"97. William1 Jackson had an acre and half house lot of Bradford Street, 1643. He brought with him wife, Joan, who was buried 20 Nov., 1680. 11 June 1668, he, 'husbandman' of Rowley, gives to his son, James How, Jr., land in the 'Village' (now Boxford) (Essex Deeds, 3 Ips.). He was buried 5 May 1688. His deed of gift to his children, in effect a will, dated 6 Dec., 1680, mentions himself as 'being aged and decreped in body & haveing lately buryed his deare wife'; John Jackson, 'my only son according to what I promised when he matched with Brother Poore his daughter:' John, son of John, 'that child which he had by Elizabeth his late wife'; eldest daughter, Elizabeth; daughter Mary Foster; 'son John Trumble, and daughter Deborah, his wife' (Essex Deeds, 4 Ips.: 398)."
