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Amasa Jackson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: March 25, 1824 (58)
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: 41 1/2 2nd Avenue, New York, New York County, New York, 10003, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of General Michael Jackson and Ruth Jackson
Husband of Ann Jackson and Mary Jackson
Father of Mary Charlotte Olmstead; Charles Jackson; Judge Oliver Phelps Jackson; Harriett Granger; Amasa Jackson, Jr. and 4 others
Brother of Michael Jackson, II; Simon Jackson; Charles Jackson and Ebenezer Jackson

Occupation: Banker
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About Amasa Jackson

Amasa Jackson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67755788/amasa-jackson

Amasa Jackson (1765-1824), the fourth son of General Michael and Ruth Jackson (Parker), served in his father's infantry (8th Massachusetts) from 1777-1783 and in other regiments until 1784. He, like his brother Ebenezer, was a merchant in Georgia; the President of the Jersey Bank, 1805-1810; President of the Union Bank, 1811-1821; and the second President of the New England Society. He married 1st Ann Lauder (1765-1793) in 1789, and 2nd Mary Phelps (1778-1859) in 1798.

He was a drummer in the company of Captain Benjamin Lock, 37th Regiment, in camp at Prospect Hill. He was a fifer in the company of Captain Wiley, Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment, from January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780. On April 12, 1781, he enlisted for three years, and in October, 1782, was appointed Ensign in the 8th Massachusetts Regiment, and served until June, 1784.

In October, 1775, he was a drummer in the company of Captain Benjamin Lock, 37th Regiment, in camp at Prospect Hill. He was a fifer in the company of Captain Wiley, Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment, from Jan. 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780. April 12, 1781, he enlisted for three years, and in October, 1782, was appointed Ensign in the 8th Massachusetts Regiment, and served until June, 1784.

Birth: June 5, 1765 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: March 24, 1824 in New York, New York County, New York, United States

Son of General Michael & Ruth Jackson (Parker). First president of Union Bank of New York.

Children:

  • Mary Charlotte Jackson, b. 1798.
  • Charles Jackson, b. 1800.
  • Oliver Phelps Jackson, b. 1802.
  • Harriet Jackson, b. 1804.
  • Caroline Matilda Jackson, b. 1805.
  • Emily Jackson, b. 1807.
  • Amasa Jackson, b. 1809.

Note: Married on 10 January 1798 in Suffield, Connecticut, Mary Phelps.
Reinterment. Aged 58 yrs. 9 mos. 20 d.

Burial: New York Marble Cemetery, 2nd Avenue in Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: Vault No. 41 Ralph Olmstead

Created by: Marie Hayes Record added: Apr 01, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67755788


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Amasa Jackson's Timeline

1765
June 5, 1765
Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1799
November 25, 1799
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
1800
September 10, 1800
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1802
July 17, 1802
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1804
March 28, 1804
Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1807
October 16, 1807
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
1809
1809
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1824
March 25, 1824
Age 58
New York City, New York County, New York, United States