Jacksons of
Tobermore – a speculative tree Recently, an email correspondent pointed out to me that Fortwilliam, a place that was associated with a line of Jacksons and a place that I had noted in various deeds in association with them, was in the townland of Tobermore. I hadn’t put the two together. Fortwilliam is the imposing house up on a hill on your right as you enter Tobermore from Maghera. The house lies in the townland of Tobermore, and is built immediately adjacent to the old ringfort named Dunnagrianan. Ballynasarren is a misreading for Ballynascreen. The Six Towns of Ballynascreen were church lands in that parish. When John Stevenson inherited Fortwilliam (through his wife Barbara Jackson) he also inherited the tenancy of the Six Towns. Email correspondence September 1, 2016. So, I dug into it a bit more: · Tobermore is in the parish of Kilcronaghan, Barony of Loughinsholin. o Brookes family of Tobermore pedigree. Deputy Keeper Reports: D 3000/83. NOTE: BROOKEs married into several collateral lines of the Jacksons of Coleraine,. o PRONI D1695 Henderson of Tobermore, Co. Londonderry, family papers. Deputy Keeper Reports: o PRONI T 1932. Map of Tobermore c 1792 Dominick McCAUSELAND. o In my 2010 Diary, I noted: #131. 1738 August 4 Capt William JACKSON of Fortwilliam, Co. Londonderry, Gent & James GRAHAM of Cavancaugh Parish of Ballinasawn, Co. Londonderry. NOTE: I must have slipped a cog. I did not get the Memorial #. It may be in the names index under GRAHAM. Next time. · Ballynascreen is also mentioned in connection with the Tobermore Jacksons. It is a large parish on the western border of the Parish of Kilcronaghan. o NOTE: The townlands of Glenviggan, Moyard, Moneyconey, Tullybrick, Cavanreagh and Owenreagh make up the Sixtowns. These are townlands which were all held by the Jacksons at one point.. SOURCE: For history, see: Sixtowns History and Heritage Group. See also Bill Macafee’s map of Ballynascreen, where the six townlands are highlighted in green as part of the Stevenson Estate. o A possible clue: The Six Towns are surrounded by lands which were part of the Draper’s Estates. In the records of the London Rolls, in 1656, Samuel JACKSON (1641-1706) was named as a new apprentice with the Draper's Guild with Robert BELLEW, an upholsterer of Holburn as his Master. His apprenticeship was for 8 years and involved a £100 bond. He was a son of Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681) of Westmorland and Lancashire, and Dorothy OTWAY (abt 1605-abt1645). He was a brother of the Jacksons of Coleraine. They were associated with the Clothworkers. Samuel JACKSON had no known children, and the lands he held at the time of his death, which were extensive, went to various relations. He made no mention in his 1705 will of lands in Derry. NOTE: I cannot rule out the possibility that Samuel Jackson had a child – legitimate or otherwise – who was not mentioned in his will. If he did have any children, then the Capt. William Jackson who held title or leases in the Six Towns could be a possible son. There was a Tobermore connection in Samuel’s will: He had bought several lots of land in Monaghan from a Hugh ROWLEY who was probably the Hugh ROWLEY of Culmore, son of William ROWLEY of Tobermore & Londonderry & Mary DILLON of Castle Dillon; This Hugh ROWLEY served as MP in 1692 for Newtownlimavady, and married Mary ROWLEY, eldest daughter of Edward ROWLEY of Castleroe.
About a decade ago, when I visited Belfast, I made some notes at PRONI of all the JACKSON entries in the Groves Manuscripts. One of them mentioned the Jacksons of Tobermore.
PRONI T808/8243 Derry will made 19 March 1747/1748 approved 19 July 1749. John JACKSON of Tobermore in Kilerenaghan parish County Londonderry, to be buried in Ballynesareen old church. Sons Hugh and Luke, daughter Martha a minor. Son Luke is an apprentice. Brother-in-law Capt. William Ash RAINEY, executor son Hugh. Overseers my brother Clark and my sister by law Martha JACKSON. Witnesses John REA: Thomas STANTON: John CLEMENTS. Probate to executor, seal only a blob of wax. [NOTE: The parish of Kilerenaghan is known now as: Kilcronaghan. This abstract was done by Tenison Arthur Groves (abt 1864-1938). He was a genealogist who has left records of thousands of transcriptions and notes which he did over a period of more than forty years. Most importantly, he left us copious notes of documents whose originals were lost in the 1922 fire of the Public Records Office in Dublin.]
