed to Virginia in 1758 (present day Hardy County, West Virginia). He was a member of the County Court, served as an Indian spy in 1787 for Governor Henry Lee, and was a lieutenant of the militia in 1787. During the Revolutionary War, he took part in the Battle of King's Mountain. John was said to have been a spare, diminutive man, quiet, determined, courageous, and of sound judgment." [N2] "Elizabeth Cummins was a strong-willed Englishwoman from London. She was raised by a maiden aunt, who upon her death left Elizabeth one thousand pounds sterling. She set off to America with her inheritance, met and married John Jackson in Cecil County, Maryland. (The legend that she fled England after throwing a tankard of ale at a King's soldier in her aunt's tavern is a little more exciting, but has been fairly well proven to be fanciful.) She is described as being rather masculine in stature, quite intelligent, and as having a great deal of courage and strong character. She fought off Indian attacks and patented 3,000 acres of land in her own name and paid for them herself." [N3] Elizabeth Cummins is considered a Patriot of the American Revolution by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) as she, while her husband and sons were away, fought at Jackson's Fort. [N4] Jackson's Fort has a nice ring to it, however, as pointed out by McWhorter, "Jackson's Fort [and others] were probably only strategic and strongly built dwellings or block houses, where the immediate inhabitants fled on occasion of sudden alarms, and where scouts had regular places of meeting." [N5] "There was a block house about three miles west of Bush's Fort, on Fink's Run .... It was built by some of the Jacksons on land now [1915] owned by Mr. Martin Reger. Prof. Maxwell refers to this building as "Jackson's Fort." History of Randolph County, West Va, p. 414. It could hardly be termed a fort, in the sense of that word. It was only a block house, or a strongly built two-story log dwelling without a palisade; and never figured as a defensive stronghold." [N6] John Jackson married on 4 Jul 1755, Elizabeth Cummins.  .,

·        SOURCE: Virginia Military Institute: VMI Archives, http://www.vmi.edu/archives2.aspx?id=5005 , Gives a birth date of abt 1716.), and died 25 Sep 1801 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co. West Virginia

·       They are buried at Jackson Cemetary, E. Pike ST., Clarksburg, West Virginia.). He married Elizabeth CUMMINS. SOURCE: John Bennet Bodie, Southern Historical Families, Gives a birth date of 1724.) 04 Jul 1755 in Cecil Co., Maryland

[19] George JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Virginia Military Institute: VMI Archives, http://www.vmi.edu/archives2.aspx?id=5005 .), b. 09 Jan 1757, Cecil Co., MD (Source: Virginia Military Institute: VMI Archives,

·        Elizabeth BRAKE (Source: John Bennet Bodie, Southern Historical Families.), 13 Nov 1776

[20] Dorothy JACKSON. I know nothing more.

[21] Sarah JACKSON.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.

[22] Richard JACKSON b. 18 Jan 1700, Killenure, Queens, Leinster d. 11 Mar 1717 "buried near Rosenallis.").

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.

[23] Robert JACKSON was born 20 May 1659 in Bally-christell, Kings County, and died 27 Sep 1721. He married Hannah SCOTT 03 May 1681. She died 18 Sep 1720. He was buried near Rosenallis.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67.

·        July 6, 1710 Deeds Registry, 13-149-5454 Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick, Queens County, farmer with Thomas BEWLEY of Bigbutter Lane (near City of DUBLIN) tallow Chandler & Lancelot SIMPSON (James St. near Dublin City) of the one part & James SHARPLES of Rousk, Parish of Ballymackwilliam, Kings Co. (farmer) leased land called “Rourk”[?] in Lannanamarran Parish of Ballmackwilliam, Kings Co.

·        Nov 25 1718 Deeds Registry, 23-13-12258 JACKSON-BELL[E] Bk 71 Between Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick in Queens Co. Farmer and his wife Hanna of the first part Nathanial JACKSON eldest son & heir apparent. Refers to lease for Mountmellick to Robert JACKSON 1 Nov 1699 will Mill lands etc ... natural lives of Nathanial JACKSON, Erasmus JACKSON & Richard JACKSON two other of the sons of Robert JACKSON ... and the said Richard JACKSON is since deceased the life of another son Isaac JACKSON is added (elsewhere Richard is named as a son).

