Henry Jackson 1606 - 22 September 1686

Henry Jackson was born in England in 1606 and died in Fairfield, Connecticut about 1686.  He came from London in 1635 in the Elizabeth and Ann, age 29, settling first in Watertown, Massachusetts where he was a lessee of fishing rights and probably married there about 1639, a woman whose name is not known, but was the mother of his children.   They moved to Fairfield by 1648.   His will written November 1682, names his children and his daughter by her married name.   The dates are given in Jacobus' Families of Old Fairfield.    In his will he left his wife, among the usual feather beds, valences, and pots and pans, an axe, "commonly called Dinah's axe."    He also wanted his sons to provide "six pounds per annum for a comfortable living, and if she be left alone I will that she have the old negro woman to be with her."     He proudly signed his will in crooked block capitals (Fairfield Probate District, #32889).

signature of Henry Jackson