Person:Stephen Jackson (7)

Jackson Ledger: "DAR No. 42012 Stephen Jackson was Capt. of Cavalry in 1780 in Revolutionary War."
SAR Application #4067 dated 1891 per Theodore F. Jackson
DAR ID Number 69102 per Louise Jackson Teare.
DAR ID Number 42012 per Susan Jackson Hannahs

1749 Mendham Township was formed from Hanover, Morris and Roxbury. It included Dover's location, south of the river.

Text from SAR Application # 4067 of Theodore F. Jackson dated 1891:
STEPHEN JACKSON:
At a meeting of the freeholders of Morris County, NJ held Jany 9 1775 to endorse the action of the Continental Congress, it was agreed that the inhabitants of the several townships meet at their respective places of holding town meetings, on 23 of Jany instant and choose a committee of Observation. In Pequannock township Stephen Jackson was one of the five so chosen. Each member proceeded to enroll the 'whigs' and the .... of Captain Jackson's with 172 signatures was printed by Dr. Jas. F. Tuttle in his "Revolutionary Fragments" correspondence but has since been lost. The Records of the Militia and their service have not been preserved but it is certain that Stephen Jackson commanded a company of Morris Militia. The affidavit of James Kitchel, on file of ...... department, states that he 'served one month under Captain Stephen Jackson at Elizabethtown in the summer of 1777." His son stated that he commanded a company of cavalry which did scouting duty along the lines in a succeeding winter. In this service he contracted lung trouble which compelled his resignation. A letter of Gen. Washington printed in "New Jersey Revolutionary Correspondence" dated Rockaway June 20, 1780 was probably written at his home.

My great grandfather (father of my mother's mother) Enoch Beach of Morris is recorded by Adj. Gen. Stryker as a private in Morris Militia. But it is certain that at the battle of Springfield he served as Captain. In his Company were his son Samuel Beach, (afterwards graduate of Nassau Hall) and his friend Ashbel Green (afterwards president of Nassau Hall). See the life of Dr. Green, page 113, he described his experiences at this battle and says of his Captain, "He was a deacon in my father's congregation and a man of distinguished piety. He stood before his company with the greatest calmness and composure, scarcely spoke at all, unless it was to drop now and then a word of encouragement to his men, while we were waiting for orders to advance to the assaults of the British entrenchments, but new orders never came."

The following is a memorandum of the authority for the above statement:
I have the certificate of Gen. Wm. S. Stryker, Adjutant General of New Jersey that the records of his office show that Stephen Jackson was a Captain commanding a Company of Morris Militia, State of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War.
Signed by Theo. F. Jackson April 9, 1891 in the City of Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York.

Note from Wikipedia:
Nassau Hall: The oldest building at Princeton University and the largest in New Jersey when it was built in 1754. It served as the home of the American government from July to October 1783.
1777 George Washington drives the British from Nassau Hall.
1783 Continental Congress meets in Nassau Hall, which served as the capitol of the United States from June until November.
1812 Ashbel Green installed as eighth president.

From the book "Dover Dates 1722-1922" Page 27
1768-John Jackson's brother, Joseph, is said to have bought part of John's forge in 1768, selling it, next year, to his son Stephen Jackson of "Mendom," who afterwards became owner of the fine mill property at Rockaway, with large tracts of valuable lands. He once had the honor of entertaining Gen. Washington at his house. (1749 Mendham Township was formed from Hanover, Morris and Roxbury. It included Dover's location, south of the river.)

Oscar Burton Robbins' book, pg 14: "Joseph Jackson died in 1769, intestate. Oct. 5, 1769, the widow Mary, and the son William, made a renunciation of their right to administer on his estate, and Oct. 6, 1769, administration was given to Stephen Jackson. Nathaniel Mitchell was fellow Bondsman."

Isaac Jackson Allen on pg 9 of his Allen Family Memoranda states "Job Allen II, my grandfather died in 1802. His tomb is still seen at Rockaway and his wife's beside it. His wife, (Isaac's grandmother) was Mary Mintun. She survived Job Allen II and subsequently remarried to her second husband, General Stephen Jackson."
So whether Capt. or General, Stephen was 'a major combatant'.

Rockaway Library documents: "Stephen was to become a driving force in the village and a major combatant in the Revolutionary War." pg 27.... Those who knew him well, described him as an active and enterprising business man with a high reputation for integrity. He was a liberal friend of the church, contributing much to its support. He was also a warm advocate of education and very instrumental in the establishment of the first school in Rockaway in 1784."

May 21st 1782 Abraham Kitchel, William Ross and John Jacob Faecsch, justices, and Job Allen and Ebenezer Farrand resolved to build a bridge across the Rockaway River between Stephen Jackson's and Seth Gregory's. The contract specifies the size of timbers and other particulars of the work in detail, and is signed by the above named justices and freeholders. Seth Gregory agreed to build this bridge for 48 pounds proclamation money, valuing a Spanish milled dollar at 7s. 6d. in hard money. The bridge was not built according to the contract, and on the 7th of October 1783 a committee appointed to inspect the bridge (viz, Stephen Jackson, Jacob Drake and Silas Hathaway) deducted 5 pounds on account of timber not being according to contract."

