Joanna (Pepperrell) Jackson (1692 - 1726)

Born 22 Jun 1692 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of George Jackson — married 20 Mar 1710 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1726 at age 33 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pepperrell Name Study.

Joanna Pepperrell (aka Pepperell or Peppenell) was born on June 22, 1692^[1][2] in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of William Pepperrell Snr and Margery (Bray) Pepperrell.^[3].

Joanna married Dr. George Jackson on March 20, 1710^[4] and they had 8 children, all girls.^[5].

1. Margery, b. 26 Jan 1711; m. John Gerrish, 21 Nov 1734.
2. Mary, b. 23 Apr 1713; m. unknown Moody.
3. Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct 1714; m. unknown Hale.
4. Joanna, b. 14 Jun 1716; m. Charles Frost.
5. Dorothy, b. 21 Nov 1717; m. Derry Pitman.
6. Jane, b. 25 Apr 1719; d. probably young.
7. Miriam, b. 25 Jul 1720; d. 11 Aug 1720.
8. Sarah, b. 24 Sep 1721; d. in infancy.

Death

Joanna died before her father, as she is mentioned as deceased in his will in 1734^[5] , on February 17, 1726^[2] and was buried on February 24 in the Pepperrell Family Tomb in Kittery.

Research Notes

So it is recorded in Parsons' Life of Sir William Pepperrell, but the elder Pepperrell's daughter, Joanna Jackson, was decently Interr'd in her Father's new Tomb 24 Feb. 1725-6. See Old Eliot, Vol. IV, p. 46.

Sources for the birth of the daughters can be found in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 on Familysearch

Burial

Pepperell Family Plot, Kittery Point, York, Maine

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HQ-M88 : 14 January 2020), Joanna Peppenell, 1692.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current," database with images
   (Ancestry uk Record 60525 #143416477 : accessed 6 March 2024)
   Joanna Jackson burial (died on 17 Feb 1726) in Pepperell Family Plot, Kittery Point, York County, Maine, United States of America. Born on 22 Jun 1692
   citing Find A Grave: Memorial #179124019
3. ↑ Howard, Cecil Hampden Cutts. The Pepperrells in America, page 5. Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1906. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, digitized September 18, 2007.
4. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FX-FXS : 14 January 2020), Joana Pepperrell in entry for George Jackson, 1710.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Howard, Cecil Hampden Cutts. The Pepperrells in America, page 7. Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1906. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, digitized September 18, 2007.

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1861) Vol. 3, Page 392
• Find A Grave: Memorial #179124019