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Personal data Decon John Jackson 

• He was born on January 6, 1602 in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England.
• (Baptism) on January 6, 1602 in St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England.
• He died on January 30, 1675 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, he was 73 years old.
• He is buried in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• A child of Christopher Jackson and Susan Johnson

Household of Decon John Jackson

(1) He is married to Margaret Taft.

They got married on February 21, 1641 at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England, he was 39 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John Jackson  1639-1675
2. Hannah Jackson  1646-1727

(2) He is married to Abigail (Nee).

They got married about 1639 at London, London, England.

Notes about Decon John Jackson

Deacon John Jackson was baptised in the Parish of Stepney, London, June 6, 1602. He was the first settler of Cambridge Village, who remained and died in it. He brought a good estate with him, from England. He bought a dwelling house and eighteen acres of land, of Miles Ives of Watertown, in 1639. This estate was situated on the Roxbury road, very near the line which now [1854] divides Newton from Brighton. He took the Freeman's oath, in 1641, was one of the first Deacons of the Church, gave one acre of land for the Church and burial place, upon which the first meeting house was erected, in 1660, and which is now the oldest part of the Centre Cemetery. He was the son of Christopher Jackson, of London, who was buried on the 5th of Dec. 1633. [Whitechapel & Stepney Register. Copied by H. G. Somerby, 1851.] He had, in this country, by two wives, five sons and ten daughters, and at the time of his decease, about fifty grandchildren. He died Jan. 30, 1674-5. Counting from the record of his baptism, in England his age was 73. [Whitechapel & Stepney Register. Copied by H. G. Somerby, 1851.] How old he was when baptized is uncertain. He left an estate, valued at £1,230. His widow Margaret died Aug. 28, 1684, age 60. (Gravestone) She could not, therefore, have been the mother of his son John, who was born in 1639. His old mansion house was pulled down about 1800; it stood on the same spot now [1854] occupied by Edwin Smallwood's new dwelling house. The old pear trees now standing there, are supposed to have been planted by his son Abraham, who also gave one acre of land adjoining that given by his father, for the Church and burial place; which two acres now form the ancient part of the Centre Cemetery. He was a proprietor of the Cambridge lands. In the division of 1662, he had three acres; in 1664, he had twenty acres. In the division of the Billerica lands, in 1652, he had fifty acres. He left eight hundred and sixty three acres of land. His estate was settled by agreement, among the surviving children, in Dec. 1676. His brother Edward Jackson, Thomas Prentice, Isaac Williams, and Joseph Tayntor, appraised the estate. He had labored long and earnestly, by petitioning the General Court, and otherwise, to have Cambridge Village erected into an independent town, but did not live to see it accomplished.

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The Kauffman - Bouvier Project - Person Sheet

 

NameDeacon John Jackson 

Birth6 Jan 1602, London, Middlesex, England

Death30 Jan 1675, Newton, Middlesex, MA

Spouses

1Margaret Taft 

Birth18 Mar 1617, London, Middlesex, England

Death25 Aug 1684, Newton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage21 Feb 1641, St Dunstans, London, England

ChildrenElizabeth (1642-1708)

 Theodocia (1644-1725)

 Caleb (1645-1645)

 Anna (1647-1676)

 Abigail (1648-1723)

 Margaret (1649-1727)

 John (1651-1675)

 Mary (1653-1700)

 Abraham (1655-1740)

 Deliverance (1657-1718)

 Joshua (1659-1676)

 Isabel (1660-1660)

 Sarah (1662-1680)

 Grace ;(1663-1676)

Notes for Deacon John Jackson

May have had two prior wives that died in England. Some say he came over from England on the "Defence" in 1635, others say he immigrated on the Blessing July 13, 1635.35

Several different sources suggest he was amoung the first to settle an area outside Cambridge, MA, then called Cambridge Villiage and later incorporated as Newton, MA.

John Jackson's purchase of 18 acres of land and a dwelling house in what was then Cambridge Village, now Newton, MA, was the first viable settlement of that town. He is alleged to have brought a "good estate" with him from England. He bought the property from Miles Ives of Watertown, situated on the Roxbury road, very near the line which divided Newton from Brighton in 1854. He took the Freeman's oath in 1641 and was one of the first Deacons of the church. He gave one acre of land for the church and cemetery, upon which the first meeting house was erected in 1660 and which is the oldest part of what was the Centre Cemetery in 1854. His old home was pulled down about 1800, on land occupied by Edwin Smallwood in 1854. He was a proprietor of the Cambridge lands and, in the division of 1662, he had 3 acres, in 1664 he had 30 acres. In the division of the Billerica lands in 1652 he had 50 acres. He petitioned the General Court and others to have Cambridge Village esablished as a separate town, but died before this was accomplished.

At his death, he owned 863 acres of land. His estate was settled by agreement among the surviving children in Dec. 1676. He was 73 years of age at his death, based upon the baptismal record, but it's not known how old he was when baptized.

This may have been the John Jackson, "wholesale man in Burchen Lane," age 30, who immigrated on the ship "Defense" from London 6 July, 1635. This man's certification was provided from Sir George Whitmore and "minister of ye parish." (See "Register," Vol 14, pg. 319 for passenger list.)

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