·        Bet 1708-1721 Deeds Registry, 31-261-18932 JACKSON-JACKSON 1708-1738 Robert JACKSON of the mill near Mountmellick, Queens Co., Farmer of the one part & Erasmus JACKSON of sd. Place. Farmer, son of Robert of the other. Sell and released “all that part of the dwelling house of the said Robert JACKSON called the old kitchen & all the rooms belonging to it with the work house lately built and the two stables next and adjoining to it then in the said Erasmus’ possession. (more description – if this proves out, I will pursue it). Mention of mill, mill pond etc.

·        Aug 19, 1721 Deeds Registry, 32-67-18971 JACKSON-JACKSON Memorial of a deed of assignment 14 July 1721 annexed to a lease dated 14 March 1709 made by William POLE to Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick in Queens Co. ... lands of Derryclony, Clonaghgally, then in the possession of Robert JACKSON and his undertenants together with 219 acres of bog for £100 granted to Thomas JACKSON City of Dublin, Merchant. For the lives of Nathaniel and Erasmus JACKSON sons of Robert JACKSON (NOTE: Isaac is missing off list of sons). Witness Thomas Bolton Smith & Lawrence Maguinness Collner both of Mountmellick. Thomas JACKSON [SEAL].)

·        Sept 26 1721 Deeds Registry, 31-294-19139 JACKSON-FORBES A Memorial of two deeds of lease and one of release. One of the leases dated 22 Sept 1721 between Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick, Queens CO. Gent of the one part & Timothy FORBES of said City Merchant of the other part and the other lease dated 22 Sept 1721 made between Robert JACKSON and Thomas JACKSON of the City of Dublin, merchant of the one part and the said Timothy FORBES of the other part and the said release being Tripartate 23 Spt between Robert JACKSON of the first part and Thomas JACKSON of the second part & FOBES of the 3rd part confirming the sale to FORBES of the town and lands of Dunagh and Garoon containing by estimation 180 acres plantation measure and also 125 acres in Clonkeen formerly in the possession of Robert JACKSON in the Parish of Rosenallis Barony of Tinnahinch, Queens Co. together with all the buildings orchards Gardens Lands and Tenaments Meadow Pastures Feedings Commons Common of Pasture and all other appurtenances. To hold for the natural lives of Nathanial JACKSON. Erasmus JACKSON and Isaac JACKSON sons of the said Robert JACKSON [lots more] ... Lands of Derrygile in Barony of Portnahinch and Queens Co.... delivered 25 Sept 1721.

·        Sept 28, 1721 Deeds Registry, 31-306-19177 JACKSON-JACKSON Deed of Lease and release dated 1 Aug 1718 between Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick, Queens CO. Farmer of the one part and Erasmus JACKSON son of the said Robert JACKSON.of Mountmellick, Queens Co. Merchant of the other part. .. Lands of Drinagh together with part of Garoon not set to Nathanial JACKSON & 6 acres of Cloneen now in William Parkers possession all of which said lands are now in possession of Erasmus JACKSON William PARKER, John NEAL & John BRACKLEY containing by estimation 120 acres in the Parish of Rosenallis, Queens Co. [description] .. during the natural life and lives of Nathanial JACKSON eldest son surviving to the said Robert JACKSON and Erasmus JACKSON part to above agreement and second son of Robert JACKSON & Isaac JACKSON 3rd son. Witnessed: Thomas CROASDAILE of Mountmellick Merchant, John SCOTT of said town & Thomas Byrne of Mountmellick Clothier. 27 Sept 1721. Also Thomas BOURNE.

·        5th Oct 1721 Deeds Registry, 31-323-19254 JACKSON-GALE Indenture of Lease and release between Robert JACKSON of Mountmellick and Benjamin GALE of the City of Dublin Esq of the other part. For £10 Jackson lease to GALE lands in Mountmellick [description] lives of Nathaniel, Erasmus & Isaac JACKSON.

[24] Rebecca JACKSON, b. 08 Feb 1682, At or near Mountmellick

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67.

[25] Rachel JACKSON b. 23 Mar 1684 d. 28 Apr 1686

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67.

[26] Richard JACKSON was born Bet. 13 Jan 1686 - 1687 and died 12 Apr 1716. He married ABIGAIL PEACOCK 28 Feb 1715 in Cumberland daughter of George and Abigail PEACOCK.

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67

[27] George JACKSON b. 04 Dec 1715, Mountmellick, Parish of Rosenallis, Queens County; d. 31 Jan 1716

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67.

[28] Thomas JACKSON d. 12 Nov 1690

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67

[29] Nathaniel JACKSON was born 26 Jul 1692

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 67.

