James Jackson, Sr.

James Jackson, Sr.

• Born 1671 in Hempstead on Long Island, New York
• Died Oct 1735 at about age 64 in Flushing, Queens, New York
• Son of John Jackson and Elizabeth Seaman
• Brother of Elizabeth (Jackson) Doughty, John Jackson II, Mary (Jackson) Scott, Martha (Jackson) Titus, Sarah (Jackson) Barnes, Samuel Jackson and Hannah Jackson
• Husband of Rebecca Hallett — married 1694 (to 12 Apr 1730) in Halletts Cove, now Astoria, Long Island, New York
• Husband of Abigail Unknown — married May 1730 (to Oct 1735)

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Was dismissed from the Quakers for remarrying too soon after 1st wife died.

Biography

James Jackson was born c1670, possibly on 1 July 1670, in Hempstead on Long Island, Province of New York. He was the second of eight known children and three known sons of John and Elizabeth Seaman Jackson,[1] James is mentioned in his father's 1724 will. < link >

He died in October 1735 in Flushing, Queens, New York. His will dated Sept. 27, 1735 is recorded in Surrogate's Office, NYC, Libr 12, p 362 and a transcription here: < Transcript:Will. John Jackson 26 Aug 1724 >

He was the grandson of the immigrant Robert Jackson (b c1618 in Nottinghamshire, England; died 1683 in Hempstead). Robert Jackson of Hempstead, Long Island, New York.’‘

Family

In 1694, when he was probably in his mid-twenties James married Rebecca Hallett, a daughter of Capt. William Hallett Jr and Sarah Woolsey, in Halletts Cove, now Astoria, Long Island, New York.

Rebecca was born on 31 Aug 1675 in Hallett's Cove (now Astoria), Queens County, New York. She died 8 April 1730 in Rocky Hill, Flushing, Queens County, New York and was buried in Hallett's Cove.

Over the next quarter-century, Rebecca bore her husband 20 children; all were single births.

Their children were:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99970689/rebecca-jackson

• (1) Thomas Jackson b Dec 4, 1694 d April 12, 1730 m Mary Townsend.
• (2) Mary Jackson b Jan 20, 1696/1697 d Sept 27, 1735 m Jacob Willetts.
• (3)Sarah Jackson b Dec 11, 1697
• (4) Rebecca Jackson b Feb 20, 1698/1699 m Sylvanus Seamon.
• (5) John Jackson Sr b March 9, 1700/1701 d 1768/1772 m Sarah Doty.
• (6) Charity Jackson b Feb 26, 1701/1702 m John Dingey
• (7) Elizabeth Jackson b March 20, 1703 m Nathaniel Field
• (8) James Jackson Jr b July 4, 1704 d 1750 m Sarah Thorne, m Mary Fitzrandolph.
• (9) William #1 Jackson b Jul 6, 1705 d May 1706
• (10) Hannah Jackson b Aug 5, 1706 d Sept 27, 1735, m. John Hicks m. John Hewlett
• (11) William #2 Jackson b Oct 4, 1707 d Oct 9,1746
• (12) Martha Jackson b Jan 26, 1709 d 1735 m. William Green Jr
• (13) Gen'l Joseph Jackson b Feb 9, 1710 d 1769
• (14) Richard Jackson b March 20, 1711 d 1739 m Mary Townsend
• (15) Phoebe Jackson b May 3, 1712 d 1777 m Edward Fitz Randolph Jr
• (16) Robert Jackson b May 15, 1713
• (17) Jemima Jackson b Nov 25, 1714 m Mr Hicks
• (18) Samuel Jackson b July 21, 1716 m Sarah Carpenter
• (19) Stephen Jackson b Aug 17, 1717 m Mary Lewis
• (20) Benjamin Jackson Sr. b July 26, 1719 d 1805 m Mary Lively Rushing, m Amanda "Amy" Forrest.

"Rebecca died on 30 April 1730, 11 years after the birth of her youngest child. James remarried a few weeks after her death and the Flushing, Long Island, Quakers "dealt with" him on 3 June 1730 (4th month) for "too hasty m[arriage]" to his second wife. Apparently, they didn’t like his response because on 6 May 1731 (3rd month) they disowned him."[4]

Will, death, and burial

James' s will was dated 27 September 1735.[7] He died in Flushing, Queens County, New York, a few days later, five and a half years after the death of his first wife, Rebecca. He is buried in Rocky Hill Cemetery in Flushing. Rebecca is buried in Hallett's Cove (now Astoria), Queens County, New York.[8]

His widow was called Abigail in his Will. They had no known children.

