Disambiguation. Jacksons of Stafford and Prince William, Virginia

By 1636 there was little to no settlement in the Northern Neck. It was then called "The Chickacoan District" and was not formally organized into a county (Northumberland) until "about 1645."
In 1648, the Northern Neck had been formed into Northumberland County and
in 1653 became a part of Westmoreland County.
When Stafford County was formed in 1665 it consisted of all the north part of the Neck, lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers continuing back to the Blue Ridge along these rivers.
In 1651 Lancaster was formed from Northumberland (and York).
In 1653 Westmoreland was formed out of Northumberland.
1664/5 Stafford County formed out of Westmoreland
25 Mar 1731 PRINCE WILLIAM created from KING GEORGE and STAFFORD. (Hening, 4:303)
01 Dec 1742 PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of FAIRFAX. (Hening, 5:207-208)
01 May 1759 PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of FAUQUIER. (Hening, 7:311-312)

Many of the Court and Parish records of both Stafford and Prince William counties were destroyed during the Civil War as they were either burned for warmth or tossed 'to the four winds'. The surviving deeds and wills pertaining to Jackson have been transcribed and are posted on WeRelate as a source and help to determine relationships. For lack of early wills we shall follow the land and it's ownership as the deeds often will describe family relationships. Common first names are Samuel, Francis, John and George. For ease in knowing which Samuel is referred to the generation number will be appended to the given name, as in Samuel-1.

Relationships

1683 Att a Generall Court held at James Citty Aprill 30th 1683. His Excellency and Council. Whereas Mr. Richard GIBSON was ordered by the last Genll. Court to deliver a mare to John BLAKMAN being in difference betweene ye said Richard GIBSON and John BLAKMAN provided either John BLAKMAN or Samll. JACKSON should appear in Stafford Court and depost [depose] that they saw ye Bill of Sale Signed Sealed and Delivered & ye accomps [accounts] Exhibited to this Court justley due for wch consideration ye aforesaid mare was purchased wch being pformed as appeares by Certificate from under ye hande of ye Clerk of that Court doe therefore Order that ye aforesaid Richard GIBSON doe make psent delivery of ye above mare to John BLAKMAN or order and pay all damadges and costs of suite according to Act. /signed/ Edward CHILTON Cl Cor.
Wherein haveinge failed These are therefore in his Majties name to will and require you to seize as much of ye Estate of ye wthin menconed Richard GIBSON as will fully satisfie ye wthin mentioned Judgmt and that after valuation accordinge to Law you deliver ye same to ye wthin named John BLAKMAN, herein you may not fayle as you will answer ye contrary as also to make due returne of this Writt dated ye 5th day of May 1683. /signed/ Edward CHILTON Cl Genll. To ye High Sheriff of Stafford County prent ordr & Cop - 51 Capt. BRENT att Total 201 Recorded ye 13th day of July 1692. [Stafford County Deed Book D, 1686-93, p. 256, from abstract by Ruth and Sam Sparacio]

Although this document wasn't recorded until 1692, it proves that Samuel JACKSON-1 was a resident of Stafford County at some time before April 1683, probably a year or more earlier, when the bill of sale for the mare was signed. (This case must have started out in Stafford County court before being appealed to the General Court in Jamestown. Samuel was apparently a witness to the original contract.) The records for Stafford between 1668 and 1686 are mostly lost except for a few scraps, 1671-72 and 1680, in which Samuel JACKSON's name is not found. From this 1683 document it can be stated that Samuel was probably born prior to 1662. It appears he is an associate (a relative?) of John BLAKMAN.

1688 13 Feb Bill of Sale "SAMUELL JACKSON giveath unto his Daughter ELIZABETH JACKSON one horse."
STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1686 - 1689; THE ANTIENT PRESS, p. 107a as found on Mike Marshall's site: http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/
Now we don't know WHY Samuel gave his daughter a horse but lets see if certain assumptions work well: assuming Elizabeth was getting married, she may have been 18 years old; and Samuel may have been 25 years old when she was born. Those assumption give Samuel an estimated year of birth of 1645. As later records verify Samuel had a second marriage and to that 2nd marriage was born a son about 1712, an assumption of birth year for Samuel closer to 1662 seems more logical. So I conclude that Samuel JACKSON-1 may have been born sometime between 1645 and 1662 as in the above paragraph.

