Jackson Family

Children, all except Joseph born in Watertown:

i. JOHN² JACKSON, b.1640; m. about 1661 ELIZABETH SMITH; d. ca. 1689, children Elizabeth, Moses, Susannaa, John, and Margery.

ii. HANNAH JACKSON, b. ca..1642; m.(1) PHILIP GALPIN; m. (2) STEPHEN SHERWOOD.

2 iii. SAMUEL JACKSON, b.ca. 1645; m. (1) unknown; m. (2) PHOBE (-) LYON CROFERT, twice widowed.

iv. MOSES JACKSON, b. ca. 1647; m.(1) DEBORAH HYATT, children Rebecca and Deborah; m. (2) ESTHER SEELEY, child ROBERT.

v. JOSEPH JACKSON, b. in Fairfield, m. (1) ca. 1670 MARY GOODWIN; children Mary, Sarah, Abigail, Eleanor, and Joseph.

2.. SAMUEL² (Henry¹) JACKSON was born in Watertown, Massachusetta about 1645 and died in Stratfield, Connecticut sometime between 30 August 1712 when he wrote his will, and 15 Dec. 1714 when it was probated. He married twice, first to a woman whose identity remains unknown, who was the mother of all his children except Gabriel. It is not correct, as Jacobus suggested, that he married a daughter of Edward and Jedidah (Skidmore) Higbee. Jacobus himself said he had not yet read the just published biograpgy of Edward Higbee (Clinton Higby, Edward HIgby and his Descendants), in which it was made clear that Edward had just one daughter by 1660, and that one married Edward Burrows about 1678. (see also" Huntington Town Records" in NKGBRecord, 42:1911.) He married second the twice widowed PHOBE (----) LYON CROFERT, who survived him too.

Children of Samuel and his first wife: (from Jacobus)

i. SAMUEL³ JACKSON, died young.

ii. NATHANIEL JACKSON, died young.

iii. HANNAH JACKSON, b. 17 Mar 167?; ;bap.6 Apr. 1701; m.(1) NATHANIEL LYON; m. (2) MATTHEW JENNINGS.

iv. JOSHUA JACKSON; m. ELIZABETH SANFORD, child, Joshua.

v. HENRY JACKSON, b. ca. 1679; bap. 6 Apr. 1701 m. MARY WHEELER, children: Jedidah. David, Anne, Deborah, Isaac. Mercy, Eunice, and Sarah.

vi. DEBORAH JACKSON, bap. 5 Apr. 1701; m. ALEXANDER FAIRCHILD, children:John, Alexander, Deborah, Sarah, Abraham, Hannah, Andrew, Ruth, Catherine, Samuel, and Stephen.

vii. DANIEL JACKSON , b. ca. 1683; m. (1) MARY PRESTON, who died 7Aug.1734, at 44 yeazs of age; child Samuel. By 1734 Daniel was in Dover, NY. Additional facts from Sedgwick show that Daniel bought a piece of land at the site of the present Sharon, CT, about 1734. He must have remarried because he had a son, Jehiel, born 1739 at Sharon, the first white child born in that settlement.

vii. RACHEL JACKSON, m. MOSES LYON.

viii. JONATHAN JACKSON, bap. 21 Jauly 1695; m. (1) DEBORAH (----), children: Moses, Samuel, Deborah, Abigail, Eunice, Sarah, Zebulon, Hannah, Nathan, and David.; m. (2) ANN DRAKELEY. Child: Comfort.

ix. ABIGAIL JACKSON, b. ca. 1696; m. CORNELIUS BRONSON.

3 x. EBENEZER JACKSON, bap. 16 Oct 1698.

xi. BETHIA JACKSON, died young.

Child of Samuel and Phoebe:

xii. GABRIEL JACKSON, bapt.9 Jan. 1709; m. MARGARET HALL, children: Samuel, Mehitable, Patience, Francis, Benjamin, and Mehitable.

3..DEACON EBENEZER³( Samiuel², Henry¹) JACKSON, was baptized in Fairfield, Connecticut 16 October 1698 (Fairfield VRs) and died in Sharon, Connecticut in 1766 when the Sharon Probate District names his son Ebenezer administrator of his estate. He married first in Norwalk, Connecticiut about 1716, ESTHER ABBOTT, who was born there about 1686, daughter of John Abbott and his unknown first wife, and died probably in Sharon before 1750. He married second, in Sharon, 10 January 1751, the widow LYDIA (CRIPPEN) QUITTERFIELD, and third, MARY (-----) who survived him.