Notes

Of James it has been written: “[He] seems to have been a useful citizen, for in addition to being the father of twenty children, he was a man generally looked to for advice and was chosen together with Col. Isaac Hicks as referee in a dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island relative to the boundary line between them. The Colony of Rhode Island was so well pleased with their conduct and endeavor to reconcile the people of the two governments that it voted each of them a silver tankard of 50 pounds value with the arms of the Colony handsomely engraved thereon." [5]

James Jackson was named as one of the executors of the will (1727) of his father-in-law, William Hallett.

Comments about James from various sources

Rockaway records website states that James "the third son and eighth child....settled in Rock Hill, Flushing, Long Island....His sons carried the name of Jackson into NJ, NY, PA, VA, GA, OH, KY & TN."

From Robbins' book: "While his principal place of residence is given as Rocky Hill, Flushing, yet he appears several times in later years in connection with the affairs of Hempstead as though still a resident. This was probably due to his being still a land owner in the older town."

Note concerning Bunker's record: It appears to me (Janie) that Bunker's dates for James & Rebecca are both death dates, not birth dates.

From the Book, Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte:

James' son Robert Jackson is the possessor of a "History of the Quakers, 1415-1717," printed some time in the eighteenth century, which contains an interesting record of the Jackson family. We excerpt a page from this book-probably the oldest one in private hands in Canada today-containing the dates of the births of the children of James and Rebecca Jackson, of Flushing, in Queens County, Long Island to wit: Thomas Jackson, born 1694; Mary, 1696, Sarah, 1697; Rebecca, 1699; John, 1701; Charity, 1702; Elizabeth, 1703; James, 1704; William, 1705; Hanah, 1706; William (2), 1707; Martha, 1708; Joseph, 1710, Richard, 1711; Phoebe, 1712; Robert , 1713; Jemima, 1714; Samuel, 1715; Stephen, 1717, and Benjamin, 1719.

From Bill Jackson, descendant and researcher:

"At least three sons of James left New England for North Carolina long before the (Rev) war. Benjamin settled in Anson County in the Pee Dee region with Stephen and John, the Jackson who sold the forge in New Jersey. Deeds show Benjamin with several hundred acres of land granted by the North Carolina governor

"In 1764, the three brothers found themselves in another state without moving. Redrawing of North Carolina’s border put the Pee Dee in South Carolina, in the Cheraws District that later became Chesterfield County.

The book A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and her People, states that James’s children migrated to New Jersey settling near Rockaway and Morristown, where they undoubtedly became farmers.[6]

From Descendants of Capt. John Seaman of Hempstead, Long Island, NY according to Mary Thomas Seaman: 1928

More About James Jackson:

Fact 2: March 27, 1689, ear mark of his livestock was recorded in Hempstead Town Records

Fact 3: August 19, 1669, James received from his father a deed for half of 50 acres in "Great Plain" of H

Fact 4: April 1, 1701, chosen as clerk of Town of Hempstead

Fact 5: 1700, soon after 1700 James became a Quaker

Fact 6: September 5, 1706, a man who had been drunk was required to write a statement of repentance and giv

Fact 7: 1707, Society of Friends in Rocky Hill meet at home of James Jackson

Fact 8: October 25, 1715, received land from his father in deed

Fact 9: April 17, 1722, executor of will of Jacob Willet, his son-in-law, husb. of his dau. Mary. (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 2:254.)

Fact 10: May 7, 1724, John Jackson receipted for his wife's share of her father's will, William Hallet of Newtown, NY (Source: Hill, Peter B., compiler, Edward Doty of the Mayflower: Mayflower Families in Progress, Third Edition, (Plymouth, Mass: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996), 149.)

Will: September 27, 1735, proved Oct. 21, 1735 (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 3:181.)

Marriage Notes for James Jackson and Rebecca Hallet:

James Jackson, married 1694, Rebecca Hallet, daughter of William Hallet of Halletts Cove. They settled at Rockaway in the Town of Flushing, and had twenty one children.

Bunker, Mary Powell "Long Island Genealogies" [originally published 1895 republished by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT:1988] p220 cites this marriage in 1730.