·        June 14 1721 Deeds Registry, 31-172-18565 JACKSON-ADAIR1708-1738 Lease between Nath. JACKSON of Mountmellick, Queens Co., Merchant of the one part & Thomas ADAIR of Clonterry, Queens Co., Gent of the other. Land that was in the hand of Richard JACKSON, but now Nath JACKSON – tenement in Mountmellick. Mentions lives of Nath. Erasmus & Isaac JACKSON. Lease for 3 lives forever renewable.

·        Sept 25 1721 Deeds Registry, 30-457-19138 JACKSON-JACKSON 1708-1738 Lease between Nat JACKSON of Mountmellick, Queens Co., Merchant & Timothy FORBES & said release being tripartite between Nat JACKSON of 1st part & Thomas JACKSON of City of Dublin Merchant of 2nd part & T. FORBES of 3rd part etc.

·        Oct 2 1721 Deeds Registry, 30-477-19194 JACKSON-JACKSON 1708-1738 Mtg release. Nat JACKSON of Mountmeillick, Co. Queens, Merchant of the one part & Thomas JACKSON of City of Dublin merchant of the other part. Mention of mill & being son of Robert JACKSON as well as Erasmus & Isaac.

·        Dec 22 1742 Deeds Registry, 109-188-7586 JACKSON-JACKSON Deed between Nat JACKSON eldest[eldest surviving?] son of Robert JACKSON late of Mountmellick, Queens Co. Farmer ... re: powers mentioned & reserved in marriage articles in deed that the Mill lands of Mountmellick ... Parish of Rossnellis & lands of Garoon & Dunagh ... in Parish of Rossnallis, Queens Co.... pd to Nat JACKSON the youngest son of Nathaniel the elder & to Mary JACKSON the said Nathaniel & the elders daughter in the shares following  £200 Nat JACKSON the younger £100 JACKSON & [invest].

[30] Nathaniel JACKSON b. of Mountmellick; d. Abt. 1803 NOTE: Hunch, There is a probate for a Nathaniel JACKSON of Mountmellick, 1803. I am guessing he belongs here based on the following deed references.:

·        Dec 22 1742 Deeds Registry 109-188-7586 Apr 28 1746 & 119-468-83266.

·        Apr 28 1746 Deeds Registry, 119-468-83266 HOLMES-JACKSON Deed between Joseph HOLMES of Mountmellick in Queens Co. Currier of the one part & Nat JACKSON the younger of Mt. Mellick of the other part [desc of lands leased to Nat in Mt. Mellick].,

·        July 30, 1745 Deeds Registry, 120-70-81861 DAWSON-JACKSON Ephraim JACKSON Queens Co. & Nat JACKSON the younger of Mountmellick in said Co. Clothier of the other part. Land let to Nat in Mt. Mellick  WITNESSES: James HEATH Currier John PRINGLE Clothier Joseph CROFTEN, Gent All of Mt. Mellick, Queens Co.), b. of Mountmellick; d. Abt. 1803 (Source: Hunch, There is a probate for a Nathaniel JACKSON of Mountmellick, 1803.).

·        In the early 1800s, a poem went the rounds which mentions Nathaniel JACKSON [ SOURCE: 'Reminiscences of Mountmellick' Hutchings:

Mungo Bewley don't say so
Hinder not out boys to throw,
For if you do you will repent,
Your windows they must fly like flint.

 Mungo Bewley
Tearin', tatterin' Mungo Bewley

Jonathan Pim and his square toes
Billy Gatchell and his long nose,
Nathy Jackson's mutton fist,
Billy Gatchell gave it a twist.

[31] Erasmus JACKSON b. 19 Mar 1695 d. 07 Jul 1759

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 67.

·        Nov 2 1723 Deeds Registry, 38-357-24582...leasing the lands of Drinagh & Garoon not under lease to his brother Nathaniel to John RUSSELL of Ballydavid Tipperary.

[32] Hannah JACKSON

[33] Rachel JACKSON

[34] Isaac JACKSON b. 30 Jul 1705 d. 09 Oct 1772 buried at Dublin..

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, p67.

[35] Anthony JACKSON

·        One of the 7 original members of Lurgen Friends Meeting SOURCE: J.R.H. Greer, PRONI T/1173/101.