His father died when Ebenezer was a minor, and he elected to have his brother Henry as his guardian. In common with his brother Jonathan, he was given the "long lot" that had belonged to his grandfather Henry. After his marriage to Esther Abbott they settled at Wilton, CT and raised their children who were all registered in the Wilton VRs except the two youngest, Joseph and Stephen. The existence of these two is known through deeds in which Ebenezer gives them land. About 1740 he moved to the new settlement of Sharon, CT, probably on the advie of his brother Daniel, with six sons, Ebenezer, Joshua, John, Abraham, Joseph, and Stephen, where he was one of the first settlers and was known as Deacon Ebenezer. The boys all married in Sharon. On 10 January 1750, he married the widow Lydia (Crofert) Quitterfield from Colchester, CT, who had come to Sharon with two children Abner and Lydia, after her husband Richard Quitterfield had died. Ebenezer and Lydia had a son Daniel, born 26 October1751,who apparently did not live long for he is not mentioned again.. The next year,1752, Ebenezer's son Stephen married Lydia's daughter with her first husband, also named Lydia Quitterfield. This causes considerable confusion when reading the records (Sharon VRs). Ebenezer must have married a third time because in the settlement of his estate his widow was called MARY. Sedgwick, in his History of the Town of Sharon says "he was early chosen Deacon of the church and was a highly reputable and upright man." By the time of his death he had given nearly all his property to his sons.

Children of Ebenezer and Esther ( birth dates of first six from Wilton VRs):

i. MARY⁴ JACKSON, b. 3 May 1717 no further information.

4 ii. EBENEZER JACKSON, b. 2 May 1719.

iii. JOSHUA JACKSON, b. 12 Jan 1720; m. EIRENE (IRENE), children: Irene, Joshua, Mary, and Rachel. (Sharon VRs.).

iv. JOHN JACKSON, b. 5 Apr. 1723; m. DELIGHT; children Betsy, Luther. Calvin, Alma, Olive, and John (Sharon VRs), Salla, Joanna, and Hebar (TAG, 10:170).

v. ABRAHAM JACKSON, b. 16 Jan 1726; m. ELEANIR BUMP; children: Eleanor, Abraham, Jedidiah, Asahel, Jethro, Rachel, Chloe, William, Lorraine, Joanna, Pearez, and Zaran.

vi. DANIEL JACKSON, b. 13 Aprul 1728; died young.

vii. JOSEPH JACKSON, b. ca 1730 (Sharon Land Records 5:35); married MARGARET CAMPBELL, children: Mary, and Margaret. (Sharon VRs)

viii. STEPHEN JACKSON, b. ca. 1732 (Sharon Land Records 5:409); m. Lydia Quitterfield .(Sharon VRs).

Child of Ebenezer and Lydia:

ix. DANIEL JACKSON, b. 26 Oct. 1751.

4. EBENEZER⁴ ( Ebenezer³, Samuel², Henry¹) JACKSON was born in Wilton, Connecticut 3 May 1717 and died 1781 in Cornwall, Connecticut, where his will was proved (Litchfield Probate District, #3113. October 1781). He went with his father to Sharon, CT where he married 2 February 1744 (Sharon VRs) ABIGAIL TYLER who had been born at Branford, CT,and had come north at the age of thirteen with her father Bezaleel Tyler, another first settler. Some of his children are listed in the Sharon VRs: Esther(1745), Abigail (1747), Ebenezer (1750), Hannah (1752) and Elias (1764). In his will he lists his Abigail, sons Ebenezer, Elias, Ephraim,and Charles, and daughters Abigail Squire, Hannah Rogers, Huldah Tanner,and Rebecca.(Litchfield Probate District, # 3113, Ebenezer Jackson, October 1781).

Ebenezer the third was a sergeant in the Revolution; Hannah's husband, Edward Rogers, was a captain and Tryal Tanner, Huldah's husband, was a lieutenant; at one time Ebenezer cleared more than 1000 pounds in three months buying horses and selling them to the army. Ebenezer the third later ran a store in Cornwall with his brother-in-law Edward Rogers until Ebenezer died of small pox in 1800. (E.C.Starr, A Typical New England Town).

Children of Ebenezer and Abigail: (actual birth dates Sharon VRs)

i. ESTHER⁵ JACKSON, b. Sharon 6 July 1745.

ii. ABIGAIL JACKSON, b. Sharon 20 Sept. 1747 ; m. Sharon 21 Aug. 1766. ICHABOD SQUIRE.

iii. EBENEZER JACKSON, b. Sharon 4 Apr. 1750. He was a sergeant in the revolution, and did a nice piece of profiteering: buying horses and selling them to the army clearing 1000 pounds in three months. He died of small pox, which it was said he caught in New York "whither he rode his horse in one day, taking the hair off from under the saddle." (Starr, p. 194).

iv. HANNAH JACKSON, b. Sharon 7 Jul 1752; m. Cornwall 18 July 1773 CAPT. EDWARD ROGERS.

v. ELIAS JACKSON, b. 22 Feb. 1754.

5 vi. HULDAH JACKSON b. ca. 1755.

vii. EPHRAIM JACKSON.

viii. CHARLES JACKSON.

ix. REBECCA JACKSON, m. 17 Oct. 1793 CALEB ANDREWS.

5. HULDAH⁴ (Ebenezer³, Samuel², Henry¹) JACKSON. was born in Cornwall (or perhaps Sharon), Connecticut about 1755 and died in Canfield, Ohio 25 December 1803; she married in Cornwall, Tryal Tanner.