This abstract contains several key bits of information that leads us to others: · John Jackson died sometime between making his will in March 1748 (current calendar) and having it probated in July 19, 1749. · At the time of the will, John’s sons Hugh and Luke were over the age of 21, and daughter Martha was a minor. This means that Hugh and Luke were born before 1727 and Martha would have been born after that date. · Luke Jackson was an apprentice – most likely in the Clothworkers’ or Drapers’ guild. · Clark Jackson is a brother of John Jackson. NOTE: The forename of Clark is likely significant. Some of the Clarke family of Maghera lived at Drumballyhagan Clark, on the northerly border of Fortwilliam. For several decades, there were significant familial and business connections between the Jacksons and Clarkes. Was the mother of Clark Jackson a member of the Clark family? I have assembled a page of Snippets of Jackson-Clark connections. Other bits: o CLARKS OF MAGHERA HOUSE, now Largantogher, Co. Derry... The first of the family to settle in Ulster was John Clark, who came from Lancashire. In 1690, he took a lease of the lands of Fortna Clark and Longfield from the Draper’s Company, and a few later acquired by purchase from Montgomery of Grey Abbey the estate of Maghera (now Larantogher), where the family have reside ever since. He married Jane, sister of the Rev. Fulke White, first Presbyterian Minister of Broughshane, Co. Antrim, and ancestor of the famous Field-Marshall Sir George White, V.C. of Whitehall, Co. Antrim (see No. 224 Rev Fulke White). Their son Jackson Clark, born 1695, was admitted a freeman of Derry, and died in 1756. The name of Jackson, since so generally adopted by the family as almost to make a hyphenated surname, seems to indicate a relationship with the Jacksons of Jackson Hall, Coleraine. At all events, Ensign Thomas Jackson, one of Derry’s defenders, was a near neighbour of theirs at Tobermore (see: No. 140)...... SOURCE: Fighters of Derry: Their Deeds and Descendants, Being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland During the Revolutionary Period, 1688-91 W.R. Young, (London, 1932). o Ensign Thomas JACKSON of Derry Loneriados who in his muster of the forces for Derry has the following line: From Tubbermore, we Ensign Jackson saw. This is Tobermore, near Castle Dawson. From other sources [What other sources?] we know that Ensign Thomas Jackson resided at Drumbally, Hagan Clark, Tobermore in the vicinity of the Jackson Clarke’s estate of Larantogher. The Jacksons like the Jacksons of Castle Dawson, came from Westmorland, and were connected by association, if not by blood. The original settlers of the Jackson name came to Ulster in Charles I’s reign. There were two brothers, viz. Launcelot, at Ballymacarret, in 1639, and Thomas, who obtained about the same time a lien on lands in the vicinity of Coleraine from the Irish Society. … SOURCE: Fighters of Derry: Their Deeds and Descendants, Being a Chronicle of Events in Ireland During the Revolutionary Period, 1688-91 W.R. Young, (London, 1932). o Messrs. Alexander and William Clark, of Maghera, and Alexander Clark, of Upperland, Esq., are descended] from this Ensign Jackson. SOURCE: A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689. Rev. John Graham. Maclear & Co. Publishers, Toronto. 1873 o The CLARKEs of Maghera are supposedly related also to the BOYDs of Kilmarnock. They became matrimonially connected with the Higgisons, Strawbridges, Courtenays, and Boyds; the latter of whom deduce their origin in uninterrupted descent from the celebrated Boyds of Kilmarnock in Scotland: some of the Boyds, in virtue of the above alliance, still possess a considerable landed property in the above country. Some of the Mac Atdeys married into this family, but changed their names to Boyd, in order to inherit the paternal estates. One of these, the late Hugh Mac Auley Boyd, Esq., sent in 1784, ambassador to the Court of Candy, by Lord Macartney, governor general of India, (reputed by some as the author of that still celebrated political work, called the Letters of Junius,) has left a son, Hugh Stuart Boyd, who is equal in elegant accomplishments to his father, and his superior in classic attainments; and especially in his profound knowledge of the Greek language, and the most illustrious writers of antiquity. He possesses a part of these estates, extending to, and comprehending Red Bay, near Glenarm. SOURCE: An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam CLARKE Ed. Joseph Butterworth. Bulmer Clarke, Trinity College, Cambridge. 1833. P4- · William Ash Rainey (1703-1776) was a brother-in-law. His sister, Sarah Ash (1698-?), was of John Jackson’s wife. The addition of Rainey to his surname of Ash came from their mother’s name: Elizabeth Rainey. o SOURCE: A website hosted by Robert Ashe detailing the history of the Ash family includes copious references to The Ash MSS, a splendid document that most people doing family histories would give their eye teeth for. It was written in 1735, by Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash, and was published by Henry Tyler in 1890, thanks to Thomas Ashe’s grand-daughter who edited it (I do not know her name). This document records that Sarah Ash, third daughter of Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash, was born in October 1698; she was married unknown and without consent. She had 15 children, of which there is living but William, Hugh and Luke; she lives now in Ballymaguigan. NOTE: The townland of Ballymaguigan, Parish of Artrea, Barony of Loughinsholin, is about 5 miles SE of Tobermore, close enough to be considered as part of neighbourhood. · Since the will does not mention Sarah Ash (1698-?), I presume that she predeceased her husband. My hunch is that she died sometime after the Ash Memoir was written, but before her husband’s will – hence btw 1735-1747. By the time she was 37 years old, the year that the Ashe Manuscript was written, she had already given birth to 15 children, and buried 11 of them. It is not unlikely that she died giving birth.
