Mary (Unknown) Jackson (abt. 1675 - 1752)

Born about 1675 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Edward Jackson — married about 1695 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1752 at about age 77 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province

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Biography

The last name at birth/parents and origins of Mary, wife of Edward Jackson, are unknown. Some sources call her Mary ____, others have her named as Mary Thayer and/or Mary Newton.

Mary married Edward Jackson^[1][2] about 1695, probably in Newton (no marriage record found). They had the following children whose births were recorded in Newton, Massachusetts:

1. Experience, born 9 August 1696,^[3] married John Tosier/Tozer^[1][2]
2. Edward, born 1 October 1698,^[3] married Abigail Gale^[1]
3. Isaac, born 2 February 1701,^[3] married Ruth Greenwood^[1]
4. Sarah, born 28 October 1703,^[3] married Philip Norcross^[1][2]
5. Sebas, born 20 April 1706,^[3] married Abigail Patten^[1]
6. Michael, born 28 February 1709/10,^[3] married Phebe Patten^[1]
7. Rev. Jonathan, born 25 June 1713,^[3] graduated from Harvard College in 1733 and died 26 June 1736 in Kittery, Maine^[1][2]
8. Anna, born August 1714^[1][3]

Mary's date of death is unknown, but she was living on 6 January 1651/2, when she was named in a deed from Abraham Jackson, grandson of Edward and Mary, to Michael Jackson, tanner, in consideration of said Michael's furnishing firewood for Mary during her life.^[1]

Research Notes

Last Name at Birth

Possible sources for her LNAB to eventually follow up on:

• Torrey entry: "JACKSON, Edward & Mary [?THAYER] (not NEWTON); by 1696; Newton".
• Bassett-Preston calls her "Mary Thayer (1665-1743) or a. 1694 Mary Newton (Roger)" 161
• Flagg Ancentry p. 206 [Mary Newton m Edward Jackson]
• Hooker "Mary Newton m Edward Jackson" 8
• Guild Anc. 356
• Warren (5) "Mary _____"
• Farwell (1929) 334 "[Mary ____]"
• Drown 46 128

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Starr, Frank Farnsworth, et al. The Edward Jackson Family of Newton, Massachusetts. Hartford, CT: University Press, 1895, pp. 40-43. Archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639-1800. Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854, p. 337-338. Archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-V3F : 20 May 2022), Children of Edward Jackson; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; FHL microfilm 007009513.