·        "Anthony Jackson of Eccleston, Lancashire came to Ireland in 1649 and settled at Lurgan with his brother Richard.", SOURCE: Richard S. Harrison, A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers, (Four Courts Press, 1997), p64,

·        In Cavan County, Anthony JACKSON, Richard FAYLE and others had their corn taken under pretence of tythes. The said Anthony JACKSON and Thomas LUNN were also committed to prison at the suit of Ambrose BARCROFT, a priest, for tythes. SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 285,

·        Anthony Jackson, Jr. (1628-?) Sex: Male Birth: 1628 St. Michael's Parish, Eccleston, Lancashire, England Death:          After 1681 Armagh, County Cavan, Ireland Father: Anthony Jackson (1599-1666) Anthony Jackson, Jr. was born in 1628 in St. Michael's Parish, Eccleston, Lancashire, England to Sir Anthony Jackson. He was baptized in St. Michael's Parish. Anthony and his brothers lived during the time of Oliver Cromwell and supported him. He and his brothers were members of Cromwell's New Model army. They were granted Irish Estates in 1648. In 1649, Anthony and his brothers went to Ireland with the New Model army to put down an uprising. They decided to remain in Ireland, to lived on their estates that were granted to them earlier. They lived in Lurgan, Ulster, Ireland. Anthony married in Ireland, but his wife's name is not known. Anthony was initially a member of the Anglican Church, but in 1654 he and his brother Richard were converted by William EDMUNDSON to Quakerism. William EDMUNDSON, Anthony JACKSON, Richard JACKSON, and three others established the first Friends' Meeting House in Lurgan. In 1655, EDMUNDSON purchased land in County Cavan for him and some of his friends, including Anthony and Richard JACKSON. They moved to Cavan with their families the same year. There, they established a Friends' Meeting House. William EDMUNDSON and Richard JACKSON moved away from Cavan in 1659, but Anthony chose to remain in Cavan. They established a Friends Meeting House in Mountmellick. Anthony suffered religious persecution in Cavan and Old Castle areas in 1670 and 1681. In 1681, Anthony was suffering persecution and was later imprisoned due to failure to pay tithes. He died after 1681 and before 1696 in County Cavan, Ireland. SOURCE: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(1599-1666)

·        Eccleston, Lancashire, Anthony Jackson III, of St. Mary's Parish, a son of Sir Anthony Jackson II from Yorkshire who was a courtier for Charles I and Charles II. Anthony III later left Eccleston for County Cavan, Ireland, having obtained settling rights in Ireland from the Cromwells. One of III's sons was an Isaac Jackson, who became a Quaker, went first to Oldcastle in County Meath, then to Ballitore in County Kildare, Ireland, and then with his family to the Quaker settlements in rural Chester County PA. Isaac has hundreds of descendants in the USA as of 2008, and was a collateral relation to US President Andrew Jackson and in a subsequent generation, the US Civil War general, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.) was born 1628. SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins. NOTE: This history is to be read with caution.

[36] Isaac JACKSON

·        Isaac Jackson was born in 1665 in Cavan, C, Ireland. He died in 1750 in London Grove, Chester Co., PA. Information on Isaac Jackson from Immigration of Irish Quakers to PA by Albert Cook Myers. After his marriage, Isaac resided at Oldcastle, County Meath and Clonerany, County Wexford. About 1706-07 they moved to Ballytore, County Kildare. In 1725 they left on the Sizargh from  Dublin and reached New Castle on Delaware 11 Nov 1725. They joined a  married daughter, Rebecca Jackson Starr who was living in London Grove  Township, Chester Co., PA, and settled there.  Isaac Jackson's Certificate of Removal from Carlow Monthly Meeting,  County Carlow, Ireland, which was dated 1 Mo. 28, 1725 was received at  New Garden Monthly Meeting 9 Mo 10, 1725. He was married to Ann Evans on 29 Apr 1696 in Old Castle NM, County Meath, Ireland. JACKSONs Tenth Generation, SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins.

