Rachel (Jackson) Shute (1784 - 1852)

Born 16 Jan 1784 in Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Shute — married 24 Nov 1803 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Died 20 Sep 1852 at age 68 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Jackson family births and marriages were tracked in the Jackson family Bible: David Jackson and Mary (Peck) Jackson had twelve children: Lucy (Jackson) Skidmore (15 Oct 1773 - 7 Sep 1801); Jesse Jackson (10 May 1775); Rachal Jackson (1 Oct 1776 - 15 Feb 1794); Amos Jackson (8 Jun 1778); Henry Jackson (21 Mar 1780); John Jackson (25 May 1782); Rachel (Jackson) Shute (16 Jan 1784 - 20 Sep 1852); Patty Jackson (30 Oct 1785); Clarey Jackson (10 Jul 1787); Polly Jackson (12 Jan 1789); Reuben Jackson (15 Nov 1790); Niram Jackson (7 Mar 1793). ^[1]

On 24 Nov 1803, Thomas Shute married Rachel Jackson. "Their daughter, Lucy Ann Shute, m. Anson Gregory (b. 1809), son of Elijah and Eunice (Lyon) Gregory, and lived in Fairfield, Conn." ^[2]

Death and Legacy

"Rachel (Jackson) Shute is buried in the Pembroke Cemetery at Danbury, Conn., and her husband is probably buried beside her, but no stone marks his resting place." ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Greene, Richard Henry; Henry Reed Stiles; George Austin Morrison; Hopper Striker Mott; John Reynolds Totten; Louis Effingham De Forest; Charles Andrew Ditmas. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53. New York. 1922. Pages 135-136. Accessed online at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographic.html?id=sdgUAAAAYAAJ by Cynthia Larson on 20 Oct 2018.
2. ↑ Greene, Richard Henry; Henry Reed Stiles; George Austin Morrison; Hopper Striker Mott; John Reynolds Totten; Louis Effingham De Forest; Charles Andrew Ditmas. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53. New York. 1922. Pages 135-136. Accessed online at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographic.html?id=sdgUAAAAYAAJ by Cynthia Larson on 20 Oct 2018.
3. ↑ Greene, Richard Henry; Henry Reed Stiles; George Austin Morrison; Hopper Striker Mott; John Reynolds Totten; Louis Effingham De Forest; Charles Andrew Ditmas. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53. New York. 1922. Pages 135-136. Accessed online at https://books.google.com/books/about/The_New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographic.html?id=sdgUAAAAYAAJ by Cynthia Larson on 20 Oct 2018.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Danbury, Page 66 & Page 98.
• Remington, Gordon L. & Jessup, Harlan R., Some Jacksons of Newtown and Brookfield, CT: Descendants of Henry¹ Jackson of Fairfield, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2006) Vol. 48, No. 3, Page 120.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86236957/rachel-shute: accessed 9 May 2023), memorial page for Rachel Jackson Shute (16 Jan 1784–20 Sep 1852), Find A Grave: Memorial #86236957, citing Pembroke Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).