Family talk:John Jackson and Abigail Jackson (1)

Unlikely - need sources [26 October 2009]

Deacon John Jackson's wife Margaret is listed as mother of Caleb born 1645 and subsequent children. She is listed as his widow in probate documents. So there was no other wife after John Jackson's marriage to Margaret, usually estimated by various sources to be about 1639. Given that this Abigail is shown with a birth date of 1639, that makes it nearly impossible for her to have married John Jackson.

Deacon John Jackson was considerably older than this wife Margaret, who was mother of Caleb in 1645, and who survived John, named as his widow in probate documents. Since John's son John was considerably older than Caleb, born about 1639 when Margaret would have been 15, it seems likely that he had an earlier wife. However, as three different names (beside the known Margaret) are identified as spouses on John Jackson's page, it would seem useful if some sources were presented to justify this identification of John's first wife as Abigail. --Jrich 16:48, 26 October 2009 (EDT)