JACKSONs of Tobermore – My Speculative Tree
--------------------- 1-Capt. William JACKSON + Unknown (Possibly a CLARK). NOTE: He is not the Capt William Jackson (abt1666-1712) of Coleraine, son of William Jackson (1628-1688) of Coleraine.
2-John JACKSON d. Between 1747 and 1748. He lived at Tobermore, Kilcronaghan, Londonderry, and was buried at Ballynascreen Old Graveyard, Sixtowns, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry. He married Sarah ASH b. 1 Oct 1698, d. Between 1735 and 1748. Her parents were. Lieut. Col. Thomas ASHE and Elizabeth RAINEY SOURCE:
o Sarah, the third daughter of Captain Ash by his second marriage, became the wife of Mr. John Jackson, by whom she had three sons, William, Hugh, and Luke. Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry: Including His Narrative and Its Vindication. John Mackenzie with notes by W.D.Killen D.D.. 1861
3-William JACKSON d. Between 1735 and 1748 § SOURCE: William Jackson was not mentioned in John Jackson’s 1747 will, but was mentioned in the 1735 Ash Manuscript as still living. It may be a coincidence that the Dr. William JACKSON, who I have now included as his uncle, died in 1745. NOTE: I may have the latter placed incorrectly. 3-Hugh JACKSON b. Bef 1727. d aft 1754. NOTE: I know nothing more. There are many Hugh JACKSONs in Co. Monaghan and Co. Down, but their dates and parent’s names are not a fit. 3-Luke JACKSON b. Bef 1727. d probably aft 1759 SOURCE: The last memorial that mentions him: ROD: 206-33-134742. Dec 31, 1759. JACKSON-STEPHENSON Book Index 1758-1768 Btw Luke JACKSON of Ternafau in Co Londonderry Gent John STITT of Gortnagilly in sd County Gent & Martha STITT otherwise JACKSON his wife & John STEVENSON of Fortwilliam Luke JACKSON, John STITT & Martha his wife did convey 6 townlands of Ballynaseeran for £350. 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-JACKSON d. Bef 1735 SOURCE: Ash Manuscript 3-Martha JACKSON b. After 1727, d. After 1748 +John STITT +Gelwyn Neal McNEAL m. Bef 1760. CAUTION: I have entered two possible husbands for Martha – one (or neither) of them may have been hers. The likelihood of both of them being her husband is slim since the two deeds were only seven months apart. SOURCES:
2-Clark JACKSON d. After 19 Mar 1748 SOURCE: He was witness to a deed in 1729, hence was of age and therefore born before 1707. ROD: 64-106-42833. May 9, 1729: Btw William JACKSON of Forthwilliam, Parish of Killeronaghan, Co Londonderry of 1 pt & Simon ROWE Clke, Rector of Parish of Ballynascreen in said Co. of other pt. for £350 lands near Ballynascreen. One of the witnesses was Clarke JACKSON of Fortwilliam, Co Derry, Gent. & John DOWNING of City of Dublin, Gent. o His mother may have been a CLARK: From Tubbermore we Ensign Jackson saw." Messrs. Alexander and William Clark, of Maghera, and Alexander Clark, of Upperland, Esq., are descended from this Ensign [Thomas] Jackson. SOURCE: A History of the Siege of Londonderry and Defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689. Rev. John Graham. Maclear & Co. Publishers, Toronto. 1873. 3- Adam JACKSON. Birth: Abt 1725 in of Drumballyhagen Co. Londonderry 2-Dr. William JACKSON b bef 1706 d. abt 1745 + Martha CORNWALL b. Abt 1712, m. 20 Jan 1740, par. John CORNWALL (1666-1731) of Mullaghmargaret, Co. Tyrone, Gent and Barbara LINDSAY. NOTE: A John CORNWALL of Co. Tyrone was listed as one of the defenders at the siege of Derry, but no additional information was given. His name also appears in An Act For the Attainder of divers Rebels▪, and for preserving the Interest of Loyal Subjects. The John CORNWALL, father of Martha, would have been 12 years old at the time. Perhaps the reference was to his father. SOURCES: o In 