More About James Jackson and Rebecca Hallet:

Marriage: 1694 (Source: (1) Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 220., (2) Seaman, Mary Thomas, The Seaman Family in America..., (New York: TA Wright, 1928), 22, James Jackson, married 1694, Rebecca Hallet., (3) Robbins, Oscar Burton, History of the Jackson Family of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Ohio and Indiana; descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburne Jackson, (Loveland, CO: 1951), 10.)

List of James Jackson's children 9b1695-1717) as found on Wikitree, Findagrave, Quilted Family Tree, and PPH. < link >

Origins

Named as son in the Will of John Johnson:

In the name of God, Amen. The twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and twenty four (1724) I, JOHN JACKSON, of Hempstead, in Queens County, on Nassau Island in the Colony of New York Esq., being well in body, but of perfect mind and memory, and my understanding sound and good, thanks be given to God, therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body, … I also will and bequeath unto my son James Jackson and to his heirs and assigns forever, John Jews property right and blanck (sic) in the undivided lands of Hempstead. … I will and bequeath unto my son James Jackson and to his heirs and assigns forever, one hundred and fifty six acres of land, to be taken up on my rights of land in the Township of Hempstead. I will and bequeath unto my three sons, John Jackson, James Jackson and Samuel Jackson and to their heirs and assigns forever, all the remainder of my lands in the Township of Hempstead, both divided and undivided, and hollows on the planes, and ox pastures, goats in both ox pastures, to be equally divided between them and their heirs and assigns. …

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References

• Here is a link to the public results page at FTDNA: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Jackson/default.aspx?/publicweb... which shows the many Jackson lines tested. "Group B - Hempstead" is one of the largest Haplotype groups among all the various lines.
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Jackson_%28128%29 cites

1. Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951). < AncestrySharing >
2. Website: www.longislandgenealogy.com/jackson/fam00139.htm.
3. Notes from Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants Library.
4. Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887) 5, 6.
5. Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951) 10.
6. Rockaway Library Documents, Rockaway, NJ 27. McWhorter Jackson Sketches 2
7. Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895) 220-221. It appears that Bunker's dates for James & Rebecca are both death dates, not birth dates.
8. Transcript:Will. John Jackson 26 Aug 1724. < link >
9. "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity. - Deaths", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) 7:86. "James Jacson of flushing dyed ye 8m 1735." [Note: In old-styles dates, the eighth month is October. More info may be found here.]
10. Hoffmann, Glady Stutler (Glady Myrl Stutler). Colonial ancestors of Edward Jackson, 1741-1897, Revolutionary War soldier. (Atlanta, Georgia: Self-published, 1967).
11. Find A Grave memorial #80744746.
12. Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908) 3:269.

• https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=I8&tree=001 (dead link)
• http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pafg03.htm#8. (Dead link)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jackson-2783 cites

1. Mary Powell Bunker, Long Island Genealogies..., Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY 1895, 220-221. This text is available online; see Table of Contents: Resources.
2. Glady Stutler Hoffman, Colonial Ancestors of Edward Jackson, 1967, Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA.
3. Lloyd Jackson, Notes from HCPD, transcribed by Jerry Gross: available from Table of Contents.
4. Jackson Ledger from Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, see transcription on this site.
5. John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and her People, Vol. III, 1908, 269.
6. McWhorter. Jackson Sketches, Library at Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendents, 2.
7. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society "The Record", Vol eleven, Oct 1880, pg 150.
8. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society "The Record", Vol 16, April 1885, pg 95.
9. Oscar Burton Robbins, History of the Jackson Family of Hempstead, Long Island, 1951, Loveland, Colorado, 5, 10, 29.
10. Rockaway Library Documents, Rockaway, NJ, 27.
11. Website: Long Island Genealogy (website) Longislandgenealogy.com. www.longislandgenealogy.com/jackson/fam00139.htm.

• https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=P2&tree=001
• http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140918053913/http://www.jacksonfamily...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99970689/rebecca-jackson

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
James Jackson
Birth  31 August 1671 • Hempstead, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
Death  9 October 1735 • Flushing, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
Parents  Colonel John Jackson • Elizabeth Seaman
Spouse  Abigail Seaman • Rebecca Hallett
Children  Abigail Jackson • Benjamin Jackson • Charity Jackson • Elizabeth Jackson • General Joseph Jackson • Hannah Jackson • James Jackson Jr • Jemima Jackson • Jeremiah Jackson • John Jackson • Martha Jackson • Mary Jackson • Phoebe Jackson • Rebecca Jackson • Robert Jackson • Samuel Jackson Sr. • Sarah Jackson • Stephen Jackson • Thomas Jackson • William Jackson

