Edward Jackson (abt. 1741 - 1807)

Born about 1741 in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Hannah (Miller) Jackson — married 1762 (to 29 Jun 1807) in Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1807 at about age 66 in Freemans Creek, Harrison County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Edward Jackson has English ancestors.

Edward Jackson performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Edward Jackson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A060955.

Edward Jackson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 223684
Rank: Patriotic Service

Descendant of Robert Jackson of Hempstead, NY.

Descendant of Elizabeth Fones.

Edward was born in 1741 in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, the fourth of eleven children and the second of seven sons of Joseph and Annie Unknown Jackson.

Note: Prior to the Revolution middle names were not at all common. I have found NO documentation to confirm an early researcher's conclusion that Edward had a middle name.

"Little is known of Edward's education - any more than that he attended a school before leaving New Jersey and could read and write and was good in figures.

Revolution

Pursuant to the Continental Congress; all cities, towns and counties were ordered to establish elected committees of safety and inspection. These Association Committees plunged nearly 7,000 colonists into public office for the first time. These committees were to enforce the retaliatory trade restrictions established by the Congress to weaken tax collection and sale of British goods. One's civic duty was measured by his refusal to consume British goods or trade from England. The committees also enforced loyalty oaths, stigmatized opponents and compelled fence straddlers to make hard decisions. Violators were often declared enemies of American Liberty and threatened with public admonishments and violence.

“In May 1776, Edward was one of the 180 inhabitants who signed the Articles of Association and Freeholders and Inhabitants of Pequannock, Morris County, New Jersey], pledging themselves to sustain the actions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses in defending the Constitution.”^[1][2]

“On August 13, 1776, Edward enlisted as a Private in the 2d Virginia Regiment to defend this oath.”^[3]

It has been said that "During the Revolution Edward and his 17-year-old son, Stephen, were both wounded at the battle of Yorktown in 1781." Descendant and researcher Minter Scott Jackson, however, says Edward was probably not at the Battle of Yorktown but he was at the Battle of Brandywine (September 1777), the Battle of Germantown (October 1777), at Valley Forge (Dec 1777-June 1778), and the Battle of Monmouth (June 1778) In the 2nd Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line. ^[4]

Email from Todd Post, 2d Virginia Regiment, 2005: "All Revolutionary War service records have been microfilmed by the National Archives, information on how to view them can be found at www.nara.gov . If you cannot visit a National Archives branch, you can often get access to the microfilms through interlibrary loan.

As to your family history about crossing the Delaware, it is highly unlikely. The 2d Virginia Regiment was not sent north to join the Main Army until late January 1777, and made stops in Maryland and Philadelphia to receive equipment and uniforms along the way. Sincerely, Todd Post, 2d Virginia Regiment, www.secondvirginia.org

Valley Forge, Winter of 1777-1778. Edward Jackson was at Valley Forge with Washington

Yorktown, VA, 1781. According to family lore, which may be inaccurate, Edward Jackson and two of his sons, Samuel and Stephen, were in the famous battle.

Move to Virginia

In March of 1777, Edward's sixth child, William, was born in New Jersey. Daughter Lucinda was born in 1787 and daughter Mary Bush was born in 1790, both born in New Jersey per the 1850 Warren County, Ohio, Census. So the family probably left New Jersey sometime after 1790 and before the 1792 date on Edward's Harrison County, Virginia, deed. The 1887 Jackson Ledger states "They went in a party composed of Edward's cousin, John Jackson with his wife and sons, George and Edward; his sister, Elizabeth Tompkins and her family; and his brother William with his family. At New Castle, Delaware, they separated. Edward and John, with their families went to Pennsylvania and the others went south into Virginia." The family may have settled first in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, but soon moved a bit further south to Harrison County, Virginia. Edward's daughter Phoebe was the only child born in Harrison County. All the other children stated on later census records that they were born in New Jersey.^[5]

From Gilmer County, WV History: "After close of the war, Edward (Jackson) and his family left PA and moved to Harrison County, Virginia, where they settled on Brown's Creek, Virginia in 1792."

