Person:Thomas Jackson (127)

From <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000027> :

JACKSON, Thomas Birdsall, a Representative from New York; born in Jerusalem, Long Island, N.Y., March 24, 1797; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Jerusalem, Hempstead, and Newtown, N.Y.; elected county judge in 1832; member of the State assembly 1833-1835; moved to Newtown, Long Island, N.Y., in 1835; justice of the peace; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for renomination in 1840; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Newtown (now Elmhurst Station), Flushing, Long Island, N.Y., April 23, 1881; interment in Flushing Cemetery.

"Thomas B. Jackson was born in Jerusalem, Long Island, in the paternal residence, where his grandfather, Parmenus Jackson, was murdered during the Revolutionary war. In 1835 he removed to Newtown, and located at Fish's Point: for nearly half a century he owned and used the old grist mill which had been held by the Fish family for about one hundred years. He was a man of strong character, and a remarkably useful man in public concerns. He held various positions during a period of thirty years, and never suffered defeat in an election ; he was twice judge. ii member of the assembly from 1833 to 1837, and a member of congress until 1841, contemporaneous with Webster, Clay and Calhoun, the triumvirate of great statesmen. He married Maria Coles, daughter of Jarvis Coles, whose family was noted for extreme longevity, its members averaging more than ninety years of age. Mr. Jackson himself reached the age of eighty-five years before his death, which occurred April 23, 1881. His children were Andrew, a resident of New York, and William Henry."^[7]

1. ↑ Family Tree DNA website. (http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Jackson/default.aspx?section=results#hempstead).
2.   Norman, Don. Don Norman's Family Files.
3.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
   163.
4.   Hunters Point, Queens Co., New York, in United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Hunters Point, Queens Co., New York.

   Jackson, Thomas 72 M W Farmer 15,000 5,000 NY
   Jackson, Maria 79 F W keeping house NY

5.   Newtorn, Queens Co., New York, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Jackson, Thomas B. 61 M W Farmer 8000 4000 NY
   Jackson, Maria 60 F W NY
   Jackson, Andrew 30 M W NY
   Jackson, Samuel C. 32 M W
   Jackson, William 28 M W
   Jackson, Emma B. 19 F W NY (Samuel's wife)
   Brown, William 24 M W
   Green, Herman 28 M W Servant Germany
   Green, Margat 21 F W Servant Germany
   Jackson, Mary 14 F B Servant NY
   Johnson, Morehh 16 M B Servant NY

6.   Dist 286, Queens, New York City-Greater, New York, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

   Jackson, Thomas B W M 82 Retired miller NY NY NY
   Jackson, Maria W F 90 wife NY NY NY
   Remsun, Charity ? F 70 Servant NY NY NY

7. ↑ Ross, Peter. A history of Long Island: from its earliest settlement to the present time. (New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1902)
   Pages 76, 77.
8.   Newtown, Queens Co., New York, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Thomas B. Jackson 50 M Farmer 15,000 NY
   Maria Jackson 50 F NY
   William H. Jackson 20 M Farmer NY
   Bridget Dolan 28 F Ireland
   Daniel Green 60 M mulato Laborer NY
   Ira Weeks 7 M NY