1721 Will Book K, 1721-1730, is lost, but an Old General Index for Stafford County includes a list of the contents for that missing book. Here are pertinent entries, with dates as calculated by Nicklen. Someone named FARROW was apparently the creditor (or administrator?) of one or the other. It appears that this Samuel JACKSON-1 died in Stafford County shortly before 1722 and his presumed son John died shortly before 1721. This cannot be Samuel's son, John, as his son sells land in 1739. So at this point, we are assuming Samuel-1 has died and there were also two other Jackson adults in the area at the time. Those adults may have had children so we should not assume that Samuel was the ONLY Jackson in the area at the time.
JACKSON, John. (1721). Page 11, inventory. (unknown)
JACKSON, Samuel. (1722). Page 41, inventory.
JACKSON, ---- [Estate]. (1722). Page 42, Farrow's account
JACKSON, Richard. (1726). Page 162, inventory. (unknown)
[John Bailey Calvert Nicklen, "A Missing Will Book of Stafford County and Its Contents," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 57, no. 1 (Jan. 1949), p. 72]

1725 Nov 11 Mary Jackson, widow, of Stafford County, gives her two sons livestock and other personal property, to be delivered to son James Fennois now 15 at age 20 and to son John Jackson now 13 at age 20. [Stafford County Deed book J, p. 196-197, from abstract by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, with correction of date from microfilm of original.] From this we draw the conclusion that Samuel's second marriage to Mary MNU Fennois occurred about 1712; his step-son James Fennois born abt 1710 and his son John-2 born abt 1712.

1739 Samuel's son John-2, born abt 1712 was 21 by 1733 and is an adult when in 1739 he sells land left to him by his father. (see Land B-1 below)

1766 Oct 6 Deed Book Q, 1763-1768, pages 394-395. Lease & release Francis Jackson of Dettingen Parish hath sold unto Foushee TEBBS and his heirs all that parcel of land containing 200 acres in County of Prince William being part of a Patent for 6,710 acres lying upon Quantiquot Creek and Powells Run in County of Prince William… tract of land of two hundred acres was conveyed by Andrew Gibson gentleman of the County of Stafford to Samuel JACKSON-1 grandfather to the said Francis Jackson by deed of feoffment bearing date the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and ninety four. (According to 1788 doc, this Francis is NOT the same Francis who had land adjoining Samuel 1694)

History of Land Ownership

A-1) 200 Acres 1694 Sep 25 200A was conveyed by Andrew Gibson to Samuel Jackson-1. This is the first known record of Samuel's land. These 200 acres are later sold by "Samuel's grandson" Francis Jackson to Tebbs in 1766 (A-2); mentioned in a Tebbs deed in 1788(A-3).
1766 Oct 6 Deed Book Q, 1763-1768, pages 394-395. Lease & release Francis Jackson of Dettingen Parish hath sold unto Foushee TEBBS and his heirs all that parcel of land containing 200 acres in County of Prince William being part of a Patent for 6,710 acres lying upon Quantiquot Creek and Powells Run in County of Prince William… tract of land of two hundred acres was conveyed by Andrew Gibson gentleman of the County of Stafford to Samuel Jackson grandfather to the said Francis Jackson by deed of feoffment bearing date the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and ninety four. (This grandson Francis is 3rd generation and later we will see that according to 1788 doc, this Francis is NOT the same Francis who had land adjoining Samuel 1712. That would have been 2nd generation Francis, s/o Sam)

B-1) 450 Acres 1694 15 Oct 450A DB2, pg 36 From Margaret Lady Culpeper to Samuel Jackson-1 on main run Quanticott Creek, Stafford County.
Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1894-1742 Vol I http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=49389
(A 234 acre portion of this 450 acres was sold in 1739 by Samuel's son John-2 who says he "holds as a legatee under last will and for account of his father Samuel Jackson it being part of a parcel of land granted to Samuel JACKSON-1 the father of John for 450 acres by deed from the proprietors office in 1694." The actual Will has not been found.)
Don Wilson of RELIC said this 450 A was south of Independent Hill. By 1730 John Ashmore got a grant for 510 A immediately north of the Jackson 450A.

C-1) 111 Acres 1710 Sep 25 111A From Maruritte Lady Fairfax to Samuel Jackson on the Main Run of Quanticott, adjoining his own land.

The above are the three parcels Samuel is recorded as owning during his lifetime. These deeds also prove the relationship of John-2 to his father Samuel JACKSON-1 and that Samuel had a grandson named Francis-3 Jackson.