John Jameson

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John Jameson was the founder of the Jameson Irish Whiskey Company.

The company was established in 1780 when John Jameson established the Bow Street Distillery in Dublin. Jameson was Scottish, a lawyer from Alloa who had married Margaret Haig, a sister of the brothers who founded the main Haig Scotch whisky firms, and related to the Steins, a Scottish distilling family with interests in Dublin. Originally one of the six main Dublin Whiskeys, Jameson is now distilled in Cork, although vatting still takes place in Dublin. With annual sales of over 31 million bottles, Jameson is by far the best selling Irish whiskey in the world, as it has been sold internationally since the early 19th century when John Jameson along with his son (also named John) was producing more than a million gallons annually.

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 863

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Biography

John Jameson, son of William Jameson and Helen Horn was baptised in the parish of Alloa, Clackmannanshire on 5 October 1740<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, JOHN; WILLIAM JAMESON/HELEN HORN; M; 05/10/1740; 465/ 40 7; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref> In 1768, John married Margaret Haig, a daughter of the Haig whisky dynasty, in Alloa, Calckmannanshire on 12 September.<ref> "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTL2-XLD : accessed 14 March 2016), John Jameson and Peggie Haig, 12 Sep 1768; citing Alloa,Clackmannan,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,040,206.</ref> John Jameson was sheriff-clerk of Clackmannanshire from about 1770 until his death on 3 December 1823.<ref name=odnb>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Jameson, John (librarylogin required)</ref><ref>Index of wills and testaments; Jameson, John; 29/4/1824; Sheriff Clerk of Clackmannanshire; I and Disposition and Settlement; Alloa Sheriff Court; SC64/42/1; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref> In the 1780s John bought a share in a small whisky distillery in Bow Street, Dublin, where he later established two of his sons, John and William,<ref name=odnb /> thus becoming the founder of the Jameson IrishWhiskey company. John and Margaret had a total of 15 children, seven sons and eight daughters, all of whom were baptised in Alloa, Clackmannanshire:#Margaret Jameson (bp 9 June 1769)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, MARGARET; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; F; 09/06/1769; 465/ 40 288; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Robert Jamison (bp 18 April 1771) <ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMISON, ROBERT; JOHN JAMISON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 18/04/1771; 465/ Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#John Jamieson (bp 11 August 1773)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMIESON, JOHN; JOHN JAMIESON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 11/08/1773; 465/40 309; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Helen Jamieson (bp 3 August 1775) <ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMIESON,HELEN; JOHN JAMIESON/MARGARET HAIG; F; 03/08/1775; 465/ 50 24; Alloa;from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#William Jameson (bp 7 August 1777) <ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON,WILLIAM; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 07/08/1777; 465/ 50 55; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Mary Jameson (bp 19 July 1779)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, MARY; JOHN JAMESON/MARGRET HAIG; F; 19/07/1779; 465/ 50 87; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#James Jameson (bp 3 September 1781) <ref>OPR Baptismindexes; JAMESON, JAMES; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 03/09/1781; 465/ 50 122; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Andrew Jameson (bp 2 September 1783) <ref>OPR Baptismindexes; JAMESON, ANDREW; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 02/09/1783; 465/ 50 143; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Ann Jameson (bp 11 April 1786)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, ANN;JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG FR1395 AND 1394 (FR1395); F; 11/04/1786; 465/ 50 154; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref># Janet Jameson (bp 31 December 1787)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, JANET; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; F; 31/12/1787; 465/ 50 164; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Francis Erskine Jameson (bp 17 June 1789)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, FRANCIS ERSKINE; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; U; 17/06/1789; 465/ 50 174; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Elizabeth Jameson (bp 3 July 1791)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, ELIZABETH; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; F; 03/07/1791; 465/ 50 186; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Henry Jameson (bp 20 September 1792)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, HENRY; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG; M; 20/09/1792; 465/ 50 191; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Mary Jameson (bp 15 February 1794)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, MARY; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG FR1437 (FR1437); F; 15/02/1794; 465/ 50 196; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>#Alison Jameson (bp 1 September 1797)<ref>OPR Baptism indexes; JAMESON, ALISON; JOHN JAMESON/MARGARET HAIG FR1454 (FR1454); F; 01/09/1797; 465/ 50 213; Alloa; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</ref>

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see also===*http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Louise-Johnstone/W... Jameson Irish Whiskey*The History of a Great House - Origin of John Jameson Whiskey; Dublin; 1924; online via Trinity College Dublin; OLS-L-1-296-No-12_01*A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland; Burke; 1912; p 348