Family talk:Thomas Jackson and Mary Cheesman (1)

Who are these people? [7 November 2010]

Theory 1: Thomas Jackson m. Mary Ann Cheseman m. 7 Mar 1780 Gloucester Co. NJ. Thomas Jackson's will 21 Jan 1796 of Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester Co. NJ lists his wife Mary Ann, and remainder to be divided among the children (unnamed) after son William is 21, the son Joseph, silver buckles and son William his watch. Thomas's children are listed from a deed they signed in 1802 conveyed to Mary Ann Jackson as: Joseph Jackson, Robert Miskelly husband of Mary Jackson Miskelly, Job Jennings husband of Elizabeth Jennings Jackson, Nancy Jackson, SEWARD Jackson and Mary Ann Jackson. A Parnel Jackson was also listed in old family correspondence. In 1816, an indenture conveys land from Mary Ann widow of Thomas Jackson, and "Joseph Jackson and Nancy his wife, Robert Miskelly and Mary his wife, Job Jennings and Elizabeth his wife, Nancy Jackson and Seward Jackson all of the County of Gloucester" to Benjamin B. Cooper.

Theory 2: Seward's father was William b. 1726 near Ulster, Ireland. Married Mary Ann Cheseman, b. 1759, and they had children Elizabeth, Parnel, Mary, Nancy and Seward. William died about 1793. Seward, the only surviving child, moved to Ohio in 1816 with his mother and aunt. This version is based on stories from Seward's son Malie.

I think these are the same families. The people who shared them with me do not, but for reasons I have not gotten them to articulate. I think William is apocryphal, perhaps the name of Thomas's father. Seward need not have actually been the only surviving child to accompany his mother to Ohio, but his children may well have thought that was the case if the rest remained in New Jersey. --Amelia 12:07, 7 November 2010 (EST)