Person:Benjamin Jackman (11)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childell.htm CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TOWN OF ELLISBURGH Benjamin Jackman, son of Samuel and Sarah (Merrill) Jackman, was born in Massachusetts in 1802, and in 1818 came to Jefferson County and engaged in farming. He married Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Patience (Buel) Post, in 1823, by whom he had fours sons and two daughters. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/childwac.htm CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, CITY OF WATERTOWN Benjamin Jackman, a native of New Hampshire, located in the town of Philadelphia in 1818, and was a, hotel-keeper there and elsewhere in Jefferson County 55 years. He had four sons and two daughters. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs2000/oldsackets.html Mr. Jeffrey started driving the stage in 1859 over the old plank road between Sackets Harbor and Watertown, and he recalls some interesting incidents in connection with his work. For the first two years he drove by the month for Luther Barrows, but he finally bought the business from Mr. Barrows and operated it himself. "In Watertown I used to stay at the Jackman House, a hotel run by Benjamin Jackman where the Otis block now stands. Watertown was then only a village. Watertown was made a city when it had less than 8,000 inhabitants, although that was against the law then. A special act was passed permitting Watertown to become a city with less than the required number of people." CAUTION: There is confusion with various Timothy and Benjamin Jackmans, especially with respect to parents age, marriage date and childrens birth dates. If you have better information please make the appropriate corrections. 1850 Census (145): Antwerp, JEFFERSON, NY, 54, landlord, NY. 1860 Census (145): Watertown, JEFFERSON, NY, 58, farmer, NY. 1870 Census (145): Carthage, JEFFERSON, NY, 68, farmer, NH. 1880 Census (146): Watertown, JEFFERSON, NY, 78, keeping boarders, NH recorded as B.

1. ↑ Birth date and location from Internet list of burials in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, JEFFERSON, NY (see MRIN 145).
2. ↑ From Watertown Herald, Sat., 31 Aug 1889, Vol lV, No. 10: "Uncle Ben" Jackman, one of the best known hotel men in the state, died at his home on Paddock street, Thursday morning, in the 87th year of his age. Years ago he kept a hotel in Champion. Later he kept the Kirby house in this city, and his last location was in St. Lawrence hall, Alexandria Bay.
3. ↑ From Watertown Herald, Sat., 7 Sept., 1889, Vol lV, No. 11: Uncle Ben. Jackman, who was buried Saturday, first began running a hotel on his own account in this city in 1855. At different times he ran the Harris, Globe, Kirby and Crowner houses, and was in the same business at Alexandria Bay and Champion. He was born to the business. He died poor, at the advanced age of 87 years, having given away to poor people more than what would have been necessary to make him comfortable in his old age.
   Brookside Cememtery, Watertown; Jackman, Benjamin, F 06 01L, 1802 to 1889, Born Goffstown, NH 24 Feb, Died 19 Sept.