Hannah Jackson

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Stepney lay near the Thames estuary, and it's proximity to the Channel gave it a special importance, for it served as a port for the city. It was the home of many seafaring men.</B></div> <div> <B>     Here , tales of new lands were told, and many adventurous young people, disillusioned with the politics and poverty of the times, made plans to sail away from England.</B></div> <div> <B>     Christopher was never able to leave, but he and his wife encouraged their sons, Edward and John to leave. They undertook a journey to the new settlement in New England.</B></div> <div> <B>     This is their story...</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The Jackson Family</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>    C</B><B>hristopher Jackson was born in the year 1575 in the hamlet of Mile End in the village of Stepney, about one mile east of  London town, just beyond Bishop's Gate. Stepney lay near the Thames estuary, and it's proximity to the Channel gave it a special importance, for it served as a port for the city. It was the home of many seafaring men.</B></div> <div> <B>     Here , tales of new lands were told, and many adventurous young people, disillusioned with the politics and poverty of the times, made plans to sail away from England.</B></div> <div> <B>     Christopher was never able to leave, but he and his wife encouraged their sons, Edward and John to leave. They undertook a journey to the new settlement in New England.</B></div> <div> <B>     This is their story...</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="096f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cole Family"><U>The Cole Family</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alice Abbot"><U>Alice Abbot</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prudence Albee "><U>Prudence Albee </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id344.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Young Becky Allin"><U>Young Becky Allin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rebecka Allin"><U>Rebecka Allin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joanne Alger"><U>Joanne Alger</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id373.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Early Maine Settlements"><U>Early Maine Settlements</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hannah Baker"><U>Hannah Baker</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anna Barnes"><U>Anna Barnes</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Braley Genealogy Report"><U>Braley Genealogy Report</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rachel Braley"><U>Rachel Braley</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Charde"><U>Elizabeth Charde</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Clapp"><U>Elizabeth Clapp</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hannah Daggett 1796"><U>Hannah Daggett 1796</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Farrar"><U>Elizabeth Farrar</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joanna Ford"><U>Joanna Ford</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Gilman"><U>Mary Gilman</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id389.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greenwood Report"><U>Greenwood Report</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ancient Greenwood Roots"><U>Ancient Greenwood Roots</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id390.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reverend John Greenwood, Martyr"><U>Reverend John Greenwood, Martyr</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Molly Greenwood"><U>Molly Greenwood</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lydia Holmes"><U>Lydia Holmes</U></A></div> <div> <B>Hannah Jackson</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id161.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Theodosia Jackson"><U>Theodosia Jackson</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Jacob"><U>Elizabeth Jacob</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Susan Johnson"><U>Susan Johnson</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joanna King"><U>Joanna King</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hannah Miller"><U>Hannah Miller</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Julia Sullivan"><U>Julia Sullivan</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eliza Smith"><U>Eliza Smith</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harriet Roach"><U>Harriet Roach</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sarah Thaxter"><U>Sarah Thaxter</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hannah Ward"><U>Hannah Ward</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judith Whitman"><U>Judith Whitman</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Wiswall"><U>Elizabeth Wiswall</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elizabeth Wytham"><U>Elizabeth Wytham</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="099f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Hannah Jackson</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Jackson Family</div> <bR> <div>      George Jackson and Elizabeth Wytham were the parents of </div> <div> Christopher Jackson, and the grandparents of two of his sons John and Edward, who emigated to New England.</div> <bR> <div> Christopher Jackson was born in the year 1575 in the hamlet of Mile End in the village of Stepney, about one mile east of  London town, just beyond Bishop's Gate. Stepney lay near the Thames estuary, and it's proximity to the Channel gave it a special importance, for it served as a port for the city. It was the home of many seafaring men.</div> <div>      Here , tales of new lands were told, and many adventurous young people, disillusioned with the politics and poverty of the times, made plans to sail away from England.