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Facts and Events
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Pg 20 mentions that Robert Jackson placed an ad dated 7 Nov 1755 in the Fredericksburg, Virginia newspaper for a "man well recommended who can teach Reading, Writing and Arithmatic, will meet good encouragement by applying to the subscribers at Fredericksburg. /s/ Robert Jackson and Fielding Lewis.
In 1742, Robert Jackson was one of the trustees who signed the commission of Augustine Washington as trustee of the town of Fredericksburg - signed by the other trustees:
- Jno. Taliaferro
- John Waller
- Francis Thornton
- John Allan
- Robert Jackson
In 1748 hr witnessed with his wife, Ann Jackson the Will of Francis Thornton.
The court records cited mention Mary (Molly), William and John as Robert's 'only children'. Perhaps they meant only living children; but maybe not.
The following note written by Doug Garnett:
I have not been able to trace backwards William Jackson’s lineage except to his father, Robert Jackson, merchant and land owner (I have found many deed references for both Robert and William in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, VA). Robert died in the early part of 1764 as referenced in the Orange county deed book 1759-1765; pp. 427-429 . “23 May 1764 Between William Taliaferro and Elizabeth his wife, and John Jackson, son and devisee of the last will and testament of his father, Robert Jackson, of the town of Fredericksburg, merchant deceased, bearing the date the 12th day of January last past, part of which land was granted by patent to John Taliaferro Father of said William Taliaferro.” Deeds refer to Wm. Jackson as a stonemason but he also owned considerable property.
From the District Court Records 1797, Records Conservation Project, Fredericksburgh, VA, The Virginia State Court System found in the VA State Library there is a record of a court proceeding:
Style: Morton & Hackley admors vs Taliaferro
Comment: debt
Plaintiffs: Richard Hackley (admr.) Jeremiah Morton (admr); Robert Jackson (dec’d); John Thornton (admr. of Robert Jackson)
Defendants: Lawrence Taliaferro
Deponents: Elizabeth Taliaferro; William Taliaferro; Elizabeth Gillock
Places mentioned: Orange; Caroline
Remarks: Estate accounts- Robert Jackson 1758-1763 & 1764-1777
Family of Robert Jackson dec’d
Marriage ref. – Lawrence Taliaferro mr Molly (should be Mary) Jackson, dau. of Robert
Marriage ref.- Robert Jackson mr Ann Thornton, sis. of John Thornton
Slave- Fanny- property of Lawrence Taliaferro -1758
Citation : Morton & Hackley admors vs Taliaferro / 1797/ CR-DC-Q / 372-23
So from what I [Doug] have pieced together, Robert Jackson had four children with wife Ann Thornton 1. dau Mary wife of Lawrence Taliaferro, William my ancestor, John the lunatic, and 4.(from another source I cannot find now) a son Richard married to a Rebecca Rowzee. I need help with this Rowzee connection, I think…
This telling piece of court record and other deed info I have found shows Robert Jackson married to Ann Thornton, sis. of John Thornton but I have not been able to find her listed in any of the family groups…perhaps she also went by another “name”? Anyway, what I have read about the families Thornton, Taliaferro, Garnett, and Rowzee is that they were very influential and affluent in this time. I would love to find more complete info on all these families so that perhaps the Jackson conundrum would make more sense. It seems that Robert Jackson just appears on the scene in these very interesting families.
--end of Doug Garnett's Note--
References
- ↑ Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. Historic Court Records
Record ID 390-11. - ↑ Research of Doug Garnett, sent to Kay Fenton and forwarded to the Jackson website. DGarn12940 AT AOL dot com.
- ↑ Research of Kay Fenton jfenton add the at vcweb add the dot org.
- Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. Historic Court Records
Record ID 257-19, 390-11, 372-23, 999-2.
- ↑ Crozier, William Armstrong. Spotsylvania County records, 1721-1800: being transcriptions, from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. (New York: Genealogical Association, 1905)
WB B, pg 10.
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