From Don Norman's files: "About 1768, Edward and Martha and three children moved to Fayette County, PA. Edward enlisted in Captain John Willis' Company of the Second Virginia Regiment on August 13, 1776. He was transferred to Captain Marquis Colme's Company in 1777. Traditional family history states that Edward crossed the Delaware with General Washington on December 26, 1776.

"When the Second Virginia Regiment was ordered to join the Army of the Delaware, Edward's 17 year old son, Stephen enlisted. Father and son marched to Virginia where they were both wounded in the Battle of Yorktown.

"After the end of the Revolution, Edward and his family left PA and moved to Harrison County, (W)VA. Edward's name appears as grantee on Harrison County deeds dated April, 1792, & September 1806. These were probably grants for land warrants issued as compensation for Edward's military service."

Will

Edward's will is dated May 7, 1807, and names ten of his eleven children. An inventory of his estate was recorded on June 29, 1807.

Will of Edward Jackson (1741-1807)

May 7, 1807

In the Name of God Amen I Edward Jackson of the County of Harrison and State of Virginia yeoman being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and disposeing memory thanks be To God for his mercies calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament recommending my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it.  And my body I recommend unto the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Buriel at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate as it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following measures & form.

First I give and bequeath to Marthe my dearly beloved wife the one third of the incomes of my farm together with my mare and her side Saddle and one Cow so long as she remains my Widow but if She marries the place is to be sold and the money to be divided in the following manner and way.

I give To my Son Stephen Jackson twenty Dollars to be taken out of a Note bearing date april fifteenth 1807 which is due to me from him.  Also I give to my son Jacob Jackson fifty dollars to be levied out of my Estate.  Also I give to my Son William Jackson fifty Dollars to be levied out of my Estate. 

I have given unto my Son Samuel Jackson all that I mean to give him.  I have also given to my two Daughters Sarah Fletcher and Mary Flint each of them a Cow and two Sheep.  I do also Give to my three Daughters viz to Jemima Arnold and to Lucid and phebe Jackson each of them one Cow & two Sheep and at the old Ladys marriage or Death at which time the place is to be sold and the former Legates, paid off the remainder of the money is to be divided equally among my Daughters.

And I do constitute make and ordain my Son in law John Arnold and Able Bond the Sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament and I do herby utterly disallow revoke and disanul all and every other former testaments wills Legacies bequeaths and Executors, by me in any wise before named will and bequeathed satisfying and confirming this to be my last Will and Testament. 

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventh day of May one thousand Eight hundred & Seven.

Edward Jackson

(his mark)

Signed Sealed pronounced and Declared by the Said Edward Jackson as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of Each other have hitherto Subscribed our names

Lewis Flint

John Smith

Joseph Flint^[6]

Death and burial

"Edward is buried at the Henry Bassel (or as it is now) cousin Ida Fleming place. I have heard it said he was buried on Sycamore Creek; James H. Jackson notwithstanding the fact that his name is on a tombstone at the Fleming place.

"Edward and (his son) Stephen are both buried on the home farm in the family plot about one mile south of Mount Clare, Harrison County, WV.^[7]

World Family Tree CD Vol Eleven, 1977, Tree #2005: "As to the conflicting dates as to Edward's birth, here is one explanation from Mary Jackson in Jane Lew, West Virginia. This is not the original monument. Years ago my father's oldest brother Goodloe Jackson bought this monument for Edward. He could have been mistaken about the dates. About forty years ago I visited this graveyard, then it was fenced. At the time I think the farm in which they were buried belonged to Henry Bassel whose grandmother was Susan Jackson, a daughter of Stephen." [This Henry is Henry Jr., s/o Henry Sr, s/o Susannah Jackson and Benjamin Bassel.]

There is more info on the moving of the tombstones on the Conflicting Data page: Sarah & Abigail; Page Two and Page Three. But please read Page One for discussion of the conflicts circulating about a daughter supposedly named Sarah Abigail who married Jonathan Hughes. This idea that Abigail is Edward's daughter has been disproved.

