Person:Jacob Jackson (33)

Watchers
General Jacob Seaman Jackson
b.22 May 1763
d.28 Jan 1829
m. 26 Sep 1756
  1. Isaac JacksonEst 1760 - 1767
  2. Elizabeth Jackson1762 - 1828
  3. General Jacob Seaman Jackson1763 - 1829
  • HGeneral Jacob Seaman Jackson1763 - 1829
  • WPhoebe Coles1764 - 1818
m. 18 Nov 1783
  1. Mary Jackson1784 - 1801
  2. Thomas Jones JacksonCal 1791 - 1802
  3. Elizabeth Jackson1796 - 1868
Facts and Events
Name General Jacob Seaman Jackson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 May 1763
Marriage 18 Nov 1783 St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Queens (now Nassau) Co., New York, United Statesto Phoebe Coles
Death[1] 28 Jan 1829
Burial[1][3] Old Jackson Family Graveyard, Jerusalem, Nassau Co., New York

Major Jacob Seaman Jackson took oath of allegiance to the U.S. in 1790.

From Jones Family Book, pg 133: "By the death of an older brother [name not known] this Jacob S. Jackson, b 1763, became the only son and heir, and succeeded to his father's estate. He became a Major, in 1789, of one of the Queens Co. regiments (Council of Appointment, Vol. 1, p. 169), and Brig. General in 1808 (ibid, Vol. II., p. 1019)."

From Wantagh Cemetery website: Most famous of those buried in the cemetery is General Jacob Seaman JACKSON, who served in the War of 1812 as a Brigadier General.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    Vol XXVI, April 1893; pgs 79-80.
  2.   Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
    223.
  3. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    Vol XXVI, April 1895; pgs 79-80.

    Aged 65 yrs.