• NOTE: Richard JACKSON’s descendants later moved to Ballitore (with William BARCROFT & John PIM). They became involved in agriculture and Mountmellick soon became the leading Quaker colony outside of Dublin. .... The access of Quakers to land in Co. Kildare and Co. Carlow was twofold; either they acquired it by grant as in the case of ex-Cromwellian soldiers, or those who objected to this practices (as in the case of General William Barcroft, who refused a grant of land as it had been acquired by the sword) on religious ground settled on land hitherto uncultivated. NOTE: earlier version of Ballitore was recorded as the townland of Ballitoivre. The geographic location of Carlow monthly meeting district extended from the town of Athy in south Co. Kildare to Tullow in Co. Carlow, Its development followed the course of the river Barrow and later it extended eastwards to encompass the newly established village of Ballitore in the early eighteenth century. This triangular-shaped region incorporated the four adjoining baronies ... Narragh and Reban in Co. Kildare. Where a meeting house was built in Athy and Ballitore in 1708; and Kilkea and Moone where a meeting house was built at Castledermot. In Co. Carlow meeting-houses were built at Newgarde (later Carlow) and Newtown in the barony of Idrone, and lastly at Kilconner, in 1678 in the barony of Forth. Graveyards were built in Newgarden and Ballykeally in Co. Carlow and at Ballitore in Co. Kildare. ...10 of the original Cromwellian planters (four of whom were ex-Cromwellian soldiers) settled during the first period, 1650-1675. They did not make a significant impact on the area, as five of the original families had left the area by 1700, and by 1725 all their surnames had disappeared from the Quaker registers. .... Robert Lecky land transactions ... The other Quakers such as  ... and Jacksons faded into oblivion – presumably they migrated or married non-Quakers, with resulted in their disownment. SOURCE: Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society 1991 Vol 17 #1 Quakerism in the Carlow/Kildare Area 1650-1850 p133

·        In 1696 Isaac Jackson, son of Anthony Jackson III, was married to Ann Evans. Records of their wedding show that Thomas Jackson and three women named Jackson were also in attendance. Some researchers do not positively identify Thomas as Isaac's brother and therefore not as the son of Anthony. Other researchers claim that they were brothers and both sons of Anthony. The wedding record does not say what the relationship was between Isaac and the others, but I am inclined to agree with those who think that Thomas was one of the sons of Anthony Jackson III.  We have no way of telling which was the older, Isaac or Thomas Jackson, since we do not know the date of Thomas' birth. Isaac was born in 1665, according to Halliday Jackson, and most people believe Thomas was born a few years later. Both men and their families lived in Old Castle, county West Meath, Ireland, for a while. Thomas continued to live there, belonging to the Old Castle Meeting until he came to America. Isaac did more moving around, living in County Clonerary, County Wexford and County Kildare before he left Ireland.  Both brothers completed their families in Ireland.  Isaac and Thomas Jackson did not have to suffer the extreme persecutions for their faith that their father did. By the time they were grown men laws had been passed which were more tolerant of religious beliefs other than the Church of England. Real acceptance of Quakers was slower coming and Friends continued to be in disfavor during their lifetime. This, however, was not the main reason for the move to the New World. These two brothers were, along with thousands of others, weavers of linen drapers by trade. In most cases this meant they raised the flax on leased land, processed it and wove it into linen cloth right at home. The Scots and English who had been transplanted to Ulster were hard-working and conscientious people who produced a high quality product which in time became much too competitive with England's industrial production, causing bitter feelings to rise up in England. The English began to regret even colonizing Northern Ireland. Landlords, frequently absentee owners of Irish land who lived in England, began to raise rents as leases ran out, creating hardships the Northern Irelanders found increasingly difficult to bear. Quaker farmers/weavers were luckier than most in that relief came in an unusual way.  George Fox, who founded the Society of Friends, had been advocating providing a place for persecuted Quakers in some location in the American Colonies. It remained for William Penn to actually make this happen. William Penn's father, Sir William Penn, an admiral in the English Navy, had bequeathed to him a claim against the crown for sixteen thousand pounds. In payment of this he induced Charles II to give him a proprietary charter for forty thousand square miles in America, which he began to offer at very low rates for sale to fellow Quakers and any one else who wanted to better their economic condition. Beginning soon after the grant to Penn in 1681, there began to come to this new colony, which was named Pennsylvania for its founder, a stream of settlers which continued for many years.  Pennsylvania was to have a government run by its people based on exact justice to all, red and white, regardless of religious belief. There was to be trial by jury. Murder and treason were to be the only capital crimes. Punishment for other offences was to have reformation, not retaliation, in view. It is no wonder that the colony grew so fast. by 1700 Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, was the busiest port on the Atlantic seaboard and had a population of 4000. Immigrants arriving there stopped long enough to get supplies and go on to the nearest land still for sale. The frontier moved rapidly.  People who had been neighbors and friends in Ireland tended to go to the same locations. When the Jacksons, the Millers, the Lightfoots, the Wileys, and others arrived they found land in Chester County which was the third county organized in the colony, located not far from Philadelphia. Not content to wait until houses could be built for them, they moved directly to their property and made temporary shelters to protect them from the elements until houses could be constructed. Michael Lightfoot is known to have lived in a cave on his property until his house could be built. No one found clearing land and making conditions livable very easy. Their hardships in this new land, though, were not enough to cause them to forget their blessings They established Meetings in every locality. Fortunately for us, they kept records of their membership, including records of births, deaths, and weddings. In 1902 at Swatthmore, Pennsylvania, Albert Cook Myers, M.L., published a book about the Irish Quakers in Pennsylvania, which was based largely upon church records. From his book we get much information about the Jacksons who came to America from Ireland. SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins,

