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John Jameson, of Beverley Manor
b.20 Mar 1722/23 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d.Mar 1776 Augusta County, Virginia
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m. 28 Mar 1722
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m. 1740
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John Jameson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia __________________________ [edit] DisambiguationNot to be confused with John Jameson (1711-aft. 1788) of Jackson River, Augusta County, VA.
[edit] Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VAJohn Jameson's land (Beverley Manor NW, 104 acres, 1749) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009. Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
[edit] Will AbstractFrom Chalkley's:
[edit] Records in Augusta County, VAFrom Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
[edit] Information on John Jamesonhttp://www.northernfern.com/Genealogy/n_88.htm In Virginia a John{Jonathan} Jamison resided in Augusta county with his wife, Jane Erwin, and their nine children. He and Jane were both born in Ireland and after emigrating to the Virginia Plantation married in present day Augusta county. Mrs. Jamison was a daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Hobson?) Erwin of Tinkling Springs, Augusta co., VA. Both Matthew and Elizabeth show up in Thomas and Jane Erwin Jamison's list of children. While evidence is not conclusive and considered vague concerning the John Jamison under the command of George Washington in 1754, speculation persists circumstantially that the John Jamison in Augusta co., VA. may have been a brother of the foregoing Thomas Jamison. Who better than relatives should the sons, Thomas and John Jamison, flee to in 1755 after the Indian massacre? In the same area as Matthew Erwin and John Jamison was a William and Margaret Jamison of Tinkling Springs. The couple in 1769 sold to John and Jane Erwin Jamison for 55 pounds a 310 acre farm. This resulted in a 45 pound lost for them having purchased the tract in 1765 from William Martin for 100 pounds. The transaction was an "Estate of Inheritance in fee simple". Could William and Margaret have been Thomas' and John's parents? Or was William Jamison his brother? What happened to them after 1769? Did they live on their son's farm after selling it to him? To this is further added another record of a John Jamison, born in 1752 and who died in 1790, They resided in York, then later in Marsh Creek, Adams Co., PA
Erwin/Jemison Family from "Geneology of that Branch of the Irwin Family in New York founded in the Hudson River Valley by William Irwin 1700-1787" pg 8. Another Erwin in Western New York was Mary Jemison, "the white woman of the Genessee." Captured by the Indians when a girl of thirteen she spent her life with them, marrying first a Delaware brave, by whom she had two children, and later a cheif of the Senecas, by whom she had six. She was an interesting figure in that part of the state. A stautue of her has been erected in Letchworth Park, owned by New York State, near Castile, N. Y., on the Genesee River, where she is buried. The best account of her life is to be found in the edition of 1932 of "A Narative of the life of Mary Jemison," by Dr. James Everett Seaver, published by yhe American scenic and Preservation Society, New York, NY. Mary Jemison was the daughter of Thomas Jemison and Jane Erwin who came over from Ulster, Ireland on the ship "Willaim and Mary" bound for Philadelphia in 1743. The family settled in Marsh Creek, Pa. Three children had been born prior to the migration. Mary was born en route, on the Atlantic. Two more sons, Matthew and Robert, were born in Pennsylvania. In 1758 their settlement was attacked by Indians and the family carried off. The two elder sons escaped and later joined their grandfather in Virginia. All the rest of the family, except Mary, were killed and scalped on the march. She was adopted by the tribe. During the French War and the Revolution the six nations sided with the British. When peace was finally made between the white man and the Indians in New York, in 1783, Mary Jemison refused to accept freedom, but continued to live with her Indian family. After 1797 she had frequent meetings with the white settlers. She died in 1833 in Buffalo, NY, her body being moved later to Letchworth Park. I took a look at some of the sources on Mary Jemison. Her parents lived on Marsh Creek, in Franklin Township, Adams county, Pa, about 10 miles north of Gettysburg. There is some dispute about when they arrived on th "William and Mary." It arrived in Philadelphia from Belfast on Oct 6, 1743. But it also sailed from Londinderry on Oct 21, 1742, bound for Philadelphia. A source called "White Captives" by June Namias, say in a note citing "Notable American Women," that the two brothers who escaped ended up with their grandparents, the Erwins, in Virginia. Well, the article in "Notable American Women" says no such thing, but she must have gotten the idea from somewhere. In Chalkley, Matthew Erwin's will was written in 1755 in Augusta County, Va, when Jane Erwin Jemison was still alive and thus mentions her, and was probated in 1762, after her death in 1758. Bob Erwin ISCRE@@EMORY.EDU
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