Edith Rowlett

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CENSUS: 1810 Census--Prince Edward Co, VA Edith Rowlett 45y orolder (she would have been abt 70y) (living alone) FAMILY: EdithJACKSON was related to the ancestors of "Stonewall" Jackson. SOURCE: History of Utah by Orson F. WhitneyVol 4 pg 98 AncestorsStonewall Jackson was descended from John Jackson (born ca. 1716 in Ireland; moved to London age 10; d. 1801) and Elizabeth Cummins (b. ca. 1719, London, England; d. 1825). Both were convicted of theft in 1749 in London's Old Bailey court, and were sentenced to seven-year indentures "to some of his Majesty's colonies and Plantations in America." The couple met on board the prison ship Litchfield which departed London in May 1749, and originally settled in Maryland. Both were able to complete their indentures early and they married in 1755. Shortly after the birth of their first child they left Maryland to become pioneers in the area that is now northwestern West Virginia. For more information see Chapter 1 of the notable biography Stonewall Jackson: the Man, the Soldier, the Legend by James I. Robertson, Jr. Stonewall Jackson ancestors, showing descendants of John Jackson (Stonewall's great-grandfather), through 4 generations.