Jonathan was born in 1781. He is the son of Increase Jackson and Phebe Lapham. He married Margaret Simson. In 1850, at age 71 he is living with his son-in-law and daughter, Archibald and Mary Ann Whipple at Moreau, Saratoga, New York and five year's later with his younger son George and family.
The 1850 census lists his birthplace as Connecticut.
****Jonathan L. Jackson @1821 may also be the son of Jonathan @1781.He appeared on the same page as George with whom Jonathan @1781 was living and also Matilda Parker George's sister.
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1855 New York Census Name: Jonathan Jackson Event Type: Census Event Date: 1855 Event Place: Moreau, Saratoga, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 76 Relationship to Head of Household: Father Birth Year (Estimated): 1779 Family Number: 184 Line Number: 5 Page: GS Film number: 559002 Digital Folder Number: 005207104 Image Number: 00094 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George A Jackson Head M 28 Esther Jackson Wife F 26 Charles B Or R Jackson Child U 6 Orvil Jackson Child U 4 Jonathan Jackson Father M 76 Citing this Record: "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K638-YF9 : 7 September 2016), Jonathan Jackson in household of George A Jackson, Moreau, Saratoga, New York, United States; citing p. , line #5, family #184, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 559,002.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1N-1JG : 24 December 2020), Jonathan Jackson in household of Archibald Whipple, Moreau, Saratoga, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
'Find A Grave' Name: Jonathan Jackson Maiden Name: Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1865 Event Place: South Glens Falls, Saratoga, New York, United States of America Photograph Included: Y Birth Date: 02 Jun 1781 Death Date: 27 Jan 1865 Affiliate Record Identifier: 132713660 Cemetery: South Glens Falls Cemetery Citing this Record: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG1-HJC8 : 13 December 2015), Jonathan Jackson, 1865; Burial, South Glens Falls, Saratoga, New York, United States of America, South Glens Falls Cemetery; citing record ID 132713660, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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