·         Jackson was born in 1665 in Old Castle, County Meath, Ireland to Anthony Jackson, Jr. and an unknown mother. Isaac was educated in the principles of the Society of Friends, and was known as an exemplary and consistent member of the Society.  Isaac married Ann Evans on November 29, 1696 in Old Castle, Meath, Wicklow, Ireland. They had ten children, of which three were named after Isaac. The first two died young, but Isaac was persistant to keep the name in the family. His youngest son was named Isaac, and he lived to adulthood. Around 1706/7, they moved to Ballitore, County Kildare, Ireland, nearby the Carlow Meeting House, where Isaac was a member.  In an old memoir, it is said of Isaac and Ann Jackson that "they were Friends in good esteem, who, by their industry and care, in part by farming, but principally in the weaving business, maintained their large family with reputation."  Immigration  As Isaac and Ann grew older, they looked to America as a future home. Their eldest child, Rebecca, had already gome there in 1718, to New London Township in Chester County, now in Pennsylvania, and lived there with her husband, Jeremiah Starr. The Starr family was said to have found a better life in America, and Isaac and Ann considered it. According to a memoir, their thoughts regarding immigration were "under weighty consideration." They considered immigration for several years, and informed their friends about it. According to the memoir, "While they were under exercise and concern of mind, and desirous that best wisdom might direct, Isaac had a dream or vision to this import--that having landed in America he traveled a considerable distance back into the country till he came to a valley between two hills. Through this valley ran a pretty stream of water. The prospect and situation of the place seemed pleasant, and, in his dream, he thought his family must settle there, though a wilderness unimproved." Isaac and Ann decided to go to America. They left Dublin in 1725 on the Slizargh (NOT the Lizar) and arrived at New Castle, now in Delaware, on September 11, 1725.  Life in America The family proceeded to go to the house of Jeremiah and Rebecca Starr, on a farm in New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Isaac's dream had come true, as the memoir states, "was informed of such a place near. He soon went to see it, which to his admiration so resembled what he had a foresight of, that it was a cause of joy and thankfulness." He saw an area of land on a hillside, nearby a spring. He dreamt that not only he, but his descendants would occupy the land. Isaac and his family settled on a 400 acre tract of land, in a valley. There, he, with the help of his sons, built a cabin. Isaac had brought with him from Ireland, a certificate of membership from the Carlow Meeting House to the New Garden Meeting House, for himself and his wife. Soon after, Isaac was appointed an overseer, and later, an elder of that meeting house. He continued to be elder of the meeting house until he resigned in 1744, at the age of 79. Isaac died in May 1751 in London Grove, Pennsylvania. In accordance with his will, he gave his eldest American son William the bulk of his entire estate. SOURCE: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(1599-1666) , Isaac

·        was born Abt. 1665 in Old Castle, Co. Meath (Source: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 68, date of birth inferred from fact that he died at age 86 of Ballitore, Co. Kildare.), and died May 1751 in London Grove, Chester Co., PA, America (Source: Wikia, http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(1599-1666) .). He married ANN EVANS (Source: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.) 29 Apr 1696 in Old Castle NM, County Meath, Ireland, daughter of ROLAND EVANS. She was born 1669 in of Balliloing, Co. Wicklow, and died Abt. 1731 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Source: JACKSONs Tenth Generation.

[37] Rebecca JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 72

[38] Thomas JACKSON

·        Thomas Jackson was born in 1698 in Ireland. He died in 1785 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Information on Thomas and his descendants from Jackson Family Records   by J. Montgomery Seaver. NOTE: The place of death in this record does not agree with other sources.

·        He remained in Ireland when the rest of family emigrated.  NOTE: They had 8 children. (Three show up in other records.) was born 09 Nov 1698 in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, and died 21 Jul 1785 in Edenderry, Kings Co., Ireland . He was buried at Edenderry.  He married MARY BOARDMAN 09 Jun 1721 in Edenderry, Kings County, Ireland . SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 71-73,

·        Mary BOARDMAN was born 1694 (her birth date is imputed from age at death.), and died 29 Apr 1740 in Jonestown, Kings Co.. SOURCE: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.

