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This 1698 probated will may help determine whether William JACKSON of Boston Lincolnshire – a merchant of Dublin - was related to Peter JACKSON (d btw 1772-4) of Dublin. Peter JACKSON was a hackle maker, blacksmith and later a property developer.

·         The family tree of the Peter JACKSON hackle maker of Dublin - Peter JACKSON & Joanna aka JACKSONs of Dublin & Wicklow FairyHill - uses the forename of Peter repeatedly. Where were this Peter’s ancestors from? Possibly Leeds or Boston?

·         A family tree of a family of JACKSONs of Leeds recorded at Familiae Minorum Gentium Vol starts with a Peter JACKSON. It also includes an Irish link: Rev. Thomas JACKSON (1672-1708), a minister at Downpatrick Co. Down.

o   Rev. Thomas JACKSON is not included (so far) in the family tree of the Co. Down line of JACKSONs.

o   He has a brother William JACKSON

·         Three mullets (stars on the crest of William JACKSON merchant of Dublin family crest) echo the family crest on the grave marker of James Jackson late provost of Newton, a member of the Co. Down line of JACKSONs.

o   Early in the Co. Down pedigree tree, two lines of JACKSONs merged: Janet JACKSON (1641-1695) married a John JACKSON (1639-1716). We do not know where she came from, although he likely came from Lancashire.

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1698 William JACKSON of Dublin probate

   

Betham Abstracts: William JACKSON of Dublin [?] 9 June 1697 – 25 Sept. Wife Rose. NOTE: I am unsure what the sketch of this crest is meant to show.

The above was included in p 73 NLI – Fisher Manuscript Notes 1680- William JACKSON of Dublin Merchant Will dated 9 June 1697 proved 23 Sept  foly [july? following?]

NOTE: Three mullets - aka stars –also appear on a gravemarker of some JACKSONs of Co. Down. Here lyeth the body of James Jackson late provist of Newton who departed this life  25 Nov 1711  aged 63 years. Here also lieth the body of Gilbert Jackson of Newton, tanner, who departed this life 22 Sep 1723  aged 46 years. Annas Kell who departed this life  Sep1766  aged 87 years & 9 of their children viz., Hugh, Jane, Grizell, Sarah, John, Movilla Box Tomb with arms - A chevron with three mullets and in the base a hand holding a sword. NOTE: A mullet is a star. SEE: Jacksons of Co. Down.

Will of William Jackson, Merchant of Dublin, County Dublin. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Lort Quire Numbers: 136 - 179. Will of William Jackson, Merchant of Dublin, County Dublin.

In the name of God Amen, I William Jackson [1] of the City of Dublin, Merchant, being weak of body but of sound and perfect memory, praised be God, doe make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner and form following. First, I bequeath my soul to God who gave it hoping through the merit of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins. And my body I commit to the Earth from where it proceeded. And as for that worldly substance the Lord hath been pleased to bestow on me I dispose of the same as follows, viz. Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my loving friend Edward Swann [2] of the City of Dublin, Merchant, and Hannah [3] his wife two guineas of the value of two pounds twelve shillings sterling, viz. to each of them one guinea. Item I give unto Jane Jackson [4] and to every other of my relations the sum of twelve pound apiece. Item I give and bequeath to the poor people the sum of five pounds sterling to be distributed and disposed as the above-named Edward Swan shall think fit. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife Rose Jackson [5] all the rest residue and remainder of all my goods and chattels and my houses whatsoever, wheresoever the same now are or shall be, she paying and thereout and discharging all the just debts that I owe and defray the expense of my funeral. And I do hereby constitute ordain and appoint my said wife Rose Jackson sole executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revoking making will and void all former and other will or wills by me at any time heretofore made declaring this and none other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said William Jackson has hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven. William Jackson. Signed Sealed delivered published presented and declared by the said William Jackson the above writing to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the several above interlineations being first made Abraham Gardener [6] , John Allaway [7] , Ant. Harrison [8]

Probate (Latin) This will was proved Vicesimo tertio July 1698 ... Benjamin Knighty .. Gulielmi Jackson .. Boston in County Lincoln ... Dublin ... Hibernia ... Rosa Jackson alias Nalby, relict of the deceased and Executrix named in the said will

MORE Related research bits:

The William JACKSON of this probate was of Boston, Lincolnshire (and Dublin) while a William JACKSON included in the Familiae Minorum Gentium Vol I tree was of Leeds.

·         Although the two William JACKSONs may not be the same man, Boston would have been a likely port used by the JACKSONs of Leeds. Merchant class families often made sure that they had a son in a port accessible to them.

·         The William JACKSON of Boston Lincolnshire, merchant of Dublin who died btw 1697-8, may have been born in Leeds.