"The Bible containing and known to contain correct data - back to the line of his grandfather is well remembered by some of his grandchildren but it seems that either Mrs. Bush or her brothers who went West fell heir to it; but most probably Mrs. Bush who nursed her mother in her last sickness."

From OBR book, pg 14: "Edward died in Red Stone, Virginia. Most of his children moved to Georgia." This is an error!! Edward and his family may have spent some time in Redstone, Pennsylvania for a while before moving on to Harrison County, (W)VA. Redstone is on the PA/WV border and just north of what was then Harrison County. "..... the original Mason-Dixon Line,

as surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1763 to 1767..." so the line dividing PA from VA had not been established long enough to settle it in the minds of the residents. So not only was the reference to Red Stone being in Virginia wrong; also the comment that his children moved to Georgia was wrong!

Citations

1. ↑ Munsell's History of Morris Co., NJ, Pg. 275 (Publ. 1882),
2. ↑ From Gladys S. Hoffman quoting New Jersey Archives, 1st series, Vol. X, 716, Mss.
3. ↑ Muster and Payroll documents from the National Archives Records Administration.
4. ↑ Minter Scott Jackson to Patricia Prickett Hickin, 20 May 2019.
5. ↑ From the Jackson Ledger -- HCPD.
6. ↑ This Will, Inventory and Settlement are recorded on http:www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com on the Wills Page. But the 1806 deed for land was when Edward deeded 101 acres (of his 200 acres purchased in 1792 from George Arnold) to Edward's son Stephen. This transfer of property in 1806 possibly was in anticipation of his declining health and death in 1807. Two folks have graciously sent this Will for inclusion on this site: Linn Baiker and Stella Cotrill. URL: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/edwardjacksonwill.htm. Accessed 28 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
7. ↑ From Colonial Ancestors, pg 5.

Acknowledgments

• Mary (X) T imported the data for Edward Jackson from Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged on 21 Mar 2011

Sources

• _____, Wendy <removed disallowed email>, “Jackson, Richard-Scrooby, Eng,” Jackson Family GenForum #0735, (7/21/1998). Unable to access on 29 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Cromwell, Catherine A. <removed disallowed email>, " Re: Immigrant Robert Jackson of Eng." Jackson Family GenForum #1081 Posted 4 Oct 1998. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/jackson/messages/1081.html Unable to access on 19 April 2020.

• Gross, Jerry, comp., "Edward Jackson, born 1741" Quilted Family Trees. URL: https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=I5&tree=001 Accessed 19 Apr 2020 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Hoffman, Glady Stutler. Colonial Ancestors of Edward Jackson, 1967, p4.

• Jackson, Edward. Last will and testament Harrison County, Virginia, Will Book 1, p. 336, 7 May 1807.

• Jackson Ledger Jackson, P.A. notes; trans Jane Kimble <removed disallowed email>, trans., Copy of P.A. Jackson's Notes URL: https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/9/94/Jackson_Family_Resources.pdf Accessed 11 Apr 2020.

• Kimble, Janie Jackson. "207. Edward Jackson-5," Descendants of Robert Jackson of Hempstead Long Island, New York, URL: http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pafg11.htm#5. Accessed 29 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• [Kimble, Janie Jackson], “Edward Jackson, b.1741,” www. werelate.com (This page was last modified 16:29, 14 July 2014.). URL: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Special:Search?sort=score&ns=Person&a=&st=&g=edward&s=jackson&p=&bd=1741&br=0&bp=&dd=&dr=0&dp=&fg=&fs=&mg=&ms=&sg=&ss=&hg=&hs=&wg=&ws=&md=&mr=0&mp=&pn=&li=&su=&sa=&t=&k=&rows=20&ecp=c. Accessed 29 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• McWhorter, Minnie, Compiler, “[McWhorter] Genealogies,” (West Virginia University Library West Virginia and Regional History Collection, Morgantown, WV 26506). Used 25 August 2006 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Marsha Petrie, “Re: 18th century NJ Pomeroys--esp Elizabeth,” Posted December 26, 2000. Pomeroy Family Genforum #497 Genealogy.com. URL: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/pomeroy/496/ Accessed 19 Apr 2020.