[39] Hannah JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.), b. 28 Jul 1725, Jonestown, Kings Co., Ireland

·        SOURCE: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.).

[40] Isaac JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875.), b. 13 Jul 1723, Jonestown, Kings Co. Ireland

·        SOURCE: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.); d. 1807

[41] Ann JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875

[42] Thomas JACKSON  NOTE: There is a record in Robinson Of Killogeenaghan —A Westmeath Quaker Family by Liam Cox The Irish Ancestor Vol XIV No 1 1982:VIII. Bridget [ROBINSON], b. 14 June 1748, d. 3 June 1816, m. Thomas Jackson of Edenderry.

[43] Thomas JACKSON

[44] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897.

[45] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

Also: http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/2763 Architect, of Belfast. Thomas Jackson was born of Quaker parents in Waterford in 1807. His father, Anthony Jackson (1783ca-1859), a freeman of the City of Waterford, was the great-great grandson of an earlier Anthony Jackson, who came to Ireland from Lancashire in 1649 and settled in Oldcastle, Co. Meath.(1) The earlier Anthony Jackson had attended the first Quaker meeting in Ireland, which was held in Lurgan in 1654.

[46] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[47] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[48] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[49] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[50] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[51] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[52] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[53] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[54] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

Also: http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/2770 Architect, of Belfast. John Pim Jackson, a son of Anthony Jackson of Waterford, and a younger brother of THOMAS JACKSON  , was one of the candidates for the post of Master of the Royal Dublin Society's School of Architectural Drawing in 1838 following the death of HENRY AARON BAKER.  (1) He appears in Martin's Belfast Directory for 1841-42 with an office at 11 Donegall Street, Belfast, and a residence at 6 Adelaide Place. He also practised at some stage from an office in Lower Arthur Street. He died in 1847 at the age of thirty-two.  References All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from a note on the Jackson family by J.R.H. Greeves, a great-grandson of Thomas Jackson, in Irish Booklore Vol. 2, no. 1, 152.

[55] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[56] SOURCE: Visitation of Ireland.  Ed. Joseph Jackson Howard & Frederick Arthur Crisp. Privately printed 1897

[57] William JACKSON  

[58] Elizabeth JACKSON  

·              SOURCE: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.).

[59] Mary JACKSON  

[60] Joseph JACKSON  

·              SOURCE: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.).

[61] Elizabeth JACKSON  

·              Source: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.).

[62] Mary JACKSON  

·        Source: Society of Friends. Edenderry Monthly Meetings. Offaly, Ireland 1612-1910.).

[63] Isaac JACKSON

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 70.);   

[64] Alice JACKSON  

[65] William JACKSON

·        Information on William and his descendants from Jackson Family Records by J. Montgomery Seaver

[66] Mary JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 70

[67] James JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 70

[68] John JACKSON  

·        Information on John and his descendants from Jackson Family Records by J. Montgomery Seaver.

·        A will for John Jackson was filed in East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Penn, in 1791.), b. 1712; d. 1791, East Marlborough Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. SOURCE: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(1599-1666)   

[69] Isaac JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson at Harmony Grove, 1875, 70

[70] Robert JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: PRONI T/1088/1, Robert son of Richard JACKSON from whom descended Isaac Father of Rachel Maria JACKSON of Dublin

[71] Isaac JACKSON  

·        PRONI T/1088/1, "Robert son of Richard JACKSON from whom descended Isaac Father of Rachel Maria JACKSON of Dublin.,

·        SOURCE: Mary Pollard, A Dictionary of the Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800, Oxford University Press, 2000, p.311,

o    Jackson, Isaac b. 1705 1737-1772  Printer, bookseller, typefounder. Printer to Religious Society of Friends, Dublin. Quarter brother 1755.  The Globe, Meath st., 1737-1772. With his son Robert 1769 

o   1735 5 Jun Isaac Jackson began term as schoolmaster to Dublin Society of Friends; replaced by Oct 1735 

o   1741 Apr 12 married Mary Webster (Friends MSS T.H. Webbs Pedigrees: Jackson)  1747 Isaac Jackson stated in 1765 that in this year he had “first erected a Letter Foundry in Dublin”  1748 Jan 11 his son Robert born (Webb’s pedigree) 

o   1753 May 17 wrote to I and J Pemberton, Quaker merchants in Philadelphia, sending a box of books to be sold wholesale and “when thou has rec’d value I doubt not thy care in making a return either in rum, flax seed, flour or any other commodity” …., (3) Mary Pollard, A Dictionary of the Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800, Oxford University Press, 2000, 312, 1755 Isaac Jackson was buying scrap metal and melting it down (and making type). 

