Born in Yorkshire, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Grace (Goldstone) Duckett
— married
9 Sep 1775 in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Descendants 
Father of
George Duckett 2Bt
Died
at age 97
in London
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Biography
George Jackson was born on 24 Oct 1725 the eldest surviving son of George Jackson of Richmond, Yorkshire, and Hannah, daughter of William Ward of Guisborough.[1][2]
George Jackson married firstly Mary Ward the daughter of William Ward of Guisborough.[1][2] They were married on 24 Sep 1791 at St. Bennets Paul's Wharf, London.[2] They had three daughters.[1]
His second wife was Grace (Duckett) Goldston[3][2], the widow of Robert Neal of Shaw House, Wiltshire.[2] They were married on 09 Sep 1775 at St. Margaret's, Westminster.[2]
George and Grace had a son George who was born on 17 Jul 1777 at Old Palace Yard, Westminster.[2]
George Jackson was created a Baronet on 21 Jun 1791.[1]
Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia, and Point Jackson in New Zealand, were named after George by Capt. James Cook.[1]
In 1797, in accordance with the will dated 27 Feb 1764 of his second wife's uncle, Thomas Duckett of Hartham House, George assumed the surname Duckett.[1]
George died at the age of 98 on 15 Dec 1822, at his house in Upper Grosvenor Street, London and was buried at St Michael's Bishop's Stortford[1][2][4], a monument in the church recording his date of death.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Sir George (Jackson) Duckett. The Dictionary of National Biography. 1917.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Cokayne, G.E. (1906). "George Jackson of Hartham House," in Complete Baronetage. Vol. V, p 273 Internet Archive.
- ↑ G F Duckett Bt (1874) Duchetiana; or historical and genealogical memoirs of the family of Duket, ..etc. London.
- ↑ The Investigator; or, Quarterly magazine. Vol. VI, January and April, 1823. p 452 Internet Archive.
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