Margaret (Frobisher) Jackson (1541 - bef. 1588)

Born 10 Feb 1541 in Altofts, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Anthony Jackson I — married about 1559 (to 1587) in Killingwoldgraves, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 7 Jan 1588 before age 46 in Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Margaret was christened on 10 February 1541 at Normanton, Yorkshire, England.

Her sons Richard and William are mentioned in the will of her brother Sir Martin Frobisher in August 1594: "Richard Jacksonne, son of my sister Margaret Jackson, deceased ... To Richard Jackson my lease of the manor of Haughton, co. York, provided that he on the feasts of the Annunciation and St. Michael, shall pay unto William Jackson his brother, 10L. at each payment 5L."^[1]

She died about 1587 and was buried at Bishop Burton on 7 January 1587/1588 "Mrs Margret Jackson wife of Anthonie Jackson".^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Abstract of will in "The register, and magazine of biography : a record of births, marriages, deaths, and other genealogical and personal occurrences" volume 1 1869, London, England : Nichols and sons, page 455, https://archive.org/details/registermagazine01unse/page/n917
2. ↑ Yorkshire Burials, Margret Jackson Burial date 07 Jan 1587, Burial place Bishop Burton, Next of kin name Anthonie Jackson, Next of kin relationship Wife of, County Yorkshire (East Riding), Archive East Riding Archives & Local Studies Service, Archive reference PE140/1 https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FYORKSHIRE%2FBUR%2F500348798

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRSW-ZJB : 30 December 2014, Barnardi Frobisher in entry for Margareta Frobisher, 10 Feb 1541); citing NORMANTON,YORK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 98,536.

Acknowledgments

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