o   1755 May 31 Rachel Maria, his youngest child born (Webb’s pedigree) 

o   1755 21 Oct, The Instrument for marking Linnen, Books, &c. as it was improved by Isaac Jackson, Letter-Maker, about six years ago' sold by John Parry, letter founder from London, at the Tea-canister or at Isaac Jackson’s Letter-foundry in Meath St. (PO) according to Robert Perry.  1756 Isaac Jackson’s wife died (PO, 23 Oct) 

o   1765 9 Nov, Isaac Jackson, “who first erected a Letter foundry in Dublin in year 1747, (when no such work was then carried on in Ireland) still continues to furnish his customers with Printing Types and sends considerable Quantities abroad … He is now building a place more commodious for the Purpose” (PG) 

o   1772 June “died a few days ago” Will 7 Oct 1771 proved in Prerogative Court 22 Jul 1772; leaves to his son Robert “all his copper plates, printing presses, printing types and utensils, and all his letter Puncheons and materials belonging to a letter foundry”. W.G. Strickland, “Type-founding in Dublin”,  Biographical Society of Ireland: Papers, 2 (1922), 31 quoting original will; paper read 1920. 

o   As author: A new Copy book: round hand by Isaac Jackson, advertised 30 Sept 1735 (weekly Oracle)…

·       Succeeded by his Robert., SOURCE: Richard S. Harrison, A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers,  (Four Courts Press, 1997), 64, This entry corroborates other entries

[72] Robert JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Mary Pollard, A Dictionary of the Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800, Oxford University Press, 2000, 314,

o   Jackson, Robert, I b 1748 1762-d.1793  Printer, bookseller. Printer to the religious Society of Friends, Dublin. NGR  Globe, Meath st. 1762-1793. He succeeded his father Isaac.

o   Will dated 3 Jul 1778 was proved 15 Feb 1793 … all stock to his sister Rachel Maria who was his executrix. His letters show an inquiring mind, with special and knowledgeable interest in astronomy.

[73] Rachel Maria JACKSON  

·        SOURCE: Mary Pollard, A Dictionary of the Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800, Oxford University Press, 2000, p314,

o   Jackson, Rachel Maria b 1755 1793-1794 d. 1836  Printer, bookseller. Printer to the Religious Society of Friends, Dublin NGR  20 Meath St. 1793-1794  She was a daughter of Isaac Jackson (d 1772) and Mary (d. 1756) and succeeded her brother Robert who d. Feb 1793. In 1771, before she was 16, “a young man in her father’s employment [Thomas Byrne?] succeeded in gaining her affections”; after a clandestine and illegal marriage her father sent her to relations in Mountmellick, Co. Laois, where she repented for 8 years (Memoranda of R.M. Jackson, compiled by M. Wright (Dublin, 1854), pp. iii-iv. [more details of her business interests follow] After her shaky start, she became a worthy Friend and in 1809 was “acknowledged a minister”. She died Apr 10, 1836. Succeeded by John Gough.),

·        NOTE, After her death Memoranda  of Rachel Maria Jackson was published. It is a volume of pious reflections.).

[74] Thomas JACKSON

·        Linen draper.   In 1696 Isaac Jackson, son of Anthony Jackson III, was married to Ann Evans. Records of their wedding show that Thomas Jackson and three women named Jackson were also in attendance. Some researchers do not positively identify Thomas as Isaac's brother and therefore not as the son of Anthony. Other researchers claim that they were brothers and both sons of Anthony. The wedding record does not say what the relationship was between Isaac and the others, but I am inclined to agree with those who think that Thomas was one of the sons of Anthony Jackson III.   We have no way of telling which was the older, Isaac or Thomas Jackson, since we do not know the date of Thomas' birth. Isaac was born in 1665, according to Halliday Jackson, and most people believe Thomas was born a few years later. Both men and their families lived in Old Castle, County West Meath, Ireland, for a while. Thomas continued to live there, belonging to the Old Castle Meeting until he came to America. SOURCE: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins,

[75] Richard JACKSON  

·        Source: Katherine Hoagland, Family Origins

[76] William JACKSON  

[77] Frances JACKSON  

[78] Elizabeth JACKSON  

[79] Jane JACKSON  

[80] Margaret JACKSON