Person:William Jackson (187)

William and his wife Prudence were found on the records of Rahway/Plainfield Monthly Meeting along with William's brother James and James' wife Mary. All their names were spelled 'Jacson'. These two families were the only Jacsons recorded in the Rahway/Plainfield Monthly Meeting record of births.

From http://members.tripod.com/PlainfieldFriends/birthreg.htm:
Jacson, Jeremy (19.02)
Child of William & Prudence, Born: 1745.0312

Jacson, Phebe (19.01)
Child of William & Prudence, Born 1747.0113

From Essex County New Jersey Quaker Records @ ancestry.com:
Name: William Jackson
Spouse's Name: Prudence
Death Date: 11 Aug 1794
Child: James; Phebe
Birth Date: 12/9 Nov 1745; 13/1 Mar 1747/8
Death Date: -; 11 Mar 1812

Found at ancestry.com:
Name: Phebe Jackson
Relative: daughter of William & Prudence
Birth Date: 13/1 Mar 1747/8
Comment: Cert to MM in or about Anson Co, NC 7-15-1772, clear

In the above records the dates for the children's births - the day and the year are the same; the month I believe varies because of misinterpretation of the Quaker dating system. With spelling like Jacson, perhaps someone misread Jeremy for James or vise-versa.

Earlier I had taken William's death info from a rootsweb chart saying he had died in Kentucky. But I have become increasingly uneasy about this and have removed that death record awaiting verification by any means that the William who died in KY is the son of James Jackson and Rebecca Hallett. Until better verification is found, I cannot assume that.

I do not know yet about the above reference to Phebe being cleared to Anson Co when she was about 25 years old. Other records have Phebe married to David Vail. This requires more research to verify one way or the other.

1.   Extracted by Alan Taplow. http:/members.tripod.com/~PlainfieldFriends/birthreg.htm. (Rahway & Plainfield Monthly Meeting Record of Births 1706 - 1888).
2. ↑ Jackson, P. A. Jackson Ledger. (1887)
   7.
3. ↑ Will.

   His wife Prudence Smith Jackson's 1794 Will states that her husband is deceased.

4.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   10.

   OBR does not name his wife.

5.   Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
   221.