1727, a William Jackson jr. who witnessed a memorial would have been more than 21 years old at the time, hence born bef 1706. o He was named as a living son in 1735 in the Ashe MSS, and that fact was not disputed in Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry: Including His Narrative and Its Vindication. John Mackenzie with notes by W.D.Killen D.D.. 1861: Sarah, the third daughter of Captain Ash by his second marriage, became the wife of Mr. John Jackson, by whom she had three sons, William, Hugh, and Luke. o A will was probated in 1745 for a Dr. William Jackson of Derry, Dunigrunan, Kilcronaghan. It is mentioned in a list of wills – no detail. NOTE: There is no record of such a townland - the spelling may have changed - but the parish is a fit. o In 1740, he was referred to as William JACKSON Jr of Dunnigrenan Parish of Kilcronaghan, Co Londonderry Surgeon
3-Barbara JACKSON b. bet 1740-1745+John STEVENSON. SOURCE:
Derry Probate records (shaded ones are in this tree):
Tobermore: MISC bits parked here (so I don’t forget them) o In an index of The Belfast Newsletter, p3 14 - 17 Dec. 1790. Advertisement: stolen dropped thief lands =Phillips, Alexander heifer =Jackson,Thomas+Tobermore. o 1920, Aug 11. Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson (1840–1926), of Moneyshanemore, Tobermore, Derry, a friend of Sir Thomas Jackson (1841-1915), wrote to Lady Jackson and shared inside knowledge of his approach to German participation in HSBC board. He was a leading British judge and diplomat, serving in China and Japan, and was the son of John Wilkinson Esq., of Belfast and Annabella Shaw, daughter of William Shaw, Esq., of Holden's Valley, Co. Down o William SMITH was the eldest son of Rev. John SMITH., of Cowling in Craven and Boudgate, Yorkshire, by Deborah Warwick his wife. His father matric. at Christ Church, Oxford, 18 June, 1624, aged 17 ; B.A. 1627 {Foster's Alum. Oxon.) ; and became R. of Enniskillen ; dying in Dublin 1653. P. Will dated 8 Feb., 1652, proved in Prer. Court of Canterbury 28 Sep., 1653, and probate granted to his widow in Ireland 30 July, 1655. In it he mentions his brothers-in-law — Dr. Margetson, Stephen Jackson, Dr. Pullein, James Brooke (Alderman of York), and William Bramhall. … He received a grant from the Crown of over 1,800 acres in the Counties of Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh on March 12, 1667. He m. in 1662 Katherine, dau. of William Rowley, of Tobermore, Derry (by Mary, dau. of John Dillon, of Castle Dillon, Armagh), and sister of Hugh ROWLEY., of Culmore, and of Edward ROWLEY. They had three sons — viz., (1) Edward, of Clonlagh, Co. Monaghan. P. Will dated 6 Aug., 1715, proved 6 Dec, 1717, by his only surviving brother Henry, to whom he left his property. He died s.p. ; (2) Rev. William Smyth, Rector of Loughgilly, q.v. ; (3) Henry, merchant of Dublin, d. circa 1721/2 ; and four daus. — viz., Deborah, who m. (1) Rev. Robert Houghton, R. of Stabannon q.v. ; (2) Arthur, son of Capt. William Jones ; Catherine, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth, who all married. Archd. Smyth died in Dublin, and was bur. in St. Nicholas', Dublin, on Feb. 11, 1672/3 (Irish Builder, 1889, p. 200). His P. Will, dated 8 Feb., 1672, was proved by his widow Katherine 23 July, 1673. In it he mentions Lieut. Smith, Enniskillen ; Lieut. Shregly, Edward and Hugh Rowley and his three sons and three eldest daus., etc. Appointed " my good friend Mr. Wm. Smith, Treasurer of the Cathedral, Armagh, and Mr. John Coghill " overseers, and his wife Katherine sole exor. SOURCE: Armagh clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c . James B. Leslie. p52.
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