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LJB3-QPQ

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
James Jackson
Spouse  Mrs. Rebecca Jackson

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/MK16-2RF

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James Jackson & Rebecca Hallett A few months after his first wife Rebecca Hallett died, James married again a nd he was "dealt with at the monthly Quaker meeting for being too hastilly married with his second wife. It was probably a matter of expendiency, for Rebecca bore him twenty children and only one died in infancy. Abigail had none. On October 31, 1733, when Rhode Island had a boundry dispute with Massachusetts they chose Isaac Hicks of Hempstead and James Jackson of Flushing as referees. They were so "pleased with their conduct therein that the Colony (Rho de Island) voted each of them a silver tankard of value fifty pounds with the Arms of the Colony handsomely engraved threon, as an acknowledgement of their assistance in endeavoring to reconcile and put and end to the dispute between the two governments. (Arnol, "History of Rhode Island," Vol, XI, 112. James Jackson left a will dated September 7, 1735 and proven October 21, 1735, before Governor Cosby, (Surrogate's Office, NewYork City, Liber 12 and Will s, pp 362-3) Eighteen of his twenty children were living at the time of his death. His death was in October of 1735. "History of Jackson Family of Hempstead LI NY & Indiana" by Oscar Burton "History of the Sellers Family" by Richard Jackson Harris [] James Jackson As one of the youngest of John and Elizabeth's children James fared remarkably well in his father's will and he was an obvious favorite of his father. With the exception of the minister farming was the principal occupation of all Hempstead's residents and James was no exception. In assition, however, he embarked upon the trade of a miller at an early age. He was granted mill privileges at Jerusalem (now Wantaaugh) where he proceeded to build and operate a fulling mill for most of his adult life. In addition to his farming and milling interests James apparently had other talents. He was one of three Long Island men to be selected by Rhode Island Assembly to act as independent and ompartial abbiterin establishing the boundary between that Colony and Massachuetts; certainly reflecting the high reguard with which he was held by his contemporaries. At the conclusion of these negotiations, he was officially acclaimed by the Rhode Island Assembly and rewarded with a silver Tankard embellished with the Arms of Rhode Island. Unfortuanately it must be reported that the boundry dispute continued despite h is noble efforts. James Jackson was born about 1670 on Long Island and died there October 1735. He married in 1694 (1) Rebecca Hallett, daughter of William and Sarah (Woolsey) Hallett, she wasborn August 31, 1675 at Hallett's Cove, (now Astoria), Long Island and died April 12, 1730. In a few months James married again and he was "delt with at the monthly Quaker meeting for being too hastily married with his second wife, Abigail. It probably was a matter of expediency, for Rebecca bore him twenty children (twenty three) and only one died in infancy. Abigail had none. James Jackson became a Quaker at the time of his marriage to Rebecca Hallett, James and Rebecca had a very large family. The family was remarkable, not so much because of its size, which wa s not particularly unusal inthose days, but because with one exception, all of the children attained maturity; an implied but eloquent testomony to the quality of their mother. James was dismissed from the Quaker Meeting soon aft er Rebecca's death. The reasons stated for his dismissal were: (1) attending the wedding of his daughter to a non-quaker; (2) for his unseemly marriage, too soon after the death of his wife. Which was 52 days after her death. James Jackson left a will dated September 7, 1735 and proved October 21, 1735 be fore Govenor Crosby. Eighteen of his children were living at the time of his death. The earliest reference to James is found in the Hempstead records of March 17, 1689, when the ear-mark of his livstoc

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Children of James Jackson Children were THOMAS, MARY, SARH, REBECCA, JOHN, CHARITY, ELIZABETH , JAMES, WILLIAM, 1705; HANNAH, WILLIAM, 1707, MARTHA, JOSEPH, RICHARD, PHEBE, ROBERT, JEMIMA, SAMUEL, STEPHEN, BENJAMIN. Spouses are also listed.

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James Jackson James Jackson of Hempstead, New York, was the son of John Jackson, 1645 and Elizabeth Seaman and grandson of Robert Jackson and his 1st wife UNKNOWN. James Jackson had 20 children by hiswife Rebecca Hallett. Sounds amazing, but it is documented in Henry Whittemore, "The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants, p. 94. For latest scholarly research for Robert Jackson and his 3 wives see in Memories & Sources, "Robert Jackson and his wives and children." For James Jackson & Rebecca Hallett's 20 children see pg. 24 of Whittemore.