James Jackson Genealogy

Record modified: 2023-01-21
This is my ancestor 9 generations back.

			/	Robert Jackson
	/	John Jackson	\|
	\|		\
James Jackson	\|
	\|		/	John Seaman
	\	Elizabeth Seaman	\|
			\	Elizabeth Strickland

Born: about 1675-00-00 Hempstead, New York USA
Died: 1735-10-00 Flushing, Queens Co, New York USA

Marriages:
1. 1694-00-00 Rebecca Hallett

Children of James Jackson and Rebecca Hallett:

Mary Jackson	b. 1697-01-20
Sarah Jackson	b. 1697-12-11
Rebecca Jackson	b. 1699-02-20
John Jackson	b. 1701-03-09
Charity Jackson	b. 1702-02-26
Elizabeth Jackson	b. 1703-03-20
James II Jackson	b. 1704-06-04 d. 1735-10-00
Hannah Jackson	b. 1706-08-05
William Jackson	b. 1707-10-04
Martha Jackson	b. 1709-01-26
*Joseph Jackson	b. 1710-02-09
Richard Jackson	b. 1711-03-20 d. 1739-00-00
Phebe Jackson	b. 1712-05-13
Robert Jackson	b. 1713-05-16
Jemima Jackson	b. 1714-11-25
Samuel Jackson	b. 1716-07-21
Stephen Jackson	b. 1717-08-17
Benjamin Jackson	b. 1719-07-26

Notes:

married in Hempstead, Nassau Co NY

They also had a son William 1705-07-06 d 1706-05-xx.

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NY Will Book Vol 12 p362-365

I James Jackson of Flushing in Queens County within the province of New York Yeoman
being sick and weak but of sound and perfect mind and memory do make & ordain
this my present last will and testament...
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Abigail the sum of two hundred
and fifty pounds... and also a Negroe girl slave called Sylvia
and after the decease of my said wife I will and bequeath one hundred pounds
of the afore recited money unto my sons William, Joseph, Richard, Robert, Samuel,
Steven, Benjamin, Thomas, James, and John to be equally divided amongst them...
and the aforesaid Negroe girl slave called Sylvia I give unto my daughters
Rebecca Seamans, Charity Dingey, Elizabeth Field, Hannah Hicks, Martha Jackson,
Phebe Randal, & Jemima Hicks to be equally divided after being sold...
Item my will is and I do order that all and singular my lands... shall be sold to the
best advantage after my decease by my executors hereafter named at their discretion
and the moneys ariseing from such sale shall be applied and paid in manner and form following
that is to say the before mentioned two hundred and fifty pounds unto my said wife Abigail
for the uses aforesaid.
Item I give and bequeath unto Jacob Steven and John Townsend the sons of Nathaniel
Townsend to each of them the sum of fifteen pounds... and the sume of one hundred and
fifty five pounds I give and bequeath unto my daughters Sarah, Rebecca, Charity, Elizabeth,
Hannah, Martha, Phebe, and Jemimah aforesaid to be equally divided between them...
I also further give and bequeath unto my said daughters... all and singular my
moveables... to be equally shared and divided... but it is the true meaning and intent hereof
that before such division thereof be made, my daughter Sarah Clements to whom I have
formerly give a negroe woman shall have the sum of sixty pounds short what the rest
of my said daughters have and that before such division my daughter Martha shall have
my Negro girl called Nanny...
Item I do will and ordain that the residue and remaining part of the moneys which shall
arise from the sale of my... lands... shall be applyed as follows, that is to say I give and
bequeath unto my sons Joseph, Richard, Robert, and Samuel... each the sum of
fifty pounds... and unto Steven and Benjamin... each the sum of seventy pounds, and
what moneys there shall then be remaining shall be equally divided... unto all my said
male children that is to say William, Joseph, Richard, Robert, Samuel, Stephen, Benjamin,
Thomas, James, and John...
and my son James for whom I am counter security to James Burling for one hundred pound
bond and having paid the interest thereof several years... if paid at any time and discharged
by my executors... the said James shall then have so much short of his share in the
division with the rest of my said sons...
also hereby nominate & appoint Richard Jackson, Samuel Jackson, and Henry Hicks
to be the executors of this my last will & testament
In testimony whereof I the said James Jackson have hereunto set my hand and seal
the twenty seventh day of September seventeen hundred and thirty five.
James Jackson (seal)
witness
Gabriel Luff
John Doughty
William Mott

[proved 1735-10-21]

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