</div> <div>      Christopher was never able to leave, but he and his wife encouraged their sons, Edward and John to leave. They undertook a journey to the new settlement in New England.</div> <div>      This is their story...</div> <bR> <div> Edward  and Frances Jackson</div> <div> <B>Emigrant Ancestors</B></div> <bR> <div> Edward was born in White Chapel Parish, London England about 1602. He married Frances in the year 1630. The young couple  settled in London where they raised a large family. While in England, he earned his living as a "naylor", a forger of nails. Edward and his family emigrated in 1643. A son was born to them at sea, and was named Seaborn. Upon their arrival in  Cambridge Village , they joined his brother John and his family and soon built a home just opposite that of his brother John as early as 1643. Edward was the first shareholder in Newton.  He  was a distinguished citizen. There was a great need for nails in the colonies, and Edward set about supplying his neighbors with the needed commodity. Frances died before 1648, leaving her husband with a houseful of young children. Elizabeth Newgate Oliver, widow of Rev. John Oliver became his second wife on March 14, 1648/49.  Several children were born to them, four daughters and one son.</div> <bR> <div> He purchased land in the village from  Samuel Holley in 1643. In 1646 he purchased a large farm and estate from Governor Bradstreet, land which was previously owned by Governor Thomas Mayhew of Watertown.  It was for a long time known as the Mayhew Farm.  This farm was located between Newton and Brighton, and extended westward to Newtonville. It covered the site where Judge Fuller's mansion house once stood. This land later became the property of General Michael Jackson whose home was built near the center of the land of Gov. Mayhew, a few rods from the brook. For years, a structure built in 1638, perhaps the first building in Newton, existed on the land. This was the same as recorded in the deed from Mayhew to Bradstreet. The cellar hole could be seen, nearly filled in, well into the 1800's. </div> <bR> <div> The highway was laid out in 1708, and it passed by the old house. It was described as "crossing the brook near where the old house stood." The house was gone before 1708.  It is thought to have been Edward Jackson's first home.At the time of his death, his family resided in a large dwelling  which stood three quarters of a mile easterly, near the line of Brighton, and almost  twenty rods northerly, from the Roxbury Road. There is a complete description of the home and his belongings in his will. Religious meetings were once held in it's large spacious hall. </div> <bR> <div> Edward was chosen Deputy to the General Court in 1647, and continued in that position for seventeen years. He was active in the affairs of the town, and a selectman of Cambridge in 1665. He was appointed a member of a committee in 1653 to lay out highways along the Charles River. He served on several highway committees with his brother John. </div> <bR> <div> Among the activities close to his heart was his association with Rev. John Eliot, know as the Apostle to the Indians. He accompanied him to many religious meetings at Nonantum. He took notes of the questions asked by the Indians and recorded the answers given by Rev. Eliot. </div> <bR> <div> Edward was a proprietor of Cambridge. In the land division of 1662, four acres were laid out for him, and in 1667, he received thirty more He was also a large proprietor of the Billerica lands, and in the division of 1652, he obtained four hundred acres, which by his will, he gave to Harvard College, along with other bequests. The land was valued at £ 80. At the ime of his death he also bequeathd several of his books and all the debts due to him in England to the school. In addition, he left 25 acres of land in Newton for the use of the ministry in that town forever.</div> <bR> <div> He was the author and first signer of a petition to the General Court in 1678, praying that Cambridge Village would be set off from Cambridge, and made an independent town. This petition was granted in 1679, much to the opposition  of  the town fathers of Cambridge. Edward fought long and hard for this division. After saying many harsh words about the petitioners, the Cambridge council added, "We would not be understood to include every particular person, for we acknowledge that Mr. Jackson brought a good estate to the town, as some others did, and hath not been wanting to the ministry, or any good work among us, and therefore we would not reflect upon him in the least."</div> <bR> <div> In a book written sometime later, Capt. Edward Johnson wrote of Mr. Jackson in his History of New England "he could not endure to see the truths of Christ trampled under foot by the erroneous party."</div> <bR> <div> At the time of his death on June 17, 1681 he was 79 years and 5 months old according to his gravestone.</div> <bR> <div> His inventory contained upwards of sixteen hundred acres of land, and amounted to £ 2,477. 19<I>s</I>. 6<I>d. </I>He also had two men servants, appraised at £5 each. He was probably the first slave holder in Newton.</div> <bR> <div> His wife Elizabeth outlived him twenty-eight years. She died on September 30, 1709 at the age of 92. </div> <bR> <div> Edward divided his lands among his children in his lifetime. He left a large family. Forty-four of his descendants served in the Revolutionary War. </div> <bR> <div> A monument was dedicated to the first settlers of Newton. It was erected in the cemetery on September 1, 1852, with this inscription upon it.</div> <bR> <div>  "Deacon John Jackson gave one acre of land for this burial place and the first church which was erected upon this spot 1660. </div> <bR> <div> Edward Jackson gave 20 acres for the parsonage, 1660, and 3 acres for the ministerial woodlot, 1681."</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Hannah Jackson</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>