Will

Abstract of will, from the Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 12^[7]

'1810, June 25. Jackson, Stephen, of Pequannock Twsp.., Morris Co.; will of.
Three sons, Joseph, William, and John Darbe, the mill lot at Rockaway (description given) to be divided between them as tenants in common. It contains the grist and saw mills and their appurtenances and has 6.45 acres. If my son, John Darbe, should die under age and without issue his share to Joseph and William.
To two sons, William and John Darbe, a lot adjoining above, as tenants in common (description given . . . includes as a marker a flat rock marked "T.C.") also the meeting house lot of 762 acres; also another tract of 306 acres; also the tract on which the upper forge stands of 5 acres. If son John Darbe should die under age and without issue, his share to William.
Three sons, tract in Hanover Twsp., as tenants in common, containing 98 acres.
Son, Joseph 1/2 part of lot at Rockaway of 4 acres and other part thereof to other two sons.
Son, James and his wife, Clarissa, for life, two tracts in Hanover Twsp., (description given, includes a corner stone marked "M.T.") containing 106 acres; also 16 acres, and at their decease to their sons, Charles Hoff Jackson and Stephen Jackson as tenants in common.
Son, Joseph, the Family Bible containing the family register.
Daughter, Elizabeth Lyon, $1500.
Interest of $1,000 for use and benefit of my daughter, Agness Harriman, during her life and at her death to be divided among her then living children.
Interest of $1,000 for use and benefit of my daughter, Margaret Arnold, as long as she and her present husband lives. Principal sum to her if she outlives him but in case of her death, to be divided between her children, and if she have no living children, said sum to be divided between my daughters, Elizabeth and Harriet.
Daughter, Harriet, $2,000. Any sums advanced to said daughters to be deducted from these bequests.
Daughter, Harriet, also to have female slave, Jude.
Personal estate is liable for payment of bequests. Residue of all estate to four sons, equally.
Executors--two sons, Joseph and William, and friends, Hyram Smith, Ebenezer H. Pierson and Thomas Dell.
Witnesses--Henry A. Ford, Isaac Blackford, Gabriel H. Ford.
Proved Apr. 11, 1812, when two sons signed as executors.

1812, Apr 9. Inventory, $11,956.841/2; made by John Hinchman, Noah E. Stile.
File 1488 N.'

1. ↑ Rockaway Library Documents, Rockaway, NJ
   29.
2.   Dorothy Allen Craghead. Allen-Minton Family: Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Job Allen II (Revolutionary Ancestor) and wife Mary Minton. (1971).
3.   New Jersey, and Elmer T. (editor) Hutchinson. Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 41: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume 12 - 1810-1813. (Bayonne, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1949)
   pages 205-6.
4. ↑ Crayon, J. Percy. Rockaway records of Morris County, N.J., families: cemetery records, church history, military records, local history, genealogies of old families, nearly 20,000 data. (Rockaway, N.J.: Rockaway Pub. Co., 1902).
5. ↑ Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   14.
6.   Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
   10, 83.
7. ↑ Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908)
   3:269.
8.   New Jersey Census, 1643-1890.

   Name: Stephen Jackson
   State: NJ
   County: Morris County
   Township: Hanover Township
   Year: 1780
   Record Type: October Tax List
   Page: 013
   Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822

9.   History of Morris County, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. (New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882)
   pages 350-51.

   "In recording the history of the schools of Rockaway township . . . We find another paper endorsed by Colonel Jackson, 'This was the first school ever taught in Rockaway.' It is in the handwriting of the teacher, and is as follows:
   'The state of a school which has been taught by George Harris, at Rockaway, and ended on the 26th day of April 1784, is as follows:
   Scholars' names - Elizabeth Jackson, Agnes Jackson, Joseph Jackson, James Jackson, Margaret Jackson, John Jackson, Katherine Smith, Bernard Smith, James Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Wrights, Aaron Wrights, Zebins Williams, Robert Williams, Sarah Leonard, Moses Hoppin, Peter Parcel, William Jackson, Ziba Jackson, Isaac Jackson, Jacob Losey, James Conger, Rhoda Conger, Josiah Hadden, Daniel Hadden, Coon Stroke, Abigail Baker, James Baker.
   Proprietors - Captain Stephen Jackson, Bernard Smith, Godfrey Wrights, Jonas Williams, Elijah Leonard, Seth Gregory, Edward Jackson, Benjamin Jackson, Captain James Losey, Joseph Conger, Aaron Hadden, Henry Stroke, David Baker.'
   "This paper is beautifully written, and opposite the names are the time and value of the tuition. . . From Dr. Tuttle we learn the 'Old Harris' as he was called by his pupils, first taught in the school-room by the grist-mill, and afterward in the old school-house on the Glen road. He was very cruel, and on one occasion was run over by the older boys, among whom were Bernard Smith's and Stephen Jackson's boys. . .
   "The next documentary evidence of a school is an agreement with William Harris, signed by him and Stephen Jackson and James Kitchel, June 4th 1804, whereby Harris engages to instruct any number of scholars not exceeding forty in "reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and English grammar, according as they may be capable of learning."

10.   SAR Application.