Person:George Jackman (5)

The following is from "The Ancestors of Randall Dean Mitton" at www.familyorigins.com. Numbers in brackets are his citation references. Leading numbers such as 976 are individual identification numbers.

976. *Deacon George Jackman (612) (1808) (1809) (1810) was born on SEP 18 1707 in Newbury, MA. (612) (1811) (1812) *Rix : Gives only year. His brother, Richard, and his grandfather, Richard [and probably his father] were all born in Newbury, Mass. He was living in 1795 in Boscawen, NH.(1813) He is my 7th great grandfather. He died in Boscawen, NH. (1814) 7th great grandfather

• History of Littleton : "He was one of the original settlers of Boscawen in 1734. He was elected Deacon at the organization of the church in 1738, and held the position until he d. He was Selectman of Boscawen almost continuously from 1761 to 1795, and signed the Patriotic Association in 1776."

• Rix : [5. Richard Jackman] He and his brother Richard were the only ones of the family who settled in Boscawen.

• History of Boscawen: George [age 27] and his brother Richard [age 25] are listed among the first settlers who came in 1734. [they didn't settle here with their families until 1737] "In the spring of 1734, the proprietors of Contoocook" [now Boscawen] "made preparation to comply with the conditions of their grant. Those intending to settle in the plantation left their homes in April. The route was from Newbury to Haverhill, or Hampstead to Nutfield (Derry), thence to Amoskeag falls, and from thence, by the east side of the Merrimack, to Penacook ferry, which had been established 1731. [Hist. Concord, p.101] Another route, leading from Newbury to Chester, thence to Pembroke, had been blazed through the woods in 1726, but the road through Derry was the most travelled." ...

"In imagination we see them toiling through the forest, following the rude path from Nutfield (Derry) up to Suncook, across the 'dark plains' in Concord, crossing the Merrimack just above the mouth of the Contoocook." "Upon the intervale are open spaces where the grass grows luxuriantly, but everywhere else they behold an unbroken forest." "Ascending the high bank, they come to the blazed lines where John Brown has laid out the new town. There is no house to shelter them. The first nights they spend beneath the shelter of the trees. They select the sites for their log houses. The forest resounds with the sturdy strokes of their axes. They have a single plow, owned by Stephen Gerrish. The oxen are yoked to it, and the virgin soil of the intervale, which has lain undesturbed since the morning of creation, is turned to the sun. Ere many days have passed, each man has a cabin built of logs, covered with bark, or with long shingles rived from some giant pine." "During the first season they must subsist upon provisions brought on horseback, or on their own backs, from Newbury, save that now and then their trusty rifles bring down a deer. During the spring and summer months they can add to their stock of provisions by spearing salmon in the river, and their is a plentiful supply of pickerel, horned pouts, and perch in the river and ponds, while the brooks are alive with trout. The days are long and wearisome. They work early and late, suffer many privations and hardships; but they are rearing their future homes, and the hardships are forgotten in anticipation of better days." "It is not probable that many of the settlers' families came in the spring, but most, if not all, were there before the close of the year."

p.13: George Jackman's lot: Intervale #53; home lot #32

p.556: He settled in Boscawen in 1737. George "was chosen deacon upon organization of the church." He was married to * Hannah Bishop on AUG 27 1728. (612) (1815) BIOGRAPHIES OF EARLY RESIDENTS OF CONTOOCOOK & BOSCAWEN, MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN SOURCE: (Unless otherwise stated) The History of Boscawen and Webster, from 1733 to 1878, compiled by Charles Carlton Coffin, Concord, N.H.: Republican Press Assoc. 1878.

• JACKMAN, GEORGE - He was born in Newbury, 1706-7. It is doubtful if he became a permanent settler in 1734, though it is probable that he began the improvements on his farm at that time. He married Hannah Bishop in 1728, and lived on the premises now owned by Prof. John Jackman. Upon the organization of the church he was elected deacon. He was an intelligent and influential citizen, greatly respected. His son George was first town-clerk and justice of the peace (see Biography)

1. ↑ Randall D. Mitton. Ancestors of Randall D. Mitton, B-M1. (16 Jan, 2000. http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rmitton).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Latter Day Saints. FamilySearch Ancestral File (Jackman), M170. (12 June, 1999).
3. ↑ Latter Day Saints. FamilySearch Ancestral File FGR, M171. (12 June, 1999).