·         Doncaster is near Leeds in Yorkshire and on the route to the harbour of Boston in Lincoln. It was also the birthplace of several other JACKSONs who settled in Ireland post-Cromwell. SEE: Jacksons of Doncaster Outline Version.

·         There is also a link between JACKSONs of Leeds and JACKSONs of Lancashire: SEE JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry: Nathaniel JACKSON b. Oct 1640, Halton, Parish Of Skipton, Lancashire, c. 14 Oct 1640, Halton, Parish Of Skipton, Lancashire, d. 1698, of Leeds, Bur. 2 Sep 1698

SOURCE: Familiae Minorum Gentium Vol I

Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland Vol II pt 1 1892-4 page 63 [Thanks to Jan Waugh for the reference]

Abbey of Downpatrick. — [S. Lateral Aisle.]

Exuviae Thomae Jackson fidelis ministri Jesu Christi, qui puram Evangelii doctrinam sincera fide amplexus, ore docuit, et vitae sanctimonia ornavit: in mediis tamen laborious, ipsoq : aetatis flore immatura morte prereptus, suis jucundus, omnibus humanus, sacro caitui praesertim, cui prefuit desideratissimus placide in Christo obdormivit Novembris die Secundo A.D. 1708 et aetatis suae 36 et beatam hic justorum resurrectionem praestolatur.

Hoc monumentum Conjugi Charisimae moereus posuit uxor superstes.'

[From Harris' "Down."]

Google Translation [Thanks to Jan Waugh]

Relics once dear to Thomas Jackson, of a faithful servant of Jesus Christ, who is the pure doctrine of the Gospel with honest fidelity maintained by adhering to the mouth of the, taught, and a holy life and prayed: in the midst of, however, laborious, ipsoq: the flower of life of premature death, prereptus, and full of delight for all the human, with the sacred caita a special way, to whom he ruled, however, desired sleep calmly in 2 November 1708, and the rising age of 36 and is just happy person.

This monument Conjugi Charisimae SAD put his wife survivor [put up by his wife]

Rev Thomas JACKSON b. 1672 in Leeds UK, son of William Jackson & Miss Boyse ; curate/ rector of Downpatrick Church of Ireland 1697/1700- 1708 ; lived Ballyvange, Downpatrick 1700-1708; died 2 Nov 1708 aged 36 ; buried Downpatrick Cathedral graveyard; left a widow ; will in PRONI T808/824/3 [Groves Manuscripts] SOURCE: Ros Davies.

SOURCE: PRONI T808: Groves Genealogical Abstracts at Virtual Treasury.

     

[1] William JACKSON (?-abt1797)

·         Testator: Merchant of Dublin ; of Boston, Lincoln. Thanks to Jan WAUGH for the note.

·         He died btw June 1797 (date of will) and July 1798 (probate of will).

·         Burial: 1697 Oct 19.St. Patrick’s This is likely him.  Registers of St Patrick Dublin Vol II 1677-1800. Transcribed by C.H.P. Price. Ed. J.H. Bernard. Issued by the Society to Subscribers. 1907 p.14 SEE: JACKSON - Dublin BMDs.

[2] Edward SWANN

·         Several years ago, in one of my emails to Jan WAUGH I suggested that Edward Swann was a silversmith. I did not cite a source. He may have been a goldsmith as well.

·         Edward SWANN Goldsmith: Figure 9: Detail of silver-gilt cup (one of a pair) with the marks of Dublin. National Museum of Ireland, Dublin

·         Goldsmiths Edward Swann and Thomas Tennant, 1674-80,  Craft and Culture: The Design, Production and Consumption of Silver in Ireland in the Seventeenth Century (Two Volumes) By Jessica Cunningham

·         ROD: 1-379-228-1708 Dec 18-James KING of 1st part-Edward SWAN of 2nd part. Reciting an earlier deed 1703, July 10. William KING, Lord Archbishop of Dubin, by lease dated 10 Jul 1703 let house etc, in New Street, suburbs City of Dublin, to James KING, merchant of Dublin for 40 years, 40s pa. James KING borrowing £150 on the lease. WITNESSES: Robert JACKSON drawer at Three Tuns tavern in Essex St.; Francis ANDREWS, attorney at Queens Bench; John CONNELL.

[3] Hannah SWAN

·         Wife of Edward SWANN.

[4] Jane JACKSON

·         Jane Jackson - relation of the testator. Thanks to Jan WAUGH for the note.

[5] Rose JACKSON (?-1ft1697)

·         Nalby or Malby - wife of testator ; Executrix ; alias Rosa Nalby of Exeter. Thanks to Jan WAUGH for the note.

[6] Abraham GARDINER

[7] John ALLAWAY

[8] Anthony HARRISON

 

 

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