Matthew and Alicia Hunter Wytham, were married in Brentynby, Yorkshire, England about 1543. Their daughter Elizabeth Wytham was born in West Bretton, Yorkshire, England about 1544. She and her husband George Jackson were the parents of Christopher Jackson, and several other children. He 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.

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.

Christopher was never able to leave, but he and his wife, Susan Johnson Jackson, encouraged their sons, Edward and John to leave. They undertook a journey to the new settlement in New England.