Person:Samuel Jackson (52)

Mentioned in his father, Thomas' Will dated 1759, to be applied to his schooling; so must have been a minor at that time.

Notes below from research of Willard S. Moore provided to Janie Kimble January, 2008: "Samuel's father, Thomas Jackson, is found at Oyster Bay, New York, witnessing a deed on 16 April 1724; and he described himself as "Thomas Jackson of Oyster Bay" when he made his will on 6 May 1759. Samuel, therefore, was probably born at Oyster Bay, where his father resided, and probably died at Jerusalem, in the town of Hempstead, his residence at the time of his death. "Despite their marriage in an Episcopal ceremony, Samuel and Deborah at some point adopted the Quaker faith. William Hinshaw states that Deborah was received by request into the Jericho Monthly Meeting on 18 April 1793. A list of members of the Jericho Monthly Meeting of Friends as of March, 1823, contains the names of "Samuel Jackson," age 77 and "his [unnamed] wife," age 75. . . "Although Samuel Jackson apparently left no will, his family can be reliably reconstructed from probate records of his wife's relatives. . . "The 1790 census lists Samuel Jackson's household as containing two white males age 16 and up (Samuel and another man, unidentified but chronologically unlikely to be the son of a 1773 marriage), two white males under age 16 (evidently Solomon and James), one white female (evidently wife Deborah) and a slave. The 1800 census lists a household without children. Thus, the census records leave no real room for children other than Solomon and James. Possibly this relatively small family for the time reflects Samuel and Deborah Jackson's Quaker faith. "In the 1800 census Samuel Jackson is listed next to James Jackson, and in the 1810 census he is listed [next] to Solomon Jackson. These records suggest that he may have owned a second house, occupied successively by his sons. Also noteworthy is that commencing with the 1800 census, Samuel Jackson owned no slaves, though there were in 1800 and 1810 two free blacks in his household. Possibly the lack of slaves reflects a conversion to Quakerism between 1790 and 1800. After 1810, there were no blacks residing with Samuel or Solomon Jackson, but the censuses do record a number of free black households, some surnamed "Jackson", in the same vicinity, who may be former Jackson slaves or servants."

Willard S. Moore's record continues on in considerable detail, all excellently footnoted with sources. He has not published his work as of January, 2008.

1. ↑ Research of Willard S. Moore received January, 2008. (Unpublished).
2. ↑ Jericho Monthly Meeting of Friends, Record of Birth and Deaths
   n/g.

   Research by Willard S. Moore rec'd by webmaster January, 2008.

3.   Website of James David Rubins: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/b/James-David-Rubins-CA/GENE11-0028.html.
4.   Rootsweb chart of Bob Eldredge: Robert P. Eldredge Ancestral Database. (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rpeld1).
5. ↑ Eldredge, Robert Parker. The Ancestry of Robert P. Eldredge: Commencing with the Earliest Clearly Documented Eldreds in the Fifteenth Century and Carrying Through Twenty One Generations to Include the Grandchildren of the Author. (Closson Press, 2007)
   153.

   Author is quoting 'Adventures for God - A History of St. George's Church of Hempstead'.

6.   Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
   225.